With the finale of *Autumn in My Heart* breaking a 3% viewership rating, Haijin TV found itself experiencing both the greatest excitement and the deepest sense of loss.
The reason for the excitement goes without saying: thanks to this low-budget, 20-episode urban romance drama, Haijin TV—which had previously played only a minor role in the industry—finally managed to strut its stuff and bask in the limelight for two months. Even after paying out the bonuses stipulated in their bet-on agreement, they still raked in a massive profit.
The sense of loss, naturally, came from the fact that with *Autumn in My Heart* concluded, Haijin TV would have to return to its original trajectory. Without any heavy-hitting variety shows or competitive dramas, the old Haijin TV had been struggling, performing even worse than the second or third channels of Beijing Television, a reality that left them quite humiliated.
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