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Because of the popular effects of social events and the thrilling plot of the film itself, after its release, the film received 525 million viewers and won awards for each item, which can be described as a double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office.

However, Hiroto Akihara's version of "Memories of Murder" is an adaptation based on the criminal background of the current Japanese society.

The era he lives in now is at a time when the neon economic crisis is still fermenting. Because of the unemployment problem, there are a lot of crimes in the society.

Therefore, such crime movies can resonate with the public to a certain extent.

And he is not worried about the adaptability of the IP adaptation, because the adaptation of the same IP for different markets is actually not uncommon in previous lives.

For example, "Suspect X" and "I Am a Murderer" have Japanese and Korean versions, and the box office is not bad.

But the most critical thing is the level of quality of the film and the performance of the actors.

Therefore, he specially wrote "Memories of Murder", a work full of tension and exciting elements, based on the style of Takuto Utsumi, and hoped that the other party would make it into a movie.

When the movie is released, he can take advantage of the opportunity to release the original work of this work, thus obtaining two incomes.

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Time passed little by little, and after about 30 minutes, Utsumi Takuto and Nagayama Yoshito finished watching the work.

After reading it, both of them showed complicated expressions.

How should I put it, although it did not meet their expectations, I have to admit that this work called "Memories of Murder" is also very suitable for adaptation into a movie.

The plot of the story is extremely tight from beginning to end, and a series of conflicts broke out around the suspense of who the murderer is.

And the constant change of perspective can bring strong stimulation to the audience!

Seeing Utsumi Takuto's expression, Akihara Hiroto asked, "Utsumi-san, how is it, is it acceptable?"

Utsumi Takuto sighed, and said hesitantly, "Mr. Akihara, if there is only a script, I'm sorry we can't accept it."

A good script is indeed good, but a good script does not guarantee a box office hit.

In the absence of as many readers as "Suspect X", this new work may need more publicity expenses to achieve the same publicity effect.

Not only that, according to the previous conditions, he would also give Hiroto Akihara 10% of the box office, which is a lot of money!

If other investors suffer too much loss because of this, then he probably won't be able to continue his career as an independent producer.

Between risks and benefits, he finally chose the one that was safest for him.

But he didn't intend to give up the original idea, trying to persuade Akihara Hiroto.

"Mr. Akihara, if possible, why don't you give me the film and television copyright of "Suspect X"? If this one doesn't work, "Death of the Reasoner" or "Death by Negligence" are also acceptable!"

Hiroto Akihara raised his eyebrows.

Good guy, your eyes are really poisonous, all you want are works with good box office results in your previous life!

But he didn't intend to give in, so he continued: "Neihaisang, please forgive me, I have other uses for these works."

Seeing Utsumi Takuto still have a bitter face, Akihara Hiroto coughed.

"I remember that the estimated production cost is 1 million yen. What if I invest 5 million yen in it? But the final share of the box office needs to be changed."

Because the books under his banner are basically self-published, and the advertising and channel fees are relatively low, Hiroto Akihara's royalties remain high.

The fee of 1 million yen is only half a month's income for him now.

Although it is nothing to that kind of large enterprise, it is equivalent to the total wages of senior white-collar workers who do not eat or drink for 10 years.

But when they heard the figure of [-] million yen, Takuto Utsumi and Yoshito Nagayama showed expressions of surprise.

Does being a writer make so much money?Or did Yuuto Akihara take out all his savings!

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at the high-end apartment where he was now, dispelling his doubts.

In his opinion, an apartment in the port area of ​​Akihara costs at least hundreds of millions of yen!

Akihara Yuto poured tea for the two of them again, and then said that he had something to do at the moment, so he left the living room and went to the study.

At this time, he will leave it to the two of them to discuss it slowly.

After he left, Takuto Utsumi discussed with his partner Yoshito Yongshan, "Yongshan, how about it, do you accept it?"

In fact, he was already moved, but he still asked Yongshan Yiren for his opinion. After all, the latter is a screenwriter and has participated in the writing of many movie scripts.

If he really wants to cooperate, he also intends to hand over the script of "Memories of Murder" to the other party to write.

Yongshan Yiren hesitated for a while, and replied: "Why don't you accept it, you see, we don't have much risk after all."

Hiroto Akihara paid two-thirds of the production cost of 1 yen.

And all they need to do is to get the remaining 5 million yen production costs and 5 million yen promotion costs.

And with the support of Hiroto Akihara, they have a lot of confidence whether they are going to persuade other investors or promote the movie!

The hope of success is so great, and the cost of trial and error is so small, it would be foolish to miss it!

After listening to his companion's analysis, Utsumi gritted his teeth and made a decision.

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After saying goodbye to the two, Hiroto Akihara held the teacup and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at Tokyo Bay in the distance, thinking about the next plan.

As of today, I have basically used less than half of the reasoning works in my mind, and there are not many works left, and most of them are reasoning movies.

And with the increase of works and fans, he has also become one of the "famous writers" that cannot be ignored in the reasoning world, and has achieved certain achievements.

There is definitely no problem with the Uemura Award, and the Mystery Writers Association Award is not a big problem. It is only a matter of time before you get it.

When the awards are collected, I will release some works by myself, and it is estimated that I will soon reach the status of Keigo Higashino in my previous life.

In other words, in the field of reasoning, there are not many challenges that I face.

But without these challenges, should I switch to other fields, such as opening up a new "battlefield" outside the field of reasoning.

Making "Memories of Murder" into a movie this time is one of his experiments.

After all, this kind of work that can fit reality can still be adapted into reality and released after it is released.

But having said that, do I want to write some works in traditional fields?

For example, "I Am a Cat" by Natsume Soseki, "Snow Country" by Yasunari Kawabata, and "Norwegian Forest" by Keigo Higashino. These works were more famous and attracted people's attention in their previous lives.

But it is not without hidden dangers. For example, because I write works of different genres, I have been complained by some book reviewers that my style is unstable.