Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Don't think too much. It's just a sentence. A sentence doesn't mean anything. If you can say it, so can I. Anyone can say it."

Just as Qing Shui Qian Chong raised his head and stared at the banner in confusion, a voice sounded. When he turned around, it was none other than Takada Kenji.

At this time, Kenji Takada looked unshaven. His hair had not been trimmed for a long time and looked long and greasy. It was shiny under the lamp, and his eyes looked a little dull, looking decadent.

Either he deliberately adopted an artist's style, or he just neglected to take care of it. This guy has maintained this look for half a year.

This makes Qingshui Qianchun somewhat embarrassed. As a former elite producer of a TV station, he was also considered a romantic talent. He used to pay great attention to his appearance and dress up as if he was going to conduct diplomatic activities almost every day. When he appeared on the set, Because he dresses too delicately, he is often mistaken for an artist by people he doesn't know, and he enjoys being misunderstood like this.

However, in less than a year, his appearance completely changed, becoming decadent and unkempt, and it looked like he had been greatly stimulated. If someone who doesn't understand the situation sees such a big change in a person's appearance, they will definitely guess that either his wife has run away or the stock market has fallen.

"Takada." Qingshui Qianchong said, "What does this mean?"

"You should understand, do you need me to explain anything more?" Kenji Takada was holding a cup of coffee in his hand, but it was actually an ashtray. For his convenience, he could find opportunities to smoke secretly in non-smoking areas at any time.

"When I saw this slogan, I couldn't help but get excited. I thought maybe Fukuyama Station would be restored to what it was more than a year ago, and the producers and program creators would be the most valued and respected people on the station again. .”

"But, just think about this kind of thing. Judging from the current situation, there will be no major changes in the high-level personnel. The current operating situation of the production company is so good, and the president is so talented. If I were He won’t turn his back on what he said, right.”

"If the people who actually control the TV station don't make a big change, slogans will just be slogans. Those people want to pay lip service but it's hard to get them. It's not like they haven't seen it before."

Takada Kenji rubbed his nose with his fingers and said.

Qing Shui Qian Chong looked at Takada Kenji and didn't know how to reply for a moment.

Takada Kenji's words were extremely bold, with the word "nostalgia" clearly written on his face. And he was obviously expressing his dissatisfaction with the current director. Judging from his words, it seemed that he was eager to carry Yoshida Kashi around his neck and come back to continue to be the director.

Since the new director took office, the status and remuneration of production talents have been reduced a lot, and the entire TV station has become a world where management engages in personnel struggles. Therefore, many producers have expressed such dissatisfaction. When dissatisfaction reaches the extreme, they will quit. Even regardless of the contract.

The production staff are often half-artists, and they are more straightforward in expressing their personal thoughts. They are not as smooth and astute as many people who are in the workplace, so people often say things that should not be said.

But Kenji Takada is not the kind of person who can only do shows. On the contrary, he is quite good at managing personnel in the workplace. He knows what to say and what not to say, and he can definitely keep his mouth shut when he needs to shut up. He also knows that walls have ears, and he will not say anything that could get him into trouble even in private situations.

It seems that this guy has not only changed his appearance, but also his personality...

But there's a reason why this guy has changed so much. The reason for this is also clear to Qingshui Qianchong. Basically, his pride as an outstanding producer was destroyed, so he had some thoughts of breaking the pot.

The recent atmosphere of Fukuyama TV has indeed made the production talents feel unprecedented torture. In the Yoshida era, the producers in the TV station were superior. Even new producers (including directors and screenwriters) can not abide by the rules of seniority in the workplace. of.

I still remember that six years ago, a deputy chief who was much older than Takata got drunk and forced him to sing a toast song for himself. It was not a big deal in the Japanese workplace, but the deputy chief was directly demoted by Yoshida Kashi It is not easy to get promoted in the TV station at the first level of the job. Just because of a glass of wine, at least five years of hard work were wasted. From then on, no one dared to look down on the producer again.

As long as it is for program production, it is not uncommon for lower-ranking producers to lose their temper against higher-ranking producers at Fukuyama Station.

Now, however, the tide has turned sharply. Not only do producers no longer have such privileges, they even seem to have become inferior. In order to vent the "grievances" they have suffered over the years, the management seems to deliberately do all kinds of things to humiliate the producers, especially those from the former newspaper office.

Kenji Takada is a producer and belongs to the newspaper group, so he has suffered a lot of grievances in the past year and a half. Especially the leader who forced him to sing the toast song recently surrendered to the Film School, rose up again, and started targeting Takada Kenji.

Not long ago, he even repeated his behavior from a few years ago and asked Takada to sing a toast to him.

"Takada-kun, you should sing the unfinished song to me again! Six years have passed, you should have learned it by now."

Not only has their status declined, but the creators have also begun to frequently experience management dictating the content of the program during the actual production process. For example, in "Victory is Justice 2", even though the main creators disagreed unanimously, they were still forced to install an actor by the high-level executives and revised the script for this actor, which was absolutely impossible before.

Takada was devastated by this slight and humiliation, coupled with the realization that producers were being completely ignored within the network.

After all, it was the young generation that had the most expectations and attention in Fukuyamadai. Although he was later stepped on by the incredible Kei Fujiwara, he still ranked second. After all, Fujiwara Kei is involved in the entire broadcasting industry, and he is not the only one. Takada is still valued.

The amazingly talented Fujiwara Kei completely surpassed him and did not destroy his will, but the Film School did.

Moreover, as one of the most valued producers, Kenji Takada's contract shackles are very heavy, and he cannot escape Fukuyamadai at all. And he was not as lucky as Hideaki Shibasaki. There was someone like Kei Fujiwara who tried his best to help him, so he could only endure it. Let the current Taiwan Prime Minister expire until the next ten or fifteen years.

Recently, the station's ratings have dropped sharply, and the current station director seems to be reflecting on it, so he has put up a banner that once represented the emphasis on production talent.

But Kenji Takada simply doesn’t believe in the determination of the current leaders to make rectifications. In fact, not only does he not believe it, but so does Shimizu Asaki. He feels that Kenji Takada summed it up well—it’s hard to live up to the promise of words.

It means that it sounds nice, but it is not true.

Takada Kenji and Shimizu Asaki looked up at the hanging banner almost at the same time, and both of them were silent. Although rationality tells them that the TV station will most likely not be able to return to the previous situation, they hope more than anyone else that their judgment is wrong. The TV station executives intend to re-implement the standard of "ratings are everything".

However, at this moment, a cadre from the production bureau came over. After seeing the two of them, he said in a joking tone: "What are you two doing standing here? Are you trying to get inspiration for the TV series?"

Hearing this, Shimizu Qianchong and Takada Kenji looked at each other, said nothing more, and left separately.