"Director, President Yoneyama is here, and he didn't make an appointment in advance. Eiji Ohashi's cute little secretary asked via the phone, "Do you have time to see him now?"

Eishi Ohashi was checking the week's expenses and casually asked, "What's the matter with him?"

After the voice on the phone disappeared for a moment, the little secretary reported: "Executive Yoneyama replaced Director Kawaguchi to make a report on the weekly ratings, saying that you ordered it before." ”

Eishi Ohashi is now also starting to care about the ratings, and immediately put down what he was doing and ordered: "Then let him in!"

After a while, Daigo Yoneyama, a member of the production bureau's formation committee, entered the door and saluted respectfully: "Director, excuse me." ”

"It's okay, Yoneyama-san, please be seated. Eishi Ohashi will still make some superficial articles, and said politely, but immediately asked with concern: "How are the ratings this week, has there been any improvement?"

Yoneyama Daigo handed over the summary report and said embarrassedly: "This ...... We're sorry to disappoint you. ”

Ohashi Eishi's face instantly became a lot more ugly, and after a rough look at the report, his face became even more ugly, and he said coldly: "Is this worse than last week?"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" Yoneyama Daigo immediately stood up and began to bow and apologize. He didn't want to do this unlucky errand, but Takashi Kawaguchi, the director of the production bureau, pretended to be sick and didn't go to work, and appointed him, a member of the newspaper, to make a report.

Ohashi really wanted to drop the summary report on his head, but Yoneyama Daigo was one of his own people, and he endured and endured it before he held his breath, and no longer let him sit down, and scolded directly: "I asked to improve the ratings last week, why are the results still bad this week?!"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

"What's the use of apologizing? Is the station offering you a high salary to make you apologize?"

"I'm really sorry!"

"I don't have time to listen to you apologize, can the production bureau come up with a solution?"

Yoneyama Daigo peeked at Eishi Ohashi, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed deeply again: "Please give us some more time, we will definitely be able to think of a solution." ”

"How long?"

"This ......" Yoneyama Daigo didn't dare to say, this time is equivalent to making a military order, if he can't do it, the responsibility will become his alone, this is not good.

Ohashi Eishi has also been in the workplace for so many years, and he knows the nature of these people, and at first glance, he has no score in his heart, and he thinks that he can drag it out, and he suddenly became angry again, but he also knew that it was useless to get angry at this time, and after taking a few deep breaths, his expression softened a little, and asked: "Yoneyama-san, you also worked in the newspaper before, although we haven't dealt with each other, but now that we are in the Kanto United region, we are our own people, you tell me the truth, with the ability of the current production bureau, can you pull up the ratings?"

Yoneyama Daigo hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "It's very difficult, director, at the moment our program is not competitive and can't retain the audience." ”

"Nothing?"

"There is no good way for the time being, the defeat of this season has been decided, and the loss of prime-time audiences is serious, so we can only see if there can be a better show in the next season to save one or two. ”

Ohashi nodded slowly, thought for a while, and asked, "If you increase the budget by a certain amount, can you have a relatively good result next season?" To be honest, otherwise I will hold you accountable afterwards!"

The Kanto United ratings collapsed ten times faster than he expected, and now more and more representatives of the franchised stations began to put pressure on him to stabilize the ratings, otherwise they would no longer support the newspaper's continuous dividend plan in the council, and it was very likely that his most important task would be ruined.

He didn't want to be a loser and return to the headquarters of the company.

For this reason, he now has to consider adding more budget to the production bureau, just to achieve a balance between throttling and ratings - advertisers are also dissatisfied, and they are also pressuring him, threatening to cut advertising costs in half.

Eishi Ohashi felt that he had made a big concession and was willing to pay more, but Daigo Yoneyama wiped the sweat from his head and said with difficulty: "If you increase the budget again, it will definitely help improve the ratings, but what do you ......mean by better results?"

"It can be restored to about 80% of last year's average. Ohashi didn't hesitate to speak, and then stared at Yoneyama Daigo firmly, waiting for the production bureau to make a statement, and Yoneyama Daigo lowered his head and thought for a while, but he didn't dare to say anything.

