Tokyo Literary Godfather

The next day, the ratings report for the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was released.

Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara took a look at the ratings report: the average time-sharing rating was 4.7%, and the highest time-sharing rating was 8.9%.

The ratings are neither high nor low. After all, it is a late-night period. This number is already considered good.

I remember that "Anthropology", which was also a late-night program, only had an average rating of 2:00 on the day it premiered. However, the resources and time slots obtained by the two programs where they are broadcast are completely different.

One at twelve o'clock on weekdays and one at eleven o'clock on weekends; one only got a 30-second commercial break, while the other got multiple promotional ads.

So in terms of the first episode, "The Lonely Gourmet" is not as good as "Anthropological Observation".

Of course, the main creative team did not feel discouraged because they failed to surpass the previous work. Although it is not as good as "Human Observation", this variety show can be regarded as a phenomenon-level variety show. As long as there are no major problems in the follow-up, there is a chance to become It is an evergreen tree in the variety show industry, and there is nothing to be ashamed of if your performance is slightly lower than it.

The shooting task is still in progress in an orderly manner, and this result is not far behind Kei Fujiwara's expected results. Kei Fujiwara sat in the office, closed the doors and windows, and began to think silently.

"The Lonely Gourmet" premiered in the parallel world in 2012. I remember the ratings of the first episode were a few percent.

Don't underestimate the ratings of a few percent. The original "Lonely Gourmet" is also a late-night drama. In 2012, the Internet age has come, and TV programs have been beaten to death by various Internet products. A few late-night shows have very high ratings.

Not to mention, in the following seasons, as time went by and the TV industry declined, the ratings of this show did not decrease but increased, stabilizing between 3% and 5%.

Before the ratings report of a drama comes out, no one can be 100% sure of its results, not even the most senior TV people.

So in the parallel world, after the first season of "The Lonely Gourmet" achieved good results, the TV station discovered its value, and thus continued to invest resources and continue filming, and the ratings also doubled or tripled.

If we had known from the beginning that this show would be a hit and started pouring resources into it, we might have gotten better results.

Making a TV show, like most businesses, is a gamble.

Kei Fujiwara is a gambler who already knows the outcome.

The second episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was also aired soon. What is gratifying is that the ratings of this episode increased slightly, but not by much.

Mizuhara Yui arranged for Takagi Shinto to participate in "Human Observation". This issue of "Human Observation" will be broadcast before the official broadcast of the third episode, and at the same time apply for more publicity resources from the station.

Kei Fujiwara went to find Nobu Kawaguchi. Spring and Autumn Society had a lifestyle magazine with very high sales. The magazine had mostly female readers. The main content published in the magazine is mostly cooking techniques, emotional stories, celebrity gossip, and sharing of food and attractions.

Kei Fujiwara hoped that a page related to "Lonely Gourmet" could be published in the magazine. Nobuo Kawaguchi directly agreed, and published the content of "Lonely Gourmet" as official content in the food section, not an advertisement.

The main content is a food detective. After watching the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet", I went to visit the site and found that it was really delicious, and I recommend everyone to eat it.

The crew of "The Lonely Gourmet" also officially went to the fried dumpling restaurant for filming. After the filming, the staff also ordered a set meal of fried dumplings, which were unanimously praised. It's a pity that this store is not in Minato City, otherwise I could come here to eat there often.

The proprietress still wore the fried dumplings hood and thanked everyone happily, smiling like a child.

After finishing the meal, the boss leaned shyly at the door of the kitchen, watching the film crew eat with mouth watering and full of praise.

The woman looked at the camera with some curiosity, and then the photographer suddenly pointed the camera at her.

She was a little shy. At this time, Xiao Lin Xiuzao smiled beside her and said, "Madam, you can feel free to say whatever you want."

After some hesitation, the woman suddenly bowed to the camera: "If you think our food tastes good, please visit the shop more often!"

After everyone finished shooting, they all evacuated the snack bar.

After a while, the shop also closed. The lady proprietress took the account book and calculated. It has been more than a month since the store opened, and there are very few customers every day. It is very rare for a group of people to come to eat like today.

After doing some calculations with a calculator, I found that the store was seriously unable to make ends meet during this period. Although the store did not hire employees, the rent, water, electricity, and ingredients were all a huge expense. The landlady felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and her nose felt a little sore, but when she looked up and saw her husband walking over, she forced a smile.

"How is it?" the husband asked uneasily: "Is the financial situation very bad? Can our store continue to operate?"

In order to open this store, he has spent more than half of his family's savings. If the store suffers another serious loss... he really doesn't know what to do.

Are you going to stay at your mother-in-law's house for a while? This is really embarrassing, and I don’t know what the neighbors will think of him.

Life has never felt as painful as it does now. If it weren't for his wife and children, he would really want to find a place to get it over with.

"Of course. Business has gradually improved. After a while, life will gradually see the light of day." The wife smiled.

The husband looked at the fried dumpling headgear his wife was wearing, and suddenly his nose felt a little sour. His wife was a dignified and reserved type. In the past, he couldn't imagine his wife wearing such a funny headgear to distribute leaflets outside.

"By the way." The man suddenly thought of something, "The fifth of next month is our wedding anniversary. What gift do you want?"

"Eh? Is it the anniversary again so soon?" The woman scratched her head, "Really, I have almost forgotten about it during this period of time."

You won't forget. The man said in his heart that she often forgets her birthday, but she never looks at her wedding anniversary.

"No gift." The woman gently put her hand on her husband's, "Now you finally don't have to work overtime until midnight to get home. I am very happy to be with you."

"Thank you, Miqian..."

"Idiot, what's there to thank you for?"

After the couple cleaned up the kitchen and cleaned the store, they returned home.

At night, the husband and wife were lying on the bed, and the woman suddenly said: "Oh, I forgot about the group of people who came to our store to shoot today. When will their TV series be broadcast? I still want to see our TV series on TV." Where’s the store?”

"It seems like it's called Gourmet on Fukuyama Terrace...I forgot about it, and I don't know when it will be broadcast."

"Fushan TV? Is it the Fushan TV that broadcasts "Long Vacation"? That show is really good."

"um, yes."

"Do you still remember a line in that play? - When you can't do anything well, treat yourself as a long vacation from God. Don't force yourself, don't be anxious, and don't make unnecessary efforts. Give your body and mind to Leave it to nature and things will get better soon.”

"Yeah, I seem to remember." The man agreed, but he thought in his heart: The person who wrote this paragraph really doesn't hurt when he talks while standing.

This is how there are a hundred Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people. Some people will be inspired by the same sentence, but some people will only find it noisy.

"Go to bed, have a good sleep, there may be many guests tomorrow...well, there will definitely be..."

The woman's voice became quieter and quieter, and gradually she began to snore lightly.

Amidst this small snoring, the man's eyelids gradually closed.

However, half an hour later, the woman suddenly moved, then slowly stood up, lifted the quilt, and walked to the living room.

The woman sat in front of the phone, hesitated for a while, and finally dialed the number.

"Hey, Mom, I'm Miqian. Good evening, have you slept? I'm sorry to disturb you..."

"I want to borrow some money from you and dad. Don't worry, we will pay you back soon."

"These days have been a bit difficult, but we will get through it."

"The child's father works very hard every day..."

"Thank you, Mom, I will definitely pay you back the money as soon as possible."

The woman's voice sounded like she was crying, and in the bedroom not far away, the man stood at the door, his head lowered, and silently shedding tears.

God...

This is Japan in the 1990s. When Kei Fujiwara took advantage of the golden decade of Japanese dramas to expand its territory, more people were struggling in the quagmire of survival.