Xiangnan TV Building.
Inside Li Deming's office.
Li Deming examined the data reports in his hands, his expression grim.
"The viewership ratings are this low? Is this really the viewership data for Romantic Love?"
The subordinate staff member, who had been anxiously watching Li Deming's displeased face, immediately wore a distressed expression upon hearing this.
"Director Li, this is indeed the viewership data for Romantic Love over these past few days, no mistake!"
The staff member knew very well why Director Li's expression was so unsightly.
The truth was…
The viewership data for Romantic Love was simply too poor.
No, it couldn't even be described as simply "poor."
It's such a disaster!
The ratings for Romantic Love can only be described as a "human tragedy."
The first day's premiere ratings were already less than ideal.
Surprisingly, Legend of the Immortal Blade, which premiered on the obscure Huanle Video, took the lead, becoming the ratings champion among all dramas that premiered on the same day.
At the time, Li Deming and a group of Xiangnan TV staff hadn't realized the severity of the problem.
They naively thought it was just a fluke.
After all, it had only just started airing, right?
As time went on, the ratings for Romantic Love would gradually improve.
As it turned out, Li Deming and his subordinates were far too naive.
As the series aired, the ratings for Romantic Love didn't improve at all; in fact, they got worse and worse.
The latest ratings statistics showed that Romantic Love had become the lowest-rated program during prime time on Xiangnan TV in recent years.
In other words—
It was the most dismal, lowest-rated drama.
Furthermore, the word-of-mouth was incredibly bad.
Nowadays, a quick glance at the Xiangnan TV website would reveal a screen full of curses directed at Romantic Love and Xiangnan TV:
"Did the person in charge at Xiangnan TV get their head stuck in a door? Airing a trash drama like Romantic Love!"
"Xiangnan TV is truly unscrupulous. A trash drama like Romantic Love, and you still have the nerve to promote it? Even dogs wouldn't want to watch it, okay?"
"I knew Xiangnan TV was just a bunch of dogs with no bottom line and no ambition, all for the sake of traffic. Romantic Love? Absolutely not! Xiangnan TV? Absolutely not! I'm going to Huanle Video to watch Legend of the Immortal Blade, la la la."
Seeing these comments, Li Deming's face became increasingly ugly.
He was even more frustrated inside.
However, before he could do anything, the director called him to the director's office.
Ten minutes later Xiangnan TV Director's Office
"Um... Director Liu, you wanted to see me? Is there something?"
Li Deming arrived at Director Liu Jianguo's office, walking slowly. Seeing the director sitting there with a straight face, ignoring him, he couldn't help but ask awkwardly.
He was better off not saying anything. The moment he spoke, he was immediately met with a glare from Director Liu Jianguo.
"You have the nerve to ask me why I'm looking for you? Take a look at what you've done!"
Director Liu glared at Li Deming, letting out a rather annoyed cold snort.
"I… I didn't do anything. Director Liu, why do you say that?"
Li Deming immediately looked aggrieved after being glared at by his superior.
Although, his words revealed a lack of confidence.
Who knew, before he could finish speaking, he was met with another glare from Director Liu.
"Hmph! You have the nerve to say you didn't do anything? Then I ask you, who set such harsh conditions that they drove away the crew of Legend of the Immortal Blade, and then spent a fortune to purchase the awful drama Romantic Love, and even put all of our station's resources into promoting the premiere of this flop?"
It was better not to mention it. As soon as the topic came up, Director Liu's anger flared up, and he slammed his desk with a loud bang:
"Li Deming, you idiot! You didn't want a high-quality, hit drama like Legend of the Immortal Blade. You insisted on spending a fortune, time, and resources to promote the trashy drama Romantic Love. This time, Xiangnan TV is bleeding money! Not only are we bleeding money, but how many viewers have cursed us, and how many people in the industry have laughed at us, do you know?"
Li Deming's face grew increasingly grim under Director Liu's scolding; he could barely lift his head.
After a long pause, he said with a pained expression, "I... Director, that... I didn't want this either."
How could he have known things would turn out this way?
If he'd known, he would have done anything to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights for Legend of the Immortal Blade, premiering it on Xiangnan TV.
As for Romantic Love...
This youth idol drama, featuring two top-tier stars, was supposed to be the hit drama of the year.
How could he have known this drama would flop?
And, it was such an ugly flop.
If he'd known, he would have...
Sigh, it's a shame that you can't buy "if I'd known" with money.
Li Deming's guts turned green with regret.
Recalling his previous attitude towards Shan and Legend of the Immortal Blade, he felt his old face burning, stinging with pain.
This slap in the face was truly pa pa pa.
His face was swollen!
"I don't want to hear your explanation."
Li Deming still wanted to salvage some face, but Director Liu Jianguo impatiently cut him off: "I called you here to inform you of two things. First, immediately stop broadcasting Romantic Love and take it offline."
Hearing this, Li Deming was taken aback. Before Director Liu could say anything else, he hurriedly spoke,
"Director, this won't do! Suddenly stopping the broadcast and taking down 'Romantic Love' will be a huge loss for our station. Let's continue broadcasting. The ratings might go up later, maybe..."
By the end of his sentence, Li Deming's voice grew softer and less confident.
Director Liu gave him a cold look, and he immediately shut up, closing his mouth hesitantly.
"Ha, you don't actually think there's any chance of what you said, do you?"
Hearing Li Deming's words, Director Liu immediately scoffed unceremoniously.
His gaze at Li Deming was filled with disappointment and disgust:
"And there's a second matter – Li Deming, you're fired! Due to your major decision-making error, which has caused significant losses to Xiangnan TV, your position as director is hereby removed, and you are immediately dismissed from Xiangnan TV. Pack your things and get out of Xiangnan TV!"
How could he have appointed such a complete idiot as his subordinate, and even entrusted him with such an important task?
Director Liu regretted his decision more and more.
He didn't care whether Li Deming was truly foolish and arrogant, or if he was suspected of embezzlement, which was why he made such terrible choices in drama acquisition, rejecting Legend of the Immortal Blade while spending a huge amount of money to promote Romantic Love.
In short, he couldn't keep a subordinate like that any longer.
Xiangnan TV wouldn't keep him either!
So, Li Deming, you'd better get lost and go home to fend for yourself.
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