"Director, Executive Yoneyama is here without making an appointment in advance." Ohashi Eishi's cute little secretary asked through the intercom: "Do you have time to see him now?"
Eishi Ohashi was checking this week's expenses and asked casually: "What does he want?"
After the voice on the phone disappeared for a moment, the secretary reported: "Director Yoneyama replaced Director Kawaguchi to report on the ratings results for the week. He said it was your order before."
Ohashi Eishi now also began to care about the ratings. He immediately put down what he was doing and ordered: "Then let him come in!"
After a while, Daigo Yoneyama, a member of the production bureau's organizational committee, entered the door and saluted respectfully: "Director, excuse me."
"It's okay, Yoneyama-san, please take a seat." Ohashi Eishi still knew how to make some superficial remarks. He was polite, but immediately asked with concern: "How are the ratings this week? Has there been an improvement?"
Daigo Yoneyama handed over the summary report and said awkwardly: "This... I'm very sorry, I failed to live up to your expectations."
Ohashi Eishi's face instantly became much uglier. He flipped through the report, his face became even uglier, and he said coldly: "Is this worse than last week?"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" Daigo Yoneyama immediately stood up and began to bow and apologize. He didn't want to do this unlucky job, but the director of the production bureau, Takashi Kawaguchi, pretended to be sick and didn't go to work, and also designated him as a member of the newspaper to send a report, so he couldn't refuse.
, can only run to be the first in line.
Ohashi Eishi really wanted to throw the summary report on his head, but Yoneyama Daigo was one of his own after all, so he endured it again and again before holding his breath, and stopped letting him sit down, and directly cursed: "Last week
I just asked for the ratings to be improved, why are the ratings still not good this week?!"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"
"What's the use of apologizing? Does the station offer you a high salary so that you can apologize?"
"I'm really sorry!"
"I don't have time to listen to your apology. Can the production bureau come up with a solution?"
Yoneyama Daigo glanced at Ohashi Eishi secretly, hesitated for a moment and then bowed deeply again: "Please give us some more time, we will definitely be able to come up with a solution."
"how long?"
"This..." Daigo Mishan didn't dare to say it anymore. Saying the time would be equivalent to issuing a military order. If he couldn't do it, the responsibility would become his alone. This was not okay.
Eishi Ohashi has also been in the workplace for so many years. He knows the nature of these people very well. At first glance, he feels that he has no idea. He probably wants to delay it as long as he can, and his anger suddenly rises again, but he also knows that it is useless to get angry now.
, after taking several deep breaths, his expression softened a little, and he asked: "Yoneyama-san, you used to work in a newspaper office. Although we have never interacted with each other, now that we are in Kanto United, we are our own people. You tell me
To be honest, with the current capabilities of the production bureau, can it improve the ratings?"
Daigo Yoneyama hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "It's very difficult, Director, our current program is not competitive and we cannot retain the audience."
"Nothing can be done?"
"There is no good solution for the time being. This season has been doomed. The prime-time audience has been severely lost. We can only wait and see if there are better programs in the next season to save the show."
Eishi Ohashi nodded slowly, thought for a while and then asked: "If the budget is increased by a certain amount, can we have a relatively good result next season? Tell the truth, otherwise I will hold you accountable afterwards!"
Kanto United's ratings collapsed ten times faster than he expected. Now more and more franchise station representatives are beginning to put pressure on him, demanding that the ratings be stabilized, otherwise they will no longer support the newspaper faction on the board of directors.
The continuous dividend plan is very likely to ruin his most important mission.
He didn't want to be a loser and report back to the club headquarters in despair.
For this reason, he now has to consider adding more budget to the production bureau, just to achieve a balance between cutting costs and ratings. Advertisers are also very dissatisfied, and are also putting pressure on him, threatening to reduce advertising costs.
Cut the cost in half.
Eiji Ohashi felt that he had made a huge concession and was willing to pay more, but Daigo Yoneyama wiped the sweat from his head and said with difficulty: "If we increase the budget again, it will definitely help improve the ratings, but what you said is more
Good grades mean..."
"Just return to about 80% of last year's average." Ohashi Eiji said without hesitation, and then stared at Daigo Yoneyama, waiting for the production department to express its position, but Daigo Yoneyama lowered his head and thought about it for a while, and finally decided
Didn't dare to say anything.
