Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Seeing Akina Nakamori humming a song for breakfast, Cao Zhiqiang ignored her and looked at Kozo Nagayama across the way.

"Sit down, sit down and chat." After waving his hands, Cao Zhiqiang sat down first.

Yongshan Kozo nodded slightly to Cao Zhiqiang again, and then sat down opposite Cao Zhiqiang again.

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head at Yongshan Kozo at this time and said: "Yongshan-san, it's good that the ratings are good, but you don't have to rush to announce the good news, right?

And look at your eyes, they are as red as rabbit eyes, you must have not slept all night, you can't do this. "

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head and said: When you are young, you don't know how to cherish it. When you lose your body, you will suffer in the middle-aged and old age. You must be full of diseases. "

Yongshan Kozo smiled awkwardly, scratched his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to sleep, it's that I can't sleep no matter what, so I just came to you."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, took a sip of the black tea in front of him to moisten his throat, and then said to Yong Shangeng: "Tell me, apart from the unexpected good ratings, what else can make you so excited that you can't sleep? "

Kozo Nagayama smiled: "Well, I just told Ms. Nakamori that there are three main reasons for my visit this time.

The first thing is naturally because the ratings are so good, so I want to come here early and let you know.

The second thing is to take this opportunity to talk to you about the shooting 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, it's so formal, we are already friends, just talk about things."

After a short pause, Cao Zhiqiang asked again: "Why, is there any problem with the show "Tokyo Love Story"?"

Kozo Nagayama nodded, then turned his head to look at Akina Nakamori, then turned his head to look at Cao Zhiqiang again and said, "This is mainly about the heroine. I want to discuss it with you again."

"The heroine?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "Didn't the heroine be decided long ago, and Mingcai will continue to play the role?"

Kozo Nagayama scratched his head in embarrassment, and then said: "Well, it was originally decided that the heroine will continue to be played by Ms. Akina. In this way, I can also take advantage of the popularity of "101 Proposals."

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "It was agreed at the time, Mingcai is fine here, what's the problem? Or, why do we still need to discuss the issue of the heroine? What really needs to be discussed is not the problem of the male protagonist. ?”

Yongshan Kozo sighed, then lowered his head and dared not look into Cao Zhiqiang's eyes and said, "That's right, as for the heroine of this show, I...I think there is a better candidate."

"Who is it?" Cao Zhiqiang asked with a frown.

"Sayuri Yoshinaga!" Kozo Nagayama continued to bow his head.

"Sayuri Yoshinaga?" Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback, "You mean, Sayuri Yoshinaga who played Yukiko in "Thin Snow"?"

"Yes!" Yongshan Kozo raised his head and said, "How about it, isn't she good? Her acting skills are impeccable, and her popularity is also high. If she is cast in this drama, this drama will definitely be more popular!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "Sayuri Jiyong's words are good, but she is forty now, right?"

"No." Yongshan Kozo said hastily, "Miss Sayuri is only in her 30s."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Even if it's more than 30, it's not appropriate? The heroine in Dong Ai's story is a girl in her twenties. It's too easy for you to let an old girl who is about to forty play the role." Dress up!"

Yongshan Kozo shook his head and said: "No, no, actually, Miss Sayuri is in full bloom now, and with a little make-up, it can't be seen.

Furthermore, the heroine Rika Akana in Tokyo Love Story is set to be older than the hero.

That being the case, the age of Rika Akana can be set to be 28 years old. In this way, there is no problem with Sayuri Yoshinaga playing the role.

With Miss 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 Gengsang 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: "Since this is the case, I hope you can tell me the truth and tell me the real reason why you suddenly changed your mind and wanted Sayuri Yoshinaga to play the role!"

Yongshan Kozo looked at Cao Zhiqiang, was silent for a while, then suddenly lowered his head and sighed: "Oh, I really can't hide it from you."

After shaking his head with a wry smile, Kozo Nagayama began to explain.

After listening to Yongshan Kozo's explanation, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly realized.

It turned out that it all started with Sayuri Yoshinaga's husband.

Saiduri Yoshinaga's husband, named Taro Okada, is nothing special, just the person in charge of TV drama production at Fuji TV.

