Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Everyone has seen the ratings of the last episode, which have dropped a lot..."

Hidaka Junming said while flipping through the ratings reports from the previous two days. He looked at everyone in the conference room with a serious expression.

The audience was silent for several seconds, and the assistant said: "The last episode was affected by the arson incident in East Anni. The ratings of all entertainment programs that day dropped and they were diverted to news programs. This is normal." "Homeless Children" has also seen a significant decline."

"But our decline is larger than theirs." Hidaka Junming said, "And after this drop in ratings, our gap is even smaller."

Everyone was silent. The ratings battle between "Homeless Children" and "Twin Detectives" is the most concerning thing in the broadcasting industry. As the champion, Junaki Hidaka is accepting the challenge from Kei Fujiwara and his entourage. Therefore, viewing ratings is extremely important.

"The top priority now is to increase the ratings." Hidaka Junming said, "Mr. Yamada, please pay more attention to the publicity resources and try to link up with some popular variety shows and programs on the station. The station should cooperate with us."

Producer Yamada Konjiro nodded: "I understand."

"As for the script, the two screenwriting teachers also put more thought into it, hoping to write new ideas." Hidaka Junming said, "To be honest, "Furuhata Jinsaburo", which is also a detective drama, is a difficult barrier to overcome. As a detective drama The drama, its conspiracy design and the process of solving the case are almost impeccable. Fujiwara-san’s reasoning is the origin of the author. In this regard, Mr. Yamada and Mr. Matsushita, you are no match for him."

Yamada Junichi lowered his head, and there was no dissatisfaction on his face. He probably agreed with this statement.

"So in terms of the plot, I hope to focus on the interaction between the two protagonists as we discussed at the previous planning meeting, and arrange more action scenes for Hoshino-kun's character to express this popular idol. His handsome and heroic appearance.”

"Also, the case itself should not be too cliche. I wonder if you have read what Kei Fujiwara once told in a novel writing class? I think it makes sense. That is, try to write as little as possible about chuunibyou crimes and perverted crimes. , this is a performance that cannot be achieved by technical capabilities.”

This is one of the reasons why Junaki Hidaka has been able to dominate the broadcast industry for many years, that is, he is not ashamed to learn from his opponents. Even if you ridicule and belittle your opponent in public, it is just a propaganda method. In internal situations, he always paid tribute to Kei Fujiwara.

Shinya Matsumoto blushed. In fact, he was not particularly good at writing criminal investigation dramas, so he had previously proposed a scenario in which a psychopath commits a crime, but it was rejected by Hidaka Junaki.

At this time, Yamada Junichi said: "Supervisor Hidaka, I wrote a new outline for the ninth episode yesterday. Please take a look."

As he said that, he handed over a piece of paper. Hidaka Junming glanced at the draft of the script and frowned: "Yamada-kun, is this outline about the Toani arson case?"

Yamada Jun nodded: "Yes, I plan to introduce realistic elements and elements of real events into the case in episode 9."

"What do you think, Matsushita-sensei?" Hidaka Junming asked.

Matsushita Shinya said with a smile: "I also think this is a good idea. Taking advantage of social hot spots, maybe the ratings of this episode will explode."

The arson incident in East Ani has caused a stir, even affecting television stations and publishing houses. Recently, there have been many security guards at the entrance of TTV station, all of whom are on guard against suspicious persons.

I'm afraid that the second Aoba Yanmoru will appear again.

As a broadcaster, Atsaki Hidaka felt quite sad after learning that more than 30 people died in the Tohani arson attack. So after learning that the script had been adapted into a prototype story of "Arson", I instinctively felt a little uncomfortable.

Although he always felt that filming such a plot made him instinctively feel a little uneasy, as a TV person, the creed of "ratings are everything" finally prevailed. As long as it can increase the ratings, anything can be done.

Hidaka Junming looked at the script in his hand and said after hesitating for a moment: "Okay, let's do this and let the screenwriter make the lines more refined and practical."

Then, he added: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yamada." But he didn't say another word to Nobu Matsushita.

After the meeting, Matsushita Shinya went to Yamada Junichi and said with a smile: "Yamada-san, let's discuss the division of writing work in the future."

Yamada Jun didn't even look at him, "Ms. Matsushita, just ask your senior disciple to come to me for this kind of matter. If there is anything, it would be more convenient for the two of us to communicate directly."

After that, he took the coffee and left, no matter how ugly Shinya Matsushita looked behind him.

"Damn it!" Matsushita Shinya subconsciously wanted to kick the chair, but the toe he broke last time was still aching, so he had to endure it.

…

After Kei Fujiwara wrote the script for "Suddenly Looking Back," Ohno Nagaharu also decisively abandoned the original script for "Doctor Air" and decided to film a new story.

He locked himself in a room and wrote a storyboard script, which he gave to Kei Fujiwara for review.

Kei Fujiwara took over the split-shot script, read it once, and imagined the scene in his mind.

Ohno Nagaharu told Fujiwara Kei some of his shooting ideas, and Fujiwara Kei nodded repeatedly. Although Ohno Nagaharu is not good at creating words, he does have the ability to turn words into pictures.

"Just follow your idea and shoot, no problem." Kei Fujiwara said, "But there is a set of shots that I hope can be shot according to my idea."

"You said it." Ohno Nagaharu followed the good deeds.

"It was the period after Fujino came out of Kyomoto's house. It would rain at that time, but in the rain, because he and Kyomoto understood each other's feelings, Fujino regained his dream and felt happy from the bottom of his heart, so he danced to his heart's content in the rain. Dance. Make sure to leave time in this section to focus on the character’s emotions at the moment.”

This section is also a very commendable section of the comic "Suddenly Looking Back". In the original work, this section of the plot has no lines. Fujimoto uses his extraordinary split-shot painting to perfectly express the character's emotions through the protagonist's dancing postures.

Fujimoto himself is known as the cartoonist who loves watching movies most, not only because his comics are full of movie scenes, but also because his comics are filled with menus from various classic movies.

The scene where the protagonist Fujino dances in the rain originated from the classic American movie "Singin' in the Rain" released in 1952, where Gene Kelly sang and danced in the rain.

This scene is a classic scene that has gone down in film history. It was later used in many movies, such as Bong Joon-ho's "Mother", where there is also a scene where the character dances alone in the rain.

Silent dance can often give the greatest impact to the audience.

After hearing Kei Fujiwara express his thoughts, Ohno Nagaharu unconsciously saw that scene in his mind and felt the impact of this plot sincerely.

"How much shooting budget do you have on hand?" Kei Fujiwara asked. "If it's not enough, I can make up for it."

"It's easy to talk about money. At worst, I'll just ask for it from my father." Ohno Nagaharu waved his hand.

"Let's consider it a joint venture. I'll pay part of it," Kei Fujiwara said.

Ohno Nagaharu nodded, "Okay."

"Have you found the actor?"

"Because the script has been changed, the actors we found before are no longer available, and we are planning to recruit new actors. There are only two main actors, so it should not be difficult to find them."