Later that afternoon.
News of this incident spread internally at Central TV.
A group of people started discussing it in private about Zhang Ye.
"Hey, did you hear?"
"What's the matter?"
"Zhang Ye got into an argument with the deputy director of Central TV Department 1!"
"Ah? When did that happen? What's the situation? "
"I heard that the leaders of Central TV Department 1 were discussing to get Zhang Ye to sign a new contract and relinquish the copyrights to The Voice and all the upcoming shows. Zhang Ye did not agree to it, so that's why the conflict broke out."
"Change the contract?"
"If it were me, I wouldn't agree to it either!"
"Yeah, why should they change the contract?"
"It seems like Central TV Department 1 has negotiated quite a high royalty fee for the overseas versions of their shows, probably in the tens of millions or even 20 million RMB. With such a large sum of income, if it doesn't go through Central TV Department 1's account, it wouldn't look good at all. Besides, this is also a political achievement for Central TV Department 1. Selling the copyrights to a domestic variety show overseas is a big deal in itself, but if the copyrights are sold under Zhang Ye's name, Central TV Department 1 would be in an awkward position. It wouldn't look good if they didn't say anything about it. That's why the leaders of Department 1 came up with this idea to change the contract since they have no other choice."
"But they can't force them to change it."
"Yes, they can, but they can drag it out. Don't forget that Zhang Ye has a one-year contract with Central TV. If Central TV Department 1 freezes Zhang Ye like this and holds onto the one-year contract without letting him go, then Zhang Ye can't do anything about it. Just like our Central TV News Channel's host Old Zhu from a few years ago, didn't he get frozen for three whole years because he offended someone? When his contract expired, Old Zhu was crippled and his fame was gone. Can you still see him on TV now? I don't know what he's up to. Zhang Ye is also facing this. Although he's very popular now, in a place like the entertainment industry, as long as he doesn't have any exposure, he's done for. No matter how famous he is, he will still be wasted. Zhang Ye can't afford to waste it. "
"That's true!"
"But Zhang Ye's temper is really bad. I heard that he often gets into arguments with the leaders, but I thought it was just a rumor. Who knew that he really has such a temper!"
"This matter is going to be difficult to handle."
"Let's see how Zhang Ye handles this."
"Hai, when it comes to workplace matters, it's always hard to tell who's right and who's wrong, much less when it involves the leader's interests. We'll just have to see how to reconcile it. Teacher Zhang is really unlucky this time. It's completely an undeserved calamity. The media keeps reporting that Zhang Ye is causing trouble everywhere he goes, but in my opinion, just because he's popular, there are many disputes. If Zhang Ye isn't capable, his program's viewership ratings would be average, and he wouldn't be able to sell any of the copyrights. Then nothing would have happened to him.
"Yeah, there's nothing we can do."
Central TV was overstaffed. Other than Central TV Department 1, there were more than a dozen other channels, but they were all located in the same TV tower. Furthermore, someone had witnessed Zhang Ye and Jiang Yuan quarreling with each other, so this matter was quickly made known to everyone internally and could not be kept a secret.
…
The Voice's program team office.
When the program team heard about it, they were all shocked!
"This …"
"Why would they change the contract?"
"Yeah, there's no reason to change it. Isn't this a little too much?"
"Aiyah, why did Teacher Zhang quarrel with the leader? This won't affect the new program, will it? "
"Of course it will. If it's not handled well, who knows who Central TV Department 1 will hand the new program over to! A program with an 80 million RMB investment is something that many hosts would want to take on! "
"What should we do now?"
"Director Jiang is too unethical!"
"Shh, lower your voice. It's not our place to discuss this matter."
"Lower your voice, my ass. Director Zhang has always been very kind to us! If we don't speak up for Director Zhang at this time, who else should we speak up for? It's just those leaders of Central TV Department 1 who have gone crazy thinking about money! "
"How did it end up like this? Even the new program is about to be launched!"
Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others also mentioned that everyone was very worried about Zhang Ye's situation. Some of them even analyzed the possibility of Director Zhang being frozen by Central TV Department 1. Just thinking about it made a lot of people's expressions change. In all fairness, they would of course want to work together with Zhang Ye. Although it was a little tiring and Zhang Ye's expectations of them were quite high, they still enjoyed it very much. They had gone from a ragtag team to the number one variety team in the country in the blink of an eye. What kind of honor was that? This was something that could not be exchanged for anything!
