Crown Prince Lin and Guo Dan sat in front of him, looking at this boneless man speechlessly.
"You were the one who suggested for Suhua Zhai and Dahua Investment to invest in this program,'The Stars Know My Voice'. Now, you're telling me that you're planning to leave it alone?”Guo Dan poked Yang Zhu's shoulder with her pen in disappointment.
"It was my idea, but that doesn't mean I have to be the supervisor of this project.”Official Yang looked at the ballpoint pen hole on her clothes with some heartache. This prodigal woman, a 99-dollar dress!
Yes, after a week of negotiations and signing a series of guarantee contracts, the program " The Stars Know Me " finally agreed to Suhua Zhai and Dahua Investment's investment. They did not want their children to be kidnapped by so many investors.
As the investor, they would definitely send a supervisor to the program team to prevent situations such as harming the public and benefiting private interests, or foreign capital playing tricks.
As the person who had proposed this collaboration, Yang Zhu naturally became the first choice.
But…
Ever since he sent Liu Feifei and Little White Rabbit to be embroiderers, he finally welcomed a rare idle time. How could he be willing to do such a thankless thing? He refused without thinking.
"You can consider letting Yang Yue from Project Management Team 1 be the supervisor. I think he will be very interested.”
"No, he does have a few music studio projects with good experience, but the highlight of this show is the blending of sound and scene. He doesn't have much experience in the field of image presentation!”Guo Dan immediately retorted.
Official Yang rolled his eyes at her, thinking, It's obviously because he never listens to you.
"Then transfer one or two people from the headquarters? The headquarters had invested in a lot of entertainment projects. There should be one or two that met the requirements, right?”
"No, this is clearly a project from the Beijing branch, and the program production location is also in Beijing, but we have to transfer people from Shanghai. I can't afford to lose this face." Crown Prince Lin's face flushed red as he objected.
"Moreover, if the show succeeds this time, its comprehensive income will far exceed the other investment projects of the Imperial Capital branch. I don't believe that Old Master will still have the cheek to give me a hard time when the time comes!”
Looking at the agitated Crown Prince, it seemed like his family conflict was about to escalate.
Poor child, he finally couldn't stand his parents 'verbal abuse and his project failure rate of more than 50%. Did he want to rise up and resist?
Seeing Lin Tu's fervent gaze on him, Yang Zhu felt a headache coming on.
After nearly a year, he and Lin Tu were no longer in a superior-subordinate relationship. Lending a helping hand in a way that was within his ability was a friendship.
Sigh…What a waste of my wonderful "vacation".
Forget it, he would drive one sheep and two sheep. He would maximize the "benefits".
So, he scratched his head.”
"Me?" Guo Dan raised her eyebrows. I'm from a business investment background. If you pull me into an entertainment project, wouldn't that be…"
"Hmm?" You…you mean…"
Yang Zhu rolled his eyes and thought to himself, You finally remember?
When Guo Dan was still a small employee, Yang Zhu would always ask her to come forward and report the project whenever he wanted to help her with the performance. He would be the small team member of the project.
Then, Guo Dan completed the project smoothly under the guidance of this "small team member".
After understanding Yang Zhu's intentions, Guo Dan wanted nothing more than to immediately pounce on Yang Zhu and give him a fierce kiss.
This was the biggest project in the Imperial Capital branch in the past two years. Once it was completed beautifully, the word "deputy" on his title could basically be removed and he would become an "executive" without any exaggeration.
When Lin Tu heard that Guo Dan had agreed on the spot and named Yang Zhu as a member, he seemed to understand something. He didn't expose her and left with a smile.
Guo Dan, who was immersed in the infinite illusion, glanced at the unromantic blockhead from time to time, feeling a little bitter.
Guo Danxin said in confusion…
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Yang Zhu sat on a chair in the audience and watched one celebrity after another go on stage to rehearse.
"I say, Beauty Guo, there's no need to forget about it. Judging from the previous rehearsals, the expenses for this episode were not exaggerated.”Yang Zhu handed over an ice cream.
Guo Dan looked at the thermos box beside Yang Zhu's feet speechlessly. It was filled with all kinds of ice cream.
She thought to herself,'I'm working my ass off, and you're here on a vacation!'
He tore open the wrapping paper and licked it."How did you know?"
Yang Zhu casually pointed at Guo Tao, who was moving around with a few dancers on the stage."Other than the appearance fees of the celebrities, the biggest expense of this program is actually the lighting and the supporting staff.”
"Let's not talk about the previous few scenes. Just the actors who dance with Guo Tao now are already considered to be the best in the country. Even if the production team signed a long-term contract with them, the price of each performance would not be cheap.”
Guo Dan looked at the group of hip-hop dancers and didn't see how they were " first-class ". However, when she thought of the " half-director " sitting next to them, she believed his words.
