Tokyo Literary Godfather

Kei Fujiwara released information to the outside world through the public relations department. Between 1997 and 1998, there were six film production plans.

These six movies will consume at least one billion to two billion in funds. It is definitely impossible to produce them solely by Shuibo Production, so they will look for partners. The successful experience of "Confession" told him that the more partners there are, the more stable the project will be.

As for the six films, Kei Fujiwara has not yet made a decision.

However, as soon as the news was released, people from the five major film companies approached Kei Fujiwara and directly agreed on cooperation. Among them, the one with the most enthusiastic attitude is undoubtedly Matsubara Yuichi from Tojin Pictures. He doesn’t even ask what movie Kei Fujiwara wants to make, saying that as long as Kei Fujiwara is willing to make it, he will not ask about the content and creation details, but will directly provide equipment, personnel, and scene support, and will also be responsible for it. Thirty percent of the total investment.

Although Kei Fujiwara's first film "Confession" was a hit in the film market, it is still very rare for Yuichi Matsubara to show such a confident attitude.

In contrast, the attitude of Matsuri Films is a little hesitant, and it is not decisive enough. A middle-level executive from the film company was sent to discuss a new round of cooperation with Mizuha Productions. Although Kei Fujiwara was confused that the person coming was not Eiji Shirai, he didn’t ask too much. He just told him Minami Productions’ plan for six movies in two years. .

However, the other party asked Fujiwara Kei to give a specific script before Matsunichi Pictures would decide whether to invest, and also asked Fujiwara Kei to continue shooting suspense films - after all, "Confession" became popular, and now suspense films are no longer a blockbuster type. , It has become a sweet pastry again, just continue to follow the old path of success.

Kei Fujiwara actually doesn't like Matsuri Films, especially Nobi Mosuke, the president of Matsuri Films. But now that Fukuyama TV's film school is in power, and Shuibo Productions has many in-depth cooperation projects with Fukuyama TV, so I don't want to offend them. After the other party proposed that Kei Fujiwara must give a specific script plan, Kei Fujiwara detailed some of his production plans to these people.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Kei Fujiwara mentioned it, the other party couldn't help but frown and said: "Girls in romance movies are very violent and slap boys at every turn? Are the boys average-looking? It seems that no one will watch such romance movies... I'm sorry, Mr. Fujiwara." , I don’t mean to question your ability, but I think you are a suspense story writer, so you may not know much about romance films, so if Songni Pictures wants to participate in a cooperative project, it is better to choose a category that you are better at.”

I'm not good at romance movies? Kei Fujiwara almost laughed angrily: "Mr. Miyamoto, have you watched "Long Vacation"?"

The visitor nodded: "I have heard that this seems to be a good pure love TV series."

Kei Fujiwara frowned: "Do you know that I am the screenwriter of this play?"

The visitor was a little surprised: "Is it like this? Have you ever created works on the theme of pure love?"

Kei Fujiwara: "..."

Mizuhara Yui, who was sitting next to Kei Fujiwara, was also speechless. Did this guy do it on purpose or accidentally? Could this be a deliberate provocation? "Long Vacation" is the first of the Yuejiu series. Although it does not have the highest ratings among the Yuejiu series, it is definitely of groundbreaking significance. Even some interns know that this drama is written by Kei Fujiwara, but this guy doesn’t know?

But after thinking about it, maybe he really didn't know. This person is 100% not a manager with a background as a producer, but a [professional bureaucrat] manager, an outsider who leads an expert. However, it is indeed rare for a layman to be like this.

The larger the company, the more this phenomenon will occur, promoting people with extraordinary talents in human relations operations to lead those who can really do things.

On the contrary, some small companies with potential do not have this phenomenon, because they know that good steel is used on the blade. Therefore, experts are often required to serve as the actual managers and leaders of the project. Yoshida Kashi paid special attention to this kind of thing when he was the director of Fukuyama Station. Therefore, most of the senior management of the production department are producers. I won't give some stupid orders.

If Matsunichi Movies can be compared to a player in a love game, and Kei Fujiwara is the one he needs to conquer, then Kei Fujiwara's current favorability value is almost close to zero.

