Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!
Chapter 767: Emergency Schedule Change
Most of the time, it’s just copying some New Year jokes to send in bulk.
It’s a bit annoying.
Zhao Gushen has always hated receiving bulk-sent New Year messages.
He certainly never replies after receiving them.
Of course, even if it’s a personally typed message, Zhao Gushen finds it troublesome, so he doesn’t reply either.
As Zhao Gushen’s assistant, Xiao Ruofeng knows this all too well.
Therefore, every year during New Year, Xiao Ruofeng simply doesn’t send Zhao Gushen any New Year messages.
Anyway, Zhao Gushen doesn’t care about this.
Today was business-related, so Xiao Ruofeng called Zhao Gushen.
Otherwise, during the holiday, Xiao Ruofeng wouldn’t actively contact Zhao Gushen.
As soon as Zhao Gushen answered, he heard Xiao Ruofeng say, "President, Happy New Year! Please convey my greetings to Madam President."
"Happy New Year." Zhao Gushen replied casually.
Xiao Ruofeng promptly got to the point: "President, the TV station contacted us urgently. They want to move the Changping Competition’s New Year special to air tonight unexpectedly."
"What’s going on?" Zhao Gushen frowned, "Wasn’t it agreed to be on the fifth day of the holiday?"
Even though it’s all during the holiday, the difference in timing is significant.
During the Spring Festival break, most people go out to have fun.
Taking advantage of the seven-day break, many people travel.
Even if they don’t travel, people gather for parties in the early days of the holiday.
Some play mahjong from morning till night.
Younger folks mostly stay up all night having fun.
Even if not all night, they stay up very late.
This means that viewership ratings aren’t very high in the early days.
But the fifth to seventh days are different.
It’s late in the holiday period.
Since work resumes on the eighth day.
Whether those returning home for New Year or traveling will come home early to prepare for the end of the holiday and returning to work.
Young people who exerted themselves early in the holiday need some rest in the last few days.
As for those who play mahjong continuously.
No one can keep at it for four or five days continuously, right?
As people wind down at the end of the holiday, they set aside some time to rejuvenate.
With this, don’t they have time to watch TV?
That’s the reason the Changping market department, after analyzing ratings and conducting surveys of internet users, came up with this well-grounded conclusion.
It’s not just a decision made on a whim by a director.
Suddenly moving it to the third day truly catches people off guard.
Moreover, even the promotions haven’t started yet.
"Originally, tonight’s prime time slot was set for the premiere of the drama ’Return,’ but the lead actor Liu Renxian stirred up a scandal about cheating with a young model, and then someone accused him of tax evasion. Whether the tax evasion is true or not is still unclear, but it’s being investigated."
It’s uncertain how the investigation is going.
Even if it’s true, it depends on whether it can be buried.
But the cheating scandal is undeniably nailed down.
"This scandal has been brewing for five days," Xiao Ruofeng said, "If it broke out earlier, it would have cooled down over time and might have been okay. But now, it’s at peak heat. And it’s during the holiday, when netizens are idle."
"Even if they’re usually out having fun, they always spare a few minutes to check Weibo and gossip. So the Liu Renxian affair has been getting bigger and bigger," Xiao Ruofeng said.
"Right now, Liu Renxian’s hot search is still in the top spot, with the labels behind it being blackened with red ’explosive’ characters." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Moreover, netizens are spontaneously boycotting Liu Renxian’s new drama. Although the tax evasion rumors haven’t been hammered out yet, Liu Renxian’s infidelity occurred when his wife was six months pregnant, with a big belly, cheating outside."
There are many levels of cheating.
A man who cheats while his wife is pregnant is the highest degree of cheating scum.
The most detested.
"So netizens are boycotting his drama, saying they won’t watch it if it airs. Plus, competitors are adding fuel, so the boycott of Liu Renxian and ’Return’ has reached a very high level," Xiao Ruofeng said.
"The TV station doesn’t dare to take such a risk. I heard they even consulted Lu Man," Xiao Ruofeng said.