In economics, when a country's real GDP has fallen by more than 1.5% for at least two consecutive quarters, and the unemployment rate has risen to more than 6%, it means that the country's economy is in a real recession.

At the end of the fourth quarter of '97 and the beginning of '98, the government officially entered the period of economic recession from the period of economic depression, which means that the government lasted for seven years, and the overall failure of ten "economic stimulus measures", with a total scale of 116 trillion yen, and nearly one-third of the total GDP did not play any role - except for increasing the balance of the government's debt by 133%, these money failed to save the economy, and finally entered the Great Recession step by step.

This should be the coldest year for the economy, one of the biggest consequences after the bursting of the economic bubble at the end of '90 and the beginning of '91, and the most direct manifestation of the failure of all fiscal, financial, and other macroeconomic regulation and control policies after the bursting of the economic bubble.

At this point, everything accumulated in the golden age of the economy was completely exhausted seven years after the bursting of the economic bubble.

At the beginning of '98, the International Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development pointed out that it was the only country among its member states that had negative growth for two consecutive years, the only country whose nominal growth rate was lower than the real growth rate, and whose GPD consumption index was negative, that the ratio of fiscal deficit to GPD was the highest among member countries, and that the debt balance was the highest among member countries, beating Italy to become the bottom of the organization.

International credit rating companies have also successively downgraded the ratings of local government bonds, from AAA to AA+, and from AA+ to AA again, ranking first from the bottom among developed countries with Italy.

Serious investors are also leaving the day, the Nikkei average fell to 14,000, once again hitting a new low in recent years, and almost no one is optimistic about the future, most of them think that it is not the bottom yet, and there is a high probability of going to 9,000 - the experts who called the bottom for seven years were swollen in the face again.

All of this means that he is sliding from the second place in the world that competed with the United States for economic hegemony to the bottom of the developed countries, and even if he doesn't look at these news and data, Chihara Rin can feel it from life.

As far as he can see, this New Year is far less lively than in previous years, a large number of people have no smile on their faces, or their eyes are blank, or they look anxious, and the market is obviously deserted, everyone is clutching their pockets, and they are extremely worried about the future, but the shrines and temples are extremely crowded - everyone has nothing to do, they can only ask God to worship Buddha and engage in psychological comfort.

In the face of this situation, even if the family of Rin Chihara did not have any financial difficulties, they did not have a good year, mainly because the overall atmosphere was really low, as long as they went out, it was not very fun for people to think about it.

In this depression, more than a month passed quickly, and even the cold after the New Year ended, and the situation did not improve at all, but made people feel worse, as if more and more people were unemployed.

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

Rin Chihara walked in the dimly lit negative aisle, he is actually unemployed now, that is, the unique "unemployment in the company", obviously on the job, also receive a salary, but just no job - the unemployment rate announced by the government is more than 6%, but Rin Chihara believes that the "unemployment in the company" is definitely not counted, and now there should be a large number of people who only receive the minimum salary or half salary to survive.

Of course, he offended the leader and was forced to freeze, which is different from the situation where the company wants to lay off employees, but finds that the cost of layoffs is higher, and wants to force employees to leave voluntarily.

He has nothing to do during this time.,The main focus is still on training his subordinates.,By the way, I also studied the works of this world.,During the lunch break, I went to the materials class to find some old videos and came back.,And as I was walking to the office.,I saw two people walking backwards out of Murakami Iori's section chief's office.,Are bowing goodbye.。

He took a closer look and recognized the person, who was an employee of the previous working group, and after sitting on the cold bench, he was still as respectful as before, and his character was good.

He couldn't help but smile and say hello, "Why are you here?"

When the two saw that it was him, they were very nervous, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Hello, special manager, there is nothing special, just to visit Miss Murakami." ”

"So, are you here to visit Miss Murakami?"

"Yes, Specialist. That one...... The lunch break is almost over, so let's quit first. ”

The two of them saluted again, and went down the passage to the elevator, and Chihara Rin touched his head and was a little speechless - am I so popular?

There must be something going on, right? Otherwise, I didn't come to visit at first, and now so many people are coming?

He went back to the office, called Konoe Hitomi with a phone call, and asked, "I've seen a lot of people go to Miss Murakami lately, do you know why?"

Hitomi Konoe really knew, and immediately said, "This matter, Master, everyone just wants to know what you and Miss Murakami's plans are." ”

"Intended?"

