Tokyo Literary Godfather

The third episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was officially aired not long after, and the ratings for the next day showed that the ratings for this episode had improved again, and the increase had become larger.

It seems that Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara's presence everywhere played a role, and more and more people are interested in this food show.

"The Lonely Gourmet" is now ranked sixth in the late-night show that is airing, up two places from the eighth in the first episode.

Kei Fujiwara looked at the ratings report in the office and suddenly smiled.

Audience retention has gone up, and it's gotten much better. When the first and second episodes were aired, nearly half of the viewers would leave after about ten minutes, but the ratings report for the third episode showed that the vast majority of viewers only needed to watch the first five minutes and would watch until the end. .

It shows that the broadcast of the first two episodes has left many loyal viewers. Those who are not interested will not come in again, but viewers who are interested in this kind of slow-paced food drama with light plot will watch it from beginning to end.

If the audience retention rate is high, there will be more and more old audiences. When the new blood pours in, the ratings will increase again.

Kei Fujiwara sat in the office, thinking about something quietly, suddenly put down the report, took out the phone book from the drawer, and called a number.

After the phone beeped twice, a voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hi, hello, I'm Etsuko Fukuyama."

"Ms. Fukuyama, this is Kei Fujiwara." Kei Fujiwara said straight to the point, "I would like to invite Aoi Kono to make a guest appearance in my new drama. The filming can be completed in about half a day. Does Ms. Kono have a schedule?"

"Is it "The Lonely Gourmet"?"

"Yes." Kei Fujiwara lay on the office chair, wiping the soles of his shoes on the floor. The chair turned, and his body changed directions smoothly, facing the window. Kei Fujiwara circled the leaves of the green plants on the window sill with his fingers, " Have you seen that show? What did you think?"

"It's a very good late-night drama. It's a breath of fresh air among the current late-night shows." Etsuko Fukuyama said, "But watching this in the middle of the night is really a bit...well, it's easy to be so hungry that I can't sleep at night."

Fujiwara Kei smiled: "I'm so happy to get Ms. Fukuyama's approval. So does Kono have any schedule?"

"Of course, it's just that I hope Mr. Fujiwara can supervise this child when she is filming... She has gained four pounds recently."

It's only four kilograms. With such a light frame and four kilograms of flesh, no change can be seen. Fujiwara Kei complained silently in his heart, but on the surface he agreed: "Okay, except for the shooting materials, I won't let her eat any extra bites."

"That's good, when do you plan to shoot with Kono."

After the two agreed on the specific shooting time, they chatted for a few more words. Just when they were about to hang up, Etsuko Fukuyama suddenly said: "There is one more thing, I just don't know whether I should say it or not."

Generally speaking, this prefix is ​​often followed by some embarrassing requirements. Fujiwara Kei frowned: "Please tell me."

"It's like this. That kid, Kiko, has always wanted to apologize to you and Miss Mizuhara. It's not for anything else, just to do it on a formal occasion..."

"Miss Fukuyama, forget it."

Hearing the coldness in Fujiwara Kei's voice, Fukuyama Etsuko stopped talking about it.

Although it is a pity to give up Kiko Araki, it is impossible to offend a well-known screenwriter in the industry who is on the rise because of her.

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"Teacher Fujiwara! I knew you were good to me!"

When I heard that I was invited to film "The Lonely Gourmet", Kono Aoi was as happy as a child going on a spring outing.

Mr. Fujiwara must have seen that I was having a really hard time recently, so he invited me to this show.

When the first and second episodes of "The Lonely Gourmet" were played, Kono Aoi stayed in front of the TV for a minute to finish watching it, drooling all over the floor.

That night, Kono Aoi fell asleep with great difficulty. In her sleep, various foods were hovering in the sky.

In this episode, their shooting location was moved to Kanagawa Prefecture, and the food they photographed was soupless dandan noodles and husband and wife beef slices.

This is a Sichuan restaurant. The owner originally opened a Western-style restaurant. Later, he married a Sichuan girl and converted the Western-style restaurant into a Sichuan restaurant.

Husband and wife's beef slices are actually "waste slices". The main ingredients are beef scalp, beef heart, beef tongue, tripe and beef, but there is no lung.

The soupless dandan noodles are covered with a thick layer of spicy stir-fried sesame seeds, and two green vegetables are spread on the edge of the plate for decoration.

Kei Fujiwara rewrote the script and allowed Aoi Kono to appear in the play.

And in order to ensure authenticity, the eating scenes are not rehearsed in advance and are tried to be done in one go.

Kono Aoi and Takagi Nobuntoshi looked down at the red oil in the dandan noodles, swallowed subconsciously, and then looked at each other, their eyes seemed to say: It won't kill me.

"I'm gonna start now."

After saying that, the two started eating.

The first one or two bites were okay, because the spiciness was medium (the local standard of medium spiciness, not the Sichuan standard of medium), so it was tolerable.

However, within two bites, the peppercorns in the noodles began to take effect.

The smiles on the faces of Nobu Satoshi Takagi and Aoi Kono disappeared, and then their faces turned from white to red.

Nobu Satoshi Takagi picked up the water glass and took a sip of ice water, but even the taste of the water seemed to have changed.

"It doesn't feel like water anymore." The waiter on the side said with a smile, "Sichuan cuisine uses Sichuan peppercorns."

The two of them finished the dandan noodles and couple's lung slices with pain and joy.

"I'm so happy." After the shooting, Aoi Kono wiped her mouth with a tissue. Under the influence of the chili pepper, her lips nearly doubled in size, and her whole mouth pouted.

After the filming was completed, Shuzo Kobayashi brought the filming materials back. In the editing room, Kei Fujiwara looked at Aoi Kono's funny look and couldn't help laughing.

"This episode will be edited as soon as possible, and the fourth episode will be broadcast directly. The fried dumplings episode will be placed in the fifth episode." Fujiwara Kei said to Kobayashi Shuzo.

Xiao Lin Xiuzao nodded: "No problem."

Kono Aoi is very popular now. Because of her cute appearance and innocent personality, she has attracted a large number of fans. Her "idiot beauty" persona is also quite popular. Compared to the Green Tea persona that later became famous through "What's wrong with girls being scheming", the idiot beauty with no scheming is more popular in this era.

In fact, there is another artist in Aoi Kono's company who creates this kind of character, and that is Kiko Araki. When Kiko Araki served as a guest on "Anthropological Observation", she gained the identities of "Eh-chan" and "Idiot Beauty" at the same time.

But fake fools are ultimately vulnerable in front of real fools. Compared to Kono Aoi, whose face is full of stupidity, Araki Kiko seems to be shrewd. In addition, she has lost her status as a guest of "Anthropological Observation". She has not seen her for a long time. He appeared in some high-profile program, and gradually, his fans started to lose to Aoi Kono.

Soon, the fourth episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was aired.