"Mr. Xu, Mr. Zheng, you two were quite bold yesterday," a man in his forties dressed in a casual suit chuckled at Xu Yingcai and Zheng Qitian: "A show that hasn't even premiered, and you've placed such a big bet on it, fighting for a spot at seven hundred thousand each! You're not unaware of the current cable TV ratings; even if the company isn't short on money, you can't just throw it away like that."
The speaker was Li Mingnan, the vice president of Minghai Group, primarily responsible for their company's capital investments.
Therefore, he had a mix of admiration and anticipation for the spectacle, considering Xu Yingcai and Zheng Qitian were willing to spend such a large amount on advertising. In his assessment, the highest price for a commercial in current television programs was only about one hundred and fifty thousand.