Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Aso-kun, are you free recently?"

"May I ask you are?"

"You are so noble and forgetful. You can't even recognize the voice of someone who was in the club at the same time. It's me, I'm Ono."

"Xiaoye? Which Xiaoye? Ah, it's you. I remembered it. What's the matter, Xiaoye?"

Even the honorifics were omitted.

Aso, Nagasawa Ken's agent, was sleeping paralyzed on the tatami. The recent business volume was so heavy that he was so busy that he couldn't even touch the floor. Today, he had a half-day free and had his own leisure time. There were nuts, jerky and other snacks on the low table in front of me, and animations were playing on the TV. It was extremely comfortable.

After the phone rang, Aso's face curled up when he saw the caller's number, and he answered the call unhurriedly, teasing the person on the other end of the phone with words just like a weasel teasing a mouse.

The caller was Hoshino Koya's manager Ono. Compared with a few months ago, when the other party was cold, ignorant, and not afraid of boiling water, his tone and attitude became much softer at this time. He thought it was because he had encountered obstacles at work recently. The artist has been criticized, and as the artist's manager, he is under great pressure.

From the firm, from the artists, and from the fans...

"That's it." Xiaoye on the other end of the phone was silent for two or three seconds, and then continued: "Didn't you ask me to meet not long ago? I was a little busy at that time, but I suddenly have time recently. Let's get together. , some things can be discussed in person."

"That's it, but what should I do? I've suddenly become busy recently and have no time." Aso threw a nut into his mouth and said, "Let's meet again when we are free."

Ono's wry smile came from the phone receiver: "Aso-kun, you are returning my words to me... Why do you have to make such a fuss again? I think there is a misunderstanding between us. Let's find an opportunity to meet. The time and place are up to you, how about we meet? Fans of both artists are making an ugly fuss now, and I'm afraid it won't be good for the artists if this continues."

Seeing that the other party spoke directly, Aso's manager stopped covering up and said directly: "Of course I know it's not good, so I got angry with you a long time ago. I hope this matter can be resolved properly. How did you reply? What about mine? Do you know that the overwhelming press releases a few months ago caused our artist to lose an endorsement? We have suffered the losses we deserve, so what is there no benefit in talking about it now? My idea is simple, lose-lose Better than a single win, that’s what.”

Listening to the other party's very unkind tone, Ono complained in his heart, knowing that the other party would definitely not want to let it go, but he couldn't get angry. After all, his side was unreasonable. They were watching Nagasawa Ken's popularity decline, so they thought I stepped on it as soon as I stepped on it, but I didn't expect to underestimate the vitality of the drama "Blue Life and Death".

It's already halfway through the broadcast, and it's really unexpected that the latecomer can catch up, buck the trend so much, and elevate Nagasawa to an unprecedented level.

Kei Fujiwara...it's Kei Fujiwara again...Every time there is a major misjudgment, it falls on this person. Ono couldn't help but scream inwardly. It seems that in the future, we will have to deal with things related to this person. Even if the data on the surface does not appear to be good, we cannot believe that this person has the ability to counterattack at the last moment.

"Besides." Aso spoke again, "It's useless even if you talk to me. Recently, TTV and Fanxing Channel's programs have begun to discuss disputes between fans of our two artists. You should know, We don’t have the means to get the two major TV stations to speak to us, so...you know? It seems like a quarrel between artist fans, but actually it’s a battle between the platforms. It’s not something you or I can get involved in. And That guy might also be dissatisfied... Oops, you didn't record it, did you?"

"No."

"Okay, that's it for now. You should understand. I just want to tell you that it's useless to beg me. Even if I want the two artists to live in harmony now, it's difficult to do so." Aso's manager said , "Of course, I can promise you as an agent that we don't want to get involved in any disputes anymore. After all, now that Nagasawa-kun has become famous again, we don't want him to get involved in any negative comments. Ono, you should Is that what you think? Hoshino Koya has never been favored by President Fujiwara since "Long Vacation". His stardom seems to have been difficult in the past two years, and you don't want the situation to get worse. "

"Of course...well, I understand what you mean. Goodbye." After finishing speaking, a "beep" sound came from the receiver.

Aso also put down the phone, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he muttered, "It's what I deserve..."

After Ono hung up the phone, he sighed deeply.

In fact, he also guessed something, and he called this time just to confirm, and the result was just as he thought.

Offended a big shot... Ono smiled wryly and thought.

In fact, I think so too. In fact, it was a partnership between Fukuyama Television and them from the beginning. Fukuyama Television wanted to use this to promote the drama "The Golden Hand". On the other hand, it also wanted to achieve other publicity effects.

Since Kei Fujiwara left Fukuyamadai, the drama has been in the hands of the production bureau. It seems that the industry's expectations for the drama have dropped to a new level, and even the quotation for the post-advertisement has been reduced by 30%.

Therefore, the main task of Fukuyamadai's production bureau now is to get rid of the shadow of the great devil Fujiwara and convince the industry and advertisers that the Yuejiu drama that they are responsible for independently is no worse than Kei Fujiwara, or even worse.

In addition to improving their own production and script levels, they also need to deeply implant this concept in the hearts of audiences and advertisers in the industry.

But they dare not directly publish a press release to promote this point of view. First, they are afraid of offending Kei Fujiwara, and second, they are afraid that they will not be able to make a joke. So I tried to test the insinuation by comparing the two artists.

Compared with Ken Nagasawa, who has been swaying in the shackles of trending dramas, Hoshino Koya, who starred in "The Golden Hand", is more outstanding and has a better eye for film selection. To a certain extent, he is also promoting the monthly Nine dramas are stronger than Fujiwara dramas!

Ono was actually aware of this at the time, but he was too anxious. He hoped that Hoshino Koya could reverse the trend of declining reputation and popularity in the industry in the past two years - something Kei Fujiwara promoted through a series of dramas such as "Life is Beautiful" Yamashita Maki and others seriously collided with Hoshino Koya, causing Hoshino's commercial value to be greatly reduced.

Urgency leads to chaos, so even though Ono was aware that Kei Fujiwara would be dissatisfied with this, he still cooperated with Fukuyamadai to make it look ugly.

Judging from the current situation, both Fukuyama Channel and their artists' plans seem to have failed... No matter how many tricks you use, it seems to be of no use in the face of real ratings and an absolutely large audience base.

Fukuyama Taijia is a big business. As one of the five major TV stations, it is backed by consortiums such as Sankei Shimbun and Matsuni Pictures. It has a high error tolerance, and negative public opinion will not have any major impact on them at all.

Even Kei Fujiwara would turn a blind eye and would not break up with Fukuyama Dai Mingming. This guy is obviously a utilitarian. As long as it doesn't affect his actual interests, he might just smile on the surface and cause trouble behind his back.

Just like this time, Fanxing Channel and TTV suddenly had a tacit understanding to target Fukuyama Channel in the program. Isn't Kei Fujiwara exerting influence behind this? Ono didn't believe it.

Fukuyamadai probably knows this too. But when they see Kei Fujiwara, they will still pretend that nothing happened, with smiles on their faces, and they will respectfully call him "Teacher Fujiwara".

This is the real world of utilitarianism... There are no permanent enemies and friends, only permanent interests.

Kei Fujiwara and TTV were once incompatible with each other and even resorted to extravagant tactics, but now they are close.

Ono sighed and thought to himself.

As artists, if they encounter a crisis in public opinion, the losses will be much greater, and it may even become a stain on the artist's development path. As an agent, he is closely related to the fate of artists to a certain extent.

Now, all we have to do is reap the consequences.