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The next day, the ratings report for the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was released.

Kei Fujiwara and Yui Mizuhara took a look at the ratings report: the average time-sharing rating was 4.7%, and the highest time-sharing rating was 8.9%.

The ratings are neither high nor low. After all, it is a late-night period, so this number is already considered good.

I think that "Anthropology", which was also a late-night program, only had an average viewership of around 2:00 on its first day of broadcast. However, the resources and time slots obtained by the two programs in the places where they were broadcast were completely different.

One is at 12 o'clock on weekdays, and the other is at 11 o'clock on weekends; one only gets a 30-second commercial break, while the other gets multiple promotional ads.

So as far as the first episode is concerned, "The Lonely Gourmet" is not as good as "Anthropological Observation".

Of course, the creative team did not feel discouraged because they could not surpass the previous work. Although it is not as good as "Anthropology", this variety show can be regarded as a phenomenal variety show. As long as there are no major problems in the follow-up, it has a chance to become

It is an evergreen tree in the variety show industry, and there is nothing to be ashamed of if your performance is slightly lower than it.

The shooting task is still proceeding in an orderly manner, and the result is quite different from the results expected by Kei Fujiwara. Kei Fujiwara sat in the office, closed the doors and windows, and began to think silently.

"The Lonely Gourmet" premiered in the parallel world in 2012. I remember that the ratings of the first episode were a few percent.

Don't underestimate the ratings of just a few percent. The original version of "The Lonely Gourmet" was also a late-night drama. In 2012, the Internet era has arrived, and TV programs have been beaten to death by various online products.

Several late-night programs have very high ratings.

Not to mention, in the later seasons, as time went by and the television industry declined, the ratings of this show increased instead of decreasing, stabilizing at between 3% and 5%.

Before the ratings report of a drama is released, no one can be 100% sure of its results, not even the most senior TV people.

So in the parallel world, after the first season of "The Lonely Gourmet" achieved good results, the TV station discovered its value, so they continued to invest resources and continued filming, and the ratings doubled or tripled.

If we had known from the beginning that this drama would be a hit and started pouring resources into it, we might have achieved better results.

Producing a TV show, like most commercial activities, is a gamble.

Kei Fujiwara is a gambler who already knows the outcome.

The second episode of "The Lonely Gourmet" was also aired soon. What is gratifying is that the ratings of this episode increased slightly, but not by much.

Mizuhara Yui arranged for Nobu Satoshi Takagi to participate in "Anthropological Observation". This issue of "Anthropological Observation" will be broadcast before the official broadcast of the third episode. At the same time, she also applied for more publicity resources from the station.

Fujiwara Kei went to find Nobu Kawaguchi. Spring and Autumn Society had a lifestyle magazine with a very high sales volume. Most of the magazine’s readers were female. Most of the main contents published in the magazine were cooking techniques, emotional stories, celebrity gossip, and sharing of food and attractions.

Fujiwara Kei hoped that a page related to "The Lonely Gourmet" could be published in the magazine. Kawaguchi Nobu agreed directly and treated the "Lonely Gourmet" content as official content and published it in the food section instead of an advertisement.

The main content is that of a food detective. After watching the first episode of "The Lonely Gourmet", he went to visit the place and found that it was really delicious. He recommended everyone to eat it too.

The crew of "The Lonely Gourmet" also officially went to that fried dumpling shop for filming. After the filming, the staff also ordered a fried dumpling set meal each and received unanimous praise. It's a pity that this restaurant is not in Minato City, otherwise,

You can come here to eat often.

The proprietress still wore the fried dumplings hood and thanked everyone happily, smiling like a child.

After finishing the meal, the boss leaned a little shyly at the door of the kitchen, watching the film crew eat with mouth watering and full of praise.

The woman looked at the camera, a little curious, and then the photographer suddenly pointed the camera at her.

She was a little shy. At this time, Xiao Lin Xiuzao smiled beside her and said, "Madam, you can express yourself freely and say whatever you want."

