Since the incident involving The Performer, Chief Hu had learned not to force down Classic X Files or anything, or even to fight for ratings with it and plan to push their ratings low.
Regarding this point, Chief Hu still had some rationality left in him.
However, he didn't want the other party's ratings to look too great either.
At least, he wanted it to be on par with Friday (with the Stars).
After all, Friday (with the Stars) had been on the air all this time while it would be the grand finale of Classic X Files. Typically, their ratings should be sky-high, but if their ratings were forced down to be average, not standing out all, then Chief Hu would have achieved his goal.
His main aim was to make Lu Man look bad.