Watanabe Manyumi came over at about the same time as him.

On Monday, they are all busy members of society, and how full her schedule is today, Iwahashi can guess about it when he thinks about himself.

Seeing her, Iwahashi Shinichi joked, "I've been hung by you for a whole day." ”

Watanabe Manyumi was unhurried and joked with him, "Isn't this going to satisfy your appetite right away?"

Iwahashi Shin was in a good mood for a while, picked up the menu, and said with a smile: "When I went to the recording studio in Shinano-cho this afternoon, it happened that Miwa-chan and Nakamura-san were arguing. ”

"Really?"

"Today I was going to make a sample, and Miwa-chan brought a cassette tape of the cappella, and after Nakamura-san heard it, she said, 'What kind of strange tune is this?!', and she was very popular. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi remembered the smell of gunpowder in the recording studio when he was in the past, and deeply suspected that Brother Nakamura and Miwa-chan had also scolded each other for "Hachigaya Road".

"Listen to how you gloat. Watanabe Manyumi said him.

"Where's that. Shinichi Iwahashi defended himself, "On the contrary, as soon as I passed, Nakamura-san threw the tape to me as if he was relieved. ”

"And then?" she was curious.

Iwahashi Shinichi showed an expression that was about to smile or not, "I was listening to the tape and thinking to myself, what kind of strange tune is this?"

"Haha!" Watanabe Manyumi couldn't help but laugh.

But that's the way it is, Miwa-chan, who composes music by singing a cappella, can come up with such a tape that she feels good about herself and must make, but the person who listens to the tape is confused.

......

The ordered things were brought up, and the two chatted while eating. After talking for a while, the conversation finally turned to the incident on the phone.

Iwahashi Shinichi asked her, "How did you come up with the idea of making a movie?" He really didn't understand Watanabe's idea.

It's okay with a booming industry, but making a movie is obviously not a good idea.

After the golden age of the sixties, the entire film market began to decline year after year.

The country was lifted out of poverty in 1955, and by the 70s it was already one of the richest countries in the world, and in society, the phrase "100 million middle class" was common sense.

However, while being rich, fewer and fewer people are willing to go to the cinema.

The impact of the popularity of television is an important reason, but in addition, because there is more money in the pocket, and the society is developing more and more entertainment methods, since you can choose more interesting things, the appeal of movies will naturally decline.

In addition, at the same time of social development, what kind of film theme can make the audience interested has also become a question that filmmakers need to rethink.

Young people in the bubble era will not understand the kind of pure love plot of the sixties anyway.

In the face of the recession of the film market, the big film companies that monopolized the distribution and release of films in the 50s and 60s sold their movie theaters and dissolved their studios one after another in order to cope with the declining market.

After moving away from high-stakes film production, he switched to using his own large distribution network to distribute films for film production companies.

In the past, when these old hooligans (crossed out) produced and distributed in one, it was extremely difficult for independent film companies to release their movie theaters, so the living space of independent directors was very narrow.

Now, they have changed their strategy, on the one hand, the threshold for film distribution has been greatly lowered, and films that were previously only released on a small scale can also enter their cooperative theaters.

On the other hand, because the threshold has been lowered, anyone who can make a movie can enter the theater as long as they can scrape together the money to make a movie - including Manyumi Watanabe, who is now planning to make a movie.

Such a low threshold has caused the market to pour in a large number of movies of worrying quality, and the audience is like playing minesweeper when watching movies, and the viewing experience is greatly reduced, so they are reluctant to try new movies. Such a vicious circle makes fewer and fewer people go to the cinema.

Besides, the times have changed, and there are as many elements that can represent young people's culture, and movies that have begun to be less entertaining have lost their cultural competitiveness and are naturally abandoned by young people.

Why emphasize being abandoned by young people? It is impossible to expect office workers or housewives to be the main force at the box office.

These problems are not taken out individually, but they are bound by one and the other.

