At the calligraphy competition venue. The atmosphere was getting more and more lively.
"Director Xu, I'd like to learn how to write from you later."
"This' Spring in Qin Garden 'is really well written."
"Old Xu, give me the calligraphy piece!"
"That won't do, I want it too!"
"I reserved it first, haha, don't you dare snatch it from me!"
A female program team manager of Department 7 seemed to be very familiar with Xu Yipeng, so she went up to him and asked for the calligraphy piece. She then took the "Spring in Qin Garden: Plum" painting from him. The competition was not over yet, and the judges still had to choose the top three contestants, so she could not just take the calligraphy piece away. Furthermore, before the ink was dry, the female program manager of Department 7 was already standing beside the calligraphy piece, as though she was afraid that someone would snatch it away from her.
Xu Yipeng also felt very proud of himself.
Everyone was happy.
"Is everyone done with the competition?"
"Who else hasn't written?"
"Are there any contestants left?"
"I think so."
Everyone looked around. Finally, many of them turned their attention to Zhang Ye, who had been very quiet since he entered the room. It seemed like he was the only one left who had signed up for the competition.
Yan Tianfei smiled and said, "Teacher Little Zhang?"
Huang Dandan was also looking forward to it. "Teacher Zhang, it's your turn."
"Are we the only ones left?" Ha Qiqi asked.
All of a sudden, the people of Department 14 perked up. They were all waiting for Zhang Ye to show off his skills. Central TV Department 1 and the program team of Rise to the Dance had just stolen the limelight. The attitude of the Station Head when he sent those words to them had also made them nervous. Naturally, they all wanted to fight for their pride.
Jiang Yuan looked at him.
Xu Yipeng gave him a look.
But at this moment, someone suddenly ran in from outside.
"Director Chen, the viewership ratings are out." That person ran over to Department 11's Director Chen Huo. Although he did not speak loudly, the people around him still heard him.
What?
It's finally here!?
Everyone's eyes lit up and their thoughts shifted away from the calligraphy piece!
Chen Huo asked, "How much?"
That person immediately said, "Celebrity Kitchen, 0.43% viewership rating!"
Chen Huo nodded in satisfaction. "It's a higher score?"
"Yes, it's a full 0.1% higher than the previous episode!" that person said excitedly.
Chen Huo said, "Very good!"
Following that, another person came to look for Central TV Department 1's Deputy Director Jiang Yuan. "Director Jiang, the viewership ratings for Changing Stars for yesterday are out. It's 0.51%!"
Jiang Yuan nodded. "It's alright."
Central TV Department 1 naturally did not only have Rise to the Dance as they had a lot of variety shows under them. Changing Stars was one of the veteran variety shows that had been broadcast for a year and a half. Its viewership ratings had always been lukewarm, but for it to be able to reach 0.5% in the viewership ratings this time was already very satisfactory to him. Of course, this was also due to the fact that Changing Stars had invited a few heavyweight celebrities for this episode.
The heaven-defying viewership ratings of A Bite of China last week had shocked a lot of variety shows. Now, all of them were getting anxious and all of them were fighting it out with the documentary like they were on steroids. Especially those entertainment shows that were scheduled for Friday, all of them were going all out. This was also the reason why the overall viewership ratings for this episode had increased.
Everyone was talking to each other.
"Congratulations, Director Chen."
"Director Jiang, Changing Stars has already been broadcast for a year and a half, yet it can still achieve such a viewership rating. There aren't many other shows in the industry that can compare to it. The only one that can compare to it is Beijing Television's Do You Remember, right? In my opinion, it wouldn't be a problem for Changing Stars to continue broadcasting for another year! "
"What about Rise to the Dance?"
"What's the viewership rating for Rise to the Dance?"
"Who knows? Has it been released yet? "
Suddenly, Xu Yipeng received a call. His expression changed from nervousness to surprise, then from surprise to pleasant surprise!
Chen Ye hurried over. "Director Xu?"
