Rin Chihara lived at the TV station again, and led the screenwriting team to start writing scripts, in addition to a scene script for filming, there was also a more literary script - for the consultants!

After brainstorming, based on Ryoko's life, they divided the drama into three stages:

Six-feather girl Ryoko, this is the daily life of the daughter of a local wealthy family in the early Warring States period.

At this time, Ryoko was still a happy little girl, full of love, filial piety to her parents, taking care of her younger siblings, and sympathizing with ordinary people living in hardship, and even in the face of a great drought, after failing to fight drought by manpower, she voluntarily walked up to the altar to dance the rain dance - the rain does not fall, she can't come down, the sun is exposed, and there is a great possibility of dying on it.

Then, she was famous, countless people begged for marriage, and was promised to be married to the son of a retainer, happily ready to be a bride, looking forward to being a good wife after marrying the person she liked, but she immediately entered the second stage of her life, and was sent to the family of the lord of Okulu Takahashi and became the lord's concubine.

From this time on, she is Ryohime, and this stage is placed in the TV series, which should be regarded as the daily life of local small and famous families in the early Warring States Period.

Ryohime adheres to the principle of loyalty and righteousness of lower-level courtiers, and because she is an ancient woman, she is very resigned to her duty as a concubine, and she has the style of Yamato Nadeshiko, and strives to please the lustful lord, and by the way, she copes with the vinegar of the competition between the concubines - with the help of loyal maids and servants, she is very witty to deal with the "war between women" in the lord's mansion, so that the concubine who plots against her is deflated again and again, which is very refreshing, and Chihara Rin They generally think that the audience will like it.

At this stage, she is still very optimistic, she is very happy every day, and she has a daughter, and she has found her happiness again.

However, due to the fact that the lord was too wasteful, the Takahashi family had a "lower Keshang", she fled with her husband overnight, and was abandoned by her husband in the pursuit, and her daughter died because of it, but her loyalty did not change, and through beauty and her own wisdom, she once again led a coup d'état, killed the rebels, and successfully welcomed her husband back.

Then, once again, it was a watershed moment in her life, and instead of being reciprocated for her loyalty, she was treated with great injustice.

Under a series of blows, she finally changed from "Meiji" to "Enchanting Queen", with her beauty and intelligence, she joined forces among various families, imprisoned her husband who betrayed her, killed all the men of the Takahashi family, tortured and killed all the concubines of the Takahashi family who betrayed her, and set off a bloody storm in the area of Okulu, and all those who betrayed her or disobeyed her were cut to the roots, and the ambition gradually rose, and his eyes were set on Okulu.

She has found a new direction in life, but ......

The tide of the times is rolling in, Okulu is really a poor and broken place, her time to accumulate strength is too short, she has no power to resist in the face of absolute power, and when the main city is conquered, she burns herself to death in the castle tower.

This is the structure of the drama drawn up by Rin Chihara and several of his backbone screenwriters, and the three stages are divided equally into 36 episodes, so that whenever Ryoko feels that she has achieved happiness, the tide of the times will always make this happiness burst like a bubble in a blink of an eye, and try to shoot the heaviness of the times and the dreamlike Zen of life.

As for the important ministers such as praying for rain, winning in the battle between concubines, and wittily persuading the Takahashi family, these are all highlights, which can make a big fuss and make ordinary viewers happy.

The main structure and highlights are determined very smoothly, after all, it is necessary to respect historical facts as the premise, and there are not many places that can be changed, but how to deal with the content of each episode is another troublesome matter.

For example, how to arrange the small climax of praying for rain, and what is the connection between the front and back? For example, the secret fight between the concubines, how to make Ryoko win happily, how to design this part of the plot, how to seek novelty and reasonable? Another example, as a face project, Dahe drama must have a certain degree of popular science education, how to connect what happened in Olu with the official history, in the form of narration or dialogue between characters?

All of them have to be considered!

This is a complex and huge project, and Rin Chihara can't get out of it as soon as he plunges into it, and even Ningzi and Michiko are left behind for a while, just constantly exchanging opinions with his subordinates, constantly issuing instructions, constantly reviewing manuscripts, and constantly determining or overturning a certain plot......

He's in trouble here, and Iori Murakami's side is also in trouble.

Rin Chihara has transferred a group of backbone screenwriters from various crews, but dramas such as "Xiang Bang", "Cold and Warm World", and "Jumping the Great Search Line" are still being broadcast, and she herself has to transfer personnel to form a working group, so it took a lot of effort just to coordinate the crews.

In addition, the preparation of a big river drama is extremely troublesome.

