Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Has the cake arrived?"

The delivery boy pushed open the door and walked in. When the people inside saw the person carrying the cake, they hurriedly greeted him and took the cake. Obviously, the agent guessed correctly. This was what they bought to celebrate. The ratings results for the eleventh episode of "Blue Life and Death" were calculated early this morning. The data is very good. The tenth episode showed a gratifying increase of five percentage points. However, in the second half, this increase not only did not fell, but continued to grow upward, and the growth curve became steeper!

In addition to the excitement, Okada Juri quickly summoned the creative team and announced the good news. Everyone was also very shocked. Everyone was busy with their own things early this morning, and no one paid much attention to today's ratings statistics.

Although the new season has just started, it is not the first episode after all, and no one cares too much about the ratings. The main reason is that they didn't think the ratings would fluctuate again at first, but they didn't expect the ratings to rise so alarmingly. If this were a stock, it would be a blue chip stock.

It was only the eleventh episode, and it was too early to have a celebration banquet. So Juri Okada paid directly from his own pocket and rushed to order two cream cakes from the most famous pastry shop in Tokyo. It happened that the pastry shop had freshly cooled cakes. The embryo was ready, so I quickly prepared it and sent it over.

After Okada Juri took the cake, she happily gave the delivery boy a 1,000 yen tip. Okada Juri had always scorned this kind of Western bad habit, but this move showed that she was indeed very happy today.

"Mr. Taniguchi." Juri Okada greeted him happily after seeing Toyohaya Taniguchi, his face flushed, "Please come in and have a piece of cake. You have worked hard during this time, and your work is also crucial! It's really Thank you so much!"

"Huh? Uh... uh... OK, you're too polite." Manager Toyohaya Taniguchi said with some discomfort.

You know, Okada Juri is not so polite usually. He is a producer who is notoriously difficult to talk to and has a harsh attitude. The mental burden she placed on herself was too heavy, because in the early days she was a producer with the same status as Yui Mizuhara, but Yui Mizuhara soared, and she was still standing there. They secretly competed with Nishimura Taro again, but "White Tower" became a big hit, while "Blue Life and Death" is still mediocre in the ratings of around 20.

In addition, because she is a woman, according to previous workplace experience, if women do not behave vigorously and resolutely, it will be difficult for women to gain the same respect as male leaders in the workplace. The situation may change in later generations, but this is how it is in Japan now at this time.

Therefore, Juri Okada is always very strict and even a little irritable. Yutaka Taniguchi often suffers from her. Although he does not have much direct contact with the agent and producer, once the actor's condition declines, Juri Okada will Instead of criticizing the actor for a while, I went to him, scolded him, and asked him if he cares about the actor and if he monitors the actor's image and performance status?

Deki Hitomi and the others couldn't remember their lines, so Okada Juri looked for him; Deki Hitomi and the others had swollen faces, Okada Juri looked for her; Deki Hitomi had been feeling a little depressed recently, but Okada Juri still looked for him...

It is precisely because of Okada Juri's existence that Taniguchi Toyohaya specifically went to Mizuhara Yui today to talk about Deki Hitomi, because he was afraid that Okada Juri would report to a higher level again and appear to have problems with his work ability.

So much so that now I get scared when I get a phone call. In Taniguchi Toyohaya's impression, this Okada Juri didn't seem to have a good tone towards him.

It's not that people have any objections to him, it's that the two of them are from different backgrounds. Apart from calling for prosecution and discussing the actor's issues, there is nothing else to go to him for.

In fact, Yutaka Taniguchi's position in the company was not lower than that of Juri Okada. At first, he was a little angry at being treated so easily, but later he got used to it.

After all, Shuibo Productions now gives priority to the production department. Everything is based on box office and ratings, and performance is everything. Until the artist management department comes up with impressive results, they have no choice but to adopt a tolerant attitude toward these producers.

As a result, Okada Juri's attitude today was like a spring breeze, which made Taniguchi Yuzawa feel uncomfortable for a while.

