Chapter 219: Break in! Now

The album planning discussion has come to an end, and the next step should be to discuss the group variety show.

But before that, bursts of "cuckooing" sounds in the conference room reminded everyone that it was time to satisfy their stomachs.

As for whose stomach is singing the empty city plan, that is not to be said.

"Okay, let's go eat first."

Xu Chuan glanced at his phone—12:39. "Come back at 1:30 pm sharp to continue."

This schedule, which is accurate to the minute, is becoming more and more like the class schedule during school days.

"Benefactor~ Is my goddaughter, the black-headed little princess, here with you?"

Wei Liangchen covered his stomach and pretended to groan, while also making jokes.

Xie Qingyu's face darkened when he heard the nickname.

It would be fine if he didn't mention it, but as soon as he mentioned it, he would remember that on the few occasions this guy returned to Yun City, he would drag Fanxing to take photos together, and finally spread his daughter's bad name on Big Eyes and made it known to everyone.

Fans may not know "Xie Fanxing" now, but they definitely know "Xie Heitou", and respectfully call her "Little Heitou Princess".

Wei Liangchen can be said to have made an "indispensable contribution" to this situation.

Seeing Xie Qingyu revealing a dangerous smile, Wei Liangchen quickly made a gesture of closing his mouth.

Isn't it okay that he was wrong?

Although Wei Liangchen had no idea where he was wrong, he still had to show an attitude of actively admitting his mistakes. He still had a desire to survive.

Xie Qingyu sighed helplessly, becoming more and more worried about his daughter's "cat nature".

If it weren't for the fact that this guy always comes with big bags and is rich to see the stars, he really wants to forbid the man and the cat from seeing each other too often. He always feels that too much contact will lead to the infection of stupidity!

After Jiandan finished lunch with Fanxing in the lounge, everyone returned to the meeting room on their own accord.

Afternoon classes...oh no, the work meeting is about to begin.

"'Break! Now'? Just the name sounds so interesting!"

Leo, the innocent little dog, was the first to clap his hands excitedly, as if he had already seen all kinds of interesting level-breaking games beckoning to him.

However, the other six people present, including the usually heartless Wei Liangchen, all showed a vigilant look.

You know, Yueyu Times is a direct-operated company of Grape TV.

Grape TV is the organizer of "Road to Star Dreams", and the derivative program "Dream Dance GOGOGO" that gave them a lot of trouble during the program must contain a lot of Grape content.

In short, there is a lot of bad water in this rotten grape. If you let your guard down easily, you will lose a lot!

Leo turned around and found that he was the only one laughing foolishly, and scratched his head in confusion.

Xie Qingyu suppressed his laughter and turned his head back. This kid was still too young and knew nothing about the nature of the platform.

When Xuzhou showed that signature mysterious smile, everyone shuddered involuntarily, and an ominous premonition arose.

Sure enough, the moment the PPT turned to the group variety show planning page, everyone felt a darkness in front of their eyes and could not see the future.

Xie Qingyu closed his eyes and kept smiling. This was the last bit of decency he could maintain, but he didn't want to look at this page of PPT at the moment.

"What do you mean 'solve it yourself'?!"

Wei Liangchen's voice choked with fear, and his fingers trembled as he pointed at the key words on the screen.

It is nominally a travel adventure variety show, but the content is completely different.

In the 11th episode of the show, they will travel to 10 countries to promote the album offline, with one song corresponding to each country, and the last hidden song will be completed when they return to Yun City.

So far, it's still normal. After all, I'm promoting my own album, so I'll accept it no matter how hard it is.

But the following content is outrageous. The production team only provides food, accommodation and transportation for the first episode, and everything else needs to be "solved by yourself"! Are they asking them to work abroad?

Oh no, the production team "thoughtfully" provided a solution. Starting from the second episode, the funding was entirely dependent on the number of audiences attracted by the offline music promotions - the production team gave them 10 RMB in funding for each audience member.

You have to make all the stage equipment, costumes and props yourself, whether you borrow, rent or create them through magic, the production team is not responsible!

Xuzhou smiled meaningfully upon hearing this. "What it means is - you're not allowed to bring any personal funds or convertible items. All expenses must come from your music promotion income. Whether you eat Michelin or eat steamed buns and pickled vegetable bangzi, ride a luxury bus or squeeze into a three-wheeled motorcycle, stay in a presidential suite or sleep on a park bench...it all depends on your ability~"

After hearing the explanation, Wei Liangchen almost fainted on the spot. He covered his chest and gasped violently, pinching his philtrum with trembling fingers.

You Jinzhao calmed him down and comforted him: "Think positively, the production team won't really ignore us..."

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Xuzhou's reaction, but unfortunately, this old man remained calm and didn't reveal any flaws.

Xie Qingyu sighed as he twirled the pen. He finally understood why the album had paper materials but only the group variety show plan was presented in PPT. Was it because they were afraid that they would see it in advance and run away?

It was a mistake to sign with such a stingy platform. This is not just stingy, it is simply a miser!

He is a rare genius to come up with such a plan of getting something for nothing!

Over there, the other members were studying the terms word by word, trying to find loopholes that could save themselves from death. That's right, this group show wanted them to die!

At least...at least give me some travel expenses!

"If there's not enough money, and our next destination is across the sea, do we have to swim across?"

Gu Qiong pointed out the key point incisively.

Cross-border transportation is not a small expense. Even without counting the staff, the expenses for the seven of them are enough.

