old events in tokyo

Chapter 84

On the second day after returning to Tokyo, Kazuki Akiyama pulled a cart of souvenirs down to the AKKA office.

RB usually starts work around the [-]th and [-]th of the new year. At this time, all the staff of AKKA have arrived in this small office.

As soon as Akiyama Kazuki entered the door, he saw Ishida Takumi and the three of them standing in a row, and bowed in unison after seeing him.

"Congratulations on your new year."

Akiyama Kazuki was taken aback, and he saluted reflexively.

"Congratulations on your new year too."

But why is it congratulations for the new year? Isn’t it a happy new year? Why does it feel like you have escaped a disaster? Does RB New Year also have ancient Chinese legends about the Nian beast?
Let go of the doubts in your heart, and just follow the gourd and paint the gourd by yourself.After finishing this sentence, the three of them congratulated each other in a serious manner.

Before they could disperse, Kazuki Akiyama took out three red envelopes from his pocket, and handed them to each of them with both hands under their surprised eyes.

This can be regarded as Kazuki Akiyama’s bad taste. RB also has lucky money for the New Year, but it’s all for children. Adults don’t have it, and the company doesn’t give red envelopes to employees.

But since it's the New Year, let's take it as a good fortune, which makes Akiyama Kazuki regain the feeling of the first day of work on the New Year's Day in his previous life.

On the first day of work today, I will not start busy with work immediately. It is basically a New Year's greeting to each other.

In addition, everyone more or less brought some local products from their hometown and gave them to each other as gifts for visiting each other in the New Year.

There are especially many local products in the Kazuki area of ​​Akiyama. There are local mountain specialties, such as Koyama Wagyu, sweetfish, etc., which are all packaged.There are also some handicrafts like Mashiko-yaki pottery.

The reason why I bring so many souvenirs is to send them to companies or individuals I have cooperated with as New Year gifts.

So they were busy packing in the morning, and Kazuki Akiyama was also busy writing postcards, which would be sent out together with the special products.

It was almost noon when the busy work was over, Kazuki Akiyama waved his hand, and took a few people to a high-end restaurant in Roppongi to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

In the afternoon, we went out collectively again to Kanda Shrine in Chiyoda District. Kanda Shrine is dedicated to Kanda Myojin.Kanda Myojin is similar to the God of Wealth in China, mainly in charge of wealth and fortune.

Therefore, on the first day of work in RB every New Year, the company or employees will organize to pay homage here, which can be regarded as a good omen for the new year, and everything goes well in wealth and career.

Kazuki Akiyama was naturally not exempt. Yoshitaka Watanabe and Takumi Ishida had already made reservations for the itinerary. They had to pay for visiting the shrine in the name of a company. In addition, there were too many company employees, so they usually made reservations in advance.

When a set of processes is completed, the tasks on the first day of the New Year's work are basically over.

But later, I received a call from Shunji Iwai, who I hadn't contacted for a while.

There is no way that the end of the year is the busiest time in the entertainment industry. Kazuki Akiyama is busy recording a single and running promotions. Shunji Iwai is busy filming the TV series "The Snow King" for Kansai TV this January.

After finally being busy at the end of the year, it was rare to have a free day or two during the first two days of the new year, so Shunji Iwai called Kazuki Akiyama to come out for a drink.

At an izakaya in Roppongi in the evening, Kazuki Akiyama, Takumi Ishida, and Shunji Iwai sat at the table and had a drink.

"Iwai-san came to Tokyo so early, and the New Year's work plan is scheduled so early?" Akiyama Kazuki touched him with a glass of wine, and started to talk about it.

Shunji Iwai took a sip, "That's not true, it's just that I was busy for a while a year ago, and suddenly I was idle for a few days. I'm not used to it."

Kazuki Akiyama couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, I didn't expect you, brother, to be a person who can't sit still.

"I heard from Ishida-kun before that Akiyama-kun is also very interested in acting?" Shunji Iwai suddenly asked Akiyama Kazuki.

Kazuki Akiyama and Takumi Ishida looked at each other, thought for a while and replied, "It is obviously a lie to say that they love too much, but there is indeed interest."

Kazuki Akiyama did not treat Shunji Iwai as an outsider when he said this. If he really loved acting so much, he would not have made his debut as a singer.

Shunji Iwai didn't mind, and he could tell that Kazuki Akiyama didn't regard himself as an outsider.

"Since Akiyama-kun is interested, there is no problem." Shunji Iwai said with a smile.

"I don't know if Iwai-san said that, is there any news?" Ishida Takumi quickly picked up the jug and filled the wine glass for Iwai Shunji.

Kazuki Akiyama also looked at Shunji Iwai with interest. To be honest, since the PV was filmed last time, he quite liked the feeling of acting.

It's just that there has never been a suitable opportunity, and now I heard Shunji Iwai mention it, and I am also interested.

"I heard the news not long ago that Fuji TV is planning to broadcast a family life drama in April.

The planning script has already been prepared, and the selection of actors will start after the beginning of the new year.And one of the directors directed by this play is Kozo Nagayama.

You don’t know Akiyama-san, but Nagayama-san also saw your performance when I was editing the PV you filmed last time on Fuji TV.

He also admired Qiu Shanjun's acting talent very much, and felt that Qiu Shanjun's performance was aura and very malleable.

After that, he even asked me for your information. I guess Yongshan-san may have some ideas about Qiu Shanjun, so I also recommended it appropriately. "

After Iwai Shunji explained it, Akiyama Kazuki understood the reason, and also realized Iwai Shunji's purpose of asking him to drink today.

"Iwai-san has been taken care of by you." Kazuki Akiyama held up his glass and clinked with him. If you have a good relationship, you are a good relationship. If you can take the initiative to help you, you really treat you as a friend. He naturally understands these reasons.

"It might be impolite to ask, but does Iwai-san know how long this drama will take to shoot, and how long I need to be free here?"

Kazuki Akiyama felt that if he wanted to make a movie, he might not be able to take on other activities for two or three months, including recording songs and releasing singles.

Shunji Iwai laughed when he heard Kazuki Akiyama's question, which made Kazuki Akiyama a little confused.

After listening to Shunji Iwai's explanation, he realized that he had made an oolong. The filming of Japanese dramas is still very different from the domestic filming in his previous life.

He still thought that just like in his previous life, TV dramas are sold to TV after the production team shoots a whole TV series and edits it.

Japanese TV dramas are different, because Japanese TV dramas are generally produced by TV stations themselves, and it is rare to buy dramas from outside and broadcast them back.

Because I am the producer, I will consider both cost and ratings.

In order to balance costs and ratings, Japanese TV dramas usually shoot two or three episodes in advance, and then check the ratings after the TV broadcasts.If the ratings are good, then continue to shoot below.

And if the ratings are not good, you may adjust the shooting content at any time or shorten the number of shooting episodes.Such flexible adjustments can maximize both cost and ratings.

Moreover, Japanese TV dramas generally only broadcast one episode a week, so that there is enough time to adjust the shooting plan.

Therefore, for the shooting of TV dramas, artists are not always on standby.There will be a detailed schedule before shooting, and the situation of continuous rotation is rare.

　Thank you for your recommendation and support!
　　


(End of this chapter)