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The next day, Kei Fujiwara came to the company as usual. As soon as he entered the studio, he found that his colleagues looked a little strange.

Kei Fujiwara greeted those who saw him, and those people bowed quickly in response: "Good morning, Mr. Fujiwara, thank you for your hard work!"

Fujiwara Kei was startled, when did these people become so polite?

Although Kei Fujiwara holds the position of chief planner in the creative team, which is indeed a core position, because he was airborne and too young, some people in the working group looked down upon him to a greater or lesser extent.

But even if I despise it, I don’t dare to show it. After all, it was Mizuhara Yui who personally found him. To disrespect Kei Fujiwara is to disrespect the producer.

Moreover, Kei Fujiwara appears to be a harmless young man, but inside he is actually a calm old fox. If someone really has a problem with him, he is always ready for a big fight in the workplace.

But today, this group of people seemed to respect him extraordinarily. It was different from usual. What happened?

It is estimated that the ratings have reached a new high. Kei Fujiwara thought to himself, it seems that if you want to be successful in the TV station, the ratings are the king.

Kei Fujiwara walked into the conference room and found Yui Mizuhara, Hide Hasegawa, Takagi Sasaki, and Taro Nishimura looking together at something.

Fujiwara Kei walked up and asked with a smile: "What are you looking at? Let me take a look too."

All four heads suddenly raised their heads and looked at Kei Fujiwara.

Kei Fujiwara's eyes fell and happened to fall on a book in Yui Mizuhara's hand, and his smile froze for a moment.

Mizuhara Yui is holding a copy of "White Night Journey", and there is a signature of "Sima Keita" on the title page.

The scene suddenly became quiet. Kei Fujiwara looked at the book "White Night Journey" in front of Yui Mizuhara and felt a little annoyed. He thought he could hide it for a while, but he didn't expect it to be exposed so soon.

I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person...forget it, let's have a showdown.

"Fujiwara-kun." Mizuhara Yui asked in an uncertain tone, "Someone in the group went to the book signing of "White Night Walk" and said that he saw you and that you are the author of this book? Is that so?

"

Kei Fujiwara nodded: "Yes, I am Keita Sima. Writing novels was my hobby when I was in college. I submitted it directly after I finished it. I was surprised that it sold well."

Seeing that Mizuhara Yui and others were silent, Fujiwara Kei added: "You don't have to worry about me affecting my work. I wrote this book before I entered Mizuha Productions."

"No, I don't care about this. No one doubts Kei Fujiwara's dedication to your work..." Yui Mizuhara said, "I'm just a little surprised. I didn't expect you to have the talent to write novels. It's still difficult to reason.

The novel... and I heard it’s very popular?”

Fujiwara Kei smiled and said: "It is indeed selling well."

Nishimura Taro couldn't help but ask: "How much money can you make?"

Hasegawa Hide struck Nishimura Taro on the head with a knife: "That's so rude, Nishimura!"

However, he also turned his head and looked at Kei Fujiwara eagerly, as if hoping to get an answer.

Fujiwara Kei touched his nose and said: "I have an agreement with the publisher and I cannot disclose the royalties at will. I'm sorry."

The matter of income is very sensitive, Fujiwara Kei is unwilling to talk about it, and of course it is not easy to ask. But they have heard that writers are very rich, and there is only a wall between the broadcasting industry and the publishing industry, and they often communicate with each other. I heard from the copyright operation department.

This novel is said to be a dark horse bestseller this year, and it must make a lot of money.

Sasaki Takagi and others had mixed feelings. Fujiwara Kei was the youngest among them all, but he had just graduated and already had a successful career and became a famous writer. This inevitably made them feel a little depressed.

Mizuhara Yui said with some annoyance: "If I had known you had the talent to write novels, I wouldn't have let you do a variety show... I would have just made a drama!"

Fujiwara Keido: "Miss Mizuhara, the budget for filming a drama is not comparable to that of a variety show."

"That's true..." Mizuhara Yui muttered. It took her more than a year to become a producer. With her qualifications, it is difficult to apply for a budget that is enough to make a drama. The dream of low budget and high return is the best.

It's better to do less. Doing too much will make people stupid.

At this time, Mizuhara Yui raised her head again and looked at Fujiwara Kei: "Fujiwara-kun, do you mean that if I can apply for enough budget, you can write a drama as popular as "White Night Walk"?"

Kei Fujiwara was startled for a moment and then said cautiously: "Ms. Mizuhara, the success of any work has a certain amount of luck, and no one can guarantee it."

Mizuhara Yui pursed her lips and said no more. Although she hoped that Kei Fujiwara could give a positive answer, she certainly knew in her heart that it was a small probability event for a drama to gain popularity, and the greater probability was that it would be lukewarm.

The fire even hit the streets.

There is no general who always wins in the broadcast industry, not to mention that there is a big difference between novels and TV series. Those who can write best-selling novels may not necessarily be able to write high-rated TV series.

Those who make light promises are mediocre people. Mizuhara Yui knows that Fujiwara Kei has a cautious personality and will not make any promises easily.

The chief planner of the "Anthropological Observation" crew is a best-selling author. This news quickly spread throughout the entire Mizubo Production and even the entire Fukuyama TV station...

Fukuyama TV.

Production committee meeting.

"You have already seen this month's ratings report," said Yoshida Kashi on the stage. Yoshida Kashi looks like an old man with silver hair and a kind face, but in fact he is not even 60 this year. It can be seen that the TV station is indeed devastated.

It is a place with people, and people here age faster than other places.

Yoshida Kashi is a producer. He went from being a crew member to a producer, then to the deputy director of the TV drama department, to the director of the production bureau, and then to the director of the production bureau step by step. Every step he took was extremely solid, and the Japanese workplace

Although the emphasis is on seniority and seniority, in fact there are at least several thousand people at the same time as Yoshida Kashi, and only a handful of them can climb to his current position.

Leaders like him who are producers often attach great importance to the quality of programs and agree with the theory that "ratings are everything". Therefore, at Fukuyama Channel, as long as you can produce good programs, you will be reused and given preferential treatment, but there is no need to worry about personnel matters.

Putting too much thought into it.

The senior leaders at the meeting each had a ratings report in their hands and remained silent.

"The ratings for the entire month are not optimistic. Prime-time programs are almost all in the middle and lower reaches of the top five rankings." Yoshida Kashi showed no expression on his face, but the atmosphere in the entire conference room was very low.

"The sluggish ratings of programs like this have lasted for a quarter. Since the completion of "In the Name of Love," none of the various departments in the station seem to have come up with any works that can attract viewers."

"I have been observing the station recently and found that whether it is the variety show department, TV drama department, or news department, the staff lacks fighting spirit. Do you really plan to live in this muddle along? Or..."

"Should Fukuyama Taiwan also adapt to the times and conduct a major layoff? Only then can employees in various departments understand the hardships of the company and know that the bubble that the Japanese can live a happy life without paying any price has long been shattered?"

As soon as the words came out, the conference room became even more silent, and a chill suddenly enveloped the room.