Tokyo Literary Godfather

Both Nanako Togata and Shinyo Ogata are now in their senior year and are about to face graduation and employment.

They have no plans to continue their studies and plan to formally develop their own careers.

It is still difficult for this year's graduates to find jobs. Even in the golden age of the development of the television industry, it is still not easy for graduates of the video projection department to find jobs, and competition is still fierce.

In fact, Ogata Shinyo and Togata Nanako are already considered very lucky people. Needless to say, Togada Nanako's family situation is good, and now that she has become a professional writer, her career development is already showing signs of progress, so she doesn't need to worry too much about employment.

Although Ogata Mayo's family is not as wealthy as Togata Nanako's, their family owns a shop after all, and has opened several branches in the past few years. The family is quite rich, and they don't have to worry about food and drink.

However, Ogata Maashiro has no plans to take over her parents' business for the time being, and still plans to make a career in the broadcast industry first. She likes watching variety shows, and it is natural for her to aspire to become a variety show producer.

At this time, Ogata Shinyo said again: "Toshida, don't you consider going to interview with Mizuna Production with me?"

Nanako Togata is really tempted. Being able to work closely with Mr. Fujiwara should be able to learn more things, right?

But after thinking about it, he shook his head: "I still want to work on writing..."

She felt that she was not as talented and knowledgeable as Mr. Fujiwara, who could excel in two industries at the same time, so she concentrated on writing novels and stopped thinking about more for the time being.

"You can also write when you join a production company." Ogata Maashiro wanted to change his relationship with Nanako Togata from classmates to colleagues, so he tried to persuade her, "By the way, didn't we discuss it before, do you think you are better at writing about relationships? If you write a romantic drama, it must be very good. Have you considered turning into a screenwriter?"

"Be a screenwriter..."

"Hey, wait a minute, I remember that Mizunami Production held a screenwriting competition..." Ogata Shinyo said, getting up and going to get something. This is Ogata Shinyo's house, and she piled it on the table randomly. He pulled out a "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" magazine from the pile of books, flipped through it, then poked a page with his finger and said, "Look, Shuibo Productions, NHK and Spring and Autumn Magazine jointly organized a competition for new screenwriters. This year is the first one, and the top prize will be 5 million yuan, and you can also directly become the lead screenwriter, do you want to try it?"

This advertisement is published on the insert page of the new issue of the magazine. The three companies, [Shuibo Production], NHK and "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" magazine will hold a competition for new screenwriters. The name of the competition is called "Shuibo Award". ], the advertisement release date is the start date of solicitation of papers, and the deadline for submissions will be in October.

Because it is a screenwriting competition for newcomers, the contributors must be newcomers in the screenwriting circle.

However, the classification of newcomers is not strict, and it does not necessarily have to have never written a word before to be counted as a new screenwriter. If you have worked in the screenwriting industry before, but have been working as a screenwriting assistant, line writer, etc., and have no main creative works, you can also participate in this competition as a newcomer; or if you are originally a practitioner in other creative industries, such as novels, You can also participate in competitions for comics and the like.

In this way, the scope is much wider. And this prize money... is extremely generous compared to various literary awards competitions.

Most literary awards do not give such large bonuses. Most of them are honorary awards with no bonuses, or not much at all. Shuibo Shang is already considered generous.

And being able to directly become the chief screenwriter and own your own works is indeed a temptation for many young people who want to work in this industry. The stability and steadiness of the Japanese people are often a helpless choice in the context of the merit sequence. If possible, who wouldn't want to be the main creator directly in one step? Who would like to work as an assistant for others day after day, and wait for more than ten years before they have the opportunity to have their own signature work?

Looking at the advertisement on the folder, Togada Nanako was stunned for a while, and then she really started to think seriously.

"How about it, Nanako, why don't you give it a try." Ogata Shinyo was also on the side, seductively saying like the snake in the Garden of Eden: "Maybe there will be a chance to write a script together with Fujiwara-sensei..."

As soon as these words came out, Togada Nanako's eyelids twitched, then she reached out and slowly picked up the magazine.

"Okay...I'll give it a try..."

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"Confession" was officially finalized and then entered the stage of intensive publicity. During this period, the Arima siblings and Inoue Mori were also very busy. They were ordered by Ohno Nagaharu to make guest appearances on various programs, mainly on NHK. Most of them are from Fukuyama Terrace. After all, these are the two major investors.

Posters about this movie have also begun to be officially posted in movie theaters, and news of the upcoming screening of this movie is entering the information space of Japanese audiences through various channels.

At the same time, the previous imported Hollywood blockbuster was officially released about twelve days before "Confession" was released.

This Hollywood blockbuster is distributed by Dongzhen Pictures. Dongzhen is the first of the five major film companies in Japan. It is the strongest and one of the controlling parties behind TTV. Before the official start of the Yuejiu drama era, TTV is considered the strongest among the five major private broadcasters, and this is also related to the financial and talent support behind Dongzhen Pictures.

Dongzhen Pictures also controls the most theater resources. However, after the film was officially released, the box office performance was not as good as they expected. However, this is in line with the expectations of Kei Fujiwara and Nagaharu Ohno.

In the first two days of the film's release, the box office performance was acceptable. After all, it has the aura of Hollywood, which naturally has a charming effect on Japanese audiences. However, the style of this movie is too rough. In the United States, because of its western cultural background, the box office is still acceptable. In Japan, the market response was not ideal.

Japanese local audiences are even tired of watching samurai movies, and not many are interested in such western movies.

So after two days, the box office of this film took a sharp turn, and the distribution company and theaters began to gradually reduce the number of films. The fate was the same as that of "White Night Walk".

Before the movie "Confession" was officially released, a screening party was also held.

Screening is an advance screening before the first printing, and is pre-screened in various theaters. The audience is usually media people, mainly for the purpose of advance publicity and building reputation. But not all movies will be screened. Many movies are not screened in advance, but are released quietly.

Therefore, those who choose to screen movies usually have some confidence in them.

So when "Confession" held a screening and invited filmmakers and media reporters to watch the movie, many inner circles of film critics were also discussing. It seemed that Kei Fujiwara was very confident this time, otherwise he would dare to click on it. It was screened and many media people who are known for their strictness were invited?

However, there are some film critics who don’t take it seriously, so what if they dare to screen it? There are also some silly and bold directors and producers. Didn’t “White Night Journey”, which was a hit on the street, also be screened?