Tokyo Literary Godfather

Several more screenings were held, and several more were held in various regions of Kanto in response to requests from audiences across the country.

Audience feedback has been surprisingly good, and various positive reviews have appeared frequently under the promotion of the publicity department. Screening itself is a part of building momentum for the film, and it is also an important part. It determines the movie schedule in theaters and also determines the reputation of the first wave of audiences. .

As a result, after several screenings, major theaters are urgently increasing their film schedules.

Originally, Eiji Shirai was unable to persuade Nikko's theaters to increase the film schedule to 22%. However, as word-of-mouth spread at the screening event, the theater chain managers consciously increased the film schedule to 25% temporarily.

What is shameless is that the head of the operations department who had clearly rejected Shirai Eiji's increase in film schedule four days ago also called Shirai Eiji again and said that it was because of Shirai Eiji that he had increased the film schedule. Obviously trying to get another favor.

Shirai Eiji cursed in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be grateful, thinking that I would deal with you after I have established a firm footing. Hypocritical villain!

But when will we gain a firm foothold? After putting down the phone, Shirai Eiji said to himself that he would not talk about long-term plans, but said that for now, as long as a few of the movies produced by Mizunami in which Nikko participated in the investment can be successful, his vision will be confirmed. By then, it is estimated that The status within the club will be improved.

In addition, if the production of Suibo develops well and Kei Fujiwara's movies become more and more popular, it will lead to a situation where it will become more and more difficult to invest in Suibo movies, but the capital to invest in it will become more and more. The bar is getting higher and higher.

By then, with Eiji Shirai's relationship, Nikko will have easier access to Mizunami than the other five major film companies.

Eiji Shirai's long-term plan is that Nikko has made a lot of money from selling movies over the years and has also invested in many areas. Eiji Shirai suggested that funds should be raised to specialize in the field, and some first-class agents, directors, and producers should be recruited to form a trust (monopoly organization) that integrates production, agents, and theaters.

Moreover, the local consumption power in Japan is insufficient, so we should find ways to go overseas. Instead of shooting Japanese films in Japan and then distributing them overseas, we should shoot films directly overseas and make films that conform to the local language and customs. For example, English films and Chinese films.

This is also the idea that gradually emerged after Eiji Shirai and Kei Fujiwara chatted. In Kei Fujiwara's predictions and assumptions, there will be two major film and television markets in the world in the future, namely North America and mainland China, and Japan will also become the third largest vote bank with its economic foundation and population base of more than 100 million.

However, the size of the third, second and first are completely different. The business market is often like this. Although there is a gap between the boss and the second, they are both huge in size, and there can be a huge gap between them and the third. distance.

Kei Fujiwara has always been a firm believer in the rise of inland China. Gradually, Eiji Shirai was also infected with this idea.

However, Eiji Shirai only had this idea. He once told Nikko's boss about his business philosophy, but the other party didn't seem to be interested in it, which also disappointed Eiji Shirai. I even felt in my heart that this guy was so comfortable selling pornographic films that even his ambitions were wasted.

Can you become the first of the top five just by selling pornographic films? This thing has no technical content! One bed, several people!

On the other hand, Shuibo, although still small in size, is heading towards this path unswervingly and methodically. This made Eiji Shirai feel gratified, and even though he was living in Japan, he had a special feeling for the company Mizuha Productions.

I hope that this company can really grow all the way. If one day this company can really become a trust in the film and television industry across Japan, and even radiate other industries (animation, games, fashion), then it means that Eiji Shirai’s idea is correct.

After a few days of screenings, "My Sassy Girl" is officially released.

On the first day, the number of visitors to movie theaters in various regions of Japan was nearly double that of the day before. The average attendance rate is over 60%, which is very good and healthy data.

As a result, the box office performance on the first day was as high as 260 million yen.

This number is very gratifying. For example, the total box office of the movie version of "White Night" is almost this number. Therefore, after the first-day box office results were announced, the resentful fans of "White Night Walk" began to vent their grievances again. Look, even if Kei Fujiwara does not supervise himself, as long as the supervision is reliable, Fujiwara's work can still be filmed well. Damn Nakadai Hideji!

Mizunami's artist management department has also come to work. After Hitomi Deki, Takami Inoshita may become the second most popular newcomer.

Therefore, before the movie is officially released, the management department has made sufficient preparations. It has prepared a bunch of promotional materials and variety shows, waiting for the movie's popularity to soar to push the artist to the forefront.

Hitomi Deki's popularity has given the agency department of Mizuha Productions a taste of the sweetness. Within a company, except for purely functional departments such as the personnel department and logistics department, every department has a profit-making KPI. This is not just the pressure from the top management. , also brought by employees.

No one wants to stay in a department with insufficient salary and salary, and will find a way to move to a department with strong profitability. Shuibo Production also has internal recruitment procedures.

The most profitable department of Shuibo Production is naturally the TV series department, followed by the operations department responsible for peripheral operations, which makes the film department and the agency department extremely coveted.

Needless to say, the brokerage department was originally a weak department of Mizuna Production, and it was almost a decoration before Kei Fujiwara bought Mizuna Production. Later, the appearance of Izuki Hitomi gave this nearly newly formed department a huge sweetness.

Japanese artists are not very profitable (compared to the United States and mainland China), but artist management companies have a strong ability to attract money, because artists' income does not mainly rely on remuneration, but business endorsements and commercial activities. If the brokerage business can be made the leader of the domestic industry, the income will be considerable.

Take Johnny's \u0026 Associates in the parallel world as an example, the annual income can reach 100 billion yen, equivalent to about 6.5 billion RMB.

Moreover, after a popular artist is popular, more popular newcomers can be created like hatching chickens through a popular artist. Hitomi Izuki gave Mizumi's management department hope, and also accumulated more experience on how to operate artists.

Takami Inoshita is the second superstar that Mizuna Productions is looking forward to.

As for the film department, it has not shown a strong ability to attract money so far, but it has shown a strong ability to burn money. Five movies and promotional funds burned more than half of Shuibo Production's revenue last year.

People in the film department often say half-jokingly that they make money from TV series just to support a bunch of movie makers, so this time "My Sassy Girl" was officially released, people in the film department also held their breath and played to their deaths. In contact with theaters and publicity platforms, I want to make a good turnaround.

The box office on the first day was indeed very gratifying, but the crew of "My Sassy Girl" was not relieved. Although the box office of more than 300 million on the first day was a lot, it was impossible to maintain this number every subsequent day.

Either it goes up or it goes down.

If the box office continues to rise on the second day, it means that the movie has strong vitality, and they may be able to expect the movie to reach a box office of more than 4 billion. But if the box office starts to drop on the second day, they will have to adjust their expectations.

On the second day of the release day, it was still a working day. One day later, the box office results were calculated: 280 million, which was 20 million more than the previous day.

Good news!