Tokyo Literary Godfather

Japan's five major private television stations, Fukuyama Channel, TTV, NBC, Fanxing Channel, and Higashikata Channel, compete for the leisure time of the country's 150 million people. Competition is fierce, especially during popular periods such as weekends. A human brain becomes a dog brain.

The competition between the major TV stations has been going on for decades, with each other often winning and losing. There is no one TV station that has always maintained an absolute advantage among the five major TV stations. In the 1970s, NBC was the dominant broadcaster, but was overtaken by TTV, which lasted for nearly ten years. However, in the 1990s, it was gradually overtaken by Fukuyama Television.

The Yuejiu drama series led by Kei Fujiwara has completely surpassed TTV. The reason why TTV was the first to launch an offensive against Yuejiu dramas was because of its sense of crisis.

The king's flag changes on the top of the city, it has always been like this. I don’t know who will be the next satellite TV that can be called the ratings hegemon, but it is generally believed in the industry that Fukuyama TV can maintain its dominance for more than five years at least with its Yuejiu series.

Even if Kei Fujiwara leaves, it cannot be shaken. After all, the foundation of the Yuejiu drama has been solidified. Both the operational level and the audience base are very solid.

It is precisely because of this that shallow water flushing can feel stressful.

He was appointed by the production bureau to be responsible for the production of the next quarter's Yuejiu drama. Since the beginning of the year, Yuejiu drama has been completely separated from Kei Fujiwara. In the first month of separation, the entire production bureau leadership felt extremely frightened. It's like a small business owner lost the backbone of his business, but the sequel after Kei Fujiwara left has achieved good results. This also made the senior management of the production bureau and the new director feel relieved, and the concept of "platform is greater than individual" was once again awakened in their minds. Perhaps Fujiwara Keiya is not irreplaceable. If you cultivate talents, they will spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Qingshui Qianchong is a well-known producer in the station. He continues to be responsible for the Yuejiu drama. He knows that the Yuejiu drama must not fall into his hands, otherwise the station will definitely be uncomfortable for a while.

After a long period of thinking, and with the advice of a senior screenwriter, Shimizu Asaki finally decided to adapt a medical-themed comic, and the male protagonist chose Ken Nagasawa, who has both popularity and strength.

But not long after making the decision, I heard that Shuibo Productions was also planning to shoot a new drama with a medical theme. After Qingshui Qianchong heard about it, he subconsciously felt a little dizzy.

Kei Fujiwara now is completely different from Kei Fujiwara two years ago. If Kei Fujiwara two years ago might occasionally encounter unconvinced challengers or look down on his seniors, such people are almost extinct now. It is impossible for someone like Junaki Hidaka to say something like "Fujiwara-kun's understanding of the work needs to be strengthened" in front of the camera more than a year ago. No one would express this view in public, and no one would really think so.

Atsushi Hidaka's remarks about expressing contempt for Kei Fujiwara in front of the camera have now become an enduring joke in the broadcast industry. However, Hidaka Junaki does have two skills. His success is not unreasonable. He doesn't care about the audience and peers laughing at him. He even sometimes talks about it when he participates in talk shows. It has to be said that in such a pressure cooker-like environment in the broadcast industry, a good attitude is also a weapon for success.

The reason why Hidaka Atsaki dared to mock Kei Fujiwara in the first place was because Kei Fujiwara had not yet made a killing in the broadcasting industry. Now, Kei Fujiwara is like a radiation source. Anyone who broadcasts his works at the same time will feel extremely uncomfortable.

However, Kei Fujiwara was still polite and did not backstab his old club. The new drama will be aired on weekends, avoiding the ninth month of the month. However, if the subject matter collides, the audience will inevitably compare the two dramas. Once they fall into the disadvantage, even if the quality of the work itself is good, it will also attract some negative reviews. This is exactly where Qingshui Qianchong felt his head was big.

"Mr. Shimizu." At this time, the producer's assistant knocked on the door and came in, saying: "There is a reply from Ken Nagasawa... They refused to cooperate."

