Tokyo Literary Godfather

The actors of the two crews have all been in place, and the official shooting has finally begun. The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held in the morning and afternoon of the same day, just to stagger the time, so that Kei Fujiwara can participate in the opening ceremony of the two dramas.

The filming locations of the two dramas are not far away, and they can often meet face to face, but sparks are often sparked as soon as they meet. Although it is not good to fight over this, it is common to see bickering occasionally.

That is to say, in front of Kei Fujiwara, the two parties became somewhat harmonious.

This time, the makeup team in charge of "Blue Life and Death" is unprecedentedly luxurious. Take the costume team as an example, the staff prepared more than 400 sets of costumes for the male lead Ken Nagasawa. The Lord has to put on several sets of clothes.

The person responsible for the styling is the top team in the Japanese broadcasting industry, and the money they paid is enough to hire another national idol.

However, in Kei Fujiwara’s view, this is a necessary expenditure.

Many people regard the goofy routines of Korean dramas as the essence of Korean dramas, but these routines are not so difficult to copy, but few people can make such fascinating plots as Korean dramas. Some Chinese love idol dramas can be regarded as loyal apprentices of Korean dramas, but they have learned nothing but different things after studying them over and over again.

Even some TV dramas that were once popular in South Korea were adapted into mainland versions, but the final results were disastrous.

Adaptation does require taking the blame. Many excellent scripts have been stretched out and filled in, and the backgrounds have been changed, only to make them miserable. But the script is not the only reason for the success of Korean dramas. The level of directors, service, equipment, and complete industrial system are all the reasons why Korean dramas surpass Asia.

In an idol drama with a lot of investment, the male protagonist's costumes can reach hundreds of sets. It is not a rare thing in the production process of Korean dramas in the future, but in the eyes of the Japanese crew at this time, this is really too extravagant.

You know, Kei Fujiwara's first work "Long Vacation", the male protagonist only wore more than a dozen costumes, and didn't the final ratings also be very good? Now it is suddenly so luxurious, maybe it is not necessary.

Keinori Fujiwara did some calculations and found that hundreds of sets of costumes were not as expensive and extravagant as imagined. In fact, who would buy the costumes for the shooting event? Just rent them, but it would be more troublesome. Even if you include the compensation for accidental damage during use and the natural wear and tear, the loss is not huge.

The visual effect that Kei Fujiwara hopes to achieve in the finished product is that the male protagonist, as the son of a wealthy family, must fit the character and the clothes must not be the same every time he appears.

In fact, when filming "Tokyo Cinderella", I already saw the importance of makeup. During the show's launch, Fukuyama Station received many letters from viewers. Although Kei Fujiwara will not read these letters one by one, there will also be a dedicated person who will read the contents of the letters and then summarize and summarize the feedback to Kei Fujiwara.

Many of them said in a joking tone:

"Haha, why does the male protagonist always wear a suit, even on dates? Does it mean that dating the female protagonist is considered a job? Hahaha, just kidding."

"Why does it feel like the male protagonist doesn't look like a rich man, but more like a social beast? Is it a problem with his acting skills? Well, it's hard to say. But overall, this is a very good drama, so go for it."

"The male protagonist is a bit like my husband, but my husband is just a salaryman with an annual salary of about 6 million. Does the young master look like this too? Haha, maybe my husband is also a hidden rich man. I'll ask him when I get home. ask him."

"I feel that the male lead is not fashionable enough, but he is still very handsome."

Although this kind of opinion letters does not account for a large proportion of all letters, for a large base, no matter how small the proportion is, it is a huge amount, and Fujiwara Kei can't help but pay attention to it.

He silently compared "Tokyo Cinderella" with a series of Korean dramas such as "Chunxiang" and "Winter Sonata", secretly feeling in his heart that idol dramas are catnip for women, and Korean dramas obviously know how to do this better than Japanese dramas. Please women.

In addition to attractive plots, one thing Korean dramas like to do is to spare no effort to create a sense of wealth and fashion for the male protagonist.

So much so that when the male lead of a Korean drama comes on stage, it always seems to be surrounded by a halo.

