Chapter Twenty-Four: Branching Out

  Time: 7 o'clock in the morning

  Location: Where Are We Going, Dad? Gathering Place

  Cast: The entire crew and six pairs of star dads and cute babies.

  "Brother..." Guo Xiao Yi saw Guo Xiao Yu from afar and rushed over to pounce on him.

  Guo Xiaoyu picked her up and asked, "How's that? Are you listening? Did you cry?"

  "Xiao Yi won't cry."

  "That's good." Guo Xiaoyu hugged Guo Xiaoyi and asked Qin Feng on the side, "How is it, is everything going smoothly?"

  "Smoothly, smoothly." Qin Feng hastily nodded: "It was smooth, we were smoothly taken in by your sister."

  Guo Xiaoyu put down Guo Xiaoyi and let her return to Guo's father, then patted his hand and said, "Okay, parents and children, we're boarding the bus and departing soon."

  Under the staff's call, everyone got on the bus one after another. This time, Guo Xiaoyu didn't follow the car, he let Old Qin go with them. In Lingshui Village, there was still Village Chief Li Rui waiting for them, while Guo Xiaoyu had to return to Xiangcheng this time. There was also a tough battle waiting for him there.

  Sitting in the car, Zhang Chuan saw that Guo Xiaoyu had not caught up with the team, but instead got on another bus that was about to leave. He curiously asked Guo's father sitting next to him: "Director Guo, why didn't Xiaoyu catch up?"

  Just after Zhang Chang finished speaking, everyone reacted and looked at Guo's father, waiting for his explanation.

  "He has to go back to Xiangcheng, Hongtao is waiting for him there and they won't be able to come over until tomorrow. In Xiangcheng, they have more important things to attend to." Although Guo's father spoke vaguely, everyone was a sharp wit, so no one asked any questions. Only a few curious children asked excitedly: "What is Xiao Yu going to do?"

  "Go defeat the monster." This was obviously KiMi's response.

  "I guess he went to buy tickets for the amusement park, he promised to take me there to play." Dy still misses his own amusement park.

  "No, brother must have gone home to sleep, he loves sleeping the most." Only our Guo Xiao Yi would know about Guo Xiao Yu's hobbies like this.

  "Little Brother Xiao is definitely hungry and has gone to eat." In Little Princess Ange's mind, eating was still the most important thing.

  "No way, you see Xiao Yu's brother is dressed so simply today, he must have gone home to change clothes. He wants to dress himself up to look handsome." Tian Tian, oh Tian Tian, you're such a clothes fanatic!

  "I think it must have something to do with the show." The only reliable answer comes from our Stone Brother.

  The several little guys who were originally quite reserved, due to Guo Xiaoyu's departure, all started chattering away. The dads saw the scene in front of them and couldn't help but exchange a smile: "Looks like there won't be too much trouble after all."

  The old men are relieved, but our Xiao Yu is under tremendous pressure now. Just now in the car, he received a call from Hong Tao, there was a problem at the TV station and they wanted Xiao Yu to rush back immediately. Originally, Xiao Yu thought that as just a small child with no power or influence, what could he do if there was a problem at the TV station? But when Hong Tao said the problem was with Director Lü, Xiao Yu got really angry. You said you agreed to fully support me, personnel issues are one thing, but now that everything is finally ready, you're causing trouble for me again. Although I'm not much, I'm not someone to be trifled with.

  Guo Xiaoyu was really furious this time, the problem that came out is fatal for any variety show, that is, the broadcast time. The TV station people obviously don't think highly of this program and plan to schedule it to air every Monday. This timing, as you can imagine, will have a huge impact on the completion of the program.

  In the previous life, Guo Xiaoyu had heard that "Where Are We Going, Dad?" had a big problem with its broadcast time before it was even aired. However, the first episode of the previous life was also broadcast at 10 pm on Saturday, but Saturday and Monday are worlds apart!

  "How is it possible, how can they do this. I really don't understand what's going on in the minds of those high-level people at the TV station, such a promising show and yet none of them think it's good." No matter how much Guo Xiaoyu complained now, he could only hurry back to Xiang City for the time being.

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  At two o'clock in the afternoon, I finally rushed back to Xiangcheng.

  Kuo Hsiao-yu rushed to the TV station as soon as he got off the plane, and Hung Tao had already arranged for the person in charge of the TV station to wait for him.

  Rushing to the conference room of the TV station, Guo Xiaoyu pushed open the door and saw Lü Bin sitting at the top of the conference table. To his left sat a slightly balding man, Zhang Li, one of the two deputy directors of the TV station, who was mainly in charge of the current programs. The young man sitting to the right of Hong Tao looked much younger than Zhang Li, probably no more than thirty years old. He was Bai Yan, another deputy director of Mango TV, responsible for resource allocation and scheduling new programs. In other words, it was his decision to schedule "Where Are We Going, Dad?" on Monday. And Hong Tao sat at the lower end of the table.

  "What's going on, I don't recall having any dealings with this Bai Ye! Could it be that Uncle Hongtao or Dad offended him and he wants to take revenge on us?" Guo Xiaoyu walked into the conference room with a mind full of doubts.

  "Uncle Lü." Guo Xiaoyu greeted Lü Bin before turning his head to nod at Bai Ye and Zhang Li.

  Seeing Guo Xiaoyu's reaction, Lü Bin nodded in satisfaction, while Zhang Li and Bai Ye showed completely opposite expressions. Zhang Li responded with a smile, while Bai Ye was expressionless, looking like he had nothing to do with it.

