The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels

"Are you feeling comfortable? Hikigaya-kun. Does it remind you of the end of last year?"

Yangno asked Hachiman in a soft voice, then bent down slightly and gently pressed the two large soft balls on her chest to Hachiman's face.Only this action could not be imitated by her younger sister.

"Well...what blinded me."

Hikigaya Hachiman muttered, then tested it with his hand...

"Brother! Forbid! Stop! Astringent! Astringent!"

Komachi on the side saw this scene and immediately grabbed his brother's hand that was about to make a mistake.

"That's great, Komachi. We must not let these two do shameless things where we can't see them."

Yukinoshita Yukino also came over, stroked Komachi's head and praised her behavior of catching someone in bed.

However, when Yukino saw Hachiman's face on the sofa being covered by Yono's softness, she couldn't help but feel angry and jealous. She immediately stretched out her hands to pull Hachiman out of the space between Yono's thighs and softness. Pulled out.

"Yukino-san, since you dragged me out of such a comfortable environment, then you have the conditions to allow me to enjoy the same...ah!"

Before Hachiman could finish his words, Yukino pinched him lifelessly.

"Brother, what you said is a bit too much. Our girls' development has its own characteristics."

Hikigaya Komachi pouted and said to Hachiman.Since Komachi is not confident about her own development in this area, she also feels that she is being weirded out by Hachiman.

"It's okay, Sister Komachi, I believe there is still a lot to be done in your body."

Yono comforted Komachi, who was also very fond of this trick, and immediately threw herself into Yono's arms and started acting coquettishly.

"Hachiman-kun, Komachi is much cuter than you. If possible, I would rather live with her."

Yukino was still sulking at Hachiman.

"That's okay. Anyway, neither Yango-sensei nor Komachi will go home tonight, so let Komachi sleep with you. But in this case, there won't be any vacancies at your house, so Yangno-sensei will have to..."

Hikigaya Hachiman said plainly.

"Don't think too much, junior, the three of us have already planned today. We are going to have a super fun pajama party at Xiao Yukino's house before going to bed. Guess who can't come?"

The three girls looked at Hikigaya Hachiman together. Hachiman felt that he had suffered an unprecedented Japanese-style bullying.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, the prime time period of Japanese TV officially begins.

Speaking of this prime time, it is naturally the time period when various TV stations compete most fiercely for ratings, and the main TV series of each quarter are naturally scheduled to be broadcast at this time.

With the advent of the Internet era, the television industry is bound to be impacted to a certain extent. It seems that it is completely impossible for the ratings of Japanese dramas to regain the glory they had from the 90s to the beginning of this century.

In a season without major hits, if a TV series wants to win the ratings championship of the season, it only needs about 15% of the ratings.The 15% figure is also a dividing line for measuring whether a prime-time TV series is ordinary or popular.

The concept of ratings usually refers to the "average ratings". Each episode will calculate an average rating during the broadcast period. The ratings of all episodes in a season are then averaged, which is The ratings of this TV series have dropped.

In addition, there is another concept that is often mentioned, which is "instant ratings". As the name suggests, it is the highest ratings peak reached at a certain point in time when a TV series is broadcast.

At this time, on Twitter, the discussion about "Furuhata Jinsaburo" became more and more heated.

"So far this year, the TV series with the highest ratings is the political thriller that has been filmed for the 14th season, with a ratings of 17.6%. And this "Furahata Jinsaburo" is estimated to have a ratings of 20% From the beginning, if nothing else happens, this drama will be the winner this year.”

This is a statement from a blogger who specializes in TV drama viewing statistics.

"Although it's a bit like popping the champagne in advance, the popularity of this TV series before it aired really surpassed all other dramas this year."

"Yes, this is the strength of Mr. Hachiman! Now the name Mr. Hachiman is more useful than any star in the entertainment industry!"

Fans of Hachiman have begun to take credit for their idol on Twitter. Although this may cause dissatisfaction among fans of other actors in the show, no one can deny the fact that Hachiman is the soul of the show.

"I heard that every episode of "Furuhata Rensaburo" will feature a different star guest. This is a great guarantee for ratings."

