After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 397 Complaint
As the month drew to a close, Qiao Suiqing significantly reduced the frequency of her hosting duties.

Many programs are becoming increasingly fake.

She had no interest in participating.

The engagement banquet just happened to be on September 1st, so we used that as an excuse.

This made Zhao Qiaoqiao secretly delighted.

In a few days, it will be the host competition, so we need to make the most of the last bit of time to prepare.

The ratings for "Family Matters" have soared recently, solidifying Editor-in-Chief Lin's core position. It's time to change the "number one" of the program team!

Zhou Haoran's story on "abandoned baby girls" has already been completed in three installments.

We're just waiting for the final court verdict.

A final result has been given.

There will be live coverage at that time.

Now that this series is finished, what's next?
Zhou Haoran had neither the time nor the interest.

Even directors like Hu Xiaochen and Hong Zhenru have lost all their fighting spirit.

I don't even know how to submit my research topics anymore!
These are all melodramatic scripts, how am I supposed to handle this?
When Zhou Haoran arrived at work that day, waiting for the ratings for the third episode, he saw Hong Zhenru in the corner of the office, answering a hotline call. He handed her the coffee he had bought.

"Brother Haoran?" Hong Zhenru's eyes lit up. "Coffee, thank you."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Answering the hotline? Have you come across a good story?"

“No way!” Hong Zhenru said with a bitter expression. “They’re all complaints.”

Zhou Haoran was taken aback. "A complaint?"

Hong Zhenru glanced back and whispered, "Brother Haoran, there have been so many of these complaint calls lately, more and more of them."

Zhou Haoran asked, "What kind of complaint?"

Hong Zhenru said, "They've complained about our program! They say that our recent programs are exaggerated, misleading, and especially fabricated, which is despicable."

"The plot is fabricated?" Zhou Haoran narrowed his eyes. "You've been found out?"

Hong Zhenru nodded slightly, then carefully looked around and whispered, "The complaint letter has been sent to the unit. Someone discovered that the men and women arguing on the show are students at an art school. They're very close and came to record the show together. It's all scripted. The day before yesterday, the station leaders came over and apparently took Editor-in-Chief Lin away for a talk."

Zhou Haoran's heart skipped a beat. "And then? What happened?"

This Hong Zhenru is no ordinary person.

She started her internship during her junior year of college.

After a year-long internship, I graduated this year and officially joined "Family Matters," becoming a proud Tier 2 employee. Although I don't have a permanent position, I am still a full-time employee.

People like Zhou Haoran, Hu Xiaochen, and Qiao Suiqing are only in the third tier.

This shows that Hong Zhenru has some connections.

Maybe I'll get a permanent position in a few years.

"do not know."

Hong Zhenru shook her head.

Zhou Haoran asked, "Did you attend yesterday's topic selection meeting?"

Hong Zhenru said, "I'll participate."

Zhou Haoran then asked, "What are the main directions for your topic selection?"

"It's still the same as always." Hong Zhenru sighed softly, "Love triangles, divorce, and melodramatic interpersonal relationships."

Zhou Haoran calmly said, "In other words, the complaint letters and complaint calls did not have any impact on the column's topic selection direction."

Hong Zhenru said with a sense of melancholy, "I heard that Editor-in-Chief Lin has connections and can talk to the station's leaders. These complaints may have been suppressed by her, probably to maintain the current ratings."

"should be."

Zhou Haoran was not surprised.

"Brother Haoran, what should I do?"

Hong Zhenru looked at him pitifully.

Zhou Haoran chuckled, "What do you mean, 'what to do'?"

Hong Zhenru said with distress, "I haven't submitted any topics for many days. I don't know what to do. Xiao Chen has agreed to the topics I like, but Editor-in-Chief Lin can't get through to me. But I really don't want to do those boring and frivolous programs."

"If you can persevere, then persevere for a while longer."

Zhou Haoran had made up his mind.

We absolutely have to start a new segment!

Then, take all the people you have a good relationship with from the "Family Matters" team with you!
"Brother Haoran..." Hong Zhenru's eyes darted around, her face flushed, and she covered her mouth with a laugh, "You and Sister Suiqing are getting engaged?"

Zhou Haoran glanced at her, "Did Sister Suiqing tell you?"

"Ah."

Hong Zhenru gave a half-smile.

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "What's with that expression?"

Hong Zhenru pursed her lips and said, "At first, I thought you two were really siblings, but it turns out you're childhood sweethearts... Hmm, I really envy you two. You grew up together and can take care of each other at work. You two are a perfect match, like a match made in heaven... Oh, Sister Suiqing is here!"

Zhou Haoran turned around.

Sure enough, we saw Qiao Suiqing. She was wearing a crisp white T-shirt paired with an elegant black Hepburn skirt, looking both stylish and sophisticated.

"People are in high spirits when they have good things to do. Sister Suiqing has been in really good spirits lately."

Hong Zhenru's eyes were full of envy.

Zhou Haoran made no attempt to hide it, walking over to help her carry her bag and saying with a smile, "Is it hot?"

"Fortunately."

Qiao Suiqing gave him a look.

Zhou Haoran understood and followed her to her workstation. "What's wrong?"

