Chapter 536 Vultures Eating Dead Bodies

"Actually, there is an interesting thing that many viewers don't seem to know." Dr. Imai continued: "Mr. Shirai, it seems that he once worked in that thief company. I heard that he even achieved a very high position? He was only one step away from that. Became the top leader of that company?"

Eiji Shirai smiled and said: "Haha, Mr. Imai, you have really done a lot of research."

"That's natural. This is my professional quality as a media person. So what exactly happened? Why did Mr. Shirai resign?"

"Of course there are unavoidable reasons. Who would want to leave the place where they have worked for many years for no reason?" Eiji Shirai sighed, "In short, I think the production system of that company is chaotic, and the personnel aspect is really unbearable. Can you imagine a person with no work experience directly becoming the first assistant director just because of nepotism? Oh, forget it, since I am already an employee of another company, it is not convenient to say too much!"

You said a lot... Dr. Imai cursed.

After the program was aired, the impact naturally expanded, and Dongdao Channel later mentioned the matter in various news programs and variety shows for three consecutive days, showing great enthusiasm.

Although there is also a mentality of beating up the lost dog, the most important reason why Higashishimadai is willing to cooperate with Kei Fujiwara to spare no effort to expand its influence is that Kei Fujiwara accepted their additional investment.

The movie they invested in was "Infernal Affairs" by Kei Fujiwara. The super success of "My Sassy Girl" gave the investors great confidence. While feeling lucky, they also called Kei Fujiwara from time to time to express if they needed additional investment. , don't be polite.

In addition, "My Sassy Girl" has already made a lot of money. At this stage, Shuibo has sufficient funds. Whoever is willing to accept additional money is almost equal to intending to give up profits.

Dongdaotai invested in Shuibo, which is equivalent to standing in the same trench and becoming a vulture eating the same dead body.

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After 27 days of screening, the cumulative box office of "My Sassy Girl" reached 10 billion.

On the day when the tens of billions of box office achievements were achieved, bouquets and cakes from various investment awards were delivered one after another to the hands of the creators. The creative team headed by Odagiri Kōzo was in a state of unparalleled glory. All kinds of double-layer cakes the size of basins filled the conference room, and the film department invited various departments in the company to share the cakes.

Especially the guys in the TV series department...we must put cake in their mouths and let them talk nonsense like "the movie department is supported by the TV series department"!

Now that you haven't had any work for a while, who brought in revenue to the company during this period? ah? Say it?

Employees from various departments also came over to show respect to the comedy group's creator. At the same time, each of them held a piece of cake and ate it. They were not in a hurry to leave, but stood and talked with each other.

Suddenly, the company turned into a cocktail party, and the cream cakes in everyone's hands were like glasses of high-end red wine.

Everyone chatted while eating, talking about the recent business of their departments. Among them, the most prosperous departments are undoubtedly the artist management department, TV drama department and film department. They are the three major oil and water departments of Shuibo Production. They are also jokingly called [Shuibo] by company employees. Yu Sanjia].

Needless to say, the film department and the TV drama department are the main project departments. Although the advertising department has recently begun to take on some external business and has become a small advertising studio, the money earned is not the same as that of these two departments. level.

The business volume of the artist management department has also increased significantly. "My Sassy Girl" not only brought tens of billions in box office, but also millions of fans for the heroine Takami Inoshita.

There is no doubt that Takami Inoshita has become the second most popular artist of Mizunami Productions after Hitomi Deki, and there is almost no doubt that she will win this year's Newcomer King award. Apart from her, there are almost no popular newcomers this year. If Takami Inoshita cannot win the "Newcomer King", then the credibility of this award will be completely eliminated.

The artist management department only regrets one thing now - that is, not including more artists from their own company in the movie "My Sassy Girl", otherwise, they would be burping after this one.

So all the main department heads and agents of the artist management department came to express their congratulations to the people in the film department.

At the same time, I also want to build a good relationship with this production department, which has unlimited potential. If I have any projects in the future, I still have to think more about my own people, and don't give in to those outside agencies.

In fact, although the various departments within the company cooperate more closely, they are also relatively independent. Most departments will only consider the interests and demands of their own department.

When the film department shoots a movie, the performance indicators are naturally box office, video tapes, and peripheral sales. As for the popularity that the movie brings to the artist, it is not considered. After all, that is the business of the artist management department. No matter how much money the artist makes, it will not matter how much money the artist makes. It doesn't matter a dime.

Therefore, when selecting people, they only consider whether they are suitable and whether they can bring profits to the movie. If the compatibility between the artist outside the company and the role is 99, and the compatibility between the artist within the company is 98, they will choose someone outside the company without hesitation.

Even if this character becomes popular, it can bring billions of yen in additional revenue to the company, but this is not within their consideration, and this is what Kei Fujiwara promised.

Kei Fujiwara is now gradually delegating power, and they also have more power to make their own choices.

Therefore, although they are both [Yu Sanjia], the artist management department treats the two production departments like serving uncles and does not dare to show any slights.

"By the way." Taniguchi Toyohaya from the agency department was holding the cake and eating a face full of cream, and asked casually: "How is the progress of the other four movies now?"

"The production of "The Embalmer" has been completed, and "Infernal Affairs" has also been completed and is now in post-production. Only those two animated films are still in production. Judging from the progress, there should be no results this year."

"The production has been completed, why hasn't it been decided yet?" Toyohaya Taniguchi asked. Now that "My Sassy Girl" is about to be finished, there has been no news that the new movie will be released, and there is not even any publicity news. No. Logically speaking, it is time for the gongs and drums to start shouting loudly.

"It seems that it will be sent to the Venice Film Festival... and it won't be too late to release it after the festival."

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The Venice Film Festival is held for ten days in total and is held every year from the end of August to the beginning of September on the Lido Island in Venice, Italy. It is an art-oriented film festival and one of the three major international film festivals. The best film award at this film festival is also known as the "Golden Lion Award", and its gold content is no less than the Academy Award.

Kei Fujiwara has always attached great importance to this type of film festival. Although commercial performance is important, awards can also be monetized to a certain extent.

Moreover, awards are also very helpful in improving the company's status and style in the industry. Therefore, Fujiwara Keito actively participates in these heavyweight awards. For example, the film "Confession" has participated in the three major international film festivals, but it is a pity that he did not win and only won influential awards in Asia.

The reason why Kei Fujiwara filmed "The Embalmer" was because he wanted to compete for awards at the beginning. After all, this film in a parallel world has won an Oscar.