Iwai Shunji received the library of "Kitchen" from Watanabe Manyumi. When the one-week deadline passed, when he interviewed Watanabe Manyumi, he not only brought his own ideas, but also gave her a script to be adapted.
"Of course, as a script, this cannot be considered a finished product. However, I have read the script and feel it necessary to share it with you."
When Watanabe Wan Yumi said this, she smiled slightly and said, "Let you, the bole, have a look at the talent of the Chollima you have chosen."
After all, he was the one who insisted on recommending Shunji Iwai to her.
"It sounds like you are quite satisfied with Iwai-san."
Watanabe Manyumi went to get her handbag and put a script on the table, "He is indeed a very talented newcomer."
Iwahashi Shinichi glanced at the cover of the script, took it over, flipped it over, and closed it again, "I'll take it back and read it." After thinking about it, he asked her, "What are you going to do?"
"Morita-san, we can't wait for him that long, so we have ended the contact with him. Then, I met with Ichikawa-san as planned." Watanabe Wan Yumi reported the progress to him.
"Yeah." Iwahashi Shinichi listened.
"Unexpectedly, Ichikawa-san has read the book "Kitchen" and is also very interested in directing this movie. The schedule is also consistent."
"I remember Ichikawa-san was your favorite candidate." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Yes, the best candidate not only intends to take over, but is also very interested. Now, let alone "Shunji-san", the safety card "Shunichi-san" originally decided is no longer useful.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi did not believe that Watanabe Manyumi was just praising Iwai Shunji for his talent.
"I do like Ichikawa-san the most. Ordinarily, at a time like this, I should apologize to Iwai-san and say, 'I will give him priority next time.'"
"However, after reading Iwai-san's script, I had other ideas." She said.
"Oh?" Iwahashi Shinichi, a well-liked person, does his duty conscientiously.
"Iwai-san added a line into his script."
Watanabe Manyumi threw the question at him, "Before, you said that the theme song or insert song of the movie should use zard's music."
"Yes."
"When I first met Iwai-san, he specifically asked me what I thought about the soundtrack for the movie. He seemed to have a lot of insight into music and seemed to be able to compose music himself."
"Then?"
"I mentioned the band to him." Watanabe Wan Yumi smiled, "Unexpectedly, Iwai-san incorporated Zard into the plot as the heroine's favorite band... Isn't this very interesting?"
"Advertisers must like directors like this," Iwahashi Shinichi joked.
"The reason why I look at him differently is part of the band-related thread, and the other part is the talent he showed in the script. He is talented, but he is also not lacking in ideas." Watanabe Manyumi did not hide her praise for Iwai Shunji.
"So, I want to make a compromise." She said her idea, "Ichikawa-san will be the director, Iwai-san will be the assistant director, and will also participate in the screenwriting work."
"Is that possible?"
If we do this, we need to discuss it with Ichikawa Jun and Iwai Shunji to agree.
"Iwai-san's answer was, 'If Ichikawa-san has no problem, he will have no problem.'" It seems that after reading the script, he and Iwai Shunji reached a relevant consensus.
Shunji Iwai, a nobody, would not be insulted by assigning him such a role. Of course, the salary paid to the nobody would be limited, and it would not cause any extra blood on Watanabe Mayumi's side.
"Then we need to contact Ichikawa-san..." Watanabe Manyumi didn't think it was a difficult task, "At least, let Iwai-san participate in the screenwriting work."
"Because you like the way Zard is incorporated into the plot?"
"There are reasons for this."
Watanabe Manyumi smiled, "The most important thing is that although he was immature and clumsy in script writing, he accurately captured the feeling of 'unreliability'."
Once the core characters are decided, everything that follows will be much more logical. The entire film is funded by Watanabe Manyumi's agency, and the investors are not dispersed, so her words are absolutely authoritative.
There are three important roles in the whole movie. The heroine is played by Izumi Inamura. After that, there will be a male protagonist and a key figure, the male protagonist's transgender mother.
The male protagonist should be a newcomer who is about the same age as Inamura Izumi and has a gentle temperament. Yuichi in the book is not the image of a man who is brave and full of edge. Rather, like the heroine, he is a bit unreliable.
