Chapter 297 Screenwriter’s Social Responsibility

"According to calculations by the statistics department, the average viewership of last night's first episode was 22.3%, and the highest viewership was 34%."

"What about the competitors?"

The staff swallowed and said, "The average rating over there is 27.8%, and the highest rating reached 50%."

"It's a lot different. What's the problem?"

"Maybe it's the actors...the other party's popularity is higher than ours."

"Don't blame everything on the actors."

"yes……"

Hidaka Junming looked at the ratings report and saw that it was five percentage points worse than Fukuyama Channel...but the strange thing was that he didn't feel anxious or depressed.

Not only does he not feel this way, but looking around, it seems that the creative team does not feel this way. Has he become calmer? No, Hidaka Junaki himself doesn’t even want to admit it...

"That's right, but "The Pioneer Lawyer" was a novel written 15 years ago after all. How can it attract the main audience of today's TV series without making changes? Although it is risky, it is worth a try."

"Kumimon Kensuke is the most meaningless protagonist in the history of Japanese legal dramas. The greed and selfishness he shows are just the screenwriter's sensationalism. Among all TV drama types, professional dramas undoubtedly have the greatest educational significance for the people.

. But this "Victory is Justice" completely abandoned the significance of professional dramas, and instead tarnished the spirit of some young viewers.

Kandazono. The author is really sad that after "Naoki Hansawa", Mr. Kei Fujiwara came up with such a work without correct concepts. "Naoki Hansawa" awakened the lower-level employees in Japan to resist workplace tyrants.

Ling's spirit, and "Victory is Justice" tries to tell everyone that the people who can really achieve success in this society are utilitarian people like Gu Meimen Kensuke."

Although only one episode has been aired and it has not triggered a particularly large-scale discussion, several TV magazines in Japan seem to have a strong interest in "Victory is Justice" and have dedicated a special section in the magazine to discuss this movie.

The theme of the play.

After the morning meeting, Junaki Hidaka came to Ensuke Kato's office. There was a projection screen in the office, and the first episode of "Victory is Justice" was playing repeatedly.

"And didn't we also cause trouble for Fukuyamadai before? This time they are determined to regain the situation, and there is no other way except to actively challenge it. You, stop thinking about wrong ideas, that boy Fujiwara is not an innocent person

Son, you dare to play tricks, he will be more ruthless, why won’t that Panasonic guy talk back and lie in the nursing home with a crooked eye? I’m old..."

"Hidaka, when did you become so cowardly?" Kato Ensuke suddenly looked at Hidaka Junaki, "If you really don't change well and are abandoned by the audience, I'll go and apologize in person. You don't need to worry about that.

What more can be done?”

…

What's even more frightening is that he obviously started climbing first, but in just a moment, the opponent passed by him, and then climbed higher and faster, faster and faster.

The film and television adaptation of the original work will more or less make some changes, but special attention must be paid to the scale and precision of the changes, otherwise it will incur the anger of fans of the original work.

This is also the first time that Junmei Hidaka has felt a sense of powerlessness when meeting someone, that is, no matter how hard you try to climb up, you can only feel that you are getting further and further away from the other person.

"Yes, it won't happen this time." Hidaka Junming said quickly.

When Yamaguchi Tsutoyo saw this article, he was so angry that he wanted to curse on the spot, "Damn it," and started writing some boring articles to slander our lovely Fujiwara Kei.

This newspaper is an affiliated company of Fansei TV, and this time "Furuhata Jinsaburo" happened to disrupt Fansei TV's broadcast plan, causing one of the other party's ace dramas to be caught off guard by "Furahata Jinsaburo". It is probably with some expectations.

The purpose of revenge is right there.

"Coupled with the fact that Miyata Takaharu and Kono Aoi are two very popular actors, the ratings of this drama must be better than ours. How much better? A lot?"

"A real legal drama should be like "The Pioneer Lawyer", which spreads the correct concepts of good and evil, and evil will eventually be brought to justice. This is the social mission that TV drama creators should shoulder, but Kei Fujiwara has abandoned this

His mission is to spread the concept of "Everything is about money", which is despicable. He is not worthy of the name of a national teacher. A true national teacher is not worthy of inheriting the mantle of Mr. Ensuke Kato."

Therefore, the drama was very restrained during the adaptation process, in order to attract the audience to the greatest extent. Now Kato Ensuke has decided to make drastic changes, which also makes Hidaka Junaki a little worried. What if the changes are not good?

It doesn't matter if the ratings can't beat "Victory is Justice". Looking at the momentum, it should be no problem to maintain the ratings above 17%, but what if the ratings accidentally drop sharply?

"Teacher Kato, I think..."

Junaki Hidaka had nothing to say. Although he couldn't bear the thought of Kato having to apologize for the poor performance of the TV series at his age, Ensuke Kato had no choice but to agree because of his firm look.

"Don't worry too much." Kato Ensuke said, ""The Pioneer Lawyer" is a work that relies on plot to win, and the ratings will gradually increase in subsequent episodes. The other party's cast is stronger than ours, so the results in the first episode were better than ours.

Okay, that’s reasonable. Let’s talk about a long-term war.”

As soon as Kei Fujiwara's four dramas were aired, three of them firmly occupied the top five ratings for the first episodes of new dramas in the autumn season. Yamaguchi Tsutoyo looked at the ratings rankings of new dramas in the newspaper and was overjoyed.

"About 5 percentage points." Rigao said helplessly, "The gap is huge."

Kato Ensuke couldn't help but nodded: "Yes, it turns out that it was entered from this entry point. It explored a profound theme and also broke the legal drama out of the conventions of the detective genre. The comedy expression technique can also weaken the

It highlights the seriousness of the subject and makes it easier for the audience to accept it, which is really amazing.”

"Original plot... This is very risky, Mr. Kato." Hidaka Junming said.

It's because he no longer feels any shame about losing to Kei Fujiwara, and subconsciously feels that losing to him is a normal thing.

"Well, call the screenwriters in for a meeting." Kato Ensuke said, "I plan to add more original plots to the script."

The reason why many adapted dramas have unsatisfactory results is because the screenwriters added a lot of original plots to the works. However, these original plots did not add color to the works, but instead made some fans of the original works feel that the works had become unfamiliar.

However, some newspapers and periodicals fiercely criticized the bad ideas expressed in this drama.

What's more, what this article expresses is almost the mainstream concept in society. In Japan, the status of TV series is higher than that of movies. This is also a feature of Japan's cultural industry. After all, in other countries,

These are all movies that have a relatively high status.

This feeling of powerlessness has started since "Homeless Child" and reached its peak after "Hansawa Naoki" was released. Now he is used to this feeling.

This is partly because the movie market is not strong enough. In the United States, a good movie is no different than a money printing machine, but in Japan, even a very popular movie can only sell for a fraction of what it is in Hollywood.

On the other hand, this is the reason why most viewers do prefer TV dramas. TV dramas have a wider audience, so society requires TV dramas to spread certain [correct ideas] and educate the people, and those who can do this are

Known as the "national teacher".

Because of "Naoki Hansawa", Kei Fujiwara has been labeled as a national teacher, but because he is too young, the media often does not call him that. Only the spring and autumn series and

The Fukuyama-based media will shout about national teachers non-stop.

However, a trace of worry flashed in Yamaguchi Tsutoyo's eyes. To a certain extent, this article also reflects the views of many people in today's society. Will the ratings of "Victory is Justice" also be affected by this?
Chapter completed!