Tokyo Literary Godfather

Since becoming the deputy minister, Itagaki Kazuhiko has indeed attached great importance to the cultivation and exploration of writing talents. He began to frequently visit the literary clubs of major universities and expanded the original writing training classes to three, just to find more writing talents. Writing talent.

And his work is indeed quite effective. Within a year and a half, he has cultivated and discovered three or four best-selling writers, and they are still young and have a long writing life.

The sales volume of one of them even reached 400,000 copies, which was a super best-seller of the year. In a few years, he will probably be able to enter the Hall of Fame.

No magazine can rely solely on one author. If "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" or "Qiankun Spring and Autumn" only rely on Fujiwara Kei to attract readers, then readers are not stupid. The best choice for those who like Fujiwara Kei's works is not to buy every issue of the magazine, but to wait and read. Pay the bill. Therefore, it is very important for a magazine to have a team of authors.

However, although many outstanding writers have been discovered, there is still no one who can reach the level of Kei Fujiwara.

However, the east is not bright and the west is bright. Although the Spring and Autumn Society's plan to train Fujiwara Keiji has not been realized for the time being, another publishing house less than one kilometer away from the Spring and Autumn Society, Asakawa Bookstore, has welcomed its own "Fujiwara Keiji". ".

A young writer named Yamazaki Naoki suddenly emerged, and his mystery work "Lizard Fire" won the Ranpo Prize that year. And this book has now sold more than one million copies, and its momentum is close to that of "White Night Walk", which caused a sensation in the industry.

And this Yamazaki Naoki is only about 26 years old this year, and coincidentally, he is also a cross-border writer.

In addition to being a novel author, Yamazaki Naoki is also a film author. But the difference with Kei Fujiwara is that he made movies first and then wrote novels. He once won the Newcomer Award for his independent films, but because he couldn't get investment, he couldn't shoot new movies. At the same time, he also realized that the film industry In today's Japan, it has gradually become a backwater, so I changed my career, but my talent is still outstanding.

Because their experiences are very similar to Kei Fujiwara's, many media also like to compare the two. Some people say that Naoki Yamazaki will be Kei Fujiwara's second. Some people also think that perhaps Naoki Yamazaki is the person who can challenge Kei Fujiwara's "hegemony" in the cultural world.

Therefore, many newspapers and magazines like to talk about the two people together. Anyway, readers also like to read this type of anti-war articles and provoke discord, but they have nothing to lose.

And soon, the media reporters who love Gonghuo smelled the "smoke of gunpowder" again.

It seems that the new novels of Kei Fujiwara and Naoki Yamazaki will be published at the same time soon...

Yamazaki Naoki's new novel "Monster", which has been serialized during this period, is about to be completed. This novel is very strong and directly boosted the sales of the serialized magazine during the serialization period. The sales forecast for this book in the industry is also more than 800,000, and it will be a hot book in the book market in a few months.

Kei Fujiwara will soon have a new book coming out. Although he has not serialized a new novel for some time, his TV series have continued to emerge one after another, and many TV series will be re-released as novels after they are completed.

The novel version of "The White Tower" by Kei Fujiwara has been written and handed over to the magazine. With the popular TV series as the basis, there is no doubt that this book will be a hit.

But which book will sell better? Both the industry and readers want to see these two books compete.

In fact, it is not the same type of work, but it can't stop readers and the media from wanting to watch cage fighting. So Fujiwara Kei and Yamazaki Naoki both entered the ring without knowing it.

Kei Fujiwara has not published a new work for a long time, and Spring and Autumn Society also invested a lot of thought and publicity resources in "The White Tower", with the first printing of 150,000 copies. Just wait for the TV series to be announced and the book will appear on the window stands of major bookstores the day after it ends.

Another week passed. The winter season is also coming to an end.

Since "The White Tower" and "Blue Life and Death" are both full-length dramas, they are broadcast in two seasons. However, because of this, the volume of each season is relatively small. Compared with the regular twelve-part series, it only has Ten episodes. The other two episodes were filled with commercials.

But precisely because of this, the finales of other TV series will not be broadcast at the same time as these two dramas, otherwise the ratings will probably be cut in half...

Even some works that were originally scheduled to be broadcast at the same time as the two dramas "White and Blue" were urgently postponed under the orders of the TV station's top management, and two new episodes were added to avoid the finale and the Fujiwara drama. The fate of simultaneous broadcasts.

The finale is often the highest-rated episode of a TV series. If the ratings are cut in half because of this, it will be a huge loss.

The final results of the two dramas "White Tower" and "Blue Life and Death" are also very much anticipated by the audience and the industry.

In addition to anticipation, the audience also felt very sad.

Because obviously, both shows seem to be ending in tragedy.

Goro Zaizen, the protagonist of "The White Tower" and the heroine of "Blue Life and Death" are both seriously ill, and from the plot point of view, it seems that they will die soon.

And judging from the plot, there seems to be no possibility of a reversal, such as a misdiagnosis or the temporary discovery of some magical drug.

I am looking forward to the final ending of my favorite drama and the final fate of the protagonists, but I also can't bear to see the tragedy of their deaths.

So when it came to the prime time on weekend nights, many viewers turned on the TV with such complicated emotions.

"The White Tower" was broadcast first. On the morning of the next day, Nishimura Taro looked at the final ratings of 37%, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was almost in line with expectations. It was an excellent final result, and Nishimura Taro was finally able to let go of his worries. Although the show has been doing well, he has been worried about it since the day it aired.

They are worried that they have done something wrong that will cause the ratings to drop midway. They are worried that the actors' misbehavior will be photographed by reporters, which will affect the TV series. They are even worried that the quality of peripheral products will cause audience protests, and even the crew will be affected. Even if he kept his attitude, as long as the TV series was not finished, he would be worried every day.

The moment I saw the ratings report for the finale and saw that the results hadn't dropped, I immediately felt relieved.

It was as if something had been taken away from his body in an instant, and he suddenly collapsed on the office chair. Sometimes he fiddled with his hair and sometimes turned his pen, as if he had entered the time of the sage.

It’s not easy... Being the person in charge of a drama... Nishimura Taro thought to himself. But he also warned himself that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

If you want to achieve higher achievements in the broadcasting industry, the pressure you will face in the future will only be greater! How can it be easy to be overwhelmed.

At the same time, I also have a stronger feeling of admiration for Kei Fujiwara. He is only responsible for one drama and still feels so heavy pressure. However, Kei Fujiwara is responsible for several TV dramas at the same time, which is already a normal thing.

Seeing that he always looked calm and calm, I thought it was a simple matter. It's really hard to watch others carry the burden, but it breaks my back to carry the burden myself. Only when you try it yourself will you know how difficult it is.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on Taro Nishimura's office, and Juri Okada walked in. As soon as he walked into the office, he smiled and said: "Director Nishimura, congratulations, "The White Tower" has successfully ended, and the results are gratifying. And look It seems that the best work awards in the next major awards will also be yours."

"You are really making fun of me. In terms of ratings, "Blue Life and Death" is better than "White Tower". It can grow from more than ten percent of the ratings at the beginning to the current level. The efforts you put in are also... "

In the middle of the greetings, Nishimura Taro suddenly raised his head and glanced at Okada Juri, and said with a playful smile: "Ms. Okada, tomorrow is the day when your TV series ends. You must be very nervous now, right?"

Okada Juri sat down on the sofa, rubbing his hands all the time, and said with a wry smile: "Who says it's not the case... I haven't had a good sleep for several days, and I am both looking forward to and worried... after seeing "The White Tower" My grades are so good, I’m afraid I’m going to have insomnia again today…”