Chapter 263: Results of the Three Officials
Unlike many first-line stars, Chen Xingzhi has always disliked the platform's use of his influence for some wanton publicity activities. At various evening parties, compared to choosing the finale performance that many stars compete for, Chen Xingzhi prefers to mix his performance in the middle of the program, or even directly choose the warm-up period.
In recent years, Chen Xingzhi's closing performance has almost only been at the New Year's Eve parties of major platforms. Every year, the platforms need to negotiate with Hanxing several months in advance, and make all kinds of concessions to compete for a spot. Therefore, it has always been very difficult for all platforms to negotiate Chen Xingzhi's closing performance, but it is also a sweet trouble, because every year, setting Chen Xingzhi's closing performance is equivalent to guaranteeing the party, and directly completing the party's investment promotion and publicity KPI in advance.
This is the first time for Chen Xingzhi to accept the ultimate finale in the circle. No other evening party has allowed Chen Xingzhi to make extreme preparations and fully cooperate several days in advance like he did for "Shan Hai".
In the past two days, Dong Zhu or An Ling has quietly taken control of the discourse power of the "Shan Hai" program. With the sudden rise of Ren Limeng and the benefits earned by the platform from cooperating with Ren Limeng, Zhong Yanjun's faction has completely overwhelmed Yao Xin's faction, showing a trend of the east wind overwhelming the west wind in the station, and the secret struggle in the entertainment channel seems to be coming to an end.
Although Yao Xin is still present at tonight's live evening party, the directors have been quietly replaced by Yao Xin and Dong Zhu. Even Ren Limeng, who has only been involved in the entertainment channel for a short time, can feel the huge changes in the program staff in the past two days. The entire entertainment channel is also undergoing a major reshuffle. Even the agricultural channel where Ren Limeng used to work has heard a lot of confusing rumors. Many of Ren Limeng's former colleagues have come to Ren Limeng to inquire and verify.
It can be said that if the program "Shan Hai" had not been recorded for more than half, the program director would most likely be replaced by Dong Zhu, and An Ling's name would most likely be added to the producer column, making "Shan Hai", the Orange platform's ace variety show, An Ling's first battle to establish his reputation as a producer. Even at this moment, all parties in the platform already secretly knew that the huge popularity of the Orange platform this week seemed to come from Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi, but in fact An Ling's promotion was the key.
When Ren Limeng heard the gossip, she just smiled without any explanation. Just like at this moment, Ren Limeng heard An Ling's happy voice, looked at the complacent An Ling, and just showed a friendly smile with some reserve, neither humble nor arrogant, but enough to make An Ling feel that she understood.
This was a win-win cooperation. She and An Ling, or rather Zhong Yanjun's faction, each got what they needed and everyone was happy. In fact, even Yao Xin, who was considered the loser by An Ling's faction, was not too unhappy at the moment.
Ren Limeng turned her head to look at the charming Shen Xingzhi on the stage, and remembered another piece of news that Shen Xingzhi told her yesterday, that Yao Xin might leave her old employer, Orange Platform, to work on her own.
This Saturday, Yao Xin and Shen Xingzhi had already discussed their next variety show collaboration. Unexpectedly, the new variety show Yao Xin was preparing did not seem to be on the Orange platform. It seemed more like a certain platform was trying hard to suppress the Orange platform, which was currently in the limelight. Yao Xin spoke mysteriously, half-hiding, and half-concealing. Shen Xingzhi did not ask too many questions. Whether Yao Xin chose the Dragon Fruit platform or other platforms, it made no difference to him.
As long as Yao Xin shows enough sincerity to cooperate and lets him see the appeal of the program, Shen Xingzhi will participate as promised. Not only to repay the favor, but also from the perspective of his own career development, Shen Xingzhi now also needs a program outside the Orange platform to declare his independence and freedom to everyone in the circle.
Ren Limeng agreed with Shen Xingzhi's idea very much. She was a contracted host of the Orange Platform, but Shen Xingzhi was not. She absolutely did not want Shen Xingzhi to be trapped in the Orange Platform just after getting rid of Hanxing Entertainment because of her.
As for the Orange platform, she can handle it herself. This is her career, not Shen Xingzhi's job.
The program "Mountains and Seas" is like a microcosm of the Orange Platform's entertainment channel. In just three weeks, Ren Limeng was surprised again and again. Now she finds that she can remain calm under any sudden "sassy operations" from the program crew.
For example, for Sunday's evening party, the program team had already announced to the audience that the competition was cancelled and there would be no third performance. In addition to the guests of the "Mountains and Seas" program, many Orange artists also temporarily joined the evening party. Many co-artists who had participated in other entertainment programs on the Orange platform participated in the evening party in the name of "new friends who love mountains and seas" and joined the live performance.
Under the starlight of the A-list celebrities in "Mountains and Seas", these artists are not so much here to provide timely help as to add icing on the cake. They are just favors done by the program crew with little effort.
