In the evening.
His mother was calling him from outside.
"Son."
"Yes."
"It's time to eat."
"Coming."
Zhang Ye came out of the house. Compared to the afternoon, he was much more refreshed now. There was no longer any hesitation or struggle on his face. It seemed like he already had a plan in mind.
His father had already started eating. "Did you fall asleep?"
"I only slept for a while." Zhang Ye also started eating.
His mother looked at his expression. "Have you made up your mind?"
Zhang Ye wolfed down his food. "Yes, I have. I'll make a trip to Beijing Television Station tomorrow."
His mother said, "You're going back?"
Zhang Ye said calmly, "No, I have something to discuss."
......
The next day.
Early in the morning.
It had rained yesterday, so the temperature today was slightly cooler by 4-5 degrees. Before Zhang Ye went out, his mother reminded him to wear more clothes. He drove to Beijing Television Station. He had already arranged a time to meet with Hu Fei, but when he arrived at the television station, he realized that it was not only Hu Fei who welcomed him. There were also a few other familiar faces.
Xiao Lu called out from afar, "Teacher Zhang!"
Zhang Ye raised his hand and greeted, "Xiao Lu, long time no see. You've gotten prettier."
The first to reach him was Dafei. Without saying a word, Dafei gave Zhang Ye a bear hug. "I missed you so much, Teacher Zhang!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Me too."
Hou Ge also came over. He pulled Dafei away and gave Zhang Ye a bear hug.
When Xiao Lu saw this, she also gave Zhang Ye a bear hug. "Quickly come back, Teacher Zhang. Without you, we won't have the motivation to make the program."
Hu Fei asked, "Have you thought it through?"
Zhang Ye nodded. "I've thought it through. Let's talk inside."
"I hope it will be a positive answer." Hu Fei said.
Zhang Ye followed them into the new program team office of the satellite channel. The moment he entered the office, he said, "Sorry, Brother Hu. I might have to disappoint you."
When everyone heard that, they all exclaimed in surprise. Their happy expressions immediately disappeared.
Xiao Lu said anxiously, "You're not coming back?"
Dafei asked, "Why?"
Hou Ge said, "Think about it again. Don't be in such a hurry to answer."
Hu Fei did not say a word and waited for Zhang Ye to give his reason.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I've already thought about it yesterday. No, to be honest, I've already decided on this a long time ago. After I left Beijing Television, I never intended to come back, at least not now. It's not the right time yet, so don't try to persuade me otherwise. You all know how stubborn I am. Once I've made up my mind, I'll definitely not change it. I have my own principles."
Hu Fei gave him a deep look and said, "When you agreed to come back to help with the public service announcement, I knew that you must still have feelings for Beijing Television Station, and it must be very deep in your heart. But I really can't understand your decision now. With such a good contract here, and since you don't have anywhere else to go, why don't you come back?"
Zhang Ye organized his words and said, "I do have feelings for this place, but it's not something that you can describe in a very deep way, Brother Hu. If I really had to use an adjective, I would say that these feelings come from my memories and blood. Since I was young, I've watched Beijing Television Station and a few other Beijing Television Stations grow up. Their cartoons, BTV's soccer matches, BTV's Spring Festival Gala, BTV's entertainment news, and all sorts of programs that talk about the culture of the alleys and the delicacies of Beijing are all things that I grew up with. That kind of feelings that are etched into my memories are hard to describe. I love Beijing Television Station, and this feeling will not change because of anyone or anything.
Hu Fei said, "Then all the more you should come back."
Xiao Lu said, "That's right, that's right."
Zhang Ye said from the bottom of his heart, "I dare to say this, and I can also pat my chest and tell everyone that one day in the future, I will definitely leave the best and most outstanding television program in Beijing Television Station, in my hometown's television station. But now, I can't come back, and it's not the right time either."
Hu Fei sighed lightly, "It's useless no matter what we say?"
"Yes, I've already thought about it." Zhang Ye said.
Hu Fei gave a wry smile and said, "Alright then, I won't say anything more. I still know a few people in the industry, so I'll ask a few old friends to help you contact the other television stations."
Zhang Ye said, "It's fine, Brother Hu. If they wanted to contact me, they would have done so long ago. This matter can't be forced, so I'll just wait at home and let nature take its course."
Xiao Lu turned her head away and sat down on a chair, wiping away her tears.
Zhang Ye was shocked, "Whoa, what are you doing? Why are you crying?"
Xiao Lu ignored him.
Hu Fei sighed and said, "During this period of time, the station has increased the workload on us. It's such a good time slot, but the new program has not been produced yet, so everyone is under a lot of pressure. We were still hoping that when you came back, you would be in charge of the program planning and executive director. Forget it, there will always be a way to solve this problem."
Zhang Ye asked, "What kind of program does the station want?"
Hu Fei smiled helplessly, "A singing program."
Hu Fei had been promoted, and he had even brought his entire team to Beijing Television to secure the key position of Friday's primetime slot. In the station, there was definitely a lot of skepticism. Everyone was holding their breaths to produce results, but the results were not satisfactory. There was no other reason than there were too many singing programs. When they first decided to do a singing program, they discovered that in just a short span of half a month, there were already six or seven satellite channels that had entered the shadows of singing programs during their primetime slots from Friday to Sunday. Even Central TV was doing it!
One or two was still acceptable.
