Chapter 237 - Fusing all Talk Show programs! (1/2)

At night.

After 10 P.M.

Most of the office lights were already switched off.

Only now did Zhang Ye emerge from the office of the film crew. The t.i.tle introduction had finished filming in the afternoon, but the post-production was done only at night. A lot of it was not as ideal as he had expected. Seeing the finished product’s humor, he felt it was not as funny. So after some discussion, everyone stayed behind and worked overtime with him. For example, the punchline “I’ll speak for myself” was still better off using the original words’ subt.i.tles. But it would only change when Zhang Ye really fed himself salt. The post-production took care of the subt.i.tling effect where the original words shattered and were replaced in the next second by the words “I’ll feed a bag of salt to myself”. Many of his facial expressions were also carefully selected before they settled on the final version, which amplified its humor.

Sister Four said tiredly, “Treat’s on you!”

Zhang Ye did not refuse saying, “No problem. When the program is out, I will treat everyone to a meal. Thank you for your hard work today, everyone! Sister Four, go home early and rest up.”

Sister Four waved her hand, “You, too.”

“Teacher Zhang, see you tomorrow.” The camera crew also said goodbye to him.

They walked together toward the corridor where Zhang Ye sent them off before he headed back to Studio 7. He went straight to the makeup room and switched on the lights. He did not leave, but was making another round of serious considerations of the program’s set layout, making detailed changes to the decorations, colors, lighting effects, etc. In the past, the proposal stated it in a simpler form, with just a general description. Now that he had become the person in charge of the whole program, he would have to do everything step by step. This could be considered as an on-the-job training process to gain more experience and improve himself.

After finis.h.i.+ng the set layout plan, Zhang Ye immediately gave a call to the set layout department’s staff. He added some requirements to the original plan and told them how it should be decorated. Then he expressed his hope that they would complete the job by tomorrow.

That person had probably already been asleep at home, “Sure, I understand.”

Zhang Ye could hear that he was distracted, so he said, “Bro, my program only has two or three days of preparation time left. Please do me a favor. I will give everyone a treat when the time comes.”

That person did not say much, “Sure, Teacher Zhang. Please do not be worried. We will go over earlier tomorrow and complete the task by tomorrow night.”

“Then thank you.” Zhang Ye hung up.

After that, Zhang Ye went out from the makeup room to the recording studio to survey the place. He made some gestures to confirm his thoughts before preparing to take a rest. Looking at his watch, good G.o.d, it was already after 11. There were probably no more public buses at this time and it was too far from the apartment to walk. So Zhang Ye looked over at the audience seats and decided to stay the night.

Di, di.

Dong Shanshan’s message: Are you coming back?

Zhang Ye immediately replied: It’s too late; I will sleep over at the office.

Dong Shanshan: I had some food left for you. Alright then, rest early.

Zhang Ye was extremely touched: Thank you, cla.s.smate Dong. You sleep early, too.

Dong Shanshan: OK, cla.s.smate Zhang.

Zhang Ye smiled a little and put his cellphone away. Hugging his own head, he stared up at the ceiling. He was overly tired, but he couldn’t sleep. It was such a busy day that there was nothing better to mention. However, the benefits he had reaped were tremendous. He understood the roles and functions of the team much more in-depth now, as his experience and knowledge of the television industry had taken another step in growth. It had been a good learning experience. If ever he had to make another new program, he was sure that he could do it easily.

And with a talk show that he had shaped with his own mind and body, Zhang Ye believed that the result would be a lot better than him instructing other people to arrange and set up the show for him. After all, this was done according to his own thoughts and considerations. There would be no chance of forgetting something or careless mistakes as he sought to reproduce his previous world’s matured form of talk shows. With this experience, he could see clearer than anyone and knew how best to execute the plan. So tiring himself a little bit more was something that Zhang Ye would take on voluntarily. Such sacrifice would definitely bring rewards. Leaving it to others to do the work for him would have made him worried because these people didn’t even know what a talk show was. The people of this world had never even heard of it!

New program…..

Thinking of this, Zhang Ye fell silent once more.

Would the people of this world be able to accept a form of entertainment arts like a talk show?

The talk show would definitely be very popular. Zhang Ye never doubted this, nor questioned it. But in his previous world, a talk show’s popularity took time to build up. Whether it was the earliest foreign talk shows or China’s gradual importation of talk shows, the results were the same. The ma.s.ses needed some time to slowly accept it. But today, Zhang Ye couldn’t wait for such a build up. The Leader had requested for the first trial episode to have a guaranteed 500,000 views!

No way!