Chapter 112 - Happy Valentine's Day
When Chen Ran gave the song 'For the Rest of My Life' to his sister to sing, he never cared about its comrcial performance.
Because the song had no promotion.
Chen Yao hadn't signed with a company, and her cooperation with her boss's music studio was just a simple recording arrangent, let alone any promotion.
When it went online, besides her own fans, there was no one else.
Chen Yao didn't expect this song to make money, so after asking Chen Ran initially and getting his reply, she set the song to be free.
The song had just gone online, and the comnts quickly broke through a hundred, and the speed of the increase wasn't slow.
Chen Ran said in surprise, "You have quite a few fans."
Chen Yao was a little excited, and said sowhat embarrassedly, "It's not that I have a lot of fans, it's mainly that the song sounds good."
The video she had shot with Zhang Ruyi after she arrived hadn't been published for long, yet the ratio of views to likes was very high, proving that the fans really liked this song.
Knowing the song was going online at eight o'clock, they had all been holding their phones waiting.
Compared to Zhang Fanzhi's data back then, this data was a huge chunk behind. Not to ntion that Chen Yao set 'For the Rest of My Life' to be free, while Zhang Fanzhi's was still paid.
But Zhang Fanzhi was considered a well-known singer and inherently had a large popularity foundation.
Chen Yao's fans were just this small bit on the internet, not to ntion having any fa; the two couldn't be compared together.
Chen Yao herself was just doing it for fun and didn't care too much about the results. She didn't compare herself with others.
Just seeing fans coming to listen to the song and leaving good reviews one by one made her incredibly happy.
Seeing her this happy, Chen Ran offered a few words of encouragent.
It wasn't that this song couldn't beco a hit; it just needed a catalyst.
He rembered that on Earth, the song beca popular through short videos and then swept across the whole internet. When many people got married, the newlyweds prepared to sing this song.
This kind of song with straightforward lyrics and a catchy lody possessed the characteristic of being easily spread; it might suddenly beco a hit at any uncertain ti.
Chen Yao was quite satisfied with the current results, whispering with Zhang Ruyi on the side.
While Zhang Ruyi was speaking, she inadvertently glanced at Chen Ran. In the few days since her sister Zhang Fanzhi left, Chen Ran had co here relatively less.
Combined with Zhang Fanzhi's abnormal behavior the day before she left, she felt in her heart whether her sister and Chen Ran had argued.
Yesterday she even asked Zhang Fanzhi indirectly, but ended up being choked off by the other party, not managing to get anything out of her.
Looking at it from today, Chen Ran was no different from usual, and was still very enthusiastic towards their Zhang family.
Zhang Ruyi muttered in her heart, Is dating this complicated?
Just during this period of ti, she had seen Zhang Fanzhi act abnormally several tis. In the past, Zhang Fanzhi never had so many emotions.
……
Chen Ran didn't stay at the Zhang family ho for a very long ti. Seeing it was getting late, he left his sister here and left first by himself.
Today, there was no Zhang Fanzhi to drop him ho, nor did he trouble Uncle Zhang; he hailed a taxi back himself.
In the car, he took out his phone, found Zhang Fanzhi on WeChat, and planned to send her a ssage.
These past few days, the two had occasionally chatted on WeChat and had also made one phone call, but because Sister Lin was beside her, they hastily chatted for a couple of sentences and ended it.
Chen Ran knew she went to negotiate about the new song today, and currently still didn't know what the result was.
Not long after he sent his ssage, Zhang Fanzhi replied.
"It's settled."
Chen Ran smiled slightly and replied: "Congratulations."
"Thank you."
Chen Ran typed a few words on his phone, hesitated slightly, and ultimately still sent them out.
"Happy Valentine's Day."
He gripped his phone and waited for a while, but there was no response from the other side.
Chen Ran wasn't disappointed either; he just put his phone away.
Returning ho, the ti was still early. Chen Ran turned on his computer and began earnestly researching materials.
