Along with the melody of the ending song "Song of the Guerrillas" on TV, Zuo Le turned on his mobile phone again and searched for all information about "Underground Traffic Station" on the Internet.
What surprised him was that compared with half an hour ago, the popularity of "Underground Traffic Station" on the Internet had increased significantly.
Scarf: There are many viewers watching under the scarves of several starring actors who appeared. Tian Yan, who previously posted the first commercial, had a lot of fans in the comment area making comments, imitating the tone of Jia Gui in the play and calling her "little nia".
Zhihu: There have been questions about "Underground Traffic Station", but the attention and the number of answers are not very high.
Some short video platforms such as BiZhan, Douyin, and ShouShou also have sporadic "Underground Traffic Station" UT videos.
However, because "Underground Traffic Station" has no online resources, these UTs were recorded with mobile phones directly facing the TV. The resolution is not high and not many people watch it.
Zuo Lezai browsed most of the popular websites and apps on the Internet and found that "Underground Traffic Station" has a slight audience, and most of the feedback is positive.
However, this is just a conclusion based on Zuo Le's deliberate search, and cannot completely objectively reflect the true popularity of "Underground Traffic Station".
If you want to know the results of "Underground Traffic Station", you have to look at tomorrow's ratings report...
After getting up and going to the bathroom, Zuo Le took a cold shower and barely suppressed the restlessness in his heart, but it didn't take long before he returned to his old self.
Glancing at the clock that was already pointing to 2 a.m., Zuo Le knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
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The next day, 5:30 in the morning.
After cleaning up and standing at attention, Zuo Le casually took down a bowl of noodles, filled his stomach briefly, left the rental house, and drove to the Dongshan Radio and Television Station building to wait for the ratings of the premiere of "Underground Traffic Station" last night.
Zuo Le originally thought that he, the director, was the most active person on this matter, but when he arrived at the Taili parking lot, he discovered that Fang Weimin had arrived one step earlier than him.
Lao Fang had a piece of bread in his mouth and a bottle of milk in his hand. He seemed to have rushed to the counter without even having time to eat breakfast.
Seeing Zuo Le, Fang Weimin didn't say anything. He waved and said hello, and the two of them took the elevator and went straight to the technical department on the 6th floor, which is responsible for the statistics station's ratings.
The two arrived at the sixth floor. It was not yet time for the technical department to go to work, but there were two staff on duty last night, but people said.
Yesterday's ratings statistics won't be clear until at least around 9 a.m. They arrived too early.
Zuo Le and the other two looked at their phones. It was just 7 o'clock, and there were still two hours left. All they could do was wait.
Not long after, Fatty Chen also hurried over, and all three giants of the "Underground Traffic Station" crew gathered together. The three of them did not return to the production center base on the tenth floor, but stayed in the technical department waiting for news.
At 8:30, the technical staff on duty today arrived at the right time. After punching in and handing over the shift, the time was running out.
Fang Weimin hurriedly urged the technical department to see if the ratings statistics of "Underground Traffic Station" had been released.
The people in the technical department were tortured in turn by the news, variety show, film and television departments in Taili every day. Their mental quality had been tempered for a long time and they were as calm as water. In the face of the old man's constant urging, they were still like an old monk in meditation, and they still had the energy to joke with Zuo Le and the others.
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"Don't be anxious, there's nothing you can do about it. This is all calculated automatically by the computer system. It's still not coming out. Even if you point a gun at me, I won't do anything."
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Looking at the joking staff in the technical department, Zuo Le felt slightly angry.
The three of them are not newbies who just joined the TV station and don't understand anything. What the technical department said is just to fool people.
Yes, the Ministry of Technology’s statistics on viewership are indeed dominated by computer systems, but that does not mean that human intervention is not possible.
If the technicians in the technology department operate statistics along with the computer system, the statistics time will be greatly shortened.
