East Third Ring Road, a steakhouse of a five-star hotel near Lufthansa.

Quan Jifang came to Feng Jianxiong's banquet as scheduled.

She reported Feng Jianxiong's name downstairs, and was led to this floor by the service lady who guarded the elevator downstairs - the elevator on this floor was locked, and the service lady had to swipe the card to unlock and dock on this floor.

Such a private specification made Quan Jifang's heart a little cringe, but on the surface, there was nothing suspicious. She has been coming to CCTV for a year, after all, she is still a grassroots employee, and she is not qualified to be co-opted and corrupted like this.

"It seems that people come to this kind of place to talk about shady deals, which is really extravagant. She thought to herself.

"Sister Quan, this way. Feng Jianxiong called softly and pulled Quan Jifang back from his distraction.

She hurriedly trotted over and sat down at the table.

"Xiao Feng, Xiao Tian, okay. ”

"Sister Momo, you also know, she is my girlfriend now, and I am also busy with her affairs - but don't spread the word, she hasn't been my girlfriend yet. Feng Jianxiong pointed to Tian Haimo and introduced to Quan Jifang.

Tian Haimo nodded slightly to Quan Jifang quite amorously, looking at the alpaca wool clothes hanging on the back of her chair, as well as her delicate and elegant makeup and beautiful appearance, Quan Jifang was ashamed of herself.

"Congratulations, what a talented woman. Quan Jifang complimented him in a respectful manner.

The waitress waited for them to be polite and quiet, and then came from a distance, and asked Quan to order—the footsteps were a little heavier at first, with the striking sound of high heels hitting the ground, and then immediately became light.

These are all the usual details trained by the waitresses of the steakhouses of the most upscale hotels in Beijing - when you walk in, the first three steps are louder to remind customers that someone is approaching, so that customers don't say something private on the spur of the moment and be heard by the waiter. The next few steps are lighter and will not disturb the guests.

On this occasion, eating is not the key, the key is to talk about business, so no one orders first and waits for the guests to come, and there is no need for this.

"I ...... Or do you order it?" Quan Jifang looked at a bunch of unknown dish names, slightly stunned.

"Don't like this flavor style?" Feng Jianxiong asked kindly.

"No, no, no...... It's all good, I haven't tried it. Quan Jifang hurriedly explained.

"Then look at the ingredients, which ones you like to eat, just order them. ”

The dishes may not have been seen, but it is impossible not to recognize the raw materials of the dishes, so Feng Jianxiong insisted on letting Quan Jifang order it himself.

Quan Yifang stubbornly ordered a few main dishes such as charcoal grilled truffle foie gras, Provencal red wine lamb chops wrapped in mashed potatoes, and some side dishes.

Feng Jianxiong looked at it, and saw that Quan Jifang was not ruthless enough, and added a dish of Volga sturgeon caviar from Astrakhan, which was originated, so that the waitress placed an order.

Quan was ashamed, and spoke more earnestly.

When waiting for the dishes, Feng Jianxiong only said a few polite words, and unceremoniously cut to the point:

"Sister Quan, I don't know if there is a result of what you asked you to inquire about last time. ”

"Yes, you wait. Quan Jifang said, and simply took out her mobile phone, which also contained some secretly taken photos, which could corroborate her words.

She pointed to her mobile phone and explained to Feng Jianxiong: "The project "A Bite of China" you inquired about last time, I later found a way to find a way in Taiwan, in fact, it was planned to be reported in the second half of 05, and the director of the project at that time was Director Chen. However, when the minister of the Taili Documentary Department approved the project, it was not approved, and Director Chen revised the shooting plan twice and improved the content outline, but he failed to pass. ”

The term "Taiwan's documentary department" in Quan Jifang's mouth is of course non-standardized, but everyone in the circle can understand it. Because CCTV theoretically has its own independent settlement production company, strictly speaking, the TV station should belong to the TV station, and the production company should belong to the production company. Supposedly, the leaders of the TV station have no control over what the production company does or does not film.

But in fact, the cross-flow of personnel in these two areas is very frequent, so there is also cross-authority.

What's more, many of CCTV's producers have made things that are a little more just, and if you really want to cater to the market and win ratings and commercial value, it is often necessary to hit the street.

Therefore, many CCTV production companies make things that are directly pointed to their own TV stations. If CCTV doesn't want to release it, they can't sell it.

"Then do you know why you didn't pass?" Feng Jianxiong asked appropriately.

Feng Jianxiong was not surprised at all that this conclusion was not passed. Because later generations already knew that this film would not be released until several years later.

What he didn't know was just the internal reason, which was the key to what he needed to use his power to investigate.

