Monday.
Today was a very important day. Zhang Ye could not sleep since 5 AM. He tossed and turned in bed, but he still came to the unit early. The office was still empty. There was no one there. Editor Zhang, who came to open the door, had not arrived. Zhang Ye could only go downstairs to the reception office to get the key to the Literature Channel before entering.
Watching the news.
Checking his own name.
Searching for his program's reviews.
These were the three things Zhang Ye did every morning. He only needed to glance at the news. The program's reviews were mostly the same as yesterday. They either scolded Zhang Ye for being a eunuch or shouted that "Old and Young Story Club" would not end. Zhang Ye mainly searched for his own name and was surprised to find out that in just one day, his name had been searched for more than 16,000 times on the largest search engine in the country. Although it was not comparable to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of searches for those A-list celebrities, it was still a huge improvement. Note that this was not the number of searches for Zhang Ye's program, nor was it his fairy tales or novels. It was just the name "Zhang Ye".
It was not surprising for "Ghost Blows Out the Light" to have more than 10,000 searches. In fact, there were more than 10,000 searches a day!
It was not strange for "Little Bunnies Be Good" to have more than 10,000 searches. In fact, it had more than 110,000 searches the day before yesterday!
They were all searches, but the value of searching for Zhang Ye's name was different. This meant that many listeners had paid attention to Zhang Ye, who was sitting behind the radio, through this program. This was a sign of an increase in popularity. Zhang Ye was determined to become the greatest and most famous celebrity in the world, so he naturally had a deep understanding of the intricacies of the industry. Paying attention to a work was only the initial stage. The superficial level of popularity was more fragile, because once the work was "out of date", it would be forgotten by everyone due to the passage of time. That superficial level of popularity would also vanish into thin air, leaving not much behind. However, paying attention to a person was different. This was much deeper than just paying attention to a work's popularity.
His popularity had increased again. Even if it was a negative popularity, it was still a form of fame. Zhang Ye could feel that even though his dream was still in its infancy, it did not stop for even a moment. He was moving towards his goal with every second.
However, even though it was a good thing, he could not be happy about it.
This was because the fate of "Old and Young Story Club" was still unknown. If the program were to stop broadcasting, without a platform to publish his works, without a channel to continue using the quality of his works to garner popularity, Zhang Ye's remaining popularity would not be able to last long. In the end, it would all be for naught.
"Eh, Little Zhang is here?"
"Teacher Zhang, you're early today?"
At around eight o 'clock, colleagues arrived at the office one after another.
Teacher Feng had also arrived early. When he saw Zhang Ye, the two of them looked at each other. After greeting each other, they did not speak again. The two of them knew what was going on. Teacher Feng was also waiting for an outcome. He wanted to see if Zhang Ye could really create history and a miracle!
Many people were also discussing this.
"Do you think that the station will cancel the suspension of 'Old and Young Story Club'?"
"I don't think so. Little Jia is Deputy Chief Jia's relative. Have you forgotten?"
"But now, with Teacher Little Zhang's program doing so well, and the listenership ratings are already in second place. If the station doesn't revoke the previous notification, how much pressure will they face?"
"That's true. The listeners nearly paralyzed our station's official website with their scolding yesterday!"
"Even so, it won't be revoked. There has never been such a precedent before."
"Precedent? Late-night programs have never entered the channel's top three listenership ratings. Children's story segments have never entered the top two listenership ratings. Precedents are meant to be broken! "
"How would we know the Leader's attitude? Let's wait and see."
At this moment, Tian Bin and Jia Yan arrived. No one discussed this topic.
The office turned silent. It was as if everyone was observing Zhang Ye and Jia Yan. Everyone knew that today was a day that belonged to the two of them. It was a battle that belonged to the two of them!
At 9 AM, Zhao Guozhou came punctually. It was obvious that he had just arrived at the office. He had a briefcase in his hand. He did not even return to his office and had brought yesterday's listenership ratings to read it out. "Everyone should be here, right? Well, let's stop for a while. I'll read out the listenership ratings. "
Everyone was very serious. Many people were curious about the listenership ratings of "Old and Young Story Club" yesterday. Although Zhang Ye had taken the risk and succeeded on the first day, it might not be the same on the second day. Maybe the listeners did not know that the story was serialized back then, so they obediently listened to it. When they realized that it was serialized, many of them lost their patience. All of these were possible. This listenership data was clearly the key to today's game between Zhang Ye and Jia Yan.
