Chapter 203: Scripts, Actors, Auditions

Upon discovering the door being pushed open, a man in the conference room stood up and walked over.

Fuji Taishu immediately introduced: "Teacher Akiwara, this is Director Wakayama Tomoki; Director Wakayama, this is Teacher Akiwara Yuto, and Teacher Akiwara's assistant, Miss Asano Aiko."

"Teacher Akiwara, Miss Asano, hello." The middle-aged man named Wakayama Tomoki nodded to signal and handed over his business card to the two.

Akiwara Yuto examined him and found that the other party was almost over 50, with thinning hair.

He took the business card and, together with Asano Aiko, said politely: "Director Wakayama, hello."

The three chatted for a few sentences, which counted as a simple introduction.

Fuji Taishu called an assistant to make tea and then greeted the three: "Let's all sit down first."

The three followed suit and soon sat by the conference table. Because it wasn't a formal meeting, they sat very close to facilitate conversation.

Akiwara Yuto took the tea handed by the assistant and then asked: "Mr. Fuji, Director Wakayama, let's start talking about business."

After Wakayama Tomoki and Fuji Taishu looked at each other, they took out two thick notebooks and placed them in front of Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko respectively.

"Teacher Akiwara, Miss Asano, one of the intentions of this meeting is to hope that you can look at the script compiled by our screenwriter and see if there are any problems."

Akiwara Yuto nodded, took the script, said "I understand," and began to look at the script with Asano Aiko.

He knew the other party's intention, which was to obtain the satisfaction of him, the original author.

After all, if he was dissatisfied with the adapted script, he only needed to speak out on a public platform to cause the other party no small amount of trouble.

However, there wasn't much to change in "Furuhata Ninzaburo," right?

Forget it, he still had to look carefully, lest it really be "magically adapted."

Time passed bit by bit. After 20 minutes, Akiwara Yuto turned to the last page and finished reading the script for the first episode.

To be honest, compared to the original, the script looked much more boring, completely consisting of scene changes, character lines, and descriptions of action backgrounds.

And the script in his hand was basically adapted according to the original, only modifying some unimportant places.

He thought about it and replied: "This script is very good. Which screenwriter wrote it?"

As the author, Akiwara Yuto had no opinion, and as an assistant, Asano Aiko was even less likely to have an opinion. She gathered the script and placed it on the table beside her.

Fuji Taishu and Wakayama Tomoki both breathed a sigh of relief. The latter replied: "This was written by screenwriter Koga Iori and her assistant, but she has something to do today and is not on the scene."

Akiwara Yuto was a bit curious; this name sounded like it was a woman.

He thought about it and felt it was also very normal.

Because women's minds are more delicate, they might be even more adept at some character lines.

"I understand. I hope that on the basis of not changing much from the original, the subsequent scripts will all be written by this Miss Koga," Akiwara Yuto said politely. "If there are major changes, please contact me."

Although he was quite satisfied with this screenwriter, he didn't give the other party full responsibility, after all, what if the other party had a whim one day and magically adapted certain parts?

However, the filming of a TV drama is a quite long cycle, and he couldn't check every script carefully. That's why there was a requirement to notify him if there were major changes.

Wakayama Tomoki said with a smile: "That's no problem. To be honest, Screenwriter Koga and we all think that Teacher Akiwara's work is very suitable for adaptation into a TV drama, basically no need to change much!"

He wasn't lying about this. Many literary works want to be adapted into TV dramas, often requiring a lot of trade-offs, cutting off many subplots and only retaining the main line.

But he didn't expect that most of the other party's work was retained throughout, which is extremely rare!

Akiwara Yuto accepted the praise with a smile, but he also knew the reason in his heart, so he didn't have any extra thoughts.

Fuji Taishu took over the conversation and asked again: "Teacher Akiwara, regarding the subsequent serialization of 'Furuhata Ninzaburo,' I'll have to trouble you."

Although the contract was signed, the problem he was most worried about was that the Furuhata series had only been serialized for a mere 7 issues so far. If any special circumstances occurred, it might affect the production of the TV drama.

