The next day, the ratings report for the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was released.

Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara took the ratings report and looked at it: the average rating of the time-sharing was 4.7%, and the highest rating of the time-sharing was 8.9%.

The ratings are neither high nor low, after all, it is a late night slot, and this number is already good.

I think that "Human Observations", which was also a late-night program, had an average rating of only a few o'clock on the day of its premiere. However, the resources and time slots obtained by the two programs are completely different in the places where they are broadcast.

12 o'clock on a weekday, 11 o'clock on weekends; One received only thirty seconds of in-stream ads, while the other received multiple promotional ads.

So as far as the first episode is concerned, "The Lonely Gourmet" is inferior to "Human Observation".

Of course, the main creative team did not feel discouraged and lost because they failed to surpass the previous work, although it is not as good as "Human Observation", but this variety show can be regarded as a phenomenal variety show, as long as there are no major problems in the follow-up, there is a chance to become an evergreen tree in the variety show industry, and there is nothing to be ashamed of if it is slightly lower than it.

The shooting task was still in progress, and the result was not far from what Kei Fujiwara had expected, and Kei Fujiwara sat in his office, closed the doors and windows, and began to think silently.

The premiere of "Lonely Gourmet" in the parallel world was in 2012, and I remember that the ratings of the first part were a few percent.

Don't underestimate the ratings of this one percent or a few percent, the original version of "Lonely Gourmet" is also a late-night drama, in 2012, the Internet era has come, TV programs have been beaten half-dead by various network products, and the late-night programs with a few ratings are already very high.

Not to mention, in the later seasons, as the TV industry declined over time, the show's ratings increased instead of decreasing, stabilizing between 3% and 5%.

No one can be 100 percent sure of the outcome of a drama until the ratings are reported, not even the most senior TV people.

So in the parallel world, after the first season of "Lonely Gourmet" achieved good results, it was discovered by the TV station that its value was continuously invested, and the ratings doubled to two times.

If you knew from the beginning that this drama would be a big hit, and you started pouring resources, maybe you could get better results.

Making a TV show is essentially the same as most commercial activities, it's a gamble.

And Kei Fujiwara is a gambler who has long known the results.

The second episode of "The Lonely Foodie" was also released soon after, and more gratifyingly, there was a slight increase in ratings for this episode, but not by much.

Yui Mizuhara arranged for Nobutoshi Takagi to participate in "Anthropological Observations", which will be broadcast before the third episode is officially broadcast, and also applied to the station for more promotional resources.

Kei Fujiwara went to Nobu Kawaguchi, a lifestyle magazine owned by the Spring and Autumn Society, which also sold quite a lot, and the magazine had a majority of female readers. Most of the main content published in the magazine is cooking tips, emotional stories, celebrity gossip, and food and attractions sharing.

Kei Fujiwara wanted a page in the magazine about "The Lonely Foodie", and Kawaguchi directly agreed, and published the "Lonely Foodie" in the food section as an official content, rather than an advertisement.

The main content is a food detective, after watching the first episode of "The Lonely Foodie", I went to the field to visit, found that it was really delicious, and recommended everyone to eat it too.

The crew of "Lonely Gourmet" also officially went to the fried dumpling shop for filming, and after the filming, the staff also ordered a fried dumpling set meal, which was unanimously praised. It's a pity that this shop is not in Minato, otherwise you can come and eat often.

The proprietress was still wearing the fried dumpling hood, and she thanked everyone very happily and smiled like a child.

The boss who finished cooking leaned a little shyly against the kitchen door, watching the film crew eat with their mouths full of oil, full of praise.

The woman looked at the camera, a little curious, and then the photographer suddenly pointed the camera at her.

She was a little shy, and then Kobayashi Shuzao smiled next to her and said, "Madam, you are free to play and say whatever you want."

After some hesitation, the woman suddenly bowed to the camera: "If you think our food tastes good, please visit the shop!"

After everyone finished filming, they all evacuated the snack bar.

After a while, the shop also closed. The proprietress took the account book and calculated, it has been nearly a month since the store was opened, and there are very few customers every day, and it is very rare for a bunch of people to come to eat like today.

After taking the calculator and thinking about it, I found that the store was seriously unable to make ends meet during this time, although the store did not hire employees, but rent, water, electricity, and food were all huge expenses. The proprietress felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and her nose was a little sour, but when she raised her eyes and saw her husband coming, she barely smiled.

"How?" The husband said with some anxiety, "Isn't the financial situation very bad, can we continue to operate this shop?"

In order to open this store, I have already spent most of my family's savings, and if there is a serious loss in the store...... He really didn't know what to do.

Do you want to go to your mother-in-law's house to borrow it for a while? It's so embarrassing, I don't know what the neighbors will say about him.

I never felt like life was so painful before. If it weren't for his wife and children, he really wanted to find a place to get a hundred.

"Of course. Business is getting better, and after a while, life will gradually see the light of day." The wife laughed.

The husband looked at the fried dumpling hood his wife was wearing, and suddenly his nose was a little sour, his wife was the kind of dignified and reserved type, in the past, he couldn't imagine his wife wearing such a funny hood and handing out flyers outside.

"That's right." The man suddenly thought of something, "On the fifth of next month, it will be our wedding anniversary, what gift do you want?"

"Huh? Is it an anniversary so soon?" The woman scratched her hood, "Really, I've forgotten all this time."

You won't forget. The man said in his heart that she often forgot her birthday, but never looked at the wedding anniversary.

"No gifts." The woman gently put her hand on her husband's hand, "Now that you finally don't have to work overtime until midnight to come home, I am very happy to be with you."

"Thank you, Michi......"

"Stupid, what's there to be thankful for."

After the husband and wife cleaned the kitchen and cleaned the store, they returned home.

At night, while the couple was lying on the bed, the woman suddenly said, "Oh, I forgot the people who came to our store to shoot today, when their TV series was broadcast, and I still want to see our store on TV."

"It's like you're in Fukuyamadai, what kind of gourmand are you called...... I forgot about it, and I don't know when it will be broadcast."

"Fukuyamadai? Is that the Fukuyama station that broadcasts "Long Vacation"? That's a pretty show."

"Well, yes."

"Do you remember a line in that play? ——When you can't do anything well, you should take a long vacation given to you by God, don't be reluctant, don't be impatient, and don't make useless efforts. Give your mind and body to nature, and you will get better soon."

"Well, I seem to remember." The man responded to the Tao, but he thought in his heart: The person who wrote this passage really didn't have a backache when he stood and spoke.

This is a hundred Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people, the same sentence, some people will be inspired when they hear it, but some people will only feel noisy.

"Sleep, get a good night's sleep, there may be a lot of guests tomorrow...... Well, there will definitely be......

The woman's voice grew quieter and quieter, and gradually, a light snoring came.

In this small snoring, the man's eyelids gradually closed.

However, half an hour later, the woman suddenly moved, then slowly got up, lifted the quilt, and walked to the living room.

The woman sat in front of the telephone, hesitated for a while, and finally dialed the phone.

"Hey, Mom

, I'm Michi. Good evening, did you sleep? I'm sorry to ...... you."

"I'd like to borrow some money from you and Dad, don't worry, we'll pay you back soon."

"It's been a bit hard lately, but we'll get through it."

"The father of the child works hard every day......

"Thank you, Mom, I'll definitely pay you back as soon as possible."

The woman's voice was a little crying, and in the bedroom not far away, the man stood in the doorway, his head bowed, and silently weeping.

God......

This is the book of the 90s, when Kei Fujiwara took advantage of the golden decade of Japanese dramas to expand his territory, more people were struggling in the quagmire of survival.