Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Yes, I'm really sorry, I hope Producer Shimizu doesn't mind, yes... I hope Nagasawa will have the opportunity to cooperate with Producer Shimizu..."

Nagasawa Ken's agent said in a humble tone.

He finally rejected Fukuyama TV's invitation and decided to participate in a new drama produced by Mizuba.

Although the casting of "The White Tower" has not yet been announced publicly, the agent has basically confirmed through private inquiries that the two main characters of "The White Tower" will not be with Nagasawa Ken. I originally wanted to star in Fukuyama TV's medical drama, but I didn't I thought that Ken Nagasawa chose the drama "Blue Life and Death" in the end.

This also made the agent a little confused at first. Didn't he agree to transform? Why did you end up acting in a trend drama again?

"Miss Okada is right." Nagasawa Ken said while reading a magazine: "Trend dramas do not limit the scope of acting. On the contrary, in the past two years, my popularity has declined due to the lack of a truly popular work. Well, it might be a better choice to increase the popularity first and then formally transform.”

Okada Juri finally persuaded Ken Nagasawa to star in this work. During this period, he made many phone calls and talked about many benefits that Ken Nagasawa would get from starring in this play. Although some of the reasons were far-fetched, saying this too often had a brainwashing effect. In the end, a certain sentence hit Nagasawa Ken's nerves and finally moved him.

"Will "Blue Life and Death" be a popular work?" The agent expressed doubts.

"After all, it is the work of Fujiwara-sensei." Nagasawa Ken said.

"Yes..." The agent nodded in agreement. But at the same time, he glanced at the phone with some worry and sighed: "But if you look like this, you may offend the people at Fukuyama Terrace... It's also my fault. I shouldn't have expressed such an obvious intention to cooperate at the beginning. Now. If we refused, the other party must be very angry. It is estimated that for a long time, the Yuejiu drama will have no chance with us."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Nagasawa Ken said, but he was actually a little worried in his heart. Although he is already a famous actor, no actor is willing to offend the producers, especially the TV station.

Especially since it is the production unit of the Tsukiji drama. Which artist is not coveting the Tsukiko time slot now. Ever since Fukuyamadai Production Bureau reclaimed the Tsukijiu time slot, it is now in a state of full confidence. However, Nagasawa Ken has hit a snag here. , it can be expected that the mood will definitely be unhappy...

And things were indeed as Nagasawa Ken's agent thought. After learning that Nagasawa Ken did not choose Fukuyama Tsukiku in the end, but decided to cooperate with Mizuha Productions, the creative team of New Moon Nine drama was embarrassed after hearing about it.

Everyone knows that Mizunami Productions is now Kei Fujiwara’s company, and the Tsukiji series was also created by Kei Fujiwara. Although Kei Fujiwara is no longer at Fukuyamadai and is no longer the person in charge of the Yuejiu series, they still seem to feel shrouded in the shadow of a hot man.

"It doesn't matter. Since Nagasawa-kun has other choices, we don't force him. Watanabe-kun is actually a good choice. I've already contacted his agency." The main screenwriter said indifferently at this time, "This There is also a medical drama produced by Shuibo, which will be broadcast in the same season as ours. Although it is not an opponent at the same time, it is of the same type after all. There will definitely be audiences who will compare the two dramas...so we must also compare this drama. A play called "The White Tower" is treated as a rival."

As soon as this remark came out, some people had strange expressions on their faces. Most of these people were members of Yuan Yuejiu's team. Therefore, these people are also the most afraid of Kei Fujiwara's strength, and they are deeply impressed. When Kei Fujiwara led the Yuejiu team, they fully understood the meaning of "looking down on you", and all the opponents at the same time were destroyed. Defeated.

After Kei Fujiwara left Fukuyamadai, they briefly panicked, but the sequel performed well and their confidence was restored. But if they regard Kei Fujiwara as their opponent, they still don't have enough confidence.

