The Host Said, 'Whatever You Want,' and It Trended for Three Days

Ai Heping has the prime-time slot on a satellite TV channel, but now he’s caught up in an internal factional power struggle?! The factions are fighting so fiercely it’s a complete mess, yet he plants himself right in the middle as a “human roadblock.” During a live broadcast, an academic’s leather shoe falls apart on the spot. Ai saves the day in three sentences, giving the whole internet a moment to remember. When the powers that be block his access to resources, he counters with the trump card of Wang, chief designer of the J-20, turning a low-profile show into an overnight sensation. Now members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are lining up to book a slot with him; netizens have dubbed him “the satellite channel’s one true leading man”; and the station director says the department head position is waiting for him. His archrival is hopping mad: “Him? He’s not fit for it!” Whether he’s fit or not, Ai Heping has his backside firmly glued to that prime-time chair. After all, if you can get things done while sitting down, who’d want to pick sides?