Chapter 136 - Taking It Seriously
Night.
The Zhang family ho.
Chen Ran was eating together with Director Zhang and his wife.
During this period he was relatively busy, mostly working overti. Since getting off work late after Director Zhang had already left made taking a taxi troubleso, he had co over fewer tis.
Getting off work early today, he ca back together with Director Zhang.
"You haven't co over these past few days, your face has thinned out. No matter how busy you are, you have to pay attention to your health," Aunt Yun said with concern.
"When you get off work, don't find it troubleso. Co over and Auntie will make what you like to eat."
Chen Ran touched his face. He didn't feel like he had lost weight himself, and didn't know how Aunt Yun saw it, so he could only say:
"Auntie, I will co over whenever I have free ti."
That was what he said, but when the program got busy, there truly wasn't much free ti.
Taking advantage of his wife bustling about in the kitchen, Director Zhang whispered to Chen Ran:
"Don't listen to your Aunt. She doesn't know about us producing programs. When it's ti to be busy, just be busy; work is important right now. Now that your program is showing signs of improvent, you absolutely cannot drop your guard. As long as you attract comrcials and the program stabilizes, you'll have as much free ti as you want."
Seeing Uncle Zhang glance at the kitchen from ti to ti, Chen Ran found it amusing inwardly and nodded, saying, "I know, Uncle."
"By the way, how busy is Zhizhi lately?" Director Zhang asked.
Chen Ran said, "She's been busy with her new song these few days. Once it's recorded, she might co back to go on the satellite TV channel's programs for promotion."
Director Zhang said, "Another new song? Is it the one you wrote for her when she ca back last ti?"
Chen Ran nodded. Having been busy for two days last ti, everyone knew they were writing a new song.
Director Zhang couldn't quite figure out Chen Ran's thoughts.
As for how the songs Chen Ran wrote were, he couldn't distinguish between good and bad, but he had heard Zhang Ruyi say that this song made Zhang Fanzhi even more popular.
Being a star, it was a given that the greater the fa, the busier one would be.
With Chen Ran continuing to write new songs for Zhang Fanzhi, and Zhang Fanzhi's fa growing ever greater, wouldn't they have even less ti to et?
Originally he wanted to say a few words to Chen Ran, but then he thought that this was a matter for the young couple, and it wouldn't be good for him as an elder to say too much, so he could only keep it bottled up inside.
Chen Ran roughly knew Director Zhang's thoughts, yet didn't know how best to address them, so he could only use work matters to change the subject.
That night Chen Ran didn't go back, but instead watched the 'Zhou Zhou Show' together with Director Zhang.
Today was the day the third episode of the program broadcast, and the uncle and nephew watched while chatting.
It could be seen that Director Zhang really liked this program; when discussing it with Chen Ran, his face bead with joy.
"I don't know how you guys managed to find a host like Zhou Zhou. This style of his is very good, completely suiting my appetite. Forthright and straight-shooting!" Director Zhang praised.
Chen Ran thought of the way Zhou Zhou looked when he first t him, which couldn't be associated with being straight-shooting at all. But most of them were like this: one way in front of the cara, another way behind it.
When Zhou Zhou was doing the program, being able to make people identify with this image of his was enough.
……
The next morning.
Chen Ran arrived at the TV station together with Director Zhang.
The people in the program crew were all radiating vigor, all looking forward to the viewership rating report coming out.
Thinking back to when the program premiered, everyone was like this too, but when the viewership ratings ca out, they suffered a heavy blow.
It was completely different now compared to then.
Although it was far from a carp leaping over the dragon gate, it could at least be considered a salted fish flipping over.
The viewership ratings finally ca out.
0.631%, with a viewership share of 3%, ranking fourth in the sa ti slot!
Compared to the previous episode, it was another massive leap forward.
At the mont they received the viewership ratings, the program crew first froze for a good while, and then cheers erupted all around.
Previously, their expectation was just that the viewership ratings could hold steady. Now, not only did they hold steady, but they improved this much compared to the previous episode, making people unable to stop their excitent.
Chen Ran had long been prepared in his heart, yet he also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When Director Zhao Peisheng learned of the viewership ratings, he couldn't quite believe it.
