Chapter 147 Is there something fishy going on in the variety show? If there isn’t any, I won’t go

Forty minutes before leaving work, Yang Ruoqian received a document from the operations team.

"Why are my employees so efficient?" Yang Ruoqian complained as he opened the document and casually glanced at the sorting. "Can this be finished in a week?"

No, we must add a new rule to the Employee Code of Conduct in the future.

To ensure quality, every time an employee completes a project, they must check for omissions and deficiencies, and discuss and check within the group for three working days before submitting the project.

"Well, the number one candidate meets my requirements in every aspect. He is simply too perfect. Eliminate him."

Yang Ruoqian just took a quick glance and eliminated the first candidate.

"The second-ranked one is a very professional cook and he doesn't look bad either... He'll probably become a big hit if he's hired as an artist. But he has very high demands for various benefits. We can spend a lot of money to hire him as a trainer and chef for the employee cafeteria, but forget about being an artist. We'll eliminate him."

Cooking skills are a selling point, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Yang Ruoqian’s ideal candidate must be a good cook.

On the contrary, the worse the better.

"Those ranked third are pretty average at the moment, but they have great potential for development. People with great potential for development should not come to our company and ruin their own future. They will be eliminated."

"Fourth... eliminated."

"Fifth... eliminated."

After eliminating everyone in front of him, Yang Ruoqian's gaze finally reached the bottom of the document.

"Well, he doesn't have much social experience. His looks are all done by Photoshop, his figure is all done by post-production, and his cooking skills are promising in the future..." Yang Ruoqian was silent for a moment, "I have to say, this guy wants to be an idol with such conditions, he is really courageous."

This type of candidate will probably not be hired even if he sends his resume to every company.

Young man, don't think about becoming a star or idol. The bright future lies in coming to Kuiguang and earning a salary that allows you to have enough food and clothing.

Yang Ruoqian opened the chat box with Lin Cao and made the final decision: "No need to look for anyone else, this young man named Yu Hong is very good, bring him to the company to sign the contract."

Lin Cao quickly replied: "Okay, Mr. Yang. Any other instructions?"

Yang Ruoqian sent the second-ranked photo to Lin Cao: "By the way, ask this person if he is interested in becoming a chef here, and let him take an apprentice."

Lin Cao: "Boss Yang, what is the bottom line for his salary?"

The purpose of asking about the bottom line is to formulate a better strategy when negotiating salary, to lower the salary as much as possible within the bottom line and retain job seekers.

This was the method of reducing costs and increasing efficiency that Lin Cao often used when he worked in Yuefu. Although it was old-fashioned, it had been proven to be effective.

Yang Ruoqian replied casually: "Ask him what his expected salary is, and then pay him what he expects. Be quick and don't give him a chance to react, understand?"

Others want to try to be a star, and now suddenly told that they can't be a star, but they can still be a chef, they will definitely not feel good - they are doing well as a chef, if the salary is not much better, why would they change jobs? Even if the salary is higher, many people will not choose to change jobs, because it means they have to work harder to gain experience all over again.

Therefore, Yang Ruoqian estimated that the chef would most likely make an outrageous salary request just to get angry.

What you need to do is to catch him off guard and agree directly, leaving him no room for regret.

After a long while, Lin Cao finally replied: "...Okay, Mr. Yang."

Why do you look so reluctant?

Yang Ruoqian complained and continued to send messages: "By the way, please check if there are any food-related variety shows in the near future. I plan to let our newcomers show off on them."

As soon as this question was sent out, Lin Cao's reply arrived: "Yes, Mr. Yang. There is a variety show called 'Master Chef Competition', but their reputation is not very good. Do you want to watch it?"

Yang Ruoqian doesn't really care about the reputation.

The main thing is that Lin Cao's reply speed is too fast. Shouldn't he check it first before replying? But Lin Cao replied almost instantly.

Could it be that he likes to watch similar variety shows, so he learned about it in advance?

Yang Ruoqian was a little surprised, but he was not very interested in other people's private affairs, so he did not delve into it too much and continued to ask: "What is the specific place that has a bad reputation?"

