Tokyo Literary Godfather

“Is it the duty of legal professionals to uphold justice?”

Producer Kameda touched his chin and repeated Kei Fujiwara’s words.

"Well, it sounds like it's a topic that can be discussed in depth..."

"Yes, and when the next episode of "The Iron Mouth Heroes Club" is broadcast, there will be two legal dramas broadcast. By then, it may arouse the interest of the audience."

Producer Kameda looked at Kei Fujiwara and suddenly smiled: "I remember Mr. Fujiwara's next work seems to be..."

"Nothing can be hidden from Kameda-san. Yes, it is a legal drama."

"Hahahahaha..." Producer Kameda laughed, and his laughter seemed to fly away from the studio. "Since it is Mr. Fujiwara's work, there is no doubt that it will be the next social hot spot! Even if Mr. Fujiwara doesn't tell me, I will take the initiative to ask for a program on this topic."

"It seems that Kameda-san is a discerning person like me." Fujiwara Kei replied with a smile.

"Hahaha, you're right, this is what heroes think alike!"

After the last episode of "Life is Beautiful" was aired, the ratings reached 40.9%. Ranked sixth in history. It is the same as the historical ratings achieved after "Homeless Children" ended.

When "Homeless Child" just ended, it ranked sixth in ratings in history. However, the emergence of "Naoki Hansawa" pushed it down one place, and now "Life is Beautiful" has ranked it down again. One person was squeezed out.

And this is also the third work from 1995 to 1996 to enter the top ten in history. Coincidentally, these three works are all works by Fujiwara Keito.

If Ensuke Kato was the godfather of the broadcasting industry in the 1970s and 1980s, and if there is a figure who can rival Ensuke Kato in today's broadcasting industry, then it must be Kei Fujiwara. He was hardly chosen.

"Life is Beautiful" is over, and the beautiful autumn is coming. The heat in the air gradually subsides, and the leaves of the street trees on the roadside are dyed yellow on one edge, like wearing a golden hat.

A light rain fell. After the light rain, the cool wind blows the streets of Tokyo, making people feel happy.

Kei Fujiwara stood alone on the street, playing with the gashapon machine.

Stuffed in a banknote, twisted twice, a gashapon fell off, and after unscrewing, a Q-version big-headed doll was revealed. Fujiwara Kei recognized that this was a character from a popular comic recently. Fujiwara Kei had not read the comic very much, so he stuffed it in his pocket and thought about giving it to Inoue later.

Inoue Mori is a comic enthusiast, especially passionate comics, and is very familiar with all kinds of comics. Only when they talk about the plots of comics, Arima Sai and her chat passionately. Sometimes Kei Fujiwara feels that he is in the wrong industry - in Japan, comics and various peripheral industries are the dominant cultural industry. Whether it is novels, TV series or movies, there is almost no way to compare with this industry.

In terms of popularity, it can compete with games and AVs, but it is still slightly better than the comics industry.

However, this industry squeezes the energy of practitioners at the level of a hydraulic machine. A popular comic series can consume half of a cartoonist's energy. A long-form work, this is the kind of prolific author whose energy is comparable to that of a jackass in a production team.

If Kei Fujiwara had really chosen the path of a cartoonist, it would undoubtedly be a waste as a copywriter, because it is estimated that he would not be able to copy a few works in his lifetime.

"Wow, it's Burying the Dragon!!" At this time, an eight or nine-year-old fat man stood in front of the gashapon machine next to him, looking at Kei Fujiwara with glowing eyes and said.

Fujiwara Kei picked up the gashapon toy in his pocket and took a look, Burying the Dragon? Is this the thing? Judging by the appearance of this little fat man, it should be a rare item?

The voice of the little fat man attracted other children, and a group of teenagers looked over one after another, and couldn't help but let out a "wow".

It seems to be a rare item... Kei Fujiwara took the toy in his hand and looked at it again and again.

"Uncle, can I touch it?" The little fat man approached at this moment, holding up his fat little face and said.

Take it and run? Suspicion suddenly arose in Fujiwara Kei's heart, but the little fat man's face looked too sincere, and finally he couldn't hold back and gave him the toy.

The fat little fingers touched and touched the body of "Buying the Dragon". Several little boys ran over to touch it, and then carefully returned it to Kei Fujiwara.

It looks like a treasure... Kei Fujiwara, who took back the toy, thought to himself when he saw the children who were almost drooling.

If I don't give it to Inoue, I'll keep it for myself...

Thinking about it, Kei Fujiwara put the toy back in his pocket and walked towards the TV station.

"Which machine did that person twist on just now?"

"This one!"

"Get away from that machine! The man's good luck has been sucked away by that machine! Now its body is full of ominousness! I can see a faint black ripple..."

…

By the way, what happened to the anime version of "The Genius Detective Mitarai Kei" produced by Toani?

After returning to the office, Fujiwara Kei put his handle on the desk and suddenly remembered this matter.

Kei Fujiwara also knows that the production cycle of an anime series is longer than that of a TV series, not to mention that Toani became much weaker than before because of the fire, and suffered heavy losses in funds and personnel. The cycle will also be lengthened.

Kei Fujiwara did not interfere with the progress, fearing to put pressure on the production team.

Oshii-an seemed to have cheered up. At the beginning of the year, he even came to see Kei Fujiwara, invited him to dinner, and said he was very grateful to Kei Fujiwara.

"Thank me for what?" Upon hearing this, Kei Fujiwara was stunned for a moment, thinking back to the good people and good deeds he had done.

"Thank you for creating the movie "Look Back", which cheered me up." Oshii said. "Really, thank you very much, Fujiwara-san. It was a really good movie, and it reminded me of my first days of animation. reasons, it would be great if they...could see the movie."

"Recently, I am taking medicine to control it. After a while, I will gradually try to stop taking the medicine. People can't stay so depressed. Occasionally, I look back and look back at the way I came, but in the end, I still have to keep walking forward with my head held high. Move forward.”

Oshii-an said.

Fujiwara Kei sighed, "It's best if you think so, Oshii-san."

"By the way, have you returned to work in Tohani now?"

"No, I don't plan to go back anymore," Oshii-an said. "I'm starting a business. I opened an animation studio with several seniors and friends. I don't plan to go back to work in Toani."

Oshii-an poured himself a glass of beer, "Fujiwara-san, people's hearts are very fragile. The most important thing for me now is to find ways to avoid anything that may hurt my heart. I don't want to see Dong again. Arnie's burned building, so..."

"I can understand."

"This is just one of the reasons. Another reason is that I still want to do original animation, especially animated movies." Oshii said, "Actually, this has also been my dream. The Japanese animation industry is indeed amazing, with talented people. But for animation production companies, it is like an outsourcing factory. The core original component of a product, the story itself, is not created by the production company itself. Therefore, there is no independent copyright to the story, but belongs to the publishing house."

"I want to make truly original animation." Oshii said, "Japan's film industry has always been very weak because domestic consumption power is insufficient, and productivity cannot keep up. We are not China, not the United States, and our local market is not large enough. Fatal flaw. The film industry has insufficient accumulation and cannot penetrate overseas markets like animation. But if animation and film are combined, the situation should be very different."

"Come on, Oshii-san." Kei Fujiwara raised his glass, "I believe you can do it."

"Thank you, Fujiwara-san." Oshii-an and Fujiwara Kei clinked glasses and said with a smile, "I hope we can both climb to the top of our own mountain in the future."

"All those who reach the top will reach the same end." Kei Fujiwara laughed, "This is also a line from an animation, but I can't remember the name of the animation."