Chapter 275 Overseas Market of Japanese TV Dramas

"Mr. Fujiwara, congratulations."

After arriving at the filming base of Fukuyamadai, I happened to meet Yamaguchi Tsutoyo, who stretched out his hand and said congratulations with a smile.

Kei Fujiwara didn't know what he was celebrating. Was it "Naoki Hansawa" who broke through the historical ratings and won the "Four Crowns" honor? Or is "Life is Beautiful" still maintaining high ratings? Or is his new book staying on the best-seller list for multiple weeks and becoming an annual bestseller?

But he didn’t ask any more questions, he just casually agreed and shook hands with Yamaguchi Tsutoyo.

"Thank you, thank you..."

In fact, based on Kei Fujiwara's performance in the past two years, if it weren't for the fact that he only had a two-year short-term contract, he would have been promoted to a senior management member of the production bureau, at least a director.

Too young to be a minister? Anyone who dares to say this will probably be dragged out by Yoshida Kashi. The station director just put forward the slogan "ratings are everything" last year. Are you openly going against him? Unless you can come up with better results from Kei Fujiwara, stop talking about such nonsense.

Yamaguchi Tsutoyo, who had occasionally vaguely expressed his disapproval of Kei Fujiwara for occupying the entire September 9 time slot at high-level meetings, stopped mentioning it after the broadcast of "Naoki Hansawa".

"By the way, Fujiwara-kun, are you free tonight? Let's go to Ginza to play ball. After that, we can go to the club and sit down..." Yamaguchi Citoyo said with a smile.

Yamaguchi Cito likes to play bowling, and he has invited Fujiwara Kei several times before. Fujiwara Kei declined before, but Yamaguchi Citoyo has perseverance. It doesn't look good on face if you refuse too many times, so Kei Fujiwara hesitated for a moment and thought about whether to go. But it's definitely not because of the club that Yamaguchi Tsutoyo mentioned.

The so-called club in Ginza is where Mama-san and the barmaids work. It is a real vanity fair, but it is expensive to go there once, and ordinary workers cannot afford to go there.

Kei Fujiwara did not refuse immediately this time. Seeing that there was something interesting, Tsutoyo Yamaguchi immediately said: "Teacher Fujiwara, if you often sit and write without moving, your physical condition will decline. It is also good to sweat occasionally."

This is just rhetoric. In fact, who cares about bowling or something. The real attraction is the gentle young girls in the club who bring the wine glass to your mouth, but they are too embarrassed to go because they are afraid of Kei Fujiwara, acting like lechers.

After this period of time, Yamaguchi Citoyo analyzed that Fujiwara Kei was not a lustful person, but he was not lecherous either. When he first entered the entertainment industry, he was rumored to have affairs with so many female artists, and even flirted with his own female producer. I heard that Kei Fujiwara sent the Mizuhara producer home several times when he was drunk. Maybe he was halfway there. I sent it to my home.

But among the many female employees at the TV station, none of them managed to seduce him. At first glance, he looked like a patient and respectable pervert.

"Okay, by the way, Director Yamaguchi, are you free now? I have something to tell you."

"Oh? Now?" Yamaguchi Citoyo was a little surprised. Could it be that you want to ask me for something? "Okay, go to my office and talk."

Arriving at the director's office of the production bureau, Yamaguchi Tsutoyo asked his secretary to pour hot tea. The two sat down. Fujiwara Kei raised the tea cup, blew on it lightly, touched the wall of the cup with his lips, and felt a little hot. Put down the teacup again.

"The aroma of this tea is very good. I brought it back when I went to China." Yamaguchi Tsutoyo said proudly, "There is also liquor. China's liquor is also very famous. Haha, although the taste is not good for me. It’s a bit too exciting, but I heard that only mature and experienced men can taste the taste of liquor, so I’ve been able to drink a little lately, haha.”

"Director Yamaguchi has been to China?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

"Well, I went there once, on business. China introduced foreign TV series, and seemed to buy a lot of Japanese and Korean dramas. Fukuyama TV selected a few movies and sent them over, and the response in China was pretty good. I also watched some of them Some of their films are quite good. Although the films from the mainland are a bit behind in imaging technology, they are very ingenious. I think their film and television industry will become very powerful in the future."

Yamaguchi Tsutoyo seems to have a good impression of China. Although he doesn't know what he thinks in his heart, at least that's what he shows. Of course, it is also because it is still the honeymoon period between China and Japan. China is a friendly neighbor separated by a narrow strip of water, which is the mainstream thinking in Japanese society at this time.

"By the way, Fukuyama TV recently plans to export a batch of TV series overseas, and plans to let your "Long Vacation" and "Hanzawa Naoki" be the vanguard. This was just decided by the station director at the high-level meeting not long ago, haha, I I’ll tell you more first.”

Kei Fujiwara seemed to be very interested in these things that Yamaguchi Jifeng said, and asked a little more: "Aside from exporting Japanese TV dramas to mainland China, have they been exported to other places?"

"Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Southeast Asia... very few are exported to the West..."

"How's the sale going?"

Yamaguchi Cifeng smiled helplessly, "To be honest, it's not very good. Even in mainland China, movies seem to be not selling well recently. Chinese people seem to prefer Korean dramas and Taiwanese dramas now. The overseas market of TV dramas, It has always been the weakness of Japanese TV dramas. It is not the weakness of Fukuyama TV, but the whole industry. Maybe Japanese people have different tastes in watching TV dramas than other countries.”

That's not the case... Kei Fujiwara said in his heart. They are all in the Confucian cultural circle, the diffraction zone of Chinese civilization, how can the taste deviate? If it doesn’t sell well in the West, it can also be explained by the cultural environment. If it doesn’t sell well in Asia, you have to think about your own problems.

Japanese dramas entered the Chinese market in the early 1980s, and Korean dramas first aired in China two or three years ago. Now the Korean Wave has emerged in China. In a few years, the Korean Wave will sweep the entire land of China.

Speaking of the influence of overseas cultures on China, it is often said that the Japanese and Korean Waves are popular, but in fact, most of them are animated cartoons. Exceed.

Japan is small and sparsely populated, and there is no future for playing in the country. No matter how high the achievements are in the field of TV dramas, once you go abroad, you will become short and half. You must be like the Japanese animation industry, and you can also do it overseas. Just break into the next world...

Fujiwara Kei thought silently in his heart, but he didn't say what he said, and it was useless to say it. Now many TV station executives don't seem to care much about overseas markets.

Especially the Chinese market...these idiots have no idea what kind of treasure they are missing out on.

"By the way, Mr. Fujiwara." Seeing that Kei Fujiwara asked some questions, it seemed that he didn't say anything important, so Yamaguchi Jifeng asked actively, brought the topic back, then raised the cup, and then sucked slowly Had some tea.

"I plan to hand over the second season of "Furuhata Rensaburo" and "The Lonely Gourmet" to the production bureau for filming, and I will also help the production bureau write a play, but I have to designate the main creative personnel and broadcast time. "

"Hmm... what?! Pfft!" Yamaguchi Jifeng didn't react for a while, and took a big mouthful of tea, which burned his tongue, and then sprayed out his mouth full of tea.

Fortunately, he turned his head in time and didn't spray onto Kei Fujiwara's face.