The next day at work.
There was a lot of internal news coming out of Central TV. Many of the Central TV staff who came to work were chatting in private about what they had heard from their friends or the media.
"Hey, did you hear? After Zhang Ye went to take up his post at Department 14 yesterday, Yan Tianfei approved a new project for Zhang Ye on the same day. I heard that they even set up a program team and specially allocated an office space for Zhang Ye and his team. They even lent them HD equipment and allocated production funds. I heard that the new documentary that Zhang Ye's team is going to produce is about to start filming soon. Central TV Department 1 wants to freeze Zhang Ye, but Department 14 doesn't care about that. From the looks of it, we should be able to see Zhang Ye's documentary in the next few days. "
"I think they allocated 10 million RMB."
"What? That can't be! "
"It's true. I've also received accurate information. It's 10 million RMB!"
"10 million RMB?"
"Can a documentary really cost that much money?"
"Because there's something going on. Yan Tianfei did not want the money to fall into the hands of Central TV Department 1, so he allocated the money to Zhang Ye in a fit of anger."
"What's the new documentary about?"
"I'm not sure, but I heard that it's about cooking?"
"A documentary about cooking? What's there to see about that? "
"Who knows? But even if it's not about cooking, there's nothing much to see in a documentary. After all, it's a niche show format, so no matter how they film it, it's still the same. I heard that they're even going to use HD cameras to film it? That's totally superfluous. Is there a need for HD equipment for a documentary about cooking? I've never heard of anyone using HD cameras to film a documentary before. What a waste of money! "
"Who knows what Zhang Ye is thinking."
"Hai, what else can you expect him to do? Zhang Ye went to Department 14, and there's only one department in Central TV that's willing to take him in. There's only one department that's willing to give him the money to do a show, so what other choice does he have? He could only bite the bullet and shoot a documentary. So don't think too much about it. Hur hur, I'm guessing that Zhang Ye himself probably didn't think that his documentary would be any good. It's probably because he had nothing better to do and decided to shoot it for fun. No one took it seriously. "
"You're right."
"Hmm, you're right."
"Hai, Zhang Ye is really done for. At least for the next half a year of his contract with Central TV, he has been completely frozen. Right now, the most attention-grabbing show in Central TV is still Central TV Department 1's Rise to the Dance. Even our Central TV station's leaders are paying a lot of attention to it. Just look, after the stage was damaged on a large scale yesterday, the station immediately transferred funds from all over the place to make up for Xu Yipeng's and Chen Ye's shows. The entire resources of Central TV would have to be tilted towards Rise to the Dance. This was also an important step for Central TV Department 1 to solidify its position as the number one in the variety world, so they could not afford to lose it. As for the others? Other programs? All of you have to stand aside! "
"There's nothing we can do. Department 1 has a special status in Central TV after all."
"But there are some things that Central TV Department 1 has handled really badly. Back when they were dealing with Zhang Ye, they did not spare no effort in supporting him. To put it bluntly, Central TV Department 1 has never treated Zhang Ye as one of their own. They still trusted Chen Ye, a veteran who has worked at Central TV for many years."
"Let's not talk about it. There are some things that we can't interfere with."
"Yeah, this is a fight between the gods. We can only watch the show."
Not long after, there was also news about it.
"Zhang Ye about to direct a documentary!"
"Zhang Ye and the team of The Voice's new challenge — a documentary!"
The position of the news was not very eye-catching, and there were not many media outlets reporting on it either. However, when this piece of news came out, it caused a lot of attention!
Zhang Ye's friends were all stunned!
Crosstalk actor Yao Jiancai was stunned on Weibo: "Little Zhang is going to shoot a documentary?"
Singer Chen Guang: "Is he going to cross over again? Does this count as crossing over? "
Beijing Television's Do You Remember's host, Dong Shanshan: "I wish my old classmate all the best. Top it off, hur hur."
Beijing Television's program team manager, Hu Fei: "A documentary? That's not going to be easy to film. "
The Voice's popular contestant, Luo Yu: "Director Zhang is going to challenge the impossible again!"
The netizens were also commenting nonstop.
"A documentary? Are you kidding me? "
"I knew that Zhang Ye had gone to Central TV Documentary Channel, but I didn't expect that he would really want to shoot a documentary."
"Can you even watch something like that? Fuck, who usually watches documentaries? "
"I don't watch them."
