Chapter 436: 436: The Exhilarating Phase Victory (Second Update)

The Director’s office, Milky Way Group.

Weng Cheng held his mobile phone with a look of contempt and veiled sarcasm on his face.

The caller was Li Wenjun.

Li Wenjun, full of passion on the other end, said, “Director Cheng, to prevent Yin Qin’s success is quite simple. You currently manage the Milky Way Group. Everyone will listen to you. Just a slight manipulation, Yin Qin will be unable to recover and will even be slapped in the face quite hard!”

“Really?” Weng Cheng didn’t show any interest at all.

It’s not that he wasn’t interested in Yin Qin. It was about having no interest in Li Wenjun as a person.

His mother called Li Wenjun shifty, manipulating petty schemes.

The news that broke today just smeared Yin Qin without impacting him at all. Yin Qin didn’t care. The biggest benefit was not that it added any glitter to Li Wenjun. It did not have any effect he intended.

Only his mother would be gullible enough to believe this sweet talker, even having him cooperate with the charmer.

Li Wenjun continued, “I wonder if Director Cheng has considered this. “Hall of Heaven” is a live broadcast, what do live broadcasts worry about the most? Not the quality of the program itself, not the pre-show promotion, but the smooth execution of the live broadcast.”

At that moment, Weng Cheng furrowed his brows.

Li Wenjun eagerly went on, “As long as Director Cheng can ensure that there’s a sudden glitch in the live broadcast of “Hall of Heaven” tonight, a brief interruption, or minor issues like stage sound or lighting, it will directly impact the audience’s enjoyment. Thus, wouldn’t Yin Qin’s ability be questioned? Thus, wouldn’t the great momentum Yin Qin constructed be like slapping his own face?!”

Listening to Li Wenjun, Weng Cheng sneered sinisterly, “Li Wenjun, you are much more malicious than I thought!”

“Director Cheng flatters me. I merely want to protect my business interests. If Yin Qin rises, will I have good days? Besides, I’m with your mother now, I naturally want to ease her worries.”

“Knowing what you want is good. Li Wenjun, rest assured, if you keep pleasing my mother, your so-called business, I can make you rise to the top with just a little finger.”

“Rest assured, Director Cheng.”

“Alright, I know what to do now.” Saying that, Weng Cheng hung up the phone.

No matter what, even if Li Wenjun had given him a thought, that would not change his contempt for the man.

He picked up the office phone and dialed his trusted aide.

“Come in.”

“Yes.”

The aide knocked on the door and entered.

Weng Cheng cut to the chase, “Is there anyone reliable among tonight’s staff?”

“There are a couple.”

“Who are they in charge of?”

“One handles camera cuts, the other controls the stage lighting.”

“Tell them, to cause a bit of trouble during the live broadcast. Don’t let it go too smoothly.” Weng Cheng instructed.

“Yes.”

The aide respectfully withdrew.

Weng Cheng sneered sinisterly.

In truth, he hadn’t thought about creating chaos on the spot. He didn’t think Yin Qin could attract that many audience members to watch this show. Did he believe that the news he had staged would certainly arouse the audience’s curiosity? The audience were not fools, ready to be manipulated as he wished.

But since... since it can further his downfall, and it wasn’t much effort for him now, why not?!

He leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette, and was ready to sit back and savor the accomplishment.

A knock sounded at the office door.

The aide entered and respectfully reported, “The command has been delivered. Both of them agreed, but there’s something I need to report to the Director.”

“Speak.” Weng Cheng exhaled smoke, not particularly concerned.

“During the morning, Yin Qin held a meeting with the site staff, stating that if any of them made a mistake, that person would have to leave the Milky Way Group and wouldn’t be able to stay in Jin City. He also offered them an enticing paycheck.”

Weng Cheng’s smoking paused, “So Yin Qin knows how to buy people’s hearts.”

“So, when I found those two just now, both of them hesitated. Luckily, Director Cheng, your status is high enough, otherwise, no one else could persuade them to cooperate!”

Weng Cheng smirked, as if he hadn’t taken Yin Qin seriously in the first place.

Right on cue.

However, after about 30 minutes into the broadcast, the number of viewers did not increase much, but the ones that came in almost never left and the chasing rate was about ninety-five percent, indicating that there was no problem with the quality of the show, it’s just that the viewer base was too small.

Does this mean that the initial publicity did not achieve the effect they expected?!

Wu Meili looked at her mobile phone and did not dare to speak.

Her chairman didn’t ask about the data situation either, he just watched the TV as if watching the show.

At this moment, Weng Cheng was also in his office, watching the auditions for “Hall of Heaven” and his confidant was reporting the latest developments to him at his side.

Weng Cheng sneered, “I thought they were capable of something. After putting in so much effort, the public number increased only by 0.01 percent. How much audience rating can it increase?! It’s ridiculously funny!”

HIs confidant looked at the data, feeling they might have worried too much.

Despite all the things Yin Qin had done, the audience might not necessarily buy tickets.

The show was one and a half hours long and there was still only the last half hour left.

The data had been stable, not many people was coming but only few were leaving, it was just a near straight line on the graph.

Wu Meili was somewhat resigned.

According to the present trend, the viewership might rise to a maximum of 0.6, and a rating of 2 was simply a pie in the sky.

Yin Qin appeared very calm.

All his attention was on the quality of the show itself, with his mind recording what needed to be improved for the next episode, not only the live performance of the actors but also the way the live camera switched, the host’s charisma and the interaction of the star mentors.

The show had only the last ten minutes left.

Two actors would be eliminated in this episode.

This was also the last climax of the show.

If the viewership doesn’t increase at this time, it would be very difficult to lift up later.

Wu Meili opened the app on her phone and checked the real-time analytics.

The moment she saw it, she almost dropped her phone in shock.

She thought she must have seen it wrong.

Since the last half-hour, the stream of viewers was completely growing exponentially. Right now the numbers were still rolling, the viewing figures kept refreshing the previous data over and over again.

She blinked her eyes and excitedly exclaimed, “Chairman, the number of viewers has reached half a million now! The highest simultaneous viewership has reached three hundred thousand!”

Yin Qin seemed to finally react.

Wu Meili continued ecstatically, “Now, it has reached three hundred and twenty thousand!”

Yin Qin looked at the screen, and the host was precisely announcing the final list of advancing candidates at that moment.

And then.

Wu Meili said, “The viewer count is starting to drop now...”

Yin Qin closed his lips tightly.

The show was about to end.

Wu Meili put down her phone and said, “According to the current viewing situation, the highest audience rating may indeed break through 2.”

Yin Qin gave a slight nod.

At that moment, he got up from the sofa, instructed in a confident tone, “Tell everyone in the project department, we’ll have a group dinner tonight.”

Wu Meili immediately responded, “Yes.”

Ji Baixing stood next to Yin Qin.

This time she really saw Yin Qin smile, his mouth was upturned, bright and sunshiny.

At the moment Wu Meili turned to leave, she saw Ji Baixing looking at her chairman like that.

Oh my goodness.

Could it be that Ji Baixing really likes the chairman of her company?!

But... didn’t the chairman already get married?

To Luo Xiaolang!