The previous episode of the program had gained a lot of viewership ratings because of Weibo. Now that the heat on Weibo had subsided, in his eyes, as long as the viewership ratings didn't drop too much, it would be considered a success.
Now, not only did it not drop, it actually surged fiercely once again. This was sothing he hadn't expected no matter what.
What was most crucial was still the real-ti viewership curve—as steady as always.
And with the 'Zhou Zhou Show' surging fiercely for two consecutive episodes, the viewership ratings of programs in the sa ti slot unexpectedly did not have a very obvious drop; it was just a normal curve of fluctuations.
This ant that the program wasn't eating into the existing market share of the ti slot, but was instead carving out a new audience.
Being able to attract an audience to turn on their TVs and watch the program was enough to prove exactly how great the program's potential was!
"No, this program cannot be buried like this."
A thought imdiately arose in Director Zhao Peisheng's mind.
The worst ti slot, the smallest budget, and dispensable promotion, yet it produced such results. How could he still not take it seriously?
Before he could even go and ask for instructions, Chief Director Ma Wenlong's phone call arrived here first.
"Discuss it among yourselves, prepare a report on the 'Zhou Zhou Show' for , and then formulate a promotional plan."
Very obviously, the one who noticed the 'Zhou Zhou Show' wasn't just Director Zhao Peisheng; the Chief Director had also been keeping an eye on it all along!
It wasn't taken seriously before because the program's viewership ratings were dead last. Now that the program had shown such good potential, how could they possibly turn a blind eye to it?
……
The 'Youth' program crew.
Xu Yang and the director were discussing the program.
With viewership ratings in decline for three consecutive episodes, it wasn't the audience that had a problem; it was their program that had a problem.
"I feel it's a problem with the guests. The guests invited over these past few episodes didn't have any controversial points on them..." Xu Yang said after deliberating for a long ti.
The director frowned slightly, not expecting Xu Yang to co out with such a sentence.
The content of talk shows was all prepared in advance and also discussed with the guests, all within a controllable range. It wasn't that impromptu performances weren't allowed; as long as it didn't make the guests angry, they could continue on.
But Xu Yang's impromptu performances didn't make people angry; instead, they made people awkward.
"What do you feel your strengths are?"
"And your weaknesses?"
"Knowing you have these weaknesses, why don't you correct or avoid them?"
With this kind of questioning, how were the guests supposed to answer?
Sotis, without paying attention, he would kill the conversation completely. If it weren't for Hanhan occasionally chiming in with a few words, they wouldn't even know how to smooth things over.
The director had just been talking about this problem a mont ago. As a result, Xu Yang didn't think he was at fault, and instead felt it was the guests' problem. This left him speechless.
After the two discussed for a while, the director left first with a frown.
The key was that Xu Yang couldn't be replaced; if Xu Yang were replaced, who knows, the station might plan to just replace the program directly. He could only think of other solutions for now.
Xu Yang let out a breath, feeling slightly stifled and irritated in his heart.
At this mont, he heard Hanhan exclaim from the side, "It rose again?"
Xu Yang asked, "What rose again? Did you buy stocks?"
Hanhan raised her head, her gaze slightly strange, and hurriedly shook her head, "No, I don't know how to play the stock market. It's the viewership ratings of the 'Zhou Zhou Show' that rose again!"
"This ti it reached 0.631%, ranking fourth in the sa ti slot!"
"Zhou Zhou Show?" Xu Yang froze for a mont. After reacting, it was as if he had swallowed a greenbottle fly.
He felt extrely disgusted.
He hadn't even planned to pay attention to this program anymore, so why was he still being made aware of it?
Others were going up while he was going down; the stifled irritation in his heart beca even more severe.
Hanhan checked the ti and smiled sweetly at Xu Yang:
"Brother Xu, didn't you say you wanted to treat to a al last ti? I was relatively busy and didn't have ti to go out, but I just ordered two portions of takeout. How about we eat together?"
If it were normally, Xu Yang definitely would have wished for nothing more. But now, he waved his hand and said in a muffled voice:
"Eat it yourself, I don't really have an appetite."
Hanhan smiled, "Then I'll treat you next ti."
When the takeout was delivered, she had actually only ordered one portion.
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