"I don't really watch them either, ahem."
"Documentaries have already been overdone, so there's no point in watching them!"
"Get lost! Teacher Zhang's documentaries, even if they're dog shit, I'll still watch them!"
"Right! Supporting Teacher Zhang! "
"There's finally news about Teacher Zhang's new show. Great! But it's a pity that it's a documentary. Sob! How are we supposed to watch a documentary! We can't bear to watch it no matter what! It was too educational and too boring! Hai, in any case, I don't have any expectations anymore. It's really not that I don't support Teacher Zhang! "
"Shooting a documentary after shooting a variety show? That's quite a big jump! "
There were all kinds of opinions.
Even some of Zhang Ye's fans expressed that they could not bear to watch a documentary anymore. Not many netizens were optimistic about it.
In an instant, the heated discussions about Zhang Ye's new show died down very quickly. A lot of people returned to the hot discussion threads or Weibo posts related to Rise to the Dance and started actively discussing it. Many people were more optimistic about Central TV Department 1's large-scale dance talent show. In the past few days, under the lead of Central TV Department 1's promotional campaign and the troll army, the topic of discussion never stopped and kept up its popularity.
"Chen Ye's net worth is going to rise again."
"Xu Yipeng is probably the same. If Rise to the Dance becomes popular, do you guys think Old Xu will be the executive director of this year's Spring Festival Gala? He used to be the Spring Festival Gala's assistant director after all. "
"I'm looking forward to this dance show."
"Yeah, I'm already sick of watching variety shows these days, but there's really no dance talent show!"
"Central TV Department 1 is really starting to look like the overlord of the variety show world."
This was the entertainment industry and it had always been this realistic. If you had good works, stories, and news, everyone's topic would revolve around you. But once you no longer had any works, or your stories were no longer interesting to others, even if you were an A-list celebrity, no one would continue to revolve around you. Over time, without any works, topics of discussion, or popularity, an A-list celebrity would become a B-list celebrity, and a B-list celebrity would also become a C-list celebrity. Many celebrities had fallen this way, and Zhang Ye was currently in such an awkward position. However, the difference between him and the other celebrities who had fallen was that this fellow was very capable. Even if he did not achieve anything in his own line of work, in the gaming world or the mathematics world, he could still pull in some popularity to maintain his popularity. Although it might not increase by much, at least it would not drop for the time being.
As such, Zhang Ye did not have anything to worry about at the moment, nor did he have anything to worry about. His popularity was stable for the time being, so he did not need to consider anything else. All he needed to do was to do a good job in this documentary. When A Bite of China was broadcast, everyone would know whether it was a mule or a horse!
...
Noon.
The last set of HD equipment that was borrowed was sent over by the people from the sister channels.
Zhang Ye felt reassured and immediately called out to Little Wang, "Little Wang!"
Little Wang blinked and came over. "You're looking for me, Director Zhang?"
"Book the plane tickets and split the team into three groups. Follow the previous arrangements and set off on time tomorrow morning. No one is to be late. The plane does not wait for anyone!" Zhang Ye instructed.
Little Wang was taken aback. "Ah? Tomorrow morning? "
Ha Qiqi also said, "Director Zhang, why, why are you in such a hurry?"
The other A Bite of China's program team staff were also not prepared for this.
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "If we delay any longer, it'll be winter soon and we won't be able to film a lot of the places in the north. We can wait, but time can't wait, so please work hard. Go back tonight and make some preparations. During this period of time, everyone will be working in other places and won't be able to return home for the time being unless there's a special reason. So please inform your families in advance. When we're done with this period of work, I'll apply to Director Yan to give everyone a long vacation."
"OK."
"Understood, Director Zhang."
"Then let's go and make the preparations!"
Zhang Ye also made a call home.
Du du. The call connected. It was his mother who answered.
Zhang Ye said, "Mom, help me pack my luggage and bring along some clothes. I'm afraid that I won't be able to pack in time when I get home. I'll be flying off tomorrow morning."
His mother said, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to make a show, a documentary," Zhang Ye said.
His mother nearly fainted. "You're really going to make a documentary? Can you do it? "
Zhang Ye laughed. "You'll know when the documentary is broadcast!"
After hanging up, Zhang Ye went to report to Yan Tianfei. His application for a business trip had been approved. When he came back, Zhang Ye immediately announced, "A Bite of China will officially start filming tomorrow!"
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