Office area.
Zhang Ye's phone rang. When he saw the number, he moved away from the center of the laughter and crying. If not, he would not be able to hear what was being said on the other end of the line.
It was his old classmate, Dong Shanshan.
However, when he picked up the phone, the person on the other end was Hu Fei.
"Little Zhang!"
"Brother Hu."
"You, how did you do it!?"
"Hehe, it's all thanks to the audience."
"This isn't a matter of giving face or not! This kind of premiere episode viewership rating had nothing to do with face or the number of fans you had. This was purely an audience brought in by the film itself! The premiere episode already had 1.27% viewership rating? You really want to poke a hole in the sky! "
Even now, Hu Fei still could not digest this fact.
On the other end, it was Dong Shanshan's turn to answer the call.
"Old classmate."
"Hey, Shanshan."
Dong Shanshan's voice sounded a little speechless. "Your documentary's viewership ratings have crushed all of our variety shows. Do you think that's appropriate? Huh? "
Zhang Ye also laughed. "It's indeed inappropriate."
Dong Shanshan: "So you also know that it's not suitable. You sure are amazing!"
Zhang Ye said, "You can't blame me for that, right?"
Following that, Xiao Lu, Hou Ge, and Hou Di's shouts could be heard. It could be heard that they were not close to the cell phone, but not too far away either.
"Teacher Zhang, how on earth did you film it!"
"Teacher Zhang, I, Dafei! A Bite of China is so good to watch! "
"You can do it, Teacher Zhang. Show those people from Central TV the consequences of offending you! Fight them! The higher the viewership ratings, the better! Slap their faces! Beat him to death! Hahahahaha! "This voice was Hou Di's.
"You've already beaten him hard enough!" Hou Ge gloated.
The old colleagues congratulated Zhang Ye in their own ways. Although they had not worked together for a long time, the feelings they had for each other after fighting together had not diminished over time. Whenever Zhang Ye was in trouble, they would always send their regards and support him. When they were in trouble, Zhang Ye would also do his best to help them.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Thank you, everyone. I just received a call from my mom. Let's talk later. I'll treat you guys to a meal later, so you guys must come."
Hu Fei: "Of course!"
He hung up and picked up the call.
His mother's loud voice could be heard over the phone. "Son! Son! Hurry up and go online to take a look. Your documentary's viewership ratings are number one in the country! Go and take a look! "
Zhang Ye gave a wry smile and said helplessly, "Mom, since you already know, do you think that I, the executive director of A Bite of China, would not know? Why would I still need to look online? The viewership ratings table has already been delivered to me. "
"You already know?" Mom said loudly, "Aiyo, you're in the limelight this time! Just now, several of our old neighbors came to our house to tell us the good news! Your dad and I only found out about it! " Regarding Zhang Ye's new documentary, his mother was actually the one who felt the least optimistic about it. Ever since Zhang Ye had the intention to make a documentary, his mother had constantly expressed her pessimism and distrust towards it. But now, his mother was happier than anyone else!
Your son did it!
He really did it!
Using a documentary to challenge the entire variety show industry, and in a way that was completely impossible and not expected to win the national ratings champion, how brave was that? What kind of magnificent feat was this!?
Congratulatory phone calls from friends kept coming in!
Yao Jiancai, Tian Bin, Fan Yingyun, Chen Guang, Fan Wenli, Zhang Xia, and so on.
There was even a well-known domestic documentary director who had previously praised A Bite of China and Zhang Ye on Weibo. He had somehow gotten hold of Zhang Ye's phone number and called him.
"Director Zhang, I'm Shao Chi."
"Shao Chi? You're Director Shao? "Zhang Ye was taken aback.
"I didn't expect you to know me." Shao Chi was also quite surprised.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "You're a senior in the documentary field, so of course I know you. I've heard so much about you."
Shao Chi said, "I should be the one who's heard so much about you. In the past two years, I've often heard my friends mention your name. Sister Zhang's agent and I are from the same hometown, so I got your number from Old Fang. Hur hur, the new generation really does outshine the old."
"Don't, I still have to learn from my seniors." Zhang Ye did not dare to be careless.
Shao Chi said, "You don't have to learn from us. That would be regressing. Your documentary has already found its own path and has also pointed out a path for all documentary filmmakers and documentary filmmakers. It's time for us to learn from you. A Bite of China is very good. You've made us documentary filmmakers proud!"
Zhang Ye hurriedly said, "Director Shao, please don't say that. I really can't accept it. In the documentary field, I'm really just a layman. The results this time were pretty good and I guess it was just a fluke. I'll definitely pay you a visit in the future. When that time comes, please don't hold back and teach me more."
They hung up.
Not far away, Yan Tianfei waved his hand and said, "Everyone, stop whatever you're doing. Today is the day off. It's my treat, so let's go have a meal together!"
"Oh!"
"Hooray!"
"Haha!"
"Let's have a celebratory feast!"
"Thank you, director!"
Everyone cheered.
Xiaowang was still sobbing excitedly.
Zhang Ye said to his assistant, "That's enough, Little Wang. Stop crying. Let's go."
Only then did Little Wang, Huang Dandan, and the other female colleagues wipe away their tears. They followed Yan Tianfei, Zhang Ye, and the others out, chatting and chatting. Not only the program team staff of A Bite of China, all the staff working overtime in the three offices of Department 14 were here. There were about 30 to 40 people in total.
When they went downstairs, they caused quite a commotion.
Many of the people from other departments saw this group of people. When they saw Yan Tianfei and Zhang Ye leading the group, the look in the Central TV staff's eyes changed!
