"Good morning, PD Park. Oh, Junxian, you guys came here early. You didn't say hello when you saw me. Do you think you don't care about me?"
"Where are you? Brother Youxian, I didn't see you!"
"Stop talking nonsense and go buy some coffee."
"Brother, can you wait? How can I be in the mood now?"
"That's right, remember that next time."
Song Youxian joked all the way to his seat, preparing to attend the morning meeting of the Drama Bureau of the SBS Production Center. He was not very concerned about the announcement of the pilot feedback.
SBS has a weak overall ratings. Everyone's results are about the same. The pilot is just a formality. What else can it do? At most, it can only pick a few unlucky ones to beat the board, but as a senior PD, the director has to give him some face.
There's no way the board will fall on his butt.
He sat comfortably in his seat, laughing and scolding a few junior PDs from time to time. Soon, the director of the TV Drama Bureau and others came in with dark faces, and directly began to distribute the pilot ratings report - this kind of report was not issued on the same day.
, compared to the ratings report, this one also comes with a market research report and audience questionnaire feedback, which takes a little longer.
Song Youxian took the report and immediately looked through it. This thing was somewhat similar to a student's report card. Even if it didn't affect anything, most of them wanted to know quickly how many points they had scored. As soon as he took a look at it, a trace of satisfaction appeared on his lips.
Smile - the average time-sharing viewership rating is 11.45%, and the highest time-sharing viewership rating is 13.01%, which is a first-rate achievement for SBS.
After he finished reading his own, he went to look at other people's.
He just glanced at it and couldn't help but laugh out loud. He turned around and started looking for people in the conference room. When he found that Qianhara Rinto didn't come to the meeting, he directly poked a colleague PD next to him and said with a smile: "This company saw this
I don’t know what I’ll think about the pilot report.”
The PD turned his head strangely and asked, "What's wrong?"
Song Youxian raised his eyebrows and pointed to the page of "Blue Life and Death Love", "Look at this."
After taking a look at it, the PD immediately turned the pilot report in his hand to the page of "Blue Life and Death Love" and found that the average time-sharing ratings were 12.21%, and the highest time-sharing ratings were 13.56%. It couldn't help but be even more strange.
"What's wrong? The ratings are pretty good for our TV station."
Song Youxian glanced at the director at the top of the conference table and laughed in a low voice: "Our agency specially invited us from Tokyo to guide us. We stayed in a high-end hotel and used the highest budget. As a result, the ratings were almost the same as ours. What do you think is wrong?"
The PD suddenly understood and remembered that Song Youxian had strongly opposed accepting guidance from outsiders. No wonder he cared about this, but then he took a closer look, pointed to the feedback column of the telephone questionnaire and said: "PD Song, please go first
Don't be happy, the audience's evaluation of this drama is quite good, and many people give it high marks."
Song Youxian glanced at it and said indifferently: "But the ratings are still about the same as ours."
They were talking privately there. The director of the TV Drama Bureau knocked on the table and said: "Okay, you have all seen the feedback from the pilot. To tell you the truth, the new program launched at the beginning of the year has received very bad ratings. The average rating
The ratings are only 9.89%. Our agency is very dissatisfied and requires the production center to make rectifications immediately to raise the ratings to a higher level."
As the most senior front-line PD, Song Youxian immediately raised his hand and asked on behalf of everyone: "What rectification does the agency require us to make?"
The director glanced at him and said directly: "This is the main content of the morning meeting. You, the front-line PDs, need to brainstorm and think of ways to at least be able to explain to the superiors. We can no longer make our agency feel that we are incompetent!
"
"But that doesn't make sense, does it?" Song Youxian said unceremoniously, "This is because the TV station's overall ratings are sluggish. What kind of guidance did the agency invite? The ratings are about the same as ours, aren't they?"
Song Youxian believed that if PDs such as him could work in KBS or MBC, they could easily achieve a ratings of more than 20%. Now they are not to blame for the poor performance. The PDs who attended the meeting suddenly woke up and turned over.
Looking at the feedback from the pilot of "Blue Life and Death", everyone started to agree with each other, shouting: "PD Song is right, Director, didn't that Qianyuan Director say that he had produced a TV series with a ratings of 40%?
