Chapter 352 Gambling Apocalypse

"Oh, that's great." Kei Fujiwara said, "But I don't think the success rate is high. If it doesn't succeed, don't be too sad."

Japan's social atmosphere is quite open, and puppy love is not a problem here at all. However, Arima's family has strict upbringing, so this matter should be kept secret. Arima Masai told Fujiwara Kei about this matter, and he regarded him as one of his own.

When Arimasai heard Fujiwara Kei say this, he became obviously timid, "When you say that, I don't even dare to go..."

"Then don't go." Kei Fujiwara said, "I guess Inoue doesn't like boys who grind and chirp."

Arimama Sai muttered: "How about I just forget about the whole pot of mushrooms..."

"Give up this dangerous idea of ​​yours immediately." Fujiwara Kei slapped Arima Sai on the back of the head. "There is still a big gap between intentional and unintentional."

After talking to Arimasai, Kei Fujiwara put the matter behind him and continued to direct movies.

Kei Fujiwara was a little worried at first. The relationship between the characters played by Arima Sai and Inoue Morimata in the movie was exactly the opposite of that in reality.

The character played by Inoue Morimata liked the character played by Arima Sai in the movie, but because he made a wrong sentence and offended Arima Sai, his throat was cut with a knife.

Fujiwara Kei was originally worried that Arima Sai would not be able to express his unfeeling feelings for Inoue in the movie, but this boy really doesn't stretch his hips when he performs. This also depends on [Shirakakuya]'s acting skills that he has had since childhood. train.

On this day, Itagaki Kazuhiko came to visit the crew again. Fujiwara Kei also knew his purpose and came to urge the manuscript again. However, this time he was already prepared, so he handed him a manuscript directly.

"Is this a new work in the Mitarai series?" Itagaki Kazuhiko said happily as he took the manuscript.

"No," Kei Fujiwara said as he chewed on a skewer of chicken skewers, "It's from another new series."

"Are you planning to create a new series?" Itagaki Kazuhiko asked. This guy is really brave as an artist. The Mitate Washiji series has already been successful. Publishing a new work in an already successful series, no matter how the work is written, the sales volume It will increase by about 30%. Even if the new work is poorly written, it can sell hundreds of thousands of copies as long as it bears the name Mitaraike.

But the new series is different. With a new protagonist, if the first game tests the waters, the possibility of drowning is very high. Although Kei Fujiwara's fame can make this work receive high attention from the beginning, fame itself is also a double-edged sword.

Because of Kei Fujiwara's fame, the market and critics' criteria for judging him are naturally much harsher. In addition, there is no creator in the world who can conquer all readers. While Kei Fujiwara's "White Night Walk" and "The Mitarashi Series" have conquered many readers, they have also made some people firmly dislike Fujiwara Kei.

Some people will pay for Kei Fujiwara's books when they see them. Others, because they don't like some of Kei Fujiwara's previous works, will immediately shake their heads and leave as soon as they see a book signed by Kei Fujiwara in a bookstore. open.

Therefore, it is necessary to completely change the style and develop your own readership.

Almost all Kei Fujiwara’s previous works were mystery novels. The story mode was nothing more than a case. The protagonist was either the perpetrator or the solver, guiding readers to discover the truth bit by bit. So, how to make new stories based on this? What about innovation?

Kei Fujiwara was lost in thought two nights ago.

Previously, he originally wanted to take out another work by Keigo Higashino and insert it into the Mitarai series. Take "Malice" for example, which is also one of Keigo Higashino's masterpieces.

This book is a standard socialist book. Because of Kei Fujiwara, "White Night Journey" and "The Devotion of Suspect X" completely opened up the socialist market. It has become the hottest genre of mystery novels at the moment, and various excellent social masterpieces are emerging one after another. Among them, "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation", as the base camp of the socialist school, also serialized many authors' socialist works. The reason why the sales volume of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" broke the historical record is inseparable from the countless socialist mystery novels submitted there. .

However, because of this, competition in the path of socialist reasoning is now much more difficult. After thinking about it, Kei Fujiwara felt that "Malice" might not be able to defeat these new socialist authors.

After all, although "Malevolence" can be regarded as one of Keigo Higashino's masterpieces, there is still a certain gap between "White Night Walk" and "The Devotion of Suspect X".

How about writing "Murder on the Orient Train"?

This may be a good choice. However, the night before yesterday, when Kei Fujiwara spread out his manuscript paper and wrote less than a few lines, Katsura Arima suddenly lay on the bed and turned on the TV. Kei Fujiwara subconsciously turned his head to look.

"Ah, are you writing?" Arima Guixiang then noticed that when she was about to turn off the TV, Fujiwara Kei said: "No, you can leave it on."

A foreign movie was playing on the TV. Kei Fujiwara turned his head and glanced at it. The painting style looked familiar. After a closer look, he realized that it was a Hong Kong movie.

Hong Kong films in this world have also been strong for a while, but now, they are gradually beginning to decline.

This is a gambling-themed movie, one of the most famous genres of Hong Kong films.

The gambling movie played on TV is also a very classic gambling movie in this world, with a status no less than "God of Gamblers" in the parallel world.

Kei Fujiwara watched for a while, and suddenly a new idea came to his mind. So he tore off the paper with "Murder on the Orient Express" written on it and wrote a new title.

""Gambling Apocalypse"?" Itagaki Kazuhiko looked at the name of the manuscript and couldn't help but read.

Looking at the name, Itagaki Kazuhiko couldn't help frowning, then turned over a page, looked at the outline, and said with some surprise: "Agui, don't you plan to write a mystery theme in this one?"

"I plan to make some changes." Fujiwara Kei said, "In fact, this theme is also a variant of the mystery theme. It also requires the protagonist to see through the opponent's traps and traps. There is no significant difference in essence."

The original work of "Gambling Apocalypse" is a comic book. As a rare gambling theme in Japanese comics, it can also be called one of the masterpieces of "Witness Fighting Style". Another masterpiece of "Wits. Fighting Style" is a certain work. notes.

Every gambling game in "The Apocalypse of Gambling" can be picked out individually to form a very interesting chapter. Because there are so many excellent plots, there have been countless followers and copycats. For example, "Squid Game", the plot arrangement, especially the plot of walking on a glass bridge, is almost exactly the same as "Gambling Apocalypse".

The plot of walking on the glass bridge in the original "Gambling Apocalypse" can only be called a second-rate plot. Among them, the "Steamboat Gambling Game" and the "Pachinko Gambling Game" can be regarded as rare classics.

To a certain extent, this can also be called a mystery genre. Integrating gambling and wits into the mystery genre may open up a new genre.