The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels

"Looking at you, you must have been worshiped like a god in that club for more than two hours."

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was sitting in her seat, commented sharply after seeing Hachiman's appearance.

"Is it so obvious??"

Hikigaya Hachiman touched his face. All he knew was that he had been talking eloquently for more than an hour, but he didn't feel tired at all.

"It couldn't be more obvious. Come and drink some black tea. You must be very thirsty now."

Yukino picked up the health pot that had been kept warm and poured Hachiman a cup of black tea at the right temperature.

"Thanks, I wouldn't have noticed it if you didn't remind me. My mouth is really dry."

Hikigaya took the tea cup, felt the temperature of the water, and then drank the black tea like an ice cola.

Seeing Hikigaya Hachiman's unsightly tea-drinking behavior, Yukino laughed softly, picked up a paper towel and wiped away the tea that had flowed to Hachiman's neck, and gently stroked his Adam's apple.

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"This is really exciting, Mr. Hachiman."

In the evening, Naho Imamura called and said something that had no beginning or end.

"What? What broke? Editor Imamura, please tell me more details."

Hikigaya Hachiman was confused.

"Of course it's your "New Gatherer", Mr. Hachiman! Today's first-day shipment volume of "All Readings" reached a new high! Not only that, according to the initial feedback received, the favorable rating of Chapter 1 of "New Gatherer" is even It’s a little higher than the original “Confession” Chapter 1!”

Naho Imamura said excitedly that the entire "ALL Reading" magazine office was driven by this craze today, and no one got off work.

In fact, Chapter 1 of "New Participants" is not as exciting as "Confession".However, in the promotion of "New Participant", it is clear that this novel focuses on "warmth", so the audience's expectations will also be adjusted accordingly.After working and studying exhaustingly, reading a warm story is a beautiful thing.

"This puts me at ease, or rather it is expected. "New Ginseng" is responsible for healing, and "Clock House" is responsible for shocking. My readers are lucky this year."

Hikigaya Hachiman spun the Marlboro pen in his hand, imagining the impact he would bring to the world of reasoning.

Chapter 109: Negotiation (number) and negotiation (money) for the film adaptation of "Confession"

"Thank you for your support for "New Participant" Chapter 1. I will continue to work hard and the next series will not disappoint you."

Hikigaya Hachiman expressed his gratitude to readers for the excellent response to Chapter 1 of "New Entrant" on his Twitter homepage. The content is very formulaic and there is no selfie as usual. He feels that he has already done it anyway. Now that it's out in the open, there's no need to attract readers' attention in this way.

"It's the new Mr. Hachiman! Hey, where's my Tutu?"

"The serious Mr. Hachiman is also very cute, but why do you feel like this tweet is missing something?"

"You are in the last picture! (Pictured by the Prime Minister)"

Netizens quickly took over the comment area of ​​Hachiman's tweet and began to express their regret that Hachiman stopped posting selfies.

"Don't tell me, I just want to see the kind of selfie that Mr. Hachiman used to post, which only takes a certain part of the body. When I see the whole body, I cough."

There are also netizens who have developed strange habits due to Hachiman.

If there is anyone who is more happy to see the result of "New Entrant"'s double popularity than Bungei Shunqiu and Hikigaya Hachiman, it is naturally the NHK TV station.

As the producer and distributor of the TV series "Malicious", the first work of the "Kaga Kyouichiro" series, NHK naturally hopes that the series will have as many sequels as possible. After all, Kaga in "Malicious" has both a tough appearance and a tough man's tenderness. The detective has penetrated deeply into the hearts of the audience.

Of course, NHK also has a sense of worry. After all, the Kaga actor has not signed any binding contract with the company. If other TV stations buy the adaptation rights of "New Participants" and continue to hire that actor to play Kaga, NHK will He also has no temper.Therefore, the person in charge of NHK's film and television production department immediately decided to go to Mr. Hachiman as soon as possible to discuss matters related to the adaptation of "New Participants".

