There is no national-level official TV station in Japan, and there are only six or seven local-level official TV stations. Compared with the more than 120 local TV stations in Japan, they account for a small proportion, and their coverage is small and their functions are limited.
It is relatively simple and has little publicity effect.
This is required by the "Broadcasting Act" to prevent the government from being able to sway public opinion at will. However, as the government also has image publicity needs, it has to turn to NHK and the five major broadcasters for help, and hold a broadcasting symposium for discussion - once a year.
The time is usually set at the end of November or early December, which is before the election season.
The protagonist is usually NHK. This TV station theoretically represents the right to know of all Japanese people. Information such as the introduction of candidate information, candidate debates, etc. are all broadcast by this TV station, and the government will
Pay them "election broadcasting delivery fees" to subsidize their labor, equipment depreciation and other expenses.
But sometimes the government has needs that are not that simple. For example, sometimes it needs to promote overseas for the sake of international image, or it wants to reduce the birthrate and encourage more children, or it can improve the cultural literacy of the people. It is not necessarily possible to rely solely on NHK to produce programs.
To achieve perfect results, the cooperation of the civil broadcasting network is needed.
Of course, the government also pays for this part, and it will be distributed in the form of subsidies. "Oji" received it, which is equivalent to the government hiring a commercial TV station to do odd jobs.
In the past, Chihara Rinto naturally did not have to attend such meetings. At that time, it was not his turn to participate, but now, he must attend - the government is not allowed to interfere with the operation of the TV station. This is stipulated by law, but the government also has the right to refuse
A certain commercial organization attends official press conferences and other events, and also has the power to review broadcast licenses. It has the ability to disgust people.
He had no choice but to go, so he led a large group of people and rushed to Chiyoda District.
The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Residence in Chiyoda Ward. It was nominally in charge of the Chief Cabinet Secretary, but was actually operated by the subordinate Propaganda Strategy Operations Section. Hitomi Konoe carefully followed the lead car into the Prime Minister's Residence and immediately started looking around - she
If you have to follow me as a driver, the main thing is to get something to brag about later.
I've been to the Prime Minister's house, it sounds so majestic!
But when she took a closer look, she was immediately disappointed and complained: "Does the Prime Minister live in such a shabby place?"
An ordinary compound, a five-story small building, the base color is white, but over the years, the white has turned a bit gray, and suddenly it looks a bit miserable - if it hadn't been known that the leading car would not have gone wrong.
, she thought she had gone to a township-level public hospital.
This was different from what she had imagined. Not to mention magnificent, it should be a little more modern, right?
Chihara Rinto ignored her and closed his eyes to meditate. However, Nishijima Rui kindly explained to her: "Hitomi, the Prime Minister does not live here, this is just the official office of the Central Government Office."
Konoe Hitomi was startled for a moment and asked strangely: "Don't he live in the official residence? Then why is this place called the official residence?"
"In the past, the Central Government Office used to be the residence of the Minister of Justice. Although it was later moved and rebuilt, the common name of the official residence has been retained."
"Ah, is that so? Where does the Prime Minister live?"
Nishijima Rumi pointed at her with a smile: "It's next door, it's called the Prime Minister's Residence, also called the Prime Minister's Residence."
Hitomi Konoe looked to the side and saw that it was indeed much more elegant than this official office. Unfortunately, she was not qualified to run in and wander around. Her dream of visiting the Prime Minister's house was shattered in an instant. When she parked the car, she
Sighing, he followed Qianhara Rinto - if I had known this, I wouldn't have come. What a bad luck.
However, she quickly cheered up and felt that it would be nice to visit the Prime Minister's official residence. After all, 99% of people would not have the opportunity to walk in and take a look, right?
Now I, Hitomi, am also a big shot who can enter and exit the core areas of the Japanese government, so that’s okay!
Anyway, as long as you use Chunqiu brushwork, this cowhide can be blown away!
She followed closely behind Qianhara Rinto, pretending to be powerful, almost walking sideways, and showing off a domineering demeanor. Murakami Iori glanced at her approvingly - yes, this kind of momentum can't be used in this situation.
Sakurajima, Tokyo Broadcasting Teb and others lost their momentum.
It was also the first time for Chihara Rinto to come here. Accompanied by the staff, he walked in front and looked around with great interest.
The decoration inside is also based on white. It is probably because Japanese tradition considers white to be more noble. However, it looks as shabby as the outside. I don’t know if Japan also has a feudal society where “officials do not build government offices”.
