After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 436 Being targeted
"Whether you're interested or not, I can tell." Lin Guiyan was no young girl after all; with a flick of her eye, her alluring posture was incredibly charming. "Want to give it a try?"

Zhou Haoran asked, "Try what?"

"It's my body, of course. Don't all men like to play around with women?"

As Lin Guiyan spoke, she lightly bit her lip, revealing a charming and seductive posture.

Although her looks weren't considered top-tier in a TV station filled with beautiful women, her use of her figure, demeanor, language, and body language seemed to have reached a perfect harmony, exuding an ultimate femininity.

Zhou Haoran retorted angrily, "I don't even bother with you when I want to have fun, so stop trying to seduce me! You're a married woman, that's enough!"

"Isn't it more exciting to have a married man?" Lin Guiyan looked at him with a half-smile, took a step closer, and whispered, "Having an affair, don't you want to have an affair with me?"

Zhou Haoran took a step back and said irritably, "What do you mean by stealing? I'm not a thief."

"I'll let you play with it for free."

"I won't play then."

"Is it that you don't want to play, or that you're afraid to play?" Lin Guiyan teased, her eyes seemingly able to speak. "You're quite bold, aren't you? That Song Yongjun has always been known for his domineering style. Back in the general channel, he was just a deputy director, but his sense of power was no less than that of the director. You're not even afraid of him, so why are you afraid of me?"

"Who's afraid of you?"

Zhou Haoran looked her up and down.

Lin Guiyan's lips curled into a smile, and she puffed out her chest, letting him admire her. She then lightly put her hands on her hips, instantly highlighting the curves of her body, and whispered, "How about we go to a hotel? I'll take my clothes off for you. I have a great figure, unlike those young girls..."

"Alright, alright, I have other things to do!"

Zhou Haoran shook her off and went to the equipment department.

A glimmer of understanding dawned on me.

Humans, after all, are still animals!

No matter how much spiritual practice one undertakes, one cannot escape one's animalistic nature. Because of Tang Shiyi's affair, he was initially very angry with Lin Guiyan, feeling that he had misjudged her and that his values ​​had been betrayed.

However, after being tempted repeatedly, he gradually calmed down!

How weird!

From a mental standpoint, Zhou Haoran felt this was wrong; however, his body betrayed him, making him increasingly less vigilant.

If we let our guard down, she might really take advantage of us one day.

Avoiding Lin Guiyan, Zhou Haoran went to the Equipment Department and met with Section Chief Wang Li.

The two had never met before.

"you are?"

Section Chief Wang Li did not recognize him.

Zhou Haoran introduced himself, saying, "Hello, Section Chief Wang, I am the deputy producer of 'Everyone's Art,' and my name is Zhou Haoran."

“Zhou Haoran, the associate producer of ‘Everyone’s Art Up’… Hmm?” Wang Li’s expression changed slightly, then his eyes widened. “You’re Zhou Haoran? The Zhou Haoran they’re talking about?”

Zhou Haoran nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be me."

Wang Li said incredulously, "Could it be a case of the same name?"

Zhou Haoran is a fairly common name, and many people share it. He laughed and said, "As far as I know, I'm the only one in my workplace with the name Zhou Haoran."

"you……"

Wang Li looked him up and down, finding it hard to believe.

This guy, who looks like a greenhorn, is actually the legendary person who stood up to the new director, Song Yongjun? Sure enough, youth is fearless and bold!

Zhou Haoran didn't have time for idle chatter and said seriously, "Section Chief Wang, it's like this, I've come to collect the equipment."

"oh oh……"

Wang Li then came to his senses.

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Section Chief Wang, 'Everyone's Artistic Achievements' is a major program launched by the channel, with a production budget of up to 200 million yuan. According to the station's standards, how many cameras can we apply for?"

"Wutai."

Wang Li extended his hand.

"Only five cameras?" Zhou Haoran frowned slightly. "Even 'Family Matters' has four cameras."

"Producer Zhou, there's really nothing we can do about this."

Wang Li dared not offend this person, so he took down the new director right away and then wandered around the office as if nothing had happened.

Who can afford this?
"no way?"

Zhou Haoran felt that the station's equipment support was insufficient.

Wang Li explained, "Many small programs only have two cameras year-round. The better ones have three. According to the channel's regulations, the maximum number of cameras that can be approved for a program is five, which is already the limit."

"The Wutai Mountains are already topped out?"

Zhou Haoran sighed inwardly, thinking that this was the 1990s, and social resources were indeed relatively scarce in all walks of life.

"Yes, just five stations."

Wang Li spread his hands, indicating that he was shirking responsibility.

Zhou Haoran felt that five cameras were far too few.

For interview-style programs like "Family Matters," static recording is generally sufficient. However, "Everyone's Art" is a competitive and entertaining dynamic program that requires capturing more visual information.

Later programs like "The Voice of China" and "Singer" required more than twenty cameras.

Zhou Haoran pleaded, "Section Chief Wang, could you make an exception? I know the station has purchased a lot of equipment in the past few months. There are many brand-new cameras that haven't even been opened yet! We can't just leave them here to produce anything; we need to use them as soon as possible!"

Wang Li laughed heartily, "Producer Zhou is incredibly resourceful; he even knows this!"

“Master Shan Wendong told me.”