In fact, Ken Nagasawa's agent's tone when he called to express his rejection was quite tactful, even a little humble. After all, a few days ago, he expressed a good intention to cooperate, but suddenly rejected it again, for fear that Fukuyama Taiwan would be displeased. But when the producer assistant relayed it, it was concise and concise. The result is the same anyway, so your attitude doesn't matter.

Qingshui Qianchong couldn't help but frown. The issue of actors has always been very important to him. When it comes to ratings performance, sometimes the choice of actors is more important than the director.

As an artist with both popularity and acting skills, Ken Nagasawa was the best candidate he decided on after discussing with the creative team. The promised salary was also very high, and I heard that Ken Nagasawa recently wanted to transform, so he should If you are interested in this kind of professional drama, why would you reject it?

"What's going on?" Qingmizu Qianchong hoped that it would be best for Nagasawa Kenlai to be the main actor and tried to save it. "What are they thinking about?"

"The brokerage company didn't make it clear to me about the specific situation. They just said that the company had other temporary appointments, schedule conflicts, etc... But I think he should have other plans to participate in the show."

"Other plans?"

The producer's assistant hesitated and said, "I heard that Ken Nagasawa auditioned for "The White Tower" not long ago. Maybe..."

The producer assistant shut up in the middle of his sentence.

Shimizu Asaki was not impatient. It was common for two film crews to compete for actors from each other. After some thought, he said: "Go to Nagasawa Ken's agent again and tell him that we are willing to work again on the original basis." Increase the salary by about one million yen, but the contract must be signed before tomorrow."

"Okay." The producer's assistant nodded and left.

Qingshui Qianchong was sitting alone in the office, playing with a pen, and suddenly remembered the first time he saw Fujiwara Kei on the set three years ago. To be honest, I didn’t leave much of an impression at the time. I just remember that he was a very capable director’s assistant. Director Sato at the time also mentioned this young man and said that he could be cultivated.

At that time, Shimizu Asagi readily agreed, and he didn't feel anything, but before he was promoted, the manager of Hayato Kimura, the male lead actor in that drama at that time, suddenly made a suggestion, saying that Kei Fujiwara's work attitude was not good, and he hoped that he could be transferred. away from the crew. At that time, Shimizu Asaki didn't pay too much attention. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the actor's agent interfering in the crew's personnel affairs, he still did it.

When I heard Kei Fujiwara's name again, "Bai Ye Xing" became a big hit. Fukuyamadai broke the rules and signed a contract with Kei Fujiwara as the main screenwriter, and then there was the popularity of "Long Vacation" and the launch of the famous Yuejiu series... …

Every time I think of this, I feel resentment rising from Qingshui Qiangtian Linggai. If it weren't for that annoying actor and agent, maybe I was the one who reached a long-term cooperative relationship with Kei Fujiwara at the beginning. With the achievement of the Moon Nine series...then in another ten years, it is not impossible to compete for the position of director of the production bureau with the help of factions...

But a miss is a miss after all. Qing Shui sighed, and at the same time thought of Mizuhara Yui.

As a rare female producer, Mizuhara Yui's working ability is impressive, and she was lucky. She picked up Kei Fujiwara, but she was still confused after all. No matter how capable Fujiwara Kei is, without the support of the five major TV stations, it is difficult to display his talents. How come he really stays in his small production company?

And Director Yoshida... Really, is it too idle to still follow young people around when you are already at retirement age? After retirement, wouldn't it be good to take good care of your health and travel around the world?

Qing Shui Qian Chong thought so, and at the same time, he had a strange idea in his mind.

Although he is now a well-known producer of Fukuyama TV, he seems to have seen the end of his future in these years. If he is transferred to management, he will at best become a professional. It is no longer possible to become the director of the production bureau, deputy director or even director.

But if he joined Water Wave Production at this moment, if this film and television production company became a well-known company in the future, his status in the broadcasting industry would go a step further, maybe.

But as soon as such an idea came up, Qingshui Qianchong laughed to himself and waved his hands to reject it. Are you kidding me, giving up a position in a television station to go to a medium-sized production company would be as stupid as Yui Mizuhara.