Tradition.
Or is it that every prime minister knows that he will not last long, so he is too lazy to decorate his office space, and as a result, it accumulates year by year and becomes this dilapidated state?
Very possible!
He gained knowledge along the way, and was soon taken into a large conference room by the staff. Under the instructions of the staff, he sat down at the conference table. Only Murakami and Nishijima were present, and the rest of the followers were seated.
When we arrived at the auditorium surrounding the venue, we were always waiting to be called.
This group of people arrived either early or late, and there were already many people in the conference room. When Chihara Rinto sat down, he looked around and was immediately greeted by a group of scrutinizing eyes, many of whom looked quite dissatisfied.
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Qianhara Rinto is a little strange. Although it is true that we are competitors, it is not a personal vendetta such as taking away your wife or killing your children. You should be more polite in front of me, right? You won't get angry when you see me, right?
Is there such a lack of city government?
It was strange, but he didn't care.
When someone nods to him, he smiles and nods in return. When someone has a bad attitude, he still smiles and doesn't care. If the other party doesn't show grace, he still has to talk. Everyone's battle is on the battlefield of ratings, not on the battlefield.
At the conference table - He is still very easy to talk to about things that don't involve his bottom line.
He behaved very well and seemed very dignified and well-educated. However, he soon discovered that those people were also very indifferent to the staff of the government office, as if they were holding their breath. He couldn't help but feel even more strange. He asked Murakami Iori in a low voice: "Who are you?"
What’s going on personally?”
Murakami Iori was not sure, but Nishijima Rumi noticed it and explained softly: "Maybe it's because of the sorting. They felt slighted. It seems that we used to sit closest to the door."
Chihara Rinto was surprised. He took a closer look and found that there were only four TV stations currently, that is, only Kanto United, Sakurajima, Tokyo Broadcasting Teb and Asatsuki. People with bad attitudes only came from Tokyo Broadcasting Teb and Tokyo Broadcasting.
Asagi's ordinary staff, on the other hand, the Sakurajima people who had a conflict not long ago had good expressions.
The upper left corner of the conference table is empty, which should be the seat reserved for NHK; the upper right corner is Sakurajima. I and the others are sitting in the second seat on the left. The empty seat opposite should be Mount Fuji, and further down is Tokyo.
It broadcasts TEB. Opposite is Chaoyue TV station, which is closest to the door and most convenient for getting out.
So this is what you were thinking about?
Chihara Rinto couldn't help but laugh. The Japanese care about rankings. It's obvious that the government thinks that Kanto United is more influential than Tokyo Broadcasting System Teb and Asazuki, and even a little stronger than Fujisan TV. No wonder they feel that they are being influenced by this.
Contempt, temporary psychological imbalance.
This is because we have come from behind. I feel unhappy to see that the Kwantung United is ranked third in the eyes of the government!
He laughed out loud there, which immediately attracted a lot of people to look over. The Tokyo Broadcasting Teb and Chao Yue who were already a little dissatisfied were even more dissatisfied, thinking that he was being proud of himself - Chao Yue was okay with this.
After two years of no money, they were just struggling, their momentum plummeted, and they were pretending to be dead. But Tokyo Broadcasting Teb is different. I feel that even if Kanto United has become a bit shaken in the past six months, I shouldn't rank myself below them.
Chihara Rinto still didn't care, but began to admire the incompetent and furious expressions of these people with great interest. After Murakami Iori understood it, his face remained calm, his posture was still elegant, and he was quite happy in his heart - Tokyo Broadcasting Teb came to the meeting.
People, including those who originally supported the robbery of "Shiqi", now looked at her with complicated eyes, but there was no trace of contempt in them.
This is good. She would rather others hate her and scold her than despise her. But she works hard every day, is busy every day, and strives to pursue success, isn't it just for now?
At this moment, she felt that all her previous efforts were valuable!
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Tokyo Broadcasting Teb and Asayue could not be dissatisfied for long. Soon people from Mount Fuji and NHK arrived, and the broadcasting talks officially began.
First of all, the central government office asks all major commercial TV stations to maintain an objective and fair stance in next year's House of Representatives election. They should not produce biased programs to attack a certain candidate. If you want to criticize a candidate, you should wait until the election is over.
The NHK must cooperate well and provide relevant broadcasts during the election process so that citizens can fully have the right to know.