?When our TV station’s results are almost the same as ours, it shows that the problem is not with us.”
"If you have to blame us for being incompetent, isn't the person hired by our agency also incompetent?"
"That's right, it makes no sense for our agency to unilaterally blame us. Director, you should argue for us and fight for it!"
"We are already working on the program very seriously. KBS and MBC have the first-mover advantage. No one can do anything about it. Our people just stand and talk without pain, right?!"
"Let us rectify it, how can we change it? This is not a problem with the program at all!"
These PDs are very united, and they all feel that they are very unjust, which means it is a crime other than war. Our company should not force others to make things difficult for them, and just make do with it. Anyway, this is how they used to live.
The director was at a loss for words. Qianhara Rinto was specially invited by our agency to guide him. His ratings were not astonishing. He didn't know what to say. He was about to slam the table and lose his temper to suppress the scene when he suddenly found Qianhara Rinto standing there.
At the door of the conference room, I couldn't help but turn around and said politely: "Chief Qianyuan, why are you here?"
Qianhara Rinto raised a document in his hand and said with a smile: "Sorry, I stopped by to pick up the original record of the audience's telephone questionnaire and disturbed your meeting."
The PDs in the conference room fell silent. Unexpectedly, they were bumped into by someone who said bad things behind their backs. They couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Chihara Rinto looked around the room and asked the director of the TV drama bureau with a smile: "Do you mind?"
May I say a few words?"
The director was startled for a moment and said quickly: "Uh... no, of course I don't mind, please."
Qianhara Rinto walked into the conference room calmly, pushed the director aside, and stood at the head of the conference table, supporting the table with his hands, but his expression was gentle. He first smiled and said: "Dear PDs, I don't speak Korean well.
Proficient, in the workplace, honorifics, plain language and half language are often confused, and sometimes I don’t know which one is appropriate to use as the last word. If there is anything rude, please forgive me. Please believe me, I didn’t mean it.
It’s meant to be insulting.”
After the scene was finished, he continued: "I just heard everyone's conversation outside the door. Although it is true that SBS, as an emerging commercial TV station, lacks a natural audience group, it is understandable that everyone's ratings are generally not good, but I personally think
, a harsh environment should not be a reason to admit defeat and dawdle. As a producer... or as a PD, in this case, shouldn't we seek changes? If we don't start changing from now on, start
Accumulation, the environment will never change, right?"
His speaking speed is extremely slow, and his ability to speak Korean for long periods of time was something he learned through communicating with the screenwriters and actors during this period. Moreover, some of the words he spoke were indeed very vague, but the meanings were probably correct.
He paused and said in a very sincere tone: "Although you may not win if you work hard, but if you don't work hard, you will definitely lose. I have always believed this. I hope I can encourage you all."
The PDs were stunned for a moment, but soon most of them showed disapproval looks on their faces. Only a few younger PDs were thoughtful, and Chihara Rinto didn't care, but said with a little regret: "Of course
, Originally I shouldn’t say something now. After all, the first episode of “Blue Life and Death Love” has just aired, and I haven’t been able to prove myself yet. It’s not the right time to say this, but now that everyone has mentioned me, I still plan to use me as a person.
Excuse, there are some things I have to say..."
As he spoke, he turned to Song Youxian, his gentle smile faded a lot, and asked directly: "Is this Song Youxian Song PD?"
Song Youxian frowned when he heard this, because Qianhara Rinto was talking half-talk. He usually spoke like this to children or friends with whom he had a casual relationship, and he was much older than Qianhara Rinto. He felt that Qianhara Rinto was very rude, but
Chihara Rinto said before that he was not very fluent in Korean yet and could not criticize him.
Finally, he showed the unique expression on his face that Koreans deserve a beating when expressing dissatisfaction, and he replied in half a word: "It's me."
Qianhara Rinto nodded. He had an impression of this person. When he first arrived at the SBS production center, this guy was very picky and dissatisfied. He also made loud noises that gave him a headache.
He was not too polite and asked directly: "It was PD Song who used me as an excuse just now. Do you want to make a bet?"
Song Youxian didn't understand Qianhara Rinto's words and asked strangely: "What bet are you making?"
