Seeing Akina Nakamori humming a song while making breakfast, Cao Zhiqiang stopped paying attention to her and looked at Kozo Nagayama opposite.
"Sit down, sit down and chat." After waving his hands, Cao Zhiqiang sat down first.
Nagayama Kozo nodded slightly to Cao Zhiqiang again, and then sat down opposite Cao Zhiqiang again.
Cao Zhiqiang shook his head at Yongshan Kozo and said: "Yongshan-san, it's good that the ratings are very good, but you don't have to be so anxious to report the good news, right?
And if you look at your eyes, they are as red as rabbit eyes. You must have been awake all night. You can't do this. "
Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head and said: I didn't know how to cherish it when I was young. Once I lose my money, my middle-aged and elderly people will suffer. They will definitely be riddled with all kinds of diseases. "
Nagayama Kozo smiled awkwardly, scratched his head and said, "Well, it's not that I don't want to sleep, it's just that I can't sleep, so I just came to find you."
Cao Zhiqiang nodded, took a sip of the black tea in front of him to moisten his throat, and then said to Nagayama Kozo: "Tell me, apart from the unexpectedly good ratings, is there anything else that can make you so excited that you can't sleep? "
Nagayama Kozo smiled: "Well, I just told Miss Zhongmori that I came here mainly for three things.
The first thing is of course because the ratings are so good, so I wanted to come over and let you know early.
The second thing is that I want to take the opportunity to talk to you about the filming of your new drama "Tokyo Love Story".
As for the third thing... let me talk about the second thing first. "
Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Okay, okay, let's make it so formal. We are already friends. If you have anything to say, just tell us."
After a brief pause, Cao Zhiqiang asked again: "What, is there anything wrong with the show "Tokyo Love Story"?"
Nagayama Kozo nodded, then turned to look at Nakamori Akina, then turned back to Cao Zhiqiang and said: "This is mainly about the heroine. I want to discuss it with you again."
"The heroine?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "Hasn't the heroine been decided a long time ago, and Akina will continue to play the role?"
Nagayama Kozo scratched his head in embarrassment, and then said: "This, it was originally decided that the heroine will continue to be played by Miss Akina. In this way, we can also take advantage of the popularity of "101 Proposals"."
"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "We agreed at the time that there was no problem here at Mingna. What is the problem? In other words, why do we still need to discuss the heroine's problem? What really needs to be discussed is not the hero's problem. ?”
Nagayama Kozo sighed, then lowered his head and did not dare to look into Cao Zhiqiang's eyes and said: "That's it, as for the heroine of this drama, I... I think there is a better candidate."
"Who is it?" Cao Zhiqiang asked with a frown.
"Sayuri Yoshinaga!" Kozo Nagayama continued to lower his head.
"Sayuri Yoshinaga?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "You mean, the Sayuri Yoshinaga who played Yukiko in "Snow"?"
"Yes!" Nagayama Kozo raised his head and said, "How about it, isn't she good? Her acting skills are impeccable and she is very well-known. If she were to star in it, this drama would definitely be more popular!"
Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "What Yoshinaga Sayuri said is good, but is she forty now?"
"No." Nagayama Kozo said quickly, "Miss Sayuri is only in her thirties."
Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Even if she is over thirty, is it not appropriate? The heroine in the story of Dong Ai is a girl in her twenties. If you let an old girl who is about to be forty play the role, it's too It’s easy to get dressed!”
Nagayama Kozo shook his head and said: "No, no, in fact, Miss Sayuri is in full bloom now, and you can't tell it with just a little makeup.
Furthermore, the heroine Akana Rika in Tokyo Love Story is originally set to be older than the male protagonist.
In this case, Akana Rika's age can be set to twenty-eight. In this case, there will be no problem if Sayuri Yoshinaga plays the role.
With Ms. Sayuri's acting skills and abilities, it shouldn't be a problem to play the role of a young urban girl ten years younger than herself. "
Cao Zhiqiang frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly looked at Yongshan Kosan seriously and said: "Yongshan-san, you and I are friends now, right?"
"Of course." Nagayama Kozo nodded quickly.
Cao Zhiqiang nodded slightly, and then continued to say seriously: "In that case, I hope you can tell the truth and tell me the real reason why you suddenly changed your mind and wanted Sayuri Yoshinaga to star!"
Yongshan Kozo looked at Cao Zhiqiang, was silent for a while, and then suddenly lowered his head and sighed: "Oh, I really can't hide it from you."