But five or six? Seven or eight?
Moreover, this situation did not appear recently. There were already signs of it last year.
Even if the market was very saturated, it could not withstand such a crazy bombardment. No matter how much the audience liked songs, they would still feel disgusted watching this!
Hu Fei explained to Zhang Ye for a while, then said, "Singing programs are easy to do since the format is simple. Although the viewership ratings won't be too high, the worst case scenario wouldn't be too low either. It's very safe, so many television stations love to do such programs. But coincidentally, many of the television stations across the country have been squeezed together this time, so we were a step too late and lost the initiative. If we were to go on the program just like that, the viewership ratings would definitely not be high. That's why I resisted the pressure from the station and did not record the program. Actually, the equipment and the stage were already set up."
Zhang Ye took out a napkin and handed it to Xiao Lu.
Xiao Lu took it and wiped her tears.
"Haha, don't cry." Zhang Ye patted her on the shoulder. "Just now, everyone kept asking me about other things, so I didn't have the time to finish speaking." He came here today, of course, not just to reject Beijing Television Station's invitation in person. If that was the case, would there still be a need for them to meet face to face? A phone call would have sufficed. Saying it in person would have made things awkward. Since Zhang Ye had come to the television station and was standing here, he naturally had his own plans. "I only said that I wouldn't return to the station, but I don't think I said that I wouldn't help everyone plan a new program, right?"
Hu Fei suddenly looked at him.
Xiao Lu also stopped crying. She turned her head in shock with teary eyes.
"Teacher Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Dafei asked.
Hou Ge also said, "If you don't come back to work, how are you going to make a program for us?"
Zhang Ye said, "Our country has a specialized television program production company. They produce programs and sell them to the television stations. Of course, I can do it too, hur hur. But I won't be selling the program. I will help everyone come up with a program proposal. I will handle all the initial planning. If you think it's okay, then everyone can just follow my program proposal. I can guarantee that the viewership ratings will not be bad, but I don't want anything else other than the basic copyright fees."
Actually, the reason why Beijing Television Station wanted to sign Zhang Ye to come back was not because of Zhang Ye's hosting abilities. That was secondary. The most important thing was actually Zhang Ye's planning abilities. The station wanted Zhang Ye to come back and help them create a signature program that could compete with the other satellite channels! No matter how good your hosting skills were, it would be useless if the program was not good. But if the program was well planned, then no matter who the host was, as long as it was a qualified and excellent host, it would be possible for the program to become popular. Hence, this also showed Zhang Ye's importance and importance. It was not his hosting skills, but his planning abilities.
"Ah?"
"How can we do that?"
"Wouldn't … wouldn't that be too much?"
Although everyone was stuck in a dilemma and did not know how to do this singing program well, seeing that the previous program's cancellation date was getting closer and closer, they were all very anxious. But even though they were anxious, they were still rational. If Teacher Zhang Ye really signed a contract with them, then they would definitely not stand on ceremony with him. Zhang Ye's program planning skills were well known to everyone in the industry. If he did not want to contribute, Hu Fei and the others would definitely not agree to it. But now that Zhang Ye had rejected the station's contract, if Zhang Ye was purely helping them out as a friend, then it would be equivalent to giving them the framework and planning of a new program for free. Hu Fei would definitely not accept it. If Zhang Ye was a good friend, then he couldn't not be a good friend.
"That won't do." Hu Fei directly rejected it. "I appreciate your kind intentions, but …"
"Brother Hu, let me finish first." Zhang Ye coughed and said, "I don't have any requests regarding the money. As long as you pay me the copyright fees, that's fine. But as for the other aspects, I have a request that I believe the station will find very difficult to accept. It's also the only request I have for helping the station with the program planning."
"Oh?" Hu Fei blinked. "Tell me about it."
Zhang Ye pondered for a moment before saying, "For this primetime program, I would like to appoint a host. The station would have to sign her over to be the host first. This is the only condition I can agree to."
Hu Fei asked, "Who is it?"
Zhang Ye said, "You might not know her. Her name is Dong Shanshan."
"Dong Shanshan?" Hu Fei repeated.
Xiao Lu exclaimed, "I know her. When I was watching your talk show, you mentioned her before. That classmate of yours is also a host at an online television station!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Yes, that's her."
Hou Ge said, "I know Dong Shanshan too. She's very good looking and likes to go the sexy route. But she's basically not that famous in the hosting world, right? This … "
In a small circle on the internet, Dong Shanshan's fans were quite good. There were also many die-hard fans. But on a provincial satellite channel's platform, Dong Shanshan was clearly unknown. Most people did not know her.
Hu Fei said, "No wonder you said that it was a request that the station would find very difficult to accept. For a Friday primetime program on a satellite channel that has an above average viewership rating, a top-notch program that has invested in such a large time slot, to let a rookie with little experience and little achievements to host it, I believe that no other satellite channel would have the guts to do so!" Saying that, Hu Fei was amused by himself, "Unless the station has gone mad."
Zhang Ye said, "That's right."
But immediately, Hu Fei changed his tone and said, "But for your program proposal, I believe that the station might be willing to go crazy for once!"
Zhang Ye said, "What do you mean?"
"I have no problems on my side, but I need to consult with the higher-ups. I can't make the decision alone." Hu Fei said as he left, "Wait for my news."
Zhang Ye nodded, "Alright!"
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