Nishino Kazuki and Takeuchi Ryoma finished watching the first episode of "Please Fall in Love with the Loser Me". It was almost 11:30. Just after half an hour of playing, he received a call from the TV series staff.
"Nishino-san, the ratings for the first episode are out. According to video research statistics, the ratings for the first episode are around 10.7%." The staff said to Kazuki Nishino on the phone.
This result should be pretty good. In the last quarter, the ratings of the TBS drama "The Days Before the Wedding", starring Nose Karina, only reached 7.7% in the first episode. Later, it dropped from episode to episode.
In the last episode, it ended up with a rating of 5.8%. The average ratings were only 5.5%. It was completely beaten by Fuji TV's Hot Ten. This caused the TBS TV series production department to suffer huge internal criticism. The person responsible for this book
The main creative staff couldn’t hold their heads up even more.
Compared with the previous TV series, the ratings of the first episode of "Please Fall in Love with the Loser Me" are much better, and as the plot deepens, the ratings of this type of drama will not fluctuate too much.
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"So the first episode of this drama is considered a success?" Nishino Kazuki asked.
"Yes, Nishino-san, it's a great success! It finally saved us our face after the failure of the last quarter." This creative staff member was obviously one of the main creators of the previous part, and his tone was very exciting.
The staff also realized that he was a little out of sorts and said quickly: "I'm sorry to disturb you so late."
"It doesn't matter. After all, everyone has put in their hard work into this drama. Who doesn't want to hear good news?" Nishino Kazuki said.
"Thank you, I'll excuse you for bothering me. I'm sorry, but I'll hang up now." He hung up the phone. It seemed like he still had a lot of things to do.
Nishino Kazuki put down the phone and told Takeuchi Ryoma on the side about the ratings. The other party was surprised and also expressed congratulations to Nishino Kazuki.
At this moment, people who have watched the TV series also logged on to their SNS software to express their evaluation of the show. Generally speaking, it received good reviews. Most people complained that Kyoko Fukada started playing a silly sweetheart again, and
He is still a good-for-nothing good-for-nothing character, but looking back, I still have to say that it is really sweet. This kind of useless character has a silly and cute feeling. Only Kyoko Fukada can interpret that enthusiasm.
Early the next morning, the news program of TBS TV station broadcast the news of the premiere of their own TV series. Since the ratings were very gratifying, the lead actors and creators also praised it and promoted the TV series again.
That morning, Kazuki Nishino held a small meeting with Murakami Nobu and other television staff in the office lounge. A series of today's newspapers were placed on the indoor table.
"Nishino, you're on "Nikkan Sport"." The TV station staff haven't arrived yet, Murakami Nobu raised his head and said to Nishino Kazuki.
This was not the first time for Nishino Kazuki to appear in this newspaper, so he was not particularly excited.
Picking up the "Nikkan Sport" newspaper on the table, he turned to the entertainment section. Kazuki Nishino saw that it devoted an entire entertainment section to reporting on this TV series, and listed all the ratings for the premiere of TBS's top ten TV series in 2015.
"Date with the Loser Me" ranked first. The photo of the leading actress Kyoko Fukada was placed on the right side of the entire page. The report praised her acting skills and performance, and was optimistic about the future of this TV series.
"There is a column introduction in the lower right corner." Murakami said casually, holding a notepad in his hand.
Nishino Kazuki looked at the lower right corner of the newspaper. Sure enough, there was a small column, and there was a photo of him in it. It was the way he looked when he met the heroine in the first episode of TV, wearing a black suit, with a very gentle expression.
The column also has a subtitle: The rising super-popular Wakade actor------Nishino Kazuki.
The title is a bit exaggerated, but the content inside is about some of his daily experiences on the set and how dedicated he is in the TV series, and how worthy of recognition his acting skills are. It also includes the content of his last interview.
Nishino Kazuki was interviewed by "Nikkan Sport". At that time, he only answered a few questions. Now, after being expanded and beautified by the editor, his answers have become wonderful.
Of course, these are all for the purpose of promoting the TV series.
But even so, Kazuki Nishino felt a lot better after reading this column, and the stress of getting up early in the morning was eliminated a lot.
"Nichikan Sport" also published his previous news when it was its predecessor, but it was all accurate and not embellished. It was already a fairly fair newspaper about him.
Nishino Kazuki flipped through other newspapers and saw no other relevant content, so he had to put down the newspaper, took out his mobile phone and started reading.
After a while, the TV station staff came. After greeting them, Kazuki Nishino and Nobu Murakami took their seats.
The person coming this time is TV Asahi. Although it is not as famous as TBS and Fuji TV in terms of TV dramas, it shoots Japanese dramas every quarter very seriously, and "Aibo" is also one of its masterpieces.
The Shuijiu Theater every Wednesday also has high ratings.
"Hello Nishino-san, Murakami-san, I am Hiroshi Kono, the section chief of TV Asahi's TV drama department. These two are members Masanori Nishitani and Keita Murakami. Please take care of me."
"Please take good care of me."
After a few pleasantries, they immediately got down to business. This time, TV Asahi sent someone to personally meet with Nishino Kazuki and his team, which showed that they were very sincere.
"Nishino-san, we are interested in inviting you to star in the 2016 Spring Golden Eleven drama (Friday at 11 o'clock)." Section Chief Kono Hiroshi sat on the chair and straightened his back and said.
So this is ah.
Although it is not too late at night, it is destined that this drama will not hire any big-name actors, so it is no wonder that they would look for me.
"Has the script been prepared?" Nishino Kazuki asked. He would definitely have to read the script before deciding whether he could star in it. People from TBS TV station also held a meeting a few days ago and gave him the script.
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Kono Hiroshi took out the script from his bag and handed it to Nishino Kazuki.
The name of the script is "Unpleasant Fruit". It is a family ethics drama. The protagonist cheats and falls in love with a musician. It contains conflicts between workplace life and family. The key is that he is not the protagonist, but only the male protagonist.
Nishino Kazuki looked at it for a while and then shook his head in his mind. This kind of plot is not suitable for him. Although his age is very suitable for playing the male protagonist, his style is not very suitable, and the audience will not like it too much.
This kind of story.
However, he did not refuse directly and said to Kono Hiro: "Kono-san, I can't reply to you right now. I will read the script carefully when I get back and give you a reply after discussing it with the agency."
After that, Kono Hiroshi talked about the content of the story, some details, the director of the TV series, etc.
Then he sent away several people from TV Asahi.
"Since it's already close to the late-night slot, if you're not the lead actor, you might as well go to the prime slot and look for the male lead." Nishino Kazuki said to Murakami Nobu.
He believes that after "Fall in Love with Me, a Loser" is completed, he will be able to play the leading role in a late-night movie or at least become a prime-time male lead.