Chihara Rinto said slowly: "You think that SBS naturally has low ratings and no one can develop a program under such conditions, but I think it is possible, so let's bet on the ratings of "Blue Life and Death"...
…Don’t you think I can’t adapt to the Korean viewing market and am not worthy of directing the production center? Then if you win, I will return to Tokyo immediately and I will not care how you produce programs in the future.”
Song Youxian was stunned, a little surprised. If he could get rid of the "gringos" and the "legendary big man" who was said to be able to influence the Japanese broadcasting industry, it would be an achievement that could be boasted for a lifetime, and even publicized, thus causing KBS and MBC
It was not impossible for him to pay attention, but he thought for a moment and didn't care. He asked very cautiously: "What is the ratings you are talking about?"
Qianhara Rinto said casually: "You decide, here are professionals in the industry, whatever they think is acceptable."
Song Youxian looked around at his confused colleagues in the room. He wanted to set it too high, like 40% or 50%, but KBS and MBC would only release one of these dramas in a year or two, so I was afraid of such a request.
Chihara Rinto would have to retreat immediately, so the bet would be lost.
He hesitated before saying: "How about 35%?"
This is basically three times the ratings of the first episode of "Blue Life and Death". Even if you kill him, you won't believe that the ratings of a show can triple. I feel that this should be a sure win, and Chihara Rinto agreed immediately.
He smiled angrily and said, "That's 35%."
Song Youxian was immediately attracted to Chihara Rinto. He felt that this person came from Tokyo to Seoul just to achieve his own reputation. He immediately said without hesitation: "Then it's a deal!"
Qianyuan Rinto stretched out his hand to indicate not to worry, and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, what should I do if PD Song doesn't say he loses yet!"
Song Youxian also said angrily: "You can do whatever you want, you decide!"
Qianhara Rinto nodded, the gentle smile on his face completely disappeared, and said softly: "If you win, I will leave. Then if I win, PD Song will also leave. The SBS Production Center does not need a frog in the well like you."
!”
It is true that he did not want to deal with these PDs now. After all, "Blue Life and Death Love" has only released its first episode, and SBS has not accumulated any experience before, so the natural ratings are very poor. The ratings of the first episode of "Blue Life and Death Love"
It's really not ideal, and I don't have the confidence to speak now.
Of course, he is not in a hurry. It is not an easy task to open up the viewing market and establish a reputation for production. It not only requires excellent quality of works, but also requires time to accumulate. These are all expected. If only this thing were simple
, there is no need for him to be here personally, because he is afraid that if something goes wrong, he will not be able to make up for the shortcomings of the Kanto United Sports Program.
However, he couldn't accept Song Youxian and the other frogs in the well using him as an excuse. He deliberately wanted to show him off, which would be considered as killing the chicken and the monkey. If you want to goof off, don't use me as an excuse!
Song Youxian didn't expect Qianyuan Rinto to make such a request. He stood up angrily and pointed at him and said: "You..."
Qianhara Rinto is even less polite. A guy like Song Youxian wouldn't even dare to breathe in front of him even in the Kanto United Federation, but now he has to give him face!
He directly interrupted Song Youxian and asked coldly: "Did Song PD mean that it was impossible for anyone to make a drama in this viewing environment, not even me? Now I have changed my mind, no.
Do you dare to make this bet?"
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head with disdain, "I can understand if I don't dare, but I didn't expect Korean TV people to be so..."
Song Youxian became even more angry. To be serious, this matter would be detrimental to the national dignity. Now that he had confessed and spread the word, he couldn't even get out. He immediately shouted: "There is nothing you dare not do. If you can show the drama
Achieve an average time-sharing rating of 35%..."
He ignored it, but the PD who was familiar with him was shocked and secretly tugged on his sleeve, telling him to calm down and not risk his career. But Song Youxian couldn't care about this at all, and suddenly waved his hand and took the last step.
He shouted, "Note, it is the average time-sharing rating. As long as you have an average time-sharing rating of 35%, I will resign!"
Qianyuan Rinto nodded slightly, yes, he is very passionate, and indeed South Korea has a stick!
Now that the bet has been established, he doesn't need any written documents. He just throws his hands and leaves, leaving only one sentence: "That's it, write your resignation letter in advance, Song PD."