As Japan's largest television station, NHK's work efficiency is always vigorous and resolute.Hikigaya Hachiman himself never expected that NHK would come to negotiate copyright issues with him after Chapter 1 of "New Entrant" had just been serialized.

Frankly speaking, the current NHK TV station does not have many highlights in terms of TV dramas, except for the annual Taiga drama. Both Fuji TV and NTV are better than NHK in this aspect.Therefore, they need to seize the strong thigh of Hikigaya Hachiman, which is the guarantee of their future TV drama business.

In the end, Hikigaya Hachiman and NHK TV station agreed on a one-time copyright fee of 500 million yen, plus a broadcast share of 150 million yen per episode. In the end, Hikigaya Hachiman could get 3000 million yen before tax for this. total amount of dollars.

This price is almost the highest price paid for film and television adaptations of literary works today. No matter how successful "The New Participants" is in the future, there will be no room for improvement in this price.

Nowadays, even the film and television rights of "New Participant", which has only been serialized for one-tenth, have been bought in advance, but Hachiman's biggest trump card, "Confession", has not been played yet.

However, recently, Hachiman learned the news from the publisher: The sales of "Confession" have indeed shown a relatively obvious downward trend.He felt it was time for his debut film to hit the big screen.

Regarding the film adaptation of "Confession", many companies looked for Hachiman, and finally he chose Toho Co., Ltd., one of the three Japanese film and television companies.Dongbao has extremely rich experience in film production, is huge in scale, and has extremely rich distribution and public relations methods. It also has a great advantage in the later award selection of the film.

The representatives negotiating with Hikigaya Hachiman are Director Shimada of Toho Film Production Department, and Tetsuya Nakajima, a famous director under Toho.

Tetsuya Nakajima has won heavyweight awards such as the Japan Film Academy Award for Best Director (Director) and Best Script (Screenwriter). He is especially good at filming movies adapted from literary works. He is a versatile director and screenwriter.

Of course, Hachiman himself could not come alone. After all, this meeting would determine the signing of a contract with an astronomical price. Naturally, he also invited a professional lawyer to accompany him.

This lawyer is none other than Hayama Hayato's father, Mr. Hayama.Hikigaya Hachiman had consulted with Mrs. Yukinoshita before, hoping that she could recommend an excellent lawyer to him to accompany him to the contract negotiation scene.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yukinoshita was in one step and directly introduced Mr. Hayama, who provided legal services to the Yukinoshita family, to Hikigaya. She said that she did not need to worry about the cost and would directly pay the Yukinoshita family's account.

"Hello, Director Nakajima, I have long admired your name."

Hikigaya Hachiman shook hands with Tetsuya Nakajima with a bright smile, while Mr. Hayama on the side kept a serious poker face and looked at the two people from Toho Company.

Hikigaya was very shocked that Toho directly brought such a big-name director to the negotiation site. This reflects that Toho really wants to win this project and shows their extraordinary sincerity.

"That's what I want to say, Mr. Hachiman. Your "Confession" is a novel that I have always dreamed of making into a movie."

Tetsuya Nakajima doesn’t mince words. "Confession" is perfect for him in every aspect.

However, the protagonists of this negotiation were Hikigaya Hachiman and Minister Shimada. The two had a long tug-of-war over the film copyright fee for "Confession". Mr. Hayama would whisper in Hikigaya Hachiman's ear from time to time.

The final result is that Toho will pay 2000 million yen in copyright fees to Hachiman in advance. In addition, Hachiman will also receive [-]% of the movie box office and DVD sales.

The former will be credited to Hachiman's account shortly after the contract is signed, and the box office share of the latter will be settled after the movie is offline. As for the DVD share, it is a long-term matter, but it is definitely not a small amount of money.

To do a simple calculation, assuming that the final box office of "Confessions" is set at 50 billion yen, Toho, as the producer and distributor, can get about 40.00% of it, which is about 20 billion yen. Hikigaya Hachiman will get from this 20 700% of the [-] million yen, which is [-] million yen in pre-tax income.