"First place, 'Talk About the World'. Listenership: 3.81%." Zhao Guozhou looked at Wang Xiaomei with satisfaction, "Teacher Xiaomei, not bad. After talking about you that day, yesterday's program had a clear change. There were many new tricks. Hur Hur. I really liked that segment about eating watermelon. Was it improvised by you?"
Wang Xiaomei smiled, "Yes."
"Well said. Continue maintaining it. I think it won't be long before the listenership ratings break 4%." Zhao Guozhou praised her and looked down at the table, "Second place …"
It was unknown if it was intentional, but there was a long pause.
Just as everyone was eagerly waiting, Zhao Guozhou said, "Second place, 'Old and Young Story Club'. Listenership …" He dragged it out again, "2.78%!"
Whoosh!
Everyone exploded!
2.78%? What the f * * k!
Are you crazy!? Is no one able to stop it??
One had to know that a few days ago, "Old and Young Story Club" only had a listenership rating of 0.1%. Even yesterday and the day before, it was about 2.4%. Today, it had increased by more than 0.3%? It looked like it was going to break through the third tier? Holy sh * t! You're way too fierce!
Many people gasped when they heard this!
According to this development, it would be difficult for "Entertainment Daily" to catch up to the pace of "Old and Young Story Club". It would be an extravagant hope for them to regain second place after being number two for so long. Uh, but it couldn't be said that way. This was because today's Story Club was likely going to stop broadcasting. Without the program, there would naturally be no listenership ratings. "Entertainment Daily" would then be able to remain as number two without a fight.
Teacher Feng was the happiest one. He slapped the back of Zhang Ye's hand and gave him a tight squeeze.
Zhang Ye was already prepared for today's listenership ratings. The day before yesterday was the first day of serialization of "The Wizard of Oz". He had carefully chosen this fairy tale that was suitable for all ages. His goal was to retain the large number of listeners that "Little Bunnies Be Good" had attracted. The facts had proven that Zhang Ye had done it. Not only did he do it, he had even exceeded his usual standards. He had nearly done it to the extreme. Yesterday was the second day of serialization. Zhang Ye's goal was not as simple as retaining the listeners. Under the premise of opening up new listeners, his goal was to nurture everyone's enthusiasm for listening. He wanted everyone to wait to listen to the serialization of "Old and Young Story Club" every day. A serialized story could not be kept up if it was stopped for a day. This was also forcing everyone to accept the serialization of a fairy tale. Now, from the listenership ratings, Zhang Ye had done it again!
As long as "Old and Young Story Club" did not stop broadcasting, Zhang Ye had reason to believe that "The Wizard of Oz"'s listenership ratings would keep going up!
This was the advantage of serialization!
This was the advantage of serialization!
Zhao Guozhou did not praise Zhang Ye like he did yesterday. He said it in a very understated manner before reading the listenership ratings. This ambiguous attitude made everyone even more puzzled.
After reading it, Zhao Guozhou turned around and left, just like yesterday.
Jia Yan was also stunned. He was still thinking about what Zhao Guozhou would say, but he did not say anything. He also chased after Zhao Guozhou, just like yesterday.
"Director!"
"Little Jia?"
"I want to look for you. Do you have time?"
"Sure. Come with me to my office."
After they left, Big Sis Zhou began to worry for Zhang Ye, "Little Zhang, you should go too!"
"That's right, that's right." Another Auntie Wang also said, "Hurry up and fight for it. Say a few good words. Who knows, the Leader might really change his mind!"
Previously, Zhang Ye's relations with others were not good. Firstly, he had offended the Leader. Secondly, he was a newcomer and did not have much interaction with others. He did not know many people, but now, through a few fairy tales, Zhang Ye had won the favor of at least five or six old ladies in the office. Furthermore, Jia Yan was too young and impetuous. He had disrespected Teacher Feng on his first day in the unit, so the elders could not stand him. Their hearts were gradually biased towards Zhang Ye. No matter how Zhang Ye scolded people in an impetuous manner, the person he had scolded on the internet was Tian Bin, a person who liked to speak ill of others behind their backs. Besides, the matter was instigated by Tian Bin, so Zhang Ye was the passive one. Furthermore, no matter how much of a bastard Zhang Ye was, he had never been disrespectful to the elders in the station. When had he not spoken politely when they met? Just based on the way he conducted himself, in the hearts of the elders, Zhang Ye was much better than Jia Yan!