It was Zhang Ye!
It was the people from Department 14!
Beside them, a deputy director of Central TV Department 3 happened to be passing by. When he saw them, he immediately walked up to them and said with a laugh, "Old Yan, congratulations!"
Yan Tianfei smiled. "Old He!"
Old He said, "You guys have really made a name for yourselves this time! Those viewership ratings scared a bunch of people to death! " Saying that, he looked at Zhang Ye. "Director Zhang, when are you going to help Central TV Department 3?"
Yan Tianfei said, "Are you trying to poach me right in front of me?"
Old He laughed heartily. "It's not only me. I bet there are a lot of other television stations and departments out there who are thinking of poaching Director Zhang over!"
Over there, some of the normal staff gathered around and chatted with the people they knew from Department 14.
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
"You guys have really gotten popular this time!"
"The show is so good!"
"Your viewership ratings are so scary. How did you manage to do it?"
"Director Zhang, can you take a picture with me?"
In the past, Department 14 had always been ignored wherever they went in Central TV. The station did not value them, the other departments did not value them, and even when they wanted to do something, the higher-ups would always push them around. But now, countless people had come to congratulate them and no one dared to look down on them anymore. At this moment, Central TV Department 14 had become the focus of everyone's attention. Their colleagues were looking at them, the media was looking at them, and the entire nation's audience was looking at them!
A single A Bite of China had garnered the attention of the entire nation!
This was the most glorious page in the history of documentaries!
This was something that had never happened before in the history of China's documentaries!
…
At a restaurant downstairs.
In the innermost private room of the restaurant.
Yan Tianfei did not care if he still had to go back to work later and made an exception to pour a glass of baijiu. "Everyone, raise your glasses. Cheers!"
"Director Yan, Director Zhang, let's toast to the two of you." Everyone stood up.
But Zhang Ye said, "Let's toast to ourselves."
Yan Tianfei agreed, "Right, the first toast is to ourselves!"
"Cheers."
"Cheers."
The celebratory feast was very joyous. People were in high spirits when faced with a joyous occasion. Everyone's faces were brimming with smiles and joy. This time, A Bite of China had really made them proud!
By the time they finished lunch, it was actually only 12 PM. As they had arrived early, they came over at around 10 PM for lunch.
When they were paying the bill at the entrance, Zhang Ye and Yan Tianfei argued for a bit. Coincidentally, they saw the doors of the restaurant next to them open and a group of people walked in. Leading the way was Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye. Looking at the people behind them, it seemed like the entire Rise to the Dance program team was here.
The Rise to the Dance program team staff were stunned.
When they saw them, the people of Department 14 were also stunned.
What was this called?
Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road?
Zhang Ye glanced at Chen Ye and the others. "You're also here for a celebratory feast?"
Chen Ye gave a fake smile and said, "You guys are here too?"
"Isn't that so? We're already done eating," Zhang Ye said.
Xu Yipeng stared at Zhang Ye and said, "Director Zhang, your show is really good."
"It's just so-so." Zhang Ye smiled. "We tied for first place in the viewership ratings this time. You guys are also very good."
Xu Yipeng nodded. "Let's celebrate together then." He paused for a moment, then continued, "But next week, it might not necessarily be a tie anymore. There will definitely be a winner."
"Perhaps," Zhang Ye said casually.
The two groups of people had a long-standing feud and could not see eye to eye with each other. After exchanging a few words with hidden daggers in their smiles, the two groups of people walked past each other. One group went into a private room inside, while the other group left the restaurant.
Little Wang pouted. "Look at their expressions. Those who know would think that they're having a celebratory feast, but those who don't know would think that they're having a farewell meal!"
Zhang Ye was amused by what she said. "Why is your mouth even more sarcastic than mine now?"
Little Wang giggled and said, "Didn't I learn that from you?"
Everyone laughed.
… …
Elsewhere.
In a private room.
The staff of Rise to the Dance knew that Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye would definitely not be as calm as they appeared on the surface. When they saw the viewership ratings for A Bite of China in the morning, everyone in the program team was stunned for a full minute. As a result, many of them lost interest in the celebratory feast that was originally planned for this afternoon. This was because even though their viewership ratings were high, it was not perfect. They were not the only first place program in the country! And it just so happened that the person who tied for first place with them was still the previous executive director of Rise to the Dance, Zhang Ye. It was even a documentary that they had never considered as a competitor to before, a documentary that had never caught their eye before! It was easy to imagine the complex and shocked feelings they had!
A 10 million RMB investment versus a 100 million RMB investment.
There was basically no publicity versus overwhelming publicity.
There were no celebrities joining the show versus a gathering of big names.
A documentary versus a variety show.
In the end — the viewership ratings were actually the same??
How could they, Rise to the Dance, endure this!!
However, this matter was clearly not over yet. Their competition had only just begun. A Bite of China was on fire, but so was their Rise to the Dance. If this week's premiere episode did not determine who was better, then they would just have to wait until next week!
As such, Xu Yipeng's first words at the celebratory feast were: "Next Friday, we must go up another level in the viewership ratings. We have to crush all the other shows and take first place!"
Chen Ye added, "The only first place!"
Everyone shouted.
"Understood!"
"Yes, Boss!"
"There won't be any problems!"
"Documentaries don't have the stamina to back them up. They're not a match for us at all!"
"The premiere episode doesn't mean anything! What comes after is the real deal! "
"Right, everyone has to be confident! We will definitely complete the mission! "
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