This season has collapsed. Kanto United only has "Human Observation" as a viable program. The others are all frivolous and have been robbed of a large number of viewers by the Big Four. The average time-sharing rating for the whole day is only 53% of last year. It needs to return to the same level.
80% of last year…
Last year, the main dramas were basically there. Not to mention the four major dramas in the evening period, which were defeated step by step. The average value at least had a certain advantage. The all-day statistics are naturally good, but who will be relied on to win this year?
He hesitated and did not dare to express his position on behalf of the production bureau. Ohashi Eishi couldn't help it anymore and said sternly: "Without that person, does the production bureau even have no ability to work?! Even 80% of it can't be achieved?"
Daigo Yoneyama really didn't dare to promise such a thing. He couldn't bear this responsibility, so he could only bow vigorously again: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm very sorry!"
"Trash!" Ohashi Eishi scolded sternly, directly raising the report to Yoneyama Daigo's head, "Incompetent! Corporate rice bugs! You should all be laid off!"
Daigo Yoneyama didn't even dare to lift his waist, he kept a 90-degree bow, and began to apologize rapidly in the space where papers were flying. His expression was not too panicked - a characteristic of the Japanese workplace, scolding is commonplace, like Chihara Rin
The kind of person who would cause trouble after being scolded is an anomaly. However, he hasn't enjoyed this kind of treatment for a long time. Fortunately, he has not forgotten the basic skills and is very experienced in facing violent bosses.
Eishi Ohashi cursed for two or three minutes, and then he calmed down amidst a series of apologies. He sat in silence for a while and asked in a deep voice: "Is it only through that person that the next season's results can improve?"
"Well... if we have him, we will be much more sure of it."
"Is there someone from the outside who has similar abilities to him? Just respond in a short time."
Mishan Daigo shook his head slightly and whispered: "His ability is second to none in the industry. Even those who are worse than him can't..."
Even if his ability is 20 to 30% weaker than Senhara Rinto, he is still a first-class player in the industry. 99% of it is the backbone of the Big Four and NHK's self-cultivation. It is impossible to come to the Kanto Alliance. Even if there is a wild genius, he must be capable.
He would go to the Big Four, but it was impossible to come to the Kanto United Federation, which was undergoing strategic contraction. What's more, wild geniuses were not that easy to find. The Kanto United Co., Ltd. only picked up Senhara Rinto by chance. The probability of finding a peerless magic skill was about the same as jumping off a cliff. It takes a hundred years.
Once met.
Eishi Ohashi took a deep breath, feeling helpless in the face of this realistic predicament. He hesitated and asked, "Does he mean to reflect now?"
Daigo Mishan said vaguely: "Maybe I regret it a little."
"Then the production bureau assigns him a task, do you think he will accept it?"
"Well..." Daigo Yoneyama said more vaguely, "It's hard to say, he has a very weird temper and is not easy to talk to."
"Haven't you thought of any solution?"
"To tell you the truth, we have actually thought about it. He wanted to make a theatrical version of "Jumping Line" before, but we rejected the application at that time. We just hoped that he would take the initiative to talk and solve the problem between him and...
Let’s talk about his history, but..."
"but what?"
"He didn't come and just gave up."
Yoneyama Daigo was very helpless. He blocked the road in the beginning because he thought that "The Worst Three Days in History" had a bad reputation. Chihara Rin was arrogant and must be very unconvinced. He must be anxious to save face, so he did what he did.
It's too much. I'm expecting Chihara Rinto to rush out from the basement and make a fuss, and if there is such a fuss, there will be something that can be exchanged - you are willing to admit your mistake, give the new station some face, and make things right, and then
You can do whatever you want. By the way, come out next season to relieve the pressure in the bureau. Don't stay in the basement.
However, after that, Chihara Rinto remained silent, and there was no way to communicate at all, so the plan to form a committee was aborted and could not proceed.
Ohashi Eishi was also a little strange: "Then what is he doing now?"
"I heard he's making an independent movie."
Ohashi Eishi looked angry: "Who allowed it?"
"No one has given permission, but he has no power to sign contracts with film companies and actors, and cannot officially shoot. Once the filming is completed, he does not have the theater resources to release it on a large scale. He is probably just entertaining himself. At most, he has hired something that he has nothing to do at the moment.
