Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

Chapter 148 Beicheng Group. Prototype? (4200 words)

Bunta Ishikawa is a professional film critic.

This professional title sounds very high-end and very intimidating.

But in fact, they are similar to Internet bloggers, folk drama critics, and film critics. They are all professions that comment on other people's works from the highest moral point.

Just like its professional name.

Ishikawa Bunta is different from Internet bloggers and private drama critics and film review writers.

He has a serious job.

He is affiliated with Sakura TV's magazine "Weekly Selection".

And as a writer contracted with Sakura TV.

His main job is easy to understand - criticizing the works produced by other TV stations, while at the same time praising his own Sakura TV series, movies, etc.

That is what the saying goes: take money and start complaining.

Words like, ‘The director’s shot was too fragmented’, or ‘The filming team was really crazy for using this actor’.

He literally just opens his mouth.

If there is no problem with the quality of the work, look for problems with the actors. If there are no problems with the actors, look for problems with the filming crew.

Anyway, you have to look at the works of other TV stations with a microscope, hold on to a black spot, and trample on the works of other TV stations.

certainly.

As a professional film review writer, even if he wants to criticize people, he cannot criticize them casually. He must do so "reasonably and well-founded."

After all, the audience is not blind, and they can tell at a glance whether there is malicious slander.

As a contract writer for Weekly Picks magazine.

He was also the one who criticized "Night Walk" the most last week.

From the director and screenwriter of "Night Walk" to the staff and actors.

He squirted carefully.

He also invented the term "ratings poison" and stuck it on Kitayama Rie's head.

And this week, Ishikawa Bunta unsurprisingly once again focused on "Night Walk".

After all, everyone in the industry knows about the ratings failure of "Night Walk" last week.

Such a good target has been set up.

Of course he couldn't let it go.

Therefore, before the official launch of "Night Walk".

He also made a special trip to place his laptop and a cup of coffee next to him.

"Finish the manuscript of "Night Walk" and go to bed early today."

Yawning loudly, Ishikawa Bunta rubbed his eyes sleepily and reluctantly relied on coffee to refresh himself.

There is no way, there are many TV series ending in the past few days.

Therefore, the intensity of his work has increased a lot. Today alone, he wrote several articles in a row to criticize the TV series of other TV stations.

He was actually very tired by now.

In order to prevent himself from working overtime to write the manuscript, he even made a plan early - mainly focusing on the acting skills of Kitami Minoru, who plays the main protagonist in "Night Walk".

After all, last week he mainly started from the perspective of director Shiraishi Jun and screenwriter.

If you want to keep readers fresh, you have to change your perspective.

In addition to the director and screenwriter, the direct impact on the ratings of "Night Walk" is.

That can only be Kitami Minori and Kitayama Rie as the main protagonists.

He had already mentioned Kitayama Rie last week, but not Kitumi Minoru.

Definitely have to target him this week.

Bunta Ishikawa even had a first draft in his mind.

Let’s start with the fact that Kita Chengmi’s acting skills are not up to par, and start by ‘spraying’ him for a thousand or two thousand words.

Then grab Rie Kitayama and give her a little whip, emphasizing the ‘ratings poison’.

Finally, let me give a neat summary, saying that this is actually Shiraishi Jun's problem. The choice of two second-rate actors in the industry will lead to the poor reputation of "Night Walk" and the decline in ratings.

"Absolutely perfect."

Ishikawa Bunta nodded comfortably.

He had everything planned out in his mind and was just waiting for "Night Walk" to start airing.

As for whether he would be forced to work overtime to write the manuscript because he popped the champagne at halftime, which backfired in the end?

That's unless Kitumi Minoru and the others' acting skills were so perfect that he couldn't even find a place to 'sneeze' and couldn't write a single word.

But if you think about it carefully, you will know that this kind of thing is unlikely.

Would "Night Walk" really have such a perfect performance that its ratings would decline?

Think so.

Ishikawa Bunta looked at the time.

After guessing that it was about the same, he turned the TV to Fuji Channel, drank coffee, and waited for "Night Walk" to start.

About three minutes later.

Fuji TV's commercial break is over.

Slightly gloomy light music played.

At the same time is the announcement of "Night Walk" and the Fuji TV logo.

coming!

Ishikawa Bunta perked up.

The hands on the keyboard began to throb.

I typed a comment on my laptop screen that said, "The opening music is too gloomy and overwhelming."

