Reborn as the Spring Festival Gala's Chief Director, I Livestream an Audit of China's Entertainment Industry

Xu Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala. At just thirty, he has risen to his current position and is taking charge for the first time, putting him under the spotlight of the entire nation. The reason is that last year's Spring Festival Gala had the worst results in thirty years, drawing ridicule from netizens across the country. Many people went straight to prison. As the new director, Xu Ming is bound to face the nation's scrutiny as everyone wonders how he will get to work. His superiors have also issued him a strict order: the Gala's ratings must be the highest in ten years, at least sixty percent of viewers must be satisfied, and no local New Year galas are allowed to beat its ratings. When the difficulty of the task was leaked, the whole internet sympathized with and pitied Xu Ming, calling him the fall guy. But then a new rumor spread: Xu Ming had declared that this year's Gala would have the highest ratings in decades and a ninety-percent viewer satisfaction rate. The whole internet exploded. Xu Ming was mocked as an “idiot.” No one had a kind word to say about him. Netizens looked forward to the day Xu Ming would be proven wrong. Soon, they learned that everyone scheduled to appear at the Gala had been dropped and sent home. Until the show went live, nobody knew who the guests would be. Then Xu Ming stepped up with a microphone to host the show himself. Three satellite venues appeared on the giant screen behind him, beneath the words, “Live: A New Year’s Purge of the Entertainment Industry.” The whole internet erupted. Shady contracts? Tax evasion? Illegal drugs? Sexual coercion? Prostitution? Sorry, every one of you will pay for what you’ve done. Xu Ming: “We’re firing the first shot in the cleanup of the entertainment industry. Viewers, are you satisfied?” Netizens: “One hundred points! One hundred points!”