Chapter 142 - Growing Success of “Lecture Room”! (2/2)
“No need, no need. Let me bring them to you.” the woman said.
In front, Zhang Ye witnessed the scene and asked curiously, “Editor Wei is so well-liked?”
Hu Fei sighed “That’s only natural. Every time the station holds a donation drive, Brother Wei always donates the most. Which colleague here has never received kindness from him? As long as anyone asks, he would help, no questions asked. He even takes the initiative to help everyone clean up, change the water dispenser, and fix the air conditioners.”
Zhang Ye asked, “Then what’s the matter about the bottles?”
Hu Fei explained, “Brother Wei usually sells old bottles. Sometimes after work, he would go rummage through the trash outside. You must think that he does not have enough money, right? Of course he doesn’t. The money he gets from those are either donated out or to sponsor some children who can’t afford to go to school. Previously, one of the children he sponsored graduated from a university. That child came to the television station immediately after the ceremony with his family to kowtow and thank him. The child even calls him Father Wei. When I saw it myself, I was so touched. I heard that Brother Wei supported more than ten children through school with his salary and money that he gets from selling bottles! He’s such a great man. How can anyone not respect him?”
Zhang Ye frowned, “Then why is Uncle Wei not appreciated?”
Hu Fei sighed, “Don’t mention it, or I will get angry. I will only tell you briefly, but don’t tell this to anyone else. It’s w.a.n.g Shuixin’s son. He came to the television station some years ago and flirted around. He was being very touchy with a few women, when Brother Wei saw it and used a chair to chase him away. In the end, Director w.a.n.g removed him from his position and used him like an a.s.sistant. He has him send doc.u.ments, move stuff around, and does not leave him any dignity.
Zhang Ye’s expression changed, “There’s such a thing?”
“I just know about it. Don’t spread this around.” Hu Fei said.
After hearing this, Zhang Ye’s impression of w.a.n.g Shuixin became worse. This old bast**d!
In the small meeting room.
There were quite a few people who attended. The Arts Channel’s section and different program teams in charge all attended.
w.a.n.g Shuixin, who was seated in the centre, pressed his hands together and smiled. “Old Hu, you’re here? Take a seat. Let’s officially begin the meeting. Let me first announce the ratings for this weekend’s ‘Lecture Room’. ‘Lecture Room’’s first episode garnered 7.72%, slightly lower than the estimated 7.8%. As for the second episode’s ratings… It’s 8.06%!”
The meeting room was in a state of shock!
“It broke 8%?”
“Breaking 8% on the second episode?”
“This… How did the rating get so high?”
The other program teams’ personnel looked at each other.
Zhang Ye snapped his fingers secretly under the table. In his previous world, “Lecture Room” had a highest rating of only 0.5%. That was at its peak, but of course that was the national rating. If we were to use total viewers, the 8% that the BTV-Arts Channel had would surely not even be near to the 0.5% viewers.h.i.+p. But it should not be compared that way. To be fair, one had to use Beijing area’s viewers.h.i.+p as a comparison. In that way, Zhang Ye’s version of “Lecture Room” far exceeded Yi Zhongtian’s “a.n.a.lysis of the Three Kingdoms” ratings in the Beijing area. This was without a doubt!
Why was it higher than the original version?
What reasons caused this?
Zhang Ye a.n.a.lyzed the causes to be due to the numerous modifications to the culture of this world. This world had less knowledge of the Three Kingdoms compared to his previous world. It could even be said that they were far lacking in their understanding. Everyone did not have a clear understanding of this historical period. Their understanding of it was all from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, so when “a.n.a.lysis of the Three Kingdoms” was released, the shock and uproar it created was bigger and that caused it to be more well received!
“I called for everyone today regarding a matter.” w.a.n.g Shuixin looked at them and said “I would like to single out praise for the team behind ‘Lecture Room’. Through their hard work, our Arts Channel’s overall rating for the weekend was also pulled up. We are already firmly in third place overall in the whole of Beijing Television Station. We were even in 2nd place on Sunday. But for the weekdays, our results are always in limbo. What’s the problem? We have done some research. Yes, we are lacking a signature program. We were unable to capture the attention of the audience, to make them think of watching the Arts Channel when they turn on their televisions. We want to change that through an outstanding signature program, to pull in more viewers and bring up our ratings!”
w.a.n.g Meng, the person in charge of the Music Charts program asked, “What is your direction?”
The Entertainment News director asked, “You want to add a new program? But there are no good ideas.”
“No.” w.a.n.g Shuixin said, “What I want is to extend the broadcast of ‘Lecture Room’ from Monday to Friday as well, for a total of seven days a week!”
Jiang Fen was shocked, “But…..”
w.a.n.g Meng didn’t quite agree too, “But there’s no program slot available!”
w.a.n.g Shuixin explained, “If there are no slots, then we make one.” He took a chart out to give a look, “I noticed that at 3-4 P.M. on weekdays, there’s a skit and crosstalk segment. Its ratings have always been low, as it’s an old program with old material. Those skits and crosstalk have been repeated again and again, and there’s nothing new to it. The audience is also tired of watching those. To obtain the rights, we have to pay for the copyright, making us lose more than we gain. I don’t think that there’s any need to keep such a program running. With this slot opened up, and pus.h.i.+ng the segment at the weekday 1 o’ clock by an hour, we can let ‘Lecture Room’ carry on broadcasting from 1 o’clock to 2. What does everyone think?”
No one said anything. Since the Leader had decided on it, they had no grounds to reb.u.t.t.
“Old Hu, can your side make it?” w.a.n.g Shuixin asked.
Increasing the program’s time, and especially with an increase with five days, Hu Fei naturally agreed with both hands, “I have no problem. I’m not sure about Teacher Little Zhang…”
Zhang Ye immediately said, “I have no problems, too. The program is in my head, so I can do it at any moment.” Increasing the program’s time also meant accelerating Zhang Ye’s acc.u.mulation in his reputation, so he naturally did not object to it. It was more tiring, but all that mattered was he become famous!
An Arts Channel’s Leader asked, “How many episodes of ‘a.n.a.lysis of the Three Kingdoms’ are left remaining?”
Zhang Ye gave some thought. Many things in the original ‘a.n.a.lysis of the Three Kingdoms’ could not be used. As the world’s culture had changed, for example, there was no point talking about famous people like Lu Xun or Qian Xuesen. There was definitely need for some reduction, but it could not be that much, “No matter what, there should be ten plus episodes.”
That Leader nodded, “Alright, ten plus episodes is the best. If you have more to say, then please do so. You are the highlight of our channel.”
w.a.n.g Shuixin looked at Hu Fei, “Old Hu, when ‘a.n.a.lysis of the Three Kingdoms ‘ is done, quickly find a lecturer to take over as soon as possible. We must let this segment be long-lasting, and it must be well-done!”
Hu Fei said, “I got it!”
“Alright, then it’s decided. You are dismissed!” w.a.n.g Shuixin got up and left.
The other segment teams said after the meeting was dismissed, “Old Hu, Teacher Zhang, congratulations.”
“Hai, with such ratings, you really make us die of envy. If our segment can break 8…no, breaking 5 would do. I would be so happy that I’ll wake up in the middle of sleep!” a supervisor said.
w.a.n.g Meng laughed out heartily, “Then pull Teacher Zhang over to your side.”
Hu Fei stared at them, “I’m telling all of you, no one is to dare touch Little Zhang. I will really have a falling out, so don’t even think about it!”
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