  Seeing Bai Yan's appearance, Guo Xiaoyu's heart tightened: "There's a problem." However, Guo Xiaoyu's face still had a smile on it. Decades of years had not brought anything else to Guo Xiaoyu, only the ability to remain calm in the face of any situation.

  "Now that everyone is here, let's talk about the broadcast time of 'Where Are We Going, Dad?'" Bai Yan said directly after Guo Xiaoyu sat down.

  Since Bai Yan has already taken the initiative to kick it out, Guo Xiaoyu and others didn't waste any more words. Only Hong Tao said: "I will definitely arrange 'Where is Dad Going' at 10 pm every Friday night. Adults who work on Fridays are off duty, school children are also resting, and 10 pm is exactly the time when families gather in front of the TV to watch the show. And...

  Hong Tao was about to say something when Guo Xiaoyu stretched out his hand to stop him. He looked at Bai Yan, expressionless, and said: "Undoubtedly, Friday night at 10 o'clock is the best time, and it will also bring great help to the program."

  "I also think Friday is pretty good, what do you think, Old Zhang?"

  "Director Tai and Bai Ye can decide, the broadcast time is not under my control." Zhang Li, who had already become a seasoned adult, chose an ambiguous answer that would not offend either party.

  "Absolutely not," said Bai Yan, rejecting Lv Bin's proposal without hesitation. "The program absolutely cannot be broadcast on Friday night. We are about to record 'Happy Boys' Voice', which is our TV station's ace program and must be broadcast on Friday night. If we follow the plan and broadcast 'Where Are We Going, Dad?' for 12 episodes, that would take three months. By the time it reaches episode 10, it will conflict with 'Happy Boys' Voice'. Therefore, 'Where Are We Going, Dad?' absolutely cannot be broadcast on Friday nights."

  "Looking for trouble on purpose." As soon as Bai Yan said that, the thought popped up in Guo Xiaoyu's mind. This Bai Yan was obviously looking for trouble. What timing conflict, or at a time when "Where is Dad Going?" was about to finish airing, making up some timing conflict, wasn't all this just finding fault?

  At this point, Hong Tao, who was on the side, saw that Friday was absolutely impossible and had to settle for second best, saying: "Then Saturday night."

  "It's also not possible." Bai Ye refused again: "This season of 'Happy Boys' is broadcast twice a week, every Friday and Saturday night, so Saturday is also not possible."

  "Saturday is also not possible." Guo Xiaoyu asked impatiently, "Then when do you think it can be? Don't tell me Monday, I don't want to hear about Monday or Tuesday anymore." At this time, Guo Xiaoyu felt that he was calmer than usual. Some people thought they could bully him if they didn't show him some color. Especially with Lü Bin still present, Guo Xiaoyu directly called Baiye "Director". If Lü Bin had a small temper, Guo Xiaoyu's words were simply heart-piercing.

  "Alright, I think it's better to schedule it for Saturday night at 10 o'clock. As for the conflict with 'Happy Boys' time slot, isn't 'Happy Boys' not yet in recording? We can talk about it later after they start recording."

  "But..."

  Bai Yan was about to say something else when Zhang Li, who had been silent all along, smiled lightly and said, "I think Saturday night is pretty good too."

  "You...". Bai Yan looked at Zhang Li in surprise. This old man had been the deputy director of the TV station for many years, and before Lü Bin came, he was already the deputy director of the TV station, and could be said to be an absolute veteran, with considerable prestige within the TV station. However, this old man usually did not express his own opinions, nor did he participate in the struggles within the TV station. But today, why would he speak up for Guo Xiaoyu? Bai Yan couldn't understand it no matter how hard she tried.

  "That's settled then, since Old Zhang has also agreed. Let's schedule it for Saturday night." After finishing his sentence, Lü Bin didn't even glance at Bai Yan, and instead turned to Hong Tao: "Your crew should be aware of this, but I suppose you weren't expecting this. Hurry back to your crew and attend to your own matters. The broadcast time has been decided, no one can change it." After saying that, Lü Bin gave Bai Yan a sharp glance.

  "That's good, we'll go first. Don't worry, Uncle Lü, the program will not disappoint you and Deputy Director Zhang." Guo Xiaoyu didn't even mention Baiyan, but he had already figured it out - this was not just about the program, it was likely that Baiyan was targeting Lü Bin, and there must be someone backing Baiyan, otherwise he wouldn't have been so bold.

  "Xiao Yu, I'm really sorry to have you come back for such a small matter. It seems that Uncle Hong has indeed grown old," said Hong Tao with a deep sigh.

  "What a joke, Uncle Hong, you look no different from those in their twenties." Guo Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Uncle Hong, I'm sure you've also realized that the water is deep here, we're just sacrificial pawns."

  "Alas..." Hong Tao said: "I really don't know what these guys at the TV station want to do, just hope they won't affect the fundamental of the TV station."

  "Alright Uncle Hong, these are things we can't control, what's most important for us now is to do a good show."

  "Yes, we just need to do a good show." Hong Tao, who had figured it out, was no longer depressed.

  Standing at the entrance of the TV station, Guo Xiaoyu turned around and looked in the direction of the TV station with a determined face: "No matter how you mess around, this program is my father's entire heart and soul. If you want to ruin the show, I'll make sure you pay for it."

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