He was becoming more and more impatient about cooperating with Matsunichi Pictures, and at the same time he missed Shirai Eiji extremely deep in his heart. Although Eiji Shirai has little experience as a producer, he respects professionalism very much.

Kei Fujiwara suddenly became uninterested, and even slumped down on the sofa seat, wanting to end this stupid conversation quickly.

Mizuhara Yui saw Fujiwara Kei's bad attitude, and in order to show the grace and hospitality of Mizuhara Productions, she quickly took over Fujiwara Kei's conversation and continued to discuss with the other party. Fujiwara Kei was drinking tea and eating biscuits. He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, waiting for the time to pass little by little.

The man didn't see Kei Fujiwara's perfunctory behavior and kept talking: "Teacher Fujiwara, I actually have a story idea. See if you can write a script. It's... hahaha. This is actually just something I thought of accidentally. La, it’s not perfect enough. I still have to leave it to you to create the specific content. Then you can just thank me at the beginning of the film.”

Kei Fujiwara finally couldn't help it anymore: "Mr. Miyamoto, I would like to take the liberty to ask... It seems that I haven't seen Mr. Shirai for a while. After all, he has always been involved in previous cooperation with Mizuha Productions."

"Shirai-san." The visitor pushed up his glasses, "This... there have been some personnel changes in the company recently... Shirai-san is no longer in charge of the production department."

…

The negotiation was fruitless. After the chat, Kei Fujiwara directly contacted Eiji Shirai, and the two met in a tavern.

"Fujiwara-san, I'm so ashamed." Shirai Eiji said, "I still plan to continue to work with you to achieve something with you, but I don't want something to go wrong here."

"What happened?" Fujiwara Kei asked.

Matsuri Films has recently ushered in a personnel change. The woman Usami Sakura was promoted again, and she also arranged her own people in various departments.

It was precisely because of this woman that Matsuni Pictures failed to pursue "Confession", which caused them to make hundreds of millions less, but this did not seem to have any impact on this woman's authority. On the contrary, Shirai Eiji, who has always looked down on this woman, has suffered from her. Although she doesn't know how to make, she has extraordinary office politics skills.

What is office politics? It is nothing more than bribery, criticism, and exclusion of dissidents. This woman is indeed extraordinary in this aspect, but Eiji Shirai has always underestimated him. Some of Shirai Eiji's subordinates were bribed by him without his knowledge. At the company's internal meeting, he received some attacks from the decision-makers, who believed that Shirai Eiji's loyalty to the company was doubtful because he had close ties with competing companies.

Kei Fujiwara took a sip of wine: "Are you talking about me?"

Eiji Shirai glanced at him and shook his head: "No, I'm talking about the other five...Nippon Animation. Hmph, these guys..."

Nichidani Pictures... What impressed Kei Fujiwara the most about this company is that it is a famous company for producing Category III films and has contributed endless creativity and wisdom in the AV field. However, this is not a specialized porn company. Porn is just one of their many businesses. Their main business is the production and distribution of movies, and the operation of theaters.

Shirai Eiji is being picked on. He is successful in business, especially the project "Confessions", which has made Matsunichi Pictures a lot of money. The people who covet his position want to use loyalty to seize him. He does it.

Maybe Nobi Mosuke was behind it, and maybe it was inspired by this guy.

"Then you now..."

"Suspended." Eiji Shirai drank the wine in his glass, "I'm alone now."

"Shirai-san, if you don't mind, how about Lai Shuibo?"

Eiji Shirai glanced at Kei Fujiwara, smiled, filled his glass with wine again, and raised his glass to Kei Fujiwara, "Thank you, Fujiwara-san, for being invited by you is the greatest affirmation and compliment for me. But... I already have a new direction to go to, and I have decided to join a new company next month."

"It's like this...it's a pity." Kei Fujiwara sighed and asked, "By the way, who is your new club?"

"Nichido, didn't I tell you?" Eiji Shirai looked at him strangely and said. An expression that says you don’t know this at all.

Kei Fujiwara: "..."

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