What clothes did the people wear at that time?What did the poor wear?What did the wealthy wear?What did the lord wear, what utensils did he use, what should he eat, what should he drink, what were the etiquette requirements for holding a banquet, and whether the lord's guards were equipped with knives or knives?

She has to worry about all this, and she tries to be bug-free, so she can only keep looking for consultants, determine various details, and even have to urge the props team to make scene models, costumes, and various utensils and weapons, and then show them to multiple consultants to let them find faults.

She was so busy that she couldn't even go home, she barely felt anything, and nearly three weeks had passed.

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"How does it feel?"

Chihara Rin had a big bubble on his mouth, and at the noon meeting, he finally submitted the first draft of "Okulu No. 1 Meihime" to Iori Murakami, and Iori Murakami carefully looked at the script that still seemed very brief - for people in the industry to see, many places need brain supplementation - she watched it for more than half an hour before she was relieved: "It's really good, the more you watch it, the more interesting it is, you can change it to history." ”

Rin Chihara also thinks it's good, just listening to the story of Ryoko's life doesn't seem to be anything, but the details are enriched, the supporting characters are flesh and blood, and Ryoko's whole person is alive, which can make the audience substitute into it and feel like experiencing another life - this is the charm of film and television works or literary works!

But he is one of the creators, and he is afraid that his perception of the work will be biased because he has paid too much, so Murakami Iori can think it is good-looking, he is still very happy, and he can't help laughing: "You have to be stronger than history, ordinary writers don't have this condition, and use so many people to make a work." ”

For the draft of the script, he not only personally participated, but also used seven episode screenwriters, sixteen screenwriter assistants, plus a number of auxiliary personnel such as errands and handymen, and Murakami Iori in order to check the details, only the consultant found more than 20, and dispatched more than 100 staff members to make relevant props and models and follow up on contact, overall equivalent to about three weeks, there are nearly 200 people working around this pile of paper, and ordinary writers really don't have this resource- That is, the face project that Kanto United TV attaches great importance to, and he is the special manager of the TV station designated to tackle key problems, otherwise he would not be able to make such a bloody investment in the preparation of a TV series, and the compilation committee would have to eat him raw.

Iori Murakami listened to his words and read the script again, especially the customs of praying for rain in the Okulu region and the part where Ryoko danced the rain prayer dance - of course, it may be because this part is in the front and is currently written in the most detail, so it looks particularly good, and said with a smile: "You should really publish a book by the way." ”

Rin Chihara has a special status at Kanto United TV, and now there is a kind of meaning of "a thousand dollars buy horse bones", so the contract he got is very unconventional, as long as he wants to adapt the script into publication, all the royalties belong to him, and the TV station does not take a penny, which can be regarded as the only one in the TV program production circle.

He can indeed do it, but he doesn't care about it for the time being, he prefers that this TV series will become popular, and said directly: "Let's talk about this matter in the future, is there any new progress in the preparation for filming?"

Murakami Iori immediately took out a small notebook and began to inform him of the situation: "Yesterday, it was just confirmed that Beichen Yidaoliu was willing to participate in the shooting as a swordsmanship instructor. This is the relationship between Taili, Beichen Yidaoliu has always been a partner of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Taili invited the ...... through the Metropolitan Police Department"

Rin Chihara nodded, official martial arts, yes!

He casually asked, "Are they asking for a high price?"

"As long as you eat, drink, and stay, you need to mark the name of their genre and gym at the end of the film, and send an advertisement. ”

Rin Chihara nodded and had no opinion, the consultants were basically not here for money, it was a routine operation, and Iori Murakami turned the page and continued: "The renovation progress of the castle tower and the village is far beyond expectations, and the NHK side is very cooperative, and the professor of the Department of Archaeology of Sakajin University is watching there, and other professors come to see it from time to time." ”

Kanto United TV didn't have a filming base for period dramas, so they originally wanted to build one themselves, but Iori Murakami had a whim and asked someone to test whether NHK was willing to rent a filming base for them, but NHK didn't have an opinion, it really rented it to them, and allowed them to carry out small-scale renovations- NHK is really a magical TV station, and I don't know if it's because the scale is too big and the systems do their own thing, or if it's just this urine, and they support the commercial station's willingness to make Dahe dramas to educate the people, anyway, they agreed.

Rin Chihara was very satisfied, and Iori Murakami reported on other trivial matters, and finally smiled: "It's basically almost, as long as the actors are selected, filming will officially start in early February - the script is basically set, and the casting audition can begin, right?"

Chihara Rin thought about it, and felt that there really seemed to be no problem, so he said directly: "You can start." ”

"What about the director? Tsumura has been helping me with a few assistant directors, and he must join the director team and let him be in charge of shooting?"

