Chapter 187 The temptation of the director of the Spring Festival Gala
The popularity of "College Student Stories" on the Internet has been fed back to the TV platform to a certain extent, and its ratings on Dongshan Satellite TV have increased significantly.
Unfortunately, the number of TV series episodes is too small. By the time the popularity feedback was received, it was already in the middle and late stages of the plot. Although the increase was considerable, it was basically impossible to increase it to the level of breaking 2 very quickly.
According to the estimation of Dongshan Station’s technical department, the finale can break 1.7. Even if it is a hard-won victory, if it breaks 1.8, you can open champagne to celebrate.
What is even more gratifying is that, with the popularity of the Ghost Zone, "The Story of a College Student" has soared in popularity in the film and television area of BitZhan.
Although it is still not as good as those old sitcoms, its rising momentum is very strong, and it is hoped to challenge the status of the two series "Family with Children" and "Cooking Class Story".
As for "Underground Traffic Station" and "Wulin Gaiden", the first and second generations of the BiZhan TV dramas, the fan base in BiZhan is so large that it cannot be shaken except by the God-defying dramas.
Finally, he has a work that is a hit and has a good reputation. Xue Jun is finally proud of himself. From now on, when he goes out, he can barely be called a famous director.
However, Lao Xue was not proud for long, as his reputation as a newly famous director was suppressed.
CCTV's summer program in mainland China "After the Showdown" was broadcast on July 26. It scored 1.6 in the first broadcast, rose to 1.8 the next day, broke 2 in four days, and reached 2.3 a week later, dominating the entire 2020 summer season.
While the ratings are remarkable, the reputation is also very impressive, with a Douhua score of 8.7, and it is praised by many history fans.
With such outstanding achievements, its director has naturally attracted attention from all parties. What is surprising is that this historical drama with war criminals as the theme and almost no female characters was actually directed by a female director.
Zhang Mei, who is only 30 years old this year, has a master's degree in Chinese opera directing. Before that, she worked as a producer and TV planner. "After the Battle" is her second film and television work and her first TV series.
Zhang Mei's debut film is a biographical film about a famous prostitute from ancient times. It did not go to theaters but was broadcast on CCTV 6.
Limited by its platform and subject matter, this TV movie called "Tears of a Red Beauty" received a mediocre response when it aired, but it received good ratings. It had a high score of 8.0 on Douhua, making it one of the best.
It was precisely because of this high-reputation movie that CCTV appointed her as the director of "After the Battle". Zhang Mei lived up to CCTV's trust and made the TV series very good.
The plot is clear and the pace is fast and crisp. It is rich in history and has some humor, so that the overall style of the TV series will not be too depressing.
The industry speaks highly of Zhang Mei and considers her to be Zuo Le's biggest rival in the Best Director selection this year.
It's a pity that "Crossing Guandong" is ahead of others, and the script of "After the Battle" has some flaws and lacks depth. Otherwise, if it were to rank first among dramas this year, it would be a waste of time.
But whether she can compare with Zuo Le or not, Zhang Mei became famous in one battle and became a hot new famous director in the industry.
In particular, I heard that Zhang Mei had recently had disagreements with some leaders of CCTV due to some profit-related reasons. The conflicts were quite serious, and many entertainment companies and TV stations had begun to think of poaching talents.
Shanhe was naturally tempted, but his own resources were limited and he knew he couldn't compete with those big companies, so he didn't try too hard.
Dongshan Television, on the other hand, was very active in this matter. Since Zuo Le left, Dongshan Television Production Center has been in a state of decline and has returned to its old ways.
Fortunately, Dongshan TV has Shanhe in front of them to handle the ratings. The production center itself is not under a lot of pressure on ratings. It shoots some self-made dramas on the schedule left by the Shanhe drama, so life is okay.
But just making do is not enough. Dongshan Station immediately rose to the top, but its ratings were basically supported by Shanhe. It tied its lifeblood to a private company. This was very fatal for a TV station.
Of course, Dongshantai has shares in Shanhe, and the two families are close, but even if they are close, they are not a family after all.
To make iron, you need to be hard-working, so what Dongshantai's senior management means is to continue to maintain close cooperation with Shanhe, but at the same time, they must also develop and increase the soft and hard capabilities of the production center, just in case.
The unexpected emergence of Zhang Mei this time attracted the attention of the leaders of Dongshantai.
