Chapter 120: Step on 10,000 Feet
"Ladies and gentlemen, Sima Keita's reasoning drama is about to start, are you looking forward to this work?"
"Not at all." A high praise replied, "Is he planning to work on a mystery drama and a book called "Genius Detective Mitarai" at the same time? You can't make good work with such half-heartedness."
"I think Sima Guitai is draining the reader's affection for him."
"Working on two works at the same time? Is he really busy?"
"I'm going to tell you the shocking news, not two, but three. Now, Fukuyamadai's 61-hour weekly late-night drama "The Lonely Gourmet" is also his work."
"Oh my God, I now know that I watch this food drama every week, and it is actually from Sima Keita?"
"Nonsense, the screenwriter of that drama is obviously called Kei Fujiwara. We're talking about Keita Sima, what is the matter with Kei Fujiwara?"
"Keita Sima is the pen name of Kei Fujiwara."
"'The Lonely Gourmet' turned out to be his work as well? Every time I watch it, I can't help but go for a late-night snack."
"Reasoning works are no different than others, they require careful thinking and design. It's hard to focus on creating three works at the same time. To be honest, I'm not optimistic about the future of this show."
"Sima Guitai is not a pure mystery writer, because he has also written excellent pure love dramas such as "Long Vacation". I have to admit that he is a very talented person. A creator like him, who is proficient in various types of works, is very rare in the entire book. But because of this, it is impossible for him to concentrate on the creation of reasoning. If you can't focus, you can't achieve the highest results. His talents will be his curse."
"I also think that his new drama will fail, and that the book "Genius Detective Mitarai" will gradually go downhill."
Nanako Tokada looked at these negative comments about Sima Keita on the Internet, and was a little sad, and she tried to speak for Sima Keita on the forum to express her confidence in Sima Keita, but her comments were quickly drowned out.
Minakami Yukie is very happy to browse the web and surf passionately. There has never been a time when this reasoning forum has been so pleasing to the eye as it is today.
Although the response to his works is also very average, as long as Sima Guitai's contrarian trend is more heartily happy than he makes money himself.
So he wrote a new book review to attack the new book "Genius Detective Mitarai".
In fact, "Genius Detective Mitarai" has only been serialized for three chapters, and no matter what the level of these three chapters is, most critics will not make such hasty conclusions, so as not to reverse the reputation of the later works.
But Minakami Yukie couldn't wait, and the readers felt that Sima Guitai's level had dropped, and they stepped on his head with 10,000 feet, and he couldn't wait to step on the 10,000th foot.
"It's a pity that the [genius writer] Sima Guitai, who was praised by the media, awards, and book critics at the same time, has finally exposed his true side. He's not a genius, he's just a lucky guy who won the lottery by chance."
"'Genius Detective Mitarai' is an extremely mediocre work, which reflects the authenticity of Kyota Sima, and I have no expectations for his new drama either."
"In the past, Sima Keita once talked in a writing workshop as a teacher, teaching ignorant beginners how to devise tricks. But when it was his turn to devise his own tricks, how did he play it? Hehe, I won't make more comments, readers have their own opinions. It can only be said that most people in the world are unable to achieve the unity of knowledge and action, and there is a moat between [knowing] and [doing]."
After writing a fiercely worded commentary, Mizumi Yukie lit a cigarette with satisfaction and took a big puff in his mouth.
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The actors who received the audition invitation came to Fukuyama Terrace and conducted test shoots one after another.
These people are not as good as those young idols, most of them have appeared in Dahe dramas or won college awards. They have been immersed in the entertainment industry for many years, and they already have the aura of some artists, which cannot be treated simply.
Although the status is high, these senior actors are there
Kei Fujiwara, a young screenwriter, showed great respect in front of him. After all, he is a screenwriter who has just come out of the spring file encirclement and won the first place, not a simple character.
The content of the audition is very simple, mainly for the actor to read a monologue by Renzaburo Furuhata.
