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The new episode of "Gemini Detectives" is adapted from a real case, and this case is the "East Ani Arson Case."

There are actually many film and television dramas adapted from real-life cases, and generally speaking they will not offend the audience too much. However, since the "East Ani Arson Incident" occurred not long ago, many family members of the victims had not yet recovered from their grief. They saw similar scenes on TV and felt physically and mentally uncomfortable.

But this is only a secondary reason. The main reason for the anger of the audience is the original plot of the screenwriter in this episode.

In the case of this episode, the arsonist was a frustrated screenwriter who submitted his script to major production companies, but was always rejected. He didn't want to give up on his dream of being a screenwriter, so he created a new story and planned to submit a new round of submissions.

However, his script was accidentally seen by his college classmates. The classmate realized that it was a very interesting story, so he wrote the story idea into his script and submitted the plan to the production company in advance.

Soon, the movie adapted from this script was released. The original author saw in the cinema that the story that was originally his own had become someone else's work. He suffered a mental breakdown, so he walked into the production company drunk and took gasoline...

The plot of one episode is that the two male protagonists try their best to find out the motive of the arsonist while he is in a coma. The people in the production company were afraid that their plagiarism would be leaked, so they bribed the nurse and planned to let the arsonist die in the hospital bed.

After this episode was aired, the anger of many viewers was directly ignited, especially the relatives and friends of the deceased who died in the East Ani accident.

Early the next morning after the TV series aired, a scream was heard in an apartment building called Rising Sun in Sugamo Station.

Mrs. Yoshihara, the apartment manager, discovered a body. The deceased was a resident of the apartment. He died in the hallway of his apartment with a golf club in his hand.

After identification by the Medical University, the deceased died of cerebral hemorrhage and was caused by excessive emotion.

But why would an emotional old man die in the corridor in the middle of the night holding a golf club?

While a group of people were confused, a young police detective discovered the key. The TV in the old man's room was hit by a golf club, and what was playing on the TV was TTV.

Later, the police found out that the old man was the father of one of the victims of the recent arson attack in East Arney... things seemed to be clear.

The old man went out with a golf club, probably intending to blow the heads of the TV series creators.

A group of viewers went directly to the TV station to hold banners in protest, claiming that the crew of "Gemini Detective" was trampling on their feelings and demanding an apology from the creators.

After the Togani arson incident, the arsonist claimed that the reason for the arson was that his work had been plagiarized by Togani. This also caused some conspiracy theorists to continue to speculate maliciously, and some even made wild claims in private, claiming that Togani Those people deserved to die.

But this is just the violent remarks of a very small number of people, and most people are extremely indignant at such remarks.

In the planning room of "Gemini Detective", there are only two people at the moment, the producer and Hidaka Junaki, and Hidaka Junaki also rarely showed a low mood.

"I made an oversight," producer Yamada Konjiro said. "I didn't discover the problem with the content of the script in time, which led to the current broadcast accident."

"No, the main responsibility lies with me." Hidaka Junming had a headache and pinched his temples with his fingertips to relieve the pain. "This is the second version of the script. Between the first and second versions, I chose the second version. At that time, I actually had some premonitions, but subconsciously, luck prevailed. At that time, I only wanted to increase the ratings by any means, so I ignored the risks behind the controversial topic selection..."

Hidaka Junaki and Yamada Konjiro are old friends, and this is a secret discussion behind closed doors, so they have changed the trend of shirking responsibilities in the workplace. On the contrary, they both take the responsibility on themselves.

"It seems that a press conference will be held...a public apology..."

Hidaka Junming raised his head and asked: "Is it enough to just publicly apologize? Who bears the main responsibility?"

"Now it seems that the only choice is to let Yamada-kun..." Yamada-kun here refers to Yamada Junichi, the first screenwriter of "Gemini Detectives".

"After all, this plot is from him." Yamada Kinjiro said.

Hidaka Junming tapped the table with his fingers irritably, "The two screenwriters of our crew are really unlucky. Not long ago, one of them was notorious because of old things, and now the remaining one is also going to be involved in the whirlpool... "

"Anyway, all the scripts have been completed, and there are still two episodes to be finished..."

Hidaka Junming said thoughtfully: "I'm not worried about the progress. What I mean is, wouldn't it be better to let one person take full responsibility... and save the next one?"

Konjiro Yamada was startled, "Hidaka-san, what do you mean?"

Hidaka Junmei said: "The ratings of this episode are still very high. Yamada-kun is the main writer of the script, which shows that he is very capable. However, the young man lacks the ability to manage risks, and he only thinks about getting ratings." , but accidentally caused trouble, isn't this the dereliction of duty of us seniors?"

"If he is given the main responsibility, it will definitely have an impact on his future. To be honest, I think this young man is worth training. Even if he cannot become the next Kei Fujiwara, being a Kei Fujiwara is always the best. It’s not a big problem. So I think it’s better…”

Hidaka Junming took a sip of tea: "Not long ago Mr. Matsushita caused a lot of trouble, and you also know that Mr. Matsushita is not worthy of his name, and his works are all from the hands of his disciples. The reason for cooperating with him is to take advantage of his reputation." Now, even his reputation is bad, anyway, it will be inconvenient to cooperate with him in the future. Then let him use the last bit of residual energy for the future of young people..."

"But he is not an employee of TTV. Gao Gongli is over there..."

"Didn't Taili buy Gao Gongli's shares at the beginning of the year? He should have some right to speak. And Gao Gongli is planning to protect this person to death? He is useless except for his personnel skills..."

On the other side, Kei Fujiwara looked at the newly released ratings report and burst into laughter.

The ratings report shows that the ratings of "Homeless Kid" broke the 30% mark yesterday, and "Gemini Detective" at the same time also achieved a rating of over 30%, which is only higher than that of "Homeless Children". of children》lower by 0.2 percentage points.

It is rare for two TV series in the same period to cross the 30% ultra-high threshold at the same time, and it also means that other programs in the same period are completely flat. Especially the TV series of the same period on Dongdao TV, I heard that it has been so bleak that the family has already thanked the gift, and it is estimated that it will have a deep psychological shadow on the September 9 period from now on.

This is good. Kei Fujiwara wants to make his competitors fear this time slot from the bottom of their hearts. Do you want to achieve high ratings? Then go get water at other times, otherwise you may break your teeth.

As for the high ratings of "Gemini Detective", it's not surprising... The accumulation itself is profound, and the plot of this episode is very gimmick, using a case not long ago in reality.

Originally there were not many, but there are many classics created by film and television works based on real-life cases. Both Japan and China are lacking in this. Among the masters of shooting this kind of subject are South Korea, such as the famous "Memories of Murder" and "The Crucible".

But I didn't expect Hidaka Junaki and others to make such a mistake, and even introduced conspiracy theories when writing the plot.

It seems that they are anxious to win the ratings war...otherwise they wouldn't be so careless. Fujiwara Kei thought.

From a completely utilitarian perspective, this is great news for Kei Fujiwara. Because although the ratings of this episode are very high, it is foreseeable that by next week, the ratings of "Gemini Detective" will plummet.

No, if things get more serious, this drama may be completely destroyed...