In the afternoon.
During the lunch break, Zhang Ye called his team members to his office. With more than 20 of them here, the rather large office suddenly felt crowded. Everyone was gathered in a circle, standing in front of the office desk or by the sofa. As he was not the only one in the office area outside, and since Zhang Ye was new here, he did not want to be too casual or treat himself as an outsider, so he called his team over to meet him.
"Have you all eaten?" Zhang Ye asked with a smile.
Zhang Zuo burped. "Yeah, I just had my fill."
Little Wang grinned cheekily. "I thought that after changing departments, the food would be different. But I didn't expect that we would still have to go to that cafeteria for our meals. I'm already sick of the food there."
Zhang Ye chuckled. "Alright, I'll treat everyone to a special meal later."
"That's great. It's a deal, Director Zhang," Little Wang said with a laugh.
Ha Qiqi looked at Zhang Ye and realized something. "Little Wang, don't joke around. Just listen to what Director Zhang has to say. There must be some work arrangements for us."
Everyone looked at Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye nodded and pushed the document in his hands forward. "Take this proposal back with you all. Don't make any copies of it, and don't reveal it to anyone either. Just let our people take a look at it and circulate it among ourselves to study it. Yes, in the next few days, we'll be setting up a new program team. We'll still be doing what we used to do, so let's do a good job of making a show together. I know that we've never dabbled in the field of documentaries before and are still quite unfamiliar with them. You guys are the same, and I'm also the same. That's why we have to put in more effort into it. Anything is possible."
Ha Qiqi was taken aback. "Make a documentary? Us? "
Zhang Zuo said, "Director Zhang, are we really going to do it? Can we start the project in the next few days? "
Zhang Ye nodded and said, "I've already spoken to Director Yan about it. It's basically been approved, and we're just lacking some paperwork and HD equipment. When they arrive, we can start work."
Wu Yi wiped his sweat away. "This, uh, isn't this a little too rushed? We're not familiar with the working style here, and we've never come into contact with documentaries before. How … How are we going to shoot this? "
Zhang Ye said, "I've already thought of how we're going to shoot it. When the time comes, I'll make the arrangements. Since it's going to be a documentary, there will definitely be some changes to everyone's previous roles at The Voice. But I'll make the arrangements when the time comes, so don't worry about it. All you need to do now is familiarize yourselves with the proposal. While you're at it, try to familiarize yourselves with the content of the documentary industry. I believe that everyone will have no problem with that. We're the number one program team in the variety industry in the country.
Everyone knew Zhang Ye's temper and knew that he would definitely not stay idle after coming to Department 14. He would definitely come up with something, so they were already mentally prepared for this. Although they knew that documentaries did not have a future, nor would they be able to get any viewership ratings or popularity, since they had nothing better to do, they might as well just shoot one documentary after another. They would just treat it as a form of fun and practice. But no one could have expected that Director Zhang could not even fucking wait a day. On his first day at Department 14, he had already finished writing the case? The production team had already prepared?
That was way too fast!
It's just a documentary, do you really need to go this far?
You're just filming for fun, don't tell me you really intend to shoot a documentary to reach the viewership ratings of a variety show? You want to be number one in the documentary industry? How are you going to get number one? What's the point of getting number one in a field where the viewership ratings are around 0.0-something? Besides, it was still a question mark whether they could get a viewership rating of 0.0-something. They were a team purely made up of amateurs and had never come into contact with documentaries before. Many of them did not even understand the core value of documentaries, so they believed that Director Zhang was probably no different from them. With just a director of a variety show leading a team of people who knew nothing about documentaries, what could they possibly do in the documentary industry!?
Zhang Zuo and Ha Qiqi looked at one another.
"Is there any problem?" Zhang Ye looked at everyone.
"No problem!"
"Uh, we'll listen to you!"
"Sure!"
"Director Zhang, we'll listen to your arrangements!"
"Please assign us the tasks. We're all following your lead anyway, so we're fine with anything."
Everyone responded. That was all they could say. How could they possibly have any problems? There were some things that could only be kept to themselves.
Zhang Ye smiled and acknowledged, "Alright, then there's nothing else. I called everyone here just to let you guys know, so don't feel too pressured. We'll just treat this as practice. Director Yan has the same intentions as well. It doesn't matter if we do well or not, and we don't have to worry about the viewership ratings either."
When he said that, everyone heaved a sigh of relief!
Shoot as they please?
Don't have to worry about the viewership ratings?
Only then did they walk away with a smile on their faces.
The reason why Zhang Ye said that was because he did not want to give them any pressure or push them too hard. There was no point in telling them too much, and the key point was that even if he said it, no one would believe him. Rather than that, he might as well let everyone relax and treat it as a game. Since Zhang Ye was the executive director, he only needed to know what to do. When the time came to assign the tasks, they only needed to complete them with quality and quantity. There was no need for them to worry about anything else. In this way, it might even bring out everyone's potential.
Next up was the matter of money. This had to be resolved immediately. If the production budget could not be secured, then they would not be able to film the new show!
He started thinking of a solution!
Pay for it himself? That was impossible. The higher-ups would never agree to it, and neither would the unit allow it. This was not his personal show, so the procedures would be wrong. Besides, Zhang Ye might not even have a few million yuan in his bank account right now. He was someone who had never taken on any commercial performances and had only earned that bit of money from the copyright of his novels. Coupled with his extravagant spending on cars and food, there was no one in the B-list celebrity list who was poorer than Zhang Ye.
Ask Yan Tianfei for more money? He couldn't bring himself to ask for it. Besides, their Department 14 was not a big channel, but a new channel that was at the bottom of the rankings. They might not even have that much money!
What should he do?
What should he do?
Zhang Ye was at his wit's end. He paced around the office with his hands behind his back, his expression constantly changing!
A penny stumps a hero!
There was no other way! There was no other way at all!
Suddenly, Zhang Ye sat down and lit a cigarette. After taking a few puffs, he focused his gaze and raised his hand to bring up the game ring's virtual interface. It had been a long time since he had used the game ring. Now that he was at his wit's end, Zhang Ye could only give it a try!
What would he use?
Of course it would be the Lucky Halo (Upgraded)!
During this period of time, Zhang Ye had saved up quite a lot of Reputation Points. He had not really used them up until now, so most of them had been accumulated. The Lucky Halo was too powerful, especially when it came to the "upgraded" version. The amount of Reputation Points required to use it was like flowing water. It was very scary, so ever since Zhang Ye obtained the rights to purchase this item from the Merchant Shop, he had not used it much. But today, he had no choice but to use it!
He needed the Lucky Halo, and he urgently needed the money!
Almost without any hesitation, Zhang Ye took a deep breath and opened up the Merchant Shop interface. With a press of his hand, he immediately activated the Lucky Halo (Upgraded)!
The halo was activated!
An angel's white halo suddenly appeared above his head. His Reputation Points also started dropping!
10000！
10000！
10000！
Zhang Ye raised his hands in prayer!
God bless me!
Give me strength!
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