To put it bluntly, the production center is not in a position of power, and the technical department is also looking at what to do.
If the Purchasing Department was here today, do you think these people would dare to sit there and talk nonsense? They would have gone to work personally to get the statistical results.
The three of them looked at each other, all a little angry. Fatty Chen even wanted to speak out, but was stopped by Lao Fang.
The top priority now is to get the ratings report for the premiere of "Underground Traffic Station", and we will talk about the rest later.
Zuo Le and others waited until 9:30 before the technical department informed them that the ratings statistics for the premiere of "Underground Traffic Station" were out.
The staff member of the technical department who was in contact with Zuo Le and the others was a Mediterranean man in his forties, whose surname was Wang, and his name was Wang Defa. He and Zuo Le were the ones who had the most fun just now.
Now seeing the ratings of the premiere of "Underground Traffic Station", the expression on Wang Defa's face has obviously softened a lot.
"Director Fang, Director Zuo, congratulations, the average ratings for the premiere are 0.63, ranking seventh in the same period, and only 0.02 away from sixth. You have won the first battle."
Wang Defa regretted his actions just now. He never expected that the production center's low-cost sitcom would perform so well.
The first broadcast was 0.63, which is seventh among the prime time slots during the Spring Festival. Looking at the ratings trend, the overall ratings are clearly on an upward trend. If nothing unexpected happens, today's ratings will continue to rise.
The ratings of Dongshan TV dramas have always been weak, and the results of "Underground Traffic Station" are already excellent, not to mention that this is only the first broadcast.
I really owe it to myself to use such bad words. Why do I tease people when I have nothing to do? I offend them for nothing...
Wang Defa regretted in his heart, but Fang Weimin and Zuo Le couldn't care about him at all. Several people snatched the report from Wang Defa's hand and looked at it in surprise.
"The lowest is 0.45, the highest is 0.71, Xiao Zuo, this trend is quite good."
Fang Weimin's face burst into laughter. He expected the premiere score of "Underground Traffic Station" to be 0.55~0.58, making it into the top ten at the same time.
If "Underground Traffic Station" can achieve this first broadcast result, as long as it can stay stable and not collapse, it will not be a dream to have an average ratings of over 0.8 with the help of the Spring Festival period, a high-rating period platform.
At that time, there was "Kind Grass" in front of the center, and "Underground Traffic Station" behind it. Two TV series with good results in succession. Even if they could not reverse the center's defeat, they still had a lot of room for relaxation.
However, what he didn't expect was that the performance of "Underground Traffic Station" was somewhat beyond his imagination. The first broadcast exceeded his expectation by 0.05 points. If this trend continues.
0.8 may not be able to stop it!
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"Hahaha."
Lao Fang patted Zuo Le on the shoulder: "I read that right, you are indeed a piece of jade. Come on, Happy Forest, do whatever you want, I'll treat you."
"Director, you are too stingy. Happy Forest is only a four-star hotel. It needs to be a five-star hotel."
Fatty Chen is very happy. If "Underground Traffic Station" becomes a hit, brother Zuo Le is expected to become famous, and he, the producer, will also get a lot of credit.
"Why are you so anxious? If we can stabilize tomorrow and the average ratings rise to 0.65, we will go to Five-Star and give it another try. If the average ratings of "Underground Traffic Station" can exceed 0.8, I won't give up this month's salary.
Let’s eat at five-star hotels in the city.” Lao Fang was very generous.
Salary is nothing. If the self-produced drama gets good results, he, the director of the center, will get a generous bonus...
The three people ignored Wang Defa, who was slightly embarrassed, and left the technical department talking and laughing, but they did not go to Happy Forest.
Eating and going out to restaurants is a trivial matter. Taking advantage of the good momentum of "Underground Traffic Station", it is only right to increase publicity efforts.
While the three of them were busy promoting, the ratings of the premiere of "Underground Traffic Station" were quickly spread to interested parties.