"Those are just additions. If a TV series wants to ensure high and stable ratings, the most correct way is to make it good-looking. As long as it is exciting enough, there will be no shortage of ratings."

A senior TV viewer commented.This sentence is very correct. Except for a few superstars who can rely on their faces to support ratings (for example: Kimura Takuya), most celebrities do not have the ability to stably support ratings.Therefore, the quality of the TV series itself is the most important part of ensuring ratings.

Every year there are some TV series that invite actors they think are hot at the moment, but in the end the ratings are so dismal that they fall below 5%.

"I believe in Mr. Hachiman's script quality, and I also believe in the production quality of this crew. The TV series "Furuhata Rensaburo" will become a legend. Professional commentators must dare to make judgments!"

Finally, when it was time to start broadcasting, the discussion on the Internet instantly became deserted, and everyone stayed in front of the TV, looking forward to this work for which Mr. Hachiman would serve as screenwriter for the first time.

On the black background, actor Sho Sorimachi's iconic figure appears. He seems to be speaking to the audience in front of the screen, with rich expressions and a full accent.

Immediately afterwards, there was an opening with a piece of pure music, and dynamic PPT was played throughout. To use a relatively high emotional intelligence statement: it has a retro beauty.

In less than 1 minute, the official plot entered.The scene opens with the episode's guest character, Yuma Watanabe, driving a vehicle in the pouring rain.

"Wow! It's Yuma-chan's beauty! prprprpr"

Watanabe's fans started licking immediately. They didn't care what the TV series was about. Anyway, the idol would only appear in the first episode. After they sucked the idol, they would not watch it again.

Yuma on the screen continued to drive, but she seemed to be recalling something in her mind.

Immediately after the flashback killing began, Yuma and an unknown passerby appeared in the storage room of a villa. The two seemed to have a good relationship.After talking for a while, the man continued to stay in the storage room, not knowing what he was looking for, but Watanabe Yuma's expression gradually turned cold. She slowly walked out of the room and closed the door of the storage room tightly. .The scene changed. A few days later, Yuma opened the door of the storage room again, and a completely dead man appeared on the ground.

Seeing this, no matter how obtuse the audience is, they should have discovered that the most popular idol in Japan, Watanabe Yuma, makes a guest appearance in this episode, playing a murderer.

"WHAT THE F***? Tomoma-chan is the murderer?"

"Uuuuuuu, I can't accept it. If you want to kill Yuma-chan, just kill me. No one will find out."

"Good guy, the crew promised to have a big-name guest star in each episode before co-writing, but in the end it was the murderer who guest-starred?"

Discussions on Twitter surged like waves in an instant.But soon, the audience became aware of another, more elusive problem.

In this mystery drama, why did the murderer be told to everyone at the beginning?

Chapter 170 The miracle of ratings

In fact, for mystery fans, it can be said that it is not uncommon at all for a work like "Furuhata Shinsaburo" to know who the murderer is and what his modus operandi is from the beginning.It can even be said that this is a very common routine in case reasoning.

The beginning lets everyone know who the murderer is, and then the detective enters the scene to start the investigation. Since the audience already knows the truth, they will focus all their attention on the detective sorting out and peeling off the cocoon of the case, thereby enjoying the pure reasoning logic. Beauty.

However, it is very rare to use this kind of narrative structure in a TV series, especially a unit drama. The more famous one is the classic American TV series "Detective Columbo" that was aired in the 70s. This is also the source of inspiration for the "Furuhata Rensaburo" series.

In short, this TV series successfully attracted the attention of the vast majority of viewers no matter why they came in less than 5 minutes after it was broadcast.

Mystery fans are familiar with this structure, and they know that excellent logical reasoning can be witnessed under this kind of narrative, so they are even more interested in the show.Most of the ordinary non-mystery viewers have seen this "weird" storytelling method for the first time, and they are naturally aroused to want to watch more.

The performance of the first episode of "Furuhata Jinsaburo" lived up to expectations. By deconstructing the common plot of "the victim left clues before his death", Hachiman finally formed a completely self-consistent logical chain.