Qiao Suiqing was radiant, her beautiful eyes shining, and she said in a low voice, "I just went to the finance department to collect our salaries."

"Ah."

"The finance department said they would transfer the money to your card."

"Huh?" Zhou Haoran immediately reacted, "A lot of money?"

Qiao Suiqing held up three fingers and whispered, "Nearly 30!"

"That includes the sales commission, more or less. I recently signed a big contract worth 200 million with Narcissus Electric Appliances." Zhou Haoran no longer does sales.

We only signed this one deal this year.

She's most likely to be this year's top salesperson. If there's an unexpected outcome, it'll be because her female apprentice, Qiao Nuo, won over customers by writing letters.

"Haoran, you're so outstanding, I feel like I'm not good enough for you, what should I do?"

Qiao Suiqing said this, but she couldn't hide the pride on her face.

“Easy!” Zhou Haoran said shamelessly. “Our family practices a system of one husband and multiple concubines, which is fair and reasonable.”

"Get lost!" Qiao Suiqing reached out and pinched him, looking around. "Don't talk nonsense at work... What about the ratings? Have they come out yet?"

"It'll be soon! No rush, my show's ratings won't be bad!"

Zhou Haoran was very confident about this.

The quality of the episodes he produced was widely recognized as excellent within the production team.

It's just too inefficient.

Other melodramatic storylines can be produced in a few days by a single writer or director.

This series requires the collaboration of many people, including Zhou Haoran, Hu Xiaochen, Zhang Ming, Qiao Suiqing, and Hong Zhenru, to complete. His requirements are also very high; a single episode can take ten days to two weeks to finish.

The funding was insufficient, so Hu Xiaochen had to pay for it all out of his own pocket; the production team didn't provide that much support.

If all shows did this, "Family Matters" would go bankrupt.

Sure enough, the ratings came out.

Cheers erupted in the office.

The average viewership rating reached 14.8%!

Zhou Haoran became the third best-performing contestant on "Family Matters" this year!

He was also the first and second.

……

September 1st, engagement banquet.

There are mainly two matches.

A match was held at noon.

A few tables are enough in the alleyway.

Invite all the neighbors over.

It was basically an announcement ceremony: from now on, Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing are family. If anyone sees them joining the team together again, they shouldn't gossip; they're a legitimate couple.

The midday session was very simple.

A lively and cheerful meal is enough.

The troublesome one is tonight's show.

We went to the most luxurious Tianfu Hotel in the county, a four-star hotel!

The guests were all relatives of both families.

This is what's giving Zhou Haoran a headache.

Everyone has poor relatives.

Poor relatives are not scary.

What I fear most are those unreasonable poor relatives who think they can act lawlessly just because they have some blood relation to me.

Especially Zhou Haoran's two aunts.

Because of the division of the house and the separation of the family, he had a conflict with his father, which directly affected him, the younger generation.

Fortunately, it was just one meal.

I endured it all.

Qiao Suiqing, on the other hand, dressed in a festive red cheongsam, moved among the relatives, demonstrating excellent hosting skills and creating a pleasant atmosphere at the banquet.

But when it was time to leave, something unexpected still happened.

The lobby manager rushed over to file a complaint.

"Sir, please wait!"

"Ok?"

Zhou Haoran turned around.

The lobby manager was quite young and had a very good attitude. He said in a low voice, "Sir, the waiter just checked the rooms and found that four sets of tableware were missing from the private room."

Qiao Suiqing also came over.

The lobby manager could tell from her attire that she was an engaged couple, and he extended a friendly gesture to her, speaking in a tactful manner: "Madam, it's possible that someone took the wrong thing while packing. Why don't you tell them? If it were ordinary tableware, it wouldn't be a problem, but this is sterling silver tableware, and a set costs 1000 yuan."

Zhou Haoran was furious.

Oh shit!

Sure enough, someone was causing trouble.

At the engagement party, they stole the hotel's tableware.

Qiao Suiqing said gently with a smile, "Many of my relatives are from out of town and may not know much about this... It's okay, you can put it on credit. We'll reimburse you for whatever it is."

The lobby manager said cautiously, "It's very expensive. There are four sets in total. According to the hotel's standards, it will cost 4000 yuan."

"It's alright." Qiao Suiqing didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so she pretended not to know anything. "I'll settle the bill here, and the hotel can just record it as a loss."

The lobby manager was very impressed, saying, "The total cost of the meal is 8365 yuan. With the cost of the cutlery, you can give me a total of 12200 yuan."

Qiao Suiqing nodded slightly and said with a light smile, "Manager, I am very grateful to the waiters who served us just now. May I give them a tip?"

"Huh?" The lobby manager was slightly taken aback. He had only ever received tips when serving foreigners. "Madam, should I call those three over?"

"No need, please transfer it to them for me."

Qiao Suiqing paid in cash.

A total of 130 cards were counted.

Watching the newlyweds leave, the lobby manager secretly admired them: "No wonder he's the emcee, he's so friendly... Their success really didn't just fall from the sky."

Then he shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Don't bother looking for the tableware in the banquet hall, the guests have already paid for it. Fangfang, Nana, Mingguo, the three of you come here, the guests have given a tip."

(End of this chapter)