They think this is a good seedling. Even if it is not as good as Zuo Le, it is still like Kong Sheng and Gao Xinjian.
If we can recruit her to sit in the production center, there are mountains and rivers outside Dongshan Station, and Zhang Mei is inside, we can rest assured about the future ratings.
It has been the ratings champion for three consecutive years, with many hit dramas during this period. In recent years, Dongshan TV has made a lot of money from Shanhe advertising fees.
The entire TV station is extremely rich, no, it should be said that it is extremely rich...
If public money is not spent, how can it be saved for the next generation? Therefore, the leaders of Dongshantai have been very generous in their spending in recent years.
Extensive construction work, renovating the inside and outside of Taili Building, adding new buildings, parking areas, sports areas, etc., building employee dormitories, increasing employee wages and benefits, increasing funds for key projects, etc.
Such a generous move, I'm afraid even CCTV will look slightly sideways.
But even so, the funds remaining every year are still surprisingly abundant, which is why Dongshan TV dares to steal people from CCTV.
If you have a lot of money, you'll be done with it.
High welfare, high salary, high position, and promised that if the investment amount of Zhang Mei's next film is less than 300 million, Taiwan will directly submit it for approval. If she wants to increase it, she can have a meeting to discuss it.
With such generous conditions, not to mention the newly famous Zhang Mei, even the current Zuo Le, if he were not the boss of Shanhe, would have to add up.
In August, the ratings of "After the Final Battle" exceeded 2.8, and it was basically guaranteed to win the 2020 summer ratings championship. Zhang Mei also came to Quancheng to Dongshan Station to take up his duties as the deputy director of the production center.
Fatty Chen, the former deputy director, was promoted one level and became the director of the production center. In his thirties, he entered the top management of the TV station with a bright future.
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However, the happy Dongshantai leaders did not know that their move to poach Zhang Mei had angered CCTV.
CCTV is not a good-natured empty post that lets people poach people casually without saying a word.
CCTV, which is used to being domineering, has always been the only one poaching people, and few people dare to poach it.
What's more important is that "After the Battle" is still being aired, and a self-trained director "defected" from the enemy camp, which was a slap in the face.
Of course, in addition to the large sums of money and high treatment, the conflict of interests between Zhang Mei and CCTV was the most fundamental trigger for Dongshan TV to successfully recruit people.
What Zhang Mei did may not be authentic, but CCTV itself also has responsibilities that it cannot shirk. However, CCTV ignored these and made sure that Dongshantai would break ground on Tai Suitou.
Their majestic national TV station deliberately targeted Zhang Mei, a young director, for being too cheap, so CCTV planned to take action against Dongshan TV.
Don't you like poaching? I'll give you a way to treat others the way they are treated.
If you dig Zhang Mei, I will dig Zuo Le.
Without Zhang Mei, our CCTV is still the dominant player in the country, and it won’t hurt our bones at all.
But if you leave Zuo Le in Dongshantai, I'm afraid your arms will be broken and your internal strength will be completely useless.
Soon, a deputy director of CCTV contacted Zuo Le personally. The conversation didn't last long and they only talked about two things.
The first thing is that next year is the 100th anniversary of the greatness. CCTV is planning to launch several TV series with main themes as a gift, and sincerely invites Zuo Le to participate in this project.
CCTV has full support from various resources. If there is a military scene, the military can even be dispatched to star.
Zuo Le was noncommittal about this, and even had some doubts. CCTV had offended the Army a lot during the last episode of "The King of Land War."
Military relationship? I’m afraid it’s not as good as his friendship with Kong Wen...
The second thing is that the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala has not yet been decided. If Zuo Le is interested, CCTV can promote this matter.
Zuo Le was even less interested in this matter.
Being a Spring Festival Gala director was a very precious honor and qualification in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a position that many directors dreamed of achieving.
But nowadays, the Spring Festival Gala director is scolded every year and has become a laughing stock. Apart from adding a resume, there is no benefit. Other directors may be tempted, but Zuo Le is really too lazy to do this thankless job.
CCTV thought that it had used two major bargaining chips to win over Zuo Le, but Zuo Le was obviously not very interested, so he made a haha and covered up the matter.
After hanging up the phone, the deputy director of CCTV was a little confused.
Is it because CCTV is no longer popular, or is Zuo Le ignorant of his skills? Why didn’t he react at all?
