old events in tokyo

Chapter 105 The matter of becoming an actor
But when the outside world became disturbed because of him, Kazuki Akiyama came to the headquarters building of Fuji TV in Shinjuku District in a low-key manner.

"Dadai-san, Nagayama-san, Nakae-san, and Nojima-san have been taken care of." Kazuki Akiyama bowed to everyone.

"Akiyama-san's joining the crew of "Under the Same Roof" is also something to look forward to." Most of the producers said politely with a bright smile.

After the two parties shook hands, they sat down and went directly to the topic. The staff of Fuji TV sent the contract in triplicate to Kazuki Akiyama.

Picking up the contract and briefly looking at it, he handed it to Yoshitaka Watanabe and the lawyer from the firm temporarily entrusted.

Professional matters should be left to professional people. After a while, the lawyer finished reading the contract and nodded to indicate that there was no problem.

Yoshitaka Watanabe also confirmed that he is mainly responsible for seeing if there are potential pitfalls and risks in the industry.After all, the heart of defense is indispensable.

At present, this drama is tentatively scheduled for 12 episodes, and Kazuki Akiyama's salary is about 40 yen per episode.Of course, the number of episodes is not fixed, and the final number of plays will be determined according to the ratings.

If the ratings are poor, maybe one episode will be cut and it will become 11 episodes.

As for the salary of only 40 yen, there is no other way, which is basically the price for actors in this era, and it is the first time for him to play the leading role.

If it weren't for his current fame, maybe he wouldn't have this price yet.

But Kazuki Akiyama doesn't care about the salary, his basic set is not here, he just wants to try the show business.

At present, the main income of Japanese artists does not come from TV series or movie remuneration, the bulk is from advertising endorsements and commercial performances after becoming famous.

The only function of TV series or movies is to enhance one's reputation, so that one can receive more and better endorsements.

Speaking of which, most of the Japanese artists sign a contract for life, and when signing a contract with an agency, there are generally two options: "salary system" and "commission system".

As the name suggests, the "salary system" is a fixed salary, which seems hard to imagine for us in modern times, but it has a certain relationship with Japan's social and national conditions.

Japan’s aging population and declining birth rate are serious, coupled with the existence of the “pyramid” phenomenon in the entertainment industry, so there are still many artists who choose to get a basic salary when they sign a contract.

And many of the announcement activities they are given are also within the scope of basic work. Although they can guarantee that they will not live and have a worry-free life after retirement, they basically bid farewell to the road of getting more popular and making more money.

For example, many of the artists of the H company are paid fixed salaries, and the H company is well-known in the industry for being humane.Even if you are too old to be popular, and there is no announcement of the play appointment, it will support you until you grow old.

And the "commission system" is based on traffic, there is no basic salary, the more popular the more you work, the more money you get, and once your popularity drops and you don't have a job, your life may directly fall into a predicament.

Many idols of Johnny's family will choose the "commission system", of course, the premise is that you have confidence in yourself.As for making money or not, just look at the private lives of those JRs.

But for Kazuki Akiyama, these were not within the scope of consideration. After confirming that there was no problem with the contract, he signed his name in Chinese characters on it, and finally stamped it to take effect.

Seeing Kazuki Akiyama sign the contract without any psychological burden, Duo Liang still admired it, but he was relieved when he thought that the other party was still a singer.

He didn't look excited after seeing many artists signing the main player, but started to get nervous.

Because artists, especially actors, there is another unwritten saying, that is, a responsibility system.

That is, if the drama that I acted hits the street, I must bear the responsibility for the performance.Either drop from the leading role to supporting role, or go to the late-night file, and the autonomy is very low, which shows that there is a lot of pressure as a role.

What's more, there are people who directly kowtow to the audience to ask for ratings before the starring drama starts broadcasting.Even more extreme, after the starring drama hit the street, there were many suicides.

When Yoshitaka Watanabe talked about these unspoken rules with Kazuki Akiyama, Kazuki Akiyama was dumbfounded.Although he has been here for so long, sometimes he really can't understand the Japanese thinking.

After the two parties exchanged contracts, Kazuki Akiyama officially joined the crew of "Under the Same Roof".

"Da Da-san, I don't know when I need to join the group, I will reserve a schedule in advance." Now that he has already entered the group, Kazuki Akiyama naturally needs to confirm the specific time for joining the group.

After all, there is only an approximate time period written in the contract, roughly from February to the end of June.

"The specific joining time will be notified to Akiyama-san's office, and the candidate for the role of Kashiwagi Xiaomei has not yet been confirmed. But please rest assured, Akiyama-san, the shooting progress will definitely be completed within the contract period."

Da Daliang thought he was worried about the schedule, so he made a point of explaining it.Originally, everything was ready, but the original candidate for the role of Xiaomei had to give up this participation because she wanted to study abroad.

The production team is urgently looking for other actresses of the right age. At this time, Duo Liang saw Kazuki Akiyama's expression hesitant to speak, and his heart moved, "Is there any suitable candidate for Akiyama-san?"

"I don't know Da Da-san, but do you know Matsushima Nanako?" Kazuki Akiyama spat out a name, and when he heard Da Da Liang just said that the role of Kashiwagi Xiaomei was being selected, he thought of Matsushima Nanako, who was the right age.

However, it was only his first time acting, so he was too embarrassed to recommend it, but he took the initiative to ask, so naturally there was nothing to hesitate.

"Matsushima Nanako?" Da Daliang frowned, seeming to have a little impression of the name.

"Speaking of which, thanks to your TV station, the PV of my second single was broadcast on Fuji TV at the beginning, and she was the heroine of the PV at that time." Kazuki Akiyama explained.

When Kazuki Akiyama said this, Duo Liang immediately remembered that the PV was broadcast in front of the TV series he was in charge of, so he had a little impression.

I had paid attention to that girl at the beginning, but now that I think about it, it seems that the age of the image of Kashiwagi Xiaomei in the play is quite suitable.

And it should be a newcomer who has just debuted, and there is absolutely no doubt about the price/performance ratio. Thinking of this, Duo Liang secretly nodded, "I have some impressions of what Akiyama-san said. We will try to contact the other party's office. No."

"Thank you so much for taking care of Dasang." Kazuki Akiyama thanked him.

"Happy cooperation." After a few polite words, Da Daliang left.

Several other people got up and left after saying hello, and Kazuki Akiyama walked up to Kozo Nagayama and bowed, "I have never had the opportunity to say clearly before that this trip is all thanks to the blessing of Nagayama-san."

Kozo Nagayama smiled and nodded, "I've seen Akiyama-kun's performance too, and it's impressive, and Iwai-kun also admires Akiyama-kun a lot."

"It is my honor to be valued by Iwai-san. But I will ask Nagayama-san for advice in the future." This is the truth. After all, he will be one of Akiyama Kazuki's directors in the future, and I still want to get more from him. by it.
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PS: there is still at night

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