At the same time.
Beijing Television.
The program team staff of Do You Remember were all celebrating. Several of Zhang Ye's old colleagues were also feeling sorry for A Bite of China and mentioning that it was a pity for Zhang Ye.
"Just a little bit more." Xiao Lu clenched her fist.
Dafei said, "If we had been a little luckier last week, perhaps A Bite of China would not have been tied for first place. We could have written a new history of documentaries that has never been written before. We were so close!"
Hou Ge said, "Hai, now that Rise to the Dance has become so popular, A Bite of China doesn't stand a chance anymore."
But Dong Shanshan wondered, "Why did A Bite of China's viewership ratings come out later than the other shows? And so much later? Isn't this a little abnormal? "
Suddenly, Hu Fei's phone rang.
After answering the call, Hu Fei was stunned. He put down the phone and did not speak for a long time.
"Hmm?"
"Brother Hu?"
"Brother Hu, what's wrong?"
Xiao Lu, Dafei, and the others asked.
The rest of the program team also looked over.
Hu Fei looked at everyone and said dryly, "The viewership ratings for the third episode of A Bite of China — 2.36%! Excluding the news programs of the day, week, and month … the highest viewership ratings in the country! "
The office area, which had just been bustling with celebration, suddenly became dead silent!
…
At a television station.
Singing Show's program team.
"Let's go, let's have a celebration! Let's have a feast! "
"The leader is wise! Haha! "
"Next time, let's strive to go up another level."
"Luckily for this episode of Rise to the Dance, we managed to get a viewership rating of 1.52%. Otherwise, the reputation of our entertainment shows would have been trampled underfoot by documentaries."
"It's impossible in the first place."
"Yeah, last week's miracle won't happen again."
"For Zhang Ye to be able to make a documentary like this, it's already very heaven-defying. They can forget about getting first place, but they can still fight for second and third place."
Suddenly, someone said, "The nationwide viewership ratings for Friday are here."
"Ha, why are you so late?"
"That's because A Bite of China has yet to compile the statistics."
"Let's see what our ranking is."
"Let me see."
Then, when they saw the national ratings table for Friday, the office suddenly fell silent.
…
Beijing Times.
Entertainment office.
Many media workers were chatting and laughing as they wrote their drafts.
"With Rise to the Dance getting first place in the viewership ratings, I wonder how Zhang Ye's fans are going to kick up a fuss. Hai, there's going to be another bloodbath on the internet."
"Zhang Ye's fans are just like Zhang Ye. They're so good at causing trouble!"
"Hurry up and write. We're going to hand in the manuscript soon. This must be on the afternoon news."
"Understood. I'm already halfway done."
"The title of this episode shall be Rise to the Dance and Win the Championship?"
"Sure, let's settle on this first."
"Hur hur, after enduring for so many years, Chen Ye has finally gotten first place. In the past, he was suppressed by The Voice and Zhang Ye for the first half of the year. But now that Zhang Ye has been pushed aside to the documentary channel, there's no one at Central TV who can compete with Chen Ye."
"Xu Yipeng has finally made a name for himself in the entertainment industry."
The moment they found out about Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings, the reporters had already started writing their articles. The content of the headlines had already been set in their minds, and no one had thought of any other possibilities.
But at this moment, an office door opened.
"Don't stop, let's stop." A middle-aged man came out.
"Uh."
"Chief editor?"
"Stop, stop?"
"What's the matter?"
Everyone was taken aback.
The chief editor looked sympathetically at those people who were writing their articles. "The nationwide viewership ratings this time is not Rise to the Dance, but A Bite of China."
The reporters went crazy at that moment!
"What?"
"That's impossible!"
"Ah? What did you say? "
"A Bite of China? A Bite of China has reached the top?? "
… …
At a beverage brand company.
The general manager's office was filled with angry roars!
"Who did A Bite of China contact when they first wanted to sell advertising slots?"
"Director Han, it was … it was me."
"How much did they offer at that time?"
"I think it was a few million yuan."
"Are you stupid? Ah? Are you an idiot? "
"I … I didn't know that a documentary could be so popular either."
"Get this straight! That's Zhang Ye's show! With that name, even if he were to shoot some dog shit, the viewership ratings wouldn't be too bad! Why didn't you grab hold of this opportunity that was right in front of you! What's the point of having a director of the advertising department like you? "
Back when A Bite of China was first filmed, Zhang Ye and the program team staff had gone around contacting advertisers. Many of them were people who had worked with them before. But at that time, everyone knew that no one would watch a documentary. They wouldn't even consider spending a million yuan, much less a few million yuan. So when they saw that this episode of A Bite of China's viewership ratings were even more heaven-defying than the previous episode, reaching 2.36%, many of the advertisers who had been contacted by A Bite of China's program team regretted it so much that their intestines turned green!
They wanted some time alone.
But they also needed some time alone.