Japanese TV dramas are used to using ordinary people as the protagonists, such as "Long Vacation" and "A Beautiful Mind", the male protagonists are all frustrated people. So much so that the Japanese TV drama team is no longer afraid of ordinary people, and when they start filming the son-in-law, they seem less professional.

As for the real rich second generation, they are not the kind who can't wait to change three sets of clothes a day, always have exquisite makeup, and have someone waiting on them whenever they raise their hands or feet... Who cares? Filming TV series is not shooting real documentaries, the focus is to cater to the imagination and expectations of the audience.

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The filming officially started, and promotional resources also began to be drawn up. Fanxing TV and TTV gave Kei Fujiwara a lot of face this time, almost allocating the best publicity resources to these two dramas. No one on the stage complained. After all, the situation was unclear. Kei Fujiwara's past performance was really terrible. Now it's easy to get slapped in the face if he complains. It's not too late to protest again after this drama is a hit and hits the street...

The box office split results of "Confession" have come out, and Kei Fujiwara is naturally the second largest beneficiary. He is the largest investor, screenwriter and director, and received about 500 million in box office revenue. Of course, the biggest beneficiary is Matsuni Pictures.

Although their investment is not large, they are issuers, issuing plus investment. Apart from some necessary operating costs, their income is higher than Kei Fujiwara.

This also made Kei Fujiwara determined to expand his film business department and have sufficient theater resources, otherwise he would have to give up most of his income to the five major film and television companies.

Of course, if the initial follow-up investment had successfully entered the crew's account, they would have made even more money. Because of Nobi Shisuke's temporary cancellation decision, Matsunichi Pictures lost hundreds of millions in revenue.

Therefore, Nobi Shisuke has been a little embarrassed recently because of this matter. Matsunichi Pictures is not monolithic. Any company that develops to a large scale will gradually have factions, especially companies where the founder is no longer involved in actual operations. The president is selected by the board of directors. out of the business.

Eiji Shirai has left, but Eiji's former camp is still there. He always brags in front of the board of directors, claiming that Nobi Shisuke does not have a strategic development vision or even the ability to judge, so he gave up a large share of the "Confession" movie box office opportunity, and even forced Eiji Shirai, who had such vision and ability, away.

Although this kind of remarks will not affect Nobi Shisuke's status as president for the time being, they are disgusting enough to make him irritable. When people are irritable, they always want to vent it out.

When Usami Sakura, the woman who had a quarrel with Fujiwara Kei, came to the company in the past two days, the corners of her mouth were broken, and one cheek was also red and swollen. According to her, she accidentally fell on the road. These days, the siblings are also extremely honest in the company...

As a box office success that has not been seen for a long time, "Confession" is destined to leave a mark in the history of Japanese movies. Especially for the category of suspense movies, "Confession" can be regarded as one of the top three in Japanese film history. work.

In a while, major film industry events such as the Tokyo Film Festival and Broadcast Awards will begin again, and senior filmmakers all know that "Confession" will have a place. It is very likely that he will win the Best Director Award at the Broadcasting Awards, and once this award is won, it means that Kei Fujiwara once again has a new title - a well-known film director.

Writer, TV screenwriter, film supervisor... shrouded in triple golden bodies, Kei Fujiwara will become one of the few top talents in the Japanese literary and artistic circles.

If he can also achieve success in the film industry, broadcasting industry and literary world, then there will be no problem in calling him "godfather".

To take a step back, even if the movie "Confession" did not win any awards. The film's box office success alone is an incredible achievement.

Any achievement must be viewed in the context of the time in which it was achieved, and Kei Fujiwara's "Confession" appeared at a very opportune time. It happened at a time when the film market was in a very sluggish state, with theaters even closing down, and the previous year was a tough winter for the domestic box office.

A movie has twice the highest box office of last year. This is like a shot in the arm for theater operators, so much so that many small operators who plan to sell theaters plan to hold on for a while. For this reason alone, Kei Fujiwara has As far as the entire Japanese film industry is concerned, it is already a great achievement. The five major film companies have him to thank.

The final box office of this movie was 4.958 billion. It was as if fate was deliberately playing a joke on Kei Fujiwara. It was only a few tens of millions away from the goal he had set and the predicted box office in the newspaper.