Near Central TV.
In a restaurant of good quality.
Originally, the restaurant's business hours were only until 9 PM. Usually, they would close up at 9: 30 PM as there was still time to settle accounts. But today, it was already past 10 PM and the restaurant was still open for business. Furthermore, there were only four tables of customers inside. As Jiang Yuan knew the owner and this was also one of Central TV Department 1's hospitality restaurants, they had business dealings with them all year round. With Jiang Yuan's request, the restaurant would naturally accommodate them.
"Have a seat, have a seat!"
"There's no more space here."
"There's still space at that table. If that's not enough, we'll add another table."
"Waiter, serve the dishes and drinks. Beer and white wine, please!"
There were a total of more than 30 people. Other than Jiang Yuan, the leader, there were also staff from The Voice's program team, as well as staff who had been temporarily transferred over from other departments to help with the production of the show. Although they were not really part of The Voice's program team, they had still made great contributions to the production of the show. Since it was a celebratory feast, they naturally had to invite everyone!
There were two televisions in the restaurant and they were both switched on. They were both broadcasting The Voice. The show was not finished yet. Halfway through the broadcast, everyone had already come downstairs. The recording had already ended and the post-production was done. The remaining broadcasting work would be handled by the relevant departments of Central TV Department 1. Zhang Ye and the others had completed their tasks, so of course they could relax a little. These past few days, everyone had been very tired!
Before the dishes were served, the drinks arrived first.
A few interns rushed to pour the drinks for everyone.
Zhang Ye raised his glass. "I propose that we start with a toast to Director Jiang."
Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others all stood up. Some of the female colleagues who could not drink also took a sip of beer and raised their glasses. "Director Jiang."
Jiang Yuan also stood up, but held out his hand to block the toast. "This first toast, I cannot drink it. Logically speaking, this first toast should be given to Teacher Zhang Ye. If not for Teacher Zhang, Central TV would not have this show today. If not for Teacher Zhang working day and night to the point of staying at the office for the entire week, working for almost 20 hours a day, The Voice might not have even made it to the broadcast. Today is a celebratory feast for all of you. You are the stars, so this first toast must be given to Teacher Zhang! "
Zhang Ye declined. "Director Jiang, that won't do."
"Come." Jiang Yuan picked up his cup. "I'll toast you too."
"Don't, don't." Zhang Ye waved his hand. He did not dare to be arrogant. "I'll give you a toast."
In the end, everyone even toasted Jiang Yuan and Zhang Ye together.
Then Jiang Yuan said, "Teacher Zhang, why don't you say a few words?"
Zhang Ye smiled and looked at his staff. "First, we have to thank our leader for his support. Without Director Jiang's trust and support, we wouldn't be where we are now."
Jiang Yuan waved his hand and chuckled.
"Then, I have to thank everyone." Zhang Ye said sincerely, "Other than thanking everyone, I can only thank you. Thank you for trusting me, Zhang Ye. These past few days, you have given all of your rest time and even a portion of your sleep time to me and our program. The other program teams had to work overtime because they were forced to do so, but our program team's overtime was voluntary. There were a few of our colleagues who fell sick and had a fever in the past few days, and I couldn't bear to see them go home to rest. But they still stayed behind and forced themselves to complete the work for the past few days despite their illness. I know that it's all because you all gave me face and because you all think highly of me, Zhang Ye. I know what I'm doing and I understand it very well. Let me give everyone a toast!" Saying that, he raised his cup and downed it.
Everyone hurriedly chimed in.
"Director Zhang, you're too polite!"
"Why are you bringing this up?"
"Yeah, this is what we should be doing!"
"We'll toast you!"
"Cheers, cheers!"
Zhang Ye's heartfelt gratitude also made everyone sigh. Thinking about how busy and tired they had been over the past few days, it was really hard to describe it with a thousand words. Fortunately, they had managed to pull through. Under Zhang Ye's leadership, they had managed to pull through. That was why they were able to reap a huge harvest. This was what they deserved!
Following that, everyone chatted as they drank.
"Aiya, the broadcast is almost over."
"It's Qian Pingfan's turn."
"Haha, I can guarantee that Little Qian will shock everyone!"
"Look, it's blowing up on the Internet. Everyone is talking about our show!"
"Yeah, I saw it too. Everyone's comments are very high, especially Director Zhang's advertising message at the very beginning. It gave a lot of people a fright!"
"Damn, Luo Yu is on fire. It's only been a while, but fans have already created a Tieba with Luo Yu's name on it. There are already several hundred people who have joined. It's going to pass a thousand very soon!"
"Quick, look at the headlines on Weibo. It's already ours!"
"That fast? Weren't we ranked fifth on Weibo just a while ago? "
"We're already in first place!"
"Aiyo, then we definitely have a toast!"
"Cheers!"
Next to Zhang Ye, Chenchen was sitting there expressionlessly. She was slowly picking at the food with her chopsticks. The little kid had been staying with Zhang Ye at Central TV for the past few days. She went to school during the day and was sent over by Luo Yu at night to rest with Zhang Ye at Central TV. Over the past few days, Chenchen did not get much rest and her mental state was not very good. She even threw a tantrum with Zhang Ye a few times.
