Chapter 257 - Numerous Television Stations Head-hunt Zhang Ye! (1/2)

After work.

Zhang Ye came out of the Leader’s office and went to his desk to grab his bag.

Zhang Ye naturally had his reasons to initiate his request that would increase his own workload by two to three times. He was probably quite different from others. His goal was not to just get by, nor was it for the salary or bonuses. To put it simply, his goal was fame. Honestly speaking, if Zhang Ye did two, or even one Talk Show episode a week, he would be doing the same thing as the Talk Shows from his world that only did it once a week, right? By dragging out the broadcasting period and breadth, he would definitely gain more overall popularity. Over time, with new audiences joining in, there would be more and more people who would recognize him and like him. However, that was overall popularity, acc.u.mulated over a year or two. However, if he broadcasted it continuously, seven days a week, it may be tiring, but the popularity he would gain in the short term would definitely be more than a weekly broadcast. Hence, Zhang Ye did not hesitate to choose the former choice. He was not planning on working at an online television station for two to three years, as this world’s news was different from his world’s. It also limited Zhang Ye to many joke segments. He was destined not to be able to produce too many episodes, so he planned on using the simplest, most direct method to use this platform to quickly increase his renown!

And the most important thing was that a daily broadcast would give a lot more Reputation points than a weekly broadcast. Zhang Ye also needed Reputation points to strengthen himself. For example, he had to recall the Talk Show programs from his world. His current progress was still very slow and minute. He needed more Reputation points to buy Memory Search Capsules, so as to build onto the content in his Talk Shows. This would create a virtuous cycle!

There were still a number of people left in the office.

Zhang Ye smiled. “Why aren’t you leaving?”

An intern from his program team said fretfully when he saw Zhang Ye coming over, “Teacher Zhang, Quick! Take a look.” He pointed to his computer, “Someone is also doing a Talk Show program!”

Zhang Ye was surprised and then said, “Oh, let me see.”

A woman from another program team said angrily, “It’s a WebTV program compet.i.tor of ours called ‘Chen Yan’s Humor Speak’. Although the program doesn’t have the words talk show in it, but just from the content, even a fool can tell. This is copying and plagiarising our program. Even the pictures of the stage posted look similar to ours. They are going too far. This is our copyright. How dare they use the fruits of our results? And they aren’t paying us any copyright royalties?”

Zhang Ye said, “When is it broadcasting?”

“It will be aired soon. Their WebTV station set up the new program last minute, but they are already beginning large scale promotions.” Said a female worker.

w.a.n.g Xiong had also seemed to hear the news, as he strode into the office, “Little Zhang, you haven’t left? That’s perfect, stay here for a moment so we can observe this ‘Chen Yan’s Humor Speak’.”

Zhang Ye knew that they definitely had to pay attention to their compet.i.tors’ programs. However, in truth, he was not too worried. If one had to describe what Zhang Ye’s emotions were at the moment, it would be the trademark phrase of Chenchen—Hur Hur. Then, he and a few others sat together and waited for the program to go air.

w.a.n.g Xiong frowned, “Little Zhang’s Talk Show has gone viral. I heard quite recently that a number of WebTV stations, as well as television stations, are planning on beginning a Talk Show program. One of the provincial channels of Shanghai Television Station has approached us to talk about the copyright. However, these few WebTV stations aren’t that particular about things. See, they didn’t even inform us or ask about the copyright. They just copied our program’s format!”

A staff said, “Are we going to take this to court?”

Another female staff said, “Right, we must sue them!”

w.a.n.g Xiong waved his hand, “Let’s monitor the situation. A lawsuit isn’t simple and should be done only as a last resort.”

Zhang Ye was still unconcerned. He leaned against the window and smoked a cigarette. When he returned, the program had just begun airing. Just as he sat down, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties. He was Chen Yan and was also the host of “Chen Yan’s Humor Speak”. As described by his colleagues, the moment the footage changed to the stage, Zhang Ye felt a sense of familiarity. This was exactly arranged according to the stage setting of “Zhang Ye’s Talk Show”!

“h.e.l.lo everyone. I’m your old friend, Chen Yan.”

“Let me tell everyone a story. In the past, there was a mountain, and on it, there was a monastery…”

Ladida. “Chen Yan’s Humor Speak” was a twenty minute program so it quickly ended.

Ah Qian had also joined in to watch midway, “As expected, they are imitating Teacher Zhang!”

Little Yu grunted, “I’ve heard some of the joke segments before. It’s clear that it was taken from the internet. They sure are shameless. This Chen Yan may not have been very popular or very unpopular, but he is still an experienced web host. How can he do things like this? Does he not care for his reputation anymore?”

A female staff said, “Teacher Zhang Ye, we must sue them.”

Zhang Ye chuckled, “There’s no need.”

The people surrounding him were stunned, “What? They are infringing your copyright!”

Zhang Ye made his claim, “With program quality like that, they won’t last more than two days.”

w.a.n.g Xiong had his views too. Initially, he was tensed up, thinking that with his company’s exclusive program being plagiarised, it would negatively influence “Zhang Ye’s Talk Show”, as a portion of audience would leave. However, after watching “Chen Yan’s Humor Speak”, w.a.n.g Xiong was calmed, “Hur Hur, Little Zhang is right. There’s no need to bother about such programs. In a few days, no, maybe it won’t even have a second episode!”

Indeed, a few minutes later, the number of hits for the twenty-minute program appeared. There was a total of 35,000 hits. It could not be any lower!

Ah Qian said in disbelief, “Aren’t Talk Shows extremely popular now? Why didn’t ‘Chen Yan’s Humor Speak’ manage to jump on the bandwagon? So few hits? I still found a few joke segments in it pa.s.sable.”

Zhang Ye laughed as he explained, “Talk Shows are not just pure joke segments. You can’t just merge a large number of jokes together. The core of a Talk Show is to tie it in with current affairs. It’s to satirize as well as scoff. It is also an artistic form that makes one introspect. This ‘Chen Yan’s Humor Speak’ has just taken a bunch of online jokes ad verbatim without any changes. There’s no technique involved in it. It would be a wonder if it’s results were any good!”

This was the reason why Zhang Ye was not too worried from the beginning!

Talk Show? The people of this world had only heard of the phrase “talk show” through Zhang Ye. However, they had only heard it. They still did not completely understand the meaning behind Talk Shows. They did not even know the core value of a Talk Show, nor did they fully understand why “Zhang Ye’s Talk Show” was so popular. It had only been a few days, and they expected to produce a celebrity that could match Zhang Ye’s perfect Talk Show? How could this be possible!? A Talk Show was not something anyone could produce! The host and creative team were extremely important! Chen Yan did not have Zhang Ye’s eloquence, nor did he have Zhang Ye’s knowledge. Hence, after chattering all day, not a single person was sold by his performance. It could also be said according to Zhang Ye’s opinion, that the style of “Chen Yan’s Humor Speak” was not a traditional Talk Show at all!

Everyone had experienced a false alarm.

After hearing Zhang Ye’s a.n.a.lysis, everyone understand why “Chen Yan’s Humor Speak” failed. As a result, they also further understood Teacher Zhang Ye’s ability and strengths. Maybe in this year, the only person who could perfectly produce a Talk Show, both domestically and internationally, was Zhang Ye alone! Not a second person could be found!

After reaching home.