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The atmosphere on the "Tsukihime" crew was very depressing today, and no one dared to breathe.

After the first episode of "Tsukihime" was aired not long ago, the average time-sharing rating was as high as 22%. This result is quite good. Kenji Takada was also very happy. He praised everyone in the main creative team and asked everyone to work harder and strive to break into this spring. The top three in the ratings list of all programs in the file.

However, this morning, when Takada Kenji appeared in front of everyone again, his expression changed, and his expression became extremely gloomy.

Most people don't know what happened, but no one dares to challenge the majesty of this big producer. Only a few people know where Takada Kenji's anger comes from.

A dark horse in the spring season was born in Fukuyama Terrace.

The ratings for the first episode of "Long Vacation" came out this morning, which aroused a lot of exclamation in the station. The ratings for the first episode were as high as 27%, which was a full 5 percentage points higher than the much-watched "Tsukihime" .

This is a very big gap, enough to put all the creators of "Tsukihime" to shame. What's even more unacceptable is that the creative team of this show turned out to be a team of newcomers.

Producer Mizuhara Yui is entering the field of TV dramas for the first time, screenwriter Kei Fujiwara is a cross-border talent, and director Hideaki Shibasaki is taking the lead for the first time. However, such a group of people with little experience have become a blockbuster, and even the insiders predicted that, This drama is guaranteed to be among the top three in this spring's ratings. There is great hope for rushing to the first place.

As long as it doesn't collapse in the next few episodes and can basically maintain the level of the first episode, even if the ratings drop, don't drop too much.

While "Tsukihime" is still trying to figure out how to sprint into the top three in the spring season, its next-door neighbor has already secured three spots and is competing for one spot. This is indeed a bit difficult to accept mentally.

"What's wrong with you? Can you guarantee your performance?! I've given you enough rest time, why can't you guarantee your mental state?"

NG several times, director Sato couldn't take it anymore, stood up from behind the monitor and said.

Araki Kiko's face was a little ugly. Because she had a relationship with Takada Kenji, the staff in the team would more or less give her some face, even if her performance was not satisfactory.

But today, Wataru Sato didn't seem to save any face for her. Kiko Araki subconsciously looked at Kenji Takada, but unexpectedly, the man turned his face away and ignored him.

Kiko Araki was a little bit aggrieved, which guy let me play and dress up last night, so I didn't sleep well? There is nothing good about men...

However, she is a person who can assess the situation very well. Seeing that Kenji Takada was unwilling to support her, she quickly lowered her body and said in a soft voice: "I'm sorry, Supervisor Sato."

Sato Wataru sat on the director's chair angrily: "Reshoot! What's going on with the lighting engineer? Didn't you see that the foundation on the left side of her face is almost baked? You roast chicken, do you know how to light it? Put on makeup. Teacher! Touch up the actors’ makeup!”

The staff did not dare to say a word, so they hurriedly followed suit.

In fact, Sato Wataru is not in a good mood right now. In fact, Taili first chose him to be the chief director of "Long Vacation", but because he is a combination of a new producer and a cross-border screenwriter, he is more or less suspicious of these people. Because of his professionalism, he turned around and came to the crew of "Yue Ji".

And his original executive director Hideaki Shibazaki took over the drama "Long Vacation".

The premiere difference between "Tsukihime" and "Long Vacation" was only three days, and "Tsukihime" still had an advantage in terms of time slots. However, the premiere result was found to be nearly 5 percentage points higher. After learning about this, he remained silent for a long time. fifteen minutes.

But there is no regret medicine in this world. He went to watch the drama "Long Vacation". The story was very novel and the lines were very interesting. The mystery writer was indeed not simple.

After watching the first episode of "Long Vacation", he began to examine the problems of "Tsukihime" again. He felt that the script was quite good, showing the Japanese spirit of self-improvement and never retreating in the face of difficulties. , the picture, soundtrack, and cast are also considered top-notch in the field of TV dramas.

But why is it so much worse than the ratings of "Long Vacation"?

Sato thought about it and thought it might have something to do with the arrangement of the scenes.

Kenji Takada wanted to promote Kiko Araki, so he added a lot of scenes to her, which weakened the halo of the heroine and may have affected the overall rhythm of the plot. Therefore, after the filming ended today, Wataru Sato found the chief screenwriter and asked him to return again Modify the script to reduce the role of the second female lead.

The lead screenwriter was a little hesitant, after all, it was Takada Kenji's instruction to add the role of the second female role in the script.

But Sato ignored so much. He is also a veteran director, and his qualifications are deeper than Takada Kenji, so he is not completely obedient to the producer.

Do you have to sacrifice the quality of your work just for a woman? No kidding, this is not the work of one person. Anyway, you have never slept with that woman before, so you should think more about the ratings!

After Kenji Takada knew about this, he didn't say anything. However, Kiko Araki knew that her role had been cut out, so she came to see Kenji and cried twice, but when she saw Kenci Takada's face looking ugly, she went back in disbelief.

The second episode of "Tsukihime" was broadcast soon, and Takada Kenji's face became stiff after receiving the ratings report the next day.

The average viewership rating for the second episode dropped to 20.7%. In fact, this is a normal fall. If it is normal, he doesn't think there is anything.

But the problem is that the ratings of "Long Vacation" which is several percentage points higher than theirs made him a little breathless, and in three days, their second episode will be aired.

"Long Holiday" is just like a hanging rope hanging not far away, which makes people feel uneasy. Now Kenji Takada can only hope that the follow-up ratings of "Tsukihime" will increase, and "Long Holiday" will slow down. Slowly fall back.

As time passed, Takada Kenji felt inexplicably flustered. On Sunday, Takada Kenji stood in front of the TV and watched the drama completely, feeling complicated. The next day, the ratings report was brought to his office by his assistant. on the table.

The second episode of "Long Vacation" had an average time-sharing rating of 29%, with a peak rating of 33%...

It actually increased, and the gap is even wider...

The roots of Takada Kenji's teeth were itchy, but there was nothing he could do.

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Yoshida Kaishi took the planning document about "Yuejiu" and read it over and over again.

When he first saw this plan, he thought it was some middle-level and low-level employee who gave opinions on the development direction of Taili without authorization. When encountering such a person, Yoshida Kashi usually dealt with it directly by throwing the document into the shredder , and then assign the people to local stations.

But after discovering that Kei Fujiwara was the one who wrote the plan, he hesitated and read the plan again.

"Can it surpass the prime time period on weekends... Yuejiu..." Yoshida Kashi thought thoughtfully.

In fact, Kei Fujiwara's intention in writing this plan is also very obvious. He hopes that if the ratings of "Long Vacation" are not bad, they will be responsible for the monthly and ninth time slots within two years.

"Long Vacation" has only aired two episodes now, but judging from the ratings performance, it has basically been locked in the top three of this spring's schedule. This person is really capable, and it seems that recruiting him was an extremely correct choice.

As for his request to exclusively occupy the "Ninth Month" period, it is not impossible. You know, as long as you can make a good show, any request can be considered.

What's more, "Month Nine" is not as popular as the weekend prime time slot.

As for whether it can really surpass the weekend prime time slot and become a king-level time period like Kei Fujiwara, he is skeptical.

But when the ratings report for the second episode of "Long Vacation" was presented, he couldn't help thinking to himself: If it was him, maybe it could be done.