The next day.
Noon.
Central TV Department 1 released a promotional video. Not only did it cause a heated discussion online, it even attracted the attention of thousands of industry insiders. This was a brand new large-scale talent show that Central TV Department 1 would be launching after the viewership ratings miracle of The Voice — Rise to the Dance!
Production investment: 80 million.
Executive Producer, Executive Director: Xu Yipeng
Assistant Director, Host: Chen Ye.
Producers: Xu Yipeng, Chen Ye, Hao Qian, Hu Tianqi.
The promotional video had already explained the program's content very clearly. Even the tagline was modeled after The Voice's — Regardless of looks, age, or gender, as long as you have the heart to dream of dancing, welcome to Central TV Department 1's large-scale dance talent show, Rise to the Dance. There was also a registration hotline. From the moment the short video was released, Rise to the Dance's program team had already started accepting applications for the preliminary auditions. The program had officially begun!
The netizens were bubbling.
"An investment of 80 million?"
"Damn, isn't this the program funding that Central TV Department 1 promised Zhang Ye?"
"Someone else? He gave it to Chen Ye? "
"They should have thought of this earlier. For a variety show like this that can't afford to fail, after losing Zhang Ye, Central TV Department 1 would definitely need to find someone they can trust. The lineup on this production team is still very impressive. Xu Yipeng has been an assistant director for two Spring Festival Galas, so he has a lot of experience. Chen Ye is also a famous host for the Spring Festival Gala, so his popularity as a host should not be too far off from Zhang Ye's!"
"A dance program? Interesting! "
"Yeah, look at the audition mode and competition mode. Both are very novel!"
"Yeah, no one has ever done a dance talent show before. Is Central TV Department 1 preparing to set a new precedent? They wanted to borrow the momentum of The Voice to create another dance trend throughout the country? Look at this team's lineup and such a high investment budget. It's worth looking forward to! "
"Come on, I'm not optimistic about it anyway. Without Zhang Ye, they're nothing."
"Previous poster, you are too full of yourself. No one doubts Zhang Ye's ability, but that doesn't mean that only Zhang Ye can produce a good show. Others can do it too. Who says that it can't be done without him? In any case, I quite like Chen Ye. He is capable, but not like Zhang Ye. "
"No matter what, Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye have gotten lucky."
"Yeah, this new show was supposed to be handled by Zhang Ye."
"Hurry up and start the broadcast, I can't wait!"
"After watching the promotional video, it feels pretty good!"
"Supporting Teacher Chen Ye! Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings will definitely surpass The Voice! "
"Who wouldn't pay attention to Central TV Department 1's variety shows these days? The entire industry is watching closely. If there's a program that can surpass The Voice's viewership ratings in the near future, then only Rise to the Dance has the possibility of doing so. Old Xu and Old Chen are still quite capable, and Central TV's large platform and viewership ratings are all there for all to see! "
"Hmph, who does Chen Ye think he is? When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes the king! "
Some were praising, some were scolding, and some were feeling pity for Zhang Ye. All sorts of voices could be heard.
…
In his own office.
Zhang Ye was currently eating and scrolling through Weibo as he ate. He had also found out about the content of Central TV Department 1's new program from the Internet and had watched the promotional video three to four times.
A call came in. It was Hu Fei from Beijing Television.
"Brother Hu." Zhang Ye put down his chopsticks and answered the call.
Hu Fei immediately asked, "Then what do you think of Rise to the Dance?"
Zhang Ye smiled. "It looks pretty good."
Hu Fei frowned. "Is it really not bad?"
Zhang Ye nodded. "It's alright."
Hu Fei said, "Just now, there were quite a few people discussing this new program at our satellite TV station. If even you said it's not bad, then there must be no problems with it."
Zhang Ye said, "Of course there's no problems with it. They referenced our team's proposal and made some slight changes. Then they invested 80 million RMB into it. If they still can't come up with a decent program like that, then they would really be idiots."
Hu Fei was taken aback. "Your proposal?"
"If it weren't for the proposal that my team and I came up with earlier, would their new program team be able to so confidently finalize the program on the second day of its establishment and even produce the promotional video?" Zhang Ye did not seem to be angry at all. "They're not stupid after all."
Hu Fei said, "You're just going to give away your hard work just like that?"
"It's not really hard work." Zhang Ye said nonchalantly, "I got someone to write a few of these proposals back then. There were all sorts of programs, but the goal was to test the direction of the program with the station. It's not a complete proposal. Are they trying to steal my ideas? They're almost there. Besides, I just casually came up with those proposals. Even if I really had to choose, I wouldn't choose those proposals. I'm picky when it comes to making shows, and I'm a perfectionist. If I want to make a show, I'll definitely have better choices than these. "
Hu Fei sighed and said, "But you can't make a show right now. The schedule for Rise to the Dance has not been decided yet, but I've heard some news that the broadcast time for this show will probably clash with our Do You Remember. It might also be on Friday night. I don't mind competing with you, but if it's them, I'll have to guard against them. Don't take away our share of the viewership ratings. Little Zhang, let me know if there's any news."
