Originally, in Zhou Xiao's plan, "Marriage Proposal" was filmed first and then "The Way to Steal the Key", after all, the latter will not be released until 12 years, while the former will be filmed in 07 years.

But the appearance of Nana Ozaki forced Zhou Xiao to make another choice, first to shoot "The Method of Stealing the Key" instead of "Marriage Proposal".

The drama "The Way to Steal the Key" has not invested much, and there are not many scenes required, after deciding to start filming this drama, Zhou Xiao first began to worry about the role of the heroine.

In this play, the two male protagonists are Masato Sakai and Teruyuki Kagawa, men are creatures that age very slowly, especially stars, stars between the ages of twenty-five and fifty are usually difficult to see any difference in appearance, so Zhou Xiao, the candidate for these two people, does not need to consider changing.

But in terms of the selection of the heroine, Ryoko Hirosue, who was supposed to star in this play around the age of 30, is now only 25 years old, a 25-year-old woman, as long as she is beautiful enough, she can still be an idol, but if she is a 30-year-old woman, the drama usually begins to change in the direction of a wife, a mother, and the like.

This can't be helped, newcomers in the Japanese entertainment industry are emerging in an endless stream, and directors will definitely not use a candidate who does not meet the age when they have enough good choices, and it is almost impossible for a 57-year-old aunt to play a seventeen-year-old girl.

Therefore, for this drama, it is a little inappropriate for Ryoko Hirosue to appear at this time.

Since Ryoko Hirosue is not suitable, he needs to change to a candidate around 30 years old, and this candidate is the key to Zhou Xiao's work for the next period of time.

A girl around 30 years old, Zhou Xiao knows one, that is, Ryoko Guozhong, who has filmed him and had a dewy relationship with him, but unfortunately this woman's face is too happy, and she looks like a very carefree person. It is not suitable to play the heroine in the play who feels like an old virgin in the play.

In addition to Ryoko Guozhong, Zhou Xiao does not have any other actresses he has worked with, so he must find a new actress to work with.

Actresses around 30 years old, that is, around 1975, it is best to be an actress who is one or two years old, Zhou Xiao commissioned the company to look for it, and the final candidates given were Michiko Yoshise, Ryoko Yonekura, Eri Fukatsu, and Rie Miyazawa. Ryoko Shinohara, as well as Nanako Matsushima.

To say that among these people, Zhou Xiao was originally the most fond of Nanako Matsushima, but she has now taken over the TV series version of "Grave of the Fireflies", and she has already made arrangements in the next few quarters.

In addition to Nanako Matsushima, Eri Fukatsu also has TV series to shoot from the second half of the year to next year, and Ryoko Yonekura not only took over the TV series but also the movie, as for Michiko Yoshise, although this very aura sister debuted not late, she came out relatively late, and she has only taken over two or three roles like a small shrimp from her debut to the present. She is already thirty years old, and she will have to wait another year or two before she is completely ripe and exudes the brilliance of a queen.

Choose one by one to be eliminated. Among the people who haven't crossed out at the moment, there are only Ryoko Shinohara, and Rie Miyazawa.

But the reason why these two are left is because Zhou Xiao doesn't value them very much, and Ryoko Shinohara is a singer debut. Now she has just finished starring in Japanese TV's "anego", this drama can be regarded as a milestone in Ryoko Shinohara's career as an artist, and Ryoko Shinohara not only got quite good ratings with this drama. At the same time, she also won the Best Actress Award at the Japanese Drama Academy Awards.

But for Zhou Xiao, such Ryoko Shinohara is not a good choice, because she has just played a good role, people will remember her role very deeply, so it will be difficult for Zhou Xiao's new play to make people remember the role she played.

As for Rie Miyazawa, the eldest sister who has opened a precedent for female artists to shoot large-scale photos, Zhou Xiao feels that she seems to be a little unsuitable for this drama in terms of age and temperament.

"Zhou Xiao, if you are about thirty years old...... You can consider considering her......" Just when Zhou Xiao was at a loss for the heroine, Uncle Inoue pointed out someone to him.

"She? Her age is ......" Zhou Xiao lowered his head to check the information.

"Born on June 10, 1977, now 28 years old." Uncle Inoue said.

Zhou Xiao raised his head and looked at Uncle Inoue with some surprise.

"Uh...... Hehe, I still like her. Uncle Inoue scratched his head a little shyly.

"Then please ask Uncle you to ask, ask her about the schedule from the end of this year to the first half of next year, if there is no problem, arrange an audition." Zhou Xiao said, closing the information book that had just been opened, showing the name of "Matsu Takako".

Yes, that's right, the person Uncle Inoue likes is Takako Matsu.

It's not just that he likes it, the Japanese in this era, I'm afraid there is no one who doesn't like Takako Matsu, from 2000 to 2005, she was just like Momoe Yamaguchi, Seiko Matsuda, and Honami Suzuki.

