Chapter 611 Premiere episode of Do You Rember!
On this day.
In the morning.
Zhang Ye was still sleeping and lazing around at ho.
In recent days, after the public release of Grandmasters and its rising box office earnings crossing the 200 million mark, the pace of earnings had slowed down by quite a bit due to the issue of piracy. It was no longer rising as fast like before but instead felt as though soone had applied hard brakes to its montum. The box office earnings had fallen greatly. However, this situation was already expected by the film producers and also sothing that was unavoidable in the film industry. It had beco a normal phase in the lifespan of a movie and highlighted exactly how no movie was spared by the onslaught of piracy.
The box office earnings for Grandmasters were the highest in the country for this month.
Zhang Ye’s reputation was also increasing very quickly, together with the pace of the movie. This could be seen from the amount of reputation points he gained as they were being added to his ga ring at a rapid pace!
1032!
99!
276!
2123!
The points were credited to his ga ring!
For Zhang Ye, whose reputation points had all been used up earlier, this was truly a lifesaver, sothing he needed very badly.
As for Zhang Ye’s placing on the Celebrity Rankings Index, there were so movents in the past few days. In the C-list rankings, after having been quiet for so ti, he finally took a critical step and moved into the top spot, number one! He was so close to rising to the B-list now!
It wasn’t even a step anymore.
More like just half a step away!
With just a little push more, he would surely be able to swap positions with the last ranked celebrity on the B-list rankings. He was only this close from it now!
……
Ring, ring, ring.
It was almost 11 AM when the phone started ringing!
Zhang Ye was still in dreamland when he suddenly got woken up. Sitting up on his bed, he looked to his left and right, yawning as he searched for his phone. Finally, he found it and picked it up to answer the call. “Who is this?”
It was Dong Shanshan on the other end. Shesaid, “What’s up? Still sleeping?”
“Shanshan?” Zhang Ye asked sleepily. “Yeah, what ti is it now?”
“It’s almost 11 AM.” Dong Shanshan laughed and said, “You’re getting really popular these days, are you going to a lot of socializing events too? Why were you still not awake yet at this ti? What ti did you get ho last night?”
Zhang Ye said, “How would I have any social events to attend? You know very well how my relationships with the people in the entertainnt circle are, and besides, you also know that I don’t take up comrcial performances either. I’ve been staying ho for the past two days, waiting and checking my popularity score. Looking at it rising bit by bit makes feel really good. I was even dreaming about it until you called.”
Dong Shanshan said, “You’ve almost reached the B-list rankings?”
“Yup, almost. But I don’t know when.” Zhang Ye said conservatively, “There’s still quite a gap between and the last place person on the B-list, so I might not be able to catch up for sure.”
Dong Shanshan said, “Hur hur. Oh, by the way, I just watched Grandmasters yesterday. The story plot isn’t exactly my type of show with all that fighting and killing, but I must say that your acting is really good. That makes wonder. We were both in the sa class at the sa school and taking the sa lessons, so why don’t I rember that we were taught how to act in the broadcasting departnt? Where did you learn acting? You’re even that good at it? Even the fight scenes were done quite well. Did you fight for real?”
Zhang Ye laughed and answered, “I was self-taught, just self-taught.”
Dong Shanshan said, “It’s even doing so well at the box office. You could definitely be considered a movie star now since you’re already a mber of the 200 million club.”
Zhang Ye denied it and said, “Oh co on, I was just part of the supporting cast, it doesn’t an much at all. Besides, this movie was just so-so. I will tell you that, honestly, there are many parts I’m not too satisfied with.”
To soone from this world, Grandmasters might have been a breath of fresh air to the dostic film market with its high box office earnings, but in Zhang Ye’s opinion, he felt that it was still sowhat lacking. It’s true that it was pretty enjoyable as a movie, but could it be considered a classic? No, it was far from that. As Zhang Ye did not know how to make movies, he decided that once he knew how to make one and had a chance to beco a director, he would definitely bring those classic movies from his world over to this world and make himself the lead actor. He would just film it in the way he liked without anyone daring to correct or criticize his Taiji Fist. When that ti ca, Zhang Ye would let everyone know what a good movie should be like! As for now, his focus was still on television programs. He did not have any spare ti to get into the film industry, at least, not for now.
“How’s your program going?” Zhang Ye suddenly asked her.
Dong Shanshan laughed and said, “I actually called to tell you about it. I’ve already recorded 3 episodes of the program. The first episode will be airing tonight at 9 PM. We’ve managed to get the next two days of the 9 PM schedule as well, so that ans there will be three continuous episodes aired in a row. After that, we’ll plan for it to resu the normal schedule starting from next Friday and airing it once weekly.”
Zhang Ye blinked and asked, “Using two days of priti slots over the weekend as well? Looks like the station is really putting a lot of confidence and importance on this. Sure then, I’ll definitely catch it tonight. I’ve been waiting for it for so long now!”
“ too, but I wonder what the viewership ratings will be like?”
“They won’t be bad, guaranteed.”
“Hopefully.”
