At nine o 'clock sharp, it was time for work.
Zhang Ye was furiously replying to his listeners' emails.
Tian Bin and Li Si had arrived together. They were a few minutes late, but no one in a public institution cared about this. It was much more relaxed than a private company.
The moment Tian Bin arrived, the atmosphere turned awkward.
Everyone's eyes unconsciously focused on Tian Bin and Zhang Ye.
The victor was always forgiving. Zhang Ye greeted as though nothing had happened, "Teacher Tian, good morning." It was as though the two of them had not quarreled yesterday.
Tian Bin decided to ignore him. He thought indignantly, "Zhang, don't be too happy so soon. That" Ghost Blows Out the Light "of yours might not even be that great. Grave robbing? If the readers can't accept it, you'll still be done for. When the listenership rate drops to a new low, you'll be dismissed. You won't be able to jump around for a few more days. Yesterday's listenership rate will be out soon. Just wait and see!
Tian Bin was waiting for the listenership ratings.
Zhang Ye was also waiting. Actually, he did not know how well the readers would accept it. Although there were many praises from the listeners, they were mixed. There were even curses. Besides, this was only the reaction of a portion of the audience. The results would ultimately be tested by the entire market.
When the door opened, Zhao Guozhou came in with a big belly. He first briefed a few of his old comrades and then communicated with an editor. Finally, when he saw Zhang Ye, he chuckled, "Little Zhang, your performance yesterday was not bad. Regardless of the listenership ratings, your story was very timely." Thinking of something, he asked someone, "Oh right, have the listenership ratings for yesterday been tabulated? Why didn't anyone give it to me? "
Wang Xiaomei looked up and said, "I just came back from upstairs. They're still working on it. It should be done soon."
Suddenly, the female assistant, Xiaofang, who had called the time for Zhang Ye yesterday, quickly walked in. She was holding a form in her hand. When she came in, she gave Zhang Ye a complicated look before handing the form to Zhao Guozhou. "Leader, the listenership ratings are out. This is the statistics from yesterday!"
Zhao Guozhou nodded and took a look. He couldn't help but be shocked. "Did you take the wrong one?"
Xiaofang said with a wry smile, "I definitely didn't get it wrong. The statistics department gave it to me as such." Saying that, she glanced in Zhang Ye's direction a few times.
The leader's question aroused everyone's curiosity. Eh? What's wrong with listenership statistics?
"Everyone, put down what you're doing. I'll announce the rankings." This was a common practice of the Literature Channel. Zhao Guozhou would announce yesterday's listenership ranking almost every day to put pressure on everyone. The top celebrity programs had high listenership ratings, high advertising fees and high bonuses. The programs that were ranked at the bottom might face the risk of being axed. For example, the previous novel of "Late-night Ghost Stories" hosted by Tian Bin, "Ghosts at Midnight", had many of the plots in the middle deleted, and the ending was broadcasted directly. A total of more than ten episodes were cut, but it was actually because the listenership ratings were not good that it was axed.
There was no other way.
After 1 AM, the station would only broadcast the previous day's program. That was to say, "Late-night Ghost Stories" was the program that would be broadcast the latest on the channel. There was a natural limit to the number of listeners. How many people would listen to the radio in the middle of the night? Therefore, their late-night show couldn't be compared to the prime-time show at seven or eight o 'clock. The audience base was dozens of times worse. If the Literature Channel included the programs from last weekend, there were a total of about twenty programs. "Late-night Ghost Stories" was always in the twenties, which meant it was first or second from the bottom. It was unshakable. It wasn't that their program wasn't good, but that their listeners were the most loyal in the entire Literature Channel. The only problem was that the number of listeners was too small, and the broadcast time was too late. To compete with others in listenership ratings? What an international joke!
Zhang Ye looked forward eagerly. He didn't have any great ambitions. As long as he wasn't in last place, it would be fine.
Zhao Guozhou announced, "First place in listenership, 'Talk About the World'."
This was Wang Xiaomei's program. She, her editorial team and program staff were not surprised. For several years, Wang Xiaomei's program had always been number one in listenership. It had never fallen. Ignoring their Literature Channel, this result was one of the top programs in the Beijing Radio Station. A prime-time show with a beautiful anchor. Other than being unable to compare with the traffic channel and the News Channel, it really beat all other programs.
"Second place." Zhao Guozhou announced, "'Entertainment Daily'."
The Literature Channel naturally had entertainment news reports. It couldn't be compared to the viewership of the News Channel, but their audience was also very fixed. This program was also a regular guest at second place.
It was time to announce third place.
However, Zhao Guozhou remained silent for a long time. It was as if he was reading a graph of the listenership ratings.
"Old Zhao?" A Leader, who was on good terms with him, called out in puzzlement.
Zhao Guozhou paused for a while before announcing, "Third place …" He dragged his voice, "Third place is … 'Late-night Ghost Stories'!"
What?
Third place for "Late-night Ghost Stories"?
When Tian Bin heard this, he was completely stunned! He was still hoping that Zhang Ye would carry on the tradition of their program being at the bottom for ten thousand years and continue down this path. But this was the result he had been waiting for! Was there a statistical error? There must have been a statistical error! He understood his own program the best. Tian Bin thought to himself, "How can a half-dead unpopular program like ours have such a high listenership rating?"
Li Si was flabbergasted, his eyes wide open!
Zhang Ye did not expect this either. He was also shocked by this result!
Not to mention the others, the office area was in an uproar. Everyone couldn't believe their ears!
Third place for "Late-night Ghost Stories"? This isn't a joke, right? This program had always been at the bottom or second to last compared to the Literature Channel! Alright, even if it was the first day that the new story was released, it had been promoted for a long time. The intensity of the promotion was unprecedented. According to the usual pattern, the listenership rating would increase by a lot. Firstly, the listeners were curious. Secondly, if there was a new story, the old listeners would listen to it on the first day. To prevent themselves from not being able to follow up, they would see what story it was. If it was good, they would listen to it. If it wasn't, they would just forget about it. However, even if the listenership rating would increase a lot on the day the new story was released, it shouldn't be this ridiculous!
It directly entered the top three?
It was higher than the 5 PM and 9 PM listenership ratings?
Did this mean that the listeners that were pulled in by the promotional campaign did not switch off their radios after listening to "Late-night Ghost Stories" at midnight? Nearly everyone was retained by this story? That was how the average listenership rating was pulled up to such a terrifying level?
Even Wang Xiaomei, the host with the highest listenership rating, was moved. Even her program could not retain nearly all the listeners. Who didn't change channels after listening to an average story? Hence, the program's listenership rating was very high at the beginning, but it would gradually drop in the later half an hour. Even the average listenership rating would drop by more than half!
But what was up with "Late-night Ghost Stories"?
This average listenership rating was too terrifying!
Immediately, everyone's look at Zhang Ye changed. A rookie that had just arrived a few days ago, with a novel that no one had heard of, "Ghost Blows Out the Light", had managed to push a late-night program that was broadcast after midnight into the top three listenership ratings of the entire channel? Holy sh * t! Are you on steroids or something?!
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