After the finale of "The Legend of Chasing the Wind," all of Xiao He's works scheduled for broadcast in the second half of the year will have been released.
Aside from some events and advertisements, he has very little exposure now, but there is no doubt that this last installment of "The Legend of Chasing the Wind" is enough to keep him popular for a long time.
The success of "The Legend of Chasing the Wind" proves Xiao He's ability to carry a drama on his own. Coupled with the undeniable box office appeal of the male lead in "No Bait," Xiao He has now become one of the most sought-after stars in the industry.
Liu Rulan's career in Beijing progressed smoothly. When Elder Zhong heard that Xiao He had taken the initiative to help out, he was quite surprised. However, he didn't want to offend Xiao He and the others, so he worked even harder on the awards.
Besides that, there were various scripts and collaboration offers.
Not to mention Liu Rulan couldn't keep up, even He Wenming, who was helping Xiao He process the announcements, was almost overwhelmed, and he and his assistant worked overtime to sort out this pile of cooperation invitations.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it; even He Wenming was astonished by what he saw.
Leaving aside script offers, everyone in the industry knows how well Xiao He has performed over the years, and the collaboration offers from various directors have never stopped, which is all normal.
As for the advertisements and other announcements, they were simply dizzying.
"Did they add an extra zero to the pay for this variety show?"
When Xiao He saw the document, his eyes felt a little dizzy.
An eight-figure quarterly permanent offer?
That's outrageous!
Where is the promised cold winter?
"Ahem, this is just our preliminary estimate in private." He Wenming coughed lightly and explained, "Due to the impact of the salary cap on variety shows, their offer was directly processed at the maximum, which is less than ten million. The rest is our preliminary estimate based on the share they gave us."
Although the industry had been forced to make adjustments and restrictions on variety show pay a long time ago, as the old saying goes, there are always ways to circumvent policies.
As long as the on-paper remuneration meets the standards, the rest of the money will naturally go into the artist's pocket in other forms, such as revenue sharing from variety show broadcasts and advertising revenue sharing, etc. Anyway, this matter is much more complicated.
They can only give Xiao He a rough estimate based on the situation after the program airs.
After all, if Xiao He really goes on this variety show, the popularity and viewership will definitely be high. Xiao He brings his own topics and has a strong fan base. Moreover, this is Xiao He's first regular variety show appearance. Just the fact that it's a hit is enough to make the show a lot of money, so the money will only increase, not decrease.
Even so, Xiao He was still astonished: "This is absolutely insane."
No wonder some people end up doing variety shows after filming movies; they really want to make that money!
“Actually, we hadn’t originally considered variety shows,” He Wenming said helplessly. “But they offered so much, so Manager Liu asked you to think about it yourself.”
In the past, for variety show scripts, they would usually screen out candidates directly without even letting them go through their own hands. The junior assistants would already have already set the bar.
However, given the previous incident where a variety show invited Xiao He to film a teaser trailer, the team will now review the collaboration details more rigorously to confirm the ultimate goal and basic requirements of the collaboration.
Upon closer inspection of the contents, wow, it was a massive undertaking.
The variety show is called "Travels Through Mountains and Rivers," an S+ variety show project on Hunan TV. It focuses on friends gathering, taking a relaxed trip, and enjoying the scenery and food together.
The reason Xiao He was invited to be a regular cast member is because he is young, has many athletic skills, a good personality, and knows a lot of people, so the production team felt that Xiao He was extremely cost-effective.
Yes, even with such an exorbitant salary, they still felt that Xiao He was extremely cost-effective!
It's quite a coincidence that two people suggested Xiao He as the candidate: Qiu Hua, the host of "Happy Every Day," and Liang Cheng, a boy band idol whom Xiao He had once helped.
Qiu Hua needs no introduction. He had worked with Xiao He several times and was very impressed with the young man. He also thought Xiao He was a very good person with good physical strength, which would be a great help during the trip. He was a very suitable person to travel with.
Liang Cheng's situation is more complicated. Thanks to the resources and opportunities given to him by Xiao He and the others, Liang Cheng became an instant hit after participating in the detective show "Ace Reasoning". He successfully transformed from an unknown idol into a variety show comedian, and the other members of the team no longer dared to bully him.
Liang Cheng was invited to participate as a regular guest on "Wandering Through Mountains and Rivers" in a comedic role.
To ensure the guests have something to talk about with each other, rather than just playing house like strangers, the production team allowed each of the invited regular guests to recommend one more person.
Therefore, Liang Cheng, who was already grateful to Xiao He, promptly gave Xiao He's name.
Looking at it this way, it's surprising that Xiao He had such good interpersonal relationships.
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