In fact, the tough guys that were popular on the screen in the past are long gone forever.
The young actor, Watanabe Manyumi, is going to be selected through auditions. Rather than acting, her first priority is the actor's temperament.
The temperament is in place, and the more in tune with the heroine played by Izumi Inamura, they are people in the same world.
As for the male protagonist's transgender mother, the setting in the book is that before she transitioned, she was a handsome boy. Afterwards, she underwent gender reassignment and had plastic surgery, and became a charming male elder sister, bar beauty Mama-san.
You must be beautiful, otherwise you will not be harassed by customers, let alone be assassinated for refusing to be harassed by customers.
However, as far as the book is concerned, the charm of this transgender mother comes not only from her appearance, but also from her aura. In short, she is a very energetic person.
However, Watanabe Manyumi is still undecided whether this role should be played by an actress or an actor.
"I listened to the opinions of Ichikawa-san and Iwai-san, and I also think it would be best if it was played by a male actor."
However, it is not easy to find such a suitable women's clothing boss.
"Yoshimoto Banana-san, who created the original work, said that it would be okay even if an actress plays the role." Watanabe Manyumi said.
Banana Yoshimoto doesn't attach much importance to her own adaptation, and I don't know if it's because of the newcomer.
Iwahashi Shinichi added, "But after all, he is still a man at heart. Right?"
"That's right." Watanabe Manyumi admitted, "It's a bit lazy to directly replace it with an actress." After thinking about it, the topic suddenly changed, "In the book, Yuichi's father... or mother, runs a bartender house.
It’s a bar for transsexuals.”
"That's right." Shinichi Iwahashi followed suit.
He has a first-class memory. Although he is not a genius with photographic memory, he can remember roughly everything he has read.
"It's not enough to just rely on imagination." Watanabe Wan Yumi thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Has Shinichi-kun been to the male eldest sister's bar?"
Iwahashi Shin shook his head repeatedly, "I can't bear it."
"I thought you, the legendary walking guide to Ginza Roppongi, could give you some relevant advice." Watanabe Manyumi teased him.
"Stop making fun of me." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
It’s not that he’s a walking guide to Ginza Roppongi, it’s that the Japanese have great naming skills. He always looks like a dragon or a tiger. In the country of Chuni, there is no need to worry about not having a name that sounds bluffing.
Although the name "Walking Ginza Roppongi Guide" is really not very good.
Watanabe Manyumi didn't know whether it was a spur-of-the-moment idea or a premeditation, "How about another stall?"
"Huh?" Shinichi Iwahashi could sense that her idea was impure.
"Can I go sit at the male eldest sister's bar, okay? Shen Yijun." she asked.
"..." Iwahashi Shinichi was speechless.
"Can you say 'no'?" he asked.
"Then I have to give you a reason." Watanabe Wanyumi looked at his sour expression with a smile, as if she just took pleasure in seeing him in trouble.
"I just don't want to go. It's too weird. I want a male eldest sister to accompany me for drinks or something." Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't bear it.
"Shinichi-kun, do you think it's strange?"
That was absolutely certain. Iwahashi Shinichi turned to her and asked her, "As a woman, is it okay for you to go to a bar with ladies?" Unless it was a bar with ladies that was open to female customers, Watanabe Wan Yumi would not go there.
Someone will be there to receive you.
"That's why I want to ask you to take me there." Watanabe Manyumi said, "It's such an unkind invitation."
"Then let me ask you, what is the reason for going?"
"Nature is for experience."
Watanabe Manyumi answered quickly, "Before I think about whether to use a male actor or an actress to play the role, I need to see a real male elder sister first, so that I can feel confident."
After Watanabe Wan Yumi finished speaking, she looked at him and asked, "Is this reason enough?"
It seems to make enough sense.
Okay, he risked his life to accompany the boss. Whoever let the movie be made, he is also the beneficiary.
"Then go." Iwahashi Shinichi agreed, "Wanyumi-san, do you know which one you want to go to?"
Watanabe Wan Yumi shook her head, "Of course I don't know." However, she already had an idea in mind, "Can't we just take a taxi and ask the driver to take us to a house?"
