Tokyo Literary Godfather

To enter the film festival, you need to make an appointment in advance, and you must be an industry insider, or students from the film and television department can come in to watch the film through a professor's relationship.

Within a few steps of entering the grand theater of the film festival, Kei Fujiwara met several students from Tokyo University of Literature and Art.

Fujiwara Kei and Ono Nagaharu each took a movie screening schedule. The screening time of "Suddenly Looking Back" is to premiere at four o'clock this afternoon in Theater No. 4.

Kei Fujiwara and Nagaharu Ohno looked at the timetables in their hands and decided which movies they wanted to watch.

For a viewer, choosing a good movie is more or less a gamble. Therefore, most viewers will judge whether a movie is good or not by observing whether it has a director or actor they like, or what its reputation is.

However, these films in the film festival were all shot by unknown directors and passerby actors. Fujiwara Kei and Ono Nagaharu were the first audiences at the film festival, and no one provided them with lightning protection, so they had to watch the films in a blind box.

Use the movie title and a one-sentence movie introduction to find movies that interest you slightly. By the way, the one-sentence introduction to "Looking Back Suddenly" is: a love letter to the creator.

Fujiwara Kei scratched his scalp. Is this a bit too literary and plain? If he were a passerby, he would have no interest in going into the theater to watch the movie.

But then I thought about it, this is not a commercial movie after all. Movie screenings are for the purpose of winning awards. It is not very important how many viewers can be attracted. The main task is to attract special audiences in the crowd.

There are 18 special invited audiences, that is, the reviewers who decide which film wins, and these reviewers have a task. Regardless of whether they are interested or not, they have to watch all the participating films.

In addition to the few reviewers, the general audience is mostly composed of film critics, independent filmmakers and some media reporters. They will also express their professional opinions on the film, but unlike reviewers, they are not tasked with watching the entire film. I will only watch videos shot by acquaintances or those that have gained a good reputation within the past ten days.

In this film festival, they are more like a group of ordinary audiences, watching films selectively.

Kei Fujiwara and Nagaharu Ohno had somewhat different tastes in watching movies. They chose different movies to watch, so they separated temporarily.

However, after walking a few steps, I heard a burst of hearty laughter: "Hahaha, Fujiwara-san, what a coincidence, I met you here."

Fujiwara Kei followed the reputation and turned out to be Hidaka Junaki.

Hidaka Junming is a fat man with a mustache and a pair of black-rimmed glasses. His personal image is very eye-catching. He walked towards Kei Fujiwara with a smile and stretched out his hand: "Congratulations! "Homeless Children" has entered the historical level of ratings. I have also watched that work. It is really a good drama."

"Thank you..." Fujiwara Kei smiled and shook hands with Hidaka Junaki. He originally wanted to say "Congratulations", but it always felt like ridicule, so he shut up.

"Is Hidaka-san a reviewer of second-round films at the film festival?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

"Yes." Hidaka Junming said, "The organizer is a good friend of mine. He invited me to be a special audience. I couldn't refuse the warm invitation, so I had to take a few days to come over and see what the young people's works are like."

"So that's it." Kei Fujiwara smiled.

Junaki Hidaka is really a wonderful person. In order to compete with Kei Fujiwara in the ratings battle of "Monthly Nine", he was very rude in front of the media. He wanted to describe Kei Fujiwara as a hero who was not a hero at the time and a person who deceived the world and stole fame. .

Moreover, during the ratings war, an off-the-chart trick was used, but don’t say it was a coincidence, no one believed it.

However, after the smoke of the war, Kei Fujiwara was able to come and chat with Kei Fujiwara without any psychological burden, just like a good friend he had known for many years. It must be said that Kei Fujiwara was ashamed of his ability to do this in public.

"Isn't Fujiwara-sensei here a special invite?"

"No, I just came here out of personal interest." Fujiwara Kei said, "By the way, I want to see if there are any outstanding talents."

"It seems that Mr. Fujiwara's army is getting stronger again, and the [Moon Nine] plan seems to be really unstoppable." Hidaka Junming shook his head and said.

"I just hope that there will not be another opponent like Supervisor Hidaka at the same time. I would be grateful."

"The defeated general is not brave enough. I admire Fujiwara-sensei very much." Hidaka Junming said seriously at this time, "By the way, I heard that Fujiwara-sensei's contract at Fukuyamadai is only for two years? So next year this time will be It's not over."

Kei Fujiwara was silent. Although it is true, he is still a member of Fukuyamadai after all. While he is still under contract, it may be against the spirit of the contract to publicize to the world that his contract expires in one year.

"It seems so." Hidaka Junming said, "In this case, I hope that we can give TTV a chance. Talents like Mr. Fujiwara, Fukuyama Station can give you, our TTV production bureau can do all, as long as Fujiwara We will not refuse any request from the teacher!"

This is a bit exaggerated. Could it be that when Fujiwara Kei said that he wanted to be the director of the station, they would agree? But it's a sincere statement, just like the screenwriter who created "Succession" once received a blank check from his boss. It's a real blank check, you can fill in the check amount however you want.

The boss can fill it in casually, but you can't really fill it in casually. If you fill in a hundred billion, the boss won't pick out your brain.

"Thank you, Director Hidaka, for your love." Fujiwara Kei said, "But I am still an employee of Fukuyama Terrace, so it is not convenient to talk about this matter."

"I understand, I understand. Teacher Fujiwara is not only excellent in ability, but also has a valuable character. If I can really cooperate with you, it will be an honor for me."

"You are ridiculous."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then separated. Kei Fujiwara walked into a movie hall, found a seat and sat down to watch. He looked around and saw many media people.

Some people are quite serious, holding notebooks in their hands to record the pros and cons of the movie.

Soon, the movie started. It was a long movie. After watching it for less than fifteen minutes, Kei Fujiwara felt a little drowsy.

It's a bit of what Ohno Choji used to mean.

Many casual spectators gradually couldn't stand it anymore and left directly.

Fujiwara Kei endured the whole process, then glanced at the reviewer holding a notebook not far away, and craned his neck to see what he wrote.

I can vaguely see what is written in the book: The story is mediocre, the rhythm is messy, the camera is rough, the soundtrack is inconsistent, and it has no merit.

It's literally a death sentence.

Kei Fujiwara stood up and went to the next theater.

After watching a movie, people are already discussing different movies shown in different theaters at the same time.

Since most of the people who come here to watch movies are industry insiders, or at least college students majoring in film-related fields, their opinions are more professional and their evaluations are more accurate.

"The show I watched was just average. Isn't there any better work?"

"I had a good one. I'm in Hall One."

"What are you watching next?"

"Well... let me see... Iwai Tetsuya's "Lucky" will be screened in half an hour. This is still a student director. His work won the Encouragement Award last year, but I think it is the best among all Encouragement Award works. Get the best one. Should you wait for his movie or watch something else first?"

"Wait for him. My boyfriend saw this work at the Higashi Bunge Academy Festival. I heard it was pretty good. I hope it can win the first place this year."

"Eastern Literature and Art... A friend of mine is also from East Literature and Art. He told me that Kei Fujiwara from their school will also participate in the film festival this year. He should be a strong opponent."

"Kei Fujiwara? Which Kei Fujiwara?"

"Kei Fujiwara, you don't know? The one whose pen name is Keita Shima is also the main screenwriter of the recent Fukuyama Taiyue Nine dramas."