Zhang Zuo came over. "Director Zhang, let me toast to you. Your proposal has really taught us a lesson!"
"I'll drink with you too." Ha Qiqi said, "When I first saw the proposal, I actually felt that this show wouldn't make it. I believe that a lot of people felt the same. But it turns out that you were right. You've seen further than any of us, so let me toast to you."
Zhang Ye clinked glasses with them. "Alright, don't stand on ceremony."
Chenchen curled her lips. "Zhang Ye, don't drink too much."
"I know," Zhang Ye said casually.
A while later, someone toasted Zhang Ye again.
Zhang Ye did not reject anyone. "Come, cheers!"
Chenchen said unhappily, "Zhang Ye, don't drink too much."
Zhang Ye said, "Aiya, I only drank a little. Alright, alright, I'll drink less."
Ha Qiqi was extremely envious. "Look at how sensible Chenchen is. She even knows to tell Director Zhang to drink less. If only I had a daughter like her, how great would that be?"
Zhang Ye said, "Then you won't have a good time."
Chenchen looked at Zhang Ye. "… Hur hur."
At this moment, The Voice had already finished broadcasting.
Jiang Yuan's cell phone rang. When he saw the caller ID, he went out to answer it. About five minutes later, Jiang Yuan came back with a smile on his face. "Let me tell everyone some good news. I've just received news that three major video-sharing websites have already contacted the station. They are all asking for the exclusive rights to The Voice of China. One of them is asking for a sky-high price. Can you all guess how much it is?"
Zhang Ye's contract with Central TV was a little special. Other than Zhang Ye, Jiang Yuan, and a few other people, not many people knew about it. The prerequisite for Zhang Ye to come to Central TV Department 1 to work on this show was that he had to retain the copyright to The Voice. Of course, this referred to the overseas copyright as well as the copyright to the second and third seasons of The Voice. In other words, Zhang Ye could, in principle, take the show with him and jump ship. Even if he went to another television station, he could still keep The Voice's name and continue producing it. However, Central TV could not use The Voice's name and trademark without Zhang Ye's consent. However, Zhang Ye had provided the copyright to Central TV free of charge for the first season of The Voice. For example, the television broadcast rights, the title sponsorship rights, and the video-sharing website authorization rights. Zhang Ye did not take a single cent from them and it all belonged to Central TV. This was also the reason why Central TV Department 1 had agreed to sign the contract with him after a long period of consideration.
Ha Qiqi blinked. "30 million?"
Zhang Zuo boldly guessed, "45 million?"
Little Wang said, "Could it be 50 million?"
"They've all guessed wrong." Jiang Yuan was elated. "There's a video-sharing website that has offered an exclusive rights fee of 80 million!"
"Ah?"
"80 million?"
"I'm gonna faint!"
"This …"
Everyone was taken aback. It had to be known that this exclusive rights to the video-sharing website had not been sold yet. It wasn't that no one wanted to buy it, but that the price that everyone offered did not meet Zhang Ye's expectations. Some people offered 20 million, some offered 10 million, and the highest offer from the video-sharing company was only 25 million. But just like many of the advertising rights, Zhang Ye insisted on the lowest possible price and refused to budge at all. Zhang Ye would rather spend all his money than give in. Because of this matter, the station had even approached Zhang Ye alone to discuss it, but Zhang Ye did not waver at all!
But from the looks of it now, Zhang Ye had once again proven the wisdom of his decision making!
Jiang Yuan was secretly glad that the station did not directly bypass Zhang Ye and sell the exclusive rights to the video-sharing website and advertising rights at a low price. Otherwise, they would have really suffered a huge loss. Luckily, they had listened to Zhang Ye!
80 million!
The production cost of The Voice was more than 100 million, and almost all of it was paid out of the title sponsorship fee. This meant that they did not make a loss or a profit. Then for the remaining advertising rights and the exclusive rights, every single one of them sold would be a net profit. This was all Central TV Department 1's net income!
What kind of concept was a net profit of 80 million? Not to mention a single program, even if Central TV Department 1's entire Thursday from midnight to midnight the next day, with a total of more than a dozen programs, including television dramas, interviews, and so on, they might not even earn 80 million in a single cycle. But Zhang Ye had managed to do it with just a single program. If we were to calculate it, The Voice would have earned the total of more than a dozen programs, and this did not even include the advertising rights and authorizations that had not been sold yet. If we were to calculate it this way, it was truly too shocking!
Furthermore, 80 million for the exclusive online broadcasting rights was the highest in the industry. Not only was it the highest among current programs, it was also the highest in history. There had never been a variety show whose online broadcasting rights had been sold for more than 60 million! Zhang Ye had suddenly raised the historical record of China's variety world by 20 million!
It was crazy!
Central TV had gone crazy!
The program team of The Voice had gone crazy!
The entire television industry had also gone crazy!
After the title sponsorship fee and the production cost, The Voice of China had once again broken the historical record of a variety show!
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