These past few days, because the satellite TV channel hadn't released any news, he had been relatively slacking off like a salted fish. Now that the program news was out, he naturally had to work hard.
"Thursday, ten o'clock, children's program..."
Chen Ran pondered carefully and cut out many options that didn't fit the budget.
Since the budget wasn't enough, he would have to win with creativity.
Chen Ran had worked in the local channel for a period of ti and had so insights regarding creativity, so picking a program now was actually much easier.
Previously, he had thought about doing 'If You Are the One', but thinking about the societal impact this program originally caused, he only hesitated for a mont before switching to other options.
Now that this pitiful budget was revealed, Chen Ran couldn't do it even if he wanted to.
And if there were more funding, there were quite a few programs better than 'If You Are the One'. Given Zhaonan Satellite TV's current environnt, there was truly no need to choose it.
"Since when did the satellite TV channel also start focusing on the cost-performance ratio?" Chen Ran sighed.
At this ti, Chen Ran's phone pinged. He glanced at it and thought it was an ad, but upon looking closely, he saw it was sent by Zhang Fanzhi.
"Happy Valentine's Day."
Seeing the ssage, Chen Ran smiled knowingly.
……
When he went to work the next day, Director Yang sought out Chen Ran.
"You should know the information about the satellite TV channel's new program by now. Although the ti slot isn't very good and the budget is small, while the difficulty is great, the opportunity is also great. If you can bring this ti slot to life, you will naturally be valued," Yang Qijun said.
Chen Ran nodded and said, "Thank you, Director. I will work hard."
He naturally knew this logic.
This was considered the station practically giving up on this ti slot, just thinking of salvaging whatever little they could. If he could revitalize it, the station would look at him in a whole new light.
At the end of the day, no matter where you are, ability and results speak for themselves.
Director Yang added, "Right, I have to tell you sothing. Among your competitors, one is Wang Mingyi, who was nominated for the Best Planner award alongside you before the New Year."
Hearing this, Chen Ran was very surprised: "Why would he want to do this program?"
Wang Mingyi's last program, 'Love Connection', was also considered a low-budget dating show. It involved selecting ordinary people to pair up, then following and filming both parties' dates, gas, and so on, to see how many couples could make it to the end.
The program's viewership ratings were pretty decent, and with its performance of achieving big returns from a small investnt, it was nominated for Best Planner.
Such a person should be going to produce major programs. A late-night slot with such little funding, how could he find it worthy of his attention?
Seeing that Chen Ran didn't quite understand, Yang Qijun smiled and said:
"Don't hold him in too high regard. Speaking of which, you won the Best Planner, so he's actually your defeated opponent. The viewership ratings for his 'Love Connection' were not bad, but not top-tier. Being nominated for Best Planner was still due to his relatively good creativity.
And a part of his creativity ca from the foreign program 'Heartbeat Mont'. If he had been able to win Best Planner, he definitely would have had the opportunity to produce a major show, but the station gave the award to you, naturally feeling that his ability wasn't enough yet."
With the Director saying this, Chen Ran understood. Wang Mingyi was also lacking an opportunity right now and wanted to prove himself.
Just like Chen Ran, if he revitalized this ti slot, he would definitely be valued by the station.
The sa went for Wang Mingyi.
"His seniority is older than yours. My joint recomndation with the tropolitan Channel's director is only to make you sowhat less disadvantaged compared to him. As for the final result, it still depends on your own abilities," Yang Qijun finally said.
"I understand. Thank you, Director!" Chen Ran nodded.
Coming out of the Director's office, Chen Ran pondered slightly.
He had thought there would be quite a few satellite TV channel planners eyeing this position, and he had also planned to work hard.
But he hadn't expected Wang Mingyi to be mixed in among them, counting as a relatively strong opponent.
Wang Mingyi borrowing ideas from a foreign program wasn't a major flaw as far as the station was concerned; the station often only looked at the results, regardless of the process.
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