Chapter 1084: Moving Forward
The storm set off by Cheng Xiaoyu is not over, and a week later, the much-anticipated second episode of "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" aired at 8 p.m. on Saturday, becoming a holiday for Cheng Xiaoyu's fans. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason why the schedule was not adjusted to a more popular Monday or Thursday was to take care of the Chinese audience, who could watch the series on Sunday morning.
In addition, the CW TV station also tasted the sweetness of being invincible on Saturday, so it continued last week's strategy, and sure enough, this time it still did not disappoint them, not Saturday, but this week's ratings championship was still won by "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" with a whopping 13.3, 35 million viewers.
ABC TV's trump card program "Monday Football Night", which has long dominated the weekly ratings, ranked second with 11.2, which made ABC TV's management furious, and last week it was barely on par with "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" in ratings, and this week both the number of viewers and ratings were fully surpassed, which made ABC's management have to pay attention.
Although "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" and "Monday Football Night" are not of the same nature, let alone in the same time period, the weekly champion has been occupied by "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" for a long time, which is a huge shame for ABC TV, which has always regarded the weekly champion as a bag.
At this moment, there was silence in the multimedia conference room of the Times Square Media Center, the ABC headquarters in Manhattan, New York, and even the head of the entertainment department in Los Angeles rushed over today.
Jim King, president of ABC, sat in the conference room, rubbed his temples, and said to a grim face: "Now the data shows very clearly, the prime time of Saturday from 8 to 9:30 o'clock has only two million viewers of our ABC! Only two million! The ratings are not even one point, how do you tell me to explain to the board?"
In 2014, the ratings of their new drama "Global Mission" were only 2.6, and this rating was a hit drama on CW TV, but it was going to be cut on ABC, the original 16-episode TV series has been cut into only 12 episodes, and it will be finished in two weeks.
Not only are people beginning to fantasize that if "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" were ABC, they would be the perfect successor to "Global Mission", but unfortunately, they now have to think about how to face the CW TV station that dominates the ratings on Saturday.
Tom Duncan, one of ABC's sinners, forced a smile and said, "President, don't worry too much, the first season of "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" only had six episodes, and now it has two episodes, and it's only four weeks..... We just need to fight to snatch Cheng Xiaoyu and "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" next season!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Jim King frowned, his already wrinkled face looked more like a crumpled orange peel, and he sneered and asked, "Is it just us who thinks so?" CBS and NBC you all treat them as if they didn't exist? Fortunately, this time this powerful series didn't make it to CBS and NBC.....
Although the United States is the big five TV stations, in fact, ABC's opponents are only CBS and NBC, and the other two also think the same, FOX can barely be regarded as a rising star, but it does not pose a threat to them, as for the CW?
Behind the scenes, they call it a toilet counter...... But now the toilet table relies on a Chinese director and successfully counterattacks, making everyone a little disgraced.
Darko Bennett saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, looked at the ratings data displayed on the projection, and began to regret that he did not win Cheng Xiaoyu at the beginning, he spoke: "President, the ratings on Saturday are not the highest time period in our ABC, let it go, and now I want to find the field on Saturday, which is a little unrealistic, "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" The tide has been formed, what we have to think about is how to exert force in other periods, how to win Cheng over, my relationship with Cheng is not bad, I can still play a little role in this matter........"
Jim King sat at the top of the seat and was silent for a moment, and said: "Forget it, it is impossible for that Chinese to focus on the TV series for a long time, as for the second season of "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead", there is nothing to grab, and the price is estimated to be ridiculously expensive..... What has been missed, the price is a little too big to catch back, "Global Mission" is about to be released, you have to find a way to find a replacement series, do you want to see if there are any big Hollywood directors who have nothing to do? You can cooperate, don't still waste time on that Chinese kid..... Didn't Staven Bell always oversee "War in the Pacific"? Everyone used their energy to figure it out..... Let's adjourn the meeting first!"
At this time, they didn't remember that Cheng Xiaoyu and CW TV cooperated with another talent show, this time ABC's executives made another mistake of experience, they felt that the talent show had been done to the extreme by FOX's "American Idol", and the audience resources were also monopolized by "American Idol", Cheng Xiaoyu and a CW who accompanied the last seat couldn't make any waves at all, besides, even if the show did well, the most worrying thing should be FOX, not their ABC.
With such an idea, of course, there is also the most direct impact on the FOX TV station, the summer file is just the time when the third season of "American Idol" is broadcast, from the perspective of time, after "American Idol" aired two episodes, the first episode of the first season of "The Voice of America" will be released, but FOX does not pay too much attention to it.
Even FOX is still looking forward to "The Voice of America" and them just head-on, so that they will not be left with the scum of "The Voice" and regain a little self-confidence, what ABC, NBC, and CBS can't do, how can you CW do it?
Is it just a movie or TV series director?
The top management of FOX didn't believe it, and the other three TV stations didn't either.
Compared with the pain of the other four TV stations, the applause in the somewhat shabby headquarters building of CW TV station was higher and higher!
