Tokyo Literary Godfather

The production plans of the three films began to be officially put on the cards.

The three films are "The Embalmer", supervised by Ono Nagaharu; "Infernal Affairs", supervised by Kei Fujiwara; and "My Sassy Girl", supervised by Odagiri Kozo.

The three movies belong to completely different genres, but overall, there are not many special effects shots. If the salary factor is not taken into account, the production costs required for these three movies will not be considered high-end.

At least it is not as high as the production cost of cartoons and special feature films. The cost of filming one "My Name" can be used to film two "Infernal Affairs".

Moreover, Fujiwara Kei has already discussed with Yoshida Kafumi and the others in advance. Regarding Oshii-an, they basically adopt the attitude of asking for money and giving money, and asking for people. Firstly, it is to convey information to the outside world. Shuibo Production’s supportive attitude towards outstanding creators. Secondly, one of the selling points of "My Name" and Oshii'an's expertise is the graphics. He does not intend to deduct any funds on the graphics to avoid affecting the final release effect.

Shooting and producing five films at the same time is actually quite a financial burden. The money earned from the previous TV series can ensure the company's cash flow is running well, but there is still money left over to shoot movies.

The key is that all the money can't be spent on projects. We also need to keep employees' salaries and basic club operating expenses, and developing our own theater resources has always been in Shuibo Production's schedule. We also need to set aside some money to be ready to purchase theaters at any time.

As for the works Kei Fujiwara took in the past year, the accumulated credit is reflected at this time. "Confession" proved that Fujiwara Kei also has superb abilities in the film field, and dramas such as "White Tower" and "Blue Life and Death" proved the top production standards in the Mizunami production industry. Therefore, as soon as the news about the film project was released, almost all the five major film and television companies took people up to send money, so there was almost no need to worry about funds.

First up is Dongjin. The current president and director of Tojin Pictures has great respect for Kei Fujiwara, and has proposed several times to invest in Mizunami Productions on favorable terms, but was rejected by Kei Fujiwara. But the other party was not discouraged, and directly claimed that if Kei Fujiwara had a self-made film and television project, Dongzhen would definitely participate in the investment.

And now, of course, he kept his word and invested in three movies, "City of the Deep Sea", "Infernal Affairs" and "My Sassy Girl". The total investment is 350 million. In terms of the traditionally thin production budget of Japanese films, this is quite a number.

In fact, Dongzhen wanted to invest in all five movies, but later she seemed to feel that the eggs could not be put in the same basket and risks should be properly controlled, so she gave up.

Eiji Shirai of Nikko also took the initiative to find him. As one of Fujiwara Kei's close friends, Eiji Shirai came up and said: "Fujiwara, tell me, which movie are you most confident about? Which one is the best?" Yours is experimental or for winning prizes, but you don’t have much confidence in the box office?”

"Right now, profit is Nichido's sole purpose of action. I just surrendered to the new company and I need to make some achievements. Brother, you have to help me. It seems that working with you is the safest and most secure thing."

Kei Fujiwara shook his head and said: "How can I, a small company with a small company, be able to make such experimental and avant-garde films? Don't worry, all the films I make are for the sole purpose of making money. Things that don't make money are in my eyes. It’s not a good thing.”

"Then I'm relieved." Shirai Eiji thought for a while and said: "Among the five movies, only one will be directed by you personally, right? That one is called "Infernal Affairs"... the name is really strange. , what do you mean? Forget it, never mind, I’ll invest 80 million for this one.”

"I plan to have the company control this film and occupy the majority of it. I have already received a lot of investment from Dongzhen. If you invest so much more, I will completely become the one who makes money for you two."

"It seems that you are very confident in this movie. In this case, I must vote for this movie. I want to vote for it! I want to vote for it!"

Eiji Shirai, who has grown a little too shameless with his age, actually sat on the sofa and started kicking his legs to play.

Fujiwara Kei said helplessly: "Four of the five works this time are my scripts. If you are so confident in my ability, why not take a look at the remaining ones?"

Eiji Shirai sneered: "Don't fool me, wasn't "White Night Journey" also a work written by you? What the hell did you come up with after being supervised by others."

"That's different. The "White Night Journey" I wrote is just a novel, and I didn't write the script myself. After others changed it into a script, my story has been changed beyond recognition. But this time is different, the script is also I created it myself, there is nothing wrong with it.”

Eiji Shirai pondered for a moment: "Okay then. You come to recommend it. I now have a budget of 300 million, and I have to spend it all anyway."

Kei Fujiwara thought for a moment and asked, "How about "My Name"? I wrote the story myself, and the supervisor is Oshii An. You should have heard of this person. He is a very good animation director. I believe he can shoot Produce something good.”

"Since you said so..."

"Then it's settled, when will the contract be signed?"

"Anytime is fine." Eiji Shirai suddenly collapsed on the sofa, "It is difficult to make a movie, and it is also difficult to do business. I hope your movie will sell well, so that my situation in the new company will be easier."

"Why, the new owner doesn't treat you well?" Kei Fujiwara said with a smile as he poured tea for Eiji Shirai.

"The president is not kind to me." Eiji Shirai smiled bitterly, "But after all, he is a high-level official with no foundation in the new company, and he is targeted from time to time. Therefore, we need projects that can make the company profitable, so that we can gain a firm foothold. Again In addition, Nichido's development has not been very good in recent years, and many Fujiwara-kuns have to rely on you."

"It really puts me under pressure..." Kei Fujiwara laughed.

"What pressure do you have? Victorious general." Shirai Eiji said jokingly, "Your success rate is rare in the whole world, not to mention in Japan. The success rate is already close to 100%. The plan you want to implement There is no such thing as failure. What’s the plan for the next film? Do you plan to make Mizunami the sixth largest in Japan?”

Fujiwara Kei smiled, raised his tea cup and took a sip without saying anything.

"Maybe you are more wild and feel that the land of Japan is too small and want to go to a wider space?" Eiji Shirai touched his chin and said, "Maybe you are interested in Hollywood?"

"Not interested. Yellow skin is not tolerated in Hollywood."

"It's biased, but there are also Asians who are doing well."

"It's just an isolated case. The input and output are not directly proportional. I think it is uneconomical." Fujiwara Keidao, "Even if I enter the United States one day, I will not be as a creator, but as an investor..."

"As expected, Fujiwara-san, you have big plans." Shirai Eiji smiled, "But I am very optimistic about all your decisions. If you want to do anything in the international market in the future, please be sure to take me with you."