This is a very powerful woman in the family, her father, mother, sister, and brother are all in the entertainment industry, and her father is the successor of Japanese classical dance, such a family may not be too famous among ordinary people, but if you want to say that your identity is noble, it is real.

Therefore, a woman from such a family can be said to be windy and rainy in the entertainment industry, coupled with her beautiful appearance, excellent temperament and her own efforts, in ten years, Takako Matsu has become a favorite actress in all Japan.

But there is no 100-day popularity, and now in 2005, Matsu Takako's popularity has gradually begun to decline, but no matter how low her popularity is, she still has considerable appeal, and any movie can invite her, which is a very big guarantee for the box office.

And Takako Matsu also has enough acting skills to control this play, and Ryoko Kuninaka may make it difficult for the audience to get out of the impression brought by her previous roles because of her lack of acting skills, but this kind of thing will not happen to Takako Matsu.

Whether or not Matsu Takako can be invited is something that even Zhou Xiao can't guarantee, because with Matsu Takako's identity and ability now, she doesn't need to think about other issues such as money and the other party's forces at all, she only cares about one thing, that is, whether the script of the movie is good or not, and whether she is interested in the target role.

AZX is now quite familiar with the production process of Zhou Xiao's films, and as soon as Zhou Xiao's film script is taken out, there are naturally staff members who take the script to find suitable things, including contacting the location. Various props, as well as places such as studios that need to be used. These things are prepared one by one, and most of them are taken into photos and sent to Zhou Xiao to determine whether they will be used in the end, while the company's middle-level staff do all kinds of procedures for Zhou Xiao's films, contact sponsors, and even determine the release time and theater line.

Zhou Xiao waited for two days, and while taking care of AKB's rehearsals, he began to study the final script with the company's own assistant director, Yuichi Fukuda, and two days later, the news of Uncle Inoue came back.

Takako Matsu agreed to star. But in terms of time, she may have to wait until the filming of the TV series she is currently filming in September is completed. ”

Of course, that's no problem, even if Takako Matsu doesn't want to wait, he has to wait, because Zhou Xiao himself has a lot of things to do.

If you decide on the candidate Takako Matsu, it will be easy for others, especially the two protagonists Masato Sakai and Teruyuki Kagawa, who have cooperated for a long time, Zhou Xiao has actually privately asked them to spare time at about the same time, so the invitation arrived. The two of them are soon ready to act, the last time Zhou Xiao cooperated with them in "The Life of the Disgusted Matsuko", the two were still supporting roles, and now the two of them are the protagonists, and the protagonists of being a big director gain fame and fortune. There is no doubt that it is very exciting.

In fact, although Zhou Xiao did not shoot a TV series in 2005, his works are not absent in the Japanese drama circle.

Just when Zhou Xiao was busy with this, the TV series "Dragon Sakura" was about to start broadcasting.

"Dragon Sakura" is adapted from the second comic called "Dongda Special Training Class" in collaboration between Zhou Xiao and cartoonist Rose Yaguchi. The number of comics is the story of a former mob who brought several high school juniors with very low deviation values to the University of Tokyo.

The serialization of this comic began a few years ago, and it was rumored that Zhou Xiao's participation in the creation of this work attracted a lot of doubts and ridicule. Because Zhou Xiao himself is just an ordinary deviation value and the fact that there is no university to take the exam, most people will question whether it is appropriate for him to make this work, especially in the comics, many learning methods have been repeatedly ridiculed, saying that it is Zhou Xiao, a person who is not very good at learning, put forward something that does not work at all.

Although these doubts and ridicule will not affect the creation of Zhou Xiao and Yaguchi Rose, the sales of the comics and the reputation of the work have indeed received a lot of impact, compared to Zhou Xiao's other works that are almost all big sellers, this comic can only be regarded as a work with average sales after it is released, and many people have evaluated it as Zhou Xiao's shameful work.

And then...... After losing face, Zhou Xiao's slap in the face came.

Although it is not the University of Tokyo, you can be admitted to Keio Yoshishu while making movies, starting a company, and creating an idol group, this kind of miracle is beyond the reach of even the geniuses in the University of Tokyo whose deviation value is 70 or 72 at every turn, because this not only represents a person's genius-like IQ, but also represents a person's superhuman EQ, and it is said that people often have a high IQ and low EQ, Zhou Xiao's thorough counterexample made everyone shut up.

If you want to say that the biggest beneficiary of Zhou Xiao's admission to college, it may be Yakou Rose, because his ability is recognized, coupled with a large number of previous doubts, it will cause a backlash, after the news of Zhou Xiao's admission to Keio came out, the sales of the comic "Dongda Special Training Class" increased dozens of times in a day, and began to be popular throughout Japan at a rocket-like speed, and mothers and students all over Japan want to see how this seemingly omnipotent man can soar from a deviation value of 47 to a deviation value of 20 when there are countless things to do. Admitted to Keio School!

A large amount of attention pushed the sales of the manga to a high level, and as a result, various applications for adaptations followed.

