"What's the name of this show?"

"Naoki Hanzawa."

"Is a person's name a play name?"

Kei Fujiwara handed over the proposal and the script for the first episode to Yui Mizuhara and Hideaki Shibasaki, and the two sat side by side and watched them carefully.

Hideaki Shibasaki was the first to finish watching it, and after watching it, he put the script of the drama on the table and said solemnly, "Fujiwara-san, I will definitely do my best to make this drama well."

"Wait, I haven't finished reading it yet......" Yui Mizuhara quickly raised her hand to signal, lest the two of them discuss it themselves and not take her to play.

Fujiwara showed them a literary script, not a formal script. The difference between the two is that the literary script is closer to the written language, it does not seem difficult, and it is for the convenience of reading.

When filming in earnest, the lines of the official script should be used.

After watching it, Yui Mizuhara asked, "Are you going to make a professional drama this time?" You've never tried it before......

Most of the dramas filmed by Kei Fujiwara before were dramas like "Long Vacation" and "Homeless Child", with a relatively feminine temperament, and the female audience in the viewing crowd was also high.

The style of professional dramas is often tough, and many dramas often insert emotional threads in the play in order to "soften" the style of this drama. Take Hero, for example.

Or arrange a cute heroine to interact with each other from time to time, such as "Victory is Justice".

But "Naoki Hanzawa" is completely different, judging from the script and planning of this drama, it seems that Kei Fujiwara did not arrange a pillow scene in it. Although Hanzawa Naoki has a wife, this wife is completely outside the main line and has nothing to do with the plot.

Pure workplace drama, will the audience like such a story? Isn't the style change a bit too big? Fujiwara he ...... Can you write well?

"Fujiwara, all the family dramas we have been broadcasting during this period of time are family dramas like "Homeless Child" and "Housewife Mita", and if we suddenly change our style to a tough professional drama, will the audience leave because they don't meet expectations?"

"Yes." Kei Fujiwara nodded, "But there's no way around it. NBC's upcoming drama "My Ex-Husbands" is an ethical romance drama, and Starry Channel's "Kyoto Lovers' Notes" is a pure love drama, both of which are predominantly aimed at female audiences."

"Not only that, but I also found out that TTV and Dongdao TV will broadcast idol dramas on the ninth day of the spring file, and the investment is not large, although it will not pose a big threat to us, but it will definitely take away a certain amount of audience."

"Four of the five major TV stations, in the next spring season, will broadcast themes such as ethics, love, and family, although they seem to be different. But the audience groups for these genres overlap."

Fujiwara Kei looked at Yui Mizuhara and Hideaki Shibasaki, "If we continue to follow the original route, even if we make another "Homeless Child", we will definitely be hit on the head and bleed. So we have to go the other way."

"And next spring, I plan to produce this drama with a higher budget, which is about 1.5 times that of "Housewife Mita"." Kei Fujiwara said, "As long as the budget is sufficient, there is no need to worry about the quality of the drama."

Professional dramas themselves are difficult to film, the acting skills of the actors themselves are more demanding, and the selection of scenes must be more rigorous and more realistic. The number of actors is even more demanding. ….

In a romantic drama, there may be only four or five characters who have appeared in the scene for a long time, and there are only two core characters, and all the stories revolve around these few people. For example, this is the case with "East Love" and "The Long Holiday".

But a professional drama like "Naoki Hanzawa" is different, there are many characters, after all, there are multiple departments in a company, and the protagonist's actions will involve many parties, and the plot will be more complicated. And as the plot unfolds, new characters will often appear, not to mention anything else, the actor's salary alone is a big expense.

Yui Mizuhara nodded, "I'll look at the budget, and I'll try to find advertisers."

Keiichi Fujiwara bowed his head, "Please."

"The actor ......" Shibasaki Hideaki looked at the script and frowned. Who should Naoki Hanzawa let play? Such a charm is there

Force of the characters.

And it's not just the protagonist, there are a lot of flesh-and-blood characters in the script. For example, the cute villain Owada, the protagonist's friend Toshinobu Watana, and the prosecutor Kurosaki who has convulsions from time to time.

Although Hideaki Shibasaki hasn't seen the full script of Kei Fujiwara, just looking at the character introductions in the plan book, he thinks these characters are very interesting, but at the same time, it is also difficult to shape, and it is not something that ordinary actors can handle, so where to find so many suitable actors?

"As for the actors...... Fujiwara Kei spoke again, "I think it's better to give some roles with strong performance styles to experienced kabuki actors on stage, except for the main role."

"Kabuki actors?" Yui Mizuhara asked, "Mr. Matsumoto?"

"Not necessarily. There must be a lot of Kabuki actors who are willing to appear in film and television dramas, and I have been in contact with a lot some time ago, so I will visit it myself." Keido Fujiwara.

In fact, Fujiwara Kei felt in his heart that it was inappropriate for Matsumen Koemon to play the character of Owada, because the image of Renzaburo Furuhata was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and was easy to make people play.

And his image is too good, although he is over fifty years old, he is still a handsome old man with a good demeanor, as soon as he appears, he is afraid that his charm will directly overpower the protagonist, causing a group of female audiences to scream, which is not suitable for the image of Owada, a hated and despicable villain, which is inappropriate.

If Matsumoto Konoemon is really allowed to act, maybe in the last few episodes, Owada is forced to kneel and admit his mistakes under the pressure of the protagonist. Not only can it not make the audience feel a sense of revenge, maybe some viewers will feel that the protagonist is too calculating......

It's okay to design the villain and supporting characters to be charming, but if you overpower the limelight of the protagonist, it's a bit brainless.

I have to find someone as ugly as Teruyuki Kagawa.

Kei Fujiwara said secretly in his heart.

Fujiwara Kei circled several important roles, and the actors for these roles were found by Fujiwara himself, and the other roles were decided directly by Shibasaki Hideaki.

Over the next week, everyone in the trio had their own work.

Yui Mizuhara calculates the shooting cost, applies for a budget, and pulls advertising sponsorship. And Kei Fujiwara attaches great importance to this drama, so Yui Mizuhara decided to use the strongest team to shoot, she selected the most mature and highest-skilled personnel in the two teams, and then borrowed some people from the production bureau.

Yamaguchi Jitoyo didn't want to borrow it, but the second season of "Renzaburo Furuhata", which was about to come to his lips before, flew away, and he was a little unhappy. As a result, the director of the station, Yoshida Kashi, directly ordered him to borrow someone - this is not a report to the next level, it was originally two departments.

A team of elite members of the TV station quickly formed, ready to be dispatched.

Shibasaki Hideaki took advantage of this time to select actors, and worked tirelessly to create storyboards, imagining the scenes in the play in his mind. In order to restore the appearance of Hanzawa's workplace to the greatest extent, he looked around for a suitable shooting location.

Eventually, at the suggestion of Kei Fujiwara, he went to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in Tokyo, and after some communication, he finally obtained permission to shoot here.

Sima Guitai