Tokyo Literary Godfather

That night, Ma Guixiang suffered from insomnia, and when she rushed to the studio the next morning, she was in a bad state of mind. In order to cover up her fatigue, the makeup artist had to put more foundation on her face.

"Didn't you sleep well yesterday?" Kei Fujiwara came to the dressing room, originally thinking of temporarily modifying some of the lines while the actors were putting on makeup, and communicating with them. Seeing Arima Guixiang's tired face, he asked casually road.

"It's... not bad!" Arima Guixiang tensed up and quickly replied.

"Pay attention to rest. If you are tired, tell Director Shibasaki to shoot your scene first."

Arima Katsura is the main protagonist in the drama and the guarantee of ratings, so her performance must be given priority in everything.

Arima Guixiang lowered her head: "I see."

After all the footage for the first episode was shot, it was sent to the post-production department. After editing, the finished film returned to the hands of the creative team.

The average length of Japanese dramas is about forty minutes, but the first episode is more than an hour long. This is considered a standard format for Japanese dramas. The first episode generally has a larger amount of information and is more meticulously crafted. The screenwriter may have to change the script more than a dozen times to ensure that it attracts the audience at first glance and improves the retention rate for subsequent episodes.

If Kei Fujiwara hadn't come up with the final version of the script, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape the fate of being revised several times. In that case, there would be little hope of catching up with the spring schedule.

The creative team sat together and watched the finished film quietly. After one episode was played, Kei Fujiwara looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, what do you think?"

Mizuhara Yui nodded: "Very good, Fujiwara-kun, Shibasaki-kun, you did a good job."

Kei Fujiwara and Hideaki Shibasaki just smiled politely and didn't take the producer's encouragement too seriously.

Whether a work is good or not ultimately depends on the ratings, and the audience is the most effective judge.

"Then I will send the finished film to the Censorship and Supervision Department." Yui Mizuhara stood up and said.

"Okay." Kei Fujiwara nodded, "In terms of advertising..."

"The station agreed to give us 30 seconds after Sunday's prime time to promote." Mizuhara Yui said, "There will also be resources such as tram posters and platform advertisements, although they are not as good as the top programs during weekend prime time. No, but it’s already pretty good, isn’t it?”

Indeed, for Mizuhara Yui, the publicity resources this time are already the best in her program production career. She has never fought such a rich battle.

"Very good, "Anthropological Observation" also arranged for the actors to film a program to promote the show."

"Okay." Mizuhara Yui nodded.

How much results can be achieved through this period of hard work has finally arrived at the moment of acceptance.

Fushan Terrace.

production bureau.

Kenji Takada lit up a cigar and started smoking. The old man beside him smiled and said, "How about it, Takada-san, it's your favorite taste, right? Authentic Brazilian product."

"Very authentic taste." Takada Kenji said with a smile.

A slender old man stood aside with a smile on his face and thought to himself: I knew he didn't understand, because he bought it casually in a cigar shop in Osaka.

"How is the filming progress of "Yue Ji"?"

"The first episode has been sent for review, and I now have one and a half episodes in hand." Takada Kenji said.

"Are you confident?"

Kenji Takada smiled and nodded: "Of course."

"Very good, Takada-kun, you are the ace of the production bureau. Show those guys in the production company what the real face of the TV station is!"

This old man is Yamaguchi Citoyo, the director of Fukuyamadai Production Bureau. Most TV programs in Japan adopt the form of separation of production and broadcasting, that is, the broadcast platform and the producer do not belong to the same organization.

Although Mizunami Production, owned by Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara, is controlled by Fukuyamadai, it essentially belongs to two companies.

The production bureau is equivalent to Fukuyama Station's internal production company, which often monopolizes a TV station's flagship program. Whether it is resources or strength, they are generally stronger than ordinary independent production companies outside.

The status in Taiwan is equivalent to that of the Prince of the Eastern Palace.

However, in recent times, Prince's status seems to be in jeopardy. The reason is that since the middle of last year and now since the spring season started, the production bureau has not seemed to have any particularly outstanding results. Fukuyama Channel has ranked among the top five in ratings in the past six months. Three of the programs were produced by production companies, while there were only two of our own programs. One of them is because of the time advantage.

This inconspicuous performance also made station director Yoshida Kaishi quite dissatisfied, and director Yamaguchi Tsutoyo was also under a lot of pressure.

The upcoming "Tsukihime" is the latest work of the production company. Since Takada Kenji's previous performance was quite impressive, Yamaguchi Tsutoyo also has a lot of expectations for him this time. Not only did he give him a Friday night eight During the time period, publicity resources are also fully devoted.

It's better than the "Long Holiday" next door.

Good programs are always the core of a TV station, so in front of producers like Takada Kenji, even if you are the director, you must try your best to show the humility of a corporal.

Kenji Takada is obviously very useful. If we choose the three most valued producers in Fukuyamadai, he is definitely one of them, and he is also the youngest one.

Therefore, Kenji Takada is full of confidence in his future. He believes that as long as "Tsukihime" achieves the first rating among all the programs on the station, his status on Fukuyama Channel will be improved again.

"Director Yamaguchi, besides "Tsukihime", what other spring programs will be broadcast in the near future?" Kenji Takada suddenly asked at this time.

Although programs broadcast by the same TV station do not compete for viewers, they do compete for publicity resources. He wanted to know who the recent competitors were in Taiwan.

"In the spring season, there are quite a lot of new programs." Yamaguchi Tsutoyo recalled the program names, and then mentioned the names of the programs as if they were familiar, "By the way, Miss Suwon's "Long Vacation" will also be broadcast. The first broadcast day Just three days after your show."

Kenji Takada laughed out loud: "Perhaps, after this drama is broadcast, Miss Mizuhara will understand the essential difference between producing TV series and producing variety shows... Maybe variety shows are more suitable for me - then she will definitely feel would think so."

"Hahaha, TV dramas are the main battlefield in the ratings war. Miss Mizuhara has done a great job as a female streamer. TV dramas are men's domain after all." Yamaguchi Jiro also smiled. In fact, compared to Takada Kenji, Yamaguchi Jiro is a Traditional Japanese men have an even greater disdain for women, and indeed they did not take Mizuhara Yui's show to heart.

"But I heard that the screenwriter who collaborated with Miss Mizuhara is very valued by the director."

"I know him." Kenji Takada's expression showed no less disdain. "After writing a best-selling novel, he thought he could succeed in the broadcast industry. It's not like I have never seen a writer-turned-screenwriter-director. There are several Really made a difference?"

Kenji Takada smiled and said: "Someone has to teach that kid how to separate lines like mountains. Maybe I will be the one to teach him."