Tokyo Literary Godfather

Regarding cooperation with Taiwan, Kei Fujiwara gave full authority to Juri Okada.

On the third day after Okada Juri went to Taiwan, he started formal preparations for filming. On the fifth day, Juri Okada called Kei Fujiwara, hoping to lend her Hitomi Deki.

"Let Hitomi Deki play the female lead?" Kei Fujiwara said, "After all, it is a TV series broadcast in Taiwan, so it is best to choose local people first."

"No, no, I want Demu to play Toudo Shizu." Juri Okada explained, "The role won't be too much. Because "Blue Life and Death" is very popular in Taiwan, I want Demu to help me in the early stages. Get popular."

When he came to Taiwan and started the preliminary preparations for the official shooting mission, Juri Okada felt that the work here was more difficult than when he was filming "Blue Life and Death".

During the filming of "Blue Life and Death", there was much attention and great pressure. But the advantage is that there are sufficient resources in all aspects, from well-known artists to professional film crew members and the most advanced equipment. The production budget is also sufficient, and the crew can have two palm-long fried shrimps in their lunch boxes every day.

In Taiwan, although Okada Juri was mentally prepared, he still felt headaches due to the poor production conditions.

There are many choices of artists, but they are all unknown 18th-tier artists. Many of them are even close to amateurs, either having only shot print advertisements or participating in some unknown talent shows. He also had almost no acting experience and could not even speak his lines clearly. Some of them even have strong southern Fujian accents.

An artist of this caliber would have been passed over as early as the first round of interviews. But in Taiwan, they have entered the final selection range.

There are many important characters in this drama. In addition to the heroine and F4, there are also other characters who have a more prominent role. Even if you can't include all well-known artists, you can always choose one or two who have a decent fan base.

But that also fell through. Chai Chiling tried to contact a young idol who was relatively popular recently. The young idol seemed quite interested after reading the script, but the other person's manager firmly and politely refused.

This is not only due to not being optimistic about the future of this drama, but also due to personnel issues... I said before that Chai Chiling offended a group of middle and high-level executives at China Television, and the little idol's manager obviously didn't want to do this because of it. Fall out with those people.

Chai Chiling is mentally prepared for the series to be starred by almost all 18-tier and amateur actors.

But Juri Okada felt a little flustered, so she quickly called Kei Fujiwara to ask for foreign help, hoping to use Hitomi Deki's current popularity in Taiwan to boost ratings.

"Okay." Kei Fujiwara readily agreed, "I will immediately notify the artist management department and ask Hitomi Deki and her manager to go to Taiwan to cooperate with you. Do you have any other requirements?"

"In terms of remuneration for giving wood..."

"You don't need to worry about this." Fujiwara Kei said, "Anything else?"

"I hope to send a few more experienced assistant directors and director assistants, preferably those who can speak Chinese and English, to come here."

Okada Juri sighed again.

That's right, it's not just the actors who are lacking in quality in the film crew, there's also a lack of experienced film crew members.

Fujiwara Kei couldn't help but frowned: "What the hell? Are you going to be a professional film crew?"

Okada Juli said helplessly: "There is no way, this is the current situation... I also feel a headache."

There was no point in complaining to Juri Okada. Kei Fujiwara thought for a moment and said, "If the production budget is increased, your life will be easier, right? I can invest, but I need to further increase Mizuha's profit share. I will call directly. The person in charge of CTV said this.”

Okada Juri hurriedly said: "Of course it's the best."

"The artist's manager asks you to win as many as you can. The more, the better. Do you have any other requirements?"

Okada Juri's shy voice came from the other end of the phone: "In terms of equipment, the equipment here is not very complete..."

Kei Fujiwara: "..."

Okada Juri was like a leech. He lay on Fujiwara Kei's neck and sucked the blood fiercely. Then he slowly put down the phone. After hanging up, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted at the people around him. He said "OK" and said: "Okay, it's done. President Fujiwara is willing to give us great help in terms of personnel, money, and equipment."

"Yeah!" Chai Zhiling on the side almost jumped up with joy, and then hugged Okada Juri tightly, wishing she could kiss her on the face: "Thank you so much, Miss Okada."

"It's easy to talk about..." Okada Juli also smiled from ear to ear, and kept rubbing her hands on Chai Zhiling's upper arms.

Chai Zhiling is used to it now, and at the same time she also understands this strange woman Okada Shuri. It was just a slap in the face, nothing more extreme, but it could help her solve a lot of troubles.

Nowadays, Chai Zhiling does feel that she is struggling. She lacks money, people, equipment, and even lacks internal support from the company. Even her seniors, who have been very supportive of her before, are not optimistic about the fate of her drama. So we can only find ways to gain some external support.

This drama began to officially enter the stage of production, and in terms of choosing the title of the drama, Chai Chiling also chose "Meteor Garden" among "Boys Over Flowers" and "Meteor Garden". Perhaps it was a coincidence that the destinies of the two worlds were so wonderfully connected.

At this moment, it is not just the entertainment industry that is connected to each other, but also the financial market.

As evening approached and night fell, Kei Fujiwara did not leave the office, but looked at a copy of the Washington Post from a day ago.

As one of the oldest and most widely circulated newspapers in the United States, this newspaper once reported on the presidential campaign scandal, which led to the resignation of the then president, and has a high international prestige. In this newspaper, there was a seemingly inconspicuous piece of news that caught Fujiwara Kei's attention.

A famous American financier visited Thailand, and the words of the Thai official who received him were clearly printed: "It is more important to lower interest rates than to protect the exchange rate."

This sentence made Kei Fujiwara's pupils dilate: It's coming.

Because Kei Fujiwara knew clearly that the complete outbreak of the East Asian financial crisis started when Thailand voluntarily abandoned the fixed exchange rate system and switched to a floating exchange rate system.

The world must also have international speculators like Soros and Quantum Fund. These people are like a group of hyenas, staring maliciously at animals that appear to be huge but are actually weak, and want to find opportunities to eat them at any time.

And I have to say that Thailand is a very good target.

Following the four Asian Tigers, the Four Asian Tigers also emerged, namely the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Thailand previously adopted a basket monetary policy, which was highly linked to foreign currencies, especially the U.S. dollar. When the U.S. dollar rose, it rose, and when the U.S. dollar fell, it fell.

94 years ago, the US dollar entered a depreciation cycle, which also caused the Thai baht to depreciate, but it caused their exports to increase significantly. It also made Thailand the fastest-growing country in the world before 1994.

Thailand's domestic economy is loose, and the government has opened up offshore financial services, which is very attractive to foreign investment, but it also creates opportunities for speculative capital.

As the US dollar gradually appreciated after 1994, the Thai baht also appreciated significantly, reducing export competitiveness. Coupled with the overheating of domestic real estate and the emergence of various economic bubbles, it seems that those international speculators are gradually unable to hide their greedy eyes.

The four Asian tigers are just pigs raised in a pen.

Kei Fujiwara has no doubt that the financier's visit to Thailand was just a test by the financial speculator group.

After seeing this news, Kei Fujiwara decided to immediately use most of his personal assets to short the Thai baht. If you were still worried that the situation in the parallel world would be different before, then now, you have no doubts anymore.