The two of them were still arguing.
Jiang Yuan said, "Zhang Ye won't do!"
Yan Tianfei sneered, "Then why are you coughing?!"
Jiang Yuan said, "Old Yan, I'm only giving you face by letting you choose your candidates. It's not like Department 1 owes Department 14 anything. If you want to continue like this, then just pretend I didn't say anything!"
Yan Tianfei: "Department 1 and Zhang Ye are already at loggerheads with each other and have even gone to court for a lawsuit. You guys have already stopped arranging any work for Zhang Ye. Zhang Ye's popularity is one of the top three hosts of Central TV. He's proficient in both planning and hosting. If he were placed in your department, he would have nothing to do all day long, yet you guys have already frozen him? You don't need it? Our Department 14 can use it! We lack talent over there. Which other TV channel is like you guys? You have such a top host, yet you're still idling around! A bunch of prodigals! "
Jiang Yuan was infuriated. "How can you say that, Old Yan!"
Yan Tianfei said, "You stole my people, so you have to give me an explanation!"
They did not see Zhang Ye, who had just stepped out of the elevator not too far away. Zhang Ye glanced over at them and overheard quite a bit of their conversation, but did not go over to greet them. He just walked back to his own program team.
Half of the people had arrived, and the other half had yet to arrive.
Little Wang's eyes lit up. "Director Zhang!"
Ha Qiqi also smiled and said, "Good morning, Director Zhang."
"Good morning, everyone." Zhang Ye smiled.
"Your words yesterday were too awesome!"
"That's right, it makes our blood boil!"
"What a good 'success or failure is up to future generations to judge!' I had goosebumps all over my body! "
"That's what our Director Zhang calls boldness. Let's not talk about the entertainment industry. Even in the academic world since ancient times, how many people can match our Director Zhang's strength of character and aggressiveness?!"
His subordinates kept flattering him.
Zhang Ye blushed when he heard that. He couldn't help but laugh and say, "Come on, what kind of strength of character do I have? If you guys continue to praise me, I'll almost burst out of Earth."
Someone said, "It's just a pity that we missed out on an international award."
Someone beside him said, "There's nothing to be regretful about. Director Zhang did not receive the award, but his prestige is even higher than if he did! Who wouldn't give Director Zhang a thumbs up? As for the Abel Prize, I don't care anymore! "
"Haha!"
"That's true."
Little Wang suddenly exclaimed and looked in the direction of the door. "Listen, why does it sound like someone is arguing?"
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "You're the only one who likes to poke your nose into other people's business. Go on with your own things." Thinking about how their program team had stopped working more than half a month ago, he changed his words. "Let's just play by ourselves."
Little Wang giggled. "Then I'll continue playing Plants vs. Zombies!"
Zhang Zuo said, "It's still Director Zhang's games that are more interesting. I heard that the sales figures for Plants of Life have already exceeded 20 million, crushing all the other domestic and foreign games of the same period!"
They played and chatted.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ye went back to his office and got Little Wang to pour him a cup of tea. Then he sat in his room and started watching movies. His days were very leisurely.
As for what happened outside? Zhang Ye did not take it seriously at all, nor did he take it to heart. Central TV Department 14? In Zhang Ye's previous world, if he remembered correctly, Department 14 should be a children's channel. But in this world, that was definitely not the case. The children's channel in this world should be either Department 11 or Department 12. But regardless of which channel it was, it did not matter to him. It wasn't that Zhang Ye did not want to change channels, but that he had already been frozen at Central TV Department 1. Before his contract expired, it would be impossible for him to be used again. Of course, he also wanted to go to another channel to make some shows. According to the contract, this was allowed because Zhang Ye's contract was with Central TV and not Central TV Department 1. So in principle, he could be transferred to any other department or channel of Central TV.
But he knew that Central TV Department 1 would not let him go. He had already fallen out with them, and Central TV Department 1's current goal was to freeze him and not let him have a chance to make a show in this year's time. Since that was the case, how could they possibly let him go to another channel? Even if those other channels' viewership ratings were much worse than Central TV Department 1's, it was still impossible. As long as there was a host at that channel and a chance to appear on camera, Central TV Department 1 would not allow it. As such, Zhang Ye did not take it to heart and did not take it seriously.
Dong dong. Someone knocked on the door.
Zhang Ye looked up. "Come in."
Assistant Director Zhang Zuo came in and closed the door behind him. "Director Zhang, I heard something."
"What is it?" Zhang Ye asked.
Zhang Zuo blinked a few times. "It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Mid-Autumn Gala has already been scheduled. It's not going to be broadcast live, so the recording was almost done last night. I have a friend who is in charge of the stage effects for Central TV's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. I heard from him that Ningxia Television Station and Zhejiang Television Station had been in contact with Central TV Department 1 before this, hoping to borrow you to appear on their provincial satellite channels' Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. Ningxia Television Station does not have any good hosts, so they wanted you to make a guest appearance. Meanwhile, Zhejiang Television Station wanted you to perform a crosstalk with Teacher Yao Jiancai. They asked Central TV several times and even offered you an appearance fee of 2 million RMB!"
