After hanging up, Zhang Ye shook his head and laughed. Another "what if I hadn't left" scenario? He had heard this a few times in just a short period of time.
Broadcast time slot?
Whatever primetime slot Rise to the Dance is broadcasting at, we'll broadcast it at that time slot!
Zhang Zuo said nervously, "10 million yuan is not a small sum, but if we carry on like this, I'm afraid it won't even be enough. Are we going to make a large-scale documentary?"
With this anticipation and persistence, the filming was carried out in an orderly manner!
The film crew nearly burst into tears. It had not been easy for them these past few days!
In the past, the proposal that Zhang Ye had given to Yan Tianfei and his subordinates was only for the first season of A Bite of China. But because of the Lucky Halo, which had given them a production budget of 10 million RMB, Zhang Ye changed his plans at that time and was prepared to shoot the second season of A Bite of China at the same time. The number of missions and scenes were doubled, so he had been increasing the schedule bit by bit over the past few days.
"Damn, their lineup is way too strong!"
"What else can we do but watch? We've been reduced to making documentaries! There's no way we can compete with them in the arena! We don't even have an admission ticket now! "
In front.
Fan Wenli also laughed at that. "That's not it."
But Zhang Ye was very calm. He said, "Alright, stop complaining. They can do whatever they want and we'll film our own. There's no conflict of interest here. I just thought about the schedule and decided to add in another scene at Wuyi Mountain. There's no rush there, just leave it as the last scene to record."
Hur hur.
Of course, it could also be seen that the Rise to the Dance program team must have failed to invite Zhang Yuanqi. Otherwise, they would not have settled for the next best thing, Old Fan.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
"We can finally go home! Hooray! "
At the end of November.
"Isn't that settled?" Zhang Ye did not take it to heart at all. He even joked, "Just go ahead and do what you can. But don't put in too much effort for them. Just do what you can. Those people aren't good people, so they won't appreciate it even if you put in the effort."
"It's finally over!"
There couldn't be any more "discounts"!
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "There's no rush. I'm waiting to board the plane. What's the matter, Sister Fan?"
Zhang Ye interrupted, "Aiyo, Sister Fan, come on. We've known each other for quite some time now. Am I really that petty in the eyes of you and Old Chen?"
I will use more money than the original version to invest in each and every scene, making the scenes even more perfect!
Zhang Ye chuckled and said, "We're not short of money anyway, so let's just shoot a few more episodes."
It was winter, and the weather was getting colder. It was snowing in many places.
Publicity?
Fan Wenli said, "Everyone knows that you don't have a good relationship with Chen Ye and the others. You even fought with them on Weibo. Besides, if not for that incident, the show would have been yours, so …"
"Director Zhang, are we just going to sit back and watch?"
"How annoying!"
He hung up the call with Hu Fei.
This time, A Bite of China had to go without a hitch. Zhang Ye even hoped that A Bite of China would be able to surpass its usual standards in this world. It had the capability to do so, and it also had the conditions to do so!
Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Whatever you don't have, I'll make up for it. Zhang Ye did not have any other extravagant requests. He just hoped that A Bite of China's viewership ratings would explode in one go!
"It's about the same as The Voice," Fan Wenli said, embarrassed.
"The money's about the same. I know what I'm doing," Zhang Ye said.
No celebrities?
As for how he was going to blend A Bite of China 1 and 2 together? Zhang Ye had already come up with a plan. The simplest way was to reduce the amount of humanistic scenes in A Bite of China 2. There was not much of a difference between the first and second seasons, with the only difference being the intensity of the humanistic scenes. The second season would have a lot more. Some netizens commented that A Bite of China 2 was not as good as the first season because there were too many humanistic scenes and not enough food. But regardless of whether this view was objective or not, since he was going to film both A Bite of China 1 and 2 into one series in one go, he naturally could not make too much of an abrupt change in the overall quality of the show. Food was also the most fundamental selling point of the A Bite of China series, so Zhang Ye had to make sure that A Bite of China 2 was accommodating it a little.
Zhang Ye was taken aback. "Eh? What's the matter? "
Following Zhang Ye's excited announcement that he was done, everyone cheered!
Fan Wenli sounded a little embarrassed. "There's something that I feel like I should let you know first. I've discussed it with Old Chen, and he also asked me to let you know first."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "How much is it? If it's less, I won't go. "
Fan Wenli said, "Rise to the Dance invited me to join the show, and I've agreed."
Everyone was discussing among themselves. The feeling of having their show snatched away was not a good one to begin with, but what made them feel even worse was that this group of people who snatched away their show was still appearing on television and in the media every day. It was impossible to not see them!
Perhaps it was like this in the past, but that might not be the case in the future!