It’s okay for domestic audiences, but what if the locals in a foreign country don’t like their style when they are unfamiliar with the place?

Seeing that there was no hope of changing the plan, Gu Qiong had to settle for the second best and tried to increase the conversion amount. 10 RMB was too meager. Not to mention 20, it should be at least 15, right?

In some high-consumption countries, 10 yuan can’t even buy a bottle of water!

Unfortunately, Xuzhou Lang was as hard-hearted as a rock, or rather, he was just conveying the plan on orders.

Although it was painful to see his own boy band being tormented, the pain immediately disappeared when he thought about the painful experience of these guys who used up a refrigerator of food in one day before going to Beijing to record "TOP IDOL", forcing him to carry a big bag to buy supplies and finally brought back only a cucumber!

"Well...I don't recommend this~"

Xuzhou added with a smile, "If you are detained by customs, we may be too late and unable to rescue you!"

These words completely extinguished everyone's last hope.

God damn it! How can a mouth with a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius utter such cold words?

Don’t they know that swimming over is unrealistic?

Don’t you know that you will be caught as a stowaway?

This clearly doesn't even leave the last bit of fantasy!

The conference room fell into silence in an instant, and the air seemed to freeze.

Xie Qingyu glanced around at the members who were feeling hopeless and suddenly asked, "The album project was only confirmed today. I remember the group variety show was originally scheduled to start filming in early December? That's way too late, right?"

Hu Xuan mentioned before that the recording time for Yueyu and Yunchuang Communication is at the beginning of next month, but the album is still in the production stage, so what will they use to promote the song?

As soon as these words were spoken, the members' hope was rekindled.

Yes! There is a bug here!

It is suggested to cancel this devilish project directly and let them concentrate on making the album!

How could such a smart platform not have considered such an obvious loophole?

Xuzhou shook his index finger, signaling not to worry. "The recording time for the group variety show has been moved to the end of next month. This means that everyone can focus on making the album from now on. Are you happy?"

End of next month?!

This means they have to complete the production of the entire album in less than a month and release it before the recording of the group variety show.

Grape TV is forcing them to live in the training room! Not to mention having to juggle recording songs, filming music videos, and all that other work—it's simply hell!

What’s even more amazing is that the recording of the group variety show will start at the end of December, which means that they will have to “suffer” abroad during the New Year’s Eve period.

It’s really something they can’t think of, and there’s nothing the platform can’t do!

Now even Xie Qingyu was silent.

Personal announcements are easy to arrange, as Hu Xuan has already helped him coordinate his schedule, but his coming-of-age ceremony is about to be prepared, and now he has to run back and forth between the two, so you can imagine how intense it is.

However, he also understood that Xuzhou was just notifying him now, and he had to find a way to squeeze out no matter how tight the time was.

Looking at the colorful expressions of the members, Xuzhou was really worried that they would quit, so he quickly tried to smooth things over:

"The company has already arranged the album production process. Everyone just needs to focus on practicing the songs. This arrangement is indeed due to the fact that the subsequent schedule is too full. I believe that with your abilities, you will definitely complete the task perfectly!"

Look at these beautiful words, they are simply speechless!

"Is it really impossible to increase the funding conversion amount a little more?"

Seeing that Xuzhou still refused to give in, Gu Qie simply made it clear that he wanted a definite answer no matter what.

Xuzhou subconsciously tapped his knuckles on the table.

He couldn't just say that the conversion amount was the result of careful calculations by the production team based on the group's popularity.

Since it is a group variety show, entertainment is important, but it is impossible to let the members go hungry.

What's more, the platform has deeper considerations - MYST7 debuted only three months ago and broke many popularity records without releasing a group album. The members' charm is off the charts, and the platform's ambitions have also expanded accordingly.

Using the name of group variety show to expand overseas markets, if it succeeds, everyone will be happy, and if it fails, it can still save face by being an ordinary travel variety show.

If our goal is achieved, we go to promote the song. If not, we go to check out the food and attractions.

This is the way to operate with moderation.

and……

"The first stop is Coria."

After careful consideration, Xuzhou decided to reveal some inside information so as not to affect the training status of the members.

As soon as the words fell, the tense atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly relaxed a little.

At least it's not a deserted place. If there weren't many people living there, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to gather enough spectators, let alone earn enough money for return tickets.

Although Xuzhou did not say it explicitly, Xie Qingyu and Gu Yan exchanged glances and immediately realized the platform's plan.

Xie Qingyu raised the corners of his lips slightly, the platform has great ambitions.

As a country with a highly developed idol industry, Kauria is both a holy place for fame and a battlefield.

Competition among local idols has become fierce, and the market is extremely saturated. Dozens of new groups debut every year, but only a few can break through, not to mention the top groups monopolizing traffic.

They all want to expand outward, but the platform dares to let them go there to gild themselves. I don’t know whether to say that they have confidence in them or that they are extremely bold!

Receiving Xie Qingyu's gaze that seemed to see through everything, Xuzhou suddenly felt a headache.

You're just a kid, why are you so smart?

In fact, choosing Coria as the first stop is already considered the "simple mode". Idol culture is mature, and as long as the performance is good, there will be no shortage of onlookers.

What's more, since MYST7 debuted, the platform has been managing its overseas popularity, with considerable results.

After all, in a sense, this is the "eldest son" of the platform, and it can be said that there are extremely high expectations for it. Is the goal just to reach the top in the country?