Chapter 373: The Program Team Holds an Emergency Meeting!

“What did Big Brother mean when he said he’d be meeting with the program staff this afternoon?”

“What else could it mean? I think the chaos he caused this time was just too big, and now the program team can’t handle it anymore!”

“My uncle works in broadcasting. This show has been running non-stop for a whole month. It makes sense that they’d pause it to prepare for the next season!”

“They’re ending the show? No way! If this season really stops, what the hell am I supposed to watch?”

“The trending searches are all saying the same thing. This is definitely the season finale. We’ll just have to wait for next season. Big Bro has been too unstoppable, and honestly, the program team doesn’t have a good way to wrap it up!”

Online discussions exploded as viewers tried to figure out what was happening.

Meanwhile, Wang Yun was completely unaware, but he could guess what was going on.

His shock points were still skyrocketing, which meant the producer must have announced something big.

***

The producer hadn’t told the program inspectors about the show’s suspension yet.

First, he had discussed it with Wang Yun. Once Wang Yun agreed, the internal staff began preparing for an official meeting.

Since this was a last-minute decision, even the station chief had been alerted.

And by 7 a.m., he had rushed straight to headquarters.

A man in his forties, dressed in formal business attire, sat at the head of the conference table, his expression stern.

On both sides of the table, more than twenty mid-level executives sat silently.

Every top manager in the station was present.

This was unprecedented.

It was the earliest meeting in the station’s history.

At the other end of the table sat the director of the survival show.

In the center of the table, a sign read:

“Skynet Operation Program Team”

The atmosphere was tense.

The four producers of the show sat beside the executive producer, their expressions nervous. It was clear that they were shaken by the seriousness of the situation. They were tense and overwhelmed, unsure of what to do.

Even the executive producers and the four producers sat there, dark circles under their eyes, faces exhausted yet strangely excited as they stared at the others in the room.

After a full three minutes of silence, the station chief finally spoke.

He cleared his throat.

“Before coming here, I stopped by the hospital to check on Old Fang.”

The moment he said that, everyone’s hearts tightened.

The executive producer instinctively leaned forward in his seat, his expression tense. From midnight until now, he hadn’t left the broadcast studio even once.

Some of the staff members had accompanied Old Fang to the hospital, but the executive producer had been too overwhelmed to check on him.

“Old Fang is fine,” the station chief continued. “It was just stress and frustration that caused him to faint.”

As soon as those words left his mouth, the entire room let out a collective sigh of relief.

Especially the five people from the show team. If something had actually happened to Old Fang, they would have no way of explaining it to the public or the government.

Old Fang wasn’t just anyone. He was a national figure who had made real contributions to the country.

Without wasting time, the station chief pressed on.

“So, have you made a final decision? Are we officially ending this season’s recording? How do you plan to wrap things up? And what about the sponsors?”

He kept his tone calm, but deep down, he was clearly reluctant to stop the show.

There were both advantages and disadvantages.

The good side?

As long as the show kept airing, sponsorships would keep flowing in, with brands competing to increase their funding. Not to mention—program inspectors from multiple countries were now applying to join the show.

And since they were the ones in control, these foreign applicants had to prove their sincerity before being allowed in.

After all, just participating in the show was huge publicity for them.

Everything the contestants wore or used—from their clothing to their props—was covered in their country’s brand logos.

But the downside?

If the show continued like this, with Wang Yun constantly on the run, the audience would inevitably get bored—the pace, challenges, and format had remained the same for too long.

And once that boredom set in, it would be a devastating blow to the second and third seasons.

The executive producer nodded, then pulled out a document. 

It was a template he had rushed to put together in the middle of the crisis.

“I’ve outlined various countermeasures in this document. As for the advertisers, when we signed the contracts, we never specified a fixed timeframe. After all, the show’s duration depends on the contestants and the program inspectors. So we don’t need to worry about that. As for when Season 2 starts and what the new game rules will be, we’ll finalize that later.

“Right now, the top priority is to calm the audience down. And for that, I plan to have Wang Yun hold a press conference.

“At the press conference, he will personally announce that we are pausing the recording so he can recover physically. After all, hundreds of millions of viewers saw him risk his life to save people from the fire.”

The executive producer spoke with conviction, and his reasoning was logical and well-planned.

Every detail had been carefully thought out.

Across the conference room, executives began nodding in agreement.

“As expected of Director Zhou, the ace of variety show production, the best producer in the industry. His strategy is flawless,” said the deputy station chief. He was a man with glasses sitting next to the station chief, smiled as he spoke. “Exactly! Given how insanely popular our show is right now, I can already predict how much crazier next season will be. When Wang Yun holds the press conference, we need to portray him as a national hero. Someone who suffered serious injuries while saving lives, forcing him to pause the recording. This will greatly increase the audience’s admiration for him. And at the same time, it will set the stage perfectly for our next season.”

His authority was second only to the station chief himself.