Chapter Twenty-Four: The Ratings Are Too Low
"Don't worry...... How is that possible......"
It stands to reason that even if there are concerns, editors should not show them in front of the author, mainly for fear of affecting the author's creative status and thus affecting the quality of the work.
But according to Fujiwara Kei, "White Night Walking" is actually finished, the quality of the work has been fixed, and no matter what Fujiwara Kei hears, it will not be able to have an impact.
Although Kazuhiko Itagaki has a strong confidence in "White Night Walking", no matter how strong his confidence is, it will be shaken over time, especially after seeing that the flash report of the second issue is still not ideal, Itagaki has a trace of panic in his heart.
Compared to Kei Fujiwara, Kazuhiko Itagaki is actually the one who can't afford to lose the most.
If "White Night Walking" fails, it will not have much impact on Kei Fujiwara, at most the remuneration will be lower, and he can still get a manuscript contract.
But Kazuhiko Itagaki is different, he has already suffered a loss of social reasoning not long ago, and if he falls into the same pit again this time, he will completely lose the trust of the editorial department.
When the time comes, it is not impossible to transfer him to some women's magazine with dismal sales to become an editor.
"Looks like we're all gamblers, Mr. Itagaki." Fujiwara Keidao, "But I've already bought and left, so I can only wait for the cup to open." ”
"That's right, Fujiwara-kun." Itagaki Kazuhiko sighed, "I'll tell you again when this issue of Xiaozheng comes out, I hope there will be a change in the ranking at that time." ”
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High-power production.
"The ratings of our last episode were 1.7 percent, which is about to break through a new low."
Kobayashi Shuzo's face was very bad, he was the producer, and the results of the show were dismal, he was naturally the first person responsible, he must have been criticized by his superiors, so he scolded everyone equally at the planning meeting.
Fujiwara Kei sat in the conference room, surrounded by colleagues with drooping heads in front of him, and although he was being scolded, he had no expression of concern on his face.
There are two words written all over the face: swing.
But this expression can't be seen by Kobayashi Shuzo, so they all bury their faces in their chests, and some people pretend to take notes, but Fujiwara Kei took a look and found that he was drawing the Olympic rings there.
Kobayashi Shuzao looked at his uncompetitive subordinates, took a sip of tea, replaced the Erlang leg with the left leg on the right leg with the right leg on the left leg, and said quietly: "If it goes on like this, the show may be cut in half." You know, companies in society are laying off employees everywhere, and you don't want to lose your job, right? ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone raised their heads in unison.
"Mr. Kobayashi, we shouldn't be blamed for this, after all, we are destined not to have too good ratings at that time."
At this point, one of the planners stood up and spoke.
The name of the program they produced is "My Illustrated Book", which is an amateur variety show, a late-night show, and is broadcast every Wednesday at 11 p.m.
The main content of the program is to explore a profession in each episode, and shoot a program around a certain practitioner in this industry.
This show has been filmed by many professions, fishermen, writers, actors, craftsmen, sushi chefs, athletes...... The last issue was about flight attendants.
But I don't know what Kobayashi Shuzo thinks, so I didn't shoot those young and beautiful girls, but went to shoot an elderly flight attendant in her fifties.
Two years ago, a small business where the old flight attendant had worked for decades collapsed, and she should have retired at her age, but she regained her youthful dream, so she practiced the professional skills that a flight attendant should master, and eventually became a flight attendant.
Of course, that episode was sponsored by an airline.
When he first heard this story, Shuzo Kobayashi was so moved that he insisted on filming with the elderly stewardess as the protagonist, and rejected Kei Fujiwara's choice of an E-cup big wet.
It turns out that the audience is very vulgar, as vulgar as Kei Fujiwara.
The story of the elderly flight attendant is not touching enough, and the audience is still interested in throwing the child.
If you had listened to Kei Fujiwara and chosen that big wet, although I dare not say how high the final ratings would be, it would have been at least 0.2 percentage points more than now.
