Chapter 790: Designing a docuntary!
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
Almost all the staff of Departnt 14 were playing gas!
At this mont, soone noticed Zhang Ye.
"Ah! Quick, look!"
"Director Zhang!"
"It's Teacher Zhang Ye!"
"It's him in person!"
"Wah! Director Zhang is here!"
"I want to take a picture and post it on Weibo! Would the people in front please move aside!"
When the staff of Departnt 14 saw Zhang Ye standing at the door, they got extrely excited.
They were unlike those employees at Central TV Departnt 1. Even the lowest grade staff like those miscellaneous staffers working in Departnt 1 would frequently co in contact with so of the more famous hosts or celebrity guests whenever they ca to attend galas, or record of a show or an interview program. Which big shot had they not seen before? They had probably even talked with them before, so they were generally much calr when faced with such situations.
But Departnt 14 was a newly established departnt that was just a few years old. Almost everyone in the departnt were still considered rookies and their departnt was too neglected, with a viewership rating that was ranked last among all the channels of Central TV. Even the overseas and agricultural channels had viewership ratings that were several tis higher than the overall viewership ratings of their channel. The status of their channel in the Central TV network was extrely low. At most, they could get to know so sports stars when they shot for a soccer or basketball team's championship winning docuntary. That was why, even though they worked in the sa building, they had not really co across any real big shot celebrities before, let alone a person like Zhang Ye who had created such a big commotion in Central TV Departnt 1. Together with the upheaval being repeatedly hyped up, all of a sudden, everyone piled forward to him with warm expressions on their faces!
A female staff mber said, "Director Zhang, I really like you!"
Zhang Ye replied, "Thank you."
Tong Fu quickly said, "I heard that you smashed a marble table with just a smack of your palms last Friday, is that true?"
Zhang Ye: "…"
Huang Dandan claid, "Nonsense, it was obviously an aluminum alloy table!"
Zhang Ye: "…"
F**k, how did it turn into an aluminum alloy table?
I even smashed sothing like that?
Do you fucking think that I am Iron Man?!
Ha Qiqi who was beside him gave a wry smile and said, "It was a 2 cm-thick glass table. The rumors are too exaggerated."
Huang Dandan exclaid, "That's still super amazing! Eh, Director Zhang, do you want to play so gas?"
A middle-aged woman smiled and said, "I haven't been able to stand Central TV Departnt 1 since long ago. They snatched our people and appropriated our production budget. Hmph, that smack on the table was really excellent!"
Huang Dandan nodded and agreed, "Yeah, that smack of yours really helped us vent our anger. In the past two years, Central TV Departnt 1 pushed us aside just because they're the station's favored departnt. Hai, Director Zhang, do you want to play so gas?"
Zhang Ye said embarrassed, "Not now."
Tong Fu said, "Director Yan is not here yet, so feel free to take a seat anywhere you like. I also don't know which office will be assigned to you."
"Hur hur, I can just sit out here." Zhang Ye was not picky. As he was new here, it was best to keep a low profile since he didn't intend to just get by for this period of ti. He had a goal to achieve.
When Zhang Ye sat down, Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others also found their seats and sat down as well.
When the staff of Departnt 14 saw this, they also did not disturb Zhang Ye anymore. They focused their attention on Zhang Ye's team mbers and started to chat with them.
After around ten minutes, Wu Yi, Little Wang, Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others could no longer refuse their invitation and joined with the gaming forces as well. Actually, during the past month or so, the original team of The Voice had been either playing gas or watching movies while under Central TV Departnt 1. Since they were already doing so at Departnt 1, there wasn't much difference now that they ca to Departnt 14. Everyone "defected" and integrated into the new team very quickly.
"Director Ha, put points in your strength stat. Right, HP is very important to your class!"
"Ah, I was killed by soone!"
"Where? We will take revenge for you!"
"Fuck, who dares to kill our people? How dare they!"