Because he didn't have time, Zhou Xiao didn't do anything other than write the script and propose the candidates for the actors, and all the rest of the work was handed over to AZX, the investment was jointly invested by AZX and Japanese TV, the director and the studio were produced by the TV station, and the actors and works were produced by AZX.

And after the filming started, the TV station also approached Zhou Xiao once, and they wanted to ask if it was possible to create a little momentum for this work.

Rally? That is, propaganda? If it is someone else's work, the TV station is afraid that it will do these things by itself, and it will not come to the screenwriter to do anything with the original work at all, but if this person is Zhou Xiao, it will be different, this man is a well-known all-rounder, and he has a large number of variety show planning works in the entertainment industry for five years, ask him before doing publicity plans. I can't guarantee that he will throw out some projects with super high ratings, not only to promote the TV series, but also to give the TV station an excellent program, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Although the TV station asked Zhou Xiao with such an idea, it may not be necessary to say how much the TV station is looking forward to Zhou Xiao's works, because it is impossible for people to have good ideas to contribute anytime and anywhere, even if Zhou Xiao does not, the TV station will not care very much.

But to the great surprise of the TV station, in the face of the invitation they handed over, Zhou Xiao rubbed his chin and thought for two minutes before saying: "It's not for nothing that you want to talk about planning." You see, if you can spare more than two hours before the TV series airs, let's make it free, I think of a project that is very suitable for the drama "Dragon Sakura"! ”

"Really...... Really figured it out!? Is it so against the sky! The TV station staff complained in their hearts.

Zhou Xiao didn't care about the disbelief on the other party's face, but said to himself: "Because of my previous plan, it is no longer suitable for a person to go to a super university, so I think it will be more interesting to reflect how powerful the university is in the new project, my plan." I just want to say that the geniuses of several national and private universities are gathered together to shoot a Japanese No.1 brain king to decide the battle! This brain king decided to fight without considering the thoughts of ordinary viewers at all, and every question must be the type that 99.9% of Japanese people can't answer, anyway, it must give the audience an impression that although they can't understand what is being said, they feel so powerful! ”

"This ...... Is this okay? The staff asked.

"It should be no problem......" Zhou Xiao was actually a little worried.

Japan's No.1 Mind King Decision Battle is a two-issue special group held by Nippon TV since 2013. The reason why Zhou Xiao was a little apprehensive was mainly because of the advance in time.

This variety show is different from "The Way to Steal the Key", "The Way to Steal the Key" is a movie, and most of the people who can watch the movie are viewers with some appreciation. This kind of audience can easily accept a movie with a fast rhythm and quick transition, but it is different when it is a plan that is broadcast on TV. Most of the audience on TV is elderly and housewives, and it is difficult to get these people to accept things they don't understand.

In later generations, the plan of this brain king to decide to fight has also caused a lot of repercussions in China, and many people are vying to watch, but if you really have to take a closer look, you will find that the main force vying to watch is basically Weibo, acfun, Renren and other audience groups, such a group of people must be much stronger than housewives and ordinary people, otherwise this thing will not only be popular in the above two places, but will be popular to ** and QQ space.

The same is true in Japan, the ratings of this show in Japan are actually only 10.9%, as a special group that aired on December 30 at the end of the year, even if there are other TV stations competing for the market at the same time, this kind of rating can only be regarded as passing.

What's more, since 2007, it has been broadcast in the United States, and gradually led the trend of "genius is also sexy", "The Big Bang Theory" has not yet started to play, this is a TV series that has caused a huge response to the world's fashion trends, it is precisely because of this drama that people gradually pay attention to the lives and emotions of geniuses, and the dramas describing geniuses have gradually increased, and the same is true in Japan, although the Japanese entertainment industry has always been out of line with the world entertainment industry, but openly and secretly, The Japanese entertainment industry has learned a lot.

After 2010, including "SPEC2", Takuya Kimura's Kiqìren, and even Masahiro Nakai's ATARU, and "The Locked Room" by Tomo Ohno can be counted as representatives of the genius drama circle.

Now, when this trend of genius and sex appeal has not yet appeared, Zhou Xiao is still a little worried about how effective this episode of the show can be.

"You go back and tell your director, when the show is broadcast, dress up the participants, basically most of the participants in such a competition should be boys, and the boys in their early 20s should still be able to watch it when the time comes...... Through the pre-match investigation of these members, you can arrange several pairs of opponents, such as Kei against Waseda, Todai vs. Kyo University, Todai vs. Osaka University, etc., these gossips are what the audience likes to watch, and even ...... You can create an atmosphere of love and killing! Zhou Xiao hugged the TV station staff and whispered, he laughed a little wickedly when he said this.

"You...... You mean...... BL？ The staff also understood what Zhou Xiao meant.

"That's right, the spark between two geniuses, the forbidden feelings of love and killing, these things can't fall on paper, but sometimes, one or two shots can create an atmosphere, and as soon as this atmosphere comes out, I don't believe that the Obasans will not like it!" Zhou Xiao said with a cruel smile. (To be continued......)