The recording began.
A few cameras were already powered on.
Hou Ge, who was the field director, spoke into the microphone to Zhang Ye, "Teacher Zhang, everything's in place. If there's any mistake, we can re-record." He also knew that this was Zhang Ye's first time recording a TV Program. Thinking that Teacher Zhang could be nervous or pressured, he said some words to relieve him. Re-recording was not really an issue in TV programs. Some of the programs, which had very high standards, could take as long as four to five hours of recording for a one-hour program. It was done by having a lot of repeated re-recordings.
But Zhang Ye would not relax himself. He was very strict with himself. He treated this as a live recording, so that he would not make any mistakes, "Good day, everyone. This is a new program of the Beijing Arts Channel, ‘Musings of History’. I am your host, Zhang Ye."
After the introduction of the program.