There are still television stations that are thinking of me?
Zhang Ye was very pleased. "And then?"
Zhang Zuo said angrily, "Central TV Department 1 rejected them immediately!"
Zhang Ye nodded and was not surprised at all. "That's very normal."
"Director Zhang, Department 1 is really too ruthless. Do they really not want to give anyone a way out? Not only you, even the rest of us were completely disappointed when we heard about it! "Zhang Zuo sighed.
But Zhang Ye was not disappointed at all. This was because he was already at odds with the leaders of Central TV Department 1, so he was naturally not disappointed at all.
What Zhang Zuo had mentioned was indeed the case of other television stations "borrowing a host at the last minute," but it wasn't a common occurrence. What's more, it was even rarer to borrow a host with an appearance fee of 2 million RMB. This clearly showed how much they valued Zhang Ye, as well as Zhang Ye's current status in the hosting industry.
However, no matter how much they paid him, it did not matter. Although Zhang Ye had freedom in other areas, such as composing songs or drawing, which was not restricted by Central TV, in the television station industry, Zhang Ye's contract was more restrictive. Without Central TV's permission, he could not participate in the recording of other television stations' activities, not even for an interview program. Even if Zhang Ye participated in the recording and Central TV found out about it, they could just send a lawyer's letter over and the interview program's recording would not be aired. This was where Zhang Ye was currently in an awkward position! If he wanted to increase his popularity, he could only find other ways to do it. His main job of hosting and producing programs was completely blocked by Central TV Department 1!
...
Zhang Zuo left.
After watching a movie, Zhang Ye started to feel bored. He casually browsed the internet, then flipped through the recent television programs. Hai, he was too free. There was nothing to do. If he had known this would happen, he would have stayed at home and slept in.
Suddenly, he saw Central TV Department 1's official Weibo post about a new program that had just been broadcast by Department 1. It was called "Traveling the World." It was a travel information program and was not considered an entertainment program. Zhang Ye immediately found the program's resources online and watched an episode. Then he curled his lips.
What kind of lousy program was this!
There wasn't even a shred of sincerity in it!
On Weibo, many netizens were also arguing with the program team's director.
Netizen: "This program is really boring!"
That director said: "The original intention of this program was never an entertainment or variety show."
Another netizen: "But this travel information isn't very professional either. A lot of it is just nonsense. Has that live host of yours really traveled before? I think this is her first time out of Beijing, right? "
Perhaps it was because the first episode's viewership ratings were very poor, but the Central TV Department 1 director and the program team staff were not in a good mood. They kept arguing with the netizens. This was an online activity organized by their Traveling the World. The audience would ask questions or give their opinions, and the program team would answer them. But from the looks of it, there was no intention of answering them at all. The program team's attitude was clearly: Our program is very good. You won't understand even if we explain it to you!
Zhang Ye had met this director before, but he had never spoken to him before. He knew that he was quite close to Jiang Naixiong.
In the end, Zhang Ye posted on Weibo: "This is the most lousy program I've watched this year. There's nothing else like it!"
The moment Zhang Ye appeared, the audience members who were participating in the Q&A activity got excited!
"Wow! Did I see that right? "
"Aiya, it's Zhang Ye!"
"Pfft! Teacher Zhang has appeared! "
"Quickly come and see, Teacher Zhang is blasting Traveling the World!"
Central TV Department 1's own people beating up on their own people? Everyone was amused by this and were all in high spirits!
The director and staff of Traveling the World were so angry that they were speechless.
But before five minutes had passed, Zhang Ye posted on Weibo again. He directly attacked his old foe, the Spring Festival Gala host, Chen Ye's interview show at Central TV Department 1. "I thought that Traveling the World was the most lousy program I've watched this year, but it's still not as lousy as Chen Ye Interviews!"
Chen Ye: "…"
Chen Ye's fans: "…"
Another five minutes passed.
Zhang Ye attacked another Central TV Department 1 program. "I thought that Traveling the World and Chen Ye Interviews were lousy enough, but there's always a taller mountain. Behind a capable person, there's always a capable person. Looks like no matter how I watch it, your program is still the worst! What the heck is this! Did the director graduate from a sports school? "
These directors and hosts of related programs had caused a lot of trouble when Zhang Ye was at war with Central TV Department 1. They had criticized Zhang Ye both openly and covertly. At that time, Zhang Ye had a lot of things to do and did not have the time to settle the scores with them. But now that this fellow had nothing better to do, he naturally had to scold them back one by one!
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