Upstairs.
Central TV Department 14.
When Zhang Ye entered the office space, he did not go elsewhere but headed straight to Yan Tianfei's office. Old Yan was having a late lunch and had just finished eating the food from his lunch box prepared by his wife. His secretary was just taking the lunch box from Old Yan to go wash it when Zhang Ye entered.
"Director Zhang." The secretary nodded with a smile. Then he left the office with the empty lunch box.
Yan Tianfei was taken aback and asked curiously, "Teacher Zhang, didn't you just get off the plane today? Why did you come to work in the afternoon if you just arrived back at Beijing this morning? There's no hurry at all. Besides, you should be resting after working so hard for the past two months. Why are you in such a hurry to do the post-production, voice-over, and the editing?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I wanted to discuss something with you."
Yan Tianfei asked, 'What is it?"
"I want our documentary to start broadcasting on December 10th," Zhang Ye asserted.
Yan Tianfei was taken aback at first, then looked to be deep in thought while he wondered, "Why does this date sound so familiar?"
Zhang Ye replied, "Rise to the Dance is also going to be broadcast on that day."
Only then did Yan Tianfei recall. "No wonder it sounds so familiar!"
"I would like our documentary to be broadcast on the same day and time as theirs. That's why I came here to seek your opinion. Zhang Ye stated, "If you think that's not possible, then we can talk about it again another time."
Yan Tianfei didn't even give it a second thought and just said, "Why not? Since you're the executive director of our only independent program team at Department 14, I won't interfere with the matters that you're handling. You can decide on the date and time by yourself since there are plenty of free broadcast time slots at Department 14. You can just choose any time slot from Monday to Sunday. As long as you feel that it's alright, then it's settled. There's no need to ask me."
With that, it was now Zhang Ye's turn to be taken aback. "Thank you."
Yan Tianfei chuckled, "We are different from Department 1. This is just a small office. As a famous program planner, executive director, and host in the country, we can't be any happier that you are here with us now. We won't limit you in doing anything. As long as you feel it's OK, then anything is fine. I'll let you have absolute freedom and authority on handling that matter, so you can do whatever you like and it doesn't matter how the viewership ratings turn out either!"
They supported him with the money, they supported him with the manpower, he could do whatever he liked, and there was no need to ensure a good viewership rating—even for Zhang Ye, this was the first time that he had come across such a department. Naturally, Zhang Ye felt very grateful to Yan Tianfei, as he knew this was because Yan Tianfei respected and trusted him.
Zhang Ye said, "Director Yan."
Yan Tianfei gave a wave of his hand. "I don't have that many rules here, since I call you Little Zhang, then you can just address me as Old Yan."
"Sure." Zhang Ye had to be worthy of his respect so he said, "Don't worry, I'll definitely do a good job on this show."
...
Back in his own office.
The empty Section 3 office space at Department 14 already had its new nameplate hung on the door and on it were the words of "A Bite of China Program Team." The people inside were excited and the 20-odd staff were discussing in low whispers. Just look at how fast the news had spread. Zhang Ye was only at Old Yan's office for ten minutes, but everyone already found out about it.
Little Wang was stomping around anxiously. "Director Zhang really wants to compete with them?"
Tong Fu pulled a long face. "I can't imagine how embarrassing it'll turn out to be when the viewership ratings are out!"
"All the staff throughout Central TV are discussing this matter now. All the people are waiting to watch the fun…no…waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves!" Huang Dandan smiled wryly. "How could our documentary possibly verse their variety show? Moreover, it's even a large-scale singing talent show with big shot celebrities like Huo Dongfang, Fan Wenli, and Shen Lili! There's no way we can compete with them! We're only making a traditional documentary!"
Ha Qiqi remained silent for a long time.
Zhang Ye came back to the office and said, "Why are you all here?"
Seeing him, everyone hastily stopped their discussions and did not say another word.
Zhang Ye asked curious, "Didn't I already say that you guys can have a few days of rest? I can handle the rest of the work here and you can rest well."
Zhang Zuo replied, "If you're not resting, then neither should we."
Ha Qiqi responded, "We can't let you do all the work."
Wu Yi spoke, "We'll all rest together after the documentary's post-production has been completed."
Everyone had gone through thick and thin together since they were on The Voice, so they had a mutual understanding of one another. That was why everyone came back to work without exception. Even those that had returned on the same flight as Zhang Ye in the morning also came back after having their lunch.
Zhang Ye felt quite touched. "Alright then, let's make our final push and complete everything!" After a pause, he continued, "I want to tell you guys something which I think everyone already knows about it. I just reported to Director Yan that our documentary will start broadcasting on December 10th. There's only two weeks left, so we must do our best to quickly finish up and send it for approval."
Little Wang, who looked like she was either crying or laughing, asked, "Director Zhang, are we really going to compete with Rise to the Dance…"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "How would we know if we don't give it a try?"
Little Wang claimed anxiously, "But we shouldn't even be trying. We're only making a documentary here, how…"
"Even if we changed it to another broadcast time, so what?" Zhang Ye declared, "Everyone should not feel pressured by this. What's the difference between broadcasting on that day and on a different day? We might as well take advantage of Rise to the Dance's popularity and let them help us promote our documentary for free. We won't even have to spend any money on that."
When they thought about it, it was indeed as he said.
Even if they avoided the broadcast time of Rise to the Dance, there would still not be much of an audience who would watch their documentary, so there wasn't going to be too much of a difference in the end.
Following that, Zhang Ye started to assign the tasks.
He did not idle around either and started to make some phone calls.
The first call:
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