Tokyo Literary Godfather

The plot of this episode is roughly like this: a kabuki actor was seen by a security guard because of a hit-and-run accident, so he paid the security guard a large amount of hush money.

However, because of his conscience, the security guard found the kabuki actor while he was putting on makeup, returned the hush money, and said he would inform the police about the incident.

In order to stop the security guard, the actor pushed him. During the push, the security guard's head hit the corner of the table, causing death.

The actor first hid the security guard's body in the dressing room. After the performance, the actor moved the body to the basement below the stage, and then used an elevator to transport the body to the stage, creating the illusion that the security guard fell from the building and faked his death, and broke the deceased's watch to fake the time of death.

After finishing all this, the actor made himself a bowl of chazuke rice. After finishing the chazuke rice, the actor was about to leave, but unfortunately he ran into Furahata who was buying coffee.

Furuhata told the actor that he was here to handle the case. The police received a report and someone found a body on the stage. After investigation, it was found that he died of head trauma...

Furuhata took the actors to the scene of the crime. It seemed that the deceased fell from the ceiling and fell to the stage to his death. But what puzzles Furuhata is, why is the security guard climbing up to the ceiling in the middle of the night?

The actor told Furuhata that a stray cat had recently slipped into the theater and often barked during performances. The security guard was supposed to catch the cat, but something unfortunate happened.

Furuhata asked his assistant to check the ceiling and found that there was nothing on it. Furuhata was keenly aware that something seemed to be missing from the scene: a flashlight. How could you go into a dark ceiling to look for a cat without a flashlight?

The actor suddenly became nervous.

In addition, Furuhata also pointed out other doubtful points: the rumbling operation of the elevator will scare away the cat, and the dead man’s broken watch. The watch at the crime scene is as untrustworthy as the middle-aged man’s boast. This is common sense. .

The most important evidence is the flashlight. Furuhata claims that as long as he finds the missing flashlight, he can catch the murderer.

The murderer's identity and modus operandi were told at the beginning of the play, so there is no suspense in this regard. What the audience is really looking forward to is the confrontation between Furuhata and the murderer.

Asahara Terusheng watched the TV and subconsciously slowed down his exercises.

After hearing Furuhata's words, the actor suddenly panicked and hurried back to the makeup artist to find the security guard's portable flashlight.

But "King of Torment" Furuhata came again at this time and asked the actors for tickets for tomorrow's performance. However, only then did the actor realize that the flashlight was next to the sofa where Furahata was sitting...

The actor had to pretend to knock over something and secretly hide the flashlight while picking it up.

"I think I found it..." Furuhata opened the door curtain and said, "Flashlight."

The actor who had just hidden the flashlight in the drawer was shocked and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where did you find it..."

"Hmm...it seems to have fallen in the corridor next to Naraku. I'll go take a look...ah?"

Furuhata suddenly bent down and looked around: "Where is my own flashlight?"

"It was placed next to the sofa just now, but now it's gone."

"Ah, how strange."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. The actor silently opened the drawer, took out the flashlight, and handed it to Furuhata.

"Ah, this is it." Furuhata happily took the flashlight and left.

"That bastard!!!" After Furuhata left, the actor almost screamed silently with his soul.

Asahara Teruso suddenly laughed, and then the smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a sigh.

It's a really good drama. It seems to suit me very well and is more in line with the tastes of young people.

If it were not a work directed by Hidaka, I would definitely choose this work.

Asahara Teruo feels a little regretful. This should be a sweet trouble as a well-known actor, that is, among two very excellent works, he can only choose one to star in.

However, although the quality of this "Furuhata Jinsaburo" is acceptable, director Hidaka will definitely be better. After all, evergreens are more trustworthy than dark horses.

The ratings of the second episode dropped a little compared to the first episode, and the drop was not small, falling to 23%.

Many viewers who watched the first episode also came for the gimmicks, [Shiba Keita’s new work], [Kabuki actor Matsumoto Konemon’s first starring role in a TV series], [Arima father and daughter performing on the same stage] and so on.

Therefore, the highest ratings of the first episode were frighteningly high, even surpassing "The Long Vacation". However, many people just took one look and left, seemingly not interested in this drama that focuses on flashback reasoning.

In the end, the average ratings of the first episode were pulled up to around 28% because of these lively viewers.

So when Kei Fujiwara saw the first episode's ratings report on the performance of each time slot, he also predicted that the next few episodes would drop a lot, but the sudden drop of 5% still made him feel quite disappointed. heartache.

This is because some dramas have dropped their entire ratings... To be honest, the fact that they have dropped so much shows that they have a solid base. If they are seen by those street dramas, they might even be envious...

At the producer meeting, the main creators of "Furahata Shinsaburo" all seemed a little depressed. Except for Shibasaki Hideaki, who has a relatively calm personality, and Mizuhara Yui, who is well-informed and has expectations for the show's later development, the other creative team members, There was a sense of disappointment on his face.

This is inevitable, because the ratings have dropped too much. As happy as the first episode was, it was so sad to see the ratings for the second episode.

What if the ratings continue to drop in the third episode?

Have we been abandoned by the audience?

Everyone couldn't help but think about it.

"It seems that everyone's morale is very low." Mizuhara Yui said looking at everyone in the conference room.

"It's my fault." Fujiwara Kei said, "I should have vaccinated them in advance. Things like rising ratings don't happen every time. What happened to "Furuhata Rensaburo" is a normal phenomenon. .”

"That's what I said." Mizuhara Yui looked at Fujiwara Kei and smiled: "But maybe their previous success has made them accustomed to the same style of sailing, so they can't accept it now. Many people still think that they didn't take good pictures. , I’m sorry, Fujiwara, the script you wrote is very dull.”

Fujiwara Kei didn't say much, and walked into the conference room with Mizuhara Yui to hold today's planning meeting as usual.

During the meeting, Kei Fujiwara smiled frequently and deliberately aroused everyone's emotions. Finally, at the end of the meeting, he said: "You have also seen the ratings of the second episode, 23%. To be honest, this is already higher than what I expected. This is not a bad result, if we can maintain this rating for the next episodes, we will be successful."

The creative team members in the conference room looked at each other, and then lowered their heads.

Teacher Fujiwara is comforting us... Everyone feels like a mirror, Teacher Fujiwara is really a gentle man.

Kei Fujiwara looked at everyone present and continued to instruct the next work with a gentle smile, listening to the feedback from the staff. Even if the other party's feedback was not very satisfactory to him, he would change his usual harsh tone.

As a team leader, sometimes you have to show opposite emotions to your team members;

When everyone is cheering for success, stay calm and don't get carried away by the joy.

When everyone is depressed, frustrated, or even anxious, you need to boost morale and not act as depressed as everyone else.