"You have been obsessed with women and abused us recently, and you may not know that the income of ordinary staff now, not to mention when they followed you, is not as good as before you came. Hitomi Konoe has a lot of friends in the working group, and he looks very worried as he speaks: "Now that everything is rising, the money is not enough to spend, and everyone still wants to follow you, so I came to ask Miss Murakami when you can go out." ”

Chihara Rin was stunned when he heard this, not that Hitomi Konoe didn't speak big or small, but asked strangely, "Then why didn't anyone come to ask me?"

Isn't it more direct to ask me......

Hitomi Konoe said truthfully, "Everyone is afraid of you, but you are not as good as Miss Murakami." Miss Murakami is so nice, everyone usually looks for her when they have something. ”

Chihara Rin was speechless, he asked himself that he was usually quite gentle with the staff, and he thought he was very loved, but he didn't expect that compared with Iori Murakami, it was so much worse. But it doesn't matter, Iori Murakami is also his man, and as a big housekeeper who manages chores, it's a good thing to be trusted by the staff.

He pondered for a while and then asked, "Now the staff are starting to have a hard time?"

Konoe Hitomi thought for a while: "Most people are okay, I used to follow you to get overtime pay and bonuses, and I have a lot of money, but some people have too many families, or they have just gotten married and have children, otherwise they took out a loan to buy a house, and now their income is not good, so it is very difficult." ”

"What about the staff of other shows?"

"It's even worse, the cost of living in Tokyo is too high, and now the station doesn't allow overtime, the program budget is low, the ratings are not very good, you can't get much from a big salary, you can only support yourself with a small salary, those who have savings are better, and those who don't know what to do. ”

Chihara Rin shook his head, he couldn't do this kind of thing for the time being, even if he wanted to rebel, it was not time, and sighed: "So that's the case! Okay, I know, busy with your going!"

"Okay Master, you can call me again if you have something. ”

Konoe Hitomi patted his ass and left, anyway, there is no way for this kind of thing, she can't help it, she can't help it, she is completely powerless, and Chihara Rin was there for a while, and shook his head again - damn the newspaper group, the damn First Bank, the damn Ohashi Eis, the golden age of TV shows, the TV station should have been quite nourishing, but now it looks like it's going bankrupt, and the employees can't live happily, it's really speechless.

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

"Director, Minami Kyushu Chubu TV refuses to broadcast programs with bad ratings such as "Rainbow on a Sunny Day", and I don't want to pay the next copyright fees. ”

"Director, Xutong, Dianbotang and other advertisers have asked us to reduce the advertising fee for the next quarter, otherwise we will reduce the amount of advertising, you see?"

"Director ......"

"Okay, shut up first!" Eishi Ohashi raised his hand and looked at the ratings report with a gloomy face, "Why the ratings are so poor, the production bureau has to give an explanation." ”

This is a joint meeting of ministers, and the ministers of the various departments of the Kanto United looked at Takashi Kawaguchi, the director of the production bureau and the former head of the audit department, who is about to be sixty years old, and Takashi Kawaguchi, who is very thin and dry, is about to retire, and he doesn't care much about it, so he lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not doing my job, I'm worried." ”

He didn't want to be the director of the production bureau, but Eishi Ohashi forcibly moved him, an old guy who was about to retire, to the position of director in order to facilitate the control of the production bureau, and the real power was in the hands of the executive members of the newspaper faction and the bank faction, so he simply admitted his mistake and moved him wherever he wanted.

He was not afraid of boiling water, and the ministers of various departments set their eyes on Eishi Ohashi to see how he planned to attack.

It's okay to shrink the budget, it's not impossible to maintain it, but who is to blame for locking the most capable double-flower red stick and his faction in the basement?

The main dramas in the first two years were all controlled by him!

Now the ratings are not good, only five rounds were broadcast at the beginning of 98, and some franchise stations have begun to protest, and advertisers are unwilling to spend more, what do you say?

Eishi Ohashi really didn't know what to do, even if he knew in advance that shrinking the budget might lose part of the ratings, but he didn't expect the audience to be so sensitive, and after watching the first few episodes, he found that it was not good-looking, and in a blink of an eye, he ran away, and now the best program in the Kanto United ratings turned out to be the amateur variety show "Human Observation", but the ratings were only about 26.5% - the others were even worse, except for "Human Observation", among the nearly 100 programs that Kanto United is currently broadcasting, the highest ratings are only in the early 20%, and there are only three.

It is said that this commercial TV station is pure entertainment, everyone watches NHK for news, and the credibility is the strongest, and it is not the same thing as the newspaper industry at all - no one dominates the newspaper in terms of credibility, as long as it does news well, naturally someone will buy it, and in Yueben, commercial TV stations are the little brother of the newspaper, and no one is the main news.