After shaking his head with a wry smile, Nagayama Kozo began to explain.
After listening to Yongshan Kozo's explanation, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly realized.
It turns out that all of this started with Yoshinaga Sayuri...'s husband.
Yoshinaga Sayuri's husband is named Taro Okada. This person is nothing special. He is just the person in charge of TV series production at Fuji TV.
After the TV drama production center was operated independently, Taro Okada also became the president of this club, becoming one of the most powerful people.
Not only that, Taro Okada is also one of the directors of Fuji TV, so he naturally has a lot of say.
Even though Nagayama Kozo's father is the president of Shochikukai, one of the owners of Fuji TV, this only has a slight influence and is incomparable with Taro Okada.
After all, Fuji TV is decided by many people, not the Shochikukai family.
In other words, Taro Okada's power in Fuji TV is far greater than that of Kozo Nagayama, and he is a truly powerful person.
If Taro Okada hadn't been a powerful figure in Fuji TV, he wouldn't have been able to marry a famous female star like Sayuri Yoshinaga.
Because Yoshinaga Sayuri has become famous very early, a real big star, and Okada Taro is fifteen years older than Yoshinaga Sayuri.
Being so much older and being able to marry a big star like Sayuri Yoshinaga certainly requires some power, talent or money.
It’s hard to say whether Taro Okada is talented, but he is definitely rich and powerful.
At least at Fuji TV, Taro Okada is currently the real power player.
Originally, a figure like Taro Okada had little to do with Nagayama Kozo and Cao Zhiqiang.
But the bad thing is that the ratings of "101 Proposals" are too high.
The ratings of the first episode of "101 Proposals" broke the history of Fuji TV dramas.
Because before this, at least on Fuji TV, there had never been a TV series with such high ratings in its first episode.
Not only that, the show’s retention rate is also very high.
According to a survey conducted by Fuji TV via telephone last night, almost 90% of people who watched this drama watched until the end.
Of course, before the show was aired, this show had aroused the idea of Taro Okada, the head of the TV drama production center.
After all, before this drama is broadcast, it must be reviewed by the boss.
It was precisely because of Taro Okada's regard that he applied to Fuji TV for the prime time broadcast of the drama on August 8.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for a TV series produced by a new director like Nagayama Kozo to get the prime time slot of Fuji TV's current TV series, such as the Monday 8 o'clock slot.
From this perspective, Taro Okada is also considered to have a keen eye for drama, not to mention his support for Nagayama Kozo.
It can be said that without the support of Taro Okada, the three of them, Ko Nagayama, would not have been able to obtain so many resources.
But with the help of President Okada, everything will be easy.
Then, as early as the day when the filming of "101 Proposals" had just finished, Cao Zhiqiang handed over the script of "Tokyo Love Story" to Nagayama Kozo, and Nagayama Kozo, without exception, wrote the script the next morning. I gave Toai's script to Taro Okada for review.
But something unexpected happened, when Taro Okada went home, he brought the script home, and then naturally told his wife Yoshinaga Sayuri about the new script.
Sayuri Yoshinaga is very interested in the script "Tokyo Love Story" and hopes to play a role in it.
Well, anyway, Taro Okada's original words were that his wife only wanted to play one role in it, but Taro Okada wanted the heroine to be played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, and Taro Okada felt that Sayuri Yoshinaga's temperament also suited Akaname. Lixiang's character.
Ever since, as soon as the results of last night's phone spot check came out, Taro Okada directly called Kozo Nagayama and asked him to discuss with the screenwriter and change the heroine to Sayuri Yoshinaga.
As for Akina Nakamori, Taro Okada wanted her to play Satomi Sekiguchi.
Since Taro Okada was the boss of Nagayama Kozo's boss, he did not dare to disagree with this request and could only agree.
Originally, Nagayama Kozo thought about discussing it with Cao Zhiqiang in two days, but he has been feeling guilty and ashamed, and the ratings were so good that he had mixed feelings and couldn't sleep all night.
So, early this morning, Nagayama Kozo, who was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, simply came to Cao Zhiqiang directly to report the good news and ask for forgiveness.
Yes, Nagayama Kozo never thought of deceiving Cao Zhiqiang from the beginning. He hoped to seek Cao Zhiqiang's forgiveness and understanding from the beginning.
After all, as a small director at a TV drama production center, he had no decision-making power when it came to the heroine.