Juri Okada cut a large piece of cream cake with his own hands and put it on the tray and handed it to Taniguchi Toyohaya. He also thoughtfully handed over a fork. When Taniguchi Toyohaya was eating the cake in silence, he did not forget to remind him in his ear. .

"Taniguchi-san, the performance of the actors during this period is pretty good. This is inseparable from the result of your hard work. You are also responsible for the increase in ratings now. It's just that Hitomi Deki seems to be in a bad mood recently. I even feel that there is some attitude of avoiding acting work. Although it will not affect the normal shooting, it is best not to turn a blind eye to any adverse phenomena. I also ask you to pay more attention to the psychological counseling of the actors. It is really troublesome for you!"

After saying that and bowing, Taniguchi Toyohaya quickly bowed in return, but accidentally, the cake in his hand fell to the ground.

Okada Juri quickly gave him a new piece, but Taniguchi Toyohaya looked at the cake on the ground with a complicated expression, and only four words lingered in his mind: first be polite, then be wary.

At first, he didn't really care about Deki Hitomi's signs of not wanting to be an artist, but now he can't help but become nervous.

If Hitomi Deki's bad thoughts continue to ferment, and if it becomes more serious and he gives in during the filming and subsequent promotion of the TV series, it would be considered gentle for Juri Okada to eat him alive.

Taniguchi Toyohaya couldn't help but shudder and looked at Deki Hitomi, who was standing not far away and eating a cake.

"Ah Hitomi, the new episode of the TV series has done well." Takami Inoshita said excitedly, "So, we do have a chance to become popular!"

"It's just one episode, it doesn't mean anything. It's not certain what it will be like in the future..." Izuki Hitomi continued eating the cake.

"Izuku, you are very pessimistic, but I don't think so." Takami Inoshita said while eating the cake, "I didn't know much about it before, but recently I know that our president seems to be a very powerful person. . He is not only a director, screenwriter, and producer, but also a writer. Have you heard of the best-selling book "Gambling Apocalypse"? He wrote it!"

"Gambling Apocalypse" is now in its second serialization. The serialization and sales are still hot, and it is extremely popular among young people. This book is not as literary as "White Night Walk" and "The Devotion of Suspect X", but it is not far behind in commercial terms. It abandons some of the lukewarm and multi-line narrative techniques in literature, and sticks to a main line from beginning to end. As an adventure novel, it is very capable of stimulating readers' adrenaline, so its popularity continues unabated, and it even vaguely surpasses Kei Fujiwara's previous achievements. The tendency of masterpieces.

Moreover, this book has been generally evaluated by critics as "a writing technique that is close to the creation of comics". This comment is actually very appropriate, after all, the original work of this book is a comic. Moreover, as a comic, it does not have a lovable and popular style, but it is still very popular. The animation has been produced for many seasons, and it has also been made into a movie. It’s because the story itself is so powerful.

Or why can't you even resist plagiarizing a certain mollusk game? Moreover, the plagiarized glass bridge passage is not too conspicuous in this comic. The rock-paper-scissors game, the dice fight in the prison cell, and the pachinko fight are much more exciting, but I just didn’t dare to copy them.

Recently, a comic magazine approached Kei Fujiwara, hoping to adapt this novel into a magazine. After Kei Fujiwara secured good cooperation conditions, he agreed. This comic is currently being serialized.

"Yeah, I think I've heard of it." Izuku Hitomi nodded, then smiled evilly at Inoshita Takami and said, "Instead of being an artist under him, why not just marry him and become his wife?"

Inoshita Takamei nodded seriously: "Okay, if he asks to date me, I will agree."

"Cluck, cluck, cluck..." The two young girls laughed unceremoniously.

Of course, although the two of them just casually discussed "Maybe it will become popular" at this time, they did not really think in that direction. It can be said that you are not mentally prepared for what to do if you really become popular.

At this time, they just thought that the ratings of this episode of the TV series were good, and they might get red envelopes at the celebration banquet. However, the development of things gradually exceeded their expectations...