Tokyo Literary Godfather

The next day, the second episode of "Furuhata Rensaburo" was also released on time.

The murderer in this episode is a kabuki actor, played by Konemon Matsumoto's friend, who is also quite famous in the country.

Asahara Teruso sat in front of the TV. After a brief hesitation, he watched this work.

He has also heard about the main creative staff of this drama. They are the team that produced "The Long Vacation", especially the screenwriter of this drama, who has recently become famous in the broadcasting industry.

Kei Fujiwara wrote the phenomenal work "White Night Journey" a year ago under the pen name of Keita Shiba. He also won the Naoki Prize, becoming the youngest winner of the Naoki Prize and the first work to win the prize. The Naoki Prize is held twice a year, and there are dozens of recipients alive throughout East Asia, but among them all, only Kei Fujiwara holds the most valuable trophy.

With the dual BUFF blessings of receiving an award for his debut novel and being the youngest awardee, he stood out among the Naoki Award winners.

Naoki awarded the award to a newcomer. I have to say that he was very bold, but he was also really smart. The effect of this approach was reflected this year. In May of this year, the Ranpo Award announced its winners.

The award-winning novel is a forensic mystery novel, which is fairly well written, but is still not as good as "White Night Journey".

The Ranpo Prize is a pure newcomer award, but the Naoki Prize is not, so under normal circumstances readers will not compare the novels awarded by the Ranpo Prize with the novels awarded by the Naoki Prize. It is a little bit to compare the works of new authors and mature authors. unfair.

But this time the situation is special, because this time the winner of the Naoki Award is also a newcomer, which makes readers feel relieved to compare.

It's not better than the comparison, and I feel that "White Night" is too much better than the other side. In this way, all readers will have such an impression in their minds that the newcomers who won the Naoki Award are stronger than the newcomers who won the Ranpo Award.

Even if it's just for newcomers, the gold content of the Naoki Award immediately exceeds that of the Ranpo Award.

It's just that Kei Fujiwara's latest novel seems to be a bit cold, and I don't know if the Naoki curse has played a role...

This person later entered the broadcasting industry and produced three dramas in succession, "Long Holiday", "The Lonely Gourmet" and "Furuhata Ren Saburo". It's a shining dark horse.

What's even more frightening is that he is only twenty-three years old this year, and he still has a long life in his creative career. Maybe it will reach a very high position in the industry in the future.

Not long ago, "Furuhata Ren Saburo" invited Asahara Teruo, but after some consideration, he still refused.

It's not because he underestimates the future of this drama. For such a young person to be able to produce popular works one after another, he must have the ability. What's more, this "Furuhata Jinsaburo" is still the type of reasoning he is best at. It will definitely attract much attention and the results should not be bad.

It's just that a dark horse is just a dark horse after all. No matter how experienced it is at the moment of its debut, in a real horse racing competition, the one who is truly trustworthy is the one with rich experience and outstanding records.

Until a horn sprouts from its forehead and it transforms into a unicorn, it is just an ordinary horse.

For example, director Hidaka of Tokyo Television Broadcasting Station TTV is famous in the Japanese broadcasting industry. His dramas have achieved very good results and he is a frequent visitor to the Academy Awards. Two of the dramas ranked first in the ratings for the whole year, and one of them even ranked ninth in the historical ratings. Higher than "The Long Vacation".

He has sent an invitation to Asahara Teruo for his new drama, and will be filming soon. The Japanese broadcast industry does not allow you to star in multiple dramas at the same time, so after some consideration, I had to reject Fujiwara Kei.

However, before rejecting the offer, Asahara Teruo's agent proposed a high salary of 5 million yen as a simple test. If the other party accepts, just go and star in that mystery drama, and your salary will increase from then on; if the other party refuses, it doesn't matter if you accept TTV's film contract invitation.

Although this approach seems more or less philistine and cunning, it may arouse the other party's resentment. But after some consideration, Asahara Teruso acquiesced to the agent's approach.

That day, after the director and producer heard their salary request, they were silent for a moment and claimed to go back to discuss with the screenwriter. It stands to reason that the producer can decide whether to agree to an actor's salary request. But this group of people is quite special, and seems to be centered around the young screenwriter.

Later, the other party didn't contact them again, probably because they couldn't accept such a high salary.

Although the offer of 5 million yen was rejected, it was expected, but Asahara Teruo was still a little disappointed.

Alas, Japanese artists are really in a low-paying industry. When will they be able to live a good life like Hollywood in the United States? Nowadays, many TV sets in ordinary people's homes in mainland China are still black and white, and actors' salaries are almost higher than those in Japan.

With this emotion in his heart, Asahara poured himself a glass of white wine, spread a yoga mat on the floor, and planned to do soft exercises while watching how the drama he rejected went.

He didn't watch the first episode, but he had already heard that the protagonist of this drama was not a professional film and television actor, but the famous kabuki actor Konemon Matsumoto.

This man is very famous in the cultural world, and the name of the Kabuki family [White Crane House] is famous far and wide.

Five years ago, three generations of father and son, Matsumoto Zaemon, Matsumoto Konemon, and Matsumoto Kantaro, took over the name at the same time, and held a name-seeking conference that caused a sensation in Japan. This was a pomp that ordinary artists would never be able to put on. NHK and the five major commercial channels all broadcast live, and countless citizens watched on the roadside. The excitement was comparable to the Kanda Festival. It is a gorgeous display that ordinary artists can never put on.

Although I am envious, this kind of pomp and circumstance is also earned by the hundred-year inheritance of [White Crane House]. The blessing of my ancestors and the reincarnation skills are good, so there is nothing I can do.

Asahara Teruso said to himself in his heart.

But he still has some "expectations" for Konemon Matsumoto's performance. After all, he is a stage actor, so he may not be accustomed to it when he first appears in a film and television drama, right?

Maybe Fujiwara Kei would have regretted it at that time. If he had known better, he would have agreed to Asahara Teruo’s salary of 5 million yen.

However, after watching the main film for less than three minutes, Asahara Teruo knew that he had thought too much.

As a stage actor, Konemon Matsumoto has a steady presence and a strong command of lines. He narrates the case against a black background like a storyteller.

After entering the main film, Konoe Matsumoto also played a cunning police detective who is personable and full of wisdom very well. The game between him and the murderer is also very exciting. Watching him set up a trap to make the murderer lose control and then collapse, the audience also subconsciously feels a sense of pleasure.

The murderer in this episode is a kabuki actor, which is interesting, as the policeman played by a kabuki actor goes to capture the kabuki actor. Moreover, the actor who plays the murderer is also a kabuki actor, and he even uses his own stage name in the play, which looks like a deliberate evil intention by Kei Fujiwara. Many viewers will probably smile knowingly when they see this.

But Asahara Teruo couldn't laugh. Konemon Matsumoto was very charming in the play. Although he was forty-eight years old, he didn't look old at all, and he looked like he was in his early forties. This may have something to do with his years of daily maintenance and exercise. I heard that this guy has not eaten rice for twenty years. As a Japanese with a love of rice in his genes, this is really not easy.

Moreover, this man and Asahara Teruso seem to have a somewhat different type... If he decides to shift his career focus to film and television in the future, it will indeed pose some threat to him...

But probably not. The [White Crane House] family business is huge, and the house name of [White Crane House] carries not only their personal family glory, but also the expectations of the entire society for Japanese traditional culture. He wants to completely transform , the audience didn’t agree either.

Thinking of this, Asahara Teruso felt at ease, took a sip of wine, and continued reading while performing soft exercises on the yoga mat.