Tokyo Literary Godfather

There is nothing new under the sun. All companies and enterprises will have various personnel disputes.

Chai Chi-ling was also unlucky. She was originally just a small follow-up director, and her status in the Taiwanese crew was equivalent to that of a director's assistant. As a result, the director and the producer happened to have a heated argument. The director was so angry that he kicked off the director's chair, put down the crew and left.

The producer was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. At this time, Chai Zhiling, who had seven or eight years of work experience, mustered up the courage and walked to the monitor...

In this way, Chai Chiling proved her ability to the producer and was promoted, but she completely offended the director and the people behind him.

The producer who supported Chai Chiling is about to retire. If he hasn't produced any eye-catching programs after he leaves CTV, needless to say, the days to come will be very difficult, so that's what I thought. , she came to Japan.

As long as she can get Kei Fujiwara's script, she can get budgetary approval from the company, but it's only a small amount. With such a limited budget, if you want to produce a high-rated TV series... I'm afraid you can only rely on the script of the legendary screenwriter in the broadcast industry.

After Kei Fujiwara agreed to cooperate with CTV, Juri Okada took Chai Chiling to visit Mizunami Production - there was actually not much to see, and it was not even as big as the Taiwan CTV company where Chai Chiling worked. But after a visit, Chai Zhiling clearly saw the potential of this company.

The first is the correct atmosphere - logically speaking, it is difficult to understand the atmosphere of a company unless you have actually worked in this company, but it is not impossible to feel it.

For example, a slogan posted on a company can reflect the company's values. The company's slogan is only a banner, hung somewhat crudely in the front lobby, and there is not even a large metal lettering mounted on the wall. The slogan is also very simple and plain: Works are the basis for the healthy development of a production company.

And: Ratings and box office are everything!

Although he seems a bit philistine, he is also sincere.

And as a practitioner in the film and television industry, Chai Zhiling didn't feel any discomfort when looking at these slogans. She just felt that this company believed in pragmatism, which was much more pleasing to the eye than having the company filled with famous quotes from the chairman.

The internal environment of many companies is like this. The founder cultivates a cult of personality and wishes that the entire company would be plastered with his nonsense quotes. On the one hand, this is to establish the absolute authority of the founder and form a corporate culture that obeys the orders of the top leader; on the other hand, it is also to satisfy the personal vanity of some people.

There are many such companies in Taiwan, but in fact, Japan is more popular in this regard. In the 1980s, before the economic bubble burst, a popular loan sharking company in Japan practiced a cult of personality. Even the chairman himself adopted all the company's employees as adopted sons and daughters, and required all employees to respect him. He is addressed as "Father". Employees of the company have to recite the Chairman's famous quotes every day, and from time to time give speeches on the stage, how their lives have improved and changed since joining this company, and say something like "We will never be able to thank the Chairman for his kindness." Class words.

According to Chai Zhiling’s personal experience, this kind of enterprise often has a short life... because it relies heavily on the founder’s personal ability and decision-making. Once the founder’s ability is insufficient or his decision-making is wrong, there will be almost no power within the company to restrain him, and he will often fail. Towards destruction.

In fact, Kei Fujiwara is very qualified to have this kind of admiration within the company. The reason is simply because he had already achieved outstanding results before buying Mizunami Productions. Many people in the broadcast industry have a natural admiration for him. He even There is no need to deliberately brag about anything.

However, Chai Zhiling discovered that there were not many traces of Kei Fujiwara in the company, which also made her aware of Kei Fujiwara's ambitions - he really wanted to turn Mizunami Productions into a first-class production company in the country, rather than just thinking about changing things. into his own personal studio.

After waiting in the waiting room for a while, Okada Juri opened the door and walked in with a smile.

The moment she saw Miss Okada, Chai Zhiling subconsciously tightened her legs and pulled her skirt down to her knees. The whole body also subconsciously shrank to one side, and the arms were slightly raised to block both sides of the body, showing a defensive posture.

It's not her fault. She has dealt with this Miss Okada several times. For some reason, she is obviously a woman, but she always gives her the feeling of a lustful middle-aged man, which makes her feel uneasy.

More than once, she found that the other party was always looking at her breasts, legs, and butt, and his gaze was just like that of some tram perverts. Chai Zhiling also refused the other party's invitation to go to the hot spring with her many times. She didn't know why, but she always felt very uneasy.

"Miss Chai." Okada Juri did not sit across from Chai Chiling. Instead, she sat directly next to Chai Chiling, sharing the same sofa with her.

"Miss Okada." Chai Zhiling imitated Japanese etiquette, lowered her head slightly, and then moved her buttocks two centimeters to the side. She once studied in Japan, so her Japanese is not bad, and she can communicate without barriers.

"I brought the script. President Fujiwara just wrote it not long ago. He attaches great importance to this cooperation with China Television. Let me tell you the general plot."

"Okay, please."

Chai Chi-ling has been negotiating with Mizunami Production for so long, and even came to Japan in person, actually just for this script. To the broadcasting industry, the script written by Kei Fujiwara himself is like a magic secret book for martial arts people.

It is precisely because of this that Shuibo Productions has great confidence when discussing cooperation and puts forward some requirements that often sound "unreasonable". For example, in the cooperation between China Television and Shui Bo, Chai Zhiling asked to read the script before deciding whether to sign the contract.

And Shui Bo acted very strongly, saying that you have no right to choose the script, you just need to say what you want, and then sign the contract, and we will provide the script. Regardless of whether you are satisfied with the script, you must shoot it, otherwise you will have to pay compensation.

This request was so strong and overbearing that Chai Zhiling found it unreasonable at first. But then I thought about it and agreed. After all, the script written by Fujiwara Kei was a hit and he had the confidence to make such a request. The subtext behind this request is: I have no confidence in your vision, but my strength has been verified countless times, so just do what I say.

Some middle-level leaders of China TV felt unreasonable when they heard the request of Shuibo Productions, and asked to suspend the cooperation, but Chai Zhiling insisted on going on. Even the senior who had always supported Chai Zhiling's work did not agree with her approach this time.

But the strange thing is that the director whom Chai Chiling offended before and the people behind him did not raise any objection to this matter. It's not that they changed their gender and began to support Chai Zhiling, but that they have no confidence in this cooperation at all: the production budget is pitifully small, there are no well-known artist resources to mobilize, and a script written by a Japanese? This guy is a foreigner. Even if he is very famous in his hometown, how can he continue his undefeated record in Taiwan?

It's difficult... no, it's not very realistic.

You must know that TV dramas are not as fashionable as movies. If the creation is not rooted in local culture, it will be difficult to be accepted by the audience.

So they are actually expecting Chai Zhiling to mess up this project. It would be best if the company pays for it but loses everything. Then they can have a reason to expel her from the company, and by the way, give the person behind her A heavy blow from the top.