This season's blood collapsed, and Kanto United made a show that could play "Human Observation", and everything else was a small miscellaneous hair, which was robbed of a large number of viewers by the Big Four, and the average time-sharing ratings throughout the day were only 53% of last year, and they will recover to 80% of last year......

Last year, the main dramas were basically there, not to mention the four major defeats in the evening period, the average value at least had a certain advantage, and the all-day data was naturally good-looking, but who will play this year?

He hesitated and didn't dare to express his position on behalf of the production bureau, but Ohashi Yingshi couldn't help it, and said sharply: "Could it be that without that person, the production bureau doesn't even have the ability to work?

Yoneyama Daigo really didn't dare to promise this kind of thing, he couldn't bear this responsibility, so he could only bow vigorously again: "I'm sorry for disappointing you, I'm very sorry!"

"Waste!" Ohashi scolded sharply, and directly raised the report on Yoneyama Daigo's head, "Incompetent!

Yoneyama Daigo didn't even dare to raise his waist, maintained a ninety-degree bow, and began to apologize quickly in the space where the paper was flying, his expression was not too flustered - Japanese workplace characteristics, being scolded is commonplace, like Chihara Rinto, who is about to make trouble when he is scolded twice, is an outlier, but he hasn't enjoyed this kind of treatment for a long time, fortunately, he hasn't forgotten the basic skills, and he is very experienced in facing a violent boss.

Ohashi scolded for two or three minutes, and then calmed down amid a series of apologies, sat silently for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "Is it only by relying on that person that the results of the next season can improve?"

"This ...... If there is him, the certainty will indeed be much greater. ”

"Can you invite someone with similar ability from the outside? ”

Yoneyama Daigo shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "His ability is second to none in the industry, even if he is worse than him, it is impossible to ...... at this time."

Even if the ability is two or three percent weaker than Chihara Rinren, it is also a first-class player in the industry, and nine out of nine are the backbone of the four major and NHK's own training, and it is impossible to come to Kanto United. Even if there is a wild genius, if you have the ability, you will definitely go to the Big Four, how can you come to the Kanto United that is carrying out strategic contraction, not to mention that the wild genius is so easy to find, the Kanto United is also a coincidence to pick up the Chihara Rin people, and the probability of jumping off the cliff to find a peerless magic is about the same, once in a hundred years.

Ohashi took a deep breath, and was helpless in the face of this practical predicament, and asked hesitantly, "Does he have the intention of reflecting now?"

Yoneyama Daigo said vaguely, "I may regret it a little." ”

"Do you think he will accept the assignment assigned to him by the production bureau?"

"This ......," Yoneyama Daigo said more vaguely, "it's hard to say, he's a man with a weird temper and isn't very good at talking." ”

"Haven't you thought of anything?"

"I'll tell you the truth, we've already thought about it. Before, he wanted to do the theatrical version of "Jumping the Search Line", but we rejected the application at that time, hoping that he could take the initiative to talk about it and solve the problem between him and ...... Solve the problem of his history, but ......"

"But what?"

He didn't come, he just gave up. ”

Yoneyama Daigo was very helpless, he blocked the road at the beginning, that is, he thought that "The Worst Three Days in History" had a bad reputation, and Chihara Rin was arrogant, and he must be very unconvinced, and he must be in a hurry to save face, so he did so much, looking forward to Chihara Rin rushing out of the basement to make a fuss, and if it is such a fuss, there will be something that can be exchanged - you mean to admit your mistake, give the new station a face, and round this matter over, and then you can do whatever you want, and by the way, come out next season to relieve the pressure in the bureau, don't nest in the basement.

It's just that then Rin Chihara didn't move, and there was no way to exchange at all, so the plan to form the committee was directly stillborn, and it couldn't go on.

Ohashi was also a little strange: "So what is he doing now?"

"I heard he was making an independent film. ”

Ohashi Eishi looked angry: "Who allowed it?"