After the TV drama production center was operated independently, Okada Taro also became the president of this club, becoming the most powerful person, bar none.

Not only that, Okada Taro is also one of the directors of Fuji TV, so he has a lot of right to speak.

Don't look at Nagayama Kozo's father as the president of Shochikukai, one of the owners of Fuji TV, but this is only a slight influence, and it is incomparable with Okada Taro.

After all, many people have the final say on Fuji TV, not the Shochikukai family.

In other words, Okada Taro's power in Fuji TV is far greater than Nagayama Kozo, and he is a proper real power faction.

If Taro Okada hadn't been a real power faction of Fuji TV, he wouldn't have been able to marry such a famous female star as Sayuri Yoshinaga.

Because Sayuri Yoshinaga became famous very early, a proper star, and Taro Okada is 15 years older than Sayuri Yoshinaga.

Being so much older, and still able to marry a big star like Sayuri Yoshinaga, it would naturally require some power, talent or money.

Whether Okada Taro has talent is hard to say, but he is definitely rich and powerful.

At least on Fuji TV, Okada Taro is currently the real power faction.

Originally, a character like Okada Taro had nothing to do with Nagayama Kozo and Cao Zhiqiang.

But the bad thing is that the ratings of "101 Marriage Proposals" are too high.

The ratings of the first episode of "101 Proposals" broke the history of Fuji TV TV dramas.

Because before this, at least on Fuji TV, there has never been such a high ratings in the first episode of a TV series.

Not only that, but the retention rate of this show is also very high.

According to the survey conducted by Fuji TV last night, almost [-]% of people watched the show until the end.

Of course, before the show aired, this show had aroused the idea of ​​Okada Taro, the person in charge of the TV drama production center.

After all, before this show is broadcast, the boss must have a look at it.

It is precisely because of Okada Taro's attention that he applied to Fuji TV for the prime-time broadcast of the 8th drama.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a TV series produced by a new director like Nagayama Kozo to get the prime time of Fuji TV's current TV series at [-] o'clock on Monday from the very beginning.

From this point of view, Okada Taro can be regarded as a wise eye for drama, not to mention his support for Nagayama Kozo.

It can be said that without the support of Okada Taro, it would not be possible to get so many resources with only the three of Nagayama Ko.

But with the help of President Okada, everything will be fine.

Then, as early as the day when the drama "101 Proposals" had just finished filming, Cao Zhiqiang handed over the script of "Tokyo Love Story" to Kozo Nagayama, and Kozo Nagayama, without exception, wrote Give Dong Ai's script to Okada Taro for review.

But unexpectedly, when Taro Okada returned home, he took the script home, and naturally talked about the new script with his wife Sayuri Yoshinaga.

Sayuri Yoshinaga is very interested in the script of "Tokyo Love Story", so she hopes to play a role in it.

Well, anyway, Okada Taro’s original words were that his wife only wanted to play one role in it, but Okada Taro hoped that the heroine would be played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, and Taro Okada felt that Sayuri Yoshinaga’s temperament also fit Akana Lixiang's character design.

So, as soon as the results of the phone spot check last night came out, Okada Taro called Nagayama Kozo directly and asked him to discuss with the screenwriter, and the heroine was replaced by Sayuri Yoshinaga.

As for Akina Nakamori, Taro Okada meant for her to play Satomi Sekiguchi.

Since Okada Taro is the boss of Nagayama Kozo's boss, he dared not disagree with this request, so he could only agree.

Originally, Yongshan Kozo wanted to discuss it with Cao Zhiqiang after two days, but he was always very guilty and ashamed, and the ratings were so good, which made him have mixed feelings, and he didn't sleep all night.

So, early this morning, Yongshan Kozo, who couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, simply ran to Cao Zhiqiang's place, both to announce the good news and to ask for forgiveness.

Yes, Yongshan Kosan never thought of being able to deceive Cao Zhiqiang from the very beginning, and he hoped to ask Cao Zhiqiang's forgiveness and understanding from the beginning.

After all, when it comes to the heroine, he, a editor-in-chief of the TV drama production center, has no decision-making power at all.