And the production of Japanese TV dramas is in the form of filming while broadcasting.

So he was also worried whether Akiwara Yuto would have any problems and drag down the filming of the TV drama.

"Mr. Fuji, please don't worry about this." Akiwara Yuto heard his subtext and turned to Asano Aiko: "Asano, take out my subsequent manuscripts."

"I understand," Asano Aiko immediately took out 5 manuscripts from the briefcase she was carrying and handed them to Fuji Taishu. "Mr. Fuji, these are the manuscripts for the 5 issues that Teacher Akiwara will serialize later, which have already been proofread by the 'April Youth' editorial department. Please take a look."

Fuji Taishu didn't expect Akiwara Yuto to have already finished the next 5 issues, so he took the manuscripts and looked at them with Wakayama Tomoki.

The two looked very seriously, and Akiwara and Asano also drank tea and waited, neither of them speaking.

After a long time, Fuji Taishu and Wakayama Tomoki raised their heads, revealing satisfied expressions.

Wakayama Tomoki even said with a smile: "Teacher Akiwara, it's written very well, not much different from the previous level."

Adding these 5 issues of manuscripts, it was enough to satisfy the needs of at least one season. As for whether to continue filming later, it would depend on how the ratings were.

Akiwara Yuto didn't know his thoughts and expressed his thanks with a smile, "You're too kind."

He thought about it and asked with concern: "Director Wakayama, Mr. Fuji, may I ask if the protagonist has been decided?"

In his past life, when many people thought of "Furuhata Ninzaburo," the first impression wasn't the case plot inside, but that elegant male lead.

To put it simply and crudely, whether the casting of the male lead is successful or not determines at least more than half of the factors for the success of this drama.

And if his work wants to sell explosively through TV adaptation, he must ensure that this drama can succeed!

As a producer, Fuji Taishu had already made corresponding preparations, ready to find two male stars, Takeuchi Masateru and Muraki Keito, to audition.

Akiwara Yuto usually only cared about the publishing industry and didn't know much about this aspect, so he could only ask: "Can you briefly talk about the background of these two actors?"

Fuji Taishu nodded and began to describe.

"Takeuchi Masateru, 34 years old, has participated in many urban dramas, has served as the lead in TV dramas many times, is good at playing mature men, has a magnetic voice, and is loved by many housewives."

"Muraki Keito, 30 years old, has experience in filming Taiga dramas and urban dramas, but has only served as the lead once, but recently, his popularity is very high."

Fuji Taishu gave a general idea and then handed two photos to Akiwara Yuto.

Akiwara Yuto took the photos and looked at them carefully.

The first person's appearance was quite mature, with regular features, looking very decent, no wonder he was loved by those housewives; compared to him, the second one's appearance was more handsome, but he also looked more immature.

Akiwara Yuto frowned, not very satisfied in his heart.

How should he put it, compared to Tamura Masakazu, who was the lead in his past life, both of them lacked that feeling of elegance within maturity.

He sighed in his heart, feeling that he shouldn't be too harsh, after all, the world was different, how could he find someone exactly the same?

Seeing Akiwara Yuto's expression, Wakayama Tomoki hurriedly asked: "Teacher Akiwara, if you have a suitable candidate, you can also recommend them."

He was afraid that Akiwara Yuto would be dissatisfied but not say it, and then when interviewed by the media, he would say that the lead was not the person in his mind.

If that really happened, he would be screwed.

So he asked Akiwara Yuto to also propose a candidate to see if it was suitable.

Akiwara Yuto shook his head, "Sorry, I don't have any recommended candidates."

He paused and added: "But can I observe the next audition?"

"That's no problem at all," Wakayama Tomoki replied.

Akiwara Yuto nodded, but in his heart, he was thinking about the performances of these two actors, maybe they could give him a different feeling...

But could "Furuhata Ninzaburo" with a changed lead really achieve the results of his past life?

Thinking of this, a layer of haze covered his heart. ===== CHAPTER 204 =====