Chapter 378 Prying the Corner

Looking at the wheel that stopped rotating beside him, Shiraishi Monet immediately felt more and more irritated and thought to himself: I am not just standing on the street with my suitcase, I am a distinguished TV drama screenwriter! Go find someone else.

However, when she looked up, she saw Kei Fujiwara leaning on the car window with the tip of his elbow, looking down at her.

Fujiwara Kei raised his chin at Shiraishi Monet's broken heel and said, "I'll give you a ride."

Shiraishi Monet stood up, hesitated, and got into the co-pilot of Fujiwara Kei.

"Where is your home?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

Shiraishi Monet told the name of the apartment he was in. Fujiwara Kei was not familiar with it, so he took out a map and took a look at it, asking Shiraishi Monet to point out the specific location, and then started the car and drove forward slowly.

"How's your work lately?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

"Huh?" Shiraishi Monet sat next to Fujiwara Kei, feeling a little nervous unconsciously. Hearing Fujiwara Kei's question, he didn't react immediately. After a moment, he said: "Well, it's been okay lately... Fujiwara-sensei." And you?"

Shiraishi Monet turned to look at Kei Fujiwara.

Fujiwara Kei smiled and said: "It's okay."

"Yes." Shiraishi Monet said nothing and sat silently on the passenger seat.

She had such an icy beauty look when she was working before. She usually wouldn't take the initiative to have much communication with Kei Fujiwara. If she hadn't accidentally seen this guy performing a one-man show, she would have thought he was the same guy on the outside.

He is probably a guy who looks deep and reserved on the outside, but is a bit off-kilter on the inside and loves fantasy, right? Fujiwara Kei thought.

But no matter what the character of this person is, Fujiwara Kei appreciates her talent as a screenwriter, and she does have a way of writing Mary Sues. If it were in the Korean drama system of later generations, such a female screenwriter might have been reused. Unfortunately, in Japan, it is a pity that in this era, she was born at the wrong time and the wrong place.

Fujiwara Kei touched his chin and thought to himself - he must get this guy. Although training her was not an exhaustive effort, it still took a lot of effort, and she couldn't just be left to Fukuyamadai.

So he said at this time: "Shiraishi, let's have a meal together."

"Ah?" Shiraishi Monet looked at Kei Fujiwara, then felt a little embarrassed, not knowing whether to agree or not.

Kei Fujiwara knew that she was wary and actually a little shy, so he added: "I have a few comments on your script, if you are willing to listen..."

When it comes to script creation, Fujiwara Kei is a well-deserved expert. Upon hearing this, Shiraishi Monet immediately said: "Okay, but I have to ask you to do it."

Kei Fujiwara smiled: "Okay, no problem."

Fujiwara Kei didn't drive too far, but slowly stopped outside a nearby restaurant. When he was about to get out of the car, he found Shiraishi Monet looking up at the restaurant sign, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face, and squeezing his hands tightly. Carrying his own satchel.

Kei Fujiwara realized at this time that this was a high-end restaurant with an average family income of more than 50,000 yuan. He was used to coming to this place to treat guests, but this time it was Monet Shiraishi who was treating guests, but the other party was just an employee with an annual income of several million, and he had not officially Become the main creator. So he kicked the accelerator again and stopped outside another Japanese barbecue restaurant.

Shiraishi Monet's expression returned to normal at this time, but he also knew that Fujiwara Kei had seen through his embarrassment, and immediately muttered: "Teacher Fujiwara, you can go to the store just now, I can afford it..."

"I've been feeling sick to my stomach recently, so I can't eat raw fish. I just forgot." Kei Fujiwara said with a smile, "Let's eat barbecue. I've been here before, and their pork belly is very good. I heard it's free-range wild boar."

Kei Fujiwara was making nonsense about wild boars, but when Shiraishi Monet heard this, he climbed up the slope and said, "Yeah, I know, mountain pigs, I want to try them."