"Look at the vocal team next to them. Their live performance is also top-notch. Don't underestimate the word 'live.' If an orchestra really wants to perform so many songs live, they need to have a foundation that can be heard and not steal the limelight from the singers.”
Well, this involved the strength of the performance and the coordination between the various instruments. It was different from a recording studio with various noise reduction equipment and sound correction equipment.
"Also, you heard that these celebrities sang quite well, right?”
Guo Dan nodded. From what she could hear, even though there was the interference of the live audience, these celebrities were almost as good as professional singers. Could it be that these were all " singers who were hindered by their acting skills "?
Yang Zhu saw her confusion and smiled."Actually, if you look closely, you will find that their singing is still very stiff. The changes in their breathing and the connection of their tones are still relatively jerky. If he guessed correctly, there was a professional vocal music teacher tutoring them one-on-one so that they could sing well in a few days.”
"This is another expensive expense.”
"Lastly, as long as you have a little understanding of the songs performed by each actor, you will realize that their songs have been rearranged. The rhythm and singing have obvious changes. This required a relatively impressive creative team to adapt the songs according to the pronunciation characteristics of these celebrities. This was a technical job and a huge expense.”
Guo Dan was confused, but she finally understood where the 1.6 million yuan was spent. It wasn't spent on lighting, props, set up, and other hardware, but on the " team."
However, from the rehearsal scene, it felt like it was more interesting than other variety shows.
"It seems that Mr. Yang is indeed very familiar with program production.”A voice came from the side.
The two of them turned their heads and saw President Zheng looking at them with a smile.
After both parties shook hands and greeted each other, Yang Zhu took out a popsicle and handed it over."Here, the weather is so hot. President Zheng, would you like one?”
Looking at President Zheng's confused expression, Yang Zhu added,""Blue Mood, Mung Bean Sorbet, Soft Taste, Cool Summer, Thirst, You…You deserve it!”
Hearing Yang Zhu's funny words, President Zheng laughed out loud. He casually tore open the wrapping paper and took a bite.
After taking two bites, President Zheng said," Mr. Yang, you are so familiar with the production of programs. May I take the liberty to ask, what other aspects do you think our program needs to be improved?"”
Yang Zhu waved his hand repeatedly." CEO Zheng, you must be laughing at me. I'm just an ordinary employee. What I said just now was all nonsense. How could I have the ability to give suggestions for improvement to the production team?”
President Zheng smiled." Mr. Yang, you're too humble. I can see how much Chairman Sima thinks of you. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so proactive in promoting the collaboration with this program."”
" As for ordinary workers…"
"Mr. Yang is too modest.”
"Even the director of Six Thousand Afterlife, who is in the limelight, says that he's just an ordinary employee. Then, as a real employee, I'm ashamed.”
Yang Zhu was shocked, and his face turned blank."What six thousand afterlives?"
However, he was thinking, How did he know my bandit name?
Did someone tell him?
Who was it?
Sima Suhua?
Lin Tu?
In order to prevent all kinds of trouble, Yang Zhu had been making sure that those who knew the inside story were not allowed to spread the news that he was "Six Thousand Afterlives".
However, this fat old man in front of him had called out his bandit name, so he couldn't help but suspect…
"Hehe, Mr. Yang, don't be nervous. I was just guessing.”President Zheng still had a friendly smile on his face.
" Yeah, I've also watched the movie A Bowl of Egg Fried Rice. The plot made me feel so uncomfortable…"
"And then, I coincidentally recognized the second male lead as Crown Prince of Da Hua Investment.”
"Later, out of curiosity, I checked all of the director's works and found that Crown Prince Lin had appeared in many of his works. He even created an amazing advertisement for Suhua Zhai.”
" Thinking of how Chairman Sima values Mr. Yang and the follow-up cooperation with Dahua Investment..."
"Hehe, maybe I'm just guessing.”
"Mr. Yang, forgive me for guessing your identity! Forgive me!"
Yang Zhu thought to himself that these old foxes were indeed more cunning than the last.
Looking at Yang Zhu, whose expression was a little ugly, President Zheng's expression turned serious."Mr. Yang, since Big Light Investment has also invested, we can be considered family.”
"It is our common wish to make the show the best.”
"Therefore, I sincerely hope that Mr. Yang and Ms. Guo can put forward their opinions. Even if they can improve the program's effect by a little, the two of you will be doing a great deed.”
Yang Zhu looked at the serious expression on President Zheng's slightly chubby face. After thinking for a moment, he sighed slightly.
"All right,"
"Actually…there are a few areas in the show that I think can be improved.”
"Let's see if President Zheng has the courage.”
President Zheng's expression turned serious.