The one who really has the decision-making power is precisely the chief person in charge, Okada Taro.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Having said this, Kozo Nagayama stood up again and bowed almost ninety degrees to Cao Zhiqiang, "This matter was my negligence, please forgive me."

Cao Zhiqiang squinted his eyes, then smiled slightly: "Forgiveness is useful, why do we need the police?"

"Ah?" Yongshan Kozo was taken aback, raised his head and asked, "What?"

"It's nothing." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I mean, the heroine can only choose Sayuri Yoshinaga? Can't use Akina Nakamori? Or, as a screenwriter, it doesn't count?"

"This..." Nagayama Kozo scratched his head in embarrassment, "According to the TV series, you are the screenwriter and you have the greatest power, but in terms of TV stations, you are far inferior to President Okada.

President Okada has the right to shoot or not to shoot. Even after the filming is completed, he also has the right to choose whether to broadcast the show on the TV station, and even when to broadcast it. He also has a lot of decision-making power.

So, if you want to say that this drama really has the final say, it is President Okada. "

Cao Zhiqiang laughed dumbfounded: "Interesting, but you're right. As far as Fuji TV is concerned, the 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 your Fuji TV. Let's shoot."

"Ah?" Yongshan Kosan was taken aback, then raised his head and asked, "Cao Sang, what do you mean by that?"

Cao Zhiqiang said indifferently: "It's very simple. In Fuji TV, my words are indeed not the most effective, but Japan is not the only TV station like your Fuji TV. I actually have many choices.

Speaking of the past, I was unknown and had no choice but to find you Fuji TV.

After all, I had to completely rely on Mr. Tomioka of Warner Corporation, and Mr. Tomioka is most familiar with your Fuji TV. Everyone has a basis for cooperation and can give me a lot of discounts.

But it's different now.

Now that I have achieved great success, whether it is the name of my Aoizumi Morinaka or my name of Yusaku Kudo, I am no longer a small person.

Especially now that "101 Marriage Proposals" was broadcast, the opening ratings directly broke your TV station's record, which in itself is the best publicity.

In other words, with the successful case of "101 Proposals" and the successful case of the movie "Love in the Rain", if I now take the script of "Tokyo Love Story" under the name of Yusaku Kudo, Go to another TV station.

For example, NHK or NTV, they will definitely treat me as a guest, begging me to hand over the script to them for filming, and they must try their best to cooperate with me, I say whoever is the heroine, let whoever is the heroine, and will not talk nonsense with me .

If I say that, it shouldn’t be considered a big talk, right? "

Yongshan Kozo sighed, shook his head lightly: "Of course not."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang spread his hands, "So, why should I listen to you and insist on hanging on a tree like Fuji TV?"

Yongshan Kozo frowned: "But, but..."

"But you didn't think about how to persuade your leader to change his mind, but you thought about convincing me first." Cao Zhiqiang said indifferently.

"You came here to apologize to me in name, but in fact, you have long ago decided to sacrifice my interests to fulfill you!
Your current apology and bow cannot change the fact that you have made up your mind and decided to replace Ming Cai.

So, what made you think that I'm easy to handle?
What makes you think that I will definitely listen to your arrangement? "

Yongshan Kozo was stunned, and then bowed deeply again: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! But I really don't think Cao Sang is easy to handle and bully, I, I really didn't expect it!"

"Then why didn't you think of it?" Cao Zhiqiang continued to ask.

"Because, because..." Kozo Nagayama raised his head, his forehead began to sweat, "I, I..."

"Zhiqiang-san!" Akina Nakamori came over in time to smooth things over, "Don't embarrass Nagayama-san, he probably didn't do it on purpose.

After all, you are not our Japanese, you do not understand our rules.

For people like Yongshan-sang, once the boss gives an order, they will subconsciously think of carrying it out, and they don't think much about it at all.

The fact that Yongshan Sang couldn't sleep all night because of this meant that he felt guilty, which in itself was pretty good.

In other words, it's not Yong Shansang's fault, he's just used to obeying, don't rely on him for everything.

The one who was really wrong was that Mr. Okada, who arranged your script without your permission, and let Yongshan-san come over to take the blame.

So, how can you blame a good friend like Yongshan-san who came out to take the blame, and let go of the real villain hiding behind the scenes? "(end of this chapter)