Chapter 399: The Melon Eating Era
"A new episode? Great, I can eat less pickled mustard tubers today."
"That's all you can do. Wasn't this episode released a few days ago? Why haven't you watched it yet?"
"You haven't read it yet... I'm saving it for dinner."
The campus is full of college students discussing "The Producer". Looking around the cafeteria, at least one-third of the people are watching related content or having related discussions.
This scene was even more popular than the one in "The Room".
Obviously, from the first episode, the ratings of this variety show have exceeded Yang Ruoqian's bottom line.
In fact, the publicity and promotion resources of "The Producer" are far less than those of "Survivor". Now Kuiguang Group and Chengyu Media have many projects and a lot of work to do... It is impossible to invest all the publicity and promotion resources in one project like last time.
For example, the promotion of "All or Nothing", the promotion of the theme park, and the company's upcoming annual meeting...
All of these large-scale projects have distracted countless manpower and material resources, so naturally there are not many resources left for the promotion and marketing of variety shows.
However, the actual situation was completely different from what Yang Ruoqian had imagined.
Since this variety show invited a lot of guests from all walks of life and construction started in various places across the country, it caused a huge commotion and involved a wide range of areas, so all kinds of gossip leaked out.
Needless to say, the celebrities invited as guests are very popular. The exposure of Kuiguang Group is a resource that everyone desires. Being invited is an honor in itself.
They will post relevant content on their official Weibo accounts, promote the variety show themselves, and also leverage their own resources to operate it.
After all, as a mentor, you always have to come up with something real. What a star shows never represents himself alone, but represents the entire team behind him.
The celebrities who have their own traffic are spontaneously adding hype to the variety show, and the various outsiders in charge of the Kuiguang Group's projects have a great deal of energy when they come together.
Various design teams were connected with Kuiguang Group, and various construction teams were assigned to the construction site to carry out some strange construction work...
Even though many projects are confidential, as the construction party, you can still guess something.
The two parties did not sign a very strict confidentiality agreement, so it is not surprising that the news leaked.
On one hand, the traffic from celebrities constantly creates suspense for the audience, while on the other hand, the gossip leaked by the construction teams constantly stimulates this sense of suspense.
There are many projects, giving the audience an unprecedented variety show experience!
The heat was immediately aroused.
"Have you noticed that now when the Kuiguang Group does things, they don't need to do any official publicity themselves. They just need to invite the right people, and the publicity will take care of itself." The young couple, who had previously been extras in Mr. Yang's crew and had worked and received internship certificates, are as concerned about all matters of the Kuiguang Group as usual.
The boy said, "Because everyone knows the reputation of Kuiguang Group and knows what kind of person Mr. Yang is. As long as you participate in variety shows, you can get a lot of exposure. Besides, being a mentor doesn't have the same risks as being a student. Helping them promote is also helping yourself promote. Why not do it?"
The girl also sighed: "Ordinary people work hard, smart people go with the flow...but Mr. Yang has reached another level. He has made himself and his group a 'trend'."
“No matter what he does, it will attract a large number of smart people who want to ‘follow the trend’, so Kuiguang Group eventually became the biggest winner among countless win-win situations.”
Ordinary people work hard, smart people go with the flow, and Kuiguang Group simply becomes that flow itself.
This is Mr. Yang’s strategic layout and strategic vision.
Everyone from top to bottom in the entire organization can benefit greatly from the arrangements made by the Kuiguang Group.
All those inexplicable projects that he had spent a lot of money on also showed their value at this moment.
Celebrities at the upstream of the industry will naturally be bound by interests to the Kuiguang Group because of the abundant resources, honors and exposure.
The benefits of cooperation far outweigh those of confrontation.
Workers downstream of the industry also make a fortune from this river.
The boy shook his head: "We can just watch this kind of operation. If you don't want to die, it's better not to learn it."
It is not known how many companies are trying to learn from the successful path of Kuiguang Group, but most of them encounter major difficulties in the first step.
In the end, they have no choice but to reduce costs and increase efficiency, but once they enter the stage of reducing costs and increasing efficiency, they will be equal to failure.