Chapter 51-Sima Qingcuo
"We're having a meeting now to convey the company's opinions on the changes to the program 'Star Talk'.”President Zheng scanned the room full of people.
"Firstly, starting from the fourth episode, we will gradually reduce the number of middle-aged celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan. If there were enough guests, the mainland celebrities would be given priority to go on stage. In other words, if there were enough guests, as long as they did not sign a contract; In the first season, we will only keep Chen Songlin, a middle-generation celebrity from Hong Kong and Taiwan.”
As soon as he finished speaking, it caused a huge uproar. The person in charge of the external relations business immediately raised his hand, and President Zheng nodded to signal for him to speak.
"President Zheng, I want to know why you made this decision. One had to know that although these middle-generation celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan were slightly older, their influence was still there. Their large number of fans could effectively increase the viewership ratings of the show.”
President Zheng recalled what the young man had said to him. He sorted out his thoughts and replied,"I made this decision for two reasons.”
"First of all, our program is broadcasted on the capital's television station. The audience is mainly inland people, especially those in the north.”
"There is a very serious problem with the middle-aged celebrities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. This will seriously affect the viewing experience of our main audience.”
"Remember, this is the era where content is king. We have to plug any loopholes that might lower the performance of the program.”
"Secondly, the fans of those middle-aged celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan are mostly young and middle-aged. Losing these fans will not affect us much. Moreover, it was very difficult for their fans to become a sticky audience for the show. We should consider the feelings of our young fans.”
After hearing this, the person in charge of external relations thought for a moment and reluctantly accepted this reason. He nodded.
"Secondly, from now on, the hosts and celebrities are strictly prohibited from saying anything sensational or canvassing for votes on stage. This is to prevent the audience from voting for the celebrity who spoke out of sympathy.”
"Our program will rely on our abilities to speak. The voting results must be as fair as possible. Don't create some melodramatic plot."
"You have to know that these contestants are all influential celebrities. If you, a well-known celebrity, canvass for votes, the audience will easily be agitated and give the votes to you. This is the greatest injustice to the other contestants.”
The audience nodded. Indeed, the audience was also human, and it was easy to be tempted by some melodramatic speech. Maintaining the fairness of the program was a necessary condition to go further.
"Third, we will add a new expert evaluation team of 10 people. These experts were teachers from major music academies or famous musicians.”
"These experts will be impartial in their evaluation of the contestants. One or two experts will be randomly interviewed for each match.”
The director immediately raised his hand. President Zheng raised his hand, indicating for him to speak.
"President Zheng, don't we already have 500 viewers and three main judges? Why do we need to add 10 more experts? I don't think it's necessary."
"It's very necessary." President Zheng's face was serious.”
"At that time, there might be a problem. What if the audience doesn't want these contestants to advance and wants to deliberately make them stay on the stage to perform a few more times by controlling the votes?”
"Do you want to stay or not?"
"If we don't stay, it's equivalent to breaking the rules we set ourselves. There's no fairness in the program at all.”
"Staying is another kind of unfairness. As these contestants stay on the stage for more time, they will gain more fans and public opinion. On the other side, it is equivalent to squeezing the time for other new contestants to show.”
"Therefore, we have brought in a ten-member expert team. With these 100 votes in hand, they could greatly curb the behavior of the live audience to control the votes!”
After hearing this, the director was enlightened. He looked at President Zheng with admiration and sat down.
" Fourthly, we need to expand the range of contestants. It's not limited to celebrities in the film and television industry. We can invite streamers, hosts, sports stars, and the like. In short, as long as they fit the concept of 'cross-border', we can invite them all. This way, we can increase the topic and viewability of our show..."
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"I say, is it appropriate for us to slack off every day?”
Guo Dan sat in the living room of the Capital TV Station, holding a mini electric fan and blowing it around her neck.
"What's inappropriate about it? He doesn't intend to fake it now. Why are you wasting your time?”
Official Yang still carried the small incubator with him like a treasure. After opening it, he picked it out and finally took out a snowman ice cream and handed it over.
Guo Dan quickly waved her hand to reject him. She had eaten so many ice cream these few days that she felt like she had put on a lot of fat.
Yang Zhu ignored her and tore open the packaging, concentrating on licking it.
Guo Dan, who was a little bored, looked for trouble."By the way, where's the female artiste following behind you?”
Yang Zhu smacked his lips." She was sent to Suhua Zhai as an embroidery apprentice. She's been poor recently, so I can only send her out to do hard labor to earn some money for ice cream."”
Guo Dan spat at him.”
Official Yang was very innocent." It's true. They really sent her to Suhua Zhai as an embroidery apprentice. Hmm…she was probably crying and screaming from being poked by needles.”
Guo Dan clicked her tongue and shook her head." I've never seen a boss like you. You're such a lovely girl. Why are you just leaving her there?"”
