Chapter 150 - Refined and Easygoing
The Zhang family ho.
Chen Ran and Director Zhang sat on the sofa chatting.
"How co Wang Mingyi ran over to your program?" Director Zhang asked in astonishnt.
Just a mont ago, while talking to Chen Ran about the viewership ratings after the ti slot change, he had been constantly smiling. He didn't expect Chen Ran to suddenly drop such a piece of news.
This person was previously Chen Ran's competitor and also a senior in the field. If he was going sowhere, he should be going to a major program.
"The Director said Wang Mingyi ca over with a mindset to learn. It's probably because he saw that the station's policies have changed, and he doesn't want to keep copying foreign programs anymore," Chen Ran explained.
Director Zhang shook his head:
"I still don't believe this kind of rhetoric. It's not that I'm judging him with a petty mind, but since the Director agreed, it's hard for you to refuse. However, keep an extra eye out normally. It's best if you personally gatekeep everything. It wasn't easy for the program to reach this point; it cannot be ruined because of internal sabotage."
Chen Ran knew Director Zhang's concerns and smiled, "Rest assured, Uncle, I won't be careless. I'm still thinking about doing a major production, so it's impossible for to let a problem occur with the program."
Director Zhang looked at Chen Ran and nodded slightly. He couldn't be of much help right now; at most, he could offer so advice as soone who had been through it.
The current Chen Ran was walking faster and faster. He originally thought that the 'Zhou Zhou Show' taking first place in the sa ti slot was already taking off, but now it had even changed its ti slot to Sunday.
This was truly soaring into the sky with a single leap.
As long as the program is kept steady without any problems, Chen Ran will eventually have the opportunity to produce major programs.
……
Wang Mingyi arrived to report for duty.
Seeing Wang Mingyi, the looks in the eyes of the other few planners were all quite strange.
Back when everyone was competing for the program together, their own seniority was shallow. In the end, when Chen Ran was finalized, they could only follow and join the program crew.
Wang Mingyi had more choices than them, and they heard he had joined 'Star Detective'. How co he also ran over here now?
Since Wang Mingyi decided to co over, he definitely didn't care about other people's thoughts.
"Teacher Wang, here are the scripts from the previous few episodes of the program and so materials. Take a look first to familiarize yourself with our program."
Chen Ran took out the materials he had prepared in advance and handed them to Wang Mingyi.
He had previously studied Wang Mingyi's resu. This person's ability wasn't bad; his shortcoming was that he liked to integrate foreign programs. Placed in the forr Zhaonan Satellite TV, this was actually an advantage.
With that kind of experience, wanting to integrate into the program crew wouldn't take much ti.
Wang Mingyi took the scripts and read them carefully. He had followed and watched every episode of the 'Zhou Zhou Show', and was also one of the people who watched the program rise with his own eyes.
He was definitely very familiar with the program's content. However, that was on TV; now holding the actual scripts, the feeling was different again.
Chen Ran was discussing the script for the next episode with the others. Wang Mingyi sat quietly to the side reading the materials without speaking.
He couldn't finish reading these materials for the ti being, so he stopped to listen to Chen Ran's discussion with the several planners.
For the most part, Chen Ran was the one speaking, while everyone listened carefully. Then, these planners would offer their suggestions one by one.
Chen Ran wasn't old, but his prestige in the program crew was very high. If he vetoed sothing, the others wouldn't question it.
Wang Mingyi just watched quietly without uttering a sound, occasionally looking at the materials and then listening to them discuss again.
Chen Ran thought Wang Mingyi would need at least another two days to catch up to their pace. But surprisingly, when he ca to work on the second day, he started offering suggestions just like the other planners.
At first, Chen Ran still had so doubts, not knowing if Wang Mingyi truly wanted to join the 'Zhou Zhou Show'.
After observing for two days, he found that the other party was indeed quite serious. At least for now, he couldn't spot anything amiss.
Over these two days, Chen Ran also recognized one of Wang Mingyi's shortcomings: he was extrely radical.