But as soon as the words were spoken, Baishi Monet blushed again in embarrassment: What the hell is a climbing pig, what nonsense am I talking about...

Fujiwara Kei was amused and laughed out loud, leading him into the barbecue restaurant. After entering, they ordered some raw meat and a bottle of non-alcoholic drink, and the two chatted.

"By the way, Shiraishi, do you have a contract with Fukuyama TV as a screenwriter for the episode?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

Shiraishi Monet nodded: "Signed."

"How many years have you signed it?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

"Five years..."

Not too short, but not particularly long either. Shiraishi Monet still has some regrets, not getting a lifetime contract. Kei Fujiwara also frowned at the same time. She didn't expect to renew her contract so soon. When her contract ends, if she digs the wall again, the day lily will be cold.

The reason why Shiraishi Monet was able to jump from a screenwriter assistant to an episode screenwriter was also due to the success of "Tokyo Cinderella". In Fujiwara Kei's view, Shiraishi Monet's rewriting was very successful and won the favor of later generations of Korean dramas. However, in the view of Fukuyamadai senior management, the success of this drama was due to Kei Fujiwara, so they did not attach special importance to Shiraishi Monet and did not continue to give her the opportunity to write scripts.

"Mr. Fujiwara..." Shiraishi Monet said suddenly, "You just mentioned my script, and you have some comments, please give me your advice."

"Yeah." After a piece of pork belly was cooked, Fujiwara Kei put it directly into the bone dish. "My opinion is... you are not good at workplace dramas. Trend dramas are your specialty."

This time, the Moonlight drama is a workplace drama. Shiraishi Monet is only responsible for writing a certain paragraph of a certain episode. Fujiwara Kei took a look at it. To be honest, the level is not particularly high. When Shiraishi Monet wrote this type of play, he was giving up his strengths.

Shiraishi Monet also shrank his shoulders when he heard the words, "I also know, Mr. Fujiwara...but the subject matter is often not something I can choose."

It sounds like Kei Fujiwara's words are a bit meaningless. An episode screenwriter, not to mention deciding the subject matter, can't even control the general direction of the plot. These are all decisions made by the chief screenwriter and producer. The episode writer is to the main writer, just like the assistant director is to the chief director, they can only follow orders.

"Shiraishi, how far do you think you are from being the chief screenwriter?" Kei Fujiwara suddenly asked.

Shiraishi Monet subconsciously raised his head and said, "It's probably about two or three years away."

"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to wait for such wine." Kei Fujiwara picked up the corn juice and took a sip.

"Yes." Shiraishi Monet lowered his head slightly, "But Mr. Fujiwara, you are... special."

"I'm not showing off to you, Shiraishi. If you are willing to come to Mizunami Productions, I can let you create the script independently. You can choose the theme freely." Kei Fujiwara said.

Shiraishi Monet raised his head suddenly and opened his mouth subconsciously.

Fujiwara Kei shrugged, "You know, I have always written my scripts independently. When I wrote "Tokyo Cinderella", it was the first time I co-written with someone. Although you are still a newcomer, you said To be honest, I don’t doubt your ability.” Keimichi Fujiwara said, “Mizunami Productions currently lacks talents, especially a team of screenwriters with creative capabilities. If you are willing, I hope you can join us.”

"But... Fukuyamadai and I just signed a contract..." Shiraishi Monet suddenly felt a little moved. It has always been her dream to become the main creator. For her, who was just a screenwriter's assistant a year ago, this dream seemed out of reach. It was Kei Fujiwara who brought her closer to this dream, but there is still some way to go before this dream.

Now, Kei Fujiwara told her again, no need to leave, if you are willing, I can let you realize this dream now.

This is really heartwarming.

However, she also had hesitations. On the one hand, almost everyone was worried about the hesitation issue, which was that compared to Fukuyamadai, Mizunami Productions was just a small club after all, even with the addition of Fujiwara Kei's talent.

On the other hand, it is a contract issue. If you want to breach the five-year contract you just signed, why don't you take advantage of it?