Chapter 96 - Unexpected
Zhaonan TV Station's annual eting was held quite grandly. Not only were their own station's people present, but many partners were also invited over.
A large broadcast studio was fully packed.
It was Chen Ran's first ti attending the TV station's annual eting, and he felt it was quite novel.
Because Zhaonan TV Station spared no expense, the stage layout was extrely exquisite; it could even be used directly to film the Zhaonan Spring Festival Gala.
Listening to Lin Fan whispering, Chen Ran learned that this stage was actually leftover from producing the Zhaonan Spring Festival Gala.
Not only were the live stage and equipnt top-notch, but even the hosts were of Spring Festival Gala caliber. Besides the station's own leading hosts, they also invited two currently popular celebrities to rotate hosting duties.
"Respected leaders, colleagues, and guests..."
Following the opening remarks from the hosts, Zhaonan TV Station's annual eting officially kicked off.
The flow of the annual eting was relatively simple. It opened with singing and dancing, with the hosts singing together.
Subsequently, the channel summaries began, along with the program performances prepared by each channel.
Singing and dancing, cody sketches, and even cross-talk erged one after another.
Everyone was a TV station staff mber. Aside from those hosts, the others didn't exactly have a talent for performing, so it looked slightly awkward.
However, in this kind of environnt, not many people cared, and they watched quite happily.
When it was the entertainnt channel's turn, Chen Ran perked up slightly.
At any rate, he had participated in writing the script for this program, so he wanted to see how the reaction would be.
The program was aid at TV station colleagues, so the punchlines everyone discussed during the screenwriting were almost all things that could be encountered inside the TV station.
Sotis a single line of dialogue would make the colleagues smile knowingly, and sotis it struck a chord, making them feel deeply resonant.
When the program ended, it received enthusiastic applause.
The people from the entertainnt channel were all quite happy. Everyone had participated in the program, and now that the response was good, they also felt proud in their hearts.
Next up was the award ceremony segnt.
The award ceremony segnt was saved for last every year. It was to reward outstanding programs or individuals, and also to motivate those who didn't win.
The TV station set up quite a few awards: Best Director, Best Planner, Best Program...
Hearing these awards, Chen Ran suspected for a mont whether he was at a movie award ceremony.
The first award presented was the Director's Award.
This had nothing to do with Chen Ran and their entertainnt channel.
The writer-directors invited by the satellite TV channel were naturally top-tier talents, and the programs produced by their teams were also major productions.
A program with the scale of I Love Rembering Lyrics was too small; the director didn't have much room to flex his skills.
Let alone the entertainnt channel, even for the satellite TV channel, most people knew it had nothing to do with them.
In the end, it was won by the director of the satellite TV channel's program ‘Celebrity Travel Season’.
"I didn't expect that I would still have the chance to win the station's Director's Award..." The old director smiled. Having worked at the station for decades, he was a true veteran.
However, he considered his abilities average. The programs he produced had won grand variety show awards before, but those were team awards and had nothing to do with him individually.
He thought he would just work like this until retirent, never expecting such a surprise at the very end.
The old director's acceptance speech was deeply sincere, entirely about his experiences at the TV station. When he stepped off the stage, thunderous applause erupted from everyone.
After the award presentation, it was ti for the invited celebrities to perform.
Chen Ran and Lin Fan weren't too interested and whispered to each other in the audience.
Most of the ti it was Lin Fan talking, giving Chen Ran a rundown of this old director's background information.
Chen Ran said in surprise, "I didn't expect you to be such a know-it-all, knowing the satellite TV channel's people so clearly."
Lin Fan laughed, "My dad has a pretty good relationship with this director. He occasionally cos to my house to sit for a bit. Sotis I just listen to him chat with my dad from the sidelines, so I know a bit."
While the two were whispering, the presentation for the Annual Best Program began on stage.
I Love Rembering Lyrics was nominated for the award. The people from the program crew all watched with serious expressions. Even knowing the hope wasn't too great, they couldn't help but look forward to it.
There's always a "what if" for everything, after all.
The shortlisted nominees included two programs from the satellite TV channel. Both were large-scale variety shows, and their viewership ratings weren't bad.
During their broadcasting periods, they were either second or third, and occasionally a single episode had even taken first place.
Next were the entertainnt channel's I Love Rembering Lyrics, and the public channel's Zhaonan Focus.
Seeing the shortlist, the people from those two program crews of the satellite TV channel couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
In previous years, the Best Program award basically went to satellite TV programs. This ti, however, two had smashed their way in at once, and both were not to be trifled with.
If bringing out I Love Rembering Lyrics ant the gap between everyone wasn't that big, then Zhaonan Focus was simply unreasonable.
The Best Program didn't just look at viewership ratings. Once it reached a certain level, the advantages of a program like Zhaonan Focus were infinitely magnified.
At the final mont, when the large screen stopped on Zhaonan Focus, a burst of cheers ca from the public channel's side.
The result did not exceed everyone's expectations. Given the performance of Zhaonan Focus, it would only feel strange if it hadn't won the award.
The public channel's viewership performance within the station hadn't been good in the past. Initially, producing Great Beauty Zhaonan earned them quite a bit of good word-of-mouth, and now with Zhaonan Focus winning Best Program, their prospects were very good.
Next, it was ti for Chen Ran to be sowhat apprehensive.
What was about to be presented was the Annual Best Planner.
The people from the entertainnt channel were all looking at Chen Ran, which made his newly cald mood start to get nervous again.
Previously, he hadn't placed so much importance on whether he won the award or not. But his conversation with Director Zhang last night made him worry about gains and losses.
If he didn't win the award, Director Zhang would definitely help him fight for an opportunity. Chen Ran really wanted to go to the satellite TV channel, but he didn't want to trouble Director Zhang.
Following the award presenter's introduction, the shortlist appeared on the screen.
Jiang Weiliang, chief planner of the satellite TV channel's ‘Celebrity Travel Season’; Wang Mingyi, chief planner of ‘Love Connect’; Chen Ran, chief planner of the entertainnt channel's ‘I Love Rembering Lyrics’ and ‘Challenge the Microphone’, and forr chief planner of ‘Zhaonan Focus’; and Qi Yongjie, chief planner of the tropolitan channel's ‘Family Seven Thirty’.
Chen Ran was originally still pondering how to persuade Uncle Zhang if he really didn't win the award, but seeing the introduction on the large screen, he was stunned for a mont.
Challenge the Microphone being included was expected, but what was going on with Zhaonan Focus?
Zhaonan Focus was done by him in the public channel; it shouldn't have been counted. He rembered the director seeming to have said so.
Not to ntion Chen Ran, Jiang Weiliang and Wang Mingyi from the satellite TV channel's side, as well as Qi Yongjie from the tropolitan channel, were all dumbfounded when they saw Zhaonan Focus.
They knew Chen Ran because the program shortlist ca out. They had heard before that a new program had appeared on the entertainnt channel, but they were too busy themselves; how could they have so much ti to care?
They originally thought they were evenly matched, but suddenly throwing a Zhaonan Focus in there—this was a bit scary.
This was the program that had just won the Best Program award with crushing montum and zero suspense. Even if the weight of the planner wasn't high, it was enough to add a lot of points.
Qi Yongjie was fine; he hadn't held much hope to begin with. But Jiang Weiliang and Wang Mingyi were sowhat dumbfounded.
On stage, after the shortlist was announced, the station head began to announce the winner.
He lowered his head and read out word by word:
"The winner of the Zhaonan TV Station Annual Best Planner is..."
"The chief planner of the entertainnt channel's I Love Rembering Lyrics, Chen Ran!"
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