Tokyo Literary Godfather

Chapter 444: The strength of fans

The next day, Hitomi Deki and Takami Inoshita held a "handshake meeting" with fans at Shin-Ohashi, which made headlines in the entertainment pages of many newspapers.

Since she is a newcomer who has received a lot of attention recently, especially Deki Hitomi, if nothing happens, there will be no problem in taking the crown of this year's Rookie King. The news about her has attracted attention and discussion, so this is a trivial matter. Featured in the entertainment pages of major newspapers.

It's just that the same thing, written by different pens, has completely different tastes.

Some newspapers mainly focus on praise, focusing mainly on the harmonious relationship between newly popular idols and fans. Fans are polite and polite, and idols are not self-respecting and noble. It is worth learning from star-chasing behavior.

However, some newspapers found angles to criticize. For example, they felt that the incident was a deliberate hype by the artist, and that such an event was held without prior notification, causing serious traffic jams in the local area. They also mentioned a car accident that occurred nearby. Hitomi Deki's agency even needs to bear some responsibility for the car accident. This traffic accident was caused by congestion near the new bridge.

In fact, the place where the traffic accident occurred was five kilometers away from the new bridge, and it could not be counted on Deki Hitomi's head. But news belongs to the manufacturing industry, and entertainment news belongs to the creative industry. There is no end to the calculation.

Mizunami Production didn't pay much attention to it at first, but I didn't expect that Hitomi Deki's fans are very fighting. After seeing this news, many fans even found the place where the accident in the news happened, and even found the victim who experienced the car accident. Through the victim's self-report and detailed arguments, it was shown that the accident had nothing to do with Hitomi Deki.

Explain that the article was published in another newspaper, which is full of smoke. It accuses this publication of having no journalistic literacy, making up nonsense, and bullying young artists. It should apologize.

Although the newspaper did not explicitly apologize in the end, the fighting power of Hitomi Deki's fan support group is evident. Even better than many artists who have been in the industry for many years. Many media and even artists have to be afraid.

In fact, in terms of public opinion, the real reliance of artists is often not the legal affairs of the agency, but these loyal fans. Although they are brainless, they are really loyal...

As the second male lead, Isshin Sakamoto's popularity has also skyrocketed. He is actually not a newcomer. He has acted in some unknown TV series, and the ratings were quite bad.

But after becoming famous this time, many TV stations actually re-broadcast the TV series he starred in. Unexpectedly and reasonably, the ratings were even higher than the first broadcast...

At the same time, there are also many film appointments from producers, which are falling like snow flakes, and many of them are quite good. This also depends on the prestige of Kei Fujiwara. After all, after Kei Fujiwara became the president, Mizuha Productions suddenly became a boutique production company known for its production. Therefore, many producers do not dare to fool around with ordinary projects, otherwise our self-produced films will not be able to perform? Why do you act in films that you have no confidence in?

Then came endorsements. Many brands with young people as their main consumer groups have approached them, and Taniguchi Toyohaya selected some products that are highly compatible with the artist's image for cooperation.

Moreover, Mizuhara Yui has warned that these artist companies plan to make long-term plans and not always think about making quick money, overdraw the credibility and favorability of artists, and accept any advertisements. Therefore, Yutaka Taniguchi has been very restrained in making money.

But even so, the income from advertising endorsements is still very considerable. During this period, people in the agency department can hear the sound of gold coins falling into their bags when they get up.

At the same time, the talent scout team of the agency department has also been organized, intending to enrich the company's trainees in order to cultivate more potential artists.

As time went by, "Blue Life and Death" aired for 17 episodes, and the ratings increased again. This time, it achieved a special achievement - the average ratings of a single episode exceeded that of "The White Tower" this week.

Although the ratings are only about 0.3 more, and while the ratings of this drama are growing, "The White Tower" is also rising. Maybe the next episode of "The White Tower" will overtake it. Maybe, "Blue Love of Life and Death" will surpass even more. Between the two unknowns, no one can guess what the outcome will be.

At this time, the competition between the two dramas truly became suspenseful.

But the atmosphere between the two teams suddenly became harmonious. Nishimura Taro even came to congratulate him and asked Okada Juri if he wanted to cooperate.

"Cooperation?" Okada Shuri was puzzled.

"We are about to shoot the final episode. I guess your shooting progress is about the same. How about having the two TV series star guest star in each other's guest appearances in the final episode to increase the topic?" Nishimura Taro said, "And "Blue" Doesn't "Love, Life and Death" have a plot in which the heroine is seriously ill? It just so happens that it is compatible with certain themes of medical dramas... For example, such a plot can be arranged, and the heroine's attending doctor is the one in "The White Tower" Satomi...what do you think?"

Okada Juri was startled, and then became very excited. Not bad, now the two dramas are linked together, and there is even more hype.

And they can also guide the audience to each other... Although the TV series has been broadcast on the TV station, it does not mean that the TV series project is over. Next, it will enter the video sales process, which is also a lot of money.

So the two hit it off and immediately decided to cooperate. People from the same company didn't even have to sign a contract, and they directly shot the plot scenes they needed on the other's set.

This kind of cooperation is also very common. For example, Jackie Chan's "Glass Bottle" and Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" have guest appearances in each other's plots. Feng Xiaogang also agreed to Stephen Chow's request to guest star in "Kung Fu". However, when he wanted to imitate Zhou Cheng's story in "A World Without Thieves", Stephen Chow rejected him. To a certain extent, it is indeed very unauthentic. The smell of serving dishes is obvious.

The popularity of "Blue Life and Death" not only made the three artists produced by Mizunami popular, but the biggest gain was undoubtedly the protagonist Ken Nagasawa.

In his late thirties, his popularity has gradually declined, and he is now at a disadvantage in the competition with younger idol artists. The path of being an idol has almost come to an end, and the transformation is not that good, otherwise he would not agree to star in trend dramas again.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when he had already planned to stop being an idol, his popularity once again experienced a huge growth explosion, even surpassing the peak of his popularity in the past, and it was even continuing to grow.

When Ken Nagasawa went out to attend an event, a huge crowd of fans appeared at the event venue. He originally thought that other idols were invited to this event, otherwise he would not be able to achieve this effect based on his impression of the size of his fan base.

However, after getting off the car, a roar like a mountain and a tsunami came to my ears, almost exclusively calling his name and his nickname when he first debuted.

"Nagazawa-kun!"

"Axian!"

"Little meatballs!"

Nagasawa Ken looked at the dark crowd around him in surprise, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Although he felt extremely embarrassed when he heard the shameful nickname he had when he first debuted, this embarrassing feeling was quickly overwhelmed by other emotions.

Exciting, shocking, incredible.

In fact, Ken Nagasawa loved the idol career from the beginning, but he never reached the top along the way. On the contrary, as he grew older, his own era gradually came to an end. He was actually mentally prepared, but he still felt a little lost.

So when I saw the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.