Even if DVDs are priced at the lowest price of 20 yen per set, if they can slowly sell 20 sets, sales will reach [-] billion yen. Since DVD sales are independently handled by Toho, they can directly Take a cut of this money.

All in all, if these expected revenues are included, a film version of "Confessions" will bring Hachiman more than 5000 million yen in pre-tax income.In addition, the film version will also greatly promote the sales of the original work.All in all, it's all money.

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Minister Shimada."

After Mr. Hayama carefully considered the terms of the contract word for word, the two parties finally reached an agreement on all issues.When shaking hands, Hikigaya Hachiman felt as if the other party had exerted all his strength.

Chapter 110 Teacher Hachiman’s face is very useful

The contract negotiation place between the two parties was in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, at the headquarters of Toho Film and Television Production Department.After the two parties formally signed the contract, it was natural for everyone to enjoy the dinner party.

Setagaya District is a famous wealthy area in Tokyo, and naturally high-end restaurants are everywhere.Minister Shimada spent a long time choosing, and finally chose an expensive Indian restaurant. Anyway, no matter how much you spend, it will be on the company's account, so there is no need to save.

After the four of them arrived at the restaurant and took their seats, Hikigaya Hachiman was about to make some of his personal requests.In fact, at this time, Hikigaya Hachiman had not yet realized how high a status he would have in a film crew based on his novel as a very popular original author.

"Director Nakajima, I actually have a merciless request for the filming of "Confession"."

Hikigaya Hachiman opened his mouth to explore.He didn't plan to directly say that he wanted to add Hoshino Akua to the crew, but wanted to see the reactions of Director Shimada and Director Nakajima first.

Unexpectedly, the two Toho representatives opposite them all showed expressions of "I'm so relieved."

"Tell the truth, Mr. Hachiman. On the way here, we have been worried that you don't have any personal requirements for the filming of this movie. If so, it will be difficult for us."

Minister Shimada said with some joy.

"Teacher Hachiman, just ask. Do you want to arrange a role for the crew? If there is only one person, as long as it is not the heroine, it will be very convenient."

Tetsuya Nakajima said generously.According to him, even if Hachiman really wants to insert a heroine, it is only a little "inconvenient", but it is not impossible.

Hikigaya Hachiman was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the other party would not show any rejection at all, but was actually afraid that he, the original author, would not make the request.

"There is nothing surprising about this, Mr. Hachiman. In fact, this is the unspoken rule that you can enjoy now with your status. In fact, in some crews, the original author's position is far inferior to that of you, Mr. Hachiman. They put the crew It was a mess, and the crew had no complaints.”

Shimada seemed to notice Hikigaya Hachiman's surprise, so he calmly explained to him.In fact, what he said was anything but peaceful, which reflected the extreme imbalance in the distribution of power in the crew.

"Okay, I understand. Actually, what I want is the casting rights for the role of Shuya Watanabe..."

Before Hikigaya Hachiman finished speaking, he noticed that the eyes of the two people opposite him and Mr. Hayama beside him were all wrong.

"male?"

"Are you going to arrange for an actor to come in? Mr. Hachiman."

Shimada and Nakajima asked one after another, as if they were confirming something incredible.

"Uh... of course. Isn't Shuya Watanabe a boy? Is there anything strange about that?"

Hikigaya Hachiman felt like he was getting more and more confused.

"strangeness."

"That's weird, Hachiman-sensei."

"Hikigaya-kun, this is a little strange."

Now even Mr. Hayama joined the other two people who spoke in unison.

It's no wonder that the other three people felt strange. After all, in the past, there were only two situations when people wanted to insert roles into the crew.

The first situation is that the heads of some companies want to praise their own artists, which is very common, but Hikigaya Hachiman undoubtedly does not fall into this category; the other situation is more personal, and he wants to praise someone of his own. The ultimate goal of falling in love with an actor is to have something happen with her that won't pass the trial.

Therefore, when the people present knew that the actor Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to insert into the crew was actually a male actor, they were surprised.

"Uh, everyone. Did you misunderstand something?"

Looking back, Hikigaya Hachiman was speechless. Is he such a vulgar person in the minds of these people?