Quan Jifang obviously did her homework, and her answer was very straight to the point: "It's the leaders of the documentary department who are not optimistic about the ratings of this subject, and think that it is ...... The idea is not high, and there is not much political achievement in taking the politically correct line. ”

CCTV and even local provincial stations have decided whether to make a certain film or not, and it is not completely based on marketization. Sometimes if a film is politically correct, even if you know that the ratings will definitely hit the street when it is filmed, it has to be hard for political performance.

For example, in recent years, since the year before last, Mango TV relied on the popularity of "Super Girl" and the rise of online video. Shangxing Provincial Stations in several relatively open provinces are all interested in the achievements of Mango Channel, and they have begun to think about changing tricks to engage in talent shows.

However, this kind of program that can make the station's advertising costs skyrocket does not necessarily bring political achievements and promotions to leaders.

On the contrary, for example, in Qiangui Province, where the market-oriented operation is hopeless, and the locals go out to work, no one watches TV, knowing that there is no play in catering to the market, so they simply go on a program like "Chinese Migrant Workers". In the end, the program was successfully uploaded to Tianting and was praised by CCTV. Several of the relevant responsible middle-level cadres of Qiangui Provincial Taiwan have been transferred to CCTV because of this.

Quan Jifang said that "A Bite of China" was considered by the leaders of Taiwan to have "neither ratings nor political achievements", and Feng Jianxiong completely believed it.

After all, food shows are a bit vulgar. There is nothing more vulgar in the world than these two subjects. Even in the online literature industry, knowing that there are many domestic foodie readers, the writer who still needs some face at the beginning would rather write nonsensical monster fights and upgrades, and no one thinks of writing food articles. There are only color writers who are equivalent to food, and it is easy to transform and explore.

If it weren't for the fake sour narration of "Tip of the Tongue" later, the words and sentences, and the connotation of the lofty one, I am afraid that the leaders of CCTV would definitely feel that this kind of thing has no documentary value.

So, after "China on the Tip of the Tongue" is vulgar, will the ratings help? Strictly speaking, it is not necessarily, after all, its genre still determines that this is a documentary, it is serious, and no matter how vulgar it is, it cannot be as vulgar as those funny variety shows-

Look at the "please, refrigerator" in Nanbang Country, and only then can you know how much the cooking funny theme can be filmed, there are celebrities, gossip, private life revelations, and the interaction of chefs......

If the high is not low, this film will be difficult to deliver.

After analyzing with Quan Jifang, Feng Jianxiong felt that he had found the crux of the problem.

"So, in fact, as long as one can be guaranteed in terms of ratings and political performance, the CCTV production company will consider filming this documentary?" Feng Jianxiong asked bluntly.

"In theory, that's it. Quan nodded in agreement, "But what are you going to do?"

Feng Jianxiong took a deep breath, thought for a while, and asked, "Does CCTV accept external investment?

"Is the cost of filming, this kind of documentary is handed over to us CCTV to do it ourselves, and the budget of 1.5 million yuan for one episode is about the same......" Quan Jifang said subconsciously, and then realized a problem, "Wait! Mr. Feng, are you planning to invest yourself?"

She was so surprised that the title of Feng Jianxiong changed from Xiao Feng to President Feng.

"What's the matter? CCTV won't accept it?" Feng Jianxiong took a sip of coffee.

Quan Jifang's mind was a little confused, and after thinking about it for a while, she realized that the problem was not as incredible as her first reaction.

"Uh...... It's not that it's completely impossible to accept. It's just that you have to be mentally prepared, our CCTV rules have always been very big, first of all, we will not casually accept random investment from social idlers. Secondly, even if you accept it, the conditions will be very harsh. ”

Feng Jianxiong raised his hand slightly, stopping Quan Jifang from continuing to play: "With your introduction, how can it be called 'casually accepting the investment of idle people in society'?

Besides, I am also a person who has entered the 'Dharma Eye' of Part X, and you know best my eloquence and ability to do things. To emphasize this point, I don't believe that Director Chen will not think that it will be useful to me in the future. ”

"That investment conditions ...... a few seconds after the last period of Ai Ai.

"The conditions are a later question, so let's talk about it first. Don't talk about it, no matter how many conditions you say, it's worthless - what you have to do now is to convey my intention and strength to Director Chen, and urge him to come and talk to me in person. ”

Quan Jifang thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll give it a try, but I remind you." Generally speaking, if the station feels that the ratings are too risky, even if you forcibly persuade them to accept external investment, then you will definitely be used as a depression of risk for the audience.

It is estimated that the other party will definitely sign a ratings gambling agreement with you, and if the ratings hit the street, it is impossible for you to receive the final payment. And even if you accept the risk bet, the deposit premium offered to you by Taili will not be too high. So there's a good chance you're losing money. ”

"Okay, you just tell Director Chen, I accept to talk under this framework. ”