Chapter 239 - Talk Show’s Recording…Really Begins! (1/2)

9:30 A.M.

The main stage of the recording studio.

Zhang Ye started busying himself the moment that he came from backstage to coordinate all the tasks, “Do a lighting test again; make sure everything is working well. Stage Ch.o.r.eographer, please do a test for the sound again. Hey, hey, hey. This side of my ear piece seems like there’s a problem with the volume. Help me adjust it. Cameras, do a few seconds of trial recording. The three cameras must not have any problems. I usually follow my flow when it comes to recording; the quality will be affected if I need to re-record it. Let’s aim for a single recording, okay?”

“Teacher Zhang, the seats are not enough!”

“Why did you only notice that now? How many are we short of?”

“Because the internal tickets were a little over-subscribed, we are still short by ten seats!”

“Go to logistics and get a few more. If the colors are different, place them at the back row, so we don’t affect the picture quality. Everyone, check again for any problems. The audience will be arriving soon!”

The show had not even started yet, but Zhang Ye’s voice was already hoa.r.s.e!

The other programs had teams that had their work divided up properly; every job had a specialist and leader commanding the role. But Zhang Ye’s team was different. The leaders.h.i.+p role was all solely his, so anyone who had any problems would come to him for answers. This caused him to be very busy as he had to give instructions out, one after another. Zhang Ye was preparing to use “Tonight 80’s Talkshow” as his talk show foundation. But because of budget and other constraints, he had to cancel the DJ segment and the celebrity guest interviews.

Firstly, it was because he did not have the budget to invite some famous celebrity. Secondly, interviews and game segments had their supporters and detractors. Some liked it a lot, yet there were also many who disliked it a lot, so Zhang Ye decided against using those segments. Interviews, for what they’re worth, were usually platforms for a celebrity to do promotional activities only. Zhang Ye did not want his program to have a mixture of these useless segments, at least not initially. So he prepared a full half hour of solo talk show performance. This also saved a lot of effort on other things. Otherwise, he would be even more busy today!

Outside, the doors opened.

It was not the audience, but the Leaders and other colleagues who came in. They were all holding internal tickets to attend the recording.

Zhang Ye saw them. Not only had Director w.a.n.g Xiong attended, even his Leader from the WebTV department, Feng Guiqin, also came. There were two other company Leaders and other seniors from his department. It wasn’t strange, as usually for a new program’s first recording, a group of leaders would attend to do their a.s.sessments. This was to ensure the program’s quality. In the group were also Ah Qian, Little Yu and w.a.n.g Bei. Dong Shanshan might have been too busy with her work to attend, but the other hosts from the department were also taking part in this recording, like Teacher Gong and Teacher Han. He did not know if they had come to see Zhang Ye make a joke of himself or something else.

The Leaders had arrived, but Zhang Ye did not go to greet them because he did not have the time to deal with those things. He was already struggling to deal with his roles.

“Teacher Zhang!”

“Come over for a moment!”

“This light’s damaged!”

“The earpiece volume can’t be adjusted; will need to get it changed!”

When they arrived in the studio, all they saw was an extremely busy Zhang Ye. Only then did they understand how it would look like if there was only one person handling all of the team’s work.

They sat at the front row.

Feng Guiqin frowned, “Is Little Zhang able to handle all of this by himself?”

w.a.n.g Xiong turned his head to her, “It should be okay. He handled everything well the past few days. From the t.i.tle introduction and props to the planning, all of these were done by him.”

Feng Guiqin nodded, “Have you seen the program’s content yet?”

“Not yet. I did not receive anything, not even the program’s script. Seeing how busy Little Zhang was, I did not ask him for it.” w.a.n.g Xiong threw up his hands.

Onstage, Zhang Ye suddenly noticed the center of the stage. There was a rack in front of his position, so he pull it up and asked, “What’s this for?”