It's Friday, and when Cindy turns on her computer after school and gets home, she finds that there are already a lot of people chatting in the MSN group.

Cindy found that many people were talking about a series called "The Big Bang Theory".

"What is The Big Bang Theory?" Cindy asked with a quick tap on her keyboard.

Someone immediately replied, "Bro! Don't tell me you don't know CAA TV, you're too corny. ”

"That's right, Linda is really beautiful."

"Don't be a nymphomaniac, we're talking about The Big Bang Theory."

Someone immediately answered, "Gays! Will anyone look at this kind of garbage? Will you watch? I won't anyway. ”

"I won't watch it either, I'm still waiting for the eighth season of "Friends", and "The Big Bang Theory" is rubbish."

"That's right! Sitcoms: Only "Friends" is king! ”

“……”

Cindy gradually understood that "The Big Bang Theory" was a sitcom on CAA TV. He couldn't help but tap the keyboard again: "I like Friends too, but CBS is not ready to broadcast the eighth season." ”

"It's all to blame on that damn Laden, I've been waiting for months, and I'm going to wait."

"Is it true that no one is interested in The Big Bang Theory? It looks like it's going to be broadcast tonight. ”

“no！ Boycott CAA TV and let them all die. ”

"Okay, okay, you guys go ahead and wait for the eighth season of Friends, I'm going crazy waiting, I'm going to try The Big Bang Theory first."

"Jerry, you're too man! Thank you for having the courage to test the poison for everyone. ”

"Haha......"

Cindy glanced up at the wall clock and saw that it was almost eight o'clock.

"The Big Bang Theory? Jerry, this bastard, he definitely wants to be the first to watch and then jerk off in front of us. That's right, it must be like this, just like last time. ”

Cindy grinned, "I'm not going to let you succeed." With that thought, Cindy turned on the TV.

“…… Dear viewers and friends, this issue of the evening news is broadcast here, and later it will bring you the first sitcom "The Big Bang Theory". Want to know the unknown embarrassment of scientists? Don't go away, come back right away. ”

"Scientists? It's funny. Cindy continued to watch while thinking, and the CAA TV nightly news had just ended, and there was no commercial time, and two people on the TV immediately walked into the camera......

"Hahaha...... oh！ god!donation.jing? It's so cool......"

Cindy couldn't help but laugh after just a few glances, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the computer: "Guys, I'm the first!" You'll regret it! ”

………………

"Damn, is this me? It feels so silly. ”

At Link's house, several people made an appointment to watch the premiere of "The Big Bang Theory" together, and when Jim Parsons first saw himself on TV, he couldn't help but laugh.

Tears of laughter flowed from Mira's eyes, and she said breathlessly, "Oh my God, Jim is just a fool, laughing at me." ”

Link on the side also smiled happily, although the whole episode was edited by his own hands, and he watched it dozens of times, but when he saw it from the TV for the first time, the feeling was completely different.

"Hey, has it already started? Am I missing something? Damn it. ”

Richie hurried in, holding a few buckets of popcorn and drinks in his hands, and began to complain as soon as he entered.

"Luckily, you haven't appeared yet, but it's coming soon."

Mi stretched his hand and snatched a bucket of popcorn, then hurriedly turned to the TV for fear of missing a shot.

Li Qi also hurriedly found a place to sit down, staring intently at the phone screen.

When 'Raj' ran into the camera, Li Qi stared blankly at the TV and said to himself, "This is me, it's really me...... I'm on TV. ”

As he spoke, Li Qi was already crying bitterly.

Link patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly, "Isn't it great, you're very photogenic." ”

Li Qi wiped the tears from his face and said excitedly: "Thank you, director." My mom would be very happy to see me on TV. ”

Link nodded, "That's right, he'll be laughing from beginning to end." ”

Several people were eating popcorn and drinking Coke, laughing excitedly, pointing to the TV and laughing at each other.

Mira laughed several times because she was drinking Coke while watching, causing Link to be sprayed with soda as he was sitting.

Before the whole episode was finished, Mira received a call along with Jim and Richie. The three of them hugged their phones or were excited or laughing, and Link was the only one sitting in front of the TV, silently in a daze.

When Cindy couldn't finish watching the whole episode, he still couldn't stop laughing.

