Tokyo Literary Godfather

The ratings of the first two episodes of "Meteor Garden" in Taiwan were really good, but this was still not enough to attract the attention of the Japanese broadcasting industry.

However, people inside Taiwan Central Television couldn't help but cast their eyes on this grass-roots team. This kind of growth can be seen in the second episode, and the discussion among young viewers in Taiwan is also very high. It seems that it has the potential to become a hit drama.

Some people in the company became a little panicked when they saw such signs. The show was a hit, and Chai Chiling became a well-known producer, giving her more say. This was not what they wanted to see. But the show has already been aired, and such results cannot be cut in half. The only thing that can be done is to use some small means to prevent the show from continuing to perform well.

For example, try to find ways to block the promotion channels of this drama. Today's promotion channels are still the same, including newspapers, radio stations, and TV advertisements. However, these media resources are all real money.

The total publicity budget for all dramas remains the same, but the publicity budget allocated to each drama is different. If you have more, I will have less.

Those people used their connections in the publicity department to directly cut nearly half of the publicity budget for "Meteor Garden" on the grounds that they wanted to put the budget into stronger dramas, which almost drove Chai Chi-ling to the National Taiwan University School of Medicine.

But two days later, the budget returned to the original level. The reason was that Juri Okada informed Kei Fujiwara of the matter, and Kei Fujiwara called to greet Mr. Dong and said politely: "Mr. Dong, for a new drama Speaking, the early publicity is still very important, haha... If the budget of CTV is limited, we Shuibo can afford it, yes...but the share..."

After Dong Changjie hung up the expensive overseas phone call, he called the manager of the publicity department in anger and scolded him severely.

"San Xiao! Are you present at the meeting on Monday? Did you hear what I said? Are you hard of hearing or mentally retarded? Headless God! Didn't I specifically praise the producer Chai and praise "Meteor Garden" Is the potential of this new drama? As a result, within three days, you cut the promotional budget of this drama. Did you see that I, the general manager, was upset, so you deliberately confronted me? Or did you deliberately confront the Chai producer? , when I handed her the room card, she didn’t pick it up?! Lean back! Chicken steak is more nutritious!”

Dong Changjie talked to his subordinates and communicated with Kei Fujiwara as if they were two people. The manager of the propaganda department was scolded directly after receiving the call, and did not dare to reply or explain, but kept apologizing.

Dong Changjie is a bit of a quack, and when he gets angry, he is full of foul language and genitals, and it is common for him to point at his subordinates and call him "chicken". Everyone in China TV knows that the head of the station has a violent personality, and no one dares to swear at him. What to quibble about.

Even if he scolded someone wrong, then it was wrong. What can you do?

What's more, he was right this time. The reason why the manager of the propaganda department cut Chai Zhiling's propaganda budget was not out of professional considerations, but was instigated by some people in the station. We are a company, and we all look at each other's faces and talk. It's no problem to deal with a small producer with face. The top leaders have a lot of troubles every day, and they won't intervene in every program.

But this time I don't know why I was so unlucky, but the senior leader just intervened, and it was the highest-ranking Taiwan leader.

Hearing the unbearable scolding from the microphone, the department manager's calves couldn't help but twist, almost kneeling on the ground. After hanging up the phone, the collar of his clothes was already soaked in sweat.

After a long time, the department manager got up from the floor and called the group of people who asked him to cut Chai Zhiling's budget, with a bitter tone: "Good buddy, the main station intervened, and I was severely scolded , I can’t help you anymore.”

Those people didn't say much, and they were even more worried inside.

From Chai Zhiling's perspective, it feels a little baffling.

In less than two days, when she was anxious about the reduction of publicity resources and channels, her assistant told her that the publicity department had increased the publicity budget, and it was even more than before the cut.

Chai Zhiling was overjoyed, but she didn't know what happened. Until I met the manager of the publicity department in the elevator once, he complained to Chai Zhiling a little eccentrically. Whenever a conflict arises, he should not directly go to the top leader to solve the problem and report it to the higher level. This is a very taboo behavior in the workplace.

Chai Zhiling did not report to the senior leaders at this time, but she can think that it should be someone from the partner, Okada Juli, who did it. I don't know if she has been deformed by the suppression, or what is the reason. The target of the bullying actually felt a little guilty towards the department manager who had been pointed at and scolded by the front desk.

Later, when she found Zhuli Okada and talked about it, Zhuli Okada was very surprised: "What is there to be embarrassed about? You were robbed of your handbag on the street. Would you feel embarrassed to call the police? Someone owes you money." If you don't pay back the money, would you feel embarrassed if you went to court to sue? Why would you feel embarrassed about this kind of thing?"

"However, reporting beyond the next level is indeed a bit... not in line with workplace rules."

Okada Juri was speechless. She felt that although Ms. Chai was highly capable and dared to think and do, she was a little too honest in some aspects.

"What should we do to obey the rules? Do we still have to invite him to dinner and beg him? At that time, the two of us will kneel on the ground and light a cigar for him, and we will wear clothes with a large neckline to feast his eyes on, and touch him when necessary." For a moment. Whether or not he wants to restore the budget depends on his mood, right?"

The more Okada Juri talked about it, the more angry he became. He wanted to call Fujiwara Kei on the spot and elaborate on the matter. Chai Chiling saw Okada Juri getting angry and quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "Okada, I'm not that person." I mean, I’m just afraid that I’ll get into trouble if I do this.”

"If trouble does arise, it will happen in the future. Let's solve the current trouble first. Chai! And the company's rules and regulations say that employees cannot report beyond the level? What's more, we are not ordinary employees, we are production staff, There is no clear rank. If we can achieve results, we are better than the directors and directors. If we cannot achieve results, we are worse than a small team member. So there is no such thing as leapfrogging. You just follow the rules too much, no matter what. You have to abide by both the overt rules and the hidden rules. This will exhaust you to death! Those people want us to abide by the rules. If that’s the case, we won’t abide by them!”

Okada Juri's words made Chai Zhiling stunned for a moment, but they also seemed to open a new door, making Chai Zhiling couldn't help but think, had she set too many limits for herself before?

I heard that Kei Fujiwara, the president of Mizunami Productions, had the guts to point his finger at the noses of well-known seniors in the industry and curse him before he officially became famous. He can be described as having a fiery temperament. Therefore, Shuibo's employees may have contracted the same habit in some aspects. Although President Fujiwara has behaved like this and still succeeded in the highly hierarchical Japanese cultural world, there is a certain degree of contingency.

But it also made Chai Zhiling think about it. Challenging the invisible rules and strict systems in the workplace does not seem so scary. Being submissive may not guarantee a smooth career path. Should I be tougher?