Among them, there are not only problems with the structure of the film industry, but also problems with the audience, as well as problems of the times.

Even though this is the golden age of the economy, the deep-pocketed consortia are more willing to invest in foreign films than in half-dead local films.

In the era of social prosperity, movies are a scene of the twilight industry. Many people in the film industry can't get enough to eat because they can't eat from movies, so they can only go to TV stations and join the TV industry.

In such an environment, Watanabe Manyumi prepares to make a movie, and it's hard for Shinichi Iwahashi not to be suspicious. Some things can be reversed by the mind, but there are some things that can't be reversed.

......

Shinichi Iwahashi was not optimistic about this matter, and Watanabe Manyumi knew it and felt that it was reasonable. Even if she herself makes this plan, there is a bit of gambling in it.

"It's okay to say it's a whim, but it's not really a whim. She seemed to be saying tongue twisters, "A while ago, a college classmate who is now engaged in the publishing industry told me that there is a book that has been in the limelight recently, and recommended me to take a look." ”

"It's a recommendation, and the recommendation is also very interesting. ”

Watanabe thought about it for a moment, "She said, the structure was so loose and lacking in theme, there was nothing traditional about it. However, because it is easy to read, you can read it to the end without any obstacles. However, in the process of this entrance, the subtleties are naturally discovered. ”

"Sounds like it's hanging. Iwahashi frowned.

Speaking of this (home), he can think of Keigo Higashino, who is like a minesweeper and stepped on it without knowing which one he took, Miyuki Miyabe, who loves to write three-book tomes and cheats manuscript fees, and Matsumoto Kiyohari who has a subtle prejudice against phoenix men.

If it's not enough, add a figurative rhetoric Haruki Murakami, who is extremely gorgeous. If he wasn't always so flashy, it would be Shinichi Iwahashi, who only read "Norwegian Wood", had an impression of this book.

So, what did Watanabe Manyumi say?

"I also find it inexplicable when I hear this kind of recommendation. She also admitted, "However, after I really went to see it, I felt that she was not wrong." ”85

Watanabe Manyumi said this, took her handbag, took out a thin small book from it, and put it on the table, "I brought one here, how about taking a look?"

Shinichi Iwahashi pronounced the title of the book on the cover, "The Kitchen?"

Thinking of something, he smiled, "No wonder you said it's a good place to talk while eating." ”

"That's what I said. Watanabe smiled, "It's not food. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi picked up the book, "The author's name is Yoshimoto Banana...... "He used the reserves of the Saimoto family, which was not rich in his mind, and he couldn't remember hearing of the name.

"It's a newcomer to literature who has just debuted. Watanabe Manyumi introduced, ""The Kitchen" is her first film, which won the Haiyan Newcomer Literature Award, and immediately attracted the attention of the world, and even reprinted it, becoming a topical work, and was also nominated for the Izumi Kagyoka Literary Award. It can be said that it is a future star who became famous in the book and is now highly anticipated by the industry. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi listened to her introduction and said, "It's amazing." ”

It's true to say that she is amazing - after all, she won awards and sold well when she debuted, and this starting point is definitely not low, but on the other hand, because I don't have any impression of the name itself, I still think in my heart, is this a real big guy, or a short-lived newcomer?

"This is a collection of three short stories, The Kitchen, its sequel, Full Moon, and a separate Shadow of the Moon. Watanabe told him, "It's not long, and I'll be able to read it soon." ”

"When I was there, the image of Izumi Inamura suddenly appeared in my heart, and I tried to bring it in, and I felt that Izumi Inamura's 'unreliable' temperament was a subtle fit with the heroine in it. ”

"So, I came up with the idea of taking the film adaptation rights down and making it into a movie." ”

"Unreliable?"

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't open it and put it back on the table, "I'll go back and see again." Half-jokingly and half-seriously said to her: "When I heard you say on the phone that you want to make a movie, I really felt 'unreliable'. ”

"Indeed, it's unreliable. Watanabe Manyumi admitted calmly.