"It would be terrible if we went to a store where the male boss sells poor quality products..."
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, "I'll make a call."
After saying that, he went to borrow the phone in the bar, called the driver of the fat young man, and asked him to recommend a bar that Mr. Akimoto also praised, "By the way, it should be one that can accommodate accompanying women."
A chubby young man who really dominates Tokyo's nightlife circle must have done a lot of research on male bar girls. The driver is so reliable that he won't care why you make such a request and will only meet your request.
After hanging up the phone and coming back, Watanabe Wan Yumi asked him, "Is it okay?"
"No problem." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Just like that, the two of them left the store and went to the next stop. It was late at night and I took Watanabe Wanyumi to visit the male sister bar. This was an unforgettable life experience.
The bar recommended by the fat young driver is really good. Of course, the consumption level is not low either.
Iwahashi Shinichi took Watanabe Mayumi there, and they had a good way of treating the female guests, and they had a very good chat with Watanabe Mayumi.
Or, it is precisely because she is the male eldest sister who has changed from "him" to "her" that she has the social skills to deal with both male and female guests with ease.
But even so...
Iwahashi Shinichi didn’t start shouting “It smells so good” after visiting the bar.
"I have sacrificed so much for you today."
After having a few drinks in the store and leaving, Shinichi Iwahashi and Mayumi Watanabe took credit.
Watanabe Wanyumi laughed at him, "Mama-san in the store seems to like Shinichi-kun." She came to three stalls in a row, and she drank a lot tonight.
"Please stop it in moderation, Wan Yumi-san." Iwahashi Shinichi protested.
She smiled and agreed. Although this attitude was not very sincere, at least she did not continue to talk about such a topic.
Iwahashi Shinichi was too lazy to dwell on this kind of thing, "In short, I won't go there a second time...I definitely won't go there again."
"Okay." Watanabe Manyumi agreed, and then said: "Thank you for accompanying me in such a mess, Shinichi-kun."
"That's what I say..." Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while and said to her, "It's not too random."
However, after actually going to the male eldest sister's bar and chatting with them, Shinichi Iwahashi agreed with the idea that the male protagonist's transgender mother must be played by a male actor.
After all, although the male protagonist's mother is a transgender and runs a gay bar, she is still a man at heart, and she is not gay. And after actually getting in touch with the male eldest sister, I know that when an actress plays the male eldest sister, she can only play a superficial role.
"I think we should try our best to negotiate for a suitable actor." Watanabe Wan Yumi was thinking the same thing as him.
"Indeed." Iwahashi Shinichi agreed, and he was also subconsciously thinking of any actors suitable to play cross-dressing men. However, the only thing that came to mind at that moment was the beauty of a flower (ironic).
He quickly shook his head vigorously to get rid of this little goblin's face.
…
The end of the year is busy.
After accompanying Watanabe Wan Yumi to the bar of the male eldest sister, she went on to plan her movie. She also brought in Iwai Shunji, and by the way, she also solved the problem of DreamseTrue commercial shooting at once.
The three commercials were all handed over to Shunji Iwai. Because he was given the opportunity to participate in the film, he was only paid the minimum director fee, which was regarded as an extra to invite him to join the "Kitchen" crew.
Really good value for money.
As for Shinichi Iwahashi, Shinichi Iwahashi continued to make his bands. Two at a time, one was DreamseTrue and the other was Zard.
Not only that, he also communicated with three young people from Bolan and prepared to negotiate a new contract with them. There is no point in putting eggs in one basket. If you want to open a record company, you cannot just revolve around a group of zards.
With zard's debut, bolan's debut must also be prepared as necessary. Debut planning may not necessarily follow immediately, but it must be planned in advance.
dreamsetrue's new album has been decided to be released in the last week of December. As a result, this album will be included in the new year according to the rules of chart settlement.
By December, there was still no new work released, which made the band feel relatively free at the end of the year, which was supposed to be a busy year, and there were not that many music shows scheduled to participate in.
However, as a singer who came out of TV Asahi's talent show, the music program "ms" currently promoted by TV Asahi is a must, even if there is no new song to promote.
TV stations control the entertainment industry, and I realized this deeply at the end of the year.