But on second thought, Zhang Ye felt relieved. What did it matter if she was a dance major or not? Actually, how many of the people who would watch Rise to the Dance in the future would really understand the art of dance? In Zhang Ye's previous world, among the many dance talent shows, not to mention singers, even crosstalk actors would join the show to be the judges. It was mainly based on their popularity and stage presence. Fan Wenli was beautiful and could dance a few moves. Regardless of whether she danced professionally or not, she still had a good eye for it. After all, she was a celebrity who dabbled in the arts and had even worked as a teacher in the past, so her foundation in this area would definitely not be too bad. It was quite suitable for Rise to the Dance to invite her to join the show. Moreover, Fan Wenli was also a guest coach for Central TV Department 1's recent award-winning variety show, The Voice. By inviting her to join the show, Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye wanted to use Fan Wenli to maintain the audience base of The Voice and smoothly take over the show.
"Director Zhang, are you busy?" Fan Wenli seemed to be on the streets.
The second film crew in Anhui was the first to complete their filming. Almost at the same time, the Third Film Crew in Jiangsu also finished all of their filming work!
Zhang Ye wanted to tell everyone this time. Fighting for the viewership ratings champion? Even a documentary could do the same! On the day of A Bite of China's broadcast, all of you should get a shock!
Zhang Ye and the first film crew recorded the last set of footage of their trip to Wuyi Mountains!
The Voice's viewership ratings were heaven-defying and had broken many records in this world. It was also the number one program in the nationwide viewership ratings. Everyone was very surprised, but only Zhang Ye was not very satisfied with it. Although he knew that the two worlds could not be compared, this world's The Voice's viewership ratings were still much worse than his previous world's. This was due to the variety show environment and viewing habits, so it was useless to talk about it now. Zhang Ye's expectations for the viewership ratings were all placed on A Bite of China!
"My God! This is too tiring! "
The other people from A Bite of China's film crew also looked over.
Of course he did not leave. It was just that everyone thought that he had left. All of the media, industry peers, and the audience thought that he had lost the qualification to compete with the other variety shows for the viewership ratings after being thrown over to Central TV Documentary Channel, so they automatically "ignored" Zhang Ye. But Zhang Ye did not think so at all. Who said that in order to get the viewership ratings and become number one in the nationwide viewership ratings for the same time slot had to be a variety show? Other than variety shows, all other television shows were not qualified to compete for the viewership ratings?
"With Teacher Fan joining the show, The Voice's popularity will also be extended by them!"
Zhang Zuo turned around, probably having heard Zhang Ye's words. "Director Zhang, Teacher Fan Wenli has also joined Rise to the Dance?"
Insufficient funds?
"Yeah, I can't accept it! This is so infuriating! "
In his previous world, the first season of A Bite of China was very slow to gain popularity. At the beginning, the viewership ratings were extremely low, but it exploded later on due to the amazing word-of-mouth. When it came to the second season of A Bite of China, the viewership ratings reached a peak. But there was one thing that had to be said. In Zhang Ye's previous world, A Bite of China did not have any promotions, celebrities, funding, and even the broadcast time slot was very poor. On this point, Zhang Ye was not prepared to replicate it!
Zhang Ye had nothing to hide, so he said, "I've confirmed it. Old Fan called me to inform me."
A documentary was not like a variety show. The latter was for entertainment purposes, while the former was for art. There was no compromise at all!
"Two months! It's finally done!! "
…
Zhang Zuo was taken aback. "Director Zhang, does that mean that the proposal from before only had half of the capacity?"
Leave?
After considering it all, Old Fan was really a good candidate.
Before they boarded the plane, Zhang Ye received another unexpected call — it was from Chen Guang's wife, the famous singer Fan Wenli.
"Sister Fan is really going?"
Zhang Ye really did not expect this. Why would a dance show invite Fan Wenli? There should be someone more suitable, right? After all, Fan Wenli was a big sister of the music industry. Although she was very popular and knew how to perform a simple dance, it shouldn't have much to do with dancing, right?
Along the way, all sorts of things kept happening. Equipment malfunctions, staff members getting injured, the plane being delayed and unable to take off, the film crew getting stranded in the mountains due to bad weather, etc. Zhang Ye and his team managed to overcome all of these problems one by one, but never once did they relax for any of the scenes. It could even be said that they were very demanding. Many of the scenes were already very good, so good that even Tong Fu and Huang Dandan, who worked at Department 14, felt that it was perfect. But for some reason, Zhang Ye felt that it was not good enough. Sometimes, he had to reshoot a scene dozens of times. There was once when he went out to sea with a boat to record a fishing scene. There was a set of scenes that he had to reshoot more than 30 times without getting it right.
Zhang Ye nodded. "That's good then. Do you still need to inform me about this? The viewership ratings for Rise to the Dance should be quite good and the promotions will be very lively. If you go as a guest teacher, it will also help your popularity. Besides, the joining fee is quite high, so why shouldn't you go? "
Fan Wenli was amused. "I'm relieved to hear you say that. But if you hadn't left, even if the joining fee were to be reduced by half, I would still be willing to go on a show that you direct."
I will personally do the voice-overs for A Bite of China!
"I've finished filming!"
This was Zhang Ye's attitude towards art and also the meaning of his existence as the executive director.
On the same day.
I'll help you with the promotions!
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