Chapter 349: Expert Character

Kei Fujiwara was not surprised when he received the invitation for this show. After discussing the time with the staff on the other end of the phone, he accepted the invitation. While going to NHK to participate in a talk show, we agreed on the filming time for this documentary.

The documentary team proposed to shoot behind-the-scenes footage of the crew, and Kei Fujiwara agreed. Anyway, when the documentary is broadcast, it will also have an advertising effect on the film, a win-win situation.

"The Expert" is a very famous documentary series by NHK. The broadcast time is not fixed. Each episode is filmed around the life and work of a leading figure in a certain industry.

Anyone who can appear on this program is a big figure who has reached a certain height in the industry, such as the Prime Minister, entrepreneurs who were once known as business gods, Nobel Prize winners, etc.

Ensuke Kato, the former king of television, filmed this documentary many years ago.

So being on this show is in itself a reflection of industry status. Judging from Kei Fujiwara's experience of being invited to this show at the age of 25, it would be an understatement to say that it is unprecedented.

Kei Fujiwara considers himself young and thought he would miss this documentary within five years. When he was in his thirties, he might be able to star in an episode of this documentary. Unexpectedly, this day came sooner than he expected in reality.

In fact, the producers of this documentary originally hesitated to invite Fujiwara Kei because of his age - he was too young. He is not yet twenty-five years old, and among the interviewees who have appeared before in "The True Colors of Experts", he is almost like a minor.

Therefore, the interview target was initially planned to be TTV’s Hidaka Junaki. However, some senior executives at NHK raised doubts. In terms of the performance of his works, Hidaka Junaki was obviously not as good as Fujiwara Kei, who had defeated him head-on several times. If After this episode is aired, it may arouse doubts among viewers. At that time, it will be a harm to the professionalism and impartiality of the program "The Expert" and even NHK TV station.

So after some discussion, the creators of the program finally decided to invite Kei Fujiwara. Young is better. In the long history, there will always be people like Kei Fujiwara who go beyond common sense. The main purpose of "Experts" is to share the life and work of leading figures in the industry, and there is no limit on how many people under the age cannot be invited.

Is Kei Fujiwara now considered a leader in the broadcast industry? Don't be kidding, who counts him?

Kei Fujiwara accepted the invitation, and the next day, the "Experts" program team came to the filming site.

The NHK crew was very professional. After arriving at the scene, they just filmed quietly and never disturbed the work of the original crew. They only ran up to ask a few questions about Kei Fujiwara while the crew was taking a break. .

Ohno Nagaharu: "Well... my relationship with Fujiwara began in the winter of 1993, when he was still a student and came to my bookstore to find a part-time job. He was very smart and serious about his work, and the customers liked him very much. , always sold the most books. I was still his boss at that time. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, I would be working for him. I really miss those days..."

Inoue Morimata: "My first starring role, and my most well-known work is Mr. Fujiwara's "Homeless Child". During the filming, Mr. Fujiwara gave me a lot of care and guidance, and also made me truly feel When it comes to the role. Mr. Fujiwara is a very warm person."

Arima Sai: "Fujiwara-sensei and I get along very well. To a certain extent, he and I are the same person. Very talented."

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"The Expert" program is expected to be filmed next to Fujiwara Kei for two weeks to a month to accumulate material. The program will be officially broadcast next year.

Another day of shooting was over. In the evening, Kei Fujiwara directly organized a dinner party, both for team building and to entertain the NHK staff.

However, I didn't expect that the people on the "Experts" program team were very dedicated. Even during the dinner, the cameraman never put down the camera on his shoulder, saying it was to accumulate more video material.

When Kei Fujiwara saw that they were insistent, he didn't say much. They were all in this business anyway, and they didn't care much about the presence of the camera. They didn't feel nervous or anything, so the group chatted happily at the dinner table.

Junji Miyabe was very happy. He hugged the people around him and kept pouring wine into his mouth. After drinking too much, he wanted to rush to Kei Fujiwara's table to toast, but was forced down by the people around him, like catching a pig. This guy weighs two hundred kilograms, so it's really hard to control.

He is very grateful to Kei Fujiwara for giving him this opportunity. Not long ago, he heard that the president’s brother-in-law would also come to work on this crew, and he was really worried for a long time, but he didn’t expect that Kei Fujiwara didn’t want him directly and let him in I was secretly happy for a while.

Well done, Mr. Fujiwara! You should be so unafraid of power! Miyabe Zhenji shouted in his heart.

During the specific work period, Miyabe Zhenji also felt Kei Fujiwara's amazing professionalism. It is logical that this is his first time as a film supervisor, but the leadership and foresight he showed on the set is like An old man who has been in the industry for many years.

In the Japanese broadcasting industry and the film industry, transformation is commonplace, and even many people are both directors and screenwriters. This is the case for the director of the parallel world "Confession".

However, many people who are transitioning for the first time will always make some jokes more or less because they don't know much about the business, but this kind of thing never happened to Kei Fujiwara. And Kei Fujiwara seems to have a completely new understanding of many shooting techniques, even ahead of the times.

He also has a strong foundation in storyboard painting. There is a storyboard artist on the crew, but the main storyboards were drawn by Kei Fujiwara himself. He drew pictures very quickly, as if he already had ready-made movie scenes in his mind.

Miyabe Seiji originally thought that the film would take about four months to shoot, but now it seems that the production time will be greatly shortened.

"Imai-kun, put down the machine and have a drink." Looking at the cameraman who was still working, Ohno Nagaharu couldn't help but raise his glass and said.

The cameraman shook his head and continued to shoot.

"Ohno-kun, there is no need to persuade him." The accompanying director said, "Imai will never drink while working."

"Okay, let's have something to eat." Ohno Nagaharu took a plate of sushi and handed it over.

Videographer Imai ate two pieces of sushi and continued to wander around the table with his camera in order to accumulate more shooting materials.

At this time, Imai heard a burst of singing, turned around and saw Arimama Sai humming something. Imai was considered a music enthusiast. He thought the song was very nice, but had no impression at the moment, so he asked: "Jian Zhai, what song are you singing?"

"Huh?" Arimamasai raised his head and glanced at him, "I don't know. I also learned from Ino. She always hums this song."

Imai became interested in this song, so he went to Inoue Morimata and asked about this song.

Inoue Mori added: "This song was written by Mr. Fujiwara's mother and is called "Song of Bamboo". Mr. Fujiwara sang it to me once before, so I remembered it later."

"Can you sing it again?"

Inoue Mori sang another section very cooperatively, but stopped after less than half a minute, and said with a smile: "I know so much, but Fujiwara-sensei didn't sing all the songs at the beginning."

Imai refused to give up, so he went to the Fujiwara Keina table again.