But he didn't care.

Since he is Sakura Terrace’s ‘royal’ troll, he will of course look for displeasure in “Night Walk” from all angles.

Keep your palms on the keyboard.

At the same time, Ishikawa Bunta raised his head and continued to look at "Night Walk".

This episode of "Night Walk" begins with a few simple shots that bring out Kenji Kirihara and Miho Nishizono.

This is simply bringing out the relationship between characters

Ishikawa Bunta thought about it for a while, but couldn't find the spot to spray, so he could only look down.

After all, his main target today is Kitazumi Minoru, who plays Kirihara Kenji.

It doesn’t matter if he can’t find any problems with the composition of the shot.

He continued to look down, staring at Kita Sumire in the shot, with his hands on the soft keyboard of his laptop.

He was ready to criticize Kita Sumire’s acting as long as there was a small problem.

However——

“Can’t find it?”

He looked at the somewhat clumsy Kirihara Kenji in front of Nishizono Miho on the TV screen.

He wanted to lift his fingers on the keyboard, but in the end he had no choice but to let them fall.

Because he really couldn’t find any loopholes in Kita Sumire’s acting.

Let alone finding loopholes.

He even felt ‘charmed’.

He felt that Kita Sumire’s performance in front of the camera was too cute.

The clumsy and cute look of Kirihara Kenji made people feel pity for him subconsciously even through the screen.

But how could this be possible?

Ishikawa Fumita pinched his thigh to dispel the inexplicable thought of ‘It’s a bit cute, or I won’t criticize it?’.

After all, the child actor is just a child.

He had heard before that Kita Sumire was only an 8-year-old child.

Such a child would definitely be immature in acting.

How could he not find any flaws like now?

He was inexplicably agitated, and his eyes did not blink, staring at Kita Sumire's every move on the TV screen.

He looked as if he wanted to take his eyes off and turn them into a computer, which could analyze Kita Sumire's expressions, lines and body movements frame by frame.

But even so.

His eyes were wide open, and they were already starting to feel dry and sour.

He didn't find any flaws in Kita Sumire.

It's okay that there were no small movements when acting.

The emotions were expressed so perfectly.

Except for Nishizono Miho in the play, any audience can probably see that Kirihara Kenji likes the other person.

Especially in the last part of "Night Walk".

The young Kirihara Kenji started running.

He turned around and looked for the shadow of Nishizono Miho.

But in the end, he could only look at each other across the train.

No matter how much he called.

There was also a railway between them.

Behind the isolation pole.

They looked at each other.

This shot was absolutely amazing!

If he hadn't been standing on the side of Sakura Terrace, he would have slapped his thigh and applauded.

You know, Kitasumi and Kitayama Rie are just children.

Let two children express the element of "love" in front of the camera.

This is a bit unnatural no matter how you think about it.

However, when Kenji Kirihara stood at one end.

The moment when Miho Nishizono stood at the other end.

The two stared at each other.

The white skirt fluttered.

The boy's hair fluttered in the wind.

Ishikawa Bunta clearly felt the bitterness of "love but not getting it".

This is really a tribute to the original work.

And Kitasumi's acting is too good.

It made him feel moved.

The aftereffect is really a bit strong.

It made him squeeze out a few tears inadvertently.

After Ishikawa Bunta finally adjusted his emotions.

Looking at the document in front of him, except for the first line of words, the rest was blank.

He glanced at the TV screen that had already finished the announcement.

Ishikawa Bunta couldn't help but slap his head.

It's bad!

I have to work overtime!

Originally, he wanted to grab Kita Sumi as a punching bag and "talk back and forth".

Unexpectedly, he was confused by the other party's unscrupulous and cute expression!

In the end, he even forgot to scold! He was completely immersed in his acting.

This made Ishikawa Bunta rub his temples and had a headache.

But.

"This overtime is not unfair."

He yawned tiredly.

Even Ishikawa Bunta, the official troll of Sakura TV, felt a little convinced at this moment.

"After all, the performance of Kita Sumi is really great, and the child role of Kitayama Rie is not bad either."

Yes

"Night Walk" episode 12 performed so well, it was beyond his expectation.

If he was asked to write a manuscript praising Kita Sumi's acting.

He could write thousands of words without even thinking about it.

From the lines to the expressions of emotions such as eyes.

He could even write hundreds of words for the modal particles that Kitasumi used.