"Alright."
After exchanging a few more words, they hung up.
Just as he put down his cell phone and was about to eat another two mouthfuls of food, Zhang Ye heard a loud argument coming from the office outside the door. He did not think much of it, because since yesterday, the two teams had been arguing with each other several times. This was already the tenth time that it had happened.
The voices could be heard.
Little Wang's voice was not soft at all. "You think you're in the right for plagiarizing?"
The other party said, "Who plagiarized? This was a proposal that we made ourselves! "
Little Wang said, "Whoa, aren't you afraid of biting your tongue?! This was clearly Director Zhang's proposal, but it was slightly altered by you all. You've practically brought it back to us in its original form! "
Someone else on the other side said, "So what if it's your proposal? You're all part of the program team of Rise to the Dance now! "
Ha Qiqi said, "Director Zhang's contract is different from ours. The copyrights of the show that he came up with belong to him alone. Did you guys ask him for permission to use his proposal?"
The other party said, "Director Xu and Teacher Chen are the leaders now, so why would I ask Zhang Ye?"
The few proposals that had been submitted by Zhang Ye had really been written casually and did not take them seriously at all. However, his team members did not know that and thought that Director Zhang had put in a lot of effort to complete them. As a result, they were all furious. This bunch of people had snatched away their office space, snatched away their show, and now even snatched away their idea and proposal? Anyone would be furious at this! This was going too far!
As they were arguing, Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye came in.
"What are you shouting about?" Chen Ye slammed the table. "What are you guys doing?"
Xu Yipeng also said with a dark expression, "How many times has this been? Ah? How many times has this been? Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, are you guys trying to rebel? Are you not satisfied with the work arrangements of the station? It's fine if you don't comply with the work arrangements and don't actively cooperate with the development of the new show, but you guys are still trying to create trouble? "
But Ha Qiqi was not afraid of him. "So you can plagiarize Director Zhang's proposal?"
Xu Yipeng also slammed the table heavily. "This is the station's proposal, this is the station's show. Since when did it become Zhang Ye's? Also, let me reiterate this point. You guys are now part of the Rise to the Dance program team, so you just need to follow the arrangements of me and Old Chen! Don't you have any sense of hierarchy? How did you all survive in the workplace all these years? Don't think that you can do anything just because you're part of The Voice's program team. Even if you were once the top program team in the domestic variety viewership ratings, do you believe that I can still deal with you? "
I can't control Zhang Ye!
But you guys? Don't tell me I can't deal with you!
"All of you, sit down and get to work!" Chen Ye was also flipping out today. The people in Zhang Ye's team were really too much of a prick. Each one of them was more and more unruly than the other. Now that the show had officially started and the auditions were about to begin, if the internal staff were still fighting every day, how were they supposed to carry out the show? The more he thought about this, the angrier Chen Ye got. This Rise to the Dance was a show that the leaders of Central TV Department 1, as well as Chen Ye and the others, had high hopes for. They were aiming to surpass The Voice's viewership ratings and continue dominating the domestic variety industry, so there was absolutely no room for failure!
In the end, Zhang Ye's office door opened.
"Director Zhang!"
"Director Zhang!"
Ha Qiqi, Little Wang, and the others all looked over.
Zhang Ye narrowed his eyes and said, "What's going on? Who do you want to deal with? "
Xu Yipeng said coldly, "Zhang Ye, this has nothing to do with you!"
"I was just having a meal here when I heard someone banging on the table. It gave me a fright. What's the meaning of all this?" Zhang Ye said.
Chen Ye said angrily, "What are you mumbling about! What has it got to do with you! "
Zhang Ye sneered, "So what if I'm mumbling about you? Scolding you isn't even something new! "
Xu Yipeng was a little angry. He stretched out his hand and slammed it on the two-centimeter-thick glass table in front of him. As it was made of glass, his slap was very loud and the entire office shook. "Zhang! You're really getting out of hand! "
Zhang Ye narrowed his eyes and took a step forward, raising his arm. With a flick of his wrist, he pulled it back and slapped it. It looked like there was nothing special about it. It even looked like this slap did not use much strength as it landed on the two-centimeter-thick glass table that Xu Yipeng had just slammed!
"Do you think you're the only one who knows how to slap a table!?"
It did not look like he used much strength and the sound of his slap was also very soft!
However, 0.5 seconds later, the thick glass table cracked under the horrified gaze of everyone in the office. With a loud crack, it shattered into pieces!
Xu Yipeng was dumbfounded!
Chen Ye was dumbfounded!
The Rise to the Dance program team staff were all dumbfounded!
The entire large office fell silent at this moment!
That was a two-centimeter-thick glass table! Fuck!
Even if it was smashed with a hammer, it might not necessarily shatter in one hit!
Even if it was smashed with a hammer, it shouldn't have shattered to such a degree!
Smashing such a thick piece of glass into smithereens with just one slap of his bare hands?? Are you on steroids? What kind of fucking skill is that!?
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