The second week's data made everyone's worried hearts all fall into the bag, and the miracle brought by Cheng Xiaoyu was not a flash in the pan, but a sustainable reality, and now the executives of CW TV can be sure that they really won a jackpot.
"This week, Resident Evil: The Walking Dead is another success! This time we not only won the first ratings in the same time slot, the first in the TV show ratings, but also the first ...... in the weekly ratings," said Derby Feynman with great pride.
Everyone knows how difficult it is to get the honor of being the first in the weekly ratings, and this honor has long been the ban of ABC TV's "Monday Football Night", and it is difficult for other TV stations to get their hands on it, except for a few phenomenal TV dramas that can occasionally surpass it, it has always been dominated by "Monday Football Night".
But this time, the CW, who has never been taken seriously, finally gave these proud big brothers a slap in the face, and for the executives of CW TV, Cheng Xiaoyu and "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" are simply God's gospel.
As a CW TV station whose ratings are difficult to break 3 and has already gone bankrupt once because it is difficult to operate, these brightly dressed high-level executives are actually often walking on thin ice, facing pressure from higher levels, racking their brains to get good programs and win over producers.
Now, with the wisdom of President Derby Feynman, and the contempt of other big TV stations, they are lucky to get Cheng Xiaoyu and his series, and Cheng Xiaoyu has completely lived up to their expectations, allowing CW to achieve incredible results.
This also made Derby Feynman, who has always supported Cheng Xiaoyu, breathe a sigh of relief, this data not only has an explanation for the board of directors, but also for the advertisements sold at a high price.
When it aired on Saturday, the one-hour TV series was cut into three segments, each with an interval of three and a half minutes, and with the addition of naming rights, opening credits, and extra trailer advertising space at the end of the film, CW TV made up for the premium paid to Cheng Xiaoyu at once, and there was a pretty good surplus.
And the hit of "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" has also driven the ratings of other programs, which is a precursor to the turnaround of the salted fish of CW TV, Derby Feynman also specially invited Cheng Xiaoyu to the headquarters of CW TV today to receive flowers and applause, in addition to holding a celebration banquet for him in the evening.
"Now let's ask Mr. Cheng to come up and say a few words!" Derby Feynman said loudly, and then began to applaud vigorously, and the applause of the entire room gathered into a wave.
For Derby Feynman, the thighs of this genius must be tightened, and it is very necessary to have a good relationship with Cheng Xiaoyu, whether from the position of CW TV or his personal position.
Cheng Xiaoyu stood up a little helplessly, although he repeatedly shirked the heavy shooting tasks, but he really couldn't bear Derby Feynman's enthusiasm, and Derby Feynman wanted him to come to see the stage of "The Voice of America" that had been built, and discuss some details of the show with him.
Cheng Xiaoyu could only temporarily abandon his heavy work, called Huang Jingdong from Los Angeles, picked up the director's tube first, and stood in the conference center of CW TV, Cheng Xiaoyu's expression was a little dazed in an instant, because he was also the director of a small TV station that was not in the stream, and he also knew what ratings meant, and he also knew how cruel the reality of ratings was for a TV person.
Often a program or a drama that embodies the hard work and sweat of all the staff fails to achieve the expected results, what is the end, especially the small TV station that grandpa doesn't hurt and grandma doesn't love, not only has the pressure of income, but also the pressure of survival.
In his memory, no one in their small TV station is not white-haired, the hair of the financial old horse is white, the hair of the economic Xiao Li is also white, the old tower who is engaged in news has changed his career, the old dynasty who is editing news is not smiling much, the director of the station has changed one after another, and the beautiful hostess who has been working for a month has changed jobs.
Complex interpersonal relationships affect whether the show is not on the show, the ratings determine whether everyone eats meat or drinks soup next month, performance is deducted, and even salary is deducted.
The directors are all over the place, the managers are as many as dogs, the agency company is getting all the advertisements that are not in the stream, the salary is getting less and less, and the work intensity is getting bigger and bigger, but in order to eat with a mouth, I have to be patient to spend it on a small TV station that has no future......
Now, he doesn't know who the memory crossing is redeeming to whom, and if he is given a chance to choose, what will he do?
Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why Cheng Xiaoyu abandoned the identity in his memory, thinking that the memory of crossing was just a gorgeous dream, and subconsciously chose to become the fundamental reason for Cheng Xiaoyu in this time and space.
At this moment, he stood here, looking at countless eyes of expectation and admiration, and there was something indescribable in his heart, if it wasn't for a fluke to have a life in another world, how could he be on an equal footing with these elites?
The reason why he has achieved today's achievements without being arrogant or impatient is also because he was once humble, so he deeply understands the truth of the world and human feelings.
These sighs were immediately shortened by the applause in the conference room, Cheng Xiaoyu knew that he didn't have time to think too much, he had to concentrate on running towards his goal, maybe his thoughts were a little naïve, but he felt that he had heard the call from afar, and he didn't need to care about the rights and wrongs and discussions behind them.
He has no time to worry about the past, and he wants to move forward.