But if Ishikawa Bunta were to criticize Kitasumi, he would be like a cuckold eating a weight, and he felt like he had no idea where to start.

Ishikawa Bunta sighed.

Before writing, he thought about it and took out his phone from his pocket.

He quickly found Kitasumi's personal homepage on the Internet.

He simply followed it and paid the monthly payment of 500 yen to become a member of the club "Friends of Kitasumi".

There was no other way.

This performance was really great.

Putting aside the position.

He also wanted to pay attention to the specific situation of this boy.

But -

"500 yen."

Ishikawa Bunta shook his head.

It is very easy to join this kind of online club.

As long as you pay a portion of the support money every month, you can enter the private channel of the actor or idol.

From time to time, the idol or actor will release some stills, backstage photos, or new work information and other first-hand welfare information.

However, in recent years, some idols in the gray industry chain not only post ordinary life updates on these places, but also post some more private photos.

Originally, Ishikawa Bunta was not particularly interested in such places.

After all, people who join fan clubs on the Internet are more or less "overly fanatical" about their favorite actors or stars.

They will not tolerate any opposition from others.

He himself only wanted to obtain more private updates about Kita Sumimi's filming, so he thought about joining this fan club.

Now he has joined.

"It's about time to leave, huh?"

Just as Ishikawa Bunta was about to reach out and cross the page to continue his miserable overtime journey.

He accidentally caught a glimpse of something in the corner of his eyes.

"Is this. Shimizuyama?"

Ishikawa Bunta was stunned for a moment.

Because he really didn't expect to see such a familiar name in a fan club of a second-rate child actor in the industry.

Shimizuyama.

He is a famous horror film director in the industry.

"The Grudge", which was released in the first half of this year, is already a sure bet to be in the top three horror film box office of the year.

Is it a fake? Just using the name of director Shimizu-san?

Ishikawa Bunta was surprised, and then clicked on the personal homepage of this person named Shimizu-san.

Then——

Looking at the terrifying number of 980,000 followers, Ishikawa Bunta was stunned for a moment.

Really stunned for a moment.

Shimizu-san actually followed a second-rate actor like Kita Sumimi in the industry?

But it's not just that.

Ishikawa Bunta really cares too much.

So he flipped through the names of the administrators of Kita Sumimi's channel.

Then

he fell silent.

Because it's not just Shimizu-san who is on the list.

In addition to him.

There are also literary pure love film director Honma Fumihiko and Taiga drama director Tanaka Kenzo.

Even the recent Shiraishi Jun is on it.

Any one of these people is a relatively famous director in the industry, the kind that can easily attract hundreds of millions of yen in investment outside.

After filming "Night Walk", the best director of the year like Shiraishi Jun will only become more popular.

This was indeed a bit unexpected for Ishikawa Bunta.

And what was even more unexpected for him was

He saw several familiar faces below.

For example, the names of Kobayashi Yoshimi and Akasaka Kazuya, variety show directors of Sakura TV and Fuji TV, were also among them.

Without a doubt, they were all the same people.

They were obviously not from the same TV station.

But they followed the same sub-actor?

And when he looked carefully, he also found the familiar names of Akiyama Shion, Hosokawa Shibaizumi, and other sub-actors, as well as adult actors such as Hosokawa Chiori.

No?

Ishikawa Bunta was a little unbelievable.

From the directors of Taiga dramas and period dramas, Tanaka Kenzo and Shiraishi Jun.

To the TV variety show director Kobayashi Yoshimi.

What on earth do these people want to do?

Not only did they follow Kita Sumi, a second-rate sub-actor in the industry, but they even joined his personal club?

Let alone second-rate.

Even the top sub-actors in the industry would not have such luxurious treatment.

After all, most directors in the industry are arrogant.

For sub-actors.

At most, they just add their names to the following, and it is impossible for them to spend money to join a personal club.

But this is the impossible thing.

It actually happened now.

What is going on?

Is there any big move in the industry again?

Accidentally broke into Kita Sumire's personal club.

Unexpectedly, he discovered such a big news.

Looking at these people's names.

Ishikawa Bunta scanned Kita Sumire's latest updates again.

Looking at the words similar to the organization posted by Kita Sumire in a teasing way.

Ishikawa Bunta muttered word by word.

"Kita Sumire Group?"

What is this?

Surrounding Kita Sumire. Is it possible that a prototype of an organization is secretly formed in the industry?

Chapter 1! I'm going to take a shower! Brothers!