In the conference room of Hiropro Office, Kazuki Nishino, who was sitting in front of the square table, was carefully reading the script in his hand, tapping his fingers slightly on the table from time to time, with a calm and thoughtful look on his face.
Manager Nobu Murakami is sitting across from him. The topic they discussed today was which TV series to take on.
Because of this sudden popularity, Kazuki Nishino's reputation has suddenly increased, so TV stations are interested in inviting him to star in TV series. You must know that the episodes of "Please Fall in Love with the Loser Me" he starred in in October were average
The ratings reached 12.5%, completely crushing other new dramas in October. Only Fuji TV's September 9th drama - "From 5 to 9" starring Tomohisa Yamashita and Satomi Ishihara can still struggle.
, but still lags behind by a few percentage points.
The production cost of the Yue Jiu drama is completely different from that of this drama, and the cast is much better than this drama. Although not all of them have been broadcast, in comparison, the cost-effectiveness is completely lost.
Of course, this is also related to the current general environment of Fuji TV's Yuejiu drama. In recent years, the ratings of Fuji's "Yuejiu drama" have dropped sharply. This year's several Yuejiu dramas only have about 10%. Back then, the ratings of Yuejiu dramas were only about 10%.
It's the benchmark for all Japanese dramas, everyone wants to join the cast, but now it has regressed drastically.
"Nishino, what are your own thoughts?" Nobu Murakami was also looking through the information and taking notes. This choice is very important. Now is Nishino Kazuki's golden period. If he chooses a Japanese drama that is not very good, what will happen next?
Your efforts will be in vain, and your own appeal will be re-evaluated.
On the contrary, he will continue to become popular and his popularity will continue to break through.
Kazuki Nishino put down the scripts, relaxed his body, and said: "Actually, TBS is the most sincere. They invited me to star in the TV series before it even aired and gave me the script in advance."
"But this is the entertainment world." Murakami mentioned.
This means that you should put your own interests and those of the firm first, and not pay too much attention to personal feelings.
"What do you think of the script?" Murakami asked again.
The script provided to him by tbs is called "Never Let Me Go", which is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Japanese-British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. This novel was published in 2005. This novel is said to have won the Booker Award
The Booker Prize is the highest award in the world of contemporary English novels. In 2012, "The Garden of Evening Mists" by Malaysian Chinese writer Chen Tuanying was also selected.
This novel is about the feelings between clones created for "dedication" and their mission of donating organs when needed. It is a work that contains ethics and in-depth exploration of life.
This script has been slightly modified, but the story inside is still very depressing and realistic.
This kind of depressing and depressing story is difficult to appeal to in Japanese society. It’s easy to imagine the ratings. Everyone wants to watch a relaxing story and doesn’t want to be depressed after a day’s work. Real life has already
It's sad enough, but who can bear it if I have to make it even sadder for others?
"This drama is good artistically, but it may not be good commercially," Nishino Kazuki commented.
"So you vetoed it?" Murakami looked up at him and asked.
"If I wanted to win an award, an Academy Award or a Galaxy Award, I might act, but I definitely won't do it at this stage." Nishino Kazuki nodded. It's not the time for him to pursue art yet.
"What about TV Asahi?" Murakami continued to ask, first understanding Nishino Kazuki's thoughts before making a judgment.
Nishino Kazuki immediately shook his head: "I read the script of TV Asahi's "Unpleasant Fruit" that day, and it's really not suitable for me."
"Then it's only Fuji TV."
"Eh...actually the scripts are not very good." Fuji TV's script is very ordinary, just a simple love story.
In fact, the ratings of Japanese dramas in January 2016 were not very good except for the serialized criminal drama "Sang Bang". Even on the ninth day of the month, the average ratings were only 9.6%. (Except for NHK dramas)
"You are too picky." Murakami glanced at him. A few months ago, who would have thought that Nishino Kazuki could sit in a chair and pick and choose scripts from several major TV stations.
"You have to choose anyway. Think about it again. Our management team will also discuss it and we will reply to the TV station in a few days." Murakami said to him.
Nishino Kazuki is thinking in his head. He actually watched a lot of Japanese dramas when he was in China in his previous life, but that time was already 2018-2019. The popular Japanese dramas at that time... By the way, "Unnatural"
"Death"! Kazuki Nishino suddenly remembered this drama. It was paired with Kenshi Yonezu's "Lemon" and it became very popular in Asia. The number of downloads and distribution of this song in the previous life quickly exceeded one million. The mv is on YouTube.
has been clicked more than 200 million times.
But it’s only 2015, and the script for “Unnatural Death” hasn’t even been written yet.
Writing a script... Kazuki Nishino suddenly remembered something.
The screenwriter of "Unnatural Death" is Akiko Nogi. She had a TV series with very popular ratings in 2016 called "Escape is Shameful but Useful". This Japanese TV series is an adaptation of a manga and the screenwriter is her.
"Escape is Shameful But Useful" is also a TBS drama, and maybe it hasn't entered the TV station's radar yet.
It is worth mentioning that Akiko Nogi is known as gakki in the outside world, which is Yui Aragaki's "mother". Many of the Japanese dramas she is a screenwriter star in are Yui Aragaki. This pattern will continue three times this year.
The relationship between the two is also very good.
So now if we talk to people from TBS TV station, maybe we can push for this drama to be released earlier?
"Murakami, I will go to the meeting with people from TBS TV station in a few days." Nishino Kazuki said to Murakami Shin.
"Are you ready to take on the TBS script?"
"No, do you have a way for me to talk to Nogi Akiko-san?"
"Which Akiko Nogi?" Murakami thought for a moment, "Are you talking about the screenwriter?"
"right."
"You don't want to ask her to write a script for you, do you?" Murakami couldn't believe it.
"I have some ideas in my mind. You know I often read novels and stories."
"With your status, it's easier to ask her to help you write an exclusive script than it is for you to write a script yourself." Murakami wanted to give him a sanction to make him give up this idea.
Unexpectedly, Nishino Kazuki was stunned after hearing this, and then slapped the table.
"Yes, I can write it myself!" He himself reads some professional books in his free time. Recently, he is making a surprise attempt to write this script. The premise is to know whether Akiko Nogi has written this story.
Out.
Also, this is a story adapted from a comic book, so you have to contact the author of the comic book and buy the rights to adapt it.
He couldn't do this alone, so he still had to rely on the power of the agency and the TV station.