The performances of the two protagonists of this episode, Sho Sorimachi and Yuma Watanabe, are also wonderful.Especially Mr. Sorimachi's elegance that he can maintain at all times, his confidence that he has everything under control, and his unhurried and eloquent line skills all make the audience feel a kind of heartfelt feeling. Comfortable, this is a temperament that only mature men of a certain age can show.

As for Watanabe Yuma, she does not have the emotional experience of being harmed by a scumbag like Akina Nakamori in her previous life, which means that her motivations in the first episode cannot resonate with fans like they did in her previous life.But these are all insignificant effects. She has shown good enough acting skills that may attract many other crews to ask her to star.

"Exceeded expectations! The first episode of the popular new drama "Furuhata Shinsaburo" delivered a perfect answer. The script, actors, camera language, and atmosphere creation are all impeccable. It is undoubtedly a masterpiece!"

"In 45 minutes, a wonderful original reasoning story was told. Mr. Hachiman proved his script writing ability to the audience!"

Not long after the broadcast of "Furuhata Shinsaburo", many self-media have already started to catch up with the popularity.

As for ordinary netizens, they did not hesitate to praise this TV series.

"I originally thought that this TV series would be successful if it had a script written by Mr. Hachiman. I never expected that "Furuhata Jinsaburo" is also excellent in other aspects besides the script. It is a perfect TV series and the king of dramas this year. There is no suspense anymore.”

"To be honest, this TV series is a bit too strong and even unfair for his competitors. You already have the script provided by Mr. Hachiman, but you still have to make other aspects so perfect. It's really... Don’t leave any way for dramas in the same period to survive!”

Netizens sighed.When evaluating a film and television work, there is a very subjective term called "texture."And "Furuhata Jinsaburo" is such a work with a very comfortable "texture".

It stands to reason that if the relationship between the detective and the murderer is not life-and-death, it is at least tit-for-tat. However, in the first episode of the show, the tone of the conversation between the two did not even have many ups and downs, just like lovers having a tryst.In addition, the whole story of the first episode takes place in an old castle on a rainy night. The overall tone is dark but very warm. These are an important part of the "texture" of the TV series "Furuhata Jinsaburo".

"How was it? Komachi, and Haruno-san, this first episode was shot pretty well."

After the NHK broadcast ended, Hikigaya Hachiman asked.Since he and Yukino had already watched the first episode on Wednesday, he did not mention Yukino's name.

"Actually, I don't understand something..."

Hikigaya Komachi admitted with some embarrassment.In the case in the first episode, a logical chain was used in the final part of the puzzle, which was indeed a bit complicated for a second-year junior high school student like Komachi.

"The last logic is indeed a very novel way of thinking, Hikigaya-kun. I think it's perfect to be able to tell such a story in 45 minutes."

Yukinoshita Yono praised.She would never doubt the creative ability of her dear junior student.However, her sharp eyes found something wrong.

"Hikigaya-kun, please be honest. Have you and Yukino-chan watched this episode before?"

At this moment, Haruno also transformed into a famous detective, but she was not as elegant as Furuhata Rensaburo. She saw Haruno walking around behind Hachiman and holding his neck with a force that was neither loose nor tight.

"Ahem...senpai...just ask, don't use torture to extract a confession..."

Hachiman patted Harano's arm and begged for mercy.

"Then just tell me the truth, otherwise I won't let you off lightly."

Yangno no longer restrained Hachiman, but her arms did not leave Hachiman's body. Instead, she gently hugged his neck from behind, and the two soft masses on her chest pressed tightly against Hachiman's back. .Komachi and Yukino on the side looked speechless as if "these two are starting again".

"Before that, senior sister, can you tell me how you came to realize this? Did you become possessed by Detective Furuhata after watching the TV series?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked curiously, stroking Harano's slender, snow-white forearm.

"Look at the snacks placed in front of us. When we were watching just now, Komachi and I were all staring at the TV and had no time to eat snacks. But Yukino kept eating. If she is The first time I watched it, I didn’t believe that she would be in such a careless state, so there must be something wrong with it. Moreover, you only asked Komachi and I for our opinions just now. Yukino obviously watched it too, so why didn’t you ask? Where is she? There is only one possibility, you must have communicated with her a long time ago!"

