Hideki Ishihara knows that it is not Kentaro Miyamoto and Takuma Mitsui who are stupid and have a lot of money, but that they fully trust themselves. However, he made it clear that friendship is friendship, and business is business.

As for the little things, I don't need to inform them at all. But in all major matters, he still has to talk to them.

Hideki Ishihara analyzed objectively: "The reason why Aunt Yui chose our Xiaohe Film and Television Company is, in my personal opinion, nothing more than two important points.

First, capital advantage. Although we are a small film and television company that has just been established on the surface, we have many advantages that large film and television companies cannot match in terms of capital.

Each episode requires an advance of 70 million yen, which can directly discourage most film and television companies. Aunt Yui fully believes that we have such a financial strength on our side.

Even if you don't, you can still borrow money from company to company. In the eyes of the outside world, behind us are the Karuizawa Group, the Mitsui Group, and Miyamoto Construction, which are important in the financial world.

Second, the advantage of connections. Among my dad's many titles, he is also the king of Japanese entertainment. Half of Japan's entertainment industry is directly and indirectly owned by Karuizawa Entertainment.

Once we Xiaohe Film and Television Company take over this Japanese drama that will be the main hit of Fuji TV in the coming year, then there will be no problems in the deployment of various personnel.

Even if a Japanese star doesn't have a schedule, as long as he is used, he will be squeezed out of the schedule by the other party to give us side. In short, obtaining priority is not a big problem.

Since the three of us have established Xiaohe Film and Television Company, we don't want to use the existing resources of each family to achieve things in our hearts.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be meaningless. It's better for us to go back to our own companies and work together. ”

He paused when he said this, and saw that the two of them listened to it and were not as unserious as before, so he continued: "The disadvantages of our Xiaohe Film and Television Company are not none, but very obvious.

First of all, so far, we have only made movies, not TV series. There are still a lot of differences between movies and TV series in terms of expression.

Movies need to be shot and formed at one time. Even if you need to reshoot the footage afterwards or something, it often doesn't happen that you cut it in half. Unless there is a big problem with the funds, it is impossible to continue filming.

TV series are different. If the ratings are not satisfactory, it is entirely possible that the sex will be cut in half. This was originally scheduled to be filmed for ten episodes a season, but because of the poor ratings, it ended in a few hasty episodes in the end. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto added: "There is also the fact that the TV series cannot be completed as expected due to some uncontrollable factors.

For example, the suicide of Haruma Miura led to the fact that the Japanese drama "The Beginning of Love" starring him was not filmed as expected, and finally had to be locked in four episodes forever.

In fact, the fourth episode no longer has the appearance of Haruma Miura, but more of an ending for the audience who likes this Japanese drama. ”

Hideki Ishihara said eloquently, "That's true. Before this, our Xiaohe Film and Television Company had never taken over such a large investment and shooting project.

In terms of relevant experience, it is definitely insufficient. At that time, even if there are more problems, it is inevitable. Of course, the main source of Yui's stress is that we messed things up.

Say 1,000, say 10,000, if the ratings of the TV series can't go up after the broadcast, everything is in vain, and it's useless to say anything.

On the other hand, if we can be an instant hit...... The difficulty is a bit high. As long as you can meet the minimum ratings of Fuji TV, you will be considered to have passed.

Our Xiaohe Film and Television Company can also make a certain reputation in the industry. Especially in the future, I believe that Fuji TV will have more film and television drama shootings to find our Xiaohe Film and Television Company for in-depth cooperation. ”

Takuma Mitsui said with a serious face: "Since we have 70% of the funds for the whole drama, do we also want us to occupy 70% of the entire investment profit and loss?" ”

Hideki Ishihara replied categorically, "This is a matter of course. I'm not going to sacrifice some of my interests to curry favor with Fuji TV. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto smiled and said, "The main reason is that Fuji TV is afraid of us, so there will be no rude requests." The amount of advertising placed by the young Izawa Group, Mitsui Group, and Miyamoto Construction is large.

As the saying goes, if you don't look at the monk's face, you have to look at the Buddha's face. Although we don't want to use our own resources, we still borrow our own light, both visible and invisible.

If Fuji TV had lost the advertising revenue of the three of us, their lives would have become quite difficult. When the time comes, it will become a reality to further drastically cut the production budget for TV dramas.

As far as I know, TV Asahi has only 20 million to 30 million yen per TV drama production.

Nippon TV spends about 20 million yen per TV series, while TV Tokyo spends even less on TV dramas, about 8 million yen to 10 million yen.

This is still a big drama, a real drama. Late-night dramas have even smaller budgets, with only 3 million to 5 million yen per production.

It's no surprise that TV Tokyo's popular late-night drama "Lonely Gourmet" was only 2 million yen per film, and that Yutaka Matsushige was only paid about 300,000 yen.

However, late-night dramas are generally only twenty or thirty minutes long, while standard Japanese dramas are also pinched and ended, and each episode is about 45 minutes, which is twice as long as the former.

As for the big drama, it will be an hour per episode. The first episode at the beginning and the last episode at the end can rush to about an hour and a half, as if it has become the duration of a movie. ”

Takuma Mitsui shook his shoulders and said, "This is also a matter of no choice, we can't avoid it." I remember that a Chinese director named Chen Sicheng came to Tokyo, Japan to shoot "Detective Chinatown 3", and bluntly said that the salary of Japanese actors is low. Therefore, his extensive use of Japanese actors stems from cheapness. ”

Hideki Mitsui hit the nail on the head and said: "If our Xiaohe Film and Television Company is really a small film and television company without any background and resources, Fuji TV will never give a straight eye."

What's more, it's still a small film and television company that has only just been established, not to mention that it has no popularity in the industry, and Fuji TV won't even hear about it. ”

Kentaro Miyamoto nodded in agreement: "That's the truth. ”

(End of chapter)