"Oh my God, is this really an American drama? Even if it was made into a movie, I would definitely be the first to run into the cinema, it was so colorful, I almost burst into laughter. ”

It took a long time for Cindy to stop laughing, and she turned to sit in front of the computer, and saw that many people in the MSN group were still cursing.

"A bunch of idiots, you guys have no idea how colorful The Big Bang Theory is."

Cindy was already imagining how she would laugh at Jerry when she saw him tomorrow.

"Oh my God, I can't wait to watch the second episode."

After a while, Cindy was holding her head in pain.

When the premiere ended, Link suddenly received a call from Bobs.

"Hey, Mr. Link, how are you doing?"

Bobbs's voice came over the phone.

The corners of Link's mouth curled: "Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet." ”

"Oh, Mr. Link, thank God for that." Bobbs pretended not to understand the sarcasm in Link's words and said, "Seriously Mr. Link, this "The Big Bang Theory" is so brilliant that I almost died of laughter. But...... Link, you need to know. Your CAA TV station has already begun to be isolated, and no matter how brilliant the sitcom is, you can't avoid failure. So, you might as well sell "The Big Bang Theory" to our ABC TV. ”

"Bobbs, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Again, I won't sell it. ”

Bobbs was not disappointed, and continued: "Link, listen to my advice, and the only way to go against the mainstream media is death. ”

Link's voice grew colder, "Then let's wait and see." ”

"Okay Link, since you don't accept my kindness, I can't help it. Again, we at ABC TV are very optimistic about "The Big Bang Theory", and it needs a good media platform to play its greatest role. If you've thought it through, call me, and we're ready to book an entire season on ABC for $50,000 a piece. ”

"Fifty thousand dollars? Bobbs, you really think of me. ”

Link sneered in his heart, fifty thousand? I won't sell it for 500,000.

"Since you insist, I don't have anything more to say. Fifty thousand dollars is already pretty good, and do you know how many episodes are waiting to be ordered every day? Even without The Big Bang Theory, we'd still have The Big Bang and The Big Bang Bang. ”

Finally, Bobbs said meaningfully: "Link, this circle is not as simple as you think. You should be glad that our relationship with you is quite harmonious, and if you lose our 'partner', you will not be so easy now. ”

Link hung up the phone with a snap, and his face sank.

Bobs's words are clear. Although we at ABC TV have not put pressure on you, if you don't know the current affairs, your fate will be very miserable.

"Do you think of me as a little sheep to be slaughtered? Then you'd be wrong! ”

Although Link is well aware that he and his CAA TV station have been isolated by the entire media industry, the current CAA TV station has no partners, only opponents and a pair of giant palms ready to strangle him at any time.

"Director, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Link's face was a little wrong, Mira walked over and asked softly.

"Nothing." Link smiled: "It's not on the set now, you better teach me Link." ”

"Yes, Link."

Mira glanced at him, and she could clearly see that there was a thick melancholy in the corners of Link's eyes, and she couldn't help but feel a faint pain in her heart.

After the premiere, the final result still depends on the ratings, and the ratings are everything.

Opening the TVBYTHENUMBERS website, Link found "The Big Bang Theory" in the 8 o'clock show.

Taking a deep breath, Link clicked the check button with his somewhat trembling fingers......

On Saturday, the early issue of TV Guide magazine revealed the results of a ratings survey for the first sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," which has recently been on the cusp of the storm.

The eye-catching 0.002 #18-49rating (the proportion of 18-49 year olds) and the rating of only 187,000 people have made countless people laugh off their big teeth.

"ATN" did not hesitate to express its contempt, and opened with "Link's wishful thinking, American audiences don't buy it".

Although the ratings of 187,000 people, of which 18-49rating accounted for 98% of the ratings, that is, 98% of the people who watched the first episode of "The Big Bang Theory" were teenagers, but the overall ratings are ridiculously low.

As it approached, the major newspapers also began to lash out.

The Los Angeles Times, known as the "entertainment giant of orthodox newspapers," published a heated article.

"The Big Bang Theory is on the air? It's on the air? Is it really on the air? Maybe we can find it in the trash. ”

The New York Times, arguably the newspaper that paid the most attention to the matter, also raised the matter to a higher level.