The participants naturally have no objections. Anyway, the Central Government Office has no control over them. Whether the program is biased or not is not the Central Government Office’s final say. Now I promise you, I am okay, everyone, but I will do my own thing later——
The Central Government Office also understands this, but still needs to request it.
Anyway, now that I'm done with it, they have no responsibility anymore, and it's not their fault if the TV station insists on causing trouble.
Secondly, the Central Government Office has announced the subsidy standards and program production guidelines for next year. It is hoped that major TV stations will provide certain positive guidance and cooperation when producing programs and assume social responsibilities.
For example, Japan's economy is currently in a slump, the unemployment rate is extremely high, the suicide rate has also increased significantly, and a large number of homeless people have emerged. I hope that the TV station can produce more passionate, inspirational and personal struggles and entrepreneurship programs to boost national confidence.
, don’t let the people die and go into self-exile if they can’t think about it, not only losing their labor force, but also causing trouble to the government.
In addition, the crime rate is also increasing. The number of non-violent crimes such as petty theft has increased by 32% compared with last year and 53% compared with the year before. In this regard, we also hope that all TV stations can fulfill their social responsibilities and have many programs.
Some crime-fighting plots and the remorse of criminals after being arrested are used to let the public understand the consequences of small crimes and not take chances.
People are more concerned about this aspect of content. If the produced program meets the requirements, the government will provide subsidies, which means that someone will help share the production costs. Although it is not much when it is shared equally with each program, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still a piece of meat.
It's always good to get more - except for NHK, they eat national food and have an extremely sufficient annual budget. This year, it is 300 billion, which is less than half the valuation of Kanto United, so there is no shortage of money.
However, NHK’s 300 billion budget is not all spent on producing programs. For example, it also has the task of assisting in disaster relief. It has branches all over the country and provides subtitle warnings before natural disasters occur.
Detailed images must be broadcast within ten minutes of the disaster to let the public know the details, which is very expensive - Kanto United will also provide subtitle reminders in the program, but the information comes from NHK, which is free.
Of course, they also spend money to produce programs. They will spend 100 million yen to produce a program "Learn Malay by Watching TV" with a ratings of only 0.01%. They will also spend a lot of staff and budget to produce "sign language programs" specifically for the deaf and mute.
People watch.
NHK's mission is to serve the public. After all, it's the people's livelihood, regardless of cost.
Naturally, this is not the only thing that can be done when summoning so many people to a meeting. After the Central Government Office has finished asking for help in a friendly manner, it’s time to say bad things - the government can’t stand being scolded all the time, and the Prime Minister is not too happy either.
Always good.
The Central Government Office has compiled a long list, saying that these programs have some problems, or are biased, or appear to be personal insults, or have reduced the public's trust in the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, and have a very bad impact. I hope
Each TV station can make certain concessions, of which NHK has nine, Tokyo Broadcasting TEB and Kanto United have two each, Sakurajima and Fujisan have one each, and Asatsuki has none.
This may be regarded as political censorship in Japan, but Japan is not an official-based society. Most officials are not feared, even if the section chief of the Central Office is changed. NHK takes the lead and does not buy it and ignores it at all.
Sakurajima and other stations have similar attitudes. Let’s not talk about rectification. Let’s first discuss what is wrong with these programs.
To be honest, TV stations are more afraid of non-governmental organizations such as ethics committees, which represent public opinion and the intentions of the audience. With the support of the Broadcasting Law, they are not afraid of the government at all.
This matter is also related to the Kanto Alliance, but there is no need for Chihara Rinto to take action. It is the turn of the Kanto Alliance. Murakami Iori led his followers and argued with the staff of the Central Government Office, and carefully examined all aspects from morality to law.
Don't even think about making slight concessions on inconsequential points and completely revamping or canceling the show.
Chihara Rinto was just watching the fun, and it was very interesting. He only made a few remarks occasionally, but he felt that he was in a happy mood - that's the best thing about making TV programs in Japan. As long as you don't go crazy and die, the government has to cooperate with
You discuss and negotiate, and finally find a compromise.
He just watched the excitement for a long time, and finally managed to get through this year's broadcast symposium. Apart from getting the standard for this year's government subsidy, he basically gained nothing - the Central Government Office also gained nothing, and begged the TV station to correct the program, but with little success.
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I heard that this was the case in previous years and it was considered normal.
Chihara Rinto got up and was about to go back. The next time he comes will be next year, but a staff member rushed to him immediately and said politely: "Chihara-sensei, do you have time? If you don't mind, Furuya Chief Cabinet Secretary