Chapter 268

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"You did well this time; for the next period, I'll have to trouble you to keep working hard."

Chief Editor Chen patted Wang Mo on the shoulder and spoke with a very gratified tone.

"Thank you for the praise, Chief Editor."

Wang Mo first nodded somewhat smugly, then suddenly froze.

Wait a minute...

Keep working hard?

"Chief Editor, what do you mean by 'keep working hard'?"

Wang Mo subconsciously swallowed, squeezing out a rather ugly smile as he asked.

The smile on Han Lu's face beside him also stiffened; a bad premonition rose in her heart.

"Here's what I'm thinking."

Chief Editor Chen said excitedly: "Right now, Lu Family Restaurant is extremely popular on Food Street."

"The documentary format you shot is very good; I've decided to let you continue shooting a series, and the subsequent content must also be aired as soon as possible."

Holy shit!

Wang Mo almost couldn't help but curse; his heart felt a bit frantic.

He silently exchanged a glance with Han Lu; her brows were also tightly knit, a face full of suffering.

Han Lu's heart was even more crushed.

Today's shoot she handled alone from start to finish; her throat was about to smoke.

And now they still have to shoot a series?

"Chief Editor Chen, wouldn't this decision be a bit too rash?"

Wang Mo licked his dry lips and probed: "What we shot this time hasn't aired yet; we still don't know the audience's feedback. If we rashly decide to shoot a series..."

"Where's the rashness? Before you came back, I'd already communicated with the Station Director; he's also very interested in Lu Boss's shop."

Chief Editor Chen smiled and patted Wang Mo's shoulder.

"This is a decision the two of us made together after discussion; the Station Director agreed too — how could there be a mistake?"

Then he pointed at the video frame on the computer.

"Since we're shooting a documentary, your twenty-odd minutes of footage definitely won't be enough."

"Besides Lu Boss's cooking footage, the diners' stories, fresh happenings in the restaurant, and those rules of his shop — all need to be dug into deeply. Wang Mo, you guys need to go over there a few more times these days; the more material the better."

"Chief Editor Chen, I..."

Wang Mo wanted to say something with a bitter face, but Chief Editor Chen ignored him and turned to look at Han Lu.

Chief Editor Chen tapped the screen again with his finger.

In the frame, Han Lu held a microphone, naturally introducing Lu Feng's cooking process.

"Han Lu hosted very well this time, but in the subsequent shooting content, during interviews there must be interaction —"

"Although this time Lu Boss didn't speak and the effect was still good, since we're an interview program, we still need more interaction."

Hearing Chief Editor Chen's first half of praise, Han Lu couldn't help but feel a little elated.

But Chief Editor Chen's second half made her head ache again.

Have interaction with Lu Feng?

She wants to too!

But Lu Feng doesn't cooperate; what can she do?

Chief Editor Chen stood up, walked to the viewership rating ranking board hanging on the office wall, and continued confidently.

"Right now food programs are very hot; if you can do the follow-up content well this time, if this series airs, the viewership rating might rush to the top in one go!"

His tone carried great ambition; his eyes shone bright.

The "Late Night Food" program was originally initiated by Chief Editor Chen himself.

Back then the station didn't have a decent food program; the leaders weren't very optimistic about this program either.

Plus in the early days of the program's founding, the viewership rating never went up; several times the station planned to give up on this program.

If not for Chief Editor Chen soft-grinding and hard-bubbling with the Station Director, finally securing a fixed late-night broadcast slot for the program, it would have ceased to exist long ago.

These years, the program grew step by step from nobody watching, no sponsors, to the station's top three in viewership; Chief Editor Chen invested no small effort into this program.

If this program can become the station's number one, he feels his face has light too.

Currently the station's number one in viewership is a legal affairs program broadcast in prime time.

That program has always steadily occupied the top spot on the program ranking; to this day no other program has been able to shake its position.

That legal affairs program's host is also their Jiangcheng Television Station's pillar.

Hearing Chief Editor Chen's ambitious words, Han Lu's heart also boiled with passion.

That legal affairs program's host entered the television station the same year as herself.

The two were originally close girlfriends.

But ever since she sat firmly on the number one viewership throne, their relationship gradually grew distant.

Last month the station held an anniversary celebration; Han Lu took the initiative to approach and greet her.

But the other merely gave her a faint glance, then continued chatting and laughing with department colleagues.

The arrogance and contempt in her eyes back then, Han Lu still remembers clearly to this day.

If the "Late Night Food" program really manages to surge to first place, Han Lu, as the program's host, would never again have to be so obsequious and servile in the future.

However, the moment this thought emerged, she immediately felt it was somewhat unrealistic herself.

This kind of situation can only be indulged in as a fantasy inside one's head.

That legal program's audience base is too stable.

From eighty-year-old elders down to children just starting elementary school, all love to chase and watch the host analyze cases.

One's own food program, although its reputation has been built up over these two years.

But the late-night slot's audience base itself cannot compare to prime time.

Plus still not knowing whether that Lu Boss will be willing to cooperate with one's program in the future.

Wanting to surpass that legal program and become the station's viewership rating number one is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

"But... Chief Editor Chen."

Han Lu also couldn't directly refuse, so she switched to a different line of reasoning.

"If the Lu Family Restaurant airs for the next several days, then when will the Hong'an Restaurant interview air? The footage has already been edited."

"Additionally, several other local restaurants have also sent us letters of intent — are all of those supposed to stop too?"

This trip to interview at Lu Feng's shop was truly somewhat unpleasant.

It was called an interview, but throughout the whole process Lu Feng didn't say a single word, simply not cooperating at all.

Nothing like the Hong'an Restaurant side.

In order to cooperate with the interview, Li Hong'an even specially suspended business for half a day.

The footage was also personally supervised through editing by Han Lu herself, and she was very satisfied with the final presented effect.

At least compared to interviewing Lu Feng, watching it looks like the proper appearance a formal interview should have.

Wang Mo, listening from the side, also took the opportunity to take out the U-disk containing the previously saved Hong'an Restaurant interview sample episode and place it on the table.

This U-disk he had been carrying on his person the whole time.

After filming finished yesterday, Li Hong'an was very concerned about the program's broadcast time.

He had patted his chest and guaranteed at the time that it would definitely air within this week.

Right now Han Lu just happened to mention this matter, so he hurriedly took out the U-disk, intending to strive for it once more.