"There's no need." Zhang Ye did not go.
"Do you care so much about your face? Would it kill you to lower your head?" Auntie Wang was exasperated that he did not live up to her expectations.
However, Zhang Ye could see it clearly, "I will do my own thing. I will do my best. The Leader might have already decided on it, so I can't change it."
Although that was the case, the process was still very torturous.
Jia Yan was gone for two hours. Zhang Ye did not see him again.
Zhang Ye kept looking at his watch. He also went to the Leader's office, but there was no one there. He returned to the office and asked an old editor, "Editor Xu, the afternoon program is about to start, but the Leader isn't around. What's going on? What about today's program? "
Editor Xu did not know either. He did not manage to contact Director Zhao on the phone!
Finally, it was almost 12 PM. Zhang Ye said in a daze, "Then what's going on?"
Editor Xu smacked his forehead, "Little Zhang, why don't you record first?"
"I can't record anymore. I can only do a live broadcast. It's already this time." Zhang Ye pointed to his watch.
Editor Xu clicked his tongue, "Then let's do a live broadcast. You take over first. We'll talk after the live broadcast!"
Zhang Ye agreed and immediately called his assistant over, "Xiaofang, quickly help me book a live broadcast studio. The sooner the better." He picked up a mineral water bottle and drank a few mouthfuls to moisten his throat before following.
… …
12 PM.
Zhang Ye turned on the volume, "Hello, listeners. Due to some special reasons and circumstances, today's program will still be 'Old and Young Story Club'. I will tell everyone the fifth chapter of 'The Wizard of Oz': Saving the Tin Woodman."
… …
Only when Zhang Ye finally finished the program's live broadcast did he leave the live broadcast studio at 1 PM and return to the office. Only then did he see Jia Yan sitting there in silence.
When Jia Yan saw Zhang Ye, he looked up and immediately lowered his head to continue working on the computer. He no longer had the arrogance he had on the first day.
Zhang Ye roughly understood the situation. He walked over to ask Teacher Feng, "Are we not pulling down the program?"
Teacher Feng whispered, "We didn't say we won't pull it down, but Director Zhao knows that you are doing a live broadcast, but he did not say a word. His intention is to let us continue broadcasting. The station did not mention anything about pulling down the program either."
Zhang Ye heaved a sigh of relief, "Teacher Feng, I did not let you down. I managed to keep the program!"
Teacher Feng pinched his shoulders, "I won't be coming to the office tomorrow. Before I leave, you gave me a big gift! Thank you! "
"Look at what you said. It's what I should do. I don't want the program to end either." Zhang Ye said.
Tian Bin was secretly fuming. How could this be possible!? The Leader really tolerated him?
Wu Datao could not accept it. Was the station really not pulling down the program? Did Zhang Ye really manage to do something that was impossible to do?
When everyone saw this, they were filled with mixed emotions. The past few days had been too dramatic.
Thinking back to the day when Zhang Ye had said those bold words, shamelessly saying that "Old and Young Story Club" would definitely not be pulled down, no one believed it. No one took it seriously. All that was left for Zhang Ye was five days. In five days of programs, Zhang Ye had completed a shocking reversal. He had turned a half-dead bottom-feeder program into a ratings legend. The results were so shocking that even the Station Leader was speechless!
The younger generation was to be feared!
The new generation was replacing the old!
This made people realize that they might need to lower their heads and compromise at work, but in the face of absolute strength and results, many inherent concepts were laughable. Just look at Jia Yan. So what if he was a relative of the Station Leader? The program that had been decided on could not be aired! Similarly, it could not replace Zhang Ye's program. It had to obediently wait in line with the station! Why? It was because Zhang Ye had handed in an answer sheet that no one else could! "Old and Young Story Club" was ranked second on the Arts Channel! It was ranked tenth in the entire Beijing Radio Station! Together with the frequency of "Late-night Ghost Stories", it was ranked 19th on Channel 4! Now, Zhang Ye's position in the radio station was unshakable!
This time, Zhang Ye had truly gained a firm foothold. Through his hard work and persistence, he had laid a deep foundation!
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