"The person I want to recommend is called Hoshino Akua. He is an actor of the same age as me. I swear I didn't know him at all before this year. I just happened to meet him and thought his temperament was extremely suitable for Shuya. This role. He originally wanted to give up his career as an actor, but later he figured it out. I just think it would be a pity not to be an actor due to his condition."

Hikigaya Hachiman told the cause and effect.

"So you just cherish your talent? Teacher Hachiman. Please forgive me for my shallow opinion of you just now."

Minister Shimada said with some embarrassment.

"Hoshino Akua...? I seem to have seen it somewhere. Oh, I'm getting excited! He worked as an apprentice to a friend of mine. I've seen that kid with blond hair and a really outstanding appearance. And There is a gloominess that is not for his age.”

Supervisor Tetsuya Nakajima recalled that he remembered that he had indeed seen this Hoshino Akua.

"Excellent appearance, gloomy for his age. Doesn't this perfectly match Shuya Watanabe? Director Nakajima. Maybe his acting skills have not been polished yet, but I think with your ability, Director Nakajima, you will be able to polish him." OK."

Hikigaya Hachiman said smoothly.

"Yes, he is really a young man with good conditions, and he is extremely malleable. Mr. Hachiman, you can be a talent scout."

Minister Shimada had already searched for Hoshino Akua on Twitter and found many photos of Hoshino in a love reality show called "Current Love".

"He also played a guest role as a villain in an online drama called "Today's Sweetness" a while ago, and his performance was very good. He was not at the same level as the other actors in this drama."

Supervisor Nakajima also began to search for information about Hoshino Akua. The more he read, the happier he became, as if he had found a treasure.

"And he is also very good at studying. It is said that the deviation value is [-], and his IQ is slightly close to Shuzai."

Hikigaya Hachiman added.

"Huh? It would be a pity to work in the entertainment industry with a deviation of [-] and not go to a medical university to treat diseases and save people."

Minister Shimada looked a little sad.

"Everyone has his or her own ambitions, Shimada. Who says a top student can't be an actor? In this day and age, people with high academic qualifications have an advantage in any job, even actors."

Tetsuya Nakajima is very dissatisfied with the stereotype that "showbiz" people are all idiots.

The decision to insert Hoshino Akua into the crew of "Confession" was made easily and happily.

"By the way, Director Nakajima and Director Shimada, are there any preliminary considerations for other roles in this drama?"

Hikigu Hachiman asked.

"As a supervisor, I consider the casting. The heroine must be played by an actress who has won an Academy Award for Best Actress. It is best if she is under 40 years old. Her popularity and acting skills will definitely be the best in the crew. Top management, we will directly select her and will not hold auditions. The remaining roles will be left to auditions."

Director Nakajima replied.

"The audition will begin as soon as possible. If possible, we hope to officially conduct the audition on the last day of the May Day Golden Week. At that time, we will invite you, Mr. Hachiman, to provide on-site guidance."

Minister Shimada said.As the head of Toho's film production department, he has primary responsibility for supervising the film's production process.

Today is already April 25th, and there are actually only ten days left until the end of the Golden Week holiday. Presumably, the project will be at full capacity next.

"Is the time too tight? Minister Shimada. Can everything be completed?"

Hikigaya made some calculations in his mind and asked this question. In fact, this was not something he should worry about.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Hachiman. In fact, our company has done a lot of preparatory work for "Confession" and it is not starting from scratch. This afternoon, Director Nakajima can send you the script he wrote. "

Shimada explained confidently.When Toho, this giant machine, begins the initial preparation phase of a movie, many employees will lose the right to sleep, in exchange for staggering efficiency.

"I know you are also an excellent script writer, Mr. Hachiman. I have read your "Disintegration of Causes" and the long script in it is very exciting. I hope that my adaptation of "Confession" will satisfy you. If the script If you have any questions about anything, you can contact me at any time.”

Tetsuya Nakajima smiled and said to Hikigaya Hachiman that he even adapted more than one version of the "Confession" script.