Tokyo Literary Godfather

Looking at Fujiwara Kei's strange expression, Shirai Eiji knew that he had misunderstood, waved his hand and said: "Teacher Fujiwara, you are overthinking, I have absolutely no intention of betraying Matsuri. I only decided to join Nichido after I left." In fact, it has been Nobi-san’s long-cherished wish for me to leave Songri.”

Eiji Shirai smiled: "After all, I have always appeared as a competitor within Matsunichi Pictures. There were two people who had the opportunity to be appointed as the president of the board of directors, one was me and the other was President Nobi. In the end, I lost to Shirai-san by one vote, so he has always been wary of me.”

While pouring wine for Kei Fujiwara, Eiji Shirai said: "In companies, the kind of business stories about maintaining good cooperative relations after competition... are just legends after all. In fact, Nobi-san has always had a faint affection for me. hostility."

"And what about myself? To be fair, I don't have that broad-mindedness. If I have the chance, I also want to be the president of this club, so his precautions against me are not unreasonable. Before, I thought, if I can In one fell swoop, Matsunichi Pictures' self-produced films can rise to the top, even surpassing Dongjin's. Maybe they will be able to show their ability in front of the board of directors and have the opportunity to touch that position. Mr. Fujiwara, you gave me the hope of accomplishing this. But Nobi-san will not cooperate so easily."

Shirai Eiji said with emotion: "Well, actually leaving is not a bad thing. Although Nikki is not as strong as Matsuhiko, my freedom in Nikki has become greater, and I can do more what I want to do in the future." It's over."

Having said this, Eiji Shirai looked at Kei Fujiwara: "Mr. Fujiwara, I heard that Mizuha Productions plans to produce six films within two years. Can you allocate three quotas to me?"

Kei Fujiwara thought for a while and said: "I can reach this intention with you first and sign a cooperation agreement for a movie, but whether the next two movies can be decided depends on how the cooperation goes with this one... I After all, I have never cooperated with Nichido, so I am willing to achieve this intention because of Shirai-san’s face.”

My previous experience of cooperating with Matsuni Pictures was not a pleasant one. Not only were there various attempts to parachute personnel on the crew during the early stages of filming, but it was also the indifferent attitude of the theaters during the release stage. It was also the fact that "Confession" opened up the market with its own hard power. The distribution department reluctantly and shyly increased the film schedule.

"Confessions" did not achieve Kei Fujiwara's ideal box office of 5 billion. Although it was not far behind, Kei Fujiwara felt that all the responsibility lay with Matsuhi.

Fujiwara Kei and Dongzhen Pictures also signed an agreement for two works. Dongzhen's president Matsubara Yuichi made Fujiwara Kei see the sincerity of this company, and believed that with the support of Matsubara Yuichi, this company would not face any problems. constraints, so I am willing to agree to cooperate. And Shirai... after all, he is not going to be the president of Nichido, so he still has to observe for a while.

After hearing this, Eiji Shirai raised his glass and smiled: "Okay, Mr. Fujiwara, I hope we can have a happy cooperation again."

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The morning drama "Here Comes Asa" has officially started filming. The filming location is NHK's No. 1 Production Center. Kei Fujiwara is only responsible for providing the script and does not participate in the actual directing work.

"A Qian Is Coming" is also filmed and broadcast at the same time, but it requires a few more episodes to be saved. Because the morning drama is aired every day, five episodes a week instead of just one. However, since each episode is only ten minutes long, the total duration of the film is similar to that of an ordinary TV series.

As the production of "A Qian Is Coming" is in full swing, the old people from the Yuejiu team can't sit still again. Although they had previously received a promise from Yui Mizuhara that they would participate in the production of a prime-time TV series, after waiting for another week, there was still no news, which made them feel like they were scratching their hearts.

So Hasegawa Hide and others once again asked Nishimura Taro to ask Fujiwara Kei whether he had any plans to produce a new drama in the future. In exchange, Nishimura Taro only replied with one word: Get lost.

You have to ask yourself, I will never show up again anyway. Anyway, I am now in a peaceful state of mind and can feel at ease whether I have a production plan or not, so don’t bother me, Amitabha.