… …
The industry insiders who worked in the television and media circles were the first to find out about the news. Everyone's reaction was more or less the same. But anyone who knew about the news felt that they had gone crazy. They felt that the people around them had gone crazy. They felt that the entire world had gone crazy!
How could this be!
How could this be!
How could this be!
Following that, the news broke online!
Friday's nationwide viewership ratings rankings were released!
Many of the viewers and netizens were like countless industry insiders. After finding out about Rise to the Dance's viewership ratings, they already knew that there was no longer any suspense in the viewership ratings. So when they saw the rankings and saw the boldface words "A Bite of China" at the top of the list, they could imagine how shocked they were!
A Bite of China's viewership ratings were 2.36%!
Compared to Rise to the Dance's second episode's viewership ratings of 1.52%, it was a whopping 0.8% higher than the previous episode's viewership ratings!
Using the words first and second place to describe the difference in viewership ratings was no longer sufficient to reflect the difference in viewership ratings!
This was a crushing defeat!
This was a complete and utter crushing defeat!
This was a complete and utter crushing defeat!
Yes, it was a complete crushing defeat of a variety show by a documentary!!
The netizens were also going crazy!
"Holy shit!"
"I've gone blind!"
"I've gone blind too!"
"This is too fucking awesome!"
"This feels so good! This is crazy! No one can stop A Bite of China! No one can stop Zhang Ye! "
"2.36%? Oh my God! "
"What the f * * k, The Voice has been the number one TV show in the entire country for the past few years. The highest viewership rating for The Voice was the finale, the night of the grand finale — 2.45%. That was the highest viewership rating in the past few years! It was a history and a legend that had just been created! But now? A documentary, a documentary that has only been broadcast for three episodes, has already reached a fucking 2.36% viewership rating!? "
"Just what kind of magic does A Bite of China have?"
"We should be asking what kind of magic Zhang Ye used!"
"Could it be that A Bite of China is going to surpass The Voice? Not only does a documentary want to take the number one spot in the country for the same episode, it even wants to fucking surpass the history of variety shows in viewership ratings? This is crazy! They've all gone crazy!! "
"I was wondering why Zhang Ye chose to broadcast it on a Friday or Saturday. So it turns out that Zhang Ye did not even consider Rise to the Dance as an opponent! He's going straight for the historical peak of The Voice! He's going to break the record that he once set! That's right, for a show like The Voice that defies all common sense, the person who can break the legend of the viewership ratings … is probably only Zhang Ye himself! But I don't think anyone would have thought that Zhang Ye would use a documentary to break his own record! This is too crazy! But … but he's really close to doing it! He's really just a step away from doing it! F * * k! Zhang Ye is really a fucking fierce person of his generation! "
"Zhang Ye is going crazy!"
"Can anyone tell me that this is true?"
"This is too unbelievable!"
"Teacher Zhang Ye, why are you so awesome!"
"I wonder how Central TV Department 1 feels about this! Does their face hurt? "
"Suppressing Zhang Ye and letting him go, I wonder if they regret it. Just for the overseas copyright fees of The Voice? Looking at it now, it's such a joke! If they had kept Zhang Ye around, they would have earned back more than ten times the copyright fees, much less that! Zhang Ye went to an unloved documentary channel and still managed to produce a show that beat all other variety shows in the viewership ratings. What more if they gave Zhang Ye a variety show to do it! How much money can A Bite of China earn this time? It might not be much worse than The Voice! "
"Those idiots of Central TV Department 1!"
"Yeah, that bunch of people are really fucking idiots!"
"Hahaha, Central TV Department 1 will definitely insist that they don't regret it. But everyone knows, even without asking, that their faces are probably green with regret right now!"
"I still want to know what kind of expressions Chen Ye and the others have now."
The Rise to the Dance fans and Chen Ye fans who were still cheering happily just a few minutes ago had all gone silent. No one replied to them.
The netizens were so shocked by this news that they were screaming!
It was the same for many of the celebrities!
Yao Jiancai was shocked!
Zhang Xia was shocked!
Fang Weihong was shocked!
Fan Wenli and Chen Guang were also shocked!
Several of the leading directors in the documentary industry even posted on Weibo in unison.
The winner of the most prestigious documentary award: "That was amazing!"
The director of the famous documentary Life Scientific: "Congratulations to Zhang Ye and A Bite of China! You guys are the best! I'm really happy for you and the documentary! "
The documentary director Shao Chi, who had interacted with Zhang Ye on Weibo before, also posted on Weibo: "Will the viewership ratings of documentaries really crush entertainment shows one day? Have I transmigrated?! "
Yes, a lot of people felt that they had transmigrated because it was too surreal!
This scene felt like a dream. Zhang Ye had done something that no one had ever done before. He had accomplished something that no documentary director dared to even think about!
Then, someone posted a photo of the calligraphy work that Zhang Ye had just written on the Internet!
— "Spring in Qin Garden: Snow."
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