Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Sato-san, I'm really sorry, the doctor said that Kimura-kun will not return for several days."

A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came to the set and bowed ninety degrees to Tsuru Sato.

He is Kimura Hayato's agent and is responsible for Kimura Hayato's marketing operations, image public relations, resource negotiation and other matters. Kimura Hayato delayed the filming due to his personal reasons. As an agent, he must apologize.

"Alas..." Sato Wataru took off his headphones and looked at the man in front of him and said, "It's not that we can't understand the unexpected events in the sky."

"And we have not stopped filming. We are using a stand-in. We will wait for Kimura-san to recover before re-shooting. We will try our best to catch up with the schedule, but producer Shimizu does not have many films in hand. We also hope that Kimura-san can return as soon as possible. .”

"Absolutely..." the agent nodded and bowed.

After getting the understanding from the main creative staff, the manager finally breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly blamed Hayato Kimura in his heart.

In fact, he was not seriously injured, but he met a girl from Uruguay in the hospital and wanted to take her to visit Shikoku. So after recovering from the injury, I actually went on a trip, and it would take three days before I could get to the set.

He didn't dare to openly offend the creative team, so he sent him to apologize to the creative team.

A manager's life is miserable, but when an artist goes to have fun, he comes to apologize. Even if he goes fishing and growing persimmons in Hokkaido in his next life, he won't be a manager...

While he was slandering, the director turned on the camera, and after tapping the clapper board, Arima Keixiang and an actor with a strange face started acting.

This person is a substitute... The manager thought to himself, clasping his hands on his chest and looking at it for a while.

Today is a quarrel scene, and it is also a section with strong dramatic tension, which will test the acting skills of both actors.

Acting as a stand-in is definitely of no use. It is equivalent to asking Arima Katsura to read lines into the air. Ms. Arima and the creative team must be very resentful... Even if Kimura Hayato reshoots the scene in the end, the effect will be greatly reduced.

The manager sighed secretly in his heart. Kimura Hayato became famous very young. Because he was handsome and had many fans, he had a smooth journey and never had any sense of crisis, so he didn't cherish job opportunities very much. This year I also entered a period of professional burnout, and I was very perfunctory about my work.

The agent is worried: If this continues, Kimura-kun will be replaced by a new person sooner or later...

Hayato Kimura is still young and doesn't know how fierce the competition is in this industry, but his agent knows it. In this industry, we have seen too many old people decline, new people rise, and Kimura Hayato became famous at a young age. This is a gift from God. But the gift given by God may not be taken back in the future!

But he immediately stroked his chest to comfort himself. Kimura Hayato was also a super idol after all. He had acted in hit dramas in the past two years and had a lot of blood. Replacing him is not something that can be accomplished overnight, so there is no need to worry too much for the time being.

"you're lying!"

Arima Guixiang covered her face with her hands and started crying. Her shoulders were shaking and tears seeped out from between her fingers.

The agent couldn't help but sigh after watching it, what a great acting skill. If Kimura Hayato could handle this, would he be able to do it?

At this time, Kimura Hayato's stand-in suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Arima Keika's hands. His eyes were red and tears were rolling in his eyes. He was reciting the lines, but halfway through, he let go of his hand again, his finger joints slightly Trembling, his front teeth bit his lower lip.

The agent was startled, what a great acting skill! The feeling of loving each other deeply, but not daring to touch, and being passionate but only polite is presented!

Is this person a professional actor? Didn't you say he was just a substitute? How can he have such superb acting skills if he doesn't officially appear on camera?

And he had a feeling that Arima Guixiang seemed to enjoy the performance more when she acted opposite this person.

After the two of them finished playing a part, they used another method to give the director a break and officially ended the scene.

While Arima Keixiang was taking a break, the manager slithered through the crowd like a loach, walked up to Arima Keixiang, and said with an apologetic smile: "Ms. Arima, excuse me for disturbing you."

Arima Keixiang glanced at him and said, "Mr. Ishikawa, is Kimura-kun okay?"

"Still recovering and will be back soon."

Arima Keixiang's face was expressionless: "If the injury is serious and difficult to recover, it won't be a problem if you rest for a while."

As soon as she finished speaking, Arima Guixiang's manager poked her in the waist.

Manager Ishikawa pretended not to hear the thorn in his words and was still apologizing. At this time, Fujiwara Kei came over and said, "Miss Arima, I have made a design for you for the next scene. Do you think it will work..."

Arima Keika stood up immediately after seeing Kei Fujiwara: "What's wrong, Fujiwara?"

Kei Fujiwara scratched a line on the script book with his fingernail: "This sentence, the lines remain the same, but when you read it, take a breath and pause a little, would it be better? After reading the sentence, if there is A sob would have been more effective."

Arima Keixiang tried to recite it according to the method Fujiwara Kei said, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "Sure enough."

Manager Ishikawa looked at Kei Fujiwara in a daze, isn't you a stand-in? How come I started to formally exchange acting skills with the leading actor, making it the same as the official leading actor.

This is transgression! It's the inferior who commits the crime! No, no one cares?

Agent Ishikawa glanced at Director Sato, then at the agent next to Arima Keika, and found that they all had expressions they were accustomed to, so their expressions instantly became serious, and an uneasy feeling came to his heart.

The main creative team... don't you plan to temporarily change the script?

This kind of thing has happened in the past. There was once a leading actor who suddenly became famous in the middle of a TV series, so he became dissatisfied with the cheap contract he had signed and hoped to increase his salary.

Of course, the producer would not agree to this request, so the lead actor began to be uncooperative with the producer in various ways, arriving late and leaving early, and being absent without reason. The producer had no choice but to increase the remuneration once, but it still failed to satisfy her.

The creative screenwriter was so angry that he wrote his character to death and gave the male protagonist a girlfriend.

Changing roles midway was naturally a heavy blow to the ratings, and the audience also continued to abuse the creative team. But anyone who knows a little bit about this industry knows that the producers will not change roles midway if they have the means. There is no way around it.

So after this incident, the actor became notorious and his market value plummeted. No one was willing to hire someone who was extremely unprofessional and even forced the production company to change roles midway to play the lead role. Within a few years, this person was no longer found in the circle.

Thinking of this, Ishikawa suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

Looking at Kei Fujiwara again, I just feel that this person does have the temperament of an actor, and his acting skills seem to be much higher than Hayato Kimura's.

Could the creative team really have the idea of ​​letting this person replace Kimura Hayato?

Thinking of this, he felt a little hot in his head and couldn't stay any longer. After greeting everyone, Agent Ishikawa quickly left the set and went to find Hayato Kimura.

No, this is too dangerous. That unprofessional guy Kimura must be made aware of the crisis.