"I know the timing is not good." "But we are a production company, and the programs of a good time must be within their production bureau, which is normal." ”
"We have a poor time schedule, so the production bureau has low requirements for us...... But no matter how low it is, there must be a limit. ”
"Vice Minister Ishihara of the variety show department of Fukuyama TV talked to me." "The bottom line he gave me was 1.5 percent, and once it fell below this rating, they would consider cutting our show in half." ”
The audience was in an uproar, and only then did some real nervousness appear on the faces of the staff present.
They are all old salted fish, and many of them have already won long-term contracts with production companies, and they have made up their minds to parasitize in this company until they are old. Anyway, as long as they don't make major mistakes, as long as they get older, their status and income will also increase.
But the recent economic downturn, the news of layoffs in social enterprises has made them a little uneasy.
Although after 90 years, the entertainment industry has developed rapidly, and TV stations and production companies have fewer layoffs, but they have to be guarded against.
Any enterprise has the problem of redundant staff, and it is not excluded that the top management has the intention of streamlining the staff, what if they are cleared out as redundant?
Kobayashi Shuzo looked at the somewhat nervous expressions of the people in the audience, and took another sip of tea, "Do you know that you are scared?" It's good to know that I'm scared, I just want to spread the cold to everyone. From today onwards, everyone has to focus on the show. Anyone can give their opinion, and I will consider anything that can increase the ratings of the show. Kaneki, you're a planner, do you have any better plans? ”
Jin Mulong moved the folds on his face and squeezed out an ugly smile: "Mr. Kobayashi, how about the next episode of Miss Bikini's show?" ”
"Models? This theme has already been done once......" Kobayashi Shuzo thought for a moment, "Forget it, let's repeat the theme if it is repeated, but we still have to make some changes." You make a detailed plan. ”
"Yes."
After the meeting ended, everyone dispersed from the conference room, but most of them still had to do something.
Kei Fujiwara didn't get a new job assignment and worked in the office area.
At night, Jin Mu Long first dragged his colleagues out to drink, Kei Fujiwara injured his arm and was still recovering from a drink class, and Jin Mu Long Yi was not the kind of person who loved workplace bullying and did not force it.
He listened to Ryuichi Kaneki and his gang chatting at the izakaya, while Kei Fujiwara held a chicken skewer with ears pricked up like antennas, and listened to them tell them gossip and workplace secrets.
Kei Fujiwara likes to be alone, but he almost never turns down these party occasions just to listen to these little words.
The authenticity of these messages may not be reliable, but it is better to know than not to know, so as not to inadvertently commit a taboo in the workplace.
For example, there is a veteran screenwriter in the production company who has written many famous works, but in fact, he can't write a single word in recent years, and all the works are written by his unlucky disciples.
With a pitiful amount of money, he created a huge profit, but neither the income nor the fame was his own, and he was so humble that he couldn't do it. But in the screenwriting circle, such a thing is not a lot of money at all, and it has even become a convention.
Those disciples also have no ability to shake the stereotypes, so they can only work hard for their qualifications, and until then, they are not even allowed to complain. The veteran screenwriter had a disciple who complained two sentences because of drunkenness, but he was directly hidden, and it is estimated that he will not have a chance with the screenwriting industry in the future.
These people chatted and chatted, and suddenly they talked about the show again, and Kei Fujiwara sighed in his heart, he was really dedicated......
But on second thought, isn't this a characteristic of scum? When I was studying, I was thinking about where to play, and when I was playing, I started to worry about my studies, and my life schedule was messy.
These people are a derivative of the scum, the work scum.
At this time, Jin Mu Longyi talked about a sub-section of the show, which was originally in charge of an executive director, but that person was transferred to another program group, so that section lacked a person in charge.
Kei Fujiwara listened for a while and knew which section he was talking about.
When "My Illustrated Book" is broadcast, one or two five-minute short films will be inserted in the middle of the broadcast, which has nothing to do with the main content, just to let the audience smile and relax their spirits.
Why, is no one in charge of that short film now?