An Ling also expressed meaningfully to Ren Limeng in the room that the platform is a circle and everyone will help each other. Ren Limeng had already expected this at the time, but when the evening party started and she actually saw and even participated in the connection between each program, Ren Limeng felt even deeper.
The guests of the "Mountains and Seas" program are all first- and second-tier stars invited by the Orange platform with great effort. Everyone must integrate the site's cultural elements and perform in teams according to the program requirements, while the artists who are squeezed in can show their own specialties as they wish. The comparison between the two is hard to reflect on.
What made Ren Limeng speechless was that although there seemed to be no elimination in the third round of the "Mountains and Seas" performance, before the last rehearsal this morning, the program crew suddenly told all the guests behind the camera that this live evening party would still combine the performances of each team in the first and second half to select the guest consolation team that best represented the "Mountains and Seas" program. The entire team would travel to various places in Jingchu in the next week to distribute the funds raised from this evening party to the affected people.
Ren Limeng just felt something was wrong on the spot, she frowned slightly, and when the show was over, Shen Xingzhi just smiled meaningfully when she heard her mention this new rule. Before Shen Xingzhi could explain, An Ling, who had also heard Ren Limeng's question not far away, suddenly came forward and walked to the two of them.
"Li Meng, you don't need to worry about this."
An Ling lowered her voice and held Ren Limeng's arm intimately. Her tone also seemed very intimate. Noticing the look in Shen Xingzhi's eyes, An Ling's smile deepened.
"Sister Ling, the production team hasn't announced the selection rules yet. I'm a little confused."
Ren Limeng spoke calmly. She noticed the complexity that flashed in Shen Xingzhi's eyes when he heard An Ling speak, and she also noticed that An Ling was confident when she suddenly interrupted. Not only Shen Xingzhi and An Ling, but also many celebrity guests at the scene had normal expressions on their faces, as if they knew everything, which was in sharp contrast to them, the hosts, bloggers and other non-industry people.
Ren Limeng originally asked Chen Xingzhi out of curiosity, but she didn't expect An Ling to come forward to get close to her. As one of the actual operators of the program, An Ling, who can almost represent the program team, took the initiative to come forward to answer questions and resolve doubts. Ren Limeng naturally accepted it.
"The rules are simple. They're all about the team's live stream attention and ratings. So, Li Meng, you don't need to worry."
Ren Limeng, who has been in the limelight these days, certainly has no shortage of attention. She is even the main force in generating attention for the program. Naturally, Ren Limeng's team does not have to worry about this newly released rule.
An Ling said casually, her smiling eyes wandering playfully between Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi. Ren Limeng had seen too many such teasing looks in the past two days and had completely learned to automatically block them out. She smiled faintly, somewhat understanding the rules of the show, but still felt something was wrong.
“The production team is very smart.”
Shen Xingzhi spoke lightly, and his emotionless tone did not reveal much praise. It was more like stating a fact that most of the guests knew, or the rules of the game.
"Elimination can be said so decently."
Chen Xingzhi didn't deliberately lower his voice, but few of the other guests walking beside the three of them showed any surprise. Even guests like Ren Limeng, who had only a vague understanding of the situation, after hearing Chen Xingzhi's calm words and understanding the actual elimination rules of the third public performance, all they showed was understanding.
The rainstorm in Jingchu is a natural disaster and a serious public emergency. At this time, entertainment activities related to Jingchu should be reduced, but the rules of "Shan Hai" were formulated a long time in advance. Every step of the platform's S+-level ace variety show has been repeatedly polished and designed by many staff members. It is impossible to suddenly change all the schedules, which would cause complete chaos.
The so-called guest consolation team rules announced by the program team are simply the elimination rules of the three public performances. There is no audience voting during the live competition, but it has become a so-called comprehensive consideration. In the final analysis, it is still a competition of popularity and attention.
When the program crew announced the rules, Guan He already had an idea of who would be eliminated. The rule of team elimination meant that the captain was very important. Captains Shen Xingzhi, Chen Xi, and Chen He were all top-tier celebrities with super high popularity, and Ren Limeng's popularity was naturally unquestionable as she was still at the top of the list of popular female stars. As the last captain of "Shan Hai", Guan He was actually prepared for elimination.
Therefore, after the Sunday evening party, when the guests continued to record the ending material of the third public performance, when they heard the hosts Ren Limeng and An Ling announce that the visiting team was Guan He's team, there was no surprise in Guan He's eyes.
He just smiled gently in front of the camera, thanked his teammates, thanked the program crew, and thanked everyone, and then expressed in a strong voice that his team was honored to have this precious opportunity to express condolences and would do their best.
Everything was prepared in advance. Even though it was the result she had just announced, Ren Limeng couldn't help but sigh in her heart at this moment.
As a crosstalk actor, Guan He's acting skills are really good, even better than his teammate Yan Baiwei. There is a hint of unwillingness and disbelief in Yan Baiwei's eyes, but Guan He can seize the last shot to express himself.
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