"No one has allowed it, but he has no right to sign contracts with film companies and actors, he can't officially shoot, and there are no theater resources to release it on a large scale after filming, so he should just be entertaining himself, at most he called some ordinary staff who have nothing to do at the moment to help, and he can't stop it at all. Daigo Yoneyama hesitated for a moment, then said, "Now many people in the compilation committee think that he is waiting for the contract to expire and then will leave immediately, and he should have given up the Kanto Union, which makes some people in the compilation committee ...... I'm talking weird things, too. ”

Eishi Ohashi parachuted in to "reform", the production bureau is the most affected department, and the grassroots staff who have had a big reduction in income are dissatisfied, and if everything is smooth and stable, ordinary staff and dispatch workers don't have much right to speak, just let them endure it, but now it's not going well, the results are bloody, and the number of people who say strange things is getting more and more day by day:

In which TV station is placed by Special Manager Chihara, the director of the station does not have to coax and supply, and our new director is an idiot, who does not even give him the least respect, and dictates to him, forcing him to lose face, and locks him in the basement, and there is no explanation until now.

It's good now, people are completely disappointed in the Kwantung Union, just wait for the contract to expire and leave, and then they will be enemies, according to his grudge-loving character, he can't catch the Kwantung Union and clean it up to death, what can I do then?

The new director is really an idiot!

The producer of the Kanto United Group, whether he likes it or not, no one wants to face an opponent like him, and the thought of being blocked by a large number of dramas organized by him at various times next year makes his pants a little wet, and it is impossible not to say strange things about Eishi Ohashi, and even some people sent by the newspaper feel that Eishi Ohashi is really stupid, and it was a wrong decision for the headquarters to send him down.

Yoneyama Daigo said it super vaguely, but Eishi Ohashi understood, and he had nothing to say for a while.

He didn't expect that Rin Chihara had this kind of energy, and once the sixth-ranked big TV station left him and his faction members, his performance would collapse in more than a month, and it was unimaginable in other industries......

But he can't bow to Rin Chihara now, that guy is a bastard, if he is allowed to return to his duties, what if he comes to "let the director publicly apologize to me first", then what will he do?

The arrogant and ignorant grassroots of Rin Chihara's people have no concept of hierarchy at all, and there is a high probability that they can do this kind of thing, and how much personal prestige can they retain at that time?

This guy is so hateful, it's so annoying even in the basement!

But what about now?

One person can top half of the production bureau, but he can't do without him......

............

"Ahh ”

Murakami Iori looked at him carefully: "It's not a cold, right? ”

Rin Chihara sniffed, shook his head and said, "No, it's your family's weird smell......"

Iori Murakami was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, my father likes incense, and he puts a lot of broken incense wood at home, and people who are not used to it really can't smell it." ”

"I see, it's nice to get used to it. Rin Chihara stood in the corner of the living room and looked at Murakami's house, and laughed in a low voice: "But it's a little strange to say, we've known each other for more than three years, and our personal relationship is so good, it's the first time I've come to your house, and it's still for filming." ”

Murakami Iori said helplessly: "The leg is on you, what can I do if you don't come." ”

"No, you never invited me, and it's not convenient for me to come to the door. ”

Murakami Iori actually didn't want Rin Chihara to come to her house, but there were ordinary family scenes in the shooting this time, so she set an example and decided to contribute her own family as a scene, anyway, it would only take a day, and it wouldn't hinder anything, but she didn't want to talk to Rin Chihara about this issue, so she said directly: "Okay, let's get to work, stop chatting." ”

"It's all ordered, now you don't have to worry about me. "Although Rin Chihara hasn't come to see it, I've seen the sketches drawn by Iori Murakami, and I've done the planning, and the shooting content of the Sunset house is very simple, it's enough to have Tsumura and Miyawaki, and I don't need him, so I just changed the topic: "By the way, the shooting went well, how is the contact with the theater?"

Murakami Iori sighed, his expression was slightly unnatural: "It's not going well, there are only three ...... who have agreed to screen it at present."

She originally thought that this task would not be difficult, after all, Rin Chihara has a good reputation, but these independent small theaters have many problems, each has its own persistence, and they refuse to nod happily until they see the finished film, either asking for artistry or quality, and it is not easy to talk at all.

If only these three are willing to show it, or if it is a small theater with super cheap ticket prices, can this make a few dollars? It can even be directly declared that the mission has failed, which is equivalent to doing a useless work in vain.