After hanging up, Zhang Ye started to look forward to the program as well. He had really been waiting for the program to air for so ti now, especially now when he was also at a critical mont of sneaking up into the B-list rankings. He knew that he needed to drum up his advance and get to the next spot quickly, or else, once the montum has passed, and if he still could not advance up in the rankings, he would probably have to wait for another ti to do it again.
His parents had gone to work and did not prepare any breakfast for him, so Zhang Ye just casually decided to cook so instant noodles, returning back to his days as the “Instant Noodles Hero.” As he ate his noodles, he browsed Weibo to check on the news.
Do You Rember had been promoted for many days now, but the level of discussion among the netizens still wasn’t very high. It felt like, even though there was a bit of focus and attention on the program, it still wasn’t enough.
“The premiere will be tonight?”
“Yes, it’s going to be three episodes broadcasted over three days.”
“Has Beijing Television gone crazy? They’re really putting everything on this, huh?”
“I find it strange too. How could such an odd and idiotic program get promoted so much that they’re even using other priti programs’ slots to support this lyric morization show? Do You Rember…just hearing this na alone leaves kind of speechless. What sort of lousy show is this!”
“Don’t tell there could be sothing more to it?”
“The show’s trailer has already been released. It’s just a competition for people to rember lyrics, what more could there be? It’s all ntioned clearly.”
“I don’t think it will be that simple, after all, this is a program made by Zhang Ye. I’m part of the television industry and Zhang Ye’s program production abilities are recognized by any and all of the industry insiders.”
“That is the reason why I am so disappointed with Zhang Ye this ti. Your sister, rembering lyrics…I can’t see what’s the selling point at all. If the viewership ratings can surpass 0.1%, they had better burn so incense to thank the gods!”
“Teacher Zhang has almost reached the B-list rankings, so if this show’s viewer ratings turn out well, then he might possibly ride on it together with his popularity from Grandmasters to propel himself into the B-list. But this doesn’t seem like it will be happening anymore now.”
“There’s definitely no chance of it anymore.”
“This show can’t possibly be any good.”
The netizens were mostly negative about the show, Do You Rember.
Following the release of Grandmasters, Zhang Ye’s popularity was currently on a rise. Even though its montum was already weakening, it was still on the rise, just increasing at a slower rate. This was the reason why Zhang Ye did not know exactly when the mont would happen. Last night, there were already dia and news reports that Zhang Ye’s promotion to a B-list celebrity would happen at any mont, but all of that turned out to be nothing. The birth of a new B-list celebrity was not a small matter in the entertainnt circle, as after all, at this high level, any move by anyone would be greatly scrutinized. A celebrity at this stage could finally be considered a big shot. Their performance fees and worth would also be doubled from before!
More interesting was that the celebrity in the last spot of the B-list rankings was also a host, a very famous host from Central TV—Chen Ye. His career had mainly been focused around the different channels of Central TV, starting from doing docuntary programs in the past, then doing interview programs before moving on to variety and large-scale gala events. He was even one of the hosts of the Spring Festival Gala for the past two years, and by that reason—if he could host the Spring Festival Gala—he was naturally very well-known in the country. In the realm of the A and B-listers, there weren’t many hosts who could reach this level. The number of those who did were easily accounted for with just the fingers on one hand. Chen Ye was precisely one of them.
It was at this mont.
On Weibo, Chen Ye actually posted a reply onto the topic that was promoting Do You Rember: “A show like this would surely not get any viewers, so why would anyone actually produce such a show? What are they even thinking!”
Chen Ye opened direct fire!
Nobody knew whether he had directed this shot at Beijing Television or at Zhang Ye!
Before his reply, this promotional Weibo ssage was not really getting much attention, but once Chen Ye started sothing, a number of Weibo users imdiately rushed over to observe the commotion!
“Wow, Host Chen has said sothing!”
“Getting the popcorn ready and watching this!”
“Chen Ye vs Zhang Ye!”
“The battle of the two hosts!”
“This is the storm and assault of the status of a B-list ranking!”
If Zhang Ye were to rise into the B-list rankings, then without question, Chen Ye would be relegated to the C-list. With such a competitive relationship between them, this was the conflict that everyone was paying great attention to right now, especially since Chen Ye had said those words at such a critical period. It definitely did not help to control the netizens appetite for drama as they were all left guessing what would happen next!
“Co and see! Quick, they’re almost fighting!”
“@ZhangYe don’t thank , just call a Red Scarf!”
“Zhang Ye is notorious for his bad temper. I wonder what he will say to this or if he’ll even respond.”
“@ZhangYe co and put this person in his place! It’s your turn to stand up!”
“@ChenYe keep stepping on him, well done!”
“@ZhangYe soone is scolding you!”
“@ChenYe your criticism is still not strong enough!”
“Teacher Zhang, get him!”
“Teacher Chen, show him who’s boss!”
Many of these Weibo users kept stirring the pot, so wanting to look at mayhem and others wanting to create trouble. It all boils down to one sentence—a spectator could never get enough of drama!
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