Life in Tokyo starting as a child star

"So, since you have decided to participate in "She and Him", I am also a little curious about the current situation of the live-action version of "She and Him"?"

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing the enemy, you can win every battle.

Since we know that "She and Him" ​​may not be satisfactory in terms of funding, it is imperative to find out the depth of the adaptation of "She and Him" ​​as soon as possible and make psychological preparations.

As the original author of "She and Him", Kita Chengyoubo has the corresponding right to know about this kind of live-action adapted TV series.

There is absolutely no problem asking her.

"Well, "She and Him" ​​has been on sale for 4 months. The cumulative sales have sold 190,000 copies."

"So many?"

Kita Chengshi put down his chopsticks and raised his head.

Don't think that Kita Chengyoubo's 190,000 copies in these 4 months are a bit low-brow just because the light novels next door sell 100,000 or 200,000 volumes per month.

On the contrary, as a literary work, it is already quite remarkable to sell 190,000 copies.

You have to know that not everyone is willing to buy "She and Him" ​​with a unit price of 2,000 to 2,500 yen.

Converted into yen, the popularity of "She and Him" ​​alone has brought a profit of 400 million yen.

This is indeed a hot sale.

And it is a big hit.

No wonder that only four months later, Kitasumi Ariha's "She and Him" ​​is about to announce a live-action adaptation. It is really hot.

Thinking of this, Kitasumi Shi did not forget to ask the most critical point.

"What is the production cost of each episode of the TV series "She and Him"?"

"About .7 million yen. A total of 7 episodes will be filmed, totaling 49 million yen."

"So little?!"

If the previous one was amazed by Kitasumi Ariha's performance.

Then Kitasumi Shi rolled his eyes and was shocked by what Kitasumi Ariha said later.

The main reason is that this is too extreme.

The previous 190,000 copies were sold out.

7 million yen per episode in the end. This is too much.

Are you really treating "She and Him" ​​as a web drama?

Yes.

If it is a low-budget web drama, 7 million yen is tight, but it can still barely make ends meet.

But this is a TV series, and it has to be put on TV.

The director team has to spend at least 3 million yen.

Then there are the actors.

For a popular actor like Kita Sumimi, the minimum salary for each episode is 1.5 million yen, and the minimum salary for other new actors is around 300,000 yen.

7 million yen is almost gone.

Not to mention the cost of costumes, props, makeup, etc.

Kita Sumimi was still thinking at first, thinking that if the production budget was lower, it would not be impossible to tighten her belt to make ends meet.

But this is no longer a matter of tightening her belt.

This may break her waist.

It's no wonder that Bei Cheng Youbo didn't want him to wade into this muddy water.

The water here is indeed a bit deep.

"Why is it so low?"

"That's because "She and He" was not adapted by Tan Kou Sha, but adapted by an external TV station investor."

Bei Cheng Youbo lowered his head in embarrassment.

As one of the largest comprehensive publishing houses in Japan, Tan Kou Sha naturally has internal adaptations (adapted by Tan Kou Sha with funds from its own works).

And these internally adapted works naturally have sufficient production funds.

But external adaptations are different.

After the two parties have reached an agreement, the investor will adapt it, and how to adapt it depends entirely on the investor's mood.

When Bei Cheng Youbo said "adapted by the TV station investor", Bei Cheng Shi gradually reacted.

"She and He" may have become a strong man, and was picked up by the TV station to make up the number.

The so-called "making up the number" is actually that the TV station's program gap in the season is too large, and there are no TV programs broadcast in some time periods.

So what should be done? You can't broadcast TV ads to the audience, right?

At this time, it is natural to need low-cost TV series and major variety shows to make up the numbers - at least to fill the gap, so that the audience can have a "drama" to watch during this time period.

Obviously, "She and He" was favored by the investors and was "grabbed" to make up the numbers.

As a hot-selling work, the first adaptation of "She and He" is already quite gimmicky, enough to attract a group of viewers.

Even if it is filmed badly, there will definitely be some fans of the original work willing to pay for it in the end.

This is the basis for sales.

Then think about it the other way around. Since "She and He" is a hot-selling work, why can't we give more production funds to "She and He" and make it a hot drama? Isn't this better?

For this question, the reason is actually simpler - big investment is not so easy to get.

Not to mention that Bei Chengyoubo is just a mid-level literary author and does not have a particularly solid popularity base.

In this case, allocating more production funds is completely a gamble.

The TV industry is staring at the ratings, advertising revenue, copyright revenue and other miscellaneous profits.

Who is willing to spend real money on a TV show that may not produce results?

The producer who can do such a thing is just a naive fool.

After all, where are there so many good dramas in the world?

Do you really think that you can "pick up" a good drama by spending money?

Don't think too much.

"Shi-chan. After all, let's just forget it, right?"