After some hesitation, the woman suddenly bowed to the camera: "If you think our food tastes good, please visit the shop more often!"

After everyone finished taking pictures, they all evacuated the snack bar.

After a while, the shop also closed. The proprietress took the account book and calculated that it had been nearly a month since the shop opened, and there were very few customers every day. It was very rare for a group of people to come to eat like today.

After doing some calculations with a calculator, I found that the store was seriously unable to make ends meet during this period. Although the store did not hire employees, rent, water, electricity, and food were all a huge expense. The proprietress felt as if she had been pricked by a needle in her heart.

My nose was a little sore, but when I looked up and saw my husband walking over, I forced a smile.

"How is it?" the husband asked uneasily: "Is the financial situation very bad? Can our store continue to operate?"

In order to open this store, he has spent more than half of his family's savings. If the store suffers another serious loss... he really doesn't know what to do.

Are you going to stay at your mother-in-law's house for a while? This is really embarrassing. I don't know what the neighbors will think of him.

He has never felt that life was as painful as it is now. If it were not for his wife and children, he really wanted to find a place to end it all.

"Of course. Business has gradually improved. After a while, life will gradually see the light of day." The wife smiled.

The husband looked at the fried dumpling hood that his wife was wearing, and suddenly his nose felt a little sore. His wife was the dignified and reserved type. In the past, he could not imagine his wife wearing such a funny hood and handing out flyers outside.

"By the way." The man suddenly thought of something, "The fifth of next month is our wedding anniversary. What gift do you want?"

"Eh? Is it the anniversary again so soon?" The woman scratched her head, "Really, I've been so busy that I almost forgot about it."

You will never forget. The man thought in his heart that she often forgets her birthday, but she has never seen her wedding anniversary.

"No need for gifts." The woman gently put her hand on her husband's hand, "Now you don't have to work overtime until midnight and come home. I am very happy to be with you."

"Thank you, Miqian..."

"Idiot, what's there to thank you for?"

After the couple cleaned up the kitchen and cleaned the store, they returned home.

At night, when the couple was lying on the bed, the woman suddenly said: "Oh, I forgot about the group of people who came to our store to film today. When will their TV series be broadcast? I still want to see ours on TV."

Where is the store?"

"It seems that in Fukuyama Terrace, it's called Gourmet...I forgot about it, and I don't know when it will be broadcast."

"Fukuyama Channel? Is it the Fukuyama Channel that broadcasts "Long Vacation"? That show is really good."

"um, yes."

"Do you still remember a line in that play? - When you can't do anything well, just treat it as a long vacation given to you by God. Don't force it, don't be anxious, and don't make unnecessary efforts. Give your body and mind to it

Leave it to nature and things will get better soon."

"Yeah, I seem to remember." The man agreed, but he thought in his heart: The person who wrote this paragraph really doesn't hurt when he talks while standing.

This is how there are a hundred Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people. Some people will be inspired by the same sentence, but some people will only find it noisy.

"Go to bed, have a good sleep, there may be many guests tomorrow...well, there will definitely be..."

The woman's voice became quieter and quieter, and gradually she began to snore lightly.

Amidst this small snoring, the man's eyelids gradually closed.

However, half an hour later, the woman suddenly moved, then slowly stood up, lifted the quilt, and walked to the living room.

The woman sat in front of the phone, hesitated for a while, and finally dialed the number.

"Hey, mom

, I am Miqian. Good evening, have you slept? Sorry to bother you..."

"I want to borrow some money from you and dad. Don't worry, we will pay you back soon."

"The recent days have been a bit difficult, but we will definitely get through it."

"The child's father works very hard every day..."

"Thank you, Mom, I will definitely pay you back the money as soon as possible."

The woman's voice sounded like she was crying, and in the bedroom not far away, the man stood at the door, his head lowered, and silently shedding tears.

God...

This is Japan in the 1990s. When Kei Fujiwara took advantage of the golden decade of Japanese dramas to expand its territory, more people were struggling in the quagmire of survival.