Yang Zhu shrugged without feeling anything.
"By the way, you're already 27 this year. Don't you plan to consider your personal problems?" Guo Dan rolled her eyes.”
Yang Zhu looked at her warily." What's there to consider? What's there to consider? Long live being single. It's a waste!"”
Guo Dan scoffed,"Long live you're still single!" Who knows how many lovers you have behind you?”
"Did I tell you that a man must find a girlfriend?" Yang Zhu was shocked.”
"Are you going to spend the rest of your life alone without a girlfriend?" Guo Dan asked in surprise.”
Yang Zhu sneered.
"Why did you bring a woman back?"
"Find someone to snatch the blanket from you?"
"Or are you so bored that you find someone to ask ten thousand times a day if you love her or not?”
"Or maybe you're a masochist and want people to give you countless life-threatening calls every day?”
"Or perhaps you haven't lost your servility yet, so you can find a Retired Emperor and let him stay at home to experience the feeling of being a slave?”
"Tsk! Was it not fun to eat a watermelon alone? Or is it not good to eat skewers alone? Why did he have to find a girlfriend to make things difficult for him?”
Guo Dan was dumbfounded. She wondered if he was looking for a girlfriend or a class enemy. Did he misunderstand the word " girlfriend "?
However, he suddenly realized that this guy couldn't have found such a girlfriend in the past, so he was now afraid of women like tigers and scorpions, right?
Just as he was about to open his mouth to probe, the door to the living room was suddenly pushed open.
"Yang Dada, I knew it was you when I saw your back from outside!”
Yang Zhu turned his head and took a glance. It was indeed Lin Keran, whom he had not seen for a while. There was also a woman following behind her.
"Why are you here?" Official Yang, who turned his head, was still focused on licking the ice cream. The weather was too hot. If he didn't lick it seriously, it would drip.
"I brought Qingcuo here to see what the scene of 'The Stars Know My Voice' looks like.”
"I also want Qin Hailu's autograph. She's Qin Hailu's fan.”
"Hmm…I'll also take a look at that scumbag Pan Yueming and find a chance to scold him.”
Lin Keran unceremoniously opened Yang Zhu's incubator, picked out two " old popsicles ", and handed one to the back.
"Tsk! Ignorant young woman. Pan Yueming was not a scumbag.”The corners of Yang Zhu's mouth twitched as he continued licking the snowman.
"Pah! If he wasn't a scumbag, then who was? You men only know how to protect men. It was a waste of J. J.'s efforts to marry him.”
"Here, this is Sima Qingcuo, my childhood friend. He just came back from studying in Australia.”
Then, he heard an unfamiliar voice say,"Hello, Mr. Yang."
He nodded politely and said," Hello," before continuing to lick the ice cream.
Lin Keran saw that her childhood friend's expression was a little ugly, so she pressed down on Sima Qingcuo's shoulder and asked her to sit down.""Ignore him. He's a person who treats everyone with morality.”
Yang Zhu also felt that he had reacted a little too impolitely just now, so he raised his head and smiled stiffly at her."I had a heatstroke and felt dizzy.”
Lin Keran began to liven up the atmosphere. First, she introduced Yang Zhu and Guo Dan, then she introduced Sima Qingcuo.
Only then did Yang Zhu confirm that the person in front of him was the only princess of Suhua Zhai. As for why she still took her mother's surname Sima despite having a complete family...
Hehe, was there even a need to say that?
Just as she was thinking about it, Lin Keran said,"Yang Da Da, Qingcuo is a top student in the Australian Music Academy, the Faculty of Modern Music in Melbourne branch. You guys can have a good chat.”
"You look down on me, a poor student from Shanghai's Music Academy, but I'm sure the top students from the Australian Music Academy will catch your eye, right?"”
Yang Zhu thought to himself, How would I know anything about music? Hence, he could only laugh foolishly.
Sima Qingcuo asked with interest,""I heard that Mr. Yang has a high attainment in ancient music?”
"I don't understand at all."
"But didn't you write a few ancient songs for Keran's brother?"”
"That was all copied."
"Oh?" I wonder which musician's work he copied? I didn't find any similar songs online.”
Yang Zhu was speechless.
"I wonder if Mr. Yang is interested in pop music?"”
"No."
Sima Qingcuo: " I feel that Mr. Yang is trying to integrate pop and opera elements into ancient songs. I wonder if he has any new works?"”
"No."
Sima Qingcuo: " But Keran said that you wrote an ancient song for her long ago, but you didn't let her sing it. Can you let me enjoy this song?"”
"No."
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Ten minutes later, Sima Qingcuo angrily pushed open the door and walked out.
Lin Keran and Guo Dan looked at Yang Zhu, who was licking another popsicle, as if he was a monster.
As expected, this guy deserved to be "born alone"…
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