The next day, Zhang Ye left Chenchen in the care of his parents. When he woke up in the morning, he brushed his teeth and washed up. Then, he ate two mouthfuls of breakfast before heading to work.
At Central TV.
When he arrived at the office, a lot of people greeted him.
"Director Zhang."
"You're here?"
"Teacher Zhang, good morning."
"That new show of yours is really heaven-defying!"
"When will the second episode be recorded? It's really good to watch. "
"Director Zhang, can you reserve a few seats for our program team during the recording of the second episode? We would like to go and have a look at the venue and learn from your advanced experience."
"Director Zhang, your The Voice is so popular now that the entire country is talking about it. Our program team is also going to start a new program soon, so could you please give us a 10-second promotional spot during the commercial break of The Voice in the future? The commercial breaks of The Voice are selling at sky-high prices at Central TV Department 1. We can't even squeeze in a few minutes, so why don't you put in a word for us? Even seven or eight seconds would do! "
A bunch of people greeted Zhang Ye, many of whom he did not know.
Zhang Ye just smiled and responded to them one by one. If someone asked him to do something, as long as it was a small matter that he could agree to, he would not reject them. Then he took the elevator upstairs and returned to his program team's office.
When he entered, he could hear the staff chattering in groups of twos and threes.
Little Wang giggled and said, "It's so popular! We're going to be famous this time!"
A female editor laughed and said, "Director Zhang is really amazing. You didn't see the 2.01% viewership ratings, but I was working overtime at the office yesterday. When the viewership ratings were released, I wonder how many people at Central TV Department 1 were shocked silly. Everyone stared with their eyes wide open like they had seen a ghost! That feeling was indescribably great! "
A male editor said, "A show that no one was optimistic about has actually reached the top of the variety world just like that. I still find it a little surreal!"
At this moment, everyone heard the sound of footsteps.
"Ah, Director Zhang."
"Director Zhang is here!"
Everyone crowded around him. Most of them were on vacation yesterday, so they were the first to find out about the viewership ratings. However, as they were not together, there was no chance for them to talk about it. As such, when they arrived at the office this morning, everyone was still talking about it. They had too many things to say to each other and were also amazed by the viewership ratings. Now that they saw Zhang Ye, they had so many things to say that they couldn't even finish talking for three days and three nights. No words could describe their feelings and excitement at this moment. Perhaps there was only one phrase that Chen Guang would always say: This is too unbelievable!
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Did you all rest well yesterday?"
Wu Yi said, "I didn't rest at all!"
"Yeah, yeah." Little Wang said, "After hearing about the viewership ratings, I was so energized for the entire day. I couldn't even fall asleep at 3 PM. It felt like I was in a dream!"
Zhang Ye said happily, "Even if you didn't rest well, there's nothing you can do about it. Due to the lack of preparation and time constraints, we haven't even recorded the intro clips for the later contestants yet. We still have to continue working from today onwards. We'll first finish the intro clips and then check the time. We'll have to record the second and third episodes of the blind auditions tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. As for the specific arrangements, we'll have to see how things are going today.
"Yes!"
"Got it!"
"Understood, Director Zhang!"
"We'll definitely complete the task!"
Everyone's answers were very resounding and they were all in high spirits!
If the viewership ratings weren't good, or if the show's response wasn't good, they would definitely not have any passion for work and wouldn't be able to lift their spirits. After all, people needed to be recognized by society and needed their own worth to be affirmed. Now that The Voice had ascended to the top of the variety world and had taken down several national first places in recent years, as a member of The Voice's program team, they were naturally full of vigor. They were now the number one program team in the industry, so their drive was different. Without needing Zhang Ye to say anything, his subordinates were even more enthusiastic than Zhang Ye, the executive director. All of them wanted to make The Voice a phenomenal variety show to do well!
Number one in the industry!
They had never been so glorious in their entire lives!
Ha Qiqi arrived at work right after. "Ai, Director Zhang, good morning."
Zhang Ye turned around and asked, "You're here? What happened with the Dahua Hotel incident? Are you refunding the advertising fees? If you're refunding them, I'll get someone to talk to them. "
Ha Qiqi smiled and said, "I'm not refunding them."
"Oh?" Zhang Ye said.
Ha Qiqi said, "Yesterday, the person in charge of the Dahua Hotel came to look for me again. It was quite late, and I was afraid that you would be resting, so I didn't tell you about it. They saw that countless people were imitating your advertising message online, and many of them were even deliberately practicing it as if they wanted to memorize it. The Dahua Hotel's name was all over the Internet, and the promotions were also extended to the maximum. The person in charge told me that the advertising effect was very good, and the hotel's main branch and five other branches in the country had already booked out most of the rooms for next week. I think that means that they're still thinking of adding more advertising slots, so they won't be refunding them."
Zhang Ye nodded. "That's good then. It'll be troublesome to refund them since we still have to work out a contract and sign with another advertiser. As long as the advertising is effective, it's good enough that they didn't waste their support from the start." As long as it did not violate Zhang Ye's artistic bottom line, a win-win situation would be the best. If Zhang Ye's speaking speed was too fast and caused the advertisers' advertising effects to be poor, then Zhang Ye would also feel bad about it.
Suddenly, the office phone rang.
Little Wang went to pick it up. "Hello, it's The Voice's program team."
It was Jiang Yuan's voice on the other end. "I'm Jiang Yuan. Is Director Zhang here yet?"
Little Wang hurriedly said, "Director Zhang is here."
"Alright, ask him to come to my office for a while." Jiang Yuan's tone had a smile to it. It was obvious that he was in a good mood.
Little Wang hung up and passed on the message to Zhang Ye. "Director Jiang would like to see you."
Zhang Ye nodded and took the elevator to Jiang Yuan's office.
Knock knock. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
When he entered, Jiang Yuan was drinking tea.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "You were looking for me, Leader?"
Jiang Yuan stood up and said, "Come, have a seat." Saying that, he lowered his head and picked up a paper cup. "What would you like to drink?" He was going to personally pour some water for Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye quickly went up to stop him. "Don't do that, Leader. I'll do it myself."
Jiang Yuan did not insist and said, "You've really brought honor to Central TV Department 1 this time. When I watched the live recording of the first episode of The Voice, I already knew that the viewership ratings would not be bad. But who could have expected that it would be this high? No one in the entire industry could have predicted that this would be the result! Little Zhang, your contributions cannot go unnoticed. Well done, you've really done a great job! "
Zhang Ye humbly said a few words.
Jiang Yuan said, "What do you guys plan to do next?"
Zhang Ye said, "We'll record the second and third episodes tomorrow and the day after."
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I'm just worried that the first episode's response was too good and the show's effects were too good. This is both a good and a bad thing. The good thing is that we managed to build up our brand in one go and allow the show to quickly take over the market and attract attention. But the bad thing is that the second episode and the later episodes will probably not be able to surpass the first one, right? After all, there aren't that many amazing contestants, so it won't be easy to record the later episodes. I'm just afraid that we might have a weak start and a weak finish. If we don't perform as well as the first episode, the audience will be disappointed and it will cause the viewership ratings to drop. If it really drops too much, then the brand that The Voice has worked so hard to build up might not be able to hold on. It might even end up being a flash in the pan. "
Zhang Ye smiled. "I've considered that too. We'll do our best and strive to satisfy the audience."
Jiang Yuan said, "Are you confident?"
Zhang Ye said, "More or less."
"Alright, it's all up to you then!" When Jiang Yuan heard him say that, he knew that Zhang Ye must have a card up his sleeve. "I'll be waiting for the good news of your second episode's viewership ratings!"
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