Later that morning.
Zhang Ye officially took over the Spring Festival Gala production team.
The production team staff began reporting their work.
Funding.
Personnel.
The stage.
The program list.
During the first approval session.
One difficult problem after another waiting to be solved!
One difficult problem after another waiting to be overcome!
However, Zhang Ye's stirring speech had played a big role. At this moment, many of the people on the Spring Festival Gala production team were fired up by his speech. They no longer felt depressed when they first saw Zhang Ye, nor did they feel pressured by the lack of progress in their work. Some of them quickly got back to work, some of them were reinvigorated, and some of them were even full of energy!
That's right!
Who said that the Spring Festival Gala was finished?
Who made that rule?
…
In the executive director's office.
Zhang Ye announced the appointments. "Sister Ha, you'll be the assistant director."
Ha Qiqi nodded vigorously. "OK!"
Zhang Ye said, "Brother Zuo, you too."
Zhang Zuo said, "No problem."
Zhang Ye said, "Little Wang, you'll still be my assistant."
"Yes, Director Zhang," Little Wang said crisply.
The team he brought with him had all been assigned duties by him. For the next two months, their studio did not need too many people anymore. As Zhang Ye would not be taking on any other work, his team's focus would be on the Spring Festival Gala. As such, he decided to bring his own people along to help out. Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others were all directors from Central TV. Putting their abilities aside, they had been partners with him for so many years, so they had a very good rapport with him. They also knew his temper and how he worked. This was also where Zhang Ye needed them. His work arrangements required them to be carried out one by one.
Tong Fu said excitedly, "Director Zhang, what are we going to do this time? Just tell us! "
Little Wang also said in high spirits, "We'll definitely make this year's Spring Festival Gala beautiful and let everyone witness the strength of our team!"
Zhang Zuo laughed and said, "Right, we'll give them a fright!"
Ha Qiqi said, "We're going to leave our names in history."
Zhang Ye was taken aback. "Leave our names in history?"
Ha Qiqi said, "Make the Spring Festival Gala a good one."
Zhang Ye was taken aback. "How do we do that?"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"Ah?"
"We don't know either."
"Didn't you just say that?"
"You were the one who said that the Spring Festival Gala would never end!"
But what Zhang Ye said next nearly made Ha Qiqi and the others faint. He said, "I'm not some god. Do you think that the executive directors of so many Spring Festival Galas in the past were all pushovers? Do you really think that you don't have any real ability? So many people have been working so hard for so many years, but they haven't been able to do it. But now that I'm here, all the problems are suddenly solved? How could this be? You guys are too naive. "
Are we naive?
The few of them vomited blood!
"We weren't the ones who said that!"
Tong Fu said, "Director Zhang! You said it yourself! "
Zhang Ye stared at them and said, "I was just fooling them. Did you guys really believe me?"
Little Wang: "Huh?"
Zhang Zuo: "Bluff?"
Everyone was flabbergasted!
F * ck me! Are you bragging?
So you don't have a plan at all?
Aiyo, your mouth is too unreliable. We thought you were really confident!
Not long after, the few of them left, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Zhang Ye was left sitting alone in the office flipping through the documents. He had a headache and was frowning. Plan? He didn't have a plan, my ass! That solemn speech he gave just now was purely for the sake of consolidating the team and stabilizing their morale. It was to boost everyone's morale and raise their fighting spirit. What was a speech? To put it bluntly, it was just a bluff. Even Zhang Ye himself did not believe what he had said. He did not have the confidence to do a good job on the Spring Festival Gala. All he could do was take it one step at a time and solve the problem at hand first.
The funding problem!
This was the most pressing issue!
It was also the most important issue that had to be solved first!
As everyone knew, the Spring Festival Gala basically did not have any performance fees. It was unlike the variety shows on the local satellite stations, where the bigger names would have to pay tens of millions of yuan to invite a celebrity to join the show. Even if it was just an interview show, the celebrities would still have to pay. But Central TV's Spring Festival Gala did not need that. On this stage, celebrities were like cabbages that Zhang Ye could pick from all over the country. He basically did not have to fork out a single cent!
Pay?
You're thinking too much!
Two boxed lunches a day!
Train tickets could be claimed, but not business class seats!
Only economy class tickets would be taken care of. First class tickets would not be taken care of!
You could count yourself lucky if you were paid 2,000 yuan. Even if you were paid 300 to 500 yuan, you'd still have to take it. All the actors were treated equally, regardless of whether they were big names or small names.
Logically speaking, since they did not have to spend much money on performance fees, they should not be short of money. But the truth was the exact opposite. They were short of money, and they were short of it by a lot. Why did Li Ke resign? It was because he could no longer carry on. There was no money, no funding, and they couldn't even set up the stage. Unless they continued using the old stage from before, with some slight modifications and the addition of some new equipment, there was no way they could afford a larger budget. And Zhang Ye also knew about the stage. Other than the huge venue, the other facilities and technological content were far inferior to those of the variety shows on the local satellite stations. This was Central TV's Spring Festival Gala, the biggest gala in the world. Yet the stage could not even compare to a variety show? How could this be? It would be a wonder if the audience liked it! Therefore, the funding problem was something that Zhang Ye had to solve!
He began to run for funding!
…
Central TV's deputy station head's office.
"Station Head Hong."
"Hey, Boss Zhang."