At this time, the main screenwriter said: "We must admit that Kei Fujiwara is a very powerful TV personality. He created the myth of ratings, but any myth will come to an end one day. I hope everyone can be confident. The production bureau of this drama The director and the director of the station also attach great importance to it and will devote the highest level of resources in the station. Victory will definitely belong to us."

"That's inevitable!"

"Defeat Kei Fujiwara! Let him know that we juniors should not be underestimated!" Another person shouted. In fact, this person is already in his thirties, and his actual age and years of employment far exceed Kei Fujiwara's. But I don’t know why, but I still think of myself as a younger generation.

"On the ninth day of the month, we will win!"

The main creators present suddenly became excited, waving their arms and shouting, all they had to do was wrap a red forehead band around their heads.

The two members who were originally Fujiwara Kei's subordinates looked at each other, then waved their fists and shouted.

Defeating Kei Fujiwara...it depends on what counts as defeat. To surpass Kei Fujiwara's drama "Hansawa Naoki", which has the highest score in history - is almost tantamount to a delusion. But if you want the upcoming September 9 medical drama to surpass the "White Tower" in the same season, you can imagine it, after all, they have the bonus of the September 9 time slot.

Now the September 9th period is undoubtedly the hottest time period. At least one-third of the viewers at the same time period have been snatched by Fukuyama TV. As a result, the other five majors now have big headaches as soon as Sunday comes. They don’t know what to show to be able to compete with Fushan Taiwan competition.

Of course, Tungdao Channel, which has always been in poor condition, has never bothered with this. It has begun to broadcast cartoons on the 9th of the month. As for increasing investment in filming TV series to compete with Fukuyama Channel, it has never been thought of.

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The main characters of the two TV series have been confirmed. The two male protagonists of "The White Tower", the most important character Goro Zaizen is played by Takaharu Miyata, and Shuji Satomi is played by another well-known actor of the Mesozoic era. Other roles have also found suitable candidates one after another.

For "Blue Life and Death", I chose Nagasawa Ken, and as for the heroine, male second and female second, I hired contracted artists from Shuibo Productions.

Yes, Shuibo Productions has an artist economics department. It’s just that its artist management business is relatively low-level, and the artists it produces have never been even considered fourth-tier. They don’t have much in terms of popularity, works, or industry status. The kind that no one would recognize if you wandered the streets all day without wearing a mask.

The previous president of Mizunami Production was not very concerned about this. After Kei Fujiwara took over Mizunami Production, he once wanted to directly cancel the entire artist economics department and concentrate on the production business, but Yoshida Kashi persuaded him not to do so.

Once the artist economy is well managed, it is also a stable money printing machine, not even making less money than the film production business. Although the salary of Japanese artists is not high, the reason why it is not high is because the economic company takes part of the money, and the artist's income source is not only the salary.

Fashion activities, brand endorsements, and personal peripherals are the main sources of income, and the biggest purpose of appearing in works is to improve the status and popularity of the industry. As an artist, the higher the popularity, the higher the endorsement fee will be.

"And didn't you say before that you are optimistic about the development of mainland China? According to my experience, if you want to make overseas money, the artist economy is more convenient than any movie and TV series." Yoshida Kashi said.

In fact, he is quite familiar with artist brokerage. Although Fukuyama TV headquarters does not have artist brokerage business, Fukuyama TV has a controlling artist brokerage company. So I still understand the operating logic and methods of artist brokerage. Kei Fujiwara's dramas have become popular and have made many people famous. Looking back now, it is really a waste to give all these popular opportunities to artists from other agencies. It is better to cultivate them yourself. For the company It's also an income.

Just at this time, a relatively famous entertainment company went bankrupt. The boss of the brokerage company packaged and sold his entertainment company, but no one bought it, so he had no choice but to divide different pork into different parts. Sell ​​at price. Shuibo Productions took the opportunity to buy the economic contracts of several third-tier artists.

At the same time, a few of them were selected to star in the new drama produced by Shuibo.