When Eishi Ohashi first came, Kanto United was thriving, and he was almost able to kick Asahi TV to death with one kick at the door, and some things couldn't be felt, but as soon as the new season started, he immediately felt that something was wrong - the ratings were not good, and the pressure from the franchise stations and advertisers was immediately great, and the feedback from the rental and sales market had not yet arrived, but if you think about it with your ass, it won't be too good if the ratings are poor like this.

If a commercial television station can't make money, what performance can it talk about? How much has it contributed to art? Entertainment has always been a fast-moving product, so how can there be artistry at all!

Moreover, the purpose of his coming to the Kanto Union was to send money to the newspaper and the bank, and if the TV station could not make money, where would the money be sent to the newspaper and the bank this year?

Ohashi was really at a loss for a while, and suddenly recalled the words of Chihara Rin and when he talked back, and felt that he was actually said by Chihara Rinto, and he was even more annoyed in his heart, staring at Takashi Kawaguchi, and he was angry, but he couldn't shoot it when he raised his hand, and finally said angrily: "What's the use of apologizing, can you come up with specific ways to improve?"

Takashi Kawaguchi lowered his head and said, "I will order the compilation committee to come up with improvement measures as soon as possible." ”

"What else?"

Takashi Kawaguchi stopped talking, most of the liquidity was given to newspapers and banks in various ways, the TV station has no money at all now, the budget is super tight, and the group of people who can make the most achievements are basically in the basement now, the strength of the Kanto United is not as good as two years ago, what can be done - two years ago, the Kanto United was beaten like a dog by the four big all day long, and it is difficult to even enter the top ten in the ratings, and of course it is the same now.

It's not his responsibility for the situation to get worse, he will definitely not do it if he has to take the blame, he has nothing to ask for and is not afraid of Ohashi Yingshi, so he simply uses silence to fight, and Ohashi Yingshi really can't remove him, and it is difficult to find a "prince" who doesn't care about anything, so he simply looked at the current head of the audit department, Shiga Ayu, hoping that he can propose some solutions, such as ......

If Ayumi Shiga proposes to release Rin Chihara from the basement now, as long as his words are sincere, it is not impossible for him to acquiesce to the boat, after all, the overall situation is important.

But the old god of Shiga Ayumi was sitting there, not saying a word, and seemed to be very responsible, and he had no idea of meddling in the scope of his own business.

Ohashi Eishi can't help it, if Shiga Ayumi doesn't say it, he really can't pull his face and take the initiative to ask for Chihara Rin to be released again, and he is not sure that Chihara Rin will listen to him, so in the end he can only forcibly order Kawaguchi Takashi: "Before the end of the month, the ratings must pick up, understand?"

The skinny Takashi Kawaguchi bowed his head and said, "I understand, I must improve my performance as soon as possible." ”

He agreed very simply, but Ohashi didn't dare to believe it, but he couldn't help it, so he held back his anger and asked the others, "Is there anything else?"

After a moment of silence at the meeting, the Minister of Justice stretched out his hand and said, "The time for the Spring Fight is coming, and the labor union requires a compromise in accordance with the salary standards provided by the Spring Fight Committee and the Consortium of Operators, you can see ......?"

Chundou is the "Spring Committee Life Struggle", which is an activity of negotiation between labor and management on salary issues, he means to ask what to do with this year's salary increase, Ohashi Yingshi's eyes are even more gloomy, and he said angrily: "Now is the period of throttling, you are responsible for negotiating with the trade union, the reform policy cannot be shaken, and everyone must tide over the difficulties together." ”

The head of the legal department had a difficult look on his face, and it was not the TV station that had difficulties, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only ask respectfully: "Do you mean not to raise salaries?"

"Try to add as little as possible. ”

The face of the head of the legal department was not much better, and he hesitated: "Last year, the trade union was very dissatisfied, and if this spring fight fails to meet the bottom standard of the spring fight committee, there may be a big problem." ”

"It's a problem you have to solve, convince them!" Eishi Ohashi still used the old way: "Tell them, if they don't agree, lay off the staff, and let them choose for themselves." ”

There was no one to speak at the meeting for a while, and the atmosphere was very low. Shiga Ayumi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked out the window, and smelled the storm.

Without a big storm, newspapers and banks would not allow the TV station to refinance, and Eishi Ohashi performed very well, which can be described as perfect.