To be honest, if you evaluate it at the level of acting skills alone, everyone has a pretty good level.
After all, they are all characters in their forties who are still fighting in the entertainment industry, and their acting skills will not be bad, so Fujiwara Kei does not need to worry that their acting skills will be substandard, the only thing that needs to be considered is the problem of suitability.
To be honest, the shadow of Masakazu Tamura has been lingering in Kei Fujiwara's mind, and the main creator of the original "Renzaburo Furuhata" was based on Masakazu Tamura when he created the script, so the actors and characters are highly adaptable.
Therefore, Fujiwara Kei can only try to find actors with a similar style to Masakazu Tamura, and Teruo Asayuan, who is most favored by the creators, has an appearance and temperament that is 70% similar to Masakazu Tamura.
After the audition, Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara watched the replays of all the audition videos repeatedly, and felt that among all of them, it was Teruo Asado who best matched the temperament of the character.
After some discussion, the creators finally decided to choose Teruo Mayuan as the main officer. Yui Mizuhara called Teruo Mado's agent, and the two sides made an appointment to talk about salary and further cooperation.
The next day, because he had to create three works at the same time, Kei Fujiwara sat alone in his office and worked hard to write. Yui Mizuhara and Hideaki Shibasaki went to the office to talk to Teruo Madori's agent.
Kei Fujiwara wrote alone in the office, from the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, and his butt did not move.
A cool breeze suddenly blew in from the window, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on Fujiwara's back, Fujiwara Kei stood up, turned to look out the window, and the weather suddenly turned cloudy, and a large dark cloud appeared in the sky.
A business car drove downstairs, and Kei Fujiwara recognized it as Hideaki Shibasaki's car.
It seems that the talks have been settled......
Kei Fujiwara made himself a cup of tea and waited for the two of them to go upstairs while drinking.
However, when the two appeared in front of him, Fujiwara Kei looked at the two of them with unpleasant faces, was silent for a few seconds, and said, "What? It didn't go well."
"The salary has not been negotiated." Yui Mizuhara said, "It's over budget."
"How much?"
"The other party asked for a salary of 5 million yen per episode." Shibasaki Hideaki said, "There is also a share of copyright."
Kei Fujiwara frowned and didn't speak.
5 million yen per episode, there are 12 levels in a season, that is, the basic salary of the whole drama alone is 70 million yen. Coupled with the copyright share, Ma Yuan Zhaosheng wants to take 100 million yen from this drama.
Is this too much to ask? It's okay by Kei Fujiwara's standards, after all, he comes from a place where well-known artists are paid very well. Five million yen is equivalent to about two or three hundred thousand yuan, which is a conscience price for Chinese star-level artists.
But in this book, 5 million yen is already close to the top salary.
The low remuneration of artists is due to the system, and the broadcast industry adopts the producer-centered system, and there are agreements between the five major civil broadcasts and major production companies, and generally do not give artists too high salaries, so as not to form an atmosphere of high remuneration and increase unnecessary production costs.
In fact, the original Chinese actors' salaries were not so exaggerated, and the main reason for the soaring salaries of artists was that 10 years later, the video website war led by the three families of Aikuteng Yu started, and in order to compete for members, they bought films starring popular idols at high prices, which raised the salary to an unprecedented level.
The salary of 5 million yen, plus the copyright share. To be honest, it has exceeded the budget for the artist's salary given by the TV station, and the station may not agree. And "Renzaburo Furuhata" has more than one film, the asking price of the first part is so high, won't the later it get, the bigger the appetite?
And if he agrees to Ma Yuan Zhaosheng's request, will it cause dissatisfaction among the other five major civil release and production companies? Do they feel like they are a rule-breaker?
If there is a change in the world line, in case the broadcast industry also forms a bad atmosphere in which the artist's salary crushes the production team
。 He might be crucified on the Pillar of Shame......
Kei Fujiwara couldn't help but fall into deep thought.