Tokyo Literary Godfather

Kei Fujiwara came to Tokyo Animation Production Company again.

The charred building is still glaring, and the bouquets of flowers placed outside the building are withering.

The arsonist has not yet entered the trial process. For a case like this with complex plots and great social impact, the trial process is extremely long, and it is possible that the process will not be completed in one or two years.

The arsonist put down the fire with the full rescue efforts of doctors, which also triggered protests from some people. Because the arsonist was seriously injured, the hospital spent huge costs and manpower to rescue the person.

This was difficult for some people to accept. One person even held up his mother's portrait and protested outside the hospital. He claimed that his mother died of breast cancer many years ago and had to give up treatment because she could not afford the expensive medical expenses. If my mother had killed a few more people before she died, would she have received the best medical resources in the country?

A hypocritical country will only engage in hypocritical human rights!

Fukuyama TV also made special news on this type of incident. The new prime minister who had just taken office not long ago was tortured by the media as expected. The countdown to the prime minister's resignation once again silently sounded in the hearts of the people.

Kei Fujiwara walked into Toani's second studio and found that the security was much stricter. The security guards were fully equipped and looked much more serious and professional. There were several more anti-riot boxes at the entrance of the studio.

Kei Fujiwara walked to the door. After a brief questioning, the security guard led him to the front desk. After confirming the contact person, the front desk contacted the staff in the studio.

Soon after, a man wearing glasses came out, bowed to Fujiwara Kei, and handed over his business card: "Fujiwara-san, I am Sakurai Tokiyoshi from the third animation team. Please give me your advice."

"Hello." Fujiwara Keiya took out his business card.

Because they met Oshii-an at Higashi Bungei's school festival, the two discussed the animation adaptation of "Genius Detective Mitarashiyoshi". Later, due to the arson case, Oshii-an suffered a mental breakdown and was unable to continue working at his original position. He is now staying on the job to recuperate.

However, Toani wanted to follow up on the animation adaptation, so he sent others to continue to deal with Kei Fujiwara.

The arson caused immeasurable losses to Toani Company. More than 30 outstanding animators died, countless drawings and materials were burned, and many ongoing animation projects were terminated.

Toani plans to revive its success and is expected to launch a season series next year. Among the many prototype projects, company executives are more optimistic about "Genius Detective Mitarai Aoi".

This novel is still being serialized, but the last chapter of the first volume, "The Clock Museum Incident," will be concluded soon. The entire series is extremely popular among mystery readers and is regarded as a classic by many mystery fans.

Although it has only been serialized for three chapters, "The Astrology Murder Case" has already reached the high level of the mystery novels. "The Clock Museum Incident", which is still being serialized, should be able to maintain the popularity of this novel if nothing unexpected happens. Divine status.

In the "Who is Japan's No. 1 Detective" survey jointly signed by major publications, the ranking of the new detective Mitarai Aoi has recently improved a lot, jumping to fifth place.

In the reception room, Tokiyoshi Sakurai described in great detail their production ideas if the two parties cooperated, and which well-known animators in the industry would participate in the project.

Although Toani lost a lot of talent due to arson casualties, it is an animation company with a deep foundation after all and still retains its main production team. These people recovered from their grief and decided to work together to help the company get through this pain smoothly.

As for the licensing fee for copyright adaptation, Toani also provides two licensing methods:

One is a one-time settlement, where the licensing fee is directly negotiated, the contract is signed, and the producer can start production.

The other is a small licensing fee plus a share model.

In fact, from the perspective of maximizing benefits, one-time settlement is better. After all, "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyō" created by Kei Fujiwara is a spliced ​​work and has no experience of being made into a drama in a parallel world.

Therefore, although he trusts Toani's production ability, Fujiwara Kei is not sure whether the story mode of this work is suitable for the "fan drama" type.

Therefore, the best way is to clear the money and goods as authorized by "White Night Journey", which can avoid risks to the greatest extent.

However, after thinking about it, Kei Fujiwara said: "I think Toani is a very good animation production company, and I am very much looking forward to our cooperation. If licensing is concerned, I would prefer the sharing model."

Sakurai Tokiyoshi was startled and then asked: "Teacher Fujiwara, are you willing to adopt a share-sharing model?"

Kei Fujiwara nodded, "I trust Toani's ability and look forward to the final presentation of this work."

Sakurai Tokiyoshi was silent for a moment, then suddenly bowed slightly in a sitting position and said: "Thank you, Mr. Fujiwara, for your trust and support."

It's all said and done. Because Dongani suffered a serious injury not long ago, during the pain of recovery, no one can guarantee that their next works will maintain the previous quality.

Kei Fujiwara's willingness to continue cooperation in accordance with his previous intention is considered a huge thank you. Now he is willing to take a certain degree of economic risk in order to alleviate Toani's current financial pressure.

"You're welcome." Fujiwara Kei casually took a cookie on the table for guests and stuffed it into his mouth with tea, "By the way, Oshii-san..."

"Director Oshii is still on leave due to personal health reasons." Sakurai Tokiyoshi said, "Does Mr. Fujiwara prefer to cooperate with Director Oshii? But considering what happened not long ago, Oshii-san's current emotional state... "

Fujiwara Kei sighed: "It doesn't matter. The specific creative personnel will be professionally considered by the company. I'm just a little worried about Oshii-san's current situation...Forget it, it's better not to disturb him."

The two talked about the specific contents of the contract and the production direction. Kei Fujiwara also mentioned a few of his favorite voice actors and hoped that the company could invite them to be voice actors.

After chatting for a while, Sakurai Tokiyoshi's chatterbox gradually opened up, and he took the initiative to talk about Toani's recent reconstruction work.

The burned-out Third Studio building will not be used for the time being. All the original paintings and materials for one theatrical version and three seasons stored in it were destroyed, and the project was shelved. The plan for the coming year is to have a quarter series and a year series. The season series is the anime adaptation of "Genius Detective Mitarai Kiyoshi". As for the year series, I plan to adapt a monster novel.

This is much less than the production volume in previous years, but for Toani, who has just experienced a serious injury, he is still in rehabilitation training and cannot bear more projects.

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After leaving Toani, Kei Fujiwara went to Tokyo University of Literature and Art.

"Looking Back" is still being filmed, but it has come to an end. Ohno Nagaharu was filming and editing at the same time, and 80% of the film has been completed.

When Kei Fujiwara came to the set this time, he happened to encounter them filming a key scene of the film - [Four-frame comics spanning time and space].

Sato Mei leaned on the wall outside the door, looking at the ceiling with blank eyes, and murmured: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, if I hadn't drawn that cartoon..."

Fujiwara Kei looked at Sato Mei's performance and secretly applauded behind the monitor. It was really a good performance. It was considered outstanding for an amateur idol to perform like this. I remember that his acting skills were not so good before, and his lines were even a little bit awkward. Stuttering.

I haven't seen you for a few days, and I'm progressing pretty quickly.

It seems that Ohno Nagaharu is quite good at training actors.

Nanako Togada held the clapper board, pursed her lips, and looked at Mei Sato with tearful eyes.

She had already read the script, and she cried when she read it. Now that I see someone acting out the tear-jerking scene in the script, I can't control my emotions for a moment, and water drops are swaying in my eyes.

After seeing Kei Fujiwara arrive at the set, Togata quickly wiped his tears with the back of his hand and bowed to say hello: "Teacher Fujiwara..."

At the same time, I deeply admire this man again. He is truly worthy of Mr. Fujiwara. No matter what works he shoots, he can always touch the softest corner of people's hearts.