Ordinary staff go to help, there is absolutely no way to stop him." After Daigo Yoneyama hesitated for a moment, he added: "Many people in the establishment committee now think that he will just wait for the contract to expire and then leave immediately, and he should have given up on the Kanto Alliance.
Yes, this has caused some people in the committee to also... also say strange things."
Eishi Ohashi parachuted in to "reform". The production bureau was the department most affected. The grassroots staff whose income had been greatly reduced were full of resentment. If everything was smooth and stable, ordinary staff and dispatch workers did not have much say.
, just let them endure it, but things are not going well now, their grades are collapsing, and more and more people are saying weird things day by day:
No matter which TV station a person like Chief Qianhara is placed in, the station manager will have to coax him to support him. Our new station director is an idiot. He doesn’t even give him basic respect. He bosses him around and forces him to lose face.
He was imprisoned in the basement and there is still no explanation.
Fortunately, he is completely disappointed with the Kwantung United. He will leave when the contract expires, and he will become an enemy in the future. With his vengeful character, he will not be able to seize the Kwantung United to deal with it. What will he do then?
The new director is really an idiot!
Regardless of whether they like Rinto Chihara or not, no one of the producers of Kanto United wants to face an opponent like him. The thought of him organizing a lot of dramas to block him at various times next year makes his pants a little wet, not to mention Ohashi Ei.
Even some people from the newspaper group felt that Eishi Ohashi was really stupid and it was a wrong decision for the headquarters to send him down.
Daigo Yoneyama spoke very vaguely, but Eishi Ohashi understood and was speechless for a moment.
He didn't expect Chihara Rinto to have such energy at the beginning. Once Japan's sixth largest TV station left him and his faction members, its performance collapsed in more than a month. In other industries, it is simply unimaginable.
…
But he can't bow to Chihara Rinto now. That guy is a bastard. If he is allowed to resume his duties, what if he says, "Let the station director publicly apologize to me first?"
Chihara Rinto, an arrogant and ignorant grassroots man with no sense of hierarchy at all, could probably do something like this. How much personal prestige could he still retain?
This guy is so hateful, even in the basement!
However, what should we do now?
One person can actually take over half of the production bureau, and it would be impossible without him...
…………
"Ah sneeze!" Chihara Rinto sneezed loudly and joked: "It's bad, I don't know who is scolding me behind my back."
Murakami Iori looked at him carefully: "You don't have a cold, do you? You have to take good care of yourself."
Qianhara Rinto sniffed, shook his head and said, "No, it's the smell of your house that smells weird..."
Murakami Iori was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, my father likes incense and puts a lot of broken incense wood at home. People who are not used to it will really not be used to it."
"I see, it feels good once you get used to it." Chihara Rinto stood in the corner of the living room and looked at the Murakami family, and laughed softly: "But it's a bit strange to say that we have known each other for more than three years, and our personal relationship is so good, and I actually
This is the first time I’ve come to your home, and it’s actually for filming.”
Murakami Iori said helplessly: "My legs are on you. What can I do if you don't come?"
"No, it's because you never invited me, and it's not convenient for me to come to you."
Murakami Iori actually didn't want Chihara Rin to come to her home, but this time there were ordinary family scenes in the shooting, so she set an example and decided to use her home as a scene. It would only take one day anyway, so it wouldn't hinder anything, but she didn't want to be with Chihara Rin.
Many people talk about this issue and say directly: "Okay, get to work quickly and stop chatting."
"I've given you all the orders. There's no need for me to do anything now." Although Chihara Rinto has never come to see it, he has seen the sketches drawn by Murakami Iori and made plans. Moreover, the shooting content of the Higurashi family is very simple. There are Tsumura and Miya.
It was enough to threaten two people, so there was no need for him, so he changed the subject directly: "By the way, the shooting went very smoothly. How is the contact with the theater?"
Murakami Iori sighed, looking slightly unnatural: "It's not going well, there are only three companies that have agreed to show it..."
She originally thought that this task was not difficult, after all, Chihara Rinto had a great reputation, but these small independent theaters had many problems, and each had their own insistence. They would not agree to nod happily before seeing the finished film, either demanding artistry or quality.
It's not easy to talk at all.
If only these three theaters are willing to show the movie, and they are still small theaters with super cheap ticket prices, how much money can they make? They can even directly declare that the mission has failed, which is equivalent to a wasted effort.