Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Don't worry...how is that possible..."

It stands to reason that even if there are concerns, the editor should not express them in front of the author, mainly because he is afraid of affecting the author's creative state and thus affecting the quality of the work.

But according to what Kei Fujiwara said, "White Night Walk" has actually been completed, and the quality of the work has been fixed. No matter what Kei Fujiwara hears, it will have no impact.

Although Itagaki Kazuhiko has strong confidence in "White Night Journey", no matter how strong his confidence is, it will waver over time. Especially after seeing that the rapid report of the second issue is still not ideal, Itagaki felt a little panic.

Compared to Fujiwara Kei, Itagaki Kazuhiko is actually the one who can afford to lose the most.

If "White Night Walk" fails, it will not have a big impact on Kei Fujiwara. At most, the remuneration will be lower, and he can still get a manuscript contract.

But Kazuhiko Itagaki was different. He had already suffered a loss from socialist reasoning not long ago. If he fell into the same pit again this time, he would completely lose the trust of the editorial department.

It's not impossible to transfer him to be the editor of some women's magazine with poor sales.

"It seems that we are all gamblers, Mr. Itagaki." Fujiwara Kei said, "But we have already bought it, so we can only wait for it to be opened."

"That's right, Fujiwara-kun." Itagaki Kazuhiko sighed, "I will tell you after this issue of Komasa comes out. I hope the ranking will change by then."

…

Made with high skill.

"The ratings of our last program were 1.7%, which is almost reaching a new low."

Kobayashi Shuzo looked very unhappy. He was the producer and the show's performance was dismal, so he was naturally the first person responsible. He must have been criticized by his superiors, so he scolded everyone equally at the planning meeting.

Kei Fujiwara was sitting in the conference room, surrounded by colleagues with drooped heads. Although he was being scolded, there was no care on his face.

There are two words written all over his face: open up.

But Shuzo Kobayashi couldn't see this expression, so everyone buried their faces in their chests. Some people even pretended to take notes, but Kei Fujiwara took a look and found that there were drawings of the Olympic rings there.

Kobayashi Shuzo looked at his unsatisfactory subordinates, took a sip of tea, replaced the left leg on the right leg with the right leg on the left leg, and said faintly: "If this continues, the program may be cut in half. You guys You know, companies in society are laying off employees everywhere now, and you don’t want to lose your job, right?”

As soon as these words came out, all the people raised their heads in unison.

"Mr. Xiaolin, it shouldn't be all our fault. After all, we are destined not to have very good ratings at that time."

At this time, a planner stood up and said.

The program they produced is called "Japanese Illustrated Book". It is a variety show for amateurs, and it is a late-night program that is broadcast at 11:00 p.m. every Wednesday.

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 filmed many professions, including fishermen, writers, actors, craftsmen, sushi chefs, athletes...the last episode featured flight attendants.

But I don’t know what Kobayashi Shuzo thought, instead of taking pictures of those young and beautiful girls, he went to take pictures of an elderly stewardess in his fifties.

Two years ago, a small business that the veteran flight attendant had worked for for decades closed down. In fact, she should have retired according to her age, but she regained her youthful dream and practiced the professional skills that a flight attendant should master. Eventually became a flight attendant.

Of course, that episode was sponsored by an airline.

When he first heard this story, Kobayashi Shuzo was so moved that he insisted on filming with this elderly stewardess as the protagonist, and rejected the E-cup wet guy chosen by Kei Fujiwara.

As it turns out, audiences are vulgar, as vulgar as Kei Fujiwara.

The story of this elderly flight attendant is not touching enough, and the audience is still interested in throwing.

If I had listened to Kei Fujiwara and chosen the great actor, I can’t say how high the final ratings would be, but at least they would be 0.2 percentage points higher than they are now.

"I know the time slot is not good," Kobayashi said, "but we are a production company, and the programs in good time slots must be from within their production bureau. This is normal."

"Our time slot is different, so the production bureau's requirements for us are relatively low...but there must be a limit to how low it is."

"The deputy head of Fukuyama Television's variety show department, Ishihara, talked to me." Shuzo Kobayashi said, "The bottom line he gave me was 1.5%. Once the ratings fall below this rating, they will consider cutting our program in half. "

The audience was in an uproar, and only then did some real nervous expressions appear on the faces of the staff present.

They are all old salted fish, and many of them have already obtained long-term contracts from production companies, and they have made up their minds to live in this company until they grow old. Anyway, as long as they don't make major mistakes, as long as they grow older, their status and income will also increase.

But the recent economic downturn, the news of corporate layoffs in the society made them a little uneasy.

Although after 90 years, the Japanese entertainment industry has developed rapidly, and TV stations and production companies have fewer layoffs, but they have to guard against it.

Any corporate club has the problem of redundant staff. It is not ruled out that the top management has a plan to downsize the staff. What if they are eliminated as redundant staff?

Kobayashi Shuzo looked at the nervous expressions of the people in the audience and took another sip of tea, "Do you know you are afraid? It's okay if you know you are afraid. I just want to spread the coldness to everyone. From today on, everyone must focus Come to the show. Anyone can make suggestions, and I will consider any way to increase the ratings of the show. Kaneki, you are the planner, do you have any better plans? "

Jin Mulong adjusted the folds on his face and forced out an ugly smile: "Mr. Xiaolin, how about the next episode of Miss Bikini's program?"

"Model? This theme has already been done once..." Kobayashi Shuzao thought for a while and said, "Forget it, if the theme is repeated, just repeat it, but you still have to make some changes. Make a detailed plan."

"yes."

After the meeting, everyone dispersed from the conference room like animals, but most people were still doing what they were supposed to do.

Kei Fujiwara did not get a new work arrangement and worked in the office area.

In the evening, Ryuichi Kaneki took his colleagues out to drink. Kei Fujiwara was still recovering from an injured arm and could not drink. Ryuichi Kaneki was not the kind of person who loved workplace bullying, nor did he force it.

He listened to Ryuichi Kaneki and a group of people chatting in the izakaya, while Kei Fujiwara held a chicken skewer in his mouth, his ears standing up like antennas, listening to them tell some gossip and workplace secrets.

Kei Fujiwara likes to be alone, but he almost never refuses these gatherings just to listen to these little stories.

The authenticity of these messages may not be reliable, but it is better to know than not to know, so as not to accidentally offend someone in the workplace.

For example, there is a veteran screenwriter in the production company who has written many famous works, but in fact, he has been unable to write a word in recent years. All works are ghostwritten by his unlucky disciples.

With a pitiful amount of money, he created huge profits, but neither the income nor the fame was his own, which was extremely humble. But in the Japanese screenwriting circle, such things are not expensive at all, and have even become a common practice.

Those disciples didn't have the ability to shake old habits and had no choice but to endure hardships. Before that, they weren't even allowed to complain. One of the disciples of the veteran screenwriter complained a few words because he was drunk, but was immediately dismissed. He probably will never have a chance to be involved in the screenwriting industry in the future.

These people were chatting, and suddenly they talked about the program again. Kei Fujiwara sighed in his heart, he is really dedicated...

But then I thought about it, isn’t this the characteristic of a bad student? When I was studying, I was thinking about where to go to play. When I was playing, I started to worry about my studies, and my life arrangements were in a mess.

This group of people can be considered a derivative of scumbags at school and scumbags at work.

At this time, Jin Mu Ryuichi talked about a section of the program that 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 "Japanese Illustrated" is being played, one or two five-minute short films will be inserted in the middle, which have nothing to do with the main content, just to make the audience laugh and relax.

What, no one is responsible for that short film now?