"He won't be frozen, will he?"
"That's impossible. It hasn't reached that stage yet!"
"Right, there's no conflict yet. It can still be salvaged. It all depends on how Director Zhang handles it. But with Director Zhang's temper … it's going to be difficult!"
Everyone was no longer in the mood to work.
At this moment, Zhang Ye pushed open the door and came out.
Ha Qiqi hurriedly said, "Director Zhang!"
Zhang Zuo immediately said, "If there's anything we can help with, please let us know!"
Zhang Ye smiled and waved it off. "It's fine. You guys carry on with your work."
Seeing Zhang Ye still smiling at such a time, everyone was filled with admiration. He was indeed the so-called jinx of the entertainment industry. He was someone who had seen the world.
Actually, Zhang Ye was already prepared for the worst. But he still did what he had to do and did not let those things disrupt his rhythm.
Zhang Ye asked, "Have you settled the case?"
"I've come up with two simple ideas. Have a look."
Zhang Ye said, "Mmm, it's not bad."
After talking for a while about the new program, Zhang Ye also gave some of his views and ideas. After that, there was nothing else to do. Now, all that was left was to wait for the funding to come in. As for the specific direction of the program's development, Zhang Ye already had some ideas and only needed to improve it further.
Di di.
Ha Qiqi's cell phone rang.
Di di.
The cell phones of everyone else in the office also rang at about the same time.
"Wow, it's time to get our paychecks!" Little Wang said happily.
When Zhang Zuo saw it, he exclaimed, "80,000?"
Ha Qiqi also said, "80,000 for me too. 87,000?"
Wu Yi said in shock, "Mine's at 69,000!"
Little Wang was also holding her cell phone in shock. "Mine's also over 50,000! Aiyo, why is there so much this month? The bonus is 47,000? "
Ha Qiqi immediately said, "We have to thank Director Zhang. This is the bonus that Director Zhang helped us apply for. It was given to us last month, so there should still be quite a lot next month."
Little Wang was overjoyed. "Thank you, Director Zhang!" She casually said, "Director Zhang, how much are you getting? It's definitely several times more than ours, right? Are you going to treat us? "
Everyone laughed.
But when Zhang Ye took out his cell phone to have a look, there was no response. "Oh, I haven't received my paycheck yet."
Ha Qiqi was taken aback. "That can't be."
Zhang Zuo was also taken aback. "Aren't these all paid at the same time?"
Central TV's internal bank cards were different. For example, the Variety Channel and International Channel were both new departments of Central TV, so their paychecks were all tied to the Postal Service's bank card. As for the other old channels like Central TV Department 1, 2, and 3, they were all tied to the Construction Bank. As such, all the staff of Central TV Department 1 were the same and their paychecks were all paid at the same time, so it was unlikely that there would be any technical delays due to different banks. Logically speaking, the paychecks should all be paid at the same time. Even if there were different delays for everyone, it shouldn't be just Zhang Ye, right?
Little Wang said, "Did you not turn on your cell phone's notification?"
Zhang Ye did not answer and just smiled. "Looks like I'll have to be treated to a meal?"
But when they saw Zhang Ye's smile, Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others suddenly had a bad feeling. This was bad, Director Zhang was about to flip out!
What was going on with the Finance Department?
Everyone else's paychecks had already been paid, so why were they not giving them to Director Zhang?
Without Director Zhang, it could be said that The Voice wouldn't exist. Director Zhang had earned so much money for Central TV Department 1 and gained so much fame, yet he was being treated like this by them? Was this how they were treating a hero? Was this how they were treating a hero who had saved Central TV Department 1's viewership ratings??
Ha Qiqi stood up and said, "I'll go and check with the Finance Department! What the hell are they doing! "
Zhang Ye's mind was as clear as a mirror. The anger in his heart had already accumulated to a certain level. Do you guys really think that I, Zhang Ye, am afraid of Central TV Department 1??
No franchise fee!
No bonuses!
The show I produced!
The show I produced!
The title sponsorship I pulled in!
But now, not only are you guys not giving me the rights to publish the show overseas, you guys don't even want to pay this bro's monthly salary of just over 8,000 RMB?
Ha!
What are you guys trying to do!?
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