Tokyo Literary Godfather

Two more photographers who originally belonged to Fukuyamadai switched jobs and came to Shuibo Production.

These two photographers are relatively well-known old people in the industry. When Fujiwara Kei was still at Fukuyamadai, he was relatively familiar with these two people. But later when he created his own portal, he never thought of bringing the two of them together. The main reason is that it is unrealistic. How could these two people follow him after they have devoted their lives to Fukuyama Terrace for most of their lives.

But I didn't expect that I would take the initiative to change jobs here.

Kei Fujiwara was currently in need of a technically capable photographer in his company. He was so happy when a pillow came to him just as he dozed off that he even treated the two of them to lunch.

During the meal, the two photographers also started chatting and started talking about the smoky atmosphere in Fukuyama Terrace. They became more and more indignant as they talked.

"The new station director is simply incompetent! He can't say anything at all. The right to speak is controlled by the film and television companies. I don't think it was like this when it was dominated by the newspaper faction! The TV station has completely become a film and television company. Subordinate, if this is the case, what kind of TV series will we make?"

"Fujiwara-san, I have to say, you left at the right time! I regret not leaving with you! I wasted more than a year!"

The two people sounded quite angry.

Fujiwara Kei comforted the two of them, and then asked the question he was more concerned about: "By the way, how is Shibasaki-kun doing lately?"

Hideaki Shibasaki is the director whom Kei Fujiwara has worked with since he first started the Moon Nine Project. He is very capable, trustworthy, and has a good understanding. When Kei Fujiwara started his own company, he also thought about bringing him in, but it didn't work out. .

But still thinking about the other party, I want to expand the talent pool that Mizuba Productions currently lacks.

So when I heard the two complaining about the current bad atmosphere at Fukuyama Terrace, I also had some bad thoughts in my mind. I hope Shibazaki Hideaki is also unhappy at Fukuyama Terrace at this moment, so that he can find a way to make money for him.

"Shibasaki-kun, he is living quite well now." The two people said, "Now he has become a producer, and the projects he handles can be broadcast on Yuejiu, and the senior management of the station are also very happy. Appreciate him, I guess it won't be long before he can become a management team."

"That's it, congratulations to him." Kei Fujiwara said with some regret.

In the next few days, the project for the five films will officially begin.

For Ghibli's two animated films, Kei Fujiwara only needs to provide scripts, funds and help attract investment. There is no need to invest more energy and time.

Mizunami Productions first gave Otomo Kei a sum of money. This guy formed a team within three days and started intensive production. Fujiwara Kei inquired about the progress and found that the progress was rapid. It seems that this movie Otomo Keiichi Indeed, I already had a sketch in mind, and it was extremely fast to shoot.

Even the voice actors, painters, and soundtracks were found in advance, just waiting for a "gold master" like Kei Fujiwara to give him money.

But looking back at Oshii An, it seems that it is not so smooth. After all, unlike "City of the Deep", which was Otomo Keiichi's original script, Oshii-an did not have a draft of "My Name" in mind. This was a completely unfamiliar story to him.

To make this strange story his own, Oshii-an had to think and re-create it. This took time, and just creating the storyboard script and character settings took a long time.

However, this story comes from Kei Fujiwara after all, so Oshii-an did not regard other people's opinions as interference to himself like Otomo Keiichi. Instead, he actively communicated with Kei Fujiwara and listened to his opinions.

With the help of Kei Fujiwara, Oshii An quickly finalized the first version of the character design, and this version is also the male and female protagonist closest to Makoto Shinkai’s original version.

However, it seems that Oshii An still wants to make a certain degree of modification, and Kei Fujiwara has no objection. After all, in the style of Xin Haicheng's works, the most selling point is the exquisite scenery and moving feelings, but the design of the characters is nothing special. It's not as deeply rooted as the character image designed by Hayao Miyazaki, so it's okay to change it a little bit.

While Kei Fujiwara cooperated with Studio Ghibli to develop the work, he also started the project planning of the headquarters.

The production decisions were not only disclosed internally, but at the suggestion of Yoshida Kashi, the production decisions of the four films were announced directly to the public through newspapers, and the types and names of the four films were also announced. This is not only to promote to audiences and theaters in advance, but also to facilitate investment.

Sure enough, as soon as the news came out, it caused quite a stir among movie fans and film practitioners.

Kei Fujiwara is going to make a new movie again! This news not only excited many audiences, but also made some theater practitioners very happy.

They still remember the high box office set by "Confession", which directly reversed the decline of the entire film market in the previous year. At first, I thought this guy was just here to join in the fun in the movie circle for fun, and he left as soon as he could.

But I didn't expect this guy to decide to score twice now, how can it not be a surprise?

What's even more regrettable is that among the five films that Shuibo Productions has participated in, four of them are his original scripts, which undoubtedly adds to the certainty of victory.

In his public decision statement, Kei Fujiwara also revealed the name of the movie to be filmed next. Although the specific content was not disclosed, this also triggered speculation.

Some names are easy to guess, such as "Encoffiant", which is supposed to tell the story of this profession, but some names are not so easy to guess...

"What does Infernal Affairs mean?"

In the office, Nobi Shiosuke asked while holding a newspaper.

"This..." The secretary was stunned for a moment. Nobi Shisuke has three secretaries. Only this secretary is responsible for doing things, so he has rich professional knowledge. Nobi Shisuke will ask him any questions, but he can't answer them for a while. this problem.

"Sorry, I'm not sure. I'll check the information right away."

"Um."

The secretary also noticed the contents of the newspaper at this time, glanced at it, and asked immediately: "President, Shuibo Production has announced the production decision, and now everyone in the industry is paying attention to this matter. I heard that Dongzhen and Nichidong have sent I have contacted people and hope to invest in their new film production, should we also..."

"Fukuyamadai will contact them. They are on good terms with Mizunami Productions, so we don't have to worry about it." Nobi Shisuke replied.

The secretary was silent for a moment, "But after all, we are a film company. Would it be okay to hand over film-related projects to a TV station..."

Nobi Shigesuke folded the newspaper and glanced at the secretary with some dissatisfaction, but finally said patiently: "It's not that we haven't been in contact before, but their attitude is too strong and they don't allow us to make any changes or suggestions to the content. , is really too arrogant. In this case, there is no need for us to lower our dignity and accommodate them infinitely. Haha, we can’t tell who is the top five."

The "Big Five" here does not refer to the five major TV stations, but the five major film and television companies, and Nobi Shiosuke is obviously very proud of this status.

"What's more, producing five movies at the same time? How arrogant. Even if they are not the main producers of these five movies, they will still consume a lot of money. For a medium-sized film and television company, it is not a big gamble. Look. Here comes Keina Fujiwara, who has just won a battle and is so proud and arrogant. Just wait, he will realize that movies are not that simple."

The secretary really wanted to remind him that any business behavior is accompanied by risks, and there is no business behavior without risks. Judging from Kei Fujiwara's past performance, investing in his movies is definitely something worth doing. Have you forgotten about the previous "Confession"? It is precisely because you are tied up and unwilling to put your trust in a person who has talent and achievements that you have made hundreds of millions of yen less, and the board of directors has criticized you, the president...

However, these words must not be uttered. Once uttered, he will definitely be angered. Not to mention, Nobi Shisuke is unwilling to continue investing in movies produced by Mizunami, maybe because of this matter.

You all say he can do it, but I say no! When the movie loses money, I will know that what I did was the right one!

Maybe President Nobi had this idea in mind... The secretary thought to himself, so he decided to keep silent.