Lin Cao replied: "They claim to be a hardcore variety show where the only criterion for judging everything is cooking skills, but in fact, after the audition stage, if you want to be on the variety show, you have to spend 200,000 yuan per person, otherwise you can't be on, even if your cooking skills are at the pinnacle."

An artist who has not brought any profit to the company and even has no development potential, has to spend 200,000 yuan at the beginning. Do they really think the company's money is blown by the wind? ! Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but frowned after seeing this number: "That's it?"

He thought it would cost a million...

A mere 200,000 is far from enough for his current huge profit of 9 million.

Lin Cao was impressed by Mr. Yang's generosity, but he continued typing, adhering to the principle of considering the interests of the company, "This is just the cost of appearing on TV. There are still many shady things to come."

There is a shady deal? The kind of shady deal that requires money? ! Yang Ruoqian was overjoyed when he heard this. That's great - now Kui Guang is not afraid of spending money, but is afraid of having no place to spend it. It's unfortunate that there is a shady deal when participating in a variety show.

Don’t talk about the shady dealings. I wouldn’t go if there weren’t any.

Yang Ruoqian said with great righteousness: "It doesn't matter. For the development of the company's artists, it doesn't matter if I just spend some money to get some connections. If there is any shady stuff, just tell me."

Lin Cao's response speed was still very fast: "This kind of variety show has an elimination mechanism. After each dish is cooked, the judges will select the three dishes they think are the worst, and then criticize the three people one by one, and then choose one person to be eliminated."

But whether a dish is delicious is actually very subjective, even more subjective than whether a person sings well. Because at least the audience can hear the singing, and the audience has their own judgment.

As for cooking variety shows, the audience can only roughly guess the taste of the dish based on the cooking method, besides watching the dish presentation.

As for whether it tastes good or not, it all depends on the three judges.

This is also why food variety shows are always inferior to other types of variety shows and have very little room for survival.

The biggest reason is that the audience is not involved enough and lacks anticipation.

The audience has no way of knowing whether a dish is good or not, so it is naturally more difficult for them to empathize with the judges and contestants' emotions, and even more difficult to empathize with one person's advancement and another's elimination.

Singing variety shows can even have some voting activities to let the audience participate in the elimination of artists, but can food variety shows do this? Obviously not.

Therefore, gradual marginalization is inevitable.

What's more, this type of variety show claims to be about selecting emerging artists, but in fact it is more about promoting the judges and helping them establish their image.

There may even be a situation where only one of the three judges is a gourmet or a chef in the industry.

The so-called "professionalism" of this kind of variety show can be imagined.

Yang Ruoqian understood immediately: "What you mean is that there is room for shady manipulation in this elimination phase? Those who give more 'sponsorship fees' can survive the elimination?"

Lin Cao replied: "Yes, this fee is very high. If our artist, Yu Hong, is always on the verge of being eliminated, a whole variety show would cost at least two to three million."

Looking at the message sent by Lin Cao in his hand, Yang Ruoqian was instantly excited.

If you are always on the verge of elimination, you can spend two or three million yuan? !

Isn't Yu Hong just a person who has dreams but no cooking skills? Even if he hires several chefs to teach him how to cook, his cooking skills won't improve much in a short period of time - cooking is a skill that requires practice, and without time accumulation, how can you become a good chef?

Yu Hong, who has no skills, would be in a mess if he participated in a competition where he had to cook against the clock, and the food he produced would be terrible.

Of course, Mr. Yang, who was frightened by the various rebounds, did not make a blind decision. He carefully recalled various food variety shows in his mind, including "MasterChef" and "Hell's Kitchen", trying to find a character who became popular because of his poor cooking skills.

After a brief recollection, he found that the number was actually 0.

Even if it becomes popular occasionally, it is only popular in the circle of people who pay attention to such programs. It has never become popular all over the Internet.

Not a lot, but none.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Mr. Yang was relieved.

Before ending the conversation, Yang Ruoqian asked Lin Cao one last question that he was curious about: "Where did you get this information?"

The words "typing" on Lin Cao's dialog box rose and fell. After half a minute, he sent a brief reply: "This variety show always invites people from the Moon Palace to be judges."

