Tokyo Literary Godfather

["Gemini Detective" is currently on the air. The famous director Junaki Hidaka's new work is locked in TTS to watch Hoshino Koya and Asahara Teruo join forces to solve the case. 】

[Hidaka Junming: Our goal is to create the No. 1 mystery drama in ordinary times. 】

["Gemini Detective" is expected to hit the annual ratings championship. 】

[Hoshino Koya: "Gemini Detective" will become the first masterpiece in my life. 】

With the official release of "Gemini Detective", advertisements for this drama can be seen everywhere in the media. It seems that TTS has also invested a lot of resources in promoting this drama.

On the day when the first episode of "Gemini Detective" was broadcast, Kei Fujiwara, Yui Mizuhara, Hideaki Shibasaki and Shuzo Kobayashi also purposely found a tavern to watch this competitor's TV series while drinking.

After watching the first episode, Mizuhara Yui asked the other three people what they thought. Fujiwara Kei told the truth: "It was well shot, very interesting."

Shibazaki Hideaki also agreed: "The first episode is just right in terms of art, shooting, narrative rhythm, and suspense setting. It is a very excellent work."

Fujiwara Kei smiled and shook his glass: "That guy Shinya Matsushita's level seems to have improved."

Kobayashi Shuzo said at this time: "This drama is a co-screenwriter, and the other screenwriter is the main writer."

After the first episode of "Gemini Detectives" was aired, Kei Fujiwara suddenly asked, how about everyone guessing the ratings of this episode? Whoever guesses the most different result will be invited to dinner next time.

Others agreed and gave their own guesses.

Fujiwara Kei still has a high opinion of his opponent Hidaka Junaki, so he guessed that the ratings of the first episode were 28%.

Yui Mizuhara predicted 27%, Hideaki Shibasaki predicted 27.5%, and Osamu Kobayashi predicted the same result as Kei Fujiwara, also 28%.

But Yui Mizuhara suddenly proposed a new rule: two people cannot guess the same number. So Kei Fujiwara took the initiative to add 0.5 to his original answer, guessing that the final ratings of "Gemini Detective" would be 28.5%.

Fujiwara Kei took out the notebook he carried with him and wrote down the results of everyone's guesses as a certificate.

After drinking for a while, Fujiwara Kei ate a plum made secretly by the proprietress of the tavern, which she said was a specialty of their hometown. Kei Fujiwara ate one and it tasted terrible. I was afraid that the lady boss would give them more specialties, so I quickly got up to check out and left.

He didn't drive after drinking. Kei Fujiwara's family lived not far away, and it was rare to take a taxi. They happened to be on the road with Yui Mizuhara's family, so the two of them walked slowly on the road at night together.

At night, the number of drunks began to increase. However, Japanese drunks are not aggressive, just annoying. They roar on the road or sing some terrible hometown songs.

Mizuhara Yui and Fujiwara Kei talked about the recent economic situation in Japan, ranging from the economy to public security. Mizuhara Yui said that a few days ago, when she was walking alone at night, she encountered an exhibitionist.

As she said this, she boldly demonstrated how the guy was wearing a coat and suddenly ran up to passers-by. Then he lifted up his coat and revealed that he was naked underneath.

"I was shocked at the time and didn't see anything." Mizuhara Yui said.

It's a pity that you co-authored it... Kei Fujiwara thought to himself.

"Later I called the police, but there has been no result so far. What do you think the pot-bellied policeman said to me?" Mizuhara Yui imitated the policeman's tone, "Miss, I don't think you have any actual losses, so let's just forget it." Alright~"

"Later I said that I was from the TV station, and they promised me that they would investigate carefully." Mizuhara Yui said, "But I guess there will be no results. Humph, they are a bunch of tax thieves!"

Mizuhara Yui complained about social security, but Fujiwara Kei became relieved after listening to her complaints.

The recent public security news is nothing more than petty theft, sexual harassment and the like, and the more serious ones are just home invasions and robberies. Due to the "Law on Countermeasures against Violent Groups", those violent gangs have become very peaceful recently. Fujiwara Kei has seen the gang several times in Shinjuku. The youngest is almost forty years old. The overall aging of Japanese gangs has Gradually manifested.

These security incidents pale into insignificance compared to the parallel world of Japan in 1995.

In real history, Japan's 1995 was a year of disasters. In the collective memory of the Japanese, it was the most despairing year. It even made some pessimists feel that Japan had reached its end. .

The two most serious disasters were the Great Hanshin Earthquake in January and the sarin gas incident in March.

These two huge disasters, a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, have left irreparable scars on Japanese society.

Japan's Great Depression began in early 1992. The first people to feel it were corporate employees, but a large number of people actually did not realize that their country was declining. After the two disasters in 1995, It took many people to realize that their country was in decline.

Therefore, many people believe that Japan's real decline began in 1995, not 1992.

Even Haruki Murakami said: In Japan's thousand-year history, there has never been a year as desperate as 1995.

Kei Fujiwara's time travel was in 1994, so at the beginning, as the year 1995 gradually approached, Kei Fujiwara was a little nervous at first.

After 1995, throughout January, Fujiwara Keito was determined not to go to the Kansai region, but the Great Hanshin Earthquake in the parallel world never happened.

By March, the sarin gas incident in my memory had not occurred.

Kei Fujiwara just breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the world in 1995 was much more peaceful than he remembered...

Fujiwara Kei sent Mizuhara Yui home, and happened to meet the fat girl who shared the apartment with Mizuhara Yui. When the fat girl saw Fujiwara Kei and Mizuhara Yui coming back together, she suddenly smiled and said: "Oh, it's Teacher Sima Keita. Come in, sit down for a while and have some midnight snack, I'm going to bake sweet potatoes."

"You're too polite. I'm going back first. I have work tomorrow."

"Okay, then walk slowly." The fat girl was still smiling. Mizuhara Yui and her walked towards the door. The two seemed to be whispering something, and only heard Mizuhara Yui whisper: "Don't talk nonsense... …”

After Kei Fujiwara returned home, he continued to write the storyboard script that would be used in the next few days, and fell asleep on time at eleven o'clock.

The next day, the ratings for the thirteenth episode of "Furuhata Renzaburo" were calculated. The average ratings were 23.5%, which was a lot lower.

But this is also expected, because many viewers habitually switch to other dramas after watching twelve episodes, and some are attracted by the same type of dramas produced by Hidaka Junaki.

As expected of Junmei Hidaka, the impact of his new drama is clearly visible to the naked eye.

But Furahata Jinsaburo also suffers from Gemini Detective.

In the afternoon, Kei Fujiwara finally found out the ratings statistics of "Gemini Detective": the average time-sharing rating was 22.3%, and the highest rating was 37.6%.

This is a high score, but it is far lower than what Kei Fujiwara guessed in the pub last night.

Their guess yesterday was not conjecture, but a conclusion reached after comprehensively considering the results of Junaki Hidaka's previous works, the publicity of "Twin Detectives", and the audience's attention.

So, it's obvious that Junaki Hidaka's new drama performed lower than expected.

It seems that the strategy of delaying the broadcast of "Furuhata Rensaburo" has played a small role.

Thinking of this, Kei Fujiwara looked at Yui Mizuhara with a smile and said: "I lose, I will treat you to dinner after the filming of this drama is finished."