"Can you all contribute a little more to the Spring Festival Gala's budget?"
"Aiyo, you're making things difficult for us."
"It's only 80 million yuan. What can we do with it?"
"This was approved by the higher-ups. The Spring Festival Gala's budget has to go through them."
"Old Hong, isn't this too little?!"
"I know that it's not a lot of money, but the Spring Festival Galas in the past have always been of this standard. If it's too much, the auditors won't approve it, and we can't afford it either."
"Why can't you afford it? Old Hong, don't play dumb with me. It's not like I've never done a show on Central TV before. A production budget of 200 million yuan is nothing to me! "
"That's because variety shows can make money. We can still get it back even if we invest 200 million yuan. But the Spring Festival Gala doesn't make money. We'll lose a dollar for every dollar we invest. If you want 80 million yuan or 100 million yuan, we can still come up with that. But if it's any more than that, then there's really nothing we can do."
…
The audit.
In the director's office.
"Chief Qian."
"Yo, Director Zhang?"
"Can you approve a little more of the Spring Festival Gala's budget?"
"This is already the limit."
"It's not enough at all. Absolutely not."
"How about this, Director Zhang? Chief Wu and I are old friends, so I'll definitely give you some face. I'll personally give you the green light and approve an additional 20 million yuan. For a total budget of 100 million yuan, you can just get it from Central TV. Any more than that will be impossible since we don't have the authority to approve it."
"That's too little!"
"How much do you need?"
"At least 800 million yuan!"
"Whoa! That's impossible. This amount of money isn't something that any other organization can come up with, much less Central TV or us! "
…
No approval!
No money!
They couldn't afford it!
After running around for an entire day, Zhang Ye went to seven or eight departments and heads, but all of them gave him the same answer.
In the Spring Festival Gala's production team.
Everyone was talking at once.
"Director, this is the current situation."
"Director Li also wanted to get more funding to improve the stage, but he didn't manage to do so in the end."
"You've got a lot of face now that you've gotten another 20 million yuan. Director Li has been running around for so many days, but the higher-ups didn't even approve an extra 1 million yuan!"
"It's too late. If it doesn't work, then we'll just use this money to do it."
"Director, the higher-ups are already urging us to start work as soon as possible!"
"Hai, that's what we do every year."
Everyone was giving suggestions.
But Zhang Ye was very persistent. "This bit of money isn't even enough to feed the birds! Why should we start work? If the money isn't in place, I won't do anything! Either I don't do it, or I'll do it to the best of my abilities! "
How about the Spring Festival Gala?
The stage was too important!
This was the most important of all important matters, so it couldn't be sloppy at all!
You guys can't afford it, right? Alright! I'll think of something then!
Zhang Ye had already made up his mind. He immediately went to look for the leaders of the Spring Festival Gala's organizing committee and called for an emergency meeting.
In the meeting room.
The leaders were also very anxious.
"Director Zhang, has the work started?"
"Quickly renovate the stage."
"There's not much time left."
But Zhang Ye said, "I can't do anything without money."
The head of the audit team said, "No one can afford the money that you mentioned."
Zhang Ye nodded. "I know that the money issue is very troublesome, but has everyone thought about it? Why is the Spring Festival Gala getting worse every year? The lack of funds is one of the reasons. Technology is advancing too quickly these days, and many of the television stations have already upgraded their equipment. But what about us? We're still stuck at the most traditional stage choreography. This backward behavior has directly led to a sharp decline in the viewership ratings. The world is developing, so the Spring Festival Gala must also keep up with the times. We can't afford to wait any longer. If we don't make any changes now, the Spring Festival Gala will really be done for! "
"But what about the money?" the head of the audit team said.
The head of the Ministry of Culture said, "Do you have any suggestions?"
Zhang Ye looked at everyone and said, "I have a proposal here. As long as this proposal is approved, the money issue will not be a problem at all. Not only will the funding issue be resolved, the stage will also be the best in the world, and there will also be a large amount of profit. According to this model, the Spring Festival Gala will no longer be losing money every year. Instead, it will be earning money every year. Everyone won't have to worry about funding anymore, and the stage will also get bigger and bigger every year!"
Everyone was taken aback. "What proposal?"
Zhang Ye took out a dozen or so documents and distributed them to them.
When the leaders of the organizing committee flipped through them, everyone gasped!
The people from the SARFT were shocked!
The people from the audit team were shocked!
The people from the Ministry of Culture were also shocked!
Advertisements!
Oh my god!
He actually wanted to do an advertising campaign!
In Zhang Ye's previous world, Central TV's Spring Festival Gala had already formed a set of fixed operating models. But in this world, the advertising model for the Spring Festival Gala had not been introduced yet. Ever since the first Spring Festival Gala, there had never been any advertisements appearing on the Spring Festival Gala. So when they saw this proposal, many of the leaders were shocked. They were shocked by Zhang Ye's earth-shattering courage!
You're really daring!
In all of China, only you would dare to think of something like this!
This is too big of a deal, really too big of a deal!
"There has never been such a precedent in the past!"
"I know."
"Have you thought about the consequences?"
"I've thought about it."
"Do you know how much criticism this will bring?"
"I know."
"What if something happens?"
"I will bear all the consequences alone!"
"Are you serious about this?"
"Yes, I'm serious!"
Zhang Ye's gaze was firm!
The people from the Spring Festival Gala's organizing committee looked at one another!
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