I see……

Yang Ruoqian understood immediately.

This Lin Cao really has an unusual obsession with the Moon Palace.

Yang Ruoqian finally replied: "It's almost time to get off work. You are out of town and no one will take care of you. You must leave work on your own initiative. Do you understand?"

After typing, Yang Ruoqian turned off the computer, looked at the time, and found that it was time to get off work.

Just after packing up and walking out of the office, Yang Ruoqian saw a commotion at the door, as if a courier was moving some goods.

"What are you doing?" Yang Ruoqian walked over and took a look.

I found that there were all kinds of goods, including snacks, daily necessities, and other things like daily necessities. In short, it was a mess and I couldn't figure out what they were for.

Wen Lianji took a bag of spicy noodles and explained vaguely while eating: "This is our latest attempt at the anchor section, but before we can make any progress, we have to invest in some goods ourselves to test the waters."

Goods for investment...

Invest more! It’s better to invest in something expensive, big, or even luxury goods or cosmetics.

Most of the people who come to watch this kind of discount live broadcast are very concerned about the price-performance ratio. The rich people just buy with their eyes closed, so who cares about the price?

I didn't expect that my employees could come up with such a good project! Yang Ruoqian was very moved that these employees could develop such a consciousness: "Okay, your attitude is worthy of recognition. I just feel that the value of these things is not very high."

"In the future, you can buy more imported snacks, luxury goods, high-end ingredients, furniture and electrical appliances. How can we, a great company like Kuiguang, only do small business?"

Wen Lianji swallowed the spicy strips and felt a little embarrassed: "Isn't it because I'm afraid that I won't be able to do business and lose money..."

What? What kind of business could make these employees who are now so successful so lack confidence?

Yang Ruoqian was alert: "You guys are planning to sell these products through live streamers, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Yang!"

"So who are you going to sell these goods to, and who are you going to make the money from?"

Wen Lianji thought about it and told her situation with some shame: "It's just those people who like discounts and have difficulty making choices."

"No!" Yang Ruoqian shook his head, "You should make less money from people like this."

"Ah, then whose money are we going to make?"

"Whoever has money will get it!" Yang Ruoqian laughed, "How much did you spend on the purchase this time?"

Wen Lianji felt even more embarrassed: "The goods have not been delivered yet. We paid 80,000..."

Wen Lianji was in charge of purchasing at the time, but unexpectedly, the passive skill of the Moonlight Clan suddenly took effect, and she was unable to control her hands for a moment, and accidentally spent a little more money.

"No!" Yang Ruoqian rejected it immediately, and spoke righteously, first counting one, then eight, "We want to pay one million, eight hundred thousand! The more you pay, the more you earn!"

"Ah?" Wen Lianji blinked.

Another 1.8 million was spent. Yang Ruoqian was in a very good mood. He waved his hand and distributed benefits to the employees as an exception: "In view of your great contributions and hard work, I will make an exception and allow you to work overtime for a while today, but you must leave the company immediately after the goods are transported!"

…

Pengcheng Yuefu Group.

Zheng Weinan walked into the office dejectedly - he had just been scolded by the board of directors again, and most of the directors began to distrust him.

A drama that had been promoted for so long, a drama with such a huge investment, a drama that borrowed a big actor from Yuefu Entertainment, was actually directly removed from the shelves! Almost all the investment was directly wasted, and the impact of the bad reputation even directly affected the big actor, making his reputation worse!

It would be fine if the anchor’s attempt to enter the traditional entertainment industry failed. If just a single project failed, the board of directors would not get directly angry.

But the problem is that Kui Guang and Cheng Yu immediately released an even more outrageous and exaggerated web drama, which received unanimous praise from netizens.

This shows that it is not a problem of thinking, but a problem of Zheng Weineng.

The two companies joined forces and took advantage of the public relations crisis of Yue Mansion to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry! "It's a bad year!" Zheng Wei Neng cursed, "It's better to be conservative in the next project. Submit a few good reports to stabilize the board of directors first..."

"It just so happens that I'm one of the judges in the Master Chef Competition. I can take this opportunity to make more money and make the report look better..."

(End of this chapter)