Healing Doctor

Chapter 494 One Battle to Become a God

Director Fan's assistant beamed with joy as he watched the steadily rising data, a smile as fresh and vibrant as a chrysanthemum in full bloom.

The champagne-drinking incident at halftime didn't happen. As for what happens later, that's the director's concern; he just needs to be happy.

He had already written a significant chapter in his resume in his mind.

"Director! Awesome!" Director Fan's assistant exclaimed.

Director Fan remained silent, and it took his assistant a full three seconds to realize what his director seemed to be thinking.

He glanced at the data with a puzzled look. The peak number of concurrent online viewers reached 880 million, setting a new record for the highest number of concurrent online viewers in recent years, making it the most popular variety show.

Moreover, after the third episode ended, the number of concurrent viewers did not drop rapidly after a brief decline in data, but instead stabilized at a relatively high level and then continued to climb steadily and slowly.

What more could you want?!

Director Fan's assistant was somewhat puzzled.

"Director, what are you thinking about?" Director Fan's assistant asked quietly amidst the cheers and jubilation.

The ratings for episodes 1-3 are impressive—not just good, but the kind of good that's poised to become a phenomenon. With that, what more could Director Fan possibly want?

"Now is not the time to be happy. Look at the data." Director Fan tapped the screen. "The program has ended, but it stopped declining when there were 650 million people watching simultaneously. Have you ever seen anything like that?"

"No," Director Fan's assistant shook his head repeatedly.

"I estimate that many people will rewatch the surgery after the show ends," Director Fan said. "Before, whether it was an accounting firm or a law firm, people were just curious. Most people would never come into contact with such things in their lifetime, so they just wanted to see something new."

But hospitals are different; everyone comes into contact with hospitals, and more than once or twice. So everyone should revisit these scenes.

"With viewers rewatching the surgery, the surgical animation, and word-of-mouth spreading, I feel the second peak will occur late at night."

Upon hearing Director Fan's judgment, his assistant was even more puzzled.

"Director, this is a good thing."

Director Fan shook his head, remained silent for a full ten seconds, and then said, "Let's start the meeting!"

"..." Director Fan's assistant was taken aback.

"Let's discuss what to film for the next episode," Director Fan said loudly, slamming his hand on the table and standing up.

The cheers in the control room subsided a bit.

Director Fan cleared his throat, clapped his hands, and said, "Everyone, everyone, thank you for your hard work."

He said he was tired, but there was no smile on his face; he was even more serious than before the show started.

Anyone who didn't know better would think the show had flopped and that Director Fan was looking for trouble and wanted to yell at someone.

"As you've seen the data for the third episode, I can assure you, this is a fantastic season."

"If we just keep going like this, the first three episodes alone could be a contender for number one of the year."

Number one of the year!

Although everyone could see this, it sounded different coming from Director Fan.

"Being number one of the year isn't enough. This subject matter is exceptional; I hadn't even considered it before." Director Fan calmly began his self-criticism. "Let's give it our all and strive to make the third season a phenomenon, a national phenomenon, a masterpiece!"

Everyone in the control room fell silent.

God of War!

The first two seasons were also very popular, but absolutely no one would have thought that they would become a phenomenon.

To say that a phenomenal work can emerge once every ten years is an overestimation.

Now that Director Fan himself has called it "phenomenal," the hearts of everyone in the production team are pounding.

"Meeting!" Director Fan shouted.

So someone immediately moved tables and chairs and began to set up a simple meeting room in the room next to the control room.

Everyone was present, but once they were all seated, they stared at each other, speechless. Their eyes kept scanning the data on the screen, their minds uneasy.

Director Fan asked two people, but didn't get any meaningful information.

At this point, the data had returned to its peak of 880 million concurrent online users, and continued to climb slowly but steadily.

The word-of-mouth spread so quickly, it didn't even last overnight, it started right after the show ended, which even Director Fan didn't expect.

The better the show's effect, the more uneasy and cautious Director Fan became.

He had no ideas at all and wanted to brainstorm to generate inspiration. But everyone else was in the same boat, their minds completely blank.

Damn it!

Director Fan felt a little regretful.

If I had known that this season's forced-into-be-arranged show would become this popular, I definitely would have done more work beforehand.

But regret is useless; you still have to look forward.

"Director, why don't you ask Ji Xiang? It was Ji Xiang who came up with this new idea at the last meeting," said Director Fan's assistant.

Director Fan's eyes lit up as he recalled that scene.

He picked up his phone and called Ji Xiang.

"Hello, Dr. Ji Xiang." Director Fan's tone was ten times more polite than before. It only took three episodes to go from perfunctory politeness to genuine respect.

"Director Fan, hello. Is there something you need? It's so late, why are you still recording?" Ji Xiang's cheerful voice came through the phone.

"No need to record anymore, I have something to tell you. You saw the third episode, right? The data is amazing! It could be the best variety show of the year!"

"Oh, congratulations."

Director Fan's excitement contrasted sharply with Ji Xiang's indifference.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, thankfully you gave us some constructive feedback on the third episode. We're discussing the fourth episode, what do you think..."

"I have no objections. I'm writing the medical records in the department right now." Ji Xiang remained calm. "You can handle things from your side, and I'll cooperate as much as I can."

"..."

"Director Fan, I'm hanging up now if there's nothing else." Seeing that Director Fan remained silent and that he couldn't solve his problem himself, Ji Xiang hung up the phone.

"Xiao Ji, is that the production team calling?" Zhao Zhe asked with a smile.

"Yeah, the production team." Ji Xiang put his phone away. "Director Fan asked me what I wanted to film for the fourth episode. How would I know?"

"Let them come, I'm fine with going too." Lu Gang smoothed a precious lock of hair from his head and said seriously, "They're not professionals, they have no ideas at all. Now, we need my ideas! Ideas!!"

Ji Xiang looked at Lu Gang with the same look he was giving an idiot.

This guy just wants to be on TV.

Lu Gang had a strong desire to appear on television; it seemed to him that it would be a source of great honor for his family.

"Director Lu, if that's the case, should I contact the production team?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Contact them!" Lu Gang said, pressing his hands down as if conducting a consultation, leaving no room for doubt.

Ji Xiang contacted Director Fan, and someone came to pick up Lu Gang. After everyone finished their work, Zhao Zhe said with a smile, "Little Ji, actually, Director Lu wasn't just doing this for himself on TV. The program was quite successful. As soon as it aired, I received three calls, all from old patients and their families in Yuanliao, inquiring about interventional surgery."

(End of this chapter)