Chapter 703 Lin Fan's Philosophy
Almost as soon as Lin Fan set foot on the ground in the imperial capital, Zhou Yang pulled him into work mode: meeting with the crew members, finalizing the specific details of the program, participating in the selection process of the museum and the expert group, agreeing on the presentation mode of the program, and so on.
Busy as a whim.
Because Lin Fan shared the purpose and significance of the program with Zhou Yang at the very beginning, Zhou Yang's first impression of the two programs was instilled by Lin Fan, so Zhou Yang also knows best what Lin Fan wants to express and present.
The two of them work together quite harmoniously. Even if there are occasional disagreements, they are able to find solutions in a short time.
It wasn't until the choice of the program commentator that the two began to have a major conflict of opinion.
"The commentator must be an actor or singer in the entertainment industry. The candidates should be examined in the same way as before. They must have a positive image and no bad records, and their language expression ability must be excellent or above."
This is Lin Fan’s opinion.
But Zhou Yang thought: "Why not just choose one of the hosts from Emperor TV to be the commentator? His image is definitely positive, he will definitely pass the assessment, and most importantly, his language skills are absolutely excellent."
Why do we have to find someone from the entertainment industry? Although we can determine whether an artist has a bad record through investigation, just because there was no bad record in the past does not mean there will be no bad record in the future! What if the program is finally recorded and is about to be released or broadcast, and something happens to the artist? Moreover, investigation is not omnipotent. There are some things that cannot be investigated even if Emperor TV comes forward. You can't check someone's background for no reason, right?
So Zhou Yang didn't understand why Lin Fan didn't use a professional host and insisted on using an artist as a commentator.
In this regard, Lin Fan said: "The hosts' professional abilities are beyond doubt, but because of their jobs, their images tend to be serious and formal, without storytelling.
Imagine if an artist who had played an emperor or a famous historical figure, and whose role was deeply rooted in people's hearts, traveled through history in costume, dressed as a modern person, and explained the stories of the past and present lives of these cultural relics, wouldn't it be very exciting?"
Zhou Yang followed Lin Fan's description and imagined the scene, wow!
It’s really touching!
In fact, Emperor TV has always been trying to effectively combine culture and entertainment to adapt to the changing tastes of the new era audience, but the results are not very good. Either one is neglected while the other is taken care of, or the top is heavy and the bottom is light, or there is an insurmountable gap between the two and they cannot be truly integrated.
Zhou Yang has always felt that there seems to be something wrong with the direction of his and others' efforts, but he can't figure out exactly what the problem is.
Until Lin Fan brought out the two programs "Treasure" and "Classics".
Cultural relics + celebrities, history + stories, past life + present life, time travel and other models. At first glance, especially those who have not been exposed to this aspect, want to criticize it as inappropriate. How can cultural relics, which are such a serious and heavy existence, be put together with time travel and past lives, which are imaginary and self-indulgent things?
This is disrespect for cultural relics and history!
When Zhou Yang submitted the plans for these two programs, it triggered a, no, many heated debates!
The participants were divided into several factions, some supported, some opposed, some supported but had certain objections, some opposed but also appreciated Lin Fan's innovative spirit... In short, during that period, Zhou Yang's ears would hurt whenever he heard the word "meeting"!
That period of time is really hard to recall.
The key point that really made everyone agree to produce these two variety shows according to Lin Fan's creativity was the song "Thousand Miles Away" that Lin Fan and Jiang Yuhe collaborated on the Spring Festival Gala stage!
This song made everyone clearly understand Lin Fan's talent, and also intuitively saw the true expression of Lin Fan's so-called "past life and present life" and "time travel"!
The collaboration of pop music and beautiful voice is like another way of expressing the collaboration of celebrities and cultural relics. Lin Fan used the song "A Thousand Miles Away" to prove to everyone that he has the ability to integrate the two and push them to a better effect! Regardless of what others think, Zhou Yang was the first to accept Lin Fan's concept.
Well, it was definitely not because Zhou Yang, as the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, had the most thorough understanding of Lin Fan's performance mode and expression of "Thousand Miles Away"! So now, Zhou Yang was convinced by the scene described by Lin Fan: "Do you have any suitable candidates?"
Lin Fan smiled: "I know of only one actor who has a good image, good acting skills, good expression skills, and has played a historical role that has touched people's hearts."
Zhou Yang: "...You are not talking about..."
…
"puff--!"
Cheng Guohua spat out a mouthful of hot tea: "What did you say? You want me to be the narrator of Treasure?"
Lin Fan said on the other end of the phone: "If you don't have time..."
"have!"
Cheng Guohua's loud voice rushed out directly from the other end of the phone, making Lin Fan's ears buzz!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Cheng Guohua "puffed" a few times and wiped the tea leaves from his mouth: "Yes! Must have! Even if not, for Director Lin's sake, must have! When are we going? Forget it, I'll buy a ticket and fly to the capital right now, let's sign the contract first!"
"Uh," Lin Fan looked at the sky outside the window, "Mr. Cheng, it's night time now..."
Cheng Guohua interrupted Lin Fan directly: "What's wrong with the night? The flight is not affected! Director Lin, wait for me, I will fly over overnight, and you can see me early tomorrow morning! It's settled, then who, my girl! Help me book a ticket to the capital! When? Right now, the sooner the better!"
What if I go too late and Lin Fan gives this opportunity to someone else? I should hurry up and sign the contract and take the position. I can talk about the future later!
“That’s not necessary…”
Before Lin Fan finished speaking, Cheng Guohua seemed to be worried that he would regret it, so he hung up the phone directly. And according to the last words Lin Fan heard, Cheng Guohua might have to go out to catch a plane the next second after hanging up the phone.
Forget it, it’s a good thing that the old man is so energetic. If I have anything to say, I can just wait until tomorrow morning and talk to him in person.
Of course, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. Lin Fan can only open a shortcut for his own people. Whether he can successfully serve as a commentator in the end depends on Cheng Guohua himself.
The narrator's selection was temporarily decided, so next, Lin Fan looked at the thick stack of actor information Zhou Yang brought over, and felt a headache! So many! It would take forever to choose!
(End of this chapter)