Jiang Yuan also asked anxiously, "How is it?"
Even the Station Head and the other two station heads were looking at them at this moment.
Xu Yipeng gulped and said excitedly, "Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings yesterday — 1.52%!"
Chen Ye was overjoyed!
Their program team staff also started cheering. Their hard work for the past week had not been in vain after all. They had finally seen the results!
Everyone was in an uproar!
1.52%?
The second episode had 1.52%??
Rise to the Dance only had 1.27% viewership ratings for its premiere episode last week! The second episode had increased by a full 0.25%? What did 0.25% mean? With the development of the Internet, many users were no longer watching television but watching online broadcasts. In this sluggish market environment, some variety shows did not even have an average viewership rating of 0.25%. Yet the second episode of Rise to the Dance had increased by 0.25%? This was already very heaven-defying!
Jiang Yuan laughed heartily. "Old Xu, Little Chen, well done!"
A lot of people had not expected Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings to rise so quickly. It had jumped another level in an instant! This was already a step closer to becoming a world-class variety show!
Ha Qiqi did not look too good.
Yan Tianfei frowned.
The staff of Department 14 had a bad feeling about this. Their confidence had been dealt a blow!
1.52%?
How were they going to climb this mountain?
…
Friday's viewership ratings rankings had not been released yet, but the viewership ratings for each program had already been released.
In the program team office of The Singing Show.
The staff felt a sense of elation.
"Our episode's viewership rating is 0.78%!"
"This is too unreal!"
"Yeah, it feels like a dream!"
"It's actually above 0.7%!"
"This is the first time in history! Let's celebrate! "
"What about the other two programs?" the manager said.
Everyone knew what the manager was referring to.
Someone said, "I don't know about A Bite of China. It's not out yet, but Rise to the Dance's viewership rating is 1.52%. Uh, needless to say, they're definitely number one in the entire country! The Voice has already ended. In today's market environment, there's no one who can threaten them with this viewership rating. I don't think A Bite of China can do that either, right? "
"It's a pity that our viewership ratings are still far from Rise to the Dance's."
"It's fine, it's already pretty good."
"Yeah, but we can't compare to Rise to the Dance. That's an entertainment program with an investment of over 100 million RMB!"
…
Beijing Television.
In the program team office of Do You Remember.
Xiao Lu rushed in to report the good news. "We've just received news that our viewership rating on Friday was 1.01%. This is the first time we've broken 1% since the revision! Our previous viewership rating had already dropped to 0.6% or 0.7%! "
Dafei said happily, "It's all thanks to Teacher Zhang's suggestion for the revision! Otherwise, if the viewership ratings continued to drop like this and dropped below 0.4%, our show would really have to go off the air! "
Dong Shanshan asked, "What about A Bite of China?"
Xiao Lu said, "I don't know. It hasn't been released yet."
Hou Ge said in surprise, "Why hasn't it been released yet? Wasn't it released at the same time? "
"I've asked around and even asked someone I know." Xiao Lu said nervously, "I don't know what happened, but it seems like they said that there might have been some errors in the statistics for A Bite of China. They're currently verifying it, but it's probably a system malfunction. It should be released soon. I also asked about Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings." Speaking up to this point, Xiao Lu's expression did not look too good. She said, "Their viewership rating is 1.52%. That's a new high! And it's not just a little higher! "
Hou Di was silent.
When Hu Fei heard this, he also sighed.
1.52%?
This increase was way too high!
If a variety show that did not underestimate its opponent showed its prowess, the result would be like this. An unpopular documentary would never be able to catch up to them. How could A Bite of China possibly compete with them this time? Even with Zhang Ye holding the fort, this kind of viewership rating still wouldn't be able to surpass them, right?
…
Online.
The netizens were also exploding!
"Ah, it's out!"
"Do You Remember is so awesome! It's broken 1% again! "
"The Singing Show isn't bad either. This week's variety shows are all heaven-defying, especially those entertainment shows on Friday. Other than two shows that saw their viewership ratings drop, the rest of the shows have all increased!"