The girl also agreed: "Yes, we can just watch the variety show."
"Didn't you dislike watching variety shows before? Why do you watch them now?" The boy took two bites of food and suddenly looked up, "You're so proactive?"
I remember that my girlfriend didn’t care about this kind of thing at all before.
Even though she watched "The Room Survival" not for the stars, she watched it for the scary atmosphere and to see the stars' scared expressions...
Now she actually takes the initiative to pay attention to variety shows?
"The past is the past, and the present is the present." The girl replied, "And I don't care about the celebrities' affairs. I just want to see what the Kuiguang Group can do. To put it bluntly, I want to eat melons."
“Who would click on this variety show if it wasn’t for the gunfight?”
The boy couldn't help but complain: "Hey man, you watch this variety show just for the gunfights, right?"
After watching the end of the first episode, everyone was laughing like crazy.
It was really hard for them to imagine the handsome young male trainees and the delicate female trainees shooting with real guns at a legal shooting range, and being scolded by instructors and guests because of their poor performance.
After the training, the trainees took up their weapons and started the "Chicken Eating Competition" in a specific venue. The losers would be eliminated, which brought people's anticipation to the extreme.
What are other similar variety shows like? Two trainees stand on the stage, competing in singing and dancing, and then the mentor on the stage gives them scores.
Due to the disclosure of various shady dealings, all viewers are already aware of the unspoken rules of this form of PK.
Whether a song is good or not, although there is a rough consensus among the public, there is no standard after all. The specific judgment is still quite subjective. As long as it is not so good that it is beyond compare, who can win the PK is just a matter of a word from the mentor.
If two people have similar singing skills and sing two completely different songs, how can we tell who is better? Either we let the audience vote directly, or let the mentor choose directly.
The first is that there are too many tricks that can change the number of votes. After all, it is difficult to verify the identity of this kind of vote, and the organizers have no motivation to conduct identity verification.
The second type is even more difficult to say. The Kuiguang Group once had a conflict with "The Voice of China" and was exposed for the scandal of taking money to do things.
Whether a student or trainee advances or not, and whether the opponent he draws is strong or not, are all linked to money.
After knowing the inside story, the audience often regards the variety show as a big stage for performance.
Even if there are students or trainees who are really dissatisfied, they can only compete on the stage, and the actual effect is so small that it can be ignored.
But it’s different here at Kuiguang Group!
Whether you advance or not, it depends on the weapon in your hand! So physical!
Not as good as others in acting? Not satisfied with the instructor's evaluation? Dissatisfied with the final result? No problem, just use guns to eliminate your opponents on the battlefield, it's fair.
For the spectators, it is a great honor to watch such a heaven-defying program.
"Stop talking, just look..."
"Unfortunately, there is still no live broadcast this time."
"It's not as interesting to watch this kind of variety show live as the edited version. After all, there are a lot of meaningless shots and many places need to be reshot. People will probably fall asleep after watching the live show for a while."
"That's right. We don't have to worry about Kuiguang Group doing any malicious editing."
“…”
The two sat side by side, watching the images playing on the phone screen.
After filming, the instructors trained the trainees. After completing the training, the trainees took their own scripts and started emergency rehearsals.
In terms of acting, there are two stages of competition. We are now in the first stage, and the content of the second stage is only known to the trainees and has not been revealed to the audience.
The rehearsal time was very short, only one day.
When the day is up, all trainees will have their scripts taken away and prepare to compete on stage.
It is called a competition, but taking into account various objective factors, this time the trainees' acting skills will only be scored in the form of a competition.
The party with a lower score may not necessarily enter the elimination sequence. Similarly, the party with a higher score does not necessarily mean that it will be assigned to a higher level group.
If the situation is more extreme and two trainees who go on stage at the same time perform poorly, it is possible that they will both be placed in the elimination group.
There were two trainees who came on stage at this time. One was named Ji Yan, with hair dyed a strange color with a strong metallic texture; the other was named Kong Feifei, and she looked like a gentle woman.
Several mentors sat right above, looking at the trainees who were about to take the stage with a slightly scrutinizing gaze.