"Link brought us 911 and couldn't take it with us. A gorgeous sitcom is telling the United States in disguise that 911 has left us? Obviously, he did a terrible job. Of course, if the clown can also show us the way, that's a different story. ”

In the midst of encirclement and condemnation, "The Big Bang Theory" ushered in its second episode.

When the ratings statistics for the next day came out, everyone was stunned for a moment.

0.91 #18-49rating, with a rating of 583,000 people.

What does this mean? This means that 0.57 percent of the 130 million teens in the United States tuned in to watch the second episode of "The Big Bang Theory," accounting for 95 percent of the viewership.

The media, which had just finished lashing out at Link last week, was silent today.

The ratings of two consecutive episodes, the proportion of youth ratings, accounted for more than 90% of the entire ratings, and many media have seen some problems.

In the United States, where commercial television networks are very mature, 18-49rating represents the group with the most spending power, and it is this group of people that all TV stations want to strive for. Advertisers also use this part of the ratings as the pricing standard for advertising fees. Even if the ratings of a program are high, if the proportion of 18-49rating is very low, advertisers will not favor it, and the advertising fee will not be too high.

Although most of the media chose to remain silent today, American Television continued to criticize it.

"The 18-49rating ratio accounts for 95% of the entire ratings, wow! It's so high! But so what? I'm afraid that the people who watch "The Big Bang Theory" are all little dolls whose hair has not yet grown. ”

More than 1,000 teenagers in Los Angeles gathered in front of the Los Angeles headquarters of the American Television News and shouted insults and curses.

Nearly a million people also chose to support the protest and threatened to launch a nationwide youth boycott of the American Television if it did not apologize.

This time the threat was not verbal, as the weekly circulation of the American Television News plummeted by 65 percent. Usually more than 5 million copies were sold, but once it fell to less than 2 million copies.

The top management of the American Television News was also shocked, and within only an hour, the American Television urgently issued a letter of apology and announced the dismissal of columnist John D. Karen, and the editor-in-chief himself was fired.

Despite this, the circulation of the American Television News is still difficult to recover to the previous level, and sales will fall to the level of second-rate tabloids at any time.

This turmoil lasted for a whole week, and it was precisely because of this boycott of "American Television" that "The Big Bang Theory" has become a topic of conversation among many teenagers.

Many fans of American dramas in the MSN group have begun to discuss "The Big Bang Theory".

When the results of the third week's ratings were announced, the entire media world was in a stir.

The 18-49 rating ratio of 2.0, coupled with a rating of 3.057 million, directly detonated the broadcast season in September 2001.

Although the proportion of 8-49 ratings in the overall ratings has decreased, it shows that not only teenagers, but also Americans of other ages have begun to choose to watch "The Big Bang Theory".

When the ratings for the third week were announced. There was a huge cheer from the entire CAA television station.

Fat Jack was already incoherent: "God, my little boss, how did you do that?" ”

Although Link was also a little excited in his heart, he tried his best to show the posture of Zhizhu in his hand, and said calmly: "Is the rating of 3.057 million people very high?" I said that the ratings of this sitcom will be so high that they burn those. Eggs of the child. ”

The American media, which has been silent for two weeks, can no longer sit still.

How could he not pay attention to such a sensational news in the media world? Quite a few critics have begun to denounce the US media as 'hypocrites with two faces'.

But the major newspaper giants in the United States are also taking care of it, because they have already published fierce rhetoric in the first week, and after seeing the tragic fate of American Television News in the second week, all the print media have chosen to remain silent.

Because "American Television" told everyone with the most tragic end that against "The Big Bang Theory" is against newspaper sales, and against millions of teenagers across the United States.

Since he didn't dare to publish an article attacking Xing, and he couldn't choose to be silent, he had to choose to stand on the side of the praise.

However, the last time the 'bad words were still echoing in my ears', and now I immediately turned my head to sing the praises of Link, which made people feel disgusting no matter how much they thought about it.

But there is no way, between newspaper sales and being ruthlessly slapped in the face, the major print media chose sales.

Even Doyle King, the new editor-in-chief of American Television, said at an internal meeting: "It is better to let someone else slap you in the face than to slap yourself in the face." So, for the sake of newspaper sales, let's hit yourself in the face! ”;