Zhou Haoran crossed his legs, using the tiger skin as a banner.

Upon hearing this, Wang Li was filled with respect. "Producer Zhou, you're right. I do have a few new machines here that I haven't used yet. However, it's not that I'm stingy; it's just that these are new models, and the operating methods are a bit different. I'm still figuring out how to use them. Once I've figured it out, I'll officially distribute them for use."

"Explore and figure it out?" Zhou Haoran's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Section Chief Wang, this exploration can't just be theoretical." "How about..." Wang Li was also tempted and tried to curry favor, "Producer Zhou, why don't you lend a hand? Take these new machines back and do a small test for me. Ask a few excellent cameramen to study how to use this new type of camera. Only after summarizing the user manual can we officially distribute them."

"can!"

Zhou Haoran was willing to help.

Wang Li smiled and said, "Then that's settled. You can still follow the channel's rules. Each program can apply for a maximum of five cameras. At the same time, we also hope that 'Everyone's Art Up' can help us by using your program to create a user manual for the new cameras."

Zhou Haoran accepted, "How much?"

"Three platforms!"

Wang Li looked very serious.

"Only three platforms?"

Zhou Haoran was both amused and exasperated.

It took a lot of effort to get three extra cameras back, and the other party was very accommodating.

Wang Li became serious and said earnestly, "Producer Zhou, three cameras are already quite a lot. Do you know how much this camera costs? 10! 10 US dollars!"

“Is it so expensive?”

Zhou Haoran spoke with people at the film and television base, and it seems it's not that expensive.

A camera is not the same as a camcorder.

Film cameras are used for shooting movies, and those are extremely expensive; it's not uncommon for them to cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Video cameras are used for shooting television programs, including many domestically produced TV dramas, and they are much cheaper, costing around two or three hundred thousand yuan each.

It's possible that the TV station's purchasing agent lined up the money for themselves.

"How can it not be expensive?" Wang Li asked earnestly and seriously. "This is a professional-grade complete camera system. It's not like many people can buy a DV camera for tens of thousands of Chinese yuan."

"Okay, okay." Zhou Haoran wasn't questioning the price; whether it was too expensive or too cheap was none of his concern. "Section Chief Wang, there are eight cameras in total, right?"

“No, five.” Wang Li was very cautious about this and did not want to break the rules. “The equipment department will only provide five cameras for ‘Art for All’. In addition, there are three new cameras, and we need to ask the ‘Art for All’ program team to help with testing.”

Zhou Haoran couldn't help but chuckle, "Alright, I'll have someone come and pick up the equipment this afternoon, is that okay? Section Chief Wang, we need to hurry, we're recording the day after tomorrow!"

Wang Li smiled and said, "Okay, come pick it up this afternoon!"

……

The Lifestyle Channel held an expanded meeting of the Director's Office, which was attended by all the directors (section chiefs) of the channel.

Zhou Haoran is the deputy director of sales, which is equivalent to the deputy section chief level.

He doesn't need to go.

I'm too lazy to go.

This expanded meeting was simply a way for the station's leaders to introduce Song Yongjun, the channel's new director, to everyone.

Just going through the motions.

It's equivalent to an inauguration ceremony.

After the meeting, Song Yongjun officially became the director of the lifestyle channel.

Zhou Haoran had no interest in paying attention.

He sensed that someone was dissatisfied with Song Yongjun's appointment and was using his conflict with Song Yongjun yesterday to denigrate and smear Song Yongjun's image and undermine his leadership authority.

It's unclear who was behind this, but the news spread so quickly.

Zhou Haoran didn't want to be used as a pawn.

Let's keep to ourselves from now on.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Haoran did not want to cause any further conflict, but the other party refused to comply.

In the morning, Song Yongjun officially took office.

In the afternoon, bad news came.

"Haoran! Haoran! I've finally found you!"

A phone call came in; on the other end was Liu Zebin, the sales manager.

"what happened?"

Zhou Haoran was at work at the time, in the company cafeteria, supervising the Zhongbo Software team as they updated the smart card devices. After the update, it would be much more convenient for employees to dine in the cafeteria.

"Something's happened!" Liu Zebin's tone was urgent and heavy. "The personnel director just came over and said you've been dismissed!"

"what?"

Zhou Haoran was stunned for a moment.

Liu Zebin said anxiously, "Haoran, you've been dismissed! They won't let you be the deputy sales director anymore. What are we going to do? This new director isn't someone to mess with. Is he targeting you?"

Zhou Haoran paused for a moment, then reassured her, "It's alright, this is just a normal work adjustment. It has nothing to do with you; you can still be your sales manager. And there's Director Meng, so it won't affect you much!"

"is it?"

Liu Zebin was deeply worried.

He, as the sales manager, has a close relationship with Zhou Haoran; he shouldn't be implicated.

Zhou Haoran wasn't concerned about himself, but rather, "What about Qiao Nuo? Has her work been rescheduled?"

"No."

"That's fine."

"Well... Haoran, don't worry, even if there are job changes, the small office in the sales department will still be used by Qiao Nuo. She's a woman, after all, and she should be taken care of."

Liu Zebin has also become more shrewd and dares not be careless.

He had witnessed too many miracles in Zhou Haoran.

It's true that Song Yongjun is the channel director, but can he really win over Zhou Haoran?
Probably not!
(End of this chapter)