"Why does that sister look a little unwell?" the boy suddenly asked, "Wouldn't it hurt to drill so many holes?"
The girl who had only had her ears pierced shook her head: "It's actually not that bad, I only felt a little bit when I pierced it... If it really hurt all the time, who could endure it for so long?"
"I see. Then why is Ji Yan's expression so gloomy? Did she draw a role she doesn't want to play?"
"It shouldn't be that serious... Aren't the scripts chosen by the trainees themselves? Even if there's nothing you like among all the scripts, you can just pick a conservative one. As long as you don't fall into the elimination group, that shouldn't be difficult, right?"
"Even if you fall into the elimination group, don't you still have a chance in the next round? I heard that the next round will be a truly completely fair competition."
"Maybe I didn't sleep well or eat well last night?"
"You are selectively ignoring the hotel we stayed in before, right? They even prepared such good treatment for us small extras. Do you think the treatment of trainees can be worse than ours?"
"Well, that means I forgot the words. Anyway, there must be a reason."
“…”
While chatting, the two people on the stage also began to compete.
The first person to appear was Ji Yan, and the confidence on her face had completely disappeared.
"Hello." Feng Luo above was the first to greet, "You can start after you are ready."
"...Okay, teachers."
This time, Ji Yan will play the role of a mercenary. She received information indicating that the enemy is in a certain room.
The scene she was going to play was to search the room with a prop pistol.
Director An Zhou, who was specially invited, nodded and said, "Let's get started."
With a "click" sound, Ji Yan walked "cautiously" to the door of the room with the prop gun, trying to appear as serious as possible, and pointed the gun at the ceiling and then at the water tank, as if there might be an enemy hiding in such an incredible place.
Moreover, his expression was stiff and rigid throughout the whole process, as if he was wearing a mask, and there was no natural feeling at all.
There was a feeling of overexertion throughout the whole process.
Unlike Shang Qianyu who was just having fun and was trying to hold back his laughter, Director An Zhou, who was used to good actors and good acting skills, and used to newcomers like Shang Qianyu, frowned.
He has always been very serious about acting.
What the hell is this acting by Ji Yan? !
Eyes wide open, startled, looking up at the sky, then down at the ground? "Hahahahaha!" The boy who was also watching this scene burst out laughing, "This Ji Yan, this search point... why does it feel exactly the same as when I played CFGO, hahaha!"
"Don't be so mean, do you search your head when playing games? Hahahaha!"
At the same time, the number of barrages also surged.
"What are you doing, hahahaha!"
"The acting is really bad, not as natural as when we role-play in private."
"Don't be so mean, you can do a 180 degree swing in one go. I have to do two swings to get by in the game."
"Maybe Ji Yan's mouse sensitivity is set too high."
"I don't understand what everyone is mocking. The search points are very careful and the positioning is very accurate. It is not easy to find teammates like this in a wild team."
"I knew that the variety show hosted by Kuiguang Group would not disappoint me. I'm so happy, hahaha!"
“…”
Amidst laughter and joy, a disastrous performance finally came to an end.
Of the four groups of mentors on the stage, all had expressionless faces except Shang Qianyu who was forcing himself to hold back his laughter and An Zhou who had a gloomy face.
Qin Xin, the chief planner and host, said quickly, "Our trainees have finished their performances. Now it's time for the mentors to give their scores and comments."
After each instructor gives his or her own score, the final score is averaged.
After scoring, the trainees’ performance will also be commented on.
Generally speaking, when unveiling the credits, people try to drag out the time a little longer and make the editing a little more thrilling in order to create better suspense.
However, this time, the tutor group took only five seconds to give their evaluation.
Shang Qianyu, who received the highest score, only scored 59 points, which is an unsatisfactory score.
Others simply scored 0 points.
If the average score is less than 60, the student will be placed in the elimination group. 60-80 is C, 80-90 is B, and above 90 is A.
"Now, please welcome the instructor's comments!"
ps: You can take a look at Yao Anna’s way of searching, it will make you laugh until you get pregnant.
(End of this chapter)
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