"Awesome!"
"It's really hard to see something like this again!"
"The most noteworthy one is Rise to the Dance. They've really secured the number one spot in the entire country this time!"
"Don't forget about A Bite of China. Why hasn't there been any news yet? What about A Bite of China's viewership ratings? "
"They're already at 1.52%, so why would they still care about A Bite of China's viewership ratings!"
"1.52% — this is an absolute crushing! It doesn't matter who comes! "
"Central TV Department 1 is showing its prowess!"
"Damn, I just want to know how A Bite of China's results are! Even if they lose, they have to know why. They can't possibly not even give us a viewership rating report, right? What's the meaning of this? "
"Yeah, even if they can't do as well as Rise to the Dance, they should at least give us an explanation!"
The outcome had been decided.
There wasn't even any suspense left.
Many of the media outlets had already started writing their articles. Regarding Rise to the Dance becoming the final winner, the media reporters were not too surprised. To them, this was how it should be. This was how the world should be!
… …
At Central TV.
At the venue of the calligraphy competition.
Some were congratulating, while others were congratulating.
"Central TV Department 1 has taken the lead in the viewership ratings again!"
"Director Jiang, Director Xu, Teacher Chen, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Haha, when are you going to treat us to a meal?"
"Your viewership ratings are way too high!"
"Will they be aiming for 1.7% in the next episode?"
There were also people who felt that it was a pity and said, "A Bite of China is actually very good, but it's a pity that it's a documentary. The genre is too niche, so it can't keep up."
The Rise to the Dance program team staff were already celebrating in advance.
Some of the staff who had been repressed for a week finally heaved a sigh of relief. Knowing that the outcome had been decided, they couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks. "I've always said that history can't be broken so easily. A documentary will always be a documentary. There have been so many people who have failed to rewrite the history of documentaries, nor have they been able to reverse the downturn of documentaries, so how could it be easily refreshed? The experience of history and the laws of the market should be respected to the greatest extent! "
Many of their program team staff also had the same thoughts.
A Bite of China's results last week were actually not considered to be in first place. A tie was a tie, but it was not considered to be creating history in the truest sense of the word. It was still a step away from that!
Hur!
So many people in history have failed to do it, so what makes you think you can do it? What makes you think you can do it? Do you think you have one more brain than others? Do you think you can compare to the collective efforts and wisdom of your predecessors? Do you think you can dominate the television viewership ratings market with a documentary?
That's just a dream to begin with!
It's an act that defies the will of the heavens!
Yan Tianfei and the staff of Department 14 could vaguely hear those people's discussions. Their expressions turned uglier and uglier. Those people had lowered their voices to avoid talking to them, but the activity room was only so big, so they could clearly hear them!
The people of Central TV Department 1 were basking in the joy of their victory.
But the people of Department 14 were no longer in the mood.
Ha Qiqi said, "Let's go."
"Let's go back." Zhang Zuo did not want to stand around here and let others point at him.
A loss was a loss, so what? As a documentary, they had already done their best. At the very least, during the premiere broadcast, they were even tied for first place with the most watched variety show in the industry! It was not shameful to lose to a variety show, so why did all of you have to gloat??
The people of Department 14 were about to turn around and leave.
Xu Yipeng and Chen Ye saw this from the corner of their eyes and the smile in their eyes deepened.
"Eh?"
"Teacher Zhang?"
"Uh, you?"
But who could have expected that at this moment, Zhang Ye would actually roll up his sleeves and slowly walk up to the counter. He stood in front of it and gently picked up the brush from the table.
Everyone was stunned.
Yan Tianfei stopped in his tracks!
The station head, Jiang Yuan, and the others also looked at him!
Zhang Ye dipped the brush in the ink and looked out the window, at the vast expanse of snow and the surging snowflakes outside. In a breath's time, Zhang Ye's aura had changed. It was as though he had become a different person. A sharp glint shone in his eyes as he gripped the brush and smiled. Then, he started writing heavily on the paper!