The one who really has the decision-making power is none other than Taro Okada, the person in charge.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Having said this, Nagayama Kozo stood up again and bowed almost ninety degrees to Cao Zhiqiang. "This matter was my negligence. Please forgive me."
Cao Zhiqiang narrowed his eyes, and then smiled slightly: "Forgiveness is useful, why do you need the police?"
"Ah?" Nagayama Kozo was stunned, raised his head and asked, "What?"
"It's nothing." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I mean, the heroine can only be Sayuri Yoshinaga? Can't Akina Nakamori be used? Or, it doesn't count even if I, the screenwriter, say so?"
"Well..." Kozo Nagayama scratched his head in embarrassment, "Normally, you are the screenwriter of TV dramas and you have the most power, but in terms of TV stations, you are far inferior to President Okada.
President Okada has the right to film or not to film. Even after the filming is completed, he also has the right to choose whether to broadcast the drama on the TV station and even at what time. He also has a lot of decision-making power.
Therefore, the one who really has the final say in this drama is President Okada. "
Cao Zhiqiang burst into laughter: "Interesting, but you are right. As far as Fuji TV is concerned, President Okada is indeed more powerful, but the problem is that the script is mine, and I don't necessarily have to put it on Fuji TV. Shoot inside."
"Ah?" Yongshan Kosan was stunned, raised his head and asked, "Cao Sang, what do you mean by this?"
Cao Zhiqiang said calmly: "It's very simple. In Fuji TV, my words are indeed not the most effective, but Fuji TV is not the only TV station in Japan. I actually have many choices.
When it comes to the past, I am unknown and have no choice but to come to you, Fuji TV.
After all, I had to rely entirely on Mr. Tomioka of Warner Corporation, and Mr. Tomioka was most familiar with Fuji TV. We all had a basis for cooperation and could give me a lot of discounts.
But it's different now.
Now that I have achieved success, whether it is my name as Morinaka Aizumi or my name as Kudo Yusaku, I am no longer a small person.
Especially now that "101 Proposals" was aired, the opening ratings directly broke your TV station's record. This in itself is the best publicity.
In other words, with the successful example of "101 Proposals" and the successful example of the movie "Love in the Rain", if I now take the name of Kudo Yusaku and hold the script of the drama "Tokyo Love Story", Go to other TV stations.
For example, NHK or NTV, they will definitely treat me as a guest, beg me to hand over the script to them for filming, and they will try their best to cooperate with me. Whoever I say will be the heroine, I will let her be, and they will not talk nonsense to me. .
When I say this, it shouldn’t be considered a big statement, right? "
Nagayama Kozo sighed and shook his head slightly: "Definitely not."
"That's enough." Cao Zhiqiang spread his hands, "So, why should I listen to you and insist on hanging from a tree like Fuji TV?"
Nagayama Kozo frowned: "But, but..."
"But you didn't think about how to persuade your leader to change his mind, but you thought of convincing me first." Cao Zhiqiang said in an indifferent tone.
"You came here to apologize to me in name, but in fact you had already decided to sacrifice my interests to fulfill your needs!
Your current apology and bow cannot change the fact that you have made up your mind and decided to replace Akina.
So, what makes you have the illusion that I am easy to handle?
And what makes you think that I will definitely listen to your arrangements? "
Nagayama Kozo was stunned for a moment, and then bowed deeply again: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! But I really didn't think that Cao Sang, you are easy to manipulate and easy to bully. I, I really didn't expect that!"
"Then why didn't you think of it?" Cao Zhiqiang continued to ask.
"Because, because..." Nagayama Kozo raised his head and began to sweat on his forehead, "I, I..."
"Zhiqiang-san!" Akina Nakamori came over in time to smooth things over, "Don't embarrass Nagayama-san, he probably didn't mean it.
After all, you are not Japanese, and you don’t quite understand our rules.
For people like Nagayama-san, once their boss gives an order, they will subconsciously think of executing it without thinking twice about it.
The fact that Yongshan Sang couldn't sleep all night because of this shows that he feels guilty, which is very good in itself.
In other words, this is not Yongshan-san's fault, he is just used to obeying, and you don't want to rely on him for everything.
The one who was really at fault was Mr. Okada. He made arrangements for your script without your permission, and even asked Nagayama-san to take the blame.
Therefore, how can you blame a good friend like Nagayama-san who comes out to take the blame, but let go of the real bad guy hiding behind the scenes? "(End of chapter)
