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<h2><span class="strongInContent"> If Holliemon is going to buy me, I want Maezawa-san to buy me.</span></h2>
<p> Fuji Television was slammed for holding the &#8220;lowest level&#8221; press conference in its history. The TV station has fallen into an unprecedented situation in which more than 70 companies have suspended commercials and sponsors are demanding that programs provided by one company be taken off the air. What do Fuji Television&#8217;s employees think now that they are in this predicament?</p>
<p> A producer at a production company said in a tone of exasperation, &#8220;Fuji&#8217;s young staff members are not happy.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> A producer at a production company said in an exasperated tone, &#8220;Young Fuji Television employees have been looking at me with a white eye ever since President Koichi Minato (72) denied that any Fuji Television employees were involved. The attitude of saying &#8220;there is no problem&#8221; without having conducted an investigation is out of step with the current era. This initial response showed that President Minato is an old-fashioned type of person, and not a few of the younger employees are now distrustful of him.</span></p>
<p> Fuji TV has probably covered and reported on many such companies that have fallen on hard times because of a top management&#8217;s initial mistake in handling the situation.</p>
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<p> Some station employees are openly expressing their disapproval of the attitude of upper management.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Despite the huge trouble that occurred at the end of last year, Fuji Television held its annual all-staff jump-rope event. President Minato was also present at the event, but a significant number of young and mid-career employees boycotted the event, saying, &#8216;This is no time for this! and boycotted the event.</span></p>
<p> It is said that this &#8220;rebellion,&#8221; which <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;must have numbered close to 100 people&#8221; (broadcaster)</span>, was rumored within the company to have been &#8221; <span class="strongInContent">courageous to boycott the event even though the president was participating</span>.</p>
<p> The winner of the jump-rope contest was the team of Mr. A, a senior programming executive in the midst of a major problem that has rocked the company.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Mr. A&#8217;s stance is that &#8220;anything short of death is a minor injury. &#8230;&#8230; It was announced that he had not come to work due to a heart attack, but many station employees questioned, &#8220;Is that true? Mr. A has been a loyal retainer of President Minato for more than 20 years, organizing &#8220;Koichi Minato&#8217;s birthday party&#8221; without fail even while President Minato was on secondment to Kyodo TV. President Minato may have said that he was not involved because he felt sorry for Mr. A. After the article was published, President Minato continued to be involved with the new year&#8217;s party. Even after the article was published, President Minato attended the New Year&#8217;s party and went golfing, which also aroused animosity.</span></p>
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<h2> Hollimon took a stake in the company.</h2>
<p> Fuji Television Network has fallen on hard times after its messy press conference. A movement to &#8220;buy shares of Fuji Media Holdings and participate in the general shareholders meeting&#8221; was started mainly by YouTube stars, and Takafumi Horie (52), who once initiated the takeover of Fuji TV, immediately announced on his SNS that he had purchased shares. Fuji Television Network, Inc.</p>
<p> On January 23, Fuji Television held a closed-door meeting for its employees. The briefing started at 5:30 p.m. and lasted about four and a half hours, attended by about 1,000 people, or 90% of the entire staff. Chairman Shuji Kano (74) and President Minato spoke about the press conference,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I thought it was a failure.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;I thought it was a mistake,&#8221; said President Kano, 74, &#8220;because it was built around the idea of moving up the regular president&#8217;s press conference.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;I did the unthinkable (in not letting the cameras in). I deeply regret it.</span></p>
<p> The station staff members sighed as they expressed their remorse.</p>
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<p> A well-known broadcaster lamented.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Within Fuji, there were voices saying, &#8216;I would rather have Yusaku Maezawa (49), the former head of ZOZO, buy the company than have it bought by Holliemon.</span></p>
<p> All six of Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s programs have been canceled, but Fuji will pay for the production costs of the episodes recorded by other stations that are to be kept in storage.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The trouble itself has been resolved, and it is not a criminal case. The termination of the program is the station&#8217;s decision, so it seems they cannot charge Nakai. I was prepared for the termination, but I&#8217;m not sure if I can recover the full amount. &#8230;&#8230;&#8221; (program staff)</span></p>
<p> Fuji Television announced that it would hold a press conference in full open format on January 27. Will the day ever come when Fuji Television will be able to get rid of the pus with its own hands and regain the trust of the sponsors and viewers who have left the company?</p>
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