"Who wants to attempt an instance dungeon? We're still missing one party mber!"
"Does anyone here play Plants vs. Zombies? How do you clear this stage?"
Upon seeing everyone so focused, Zhang Ye felt a sense of despair and speechlessness. It would be impossible to make the docuntary channel flourish! With this group of people, it would be a wonder if they could even fucking accomplish anything at all.
Suddenly, footsteps from outside could be heard!
The director of Central TV Departnt 14, Yan Tianfei, was here. He did not go back to his own office at the other office area but walked directly over to this side instead.
Then, a scene that made Zhang Ye drop his jaw played out in front of him!
The staff of Departnt 14 who were crying out in excitent earlier suddenly put on different expressions. With a flash on their computer screens, which Zhang Ye did not see clearly, the ga interfaces on them just a mont earlier had all completely disappeared. Plants vs. Zombies was now replaced by Word while the MMOs changed to show PowerPoint slides. Everyone's faces appeared very natural and they looked to be very calm as though they had been through this many tis before!
Tong Fu picked up a docunt as he stood up. "Director Yan, I completed yesterday's work that you assigned to . I just made so final changes to it a mont ago. Can you take a look and see if this is usable?"
Yan Tianfei nodded. "We'll talk about it later."
Huang Dandan also imdiately said, "Director Yan, I've already finished that report and sent it to you by email. I've also printed out a copy and put it on your desk!"
Yan Tianfei acknowledged, "Alright."
"Director Yan, we have already agreed on the contract for the copyright. I'm preparing it right now and will submit it to you later."
"Director Yan…"
Yan Tianfei sounded pretty satisfied when he said, "Good, good, everyone has worked hard!"
Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and the others were all dumbfounded!
Zhang Ye was also stunned at what he was seeing! Fuck, you guys changed way too quickly! Only then did he realized that he had underestimated this group of people!
They were a talented group of people!
They were a fucking talented group of people!
Yan Tianfei casually acknowledged a few of the staff who reported to him, while his gaze since he entered the office was on Zhang Ye's team all along. He looked at them with much admiration.
Zhang Ye walked over to him. "Director Yan, I'm here to report to you."
Yan Tianfei grabbed his hand and shook it. He replied, "I've been wishing for the stars and the moon, but finally I've managed to get you, Teacher Little Zhang, here."
"Don't say that. You're much too polite." Zhang Ye smiled.
Yan Tianfei imdiately announced to everyone, "Starting from today, Teacher Little Zhang and his team will be joining us at Departnt 14. Everyone, let's welco them!"
Bba bba bba. Thunderous applause rang out!
"Welco, Teacher Zhang!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "When we arrived, everyone welcod us. They're all so friendly and welcoming that it's making us a little embarrassed."
Yan Tianfei laughed heartily. "You guys are the best team in the variety show industry. How could they not be passionate about your arrival?" But as he said this, Yan Tianfei glanced at Zhang Ye and his team, his laughter becoming softer and softer. "But it will be hard on you guys now that you have to co to our Departnt 14, hai."
Zhang Ye waved it off and said, "No, it isn't. We are not here to sponge off others but planning to make a mark for ourselves. If there's any work at all, just arrange it for us."
However, Yan Tianfei stated, "There's no need to rush regarding work, since there isn't much to do around here anyway. Besides purchasing so docuntary copyrights and handing it over to the broadcast departnt for scheduling, there isn't much more than that to handle. Co, let bring you to your office first. I'll brief you on the situation of our departnt as we go." Leading Zhang Ye out of the work area, he explained, "We are not a full establishnt like the other departnts. I am the director here, and after Old Liu retired, we have not had a deputy director position. As you can see, there are two work areas here, one for the team that handles the shooting of docuntaries, the other for the team that does copyright communications. It's different with your variety show departnt setup since the docuntary departnt does not have separate program teams for the ti being. Most of the work we do here is just to broadcast the docuntaries that we have copyrights to, so there's no need to set up any independent program teams."