The first three words were "Spring in Qin Garden"!
Everyone was stunned again!
You want to write "Spring in Qin Garden" too?
Are you trying to go against Xu Yipeng and the others?
But the poem "Spring in Qin Garden" was not very famous at all. Only "Spring in Qin Garden: Plum" had a little bit of fame, and it was even written by Xu Yipeng first. Then what are you going to write?
Then, everyone was shocked to discover that Zhang Ye had written the word "snow" behind the words "Spring in Qin Garden"!
With just a few words, it was obvious who was better. Compared to the station head and Xu Yipeng, they were not even on the same level. What was laughable was that some of them had thought that Xu Yipeng's calligraphy could be compared to a professional. But the moment Zhang Ye put down his brush, they knew how childish that thought was! There was no need to compare, nor was there any way to compare. Even those who did not know much about calligraphy could see the domineering aura in Zhang Ye's words. This was a level that everyone present could never reach even if they put their hands together!
But this word …
"Spring in Qin Garden"? Snow?
What was that?
Someone went online to check and found that there was no such word.
Damn! Could it be that you wrote the word yourself? You wrote it on the spot??
Everyone looked at Zhang Ye's brush tip in astonishment or curiosity. Yan Tianfei, Ha Qiqi, Jiang Yuan, and the others even gathered around it.
They saw Zhang Ye's brush tip flying!
Every word was written in a natural and unrestrained manner, yet it also seemed to carry a sense of grandeur!
"Spring in Qin Garden: Snow"
The scenery of the north, a thousand miles of ice and snow drifting for ten thousand miles.
Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is only a vast expanse; up and down the great river, there is no longer a torrent.
The mountains dance like silver snakes, the plains ride like wax elephants, wanting to compete with the Heavens!
Seeing this, some people were shocked by the scene in Zhang Ye's brush tip and gasped. They had never expected that this poem, which was not very famous in history, could actually be written in such a way!
The mountains dance like silver snakes?
Ten thousand miles of snow drifting?
Wanting to compete with the Heavens?
What kind of guts was that! What kind of arrogance was that!
Wanting to compete with the Heavens???
Everyone looked at one another. While they were shocked by Zhang Ye's talent, they hurriedly continued to read on. They saw that Zhang Ye's unique semi-cursive writing was increasing in number!
Xu Qingyang, dressed in red and white, looked exceptionally enchanting.
So many rivers and mountains, attracting countless heroes to bow down to them.
Pity the Qin Emperor, Han Wu, slightly lacking in literary talent; Tang Sect, Song Zu, slightly lacking in elegance.
A proud son of heaven, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot condors with a bow.
All have passed.
Counting the outstanding figures … depends on today!!
He put down his brush.
The station head was stunned!
Yan Tianfei gasped!
Ha Qiqi was stunned!
This literary talent had rendered everyone present speechless!
A staff member of Rise to the Dance's program team was unconvinced and muttered, "All have passed? Depends on today? Isn't this not showing any respect for the predecessors? Isn't this boasting too shamelessly! The boundaries and limits of a documentary are there. No matter how hard the predecessors tried, they could not change this fact! "
Another person harrumphed, "You still want to compete with the Heavens? Don't compete with the Heavens yet. Why don't you compete with Rise to the Dance first … "
Before he could finish, a staff member ran in from outside. "The viewership ratings for A Bite of China are out!"
This shout gave everyone a fright!
What are you shouting for?
Is there a need to shout so loudly?
Yan Tianfei immediately asked, "How much?"
The staff member panted and said, "Previously, they felt that there was something wrong with the statistics, so they went through it again. In the end, they found that the figures were correct. The viewership ratings for the third episode of A Bite of China yesterday was — 2.36%!!"
Yan Tianfei was stunned!
Jiang Yuan was stunned!
Xu Yipeng was stunned!
Chen Ye's pupils constricted!
At this moment, no one said a word!
At this moment, it was as though time had stopped!
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