Tokyo Literary Godfather

The next day, Kei Fujiwara came to the company as usual. As soon as he walked into the studio, he found that his colleagues looked a little strange.

Kei Fujiwara greeted everyone he saw, and those people quickly bowed and responded: "Good morning, Mr. Fujiwara, thank you for your hard work!"

Fujiwara Kei was startled. When did these people become so polite?

Although Kei Fujiwara holds the position of chief planner in the creative team and is indeed a core position, because he was airborne and too young, some people in the working group looked down upon him to a greater or lesser extent.

But even if he despised it, he didn’t dare to show it. After all, it was Mizuhara Yui who personally found him. Any disrespect to Fujiwara Kei is disrespect to the producer.

Moreover, Kei Fujiwara appears to be a harmless young man, but inside he is actually a calm old fox. If someone really has a problem with him, he is always ready for a big fight in the workplace.

But today, this group of people seemed to respect him extraordinarily. It was different from usual. What happened?

It is estimated that the ratings have reached a new high. Kei Fujiwara thought to himself, it seems that if you want to be successful in the TV station, the ratings are the king.

Kei Fujiwara walked into the conference room and found Yui Mizuhara, Hide Hasegawa, Takagi Sasaki, and Taro Nishimura looking at something together.

Fujiwara Kei walked up and asked with a smile: "What are you looking at? Let me take a look too."

All four heads suddenly raised their heads and looked at Kei Fujiwara.

Fujiwara Kei's eyes fell and happened to fall on a book in Mizuhara Yui's hand, and his smile froze for a moment.

Mizuhara Yui is holding a copy of "White Night Journey", and there is a signature of "Sima Keita" on the title page.

The scene suddenly became quiet. Kei Fujiwara looked at the book "White Night Journey" in front of Yui Mizuhara and felt a little annoyed. He originally thought he could hide it for a while, but he didn't expect it to be exposed so soon.

I originally wanted to get along with you as ordinary people... Forget it, let's show off.

"Fujiwara-kun." Mizuhara Yui asked in an uncertain tone, "Someone in the group went to the book signing of "White Night Journey" and said that he saw you and you are the author of this book? Is that true? "

Kei Fujiwara nodded: "Yes, I am Keita Sima. Writing novels was my hobby when I was in college. I submitted it directly after I finished it. I was surprised that it sold well."

Seeing the silence of Mizuhara Yui and others, Fujiwara Kei added: "You don't have to worry about me affecting my work. I wrote this book before I entered Mizuha Productions."

"No, I don't care about this. No one doubts Kei Fujiwara's dedication to your work..." Yui Mizuhara said, "I'm just a little surprised. I didn't expect you to have the talent to write novels. It's still difficult to reason. The novel... and I heard it's a bestseller?"

Fujiwara Kei smiled and said: "It is indeed selling well."

Nishimura Taro couldn't help but ask: "How much money can you make?"

Hasegawa Hide struck Nishimura Taro on the head with a knife: "How rude, Nishimura!"

However, he also turned his head and looked at Kei Fujiwara eagerly, as if hoping to get an answer.

Fujiwara Kei touched his nose and said: "I have an agreement with the publisher and I cannot disclose the royalties at will. I'm sorry."

The matter of income is very sensitive. Fujiwara Kei is unwilling to talk about it, and of course it is difficult to ask questions. However, they have heard that writers are very rich, and there is only a wall between the broadcasting world and the publishing world, and they often communicate with each other. I heard the copyright operation department talk about this novel, saying that this book is a dark horse bestseller this year, and it will definitely make a lot of money.

Sasaki Takagi and others had mixed feelings. Fujiwara Kei was the youngest among them all, but they had just graduated and already had a successful career, and even became a famous writer. This inevitably made them feel a little depressed.

Mizuhara Yui said with some annoyance: "If I knew you had the talent to write novels, I wouldn't have let you do variety shows at the beginning...just shoot dramas!"

Fujiwara Kei said: "Miss Suwon, the budget for filming dramas is not comparable to that of variety shows."

"That's true..." Mizuhara Yui muttered. She only became a producer more than a year ago. With her qualifications, it is difficult to apply for a budget sufficient to film a drama. Low-budget, high-return dreams are best done infrequently. If you dream too much, you will be foolish.

At this time, Mizuhara Yui raised her head and looked at Fujiwara Kei: "Fujiwara-kun, do you mean that if I can apply for enough budget, you can write a drama as popular as "White Night Walk"?"

Kei Fujiwara was startled for a moment, and then said cautiously: "Ms. Mizuhara, the best-selling of any work has a certain amount of luck, and no one can guarantee it."

Mizuhara Yui pursed her lips and said nothing. Although she hopes Fujiwara Kei can give a positive answer, she also knows in her heart that it is actually a small probability event for a drama to gain popularity, and the greater probability is that it will be tepid or even be blocked.

There is no general who always wins in the broadcast industry, not to mention that there is a big difference between novels and TV series. Those who can write best-selling novels may not necessarily be able to write high-rated TV series.

Those who make light promises are mediocre, Mizuhara Yui knows that Kei Fujiwara has a cautious character, and will not make any promises lightly.

The chief planner of the crew of "Human Observation" is a best-selling author, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire production of Shuibo, and even the entire Fukuyama TV station...

Fukuyama TV.

Production committee meeting.

"You have already seen this month's ratings report," said Yoshida Kashi on the stage. Yoshida Kashi looks like an old man with silver hair and a kind face, but in fact he is less than sixty this year. It can be seen that the TV station is indeed a place that destroys people, and people here age faster than other places.

Yoshida Kashi was born as a producer. From a clerk to a producer, to the deputy director, executive, and director of the production bureau of the TV drama department, he gradually became the director of the station. Every step is extremely solid. Although the Japanese workplace pays attention to the sequence of seniority and seniority, in fact, there are at least a few thousand people in the same period of Yoshida Kashi, and there are only a handful of people who can climb to his current position.

Producer-born leaders like him often attach great importance to the quality of programs and agree with the theory that "ratings are everything". Therefore, at Fukuyama TV, as long as they can produce good programs, they will be reused and given preferential treatment. Putting too much thought into it.

The senior leaders at the meeting each had a ratings report in their hands and remained silent.

"The ratings for the entire month are not optimistic, and the prime-time programs are almost in the middle and lower reaches of the top five rankings." Yoshida Kashi did not show any expression on his face, but the atmosphere in the entire conference room was very low.

"The sluggish ratings of programs like this have lasted for a quarter. Since the end of "In the Name of Love", it seems that none of the various departments in the station have produced any works that can attract the audience."

"Recently, I have observed in the station, and found that whether it is the variety show department, the TV drama department, or the news department, the personnel lack fighting spirit. Are you really planning to live like this? Or..."

"Fukuyama Station also needs to adapt to the times and have a major layoff? Only the employees of various departments can understand the hardships of the company, and know that the bubble that the Japanese can live a happy life without paying any price has long been shattered?"

As soon as the words came out, the conference room became even more silent, and a chill suddenly enveloped them.