The hallway narrowed, offices on the left and right sides.
Yan Tianfei led him and opened one of the office doors. The area inside was quite big and very well-equipped. It was almost two tis larger than Zhang Ye's office at Central TV Departnt 1. His office at Departnt 1 was part of the entire office area but partitioned out to beco a personal office space. As a result, the environnt there was naturally not as good as the standalone office space over here.
"You will work from this office from now on, is that OK?" Yan Tianfei asked.
Zhang Ye couldn't say no. "Of course, I'll follow to your arrangent."
Yan Tianfei chuckled, "In the future, you will still be an executive director at Departnt 14. Since a few of our directors here are still rather inexperienced and have not done too many docuntaries yet, you can pass down so knowledge and experience to them from your program planning at Lecture Room, Zhang Ye's Talk Show and The Voice. Your experience in this aspect is not sothing those rookies can hope to compare to. Although variety shows and docuntaries are two different fields, there should still be so things in common. Under normal circumstances, you can teach or lead them a bit. The team that you brought over will still be under your command. You will only need to report to when it cos to work-related matters."
Zhang Ye imdiately asked, "What about our jobs?"
Yan Tianfei looked at him and replied bluntly, "Actually, as you can see for yourself, our departnt does not lack manpower and there isn't much work to handle around here either. The reason why I made a fuss at Central TV Departnt 1 was mainly because I couldn't take it lying down. Based on what could they just steal our new recruits like that? Teacher Little Zhang, I know that you are having a tough ti at Departnt 1 and are on bad terms with them. But don't worry anymore, hur hur. There will definitely be no one coming to find trouble with you or give you an attitude now that you're here at Departnt 14. Just enjoy your stay here and work seriously."
Find trouble with ?
This bro isn't afraid of people finding trouble with , what I'm most afraid of is having nothing to do!
However, Zhang Ye definitely appreciated the kindness from Yan Tianfei. He was also very grateful that Yan Tianfei had requested to have him transfer to Departnt 14, allowing him an opportunity to strike back, an opportunity to deal a fatal blow to Central TV Departnt 1!
After chatting for another ten minutes.
The two of them more or less had a basic understanding of each other by now.
Zhang Ye blinked and finally spoke, "Director, since there isn't much work here most of the ti, and our team doesn't know anything else but to make shows, what would you say if we wanted to make our own in-house docuntary? Sothing fully produced by us?"
Yan Tianfei answered without even thinking, "Of course you can. You guys can make any docuntary you like!"
Zhang Ye was taken aback and asked, "Then I will still take the lead as the executive director?"
Yan Tianfei smiled and said, "Yes."
Zhang Ye added, "As for the genre of the show…"
"Is it a docuntary?"
"It definitely will be."
"Then just do whatever you like. Our departnt is a docuntary channel anyway!"
"As for the equipnt and production budget…"
"Submit the program proposal to after you've written it up and I will allocate the funds to you."
Fuck!
How did it all go so smoothly?
Zhang Ye coughed and decided to give him a heads-up first. He smiled and declared, "Alright then, I'll write up a program proposal. But for the equipnt and production budget, it will probably not be a small amount, I'm afraid…"
Yan Tianfei laughed and said generously, "Usually, we just use our departnt's budget to buy so copyrights and the remaining funds have no practical use. If you want to try and make a docuntary, it doesn't matter if the viewership rating is good or not. Our departnt still has the ability to fork out this sum of money. After all, how much money could filming a docuntary take up? I will allocate 1 million yuan to you when the ti cos. You can shoot whatever you like!"
1 million RMB?
Shoot whatever I like??
Zhang Ye was already in tears. I knew it couldn't be this smooth!
If the docuntary was to be done according to this bro's expectation with only a production budget of 1 million RMB? Then don't ntion the entire docuntary, with just that amount of money, it would not even be enough to fucking cover half an episode's shoot!
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