Seeing Kitaki Minoru sinking into deep thought and no longer expressing his stance, Kitachi Ariha next to him started to back down.

"Forget it.? Why?"

Hearing Beicheng Aribo's words, Beicheng Minoru came back to his senses and asked her strangely.

"Because Minoru looks very distressed. The production cost of 7 million yen per episode is indeed too small. Even Minoru must find it a bit difficult, right?"

she asked.

And Kitazumi also expressed his position very simply: "It is indeed somewhat difficult."

Beicheng Youbo is half of the industry, so there is no point in hiding it from her.

With 7 million yen, it would be difficult to even find a decent director team.

Not to mention the actors and scenes are where the big money comes from.

"That's it."

Hearing Beicheng Minoru's words, Beicheng Yubo still wanted to speak.

But she hasn't spoken yet.

Over there, Kitumi Minoru waved her hand to interrupt her words, her eyes full of light: "But it's just 'somewhat difficult', it doesn't mean that you can't produce good works."

7 million yen per episode. This does sound a bit small.

But as long as you save some money and spend all your money wisely, you can still produce good works.

"Yeah?"

Kitachi Minori's words have always been believed by Kitachi Yuha.

Seeing his face full of confidence.

There was a different emotion in her voice, and a look of admiration on her face.

"In other words, does Minoru have the confidence to support the entire TV series by herself?"

"Ahem, cough, cough - that's a bit."

Beicheng Shi coughed twice.

If it were any other TV series, it would be impossible for him alone to support such a huge volume.

After all, TV dramas are, to put it bluntly, the work of a group of people.

Individual abilities are quite limited in it.

Even if Kitami Minori's performance is indeed outstanding, the performance of other teammates is poor. It is difficult to change the reputation of a work.

but

That's just based on the fact that Kitumi Minoru is just 'eye-catching'.

What if Kitumi's performance throughout the entire TV series was so stunning that it even concealed the poor filming quality?

The situation must be greatly improved, right?

And Kitaki Minoru holds such a ‘ trump card ’ in his hands.

Kitaki Minoru's eyes turned to look at the edge of the field of vision.

There, the pages of the life experience game are slowly unfolding.

Among them, the skill "Charisma automatically +1 when shooting commercials" caught the attention of Kitazumi Minoru.

As said before.

The so-called adaptations such as TV series, movies, animations, etc. are nothing more than different kinds of "advertising" to increase the popularity of the original work and promote the sales of the original work.

Then follow the rules of this evil game.

Is the filming of the TV series "Her and Him" ​​counted as part of the advertising campaign?

Beicheng Minoru thinks it's very possible.

After all, he had already experienced this skill bonus when he was promoting the new book "Her and Him".

"If the idea holds true."

Beicheng Minoru touched his chin, his eyes full of interest.

He has experienced the heaven-defying effect of 10 points of full charm points bonus too many times.

The moment he takes the stage, he can capture everyone's attention.

No matter men, women, old or young, kill them all directly.

This thing is really a bit like the 'charm' skill in 'Succubus'.

If we rely on it, we might be able to find a way out of the 7 million yen production budget.

Of course, Kitaki Minoru did not explain this to Kitachi Yuha.

After all, even if Beicheng Yubo was told about this, the other party would probably think that he was under too much pressure and was hallucinating.

He made up his mind, then turned his head and looked at Beicheng Aruba.

"Aunt Youbo, do you have the contact information of the director of the filming team?"

"Huh? Oh, yes."

Beicheng Youbo reacted and nodded quickly.

The Japanese adaptation industry still respects the original author quite a bit, at least on the surface.

Even for a newcomer like Ariha Kitazumi, the filming crew and producers still call each other "teacher" and their attitude is quite cordial.

It’s just that some people think one thing before and another behind the scenes.

The production cost of 7 million yen per episode is actually enough to show their contempt for "Her and Him".

Kitazumi Ariha told Kitazumi Minoru his contact information.

Kitami Minoru did not hesitate. While receiving the contact information, he forwarded it to Tamura Koji and asked him to help contact him.

very good--

Looking at his phone.

Kitaki nodded with satisfaction.

He would try to do everything he could.

After all, he is quite defensive.

It is related to the interests of our own Salty Carrot No. 1.

There was no way he could just swallow his anger.

And next

"We have to wait for the response from there."

Beicheng stretched vigorously.

I guess the people in the sub-service industry didn’t expect it either.

His first work after becoming the first son was not a big-budget TV series from another TV station, but a low-cost TV series with a pitifully small production budget like "Her and Him".

But that didn't matter to him.

Anyway, now the Ziyu industry either calls him ‘Alien Ziyu’ or ‘Freak Ziyu’. Or they call him weird names like ‘Commander Beicheng’.

It's weird enough anyway.

That might as well be a little weirder.