The day after the "Interview" program premiered, Geng Peng touched the mustache on his chin and looked at the computer screen with a smile on his face.
On the screen were the ratings for yesterday's premiere. The ratings for the first episode of "The Interview" were second only to "Ace", ranking second with a rating of 1.56.
Although it did not win the first place, nor did it break any records, this is already an amazing data for CCTV Chinese Channel.
A big start.
With the current ratings, it will be much easier to invite guests later.
A total of three programs have been recorded so far. In addition to Zhang Zhong’s program, the other two programs have invited internationally renowned Chinese pianist Fei Xuan and famous entrepreneur Ma Yongcai.
After seeing the high ratings of Zhang Zhong's program, Geng Peng also thought about it and planned to invite some more literary writers to come.
Now many names have popped up in his mind, including Yu Dongyu, Zhuang Yu, Liu Yuan, Llorente, Linde, He Kelan, Claire...
Needless to say, Yu Dongyu and Zhuang Yu are both well-known writers in China. Llorente and Linde have a large group of fans in China and have high status, and inviting them here can also enhance the international nature of the program.
As for He Kelan and Claire, the former just won the Nobel Prize for Literature a few years ago. Even if domestic readers don’t know about his works, they will buy it when they see the title of Nobel Prize winner. The latter is not well-known in China.
Gao, but he is a big celebrity in the United States, and I heard that he is very interested in Zhang Zhong. Maybe he can be invited over through Zhang Zhong.
Of course, the people Geng Peng thought of were basically related to Zhang Zhong.
Those people in China are very close to Zhang Zhong, and they usually appear together in large-scale events. Geng Peng, who was "flirting" online on WeChat last time, also saw it.
Llorente and Linde seem to have a good relationship with Zhang Zhong. They were photographed together in the Zhiwang Technology Exhibition Hall under Zhang Zhong's name.
He Kelan had a direct conversation with Zhang Zhong at an event at Yenching University.
Oh, by the way, thinking of that event, Geng Peng thought of another person.
Yang Fan, at that event the three of them were chatting together on the stage.
If you can invite Yang Fan here...
Geng Peng no longer dared to think further.
Unknowingly, due to the success of the first episode of the program, Geng Peng's self-confidence began to expand, and he even dared to think about people of Yang Fan's level.
"Director Geng, you're still looking at the ratings."
Hearing someone speaking, Geng Peng turned his head and saw Yang Wen standing at the door, looking at him with a smile.
"You're here, come and sit." Geng Peng waved to Yang Wen.
"I heard the good news early in the morning. Of course I came over to congratulate you. Director Geng, are you feeling calm now?"
"Thanks to you for supporting the scene, we have achieved this success." Geng Peng said with a smile.
"You are flattering me. I am still self-aware. The success of the program is inseparable from Director Geng. Of course, it is also inseparable from the guests. As for me, I just played a small role."
Yang Wen is also in a good mood. Although outsiders call her the first sister of CCTV, she knows that without good programs, she will be forgotten soon. After all, she is so old and seeing newbies emerging one after another.
She won't be able to eat the food of youth for long.
Therefore, the programs she now chooses are more meaningful programs, including the previous "Scholar". Both programs are very in-depth.
She just wants to create a "connotative" brand for herself, so that she can enjoy this bowl of rice for a longer period of time.
This time the "Interview" program was a great success, even more popular than "The Scholar" at the time. Apart from Geng Peng, she was the happiest person.
"You're too modest." Geng Peng called up the schedule from the computer, "It's time to prepare for a new program recently. We don't have much time. We still have two weeks, but I haven't even decided on the guests yet.
Come down."
"What do you think of Director Geng?" Yang Wen asked.
"I do have some ideas." Geng Peng looked at the table with his fingers and asked, "Do you think we can invite Yang Fan?"
"Hiss." Yang Wen looked at Geng Peng in surprise. She even suspected that she heard wrongly, "Director Geng, are you talking about Academician Yang?"
"Yes, are there other Yang Fans?" Geng Peng nodded.
"This... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."
"It's difficult to ask you, and when we invited Zhang Zhong, we also found it difficult, but in the end we invited him anyway. It depends on people." After seeing Yang Wen's reaction, Geng Peng became more determined.
Please Yang Fan’s wishes.
Even Yang Wen would be surprised, then there must be no problem with the program's effect.
"Yes, it all depends on people." Yang Wen nodded. After all, she was just a host, and inviting guests was not her main concern.
"How about we ask Zhang Zhong to introduce us?"
"Do they have a good relationship?"
"Didn't they attend events together before? And I heard that Zhang Zhong recommended Zhao Re to write Yang Zhenning's biography," Geng Peng said.
"There's still this matter."
"So, maybe Zhang Zhong's recommendation is more likely. Hey, you say, if we also hold a dialogue between science and literature, how about inviting both of them to the scene? The Goncourt Literary Prize will be awarded in a while.
It's about to be announced, and if Zhang Zhong can win it, there should be a lot of sparks when a Nobel Prize winner and a Goncourt Literature Prize winner face to face."
After listening to Geng Peng's words, Yang Wen was a little stunned.
Crazy, crazy, it's not enough to invite one, but I have to invite two at once.
Could it be that Geng Peng forgot that he was thankful to God for being able to invite Zhang Zhong last time, and this time he not only needs to invite him, but also Yang Fan.
"Director Geng, your idea is very good, but Zhang Zhong may not be able to win the Goncourt Literature Prize."
"That's true, but even if he doesn't win, it would be a gimmick to invite two of them at the same time. Let's wait until the results of the Goncourt Literary Prize come out."
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Zhang Zhong didn't know that Geng Peng was trying to catch his attention. Because today was Saturday, his family took a plane to Yanjing.
Their first stop was Wu Ziyun's house. This was Pengpeng's first lesson of the new year, and he also happened to go there to pay New Year greetings.
"I originally planned to go to Jiangyang to visit two elders a few days ago, but there happened to be an event in the art circle so I didn't get away and asked you to come over first. I'm really sorry." Wu Ziyun apologized while pouring tea.
Zhang Zhong took the teacup and said with a smile, "Are you saying the opposite? We should have come here earlier. How can there be students at home waiting for the teacher to visit?"