Hasegawa Hide and others had faces like bitter gourds. After seeing this, Nishimura Taro felt a sense of schadenfreude and said in his heart: I want you bastards to stab me in the back.

The reason why he is not in a hurry is because he recently learned that Fujiwara Kei, Mizuhara Yui and others are in contact with major TV stations to promote new projects. They are still in talks, but it is estimated that they will be completed in less than a week or two. It's settled. New dramas can be released in summer or autumn. So he is in no hurry.

The ordinary staff here were extremely anxious, but on the other side, Kei Fujiwara was calmly participating in the 65th "Mahjong Masters Tournament".

The Mahjong Masters Tournament in Japan has a long history. The participants are mainly people from the cultural and sports academic circles. The participating members are composed of well-known actors, writers, journalists, cartoonists, national Go players, and scholars.

But later it seemed that professional national Go players were not allowed to participate. These guys were too good at calculations and cheated with their human brains, so they were deprived of their qualifications.

Mahjong is very popular in Japan, especially in the cultural circles, where almost all players are masters of playing cards. The champion of the last Mahjong Masters was none other than Mr. Ensuke Kato of TTV.

Although his legs and feet are weak, his fingers are extremely flexible and sharp. He can make stocks fly up and down in his hands. He also has the miraculous ability to know the cards by just touching them without looking at them. These hands were also respectfully called "Kato's Fingers" by other contestants.

Kei Fujiwara suffered a disastrous defeat in the last "Mahjong Masters", but this time he came with his head held high. The other contestants smiled disdainfully when they saw Kei Fujiwara, preparing to give him a heavy blow this time to let him know that playing mahjong is more difficult than filming a TV series or a movie.

Let your kid dance like usual!

Fujiwara Kei looked at his colleagues in the broadcasting industry staring at him with half-smiling eyes. He geared up, swallowed subconsciously, and then asked the person next to him uneasily.

"These guys have disliked me for a long time...can you handle it?"

"Leave it to me." A firm but delicate voice sounded in my ears.

Arima Keixiang was wearing a white windbreaker, with her hands on her hips, looking back at the people around her with sharp eyes.

"Whether it's pai gow, mahjong, making golden flowers, competing for the top spot... I've never lost since I was a kid!"

Fujiwara Kei felt that this was true, because Matsumoto Konemon originally planned to participate in the Mahjong Masters because his card skills were also good and he had won the championship. However, after hearing that Arima Keika was going to join Fujiwara Kei's camp When they were attending together, their expression suddenly changed, and they finally excused themselves by saying that they were busy today, so they decided not to attend.

Through Arimama Sai, Fujiwara Kei knew that on New Year's Eve, the geishas of Shiraturuya had the traditional habit of playing mahjong to keep the year old, but since Arima Keika touched mahjong tiles for the first time when she was fourteen years old, they gradually gave up on it. This entertainment hobby.

According to Arimama Sai, there is no difference between playing cards with Arima Keika or putting money in a sack and throwing it into the water...

On the last bad day, Arima Keika and Fujiwara Kei spent it together, so the people in Shirakuruya happily played mahjong again, which was a feeling they hadn't seen in a long time.

The Masters Tournament is a team points-based competition. The Japanese mahjong rules are different from those in China, and they also test personal tactics. Within three rounds, Fujiwara Kei was defeated and lost points continuously. However, Keixiang Arima became more and more courageous and finally reached the finals.

Kato Ensuke also entered the finals. He and Arima Keika had about the same points. When the final round was decided, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Hidaka Junaki also came, holding a camera to take pictures, saying that he wanted to record it. The master's heroic appearance when he finally won, but he kept taking pictures and put the camera down.

The fierce battle lasted for a long time, and Ensuke Kato began to sweat on his forehead. He kept wiping the sweat with a handkerchief. In the end, there was only a "pop" sound, and Katsura Arima pushed a row of mahjong onto the table: "That's crazy."

Then, he bowed slightly towards Ensuke Kato: "I accept it, Mr. Kato."

Other colleagues in the broadcast industry also slumped in their chairs in disappointment after learning that Kei Fujiwara's team, led by Keika Arima, finally dominated the field.

It's over, I will be tortured by Kei Fujiwara in mahjong from now on...