Film and television accounted for 19%, mainly contributed by "Ode to Joy."
Bai Yangyu waited until the manager finished reporting before concluding, "Right now, variety shows and TV dramas are the most popular with users and also the highest-earning businesses. Mr. Zhou, I think we should put our new variety shows and TV dramas on the agenda."
"Several satellite TV stations have mentioned this to me before," Guan Fei added, "as long as it's our own drama, they're willing to buy it."
"I came here today to tell you about the new variety show." Zhou Yiyang smiled and said, "I remember that Lao Bai recruited several directors this time, and they all shot variety shows before."
"Yes," Bai Yangyu puffed out his chest proudly. "This way, after you come up with the plan, Mr. Zhou, you can hand it over to their team to shoot it."
Bai Yangyu knew very well that for Zhou Yiyang, filming variety shows would not improve his skills nor gain him a reputation, and was the most unprofitable deal.
"Well, I currently have two plans. One is the one I mentioned before, 'Summer of Music.' This time, I hope to make it a permanent variety show."
The expressions of everyone in the conference room changed immediately.
Most TV stations have regular variety shows, but regular variety shows for online variety shows are quite rare.
“Wouldn’t this be too labor-intensive?”
"When I say permanent, I don't mean it's broadcast every week," Zhou Yiyang explained. "It's released every quarter, spring, summer, autumn and winter. You don't even need to think of a name."
Guan Fei understood, but still couldn't help laughing out loud.
"My idea is to turn it into a platform for promoting their songs. As you all know, apart from large-scale evening parties, there is almost no platform for singers to release new songs. I think we can create such a program for them to promote their songs. Of course, their songs also need to be released on Moonlight."
"That's a good idea," Bai Yangyu said with a smile, "If our show becomes a big hit, we can even ask for it to be broadcast exclusively on our platform."
"It's better not to kill them all," Zhou Yiyang said as he flipped through the reports. "Or we might be sanctioned by the Anti-Monopoly Law one day. Besides, we've always had a good relationship with Black Whale Music. There's no need to lose a good partner."
"So, Mr. Zhou, what's the specific process for our show?" someone asked. "Are we just going to invite them to sing? Wouldn't that be too unoriginal?"
"I'm planning to make it a music festival. Each episode, we'll go to a different city and perform at a local livehouse or open-air plaza. Each episode will tentatively feature eight guests, each of whom will bring their own performance. To make the audience feel involved, they'll each have the right to vote. Finally, the guest who receives the most votes will perform at the closing ceremony."
Guan Fei nodded repeatedly. It did sound interesting to go to a different city every week to hold a music festival.
“So how many episodes should we shoot per quarter?”
"Nine sessions, maybe? The last one will be the closing ceremony. We can also set aside two months each quarter to hire people."
"Are there enough singers?" Guan Fei counted and found that 64 groups of guests were needed for eight episodes, not counting the last one.
"You can come multiple times, just like a music festival. It's not like you can't go to Spring Breeze Music Festival just because you went to Blueberry Music Festival. The only requirement is that the songs you perform can't be repeated each time. And guests shouldn't be limited to singers; bands, idol groups, rappers, etc. are all welcome."
Bai Yangyu's admiration for Zhou Yiyang deepened. If this variety show could really be successful, it could even become their company's "pension insurance."
Moreover, this program is indeed meaningful. Today's music scene desperately needs a platform for singers to perform.
Otherwise they can only perform and ruin the big screen.
"Oh right," Zhou Yiyang remembered, remembering another project he hadn't mentioned. "The other project was inspired by Tang Yue. Nowadays, reality shows are all about singers competing with each other. We could definitely do a reality show with actors competing with each other."
"Actors?" Everyone was stunned, as if they had not expected that actors could fight on the spot.
"Yes, I've even thought of a name: 'The Actors Are In Place.' We'll find a group of actors who are either out of fashion, transitioning, or just starting out, and have them perform clips from movies and TV shows. Then it'll be like a reality show, with eliminations happening step by step until a champion is chosen. If we find any really good talent, we can sign them."
"That sounds great too." Guan Fei stared at Zhou Yiyang with admiration. "And I think both of these variety shows will be huge hits! Most importantly, they're not in the same genre, but they cover two different needs of users!"
Zhou Yiyang nodded repeatedly. Guan Fei's flattery skills were getting better and better.
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