The Shocking Eunuch, Reborn as a Literary Girl

Chapter 59 The Predicament of "The Masked Warrior"
At this very moment, in an office inside the Toichi Corporation building in Tokyo.
Seiji Akechi, the producer of "Masked Warriors," which will air in 2025, has recently found himself in an unprecedented predicament.

As the work progressed, he gradually realized just how heavy the burden of being the lead producer truly was for him.
First of all, since this was his first time working as a producer, he had no experience, and Dongri did not assign any senior staff to mentor him.

This led to delays, slow progress, and chaos in the project, with many previously unforeseen problems arising one after another.

What a mess.

Secondly, he lacked connections as a newcomer.

The production of a tokusatsu drama cannot be completed by Toil's own employees alone; many parts of the work need to be outsourced.

How to outsource and to whom is something that the producer needs to coordinate and plan.

Those veteran producers always have their own network of contacts; they know many well-known and capable people in the industry.

These talented individuals, either out of personal relationships or trust in the producer's abilities, are often willing to give them face and participate in the production, becoming part of the staff.

But Seiji Akechi couldn't do it.
Let's not even talk about the fact that he doesn't know many people at all.

Even if we know each other, he's a bit too resistant to calling out to.

Compared to those veteran producers who command a large following, Seiji Akechi is like trying to assemble his team by drawing cards from a worse gacha pool.

Despite the difficult conditions, he still managed to complete his work in various ways.

For example, asking certain senior members of the Toichi Publishing House to speak on their behalf and bring them some connections.

For example, try to lower your profile as much as possible, hoping to make up for your lack of ability with a friendly attitude, so as to unite the team.

His work did indeed have some effect.

However, this did not address the root cause of the problem.
Currently, according to the requirements of the parent company Dong-il, filming for "Masked Warriors" next year must begin no later than March.

But as of now, it's almost November.

The entire project doesn't even have a clear direction yet; they don't know what to film.

Several solutions were proposed and then rejected, and then new solutions kept emerging.
The work progress has stalled here.

Toichi's attitude towards this year's new "Masked Warriors" project is quite simple.

On the one hand, they hope to cultivate a new generation of producers, led by Seiji Akechi, to take over the positions of some of the older producers who have gradually faded out of front-line work and are preparing to retire.

On the other hand, we also hope that this year can break the predicament that "Masked Warriors" has not produced any highly acclaimed works in recent years.

Therefore, Seiji Akechi, who had previously performed very well as an assistant producer and was very young, was entrusted with this important task.

Seiji Akechi's first judgment after taking office was that the core reason for the lack of highly acclaimed works was the poor quality of the screenwriters.

The screenwriters who collaborated with Dongri were not good enough, so the stories they wrote were also not good.

So he kept trying to find what he considered the perfect screenwriter.

But after trying several people, they were either unresponsive or, like Isshin Iruma, said, "I'm a novelist; it's unrealistic for me to write a screenplay."

The people we can still get involved with are the same old guys who frequently work on this project.

But what's the point if that's the case? They couldn't write a good script for several years in a row, but they can write a good one this year?
So, the search for a screenwriter is currently stuck at this point.

Not only that, but the project has actually been progressing very poorly in every aspect.

Two or three months have passed since he took over as producer of the new project, and due to the very poor progress of the project, the senior management of Toichi is now very dissatisfied with Seiji Akechi.

They have been putting a lot of pressure on Seiji Akechi lately and are prepared to have some veteran producers clean up his messes and take over the project.

Seiji Akechi knew very well that if it really came to that, his career would be over.

He may never have a chance to turn his life around or get a promotion.
Driven by the pressures of reality and with a "nothing to lose" mentality, he ultimately made his choice.
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As for Arisa Yuki, he had been quietly keeping an eye on her ever since Iruma Isshin mentioned her to him last time.

At the time, Isshin Iruma's assessment of this person was, "This child has a great talent for creating formulas."

Seiji Akechi has a strong fan bias towards Isshin Iruma, and therefore takes the other's words to heart.

After I got back, I immediately searched for and read the novel "The Formation of Arisa".

But perhaps he doesn't understand creation.
After actually seeing it, he felt that he really couldn't see what was so special about "Arisa".

It feels like it's just a very ordinary isekai (another world) light novel.
The pacing of the plot and the storyline are not a big deal.

Quite good looking.

But that's all.

'Can someone like this really save *Masked Warrior* by writing the screenplay for their new film? No way!'

So afterwards, he put the matter aside and didn't think about it for the time being.

Two months passed by in the blink of an eye.

During this period, the projects he led became increasingly unsuccessful.

Just as he was feeling down and wanted to go to the bookstore to buy some novels to relax,
Suddenly, I noticed that a novel called "The Prophecy of Arya" was placed in the most prominent position on the bookshelf.

Moreover, he immediately noticed that the book cover bore the words "Written by Arisa Yuki" and "The ambitious work of the genius young girl novelist 'Arisa Yuki'".

In that instant, he immediately remembered
"Is this the person that Iruma Isshin-sensei mentioned to me? Her book has already been released in paperback edition so quickly?"

Although he had already decided in his heart that "forming Arisa" might not work, at this moment, he still bought the book with a very complicated feeling.

He opened the book with the lowest possible expectations and began reading it little by little.

then
He felt that his preconceived notions had been slightly challenged.

"Is this really the same person as before???"

Having previously read the web version of "I Gained the Ability to Know Important Information in Advance in Another World," Seiji Akechi could immediately tell that "Aria's Prophecy" was a remake of that book.

The plot and characters are basically the same.

But
It was infinitely more detailed than that web version, which was not much different from the toilet paper in other worlds.

(End of this chapter)