Chihara Rin shook his head: "It's better for me to come, let Tsumura and Miyawaki assist me, and the other executive directors and assistant directors will look at the arrangement, and they must all have deep qualifications and high level." ”

Iori Murakami has no opinion, Rin Chihara is not a newcomer, and the station attaches so much importance to it, it is naturally better for Rin Chihara to be willing to sit in the battle in person.

They quickly discussed some things and made a preliminary decision, and when everything was said and done, it meant that the preparations were really over, Murakami Iori looked at the script, and his nervousness went up a new level, and he sighed softly: "It's smoother than expected, but I don't know what ...... next."

Bad movies are not counted, generally ordinary TV dramas will invest millions of yen in one episode, and the upper grade will cost about 10 million yen, the cast is more luxurious, the shooting is more exquisite, and 20 million yen is also common, and the budget of Kanto United TV for "The First Beauty of the Continent" is tentatively set by this standard, not counting the expenses such as publicity and distribution, in fact, it is not good to finish the filming of 36 episodes, and the investment alone will be more than 700 million yen, which is a rare large-scale effort, if this is smashed, the consequences are unimaginable.

After all, the script looks good, but it's not uncommon in this industry to shoot sloppy things!

Before the ratings came out, no one had a bottom in their hearts, and it was good to say that when they were busy, once they were a little idle, their worries about the future would turn into a heavy pressure, even if she had been baptized by the wind and waves, and she would not easily swell into a pig's head, but she still couldn't be calm like a wave.

Probably, no one in this line can really be calm in their hearts!

Rin Chihara is nervous, too, or that's the beauty of this business, you put in a lot of time and energy, but you never know if you're going to get a slap in the face or flowers and applause.

However, Iori Murakami can show that he is worried, he can't!

His gaze was still very firm, and he said softly: "Don't worry, we can do a good job!"

Yes, it will definitely be able to do a good job, and it will be able to make a good TV series that is applauded and has ratings!

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The next day, the script continued to move forward, and by the way, began to enrich the details of the first few episodes, and the casting work officially began, with Iori Murakami piling up the cast's materials on the conference table, and she, Rin Chihara, Yohito Miyawaki, Haruki Tsumura, and several executive directors decided on the audition list.

Low scenes, only a few episodes of small supporting roles don't have to worry about them, Tsumura Haruki will also serve as the casting director, with a few director assistants to find suitable candidates, and then review it. What they need to do is to determine the main lineup, that is, the actor of Ryoko Rokuko, the actor of Ryoko's fiancé, the actor of several heavy male roles of the Takahashi family, and several supporting actresses of the high role, including Ryoko's daughter-in-law, several favorite concubines of the Takahashi family, and so on.

It doesn't look too difficult, but it gets stuck at the beginning.

Ryoko's actor is the leading actor in this play, and it is not too much to say that it is a key factor that can determine success or failure, but she was only fourteen or fifteen years old when she appeared on the stage (and when she was a child, she was played by a child star, she was another actor), and she was only in her twenties at the end of the play, so her actor should not be too old, it is best not to be taller than twenty years old, but her acting skills must be good, she can play sixteen or twenty-two three with makeup, and she must have a certain degree of popularity - the most critical point is that this actor must be good-looking, and he must have a smile and a smile in addition to his appearance, otherwise why act"Okulu No. 1 Miki",

It's not easy to find!

They turned over dozens of school-age actresses in a row, and they all felt that they were inappropriate, such as Asami Chuan, appearance, fame, etc., but she was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and you asked her to play a girl who was fourteen or sixteen years old...... Are you counting on makeup artists?

It's not impossible, but it can only be used as an alternative.

Izumi Yuko has the support of some people, although she is twenty-two or three years old, although she is a little over-standard, but she has enough X sense, she feels very demonic, and her acting skills are famous enough, but Chihara Rin doesn't want to use her very much-this product is too stress-bearing, and she starts sleepwalking from time to time, so she is responsible for such an important drama with such a big investment......

It's really unreassuring, and it can only be used as an alternative.

Everyone can't agree on it, and in the end, this matter can only be handed over to Chihara Rinren, and he is the sole discretion, after all, he is the person in charge, and no one has the right to speak, but other roles are determined very smoothly - those who are not famous enough can be directly excluded, and the rest is to see if the actor's personal image can be compared with the role, and whether the acting skills can take on this role.

At the end of the day, the overall progress was not bad, the only thing was that the actor of "Ryoko" hadn't even decided on the audition list, and Rin Chihara went back to the office with the actor's information after the meeting, calmed down and began to think about it.

I'm afraid it's hard to be perfect, so where should I make concessions?

Is it true that you have to use the time bomb of Yuko Izumi?