Saying they needed to choose topics with controversial elents, the angles he selected were all extrely tricky. It would definitely spark discussion, but the program would also easily cross the line.
Sotis he even wanted to bring out religious issues to talk about. If it weren't for seeing Wang Mingyi's completely serious appearance, Chen Ran would have suspected whether this person deliberately ca over to ss with his head.
However, two days later, after Wang Mingyi figured out the bottom line Chen Ran set for the program, he also beca slightly more normal.
It was just that occasionally he would also argue a bit with Chen Ran over topics, but they were all normal work discussions.
Just as Chen Ran had thought in the beginning, Wang Mingyi was quite formidable at integrating these hot topics.
At least solely on the point of topic sensitivity, the other several people couldn't compare to him.
……
Thursday night.
This was the last broadcast of the 'Zhou Zhou Show' in this ti slot.
When it ended, Zhou Zhou announced that from now on, the program would broadcast punctually at 10:00 PM on Sunday nights.
Not only that, the official Weibo account also began promoting it, trying its best to guide viewers to watch the program on Sundays.
The next day, the viewership ratings ca out.
The 'Zhou Zhou Show' once again took first place in the sa ti slot. Its viewership ratings hit a new high; although the upward trend was weak, it still broke through 0.9%.
The people in the 'Magic Cute Babies' program crew were feeling terrible. Their viewership ratings had dropped a lot again.
The director realized sothing wasn't quite right; the 'Zhou Zhou Show' was competing with them in viewership ratings, but the overlap in their audiences wasn't high.
Now that the viewership ratings had dropped, it wasn't that the 'Zhou Zhou Show' had snatched their viewership ratings, but rather that a problem had occurred with their program.
"The revamp was too hasty. Moreover, there was too much promotion, raising the audience's expectations too high. Their level of attention toward child stars isn't even as high as their attention toward ordinary babies."
The director self-reflected; when it ca down to it, he was still too anxious.
"What should we do now? Continue to promote? Or change it back?" After hesitating for a mont, the director gritted his teeth, planning to increase the budget and promote it once more.
If the viewership ratings still couldn't be stabilized, they would have to revert the revamp.
Just as he made this decision, he heard his assistant co to report.
The director couldn't believe it.
"Are you saying the 'Zhou Zhou Show' is changing its ti slot? Next week, it's going to the Sunday late-night slot?"
The assistant hurriedly nodded: "The 'Zhou Zhou Show' said so on their Weibo, and they also advertised it when the program ended."
"What kind of situation is this? Has Zhaonan Satellite TV gone crazy? Letting such a program co to fight a round, and then it just leaves, not caring about our feelings at all?" The director was a bit dazed.
If he had known earlier that this program was going to change ti slots, why did he hastily force the new revamp back then? He could have just waited slowly!
Now this was great. After the 'Zhou Zhou Show' took first place twice, they patted their butts and left. The key was, what about their program?
The effect of the revamp right now wasn't very good; were they going to roll back to the previous format?
Even a refined and easygoing person like him couldn't help but feel the urge to spew profanities.
……
Chen Ran saw the posted ti slot change notice and the satellite TV channel's Sunday program schedule, and couldn't help but let out a breath.
"A new ti slot is another new beginning. I just don't know what the viewership ratings will be like right after moving over."
Naturally, he hoped the viewership ratings would be as high as possible. Around April or May, the station's major productions would be greenlit.
In the past, he wouldn't have had any hope, but after the ti slot change, if the program's viewership ratings perford well, he estimated there would be a chance.
The Director had told him a few tis that the station valued original programs. From this aspect, he held a massive advantage.
At the beginning of the year, the satellite TV channel was preparing two programs: one was a small late-night slot production, and the other was a brand new major production.
Chen Ran had already taken the late-night slot and even produced results. Now, he also gave rise to thoughts regarding the other one.
However, there were still so days left until then; he had enough ti to prepare.
A new day arrived.
Chen Ran changed into a new set of clothes and even took advantage of the lunch break to get his hair styled.
Furthermore, he dialed Director Zhang's phone so they could go ho together at night.
Unknowingly, two weeks had already passed.
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