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The next day, everyone in the creative team sat in the conference room, and everyone in the room was as quiet as a chicken.

They are waiting for Yui Mizuhara to bring the ratings report for the first episode of "Long Vacation" last night.

After a while, everyone heard a faint sound of footsteps, and the sound of high heels hitting the ground sounded very rhythmic.

Everyone heard that the person who came was Mizuhara Yui, so they subconsciously straightened their backs.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and sounded very urgent. After a few seconds, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Mizuhara Yui walked in panting.

"Everyone..." Mizuhara Yui's face flushed, "27..."

"What?" Nishimura Taro stood up, "The highest ratings are 27%? Is it true?"

For prime-time programs, 15% is the passing standard, and 20% is the standard for popular dramas. Although everyone has high expectations for the work "Long Vacation", according to everyone's guesses, the highest ratings are probably

Just within the range of 18% to 22%.

And 27% is far beyond their expectations, which is a result that can shock the jaws of peers. Although under normal circumstances, the first episode and the finale have the highest ratings of the entire drama,

"No..." Mizuhara Yui said.

Everyone was a little disappointed, it turned out that they heard wrongly.

"The average time-sharing rating is 27%, and the highest time-sharing rating is 31%." Mizuhara Yui couldn't hide her excitement. "When I first got the ratings report, I asked several questions because they made a mistake.

So many times, the director of the station even came to see me and praised us."

Everyone was silent for three seconds, and then everyone made sounds of surprise but confusion at the same time.

"Really or not?"

"Let me see the report!"

Mizuhara Yui opened the ratings report in her hand and showed it to everyone. The program's ratings information was clearly written on it, and there was no mistake.

The members of the main creative team were extremely informative, and Hideaki Shibasaki even excitedly held hands with the main cameraman.

In the joyful atmosphere, Mizuhara Yui subconsciously looked at Fujiwara Kei.

Fujiwara Kei's face was calm at this time, but his brows were slightly frowned.

This result is almost in line with his expectations... although the ratings of the first episode of this version of "Long Vacation" were much lower than the original version.

The original version of "Long Vacation" had an average rating of 30.6% for the first episode. Although it dropped slightly later, the overall rating remained around 28, and the final episode reached an astonishing 36.7%.

Of course, such high ratings are also due to the fact that in the parallel world, Yuejiu drama has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so naturally it attracted a large number of viewers to sit in front of the TV when it first aired.

In this world, there is no concept of "Moon Nine Drama" yet. Kei Fujiwara's positioning of "Long Vacation" is the drama that opens the door to "Moon Nine".

Therefore, it is normal that the first episode of the adapted version is not as good as the first episode of the original version. I hope it will increase in the future.

"Fujiwara-kun, is there something wrong?" Mizuhara Yui asked cautiously.

"Long Vacation" got off to a good start. Kei Fujiwara, as the independent screenwriter, can be said to have taken the greatest credit, and it has fully proved that he can not only write good mysteries, but also has extraordinary talents in the field of TV drama script creation.

Can be called an all-rounder.

"There's nothing wrong, we did a very good job." Kei Fujiwara raised his head and smiled, "Can I take a look at the report?"

Hearing this, the others quickly handed over the ratings report. Kei Fujiwara opened the report and looked at the ratings chart. It was still healthy. Although there were a few viewers who took a second look and left, but most of them left.

You can watch it from beginning to end, and the retention rate is very high.

"The station director praised us very much." Mizuhara Yui said happily, "He even gave us a special approval for a production budget and publicity resources."

"Very good. We must keep up with the promotion efforts and try to make the audience hear the name of this drama even if they have not seen it."

As a practitioner in the film and television industry from 2022, Kei Fujiwara certainly knows the importance of a film

Depending on the importance of publicity for a work, "the aroma of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley" is an out-and-out fallacy in the film and television industry.

Because the timeliness of film and television works is very important, five years after a movie or TV series is broadcast, everyone will say that it is a TV series classic. It has no effect except to add luster to the face of the creator. "Westward Journey" is regarded as a classic

So what, I almost bankrupted Xingye Company with a stick.

Justice that is late is not justice, and spectators who are late are not spectators. They are just spectators.

Even though there are high-quality works that eventually achieve good profits due to their extraordinary level, if the publicity and distribution efforts are kept up from the beginning, the profits can be tripled.

"No problem, I'll start doing it right away." Mizuhara Yui nodded and said.

"By the way, has the application for changing the schedule of "Anthropological Observation" been approved?" Kei Fujiwara asked.

"There's no reply yet. I'll go directly to the station manager to ask." Logically speaking, you shouldn't trouble the station manager directly for such a trivial matter, but who made their first episode's ratings so good? There's hope for this.

What's wrong with me asking for some privileges if I win the spring show?

"Try to get the 10 p.m. time slot on Sunday. If you can't get it, you can also get it on Monday at 10 p.m., which will coincide with the release of "Long Vacation"."

"no problem."

Everyone looked at Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara in confusion as they asked and answered questions. Kei Fujiwara made requests or questions, and Yui Mizuhara gave answers or agreed to do it. Who is the producer?

"By the way, there is one more thing, Mizuhara." Kei Fujiwara then took out a printed document and handed it to Yui Mizuhara, "Please help me fax this document to the director's office."

"What is this?"

Mizuhara Yui looked down and found that the document was a plan, which read: The new main battleground for ratings: Yuejiu.

"OK……"

"Can I take a look, Fujiwara?"

"sure."

"Okay, I'll fax it over in a moment."

Mizuhara Yui opened the plan document. The text of the plan document is not lengthy. In short, Fujiwara Kei hopes that Taili can devote resources to help the "Monthly Nine" period become a super period that can surpass the weekend period.

If "Long Vacation" can achieve satisfactory results, I hope the station manager can make a clear commitment that as long as Kei Fujiwara's contract lasts, all programs in the September 9th time slot will be handled by their team.

As long as he gives them three dramas, he has the confidence to completely change the audience's viewing habits. As soon as nine o'clock on Sunday comes, they will habitually turn on the TV and watch Fukuyama Channel's programs.

But if he wants to accomplish such a miracle on the ninth day of the month, only he can do it. Before the goal is achieved, he cannot change his generals on the spot.

The tone in the plan was actually humble, but that was what Mizuhara Yui read from it.

Mizuhara Yui swallowed subconsciously and glanced at Kei Fujiwara. Is he no longer satisfied with just producing programs? Has he started to get involved in strategic aspects? Isn't it a bit too early?

Kei Fujiwara glanced back at her and seemed to understand what she meant, so he said: "The time slot is usually decided several months in advance. If Taili is not vaccinated in advance, he might give it to someone else on the ninth day of the next month.

Well, it’s better to communicate more diligently. If Director Yoshida disagrees, forget it.”

"Okay." Yui Mizuhara put the plan away, "I'll report it for you."