"However, if you can't rely on it, you have to shoot it. "Iwahashi knows what to do. The conversation turned, "I'll take it back, and I'll answer my thoughts after reading it, okay?"

"This is natural. Watanabe Manyumi replied.

"HOWEVER, IF YOU DO MAKE A MOVIE, AND ASK ZARD TO SING THE THEME SONG OF THE MOVIE, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Every time the movie is shown, it is a promotion. ”

"Before the advent of television, songs were popular on the radio and in the cinema. When Watanabe said this, she was clear about the bad state of the film market.

Even so, the film was still to be made.

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't answer this and brought up another matter, "Speaking of ZARD, I'm going to go to Karuizawa tomorrow to have a look." ”

"Really, it's hard work. Manyumi Watanabe naturally took over the topic and asked about the band.

That's all for the movie just now.

......

A meal is also delicious. After the meal, the two said goodbye and went back to their respective homes.

Shin'ichi Iwahashi brought back the "Kitchen" given by Watanabe Manyumi, a thin book, more than enough to read in one night. However, I thought that I would go to Karuizawa tomorrow, so I didn't open it, and I was going to save it for tomorrow to spend time on the road.

The resort town of Karuizawa is so popular with Tokyoites that even the locust room has a resort here.

It is a place that people in Tokyo like to go to and go to quickly, and public transportation is well developed. However, in order to facilitate the movement, the next day, the driver drove and sent Iwahashi Shinichi to Karuizawa.

The driver was his clerk at the record company, who served as his driver on a temporary basis.

The president of a record company that has just been established and has not yet achieved results, although thanks to the blessing of the times, the company has a president's car available as soon as the company is set up and entered, but if you want to have a full-time driver, the current efforts are far from enough.

The distance from Tokyo to Karuizawa is not too far, and the length of this "Kitchen" is indeed not as long as Watanabe Manyumi said. Before he arrived in Karuizawa, he had already finished reading it.

Two "Kitchens", about a girl whose parents died and depended on her grandmother when she was a child, and during college, her only relative, her grandmother, also died. Orphaned, she had to stay in the kitchen to sleep.

One day, a boy who worked in a flower shop frequented by her grandmother came to her door and invited her to live in his home, so the girl moved to his house to live with the boy and his transgender mother.

In the process of getting along day after day, the girl finally came out of loneliness and started a new life - and then, in a big turn, the boy's transgender mother died, and the boy became an orphan.

The girl who had been helped by the boy and his mother came to the boy again, and after such and such an incident, the two finally decided to come together.

To sum it up simply, it seems so boring.

However, while reading this, Shinichi Iwahashi still thinks that this book has its special charm. Not only that, but I also realized what Watanabe Manyumi said, "The heroine has a subtle fit with Izumi Inamura's temperament".

The heroine in is such a person with an "unreliable" temperament. She pays attention to her heart, but she doesn't care about the things around her, and she feels close, but she can't really get close.

Or should I say, a very typical young man of this era. After reading it, Shin Iwahashi repeatedly thought of Watanabe's evaluation of Izumi Inamura, and you can understand why this book is so popular.

An era has an era of literature.

However, although the evaluation of this book in my heart is not bad, when Shinichi Iwahashi summarizes the plot in his heart, he first grasps a key point.

That is, like this, although it is easy to read, but can it really be made into a movie?

......

This question will be left until after returning to Tokyo and discussed with Watanabe Manyumi. Knowing the content, Iwahashi Shinichi has a bottom in his heart, and he can talk to her in depth.

Today is a weekday and not a golden time for vacation, so there are not many people on the road in Karuizawa.

Shinichi Iwahashi was also the first time to return to Karuizawa, and he had a bit of a tourist mentality in his heart. There was a driver driving, and he first leisurely watched the street scene outside the window.

The car drove through the silent woods and stopped in front of a Western-style villa.

"Iwahashi-san, it's already here. The driver told him.

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