Chapter 206: Funds, Auditions, Broadcasting

Akiwara Yuto made a decision and immediately let Asano Aiko and the newly appointed assistant Satake Maki find the contact information of some financial institutions.

After multiple screenings, he chose an international accounting firm with asset management business and paid a visit.

During the communication, a senior manager of the other party proposed a suggestion—to establish a private charitable foundation company overseas and put all the copyright and royalties of the books under the foundation.

In addition, large-scale charitable activities are needed, donating 30% of the income to the areas in need to achieve the purpose of reasonable tax avoidance.

However, when formulating the donation plan, Akiwara Yuto donated most of this money to the country, and a small part was donated to various associations and institutions in Japan, including the orphanage where his original body came from.

Although the proportion is only a small part, with the increase of Akiwara Yuto's fame and the gradual increase of works, the amount of this money is also very objective.

After receiving the donation, the political groups behind these associations and institutions will inevitably support Akiwara Yuto more and bring him a good reputation in society.

While Akiwara Yuto and Asano were handling various procedures, the "Furuhata" crew of Fuji TV was busy with auditions, or trial acting.

Audition usually refers to the way of filming a video to decide whether someone is suitable to be an actor, or whether an actor is suitable to play a role in a film.

In popular terms, it is to see if these actors will have a big cake face when they are on camera.

So what happened in the crew should be called trial acting, that is, arranging for actors to perform impromptu on the spot to decide whether to hire them.

In a conference room with bright lights, Fuji Taishu, as a producer, and Director Wakayama Tomoki sat in the judging seats and started trial acting for actors with others—Akiwara Yuto would have been here, but he voluntarily gave up for the sake of avoiding suspicion.

"Next," a staff member in a black uniform shouted, and immediately a middle-aged man in a gray coat walked in.

"Start performing." Wakayama Tomoki carefully pondered the image of this man for a while before speaking.

Hearing the request, the middle-aged man began to perform.

After he finished performing and left, Wakayama Tomoki took a pen and wrote a few strokes in the notebook, recording his thoughts, while Fuji Taishu asked: "What do you think of this Mr. Shimamura?"

Wakayama Tomoki touched his forehead and replied hesitantly: "The acting foundation is very solid, and the image is also very steady, but I always feel that it is not as suitable as Takeuchi Masateru."

Fuji Taishu heard this and also frowned and thought.

"Detective Kamimura" and "Furuhata Ninzaburo" are competitors of the same type, so the choice of the protagonist is very important.

If the protagonist is not chosen well, it might not only be looked down upon by many drama critics, but even attract a large number of viewers to the other party.

He hesitated and said: "Except for Kishida Ryota recommended by Teacher Akiwara, this is already the last one. If it still doesn't work, we can only look for it again."

Although he said so, he also knew in his heart that there were only so many actors of this type, and the possibility of finding a suitable candidate again was not high.

Wakayama Tomoki also knew this truth, sighed, and said: "Let that Mr. Kishida try."

He said so, but he didn't think highly of Kishida Ryota in his heart, after all, the other party hadn't played any lead roles for so many years and had been hovering in second and third-tier roles.

For an actor, if he can't make it for many years, it is also very difficult to become famous overnight.

Seeing the director speak, the staff immediately shouted "Next," and Kishida Ryota walked in with steady steps.

After he came in, Wakayama Tomoki examined him carefully for a few times and found that he was wearing a black suit, and inside was a dark gray sweater. And his hair was permed into curls reaching his shoulders.

This image looked very familiar. Wakayama Tomoki thought for a while before asking: "This is the look of Furuhata Ninzaburo, right?"

Kishida Ryota bowed to signal, and then raised his head to reply: "Yes, this is what I deliberately chose according to the description in Teacher Akiwara's work."

Wakayama Tomoki became interested and asked again: "Then have you read the serialized issues of 'Furuhata'?"

"I have read it, including the issue published recently."

Wakayama Tomoki and Fuji Taishu looked at each other, and both had a number in their hearts.

It seems that this Mr. Kishida has done a lot of preparation. From this point of view, he is much better than the few who auditioned before.

However, the choice of actor is finally judged according to acting skills, so neither of them had extra words.

And after Wakayama Tomoki wrote a few words with a pen, he waved his hand and said: "Start performing."

Kishida Ryota took a deep breath and began to perform. He raised his head, and his whole temperament changed suddenly, as if he had become another person in an instant.

He first performed the embarrassment of being drenched in the rain and going to borrow a room, and then performed the meeting with the suspect for the first time.

After seeing the other party's golden retriever, he first raised his head, then nodded with a smile, lowered his body, and touched the air with his hand, as if there was a golden retriever there.

He laughed softly: "Good... good... what a big dog."

After performing this part, he used the tone of a friend to tentatively ask about the suspect's information.

Finally, he took two steps, the devil-may-care look on his face began to fade slowly, and it became a serious expression pointing out the murderer.

In the final link of sympathizing with the murderer, he became a pitiful look again.

Looking at Kishida Ryota's performance, Wakayama Tomoki and Fuji Taishu couldn't help but sit up straight.

Although they felt that Kishida Ryota's attitude was serious, they didn't hold much hope.

After all, in their view, the other party was just a connection household stuffed in by Akiwara Yuto.

But after seeing Kishida Ryota's performance, both of them were surprised—the foundation and expression of this performance far exceeded the previous actors.

If they had to score, the previous ones were around 70 points, while Kishida Ryota could reach 85, or even 90 points!

Good guy, where exactly did Akiwara Yuto find him!

Wakayama Tomoki and Fuji Taishu didn't hesitate, quickly made a decision, and expressed on the spot that he would be the lead. And after Kishida Ryota learned that he could become the lead, he cried with joy on the spot and immediately called Akiwara Yuto to express his gratitude.

Akiwara Yuto didn't expect him to really be hired, just smiled and said no need to thank him, everything was fought for by himself, just perform well.

Kishida Ryota immediately expressed that he would definitely continue to work hard! He would definitely perform this play well!

In fact, even if Akiwara Yuto didn't say it, he would do so. For him, whether he could play the lead role well this time relates to his acting career for the rest of his life.

Success or failure depends on this one move!

After picking the lead, the crew quickly selected other candidates and held a boot ceremony.

After the boot ceremony, "Furuhata Ninzaburo" immediately tightened the filming, and the news that this work would be released at the end of January was also officially announced!

After learning this news, the industry paid attention one after another.

After all, Asahi TV had already announced the filming of the detective drama "Detective Kamimura," and didn't expect Fuji TV to also film a detective drama of the same type.

Two major TV stations will broadcast TV dramas of the same type in the same time slot, and they are different works by new and old mystery writers! This is undoubtedly a big explosive news!

For a time, many entertainment reporters began to interview both sides, and even Akiwara Yuto received many interview invitations!

Fuji TV and Asahi TV were also happy to see this status quo, after all, the more the media pays attention, the more they are helping them promote!

Under this public opinion environment, time quickly reached the day when "Furuhata Ninzaburo" officially started broadcasting! ===== CHAPTER 207 =====