Yangno expressed her reasoning, which was very tight and able to withstand scrutiny. In fact, her ability to find loopholes in words and analyze small things really made her feel like Detective Furuhata.

"Awesome, if I were a prisoner, I would have to plead guilty to this situation. Yes, Yukino and I had already watched this episode on Wednesday night. I'm sorry for not calling you, senior."

Hikigaya Hachiman gently pinched Harano's little finger, making the other party feel a little embarrassed.

"Well...I'll forgive you this time, but I won't forgive you next time. Even if I can't come and watch it with you on weekdays, you should at least send the video to me via email..."

Haruno said coquettishly, hugging Hachiman tighter.

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At the same time, people at NHK TV station far away in Tokyo are not as relaxed as Hachiman. They are anxiously waiting for the ratings information of prime time TV series calculated by the video research company, although it has only passed since the end of the broadcast. It took less than 10 minutes, but they seemed to have survived a century.

This is the first time in so many years that NHK TV has been able to produce a work that has the chance to become a hit in a TV series other than Dahe Drama.If this work is a big success, it will mean that NHK will become a new and powerful force in the field of Japanese TV dramas in addition to the three major private broadcasters.

"Is there no news yet? Do you want to call Video Research?"

Minister Fukunaga was a little impatient, so he called his assistant and asked.

"But Minister... they have not compiled statistics so quickly in the past. You should wait a little longer."

"Alas! This company is obviously supported by TV stations like us, but its work efficiency is so low. It's really unreasonable. By the way, if the data comes out, don't forget to call Mr. Hachiman as soon as possible. He reports the situation.”

"Understood, Minister Fukunaga."

At this moment, the employees in charge of publicity work in the NHK TV drama production department have completed the text part and are waiting for the ratings data to be released before they can make the final additions.

After more than ten extremely long minutes, the assistant's phone finally rang, and the entire office's attention was drawn to it.

"Yes, it's me. Uh-huh, huh? How much? Could you please repeat it... Are you sure the data is accurate? Okay..."

The assistant put down the phone as if his soul had been sucked away.

"What's wrong with you? Tell everyone as soon as the data comes out. The publicity department is still in a hurry to publish the manuscript."

Minister Fukunaga urged.

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"20.00% five point seven?! Is it really that high? Okay... Okay, I understand..."

Hikigaya Hachiman put down the phone, seemingly a little lost.

25.7%.

This is the ratings data handed over by the first episode of the TV series "Police Supplement? Furahata Jinsaburo".For a time slot where a viewership rating of over 15% can be called a hit, this number has already stepped into the "phenomenal" threshold, and it has undoubtedly created a ratings miracle.

For comparison, Fuji TV's "Forensic Examiner", which competed with "Furuhata Shinsaburo", had a ratings of only 12.1% for the first episode. On weekdays, this number may be slightly lower than the level of popular prime-time dramas. .However, today, at this time on the night of October [-]rd, the show's ratings were ruthlessly crushed by twice its size.Even the entertainment media didn't bother to mention it when reporting on the brilliant achievements of "Furuhata Shinsaburo".

In this war without gunpowder, "Forensic Yan Chao" may not even be considered a loser. It is just a cannon fodder that was mercilessly run over by a behemoth.

Chapter 171 How to use sausage tactics to capture Hachiman

That night, after learning about the high ratings of "Furuhata Rensaburo", Yukino, Harano and Komachi all sent their blessings to Hachiman, and each gave Hachiman a big hug.

Then, the three of them left Hachiman's apartment without looking back and went to Yukino's house to hold a pajama party, leaving Hachiman alone in the empty room.

"It's great, it's finally quiet..."

After sending the three people away, Hachiman lay back on the sofa and sighed.This is not to comfort himself, but he really needs some time now to think about what will happen after "Furuhata Jinsaburo" becomes a hit.

First of all, 25.8% is only the ratings of the first episode, not the ratings of the entire season.Considering NHK's overwhelming publicity before the first episode and the popularity of Watanabe Yuma, the ratings of subsequent episodes will probably be lower than this number.

However, it doesn't matter if it's low.For many TV series, the first episode attracts the most viewers, and then the ratings decline. This is normal. As long as the decline can be controlled, it means that the audience of the TV series has stabilized.