"Three hundred and seventy million?!"

The people in charge of the talent show that ran at the same time as "Crossing the Star Sea" almost pulled their hair out:

"This is the first day of the premiere, not the first week or month. Even if it is repeated clicks by repeated accounts, nearly 400 million views is too outrageous!"

You know, the broadcast volume of Chinese programs was rectified by the government as early as eight years ago. At that time, various entertainment programs used all kinds of false and exaggerated methods to attract attention, and even boasted about billions of broadcast volumes.

In the end, the program was exaggerated too much and was ordered to stop by the state, so the number of views of the subsequent programs instantly returned to normal levels. Even if you want the data to look better, you can only hire internet trolls to get some real clicks.

Eight years ago, the previously exaggerated data of major programs became real overnight, and a program with hundreds of millions of clicks can be called "top ten in the industry."

Note that this refers to the total number of clicks.

If someone had told this person in charge a few months ago that a talent show would have 370 million hits on its first day of broadcast, he would have laughed and quickly distanced himself from this delusional lunatic.

And now, Ji Shan, the person in charge of [Vote 188] at the same time, is already going crazy: "Isn't this the first time Xingmang has held a talent show?! Even if it is a holographic stage, there are only so many young people in the country, how can it have such a high number of views?!"

Ji Shan knew that no matter whether it was a movie or a TV series, everyone would tacitly avoid the concurrent productions of Star Mang, especially the movies. After Star Mang was scheduled, many other movies that had originally confirmed their release dates had their release dates rescheduled.

Logically speaking, given the strong momentum of the holographic stage Starlight, their company should try to avoid coinciding with "Crossing the Sea of ​​Stars".

The reason why everyone is getting together now is certainly not because the company's top management has lost their minds.

——Although in the eyes of the person in charge, it is not much different from having water in the brain.

The top management simply wanted to take a gamble.

As we all know, Xingmang has hardly ever failed, and the first time they performed on stage, they attracted great expectations from the audience.

However, anyone who has worked on a talent show knows that this is not easy to do.

The current trend in the market is the distribution of shots among contestants. The bigger the show, the harder it is to coordinate the entire show. It's not as simple as just getting all the contestants together to perform.

Once "Guo Xing Hai" fails, the talent shows running in the same period will be able to attract a large number of viewers and perfectly carry out a series of operations to step on "Guo Xing Hai" and promote their own shows.

Of course, doing so is still very risky. After all, it is rumored that Sheng Quan invested 2 billion in "Guo Xinghai". 2 billion, even an ant can be turned into an ant giant.

But interests are attractive, and some people will always think, what if?

What if it works? Sheng Quan has been successful in TV series and has dominated the charts for several years, but this is her first time entering the talent show industry. She can't do everything well, right?

It turns out that Sheng Quan can actually do everything well.

Moreover, it was better than anyone expected.

When Ji Shan thought of the upcoming accountability from his boss, he wanted to call 120 and go to the hospital while breathing oxygen. This is how workers are. He has no say when decisions are made, and if the decision is wrong and he needs to take the blame, it is his turn to step out.

He still wanted to save his career, so he laughed dryly and said to his subordinates, "It's normal for the first broadcast to have a high number of hits. It's a new show, so there will definitely be a lot of people watching. The number of hits on the first day doesn't mean anything. Let's wait and see on the second day."

The next day, Ji Shan looked at the screen showing [The number of views of Crossing the Star Sea the next day reached 450 million]: “…”

For a moment, he didn't know whether to think "This show looks really good, why don't I follow it too", or "Should I resign voluntarily or be forced to resign?"

Of course, these were just Ji Shan’s fantasies. Although he took the blame, he was not fired. He was just criticized at the meeting, had his bonus deducted, and was assigned to another position.

After the meeting, his boss called him to the office alone, patted him on the shoulder and said a lot of words of comfort and encouragement. The general meaning was that everyone knew the situation this time and everyone was aware of his abilities, and that he would be transferred back after the storm died down.

What else can Ji Shan say? Of course he can only say with a smile, "Okay, okay, I live for the company, I die for the company, and I take the blame for the company without any regrets."

After leaving the office, looking at my colleagues' eyes, some of which were sympathetic, some were watching the show. No matter how much resentment and grievance I felt in my heart, I had to swallow it down and force a smile, pretending that I didn't care. Only I knew how lost and sad I felt.

——Then, suddenly, he received a strange phone call just after leaving the company.

After listening to the content of the call, Ji Shan's mind went blank: "You invited me to participate in the production of Xinghai??? Are you serious?!!"

*** "You can come to the [Guo Xinghai] headquarters for an interview. Yes, my name is Wu Ying."

Sheng Quan walked into the office of the general manager Wu Ying with a cup of coffee. She knocked gently on the open door. Wu Ying, who was on the phone, was a little surprised to see her and quickly made an OK gesture while talking on the phone.

"Teacher Xing strongly recommended you to me. You can discuss the details when you arrive at the site. OK, I'll send the address right away."

After the call ended, she put down the phone and took the coffee handed to her by Sheng Quan: "Director Sheng, why are you the one delivering the coffee?"

"I happened to be in the tea room, so I ran some errands for Xiao Zhang."

Xiao Zhang is mainly responsible for various trivial matters of the program group. Tasks like delivering coffee to the staff naturally fall within his job scope.

Since the program officially started, Sheng Quan watched Xiao Zhang change from delivering coffee one bag at a time to delivering it one cart at a time.

Now, this young man has evolved to the point where he pushes several carts filled with neatly stacked cups of coffee.

——It can be seen how much pressure all the staff of [Crossing the Star Sea] are under.

You know, these two days are just the warm-up for the program, which is equivalent to just a small start, but it has attracted so many people's attention, and it seems to be becoming the mainstay of all talent shows in history.

Because it was much better than expected, many points in the original plan needed to be changed, and the workload instantly doubled. Almost every staff member of the program team, led by Wu Ying, was kept busy.

So, we have to recruit people urgently.

Wu Ying transferred Ji Shan's information to Sheng Quan:

"Jishan has outstanding abilities and a relatively stable personality. I have already arranged an interview time with him, which will probably be finalized this afternoon."

Along with Ji Shan's information, several other personnel's information was also pushed in front of Sheng Quan. Basically, they all had outstanding abilities and the ability to cooperate and coordinate such a large project.

Sheng Quan smiled and looked at them for a few times: "Just take responsibility, I believe in your vision."

Wu Ying's heart suddenly warmed: "Thank you, Mr. Sheng, for your trust. I will try my best to arrange for the new important positions."

In fact, when the "Crossing the Starry Sea" project was being planned, the number of staff members decided by Sheng Quan seemed too many for one time.

Although this project is large, the maximum number of players is actually no more than 600, so there is no need for so many staff members.

However, in Xingmang, President Sheng's words have always been the most effective, so even though many people think this is a bit of a waste of money, they can still cut costs once it officially starts, so in the end the plan was successfully passed.

As a result, not only does the number of people not need to be reduced, but more people need to be added.

Wu Ying never discussed these things, but in her heart she admired Sheng Quan more and more.

Many of her friends and classmates envied her salary and development opportunities, but in fact, she felt in her heart that her luckiest thing was that her boss was Mr. Sheng.

Although Director Sheng rarely manages the company's operations, she never makes mistakes when it comes to making decisions.

Sheng Quan: No, actually I just have money and I can do whatever I want.

She is a slightly cautious person. She believes that it is always a good idea to do more preparation work, but more preparation work can always come in handy when it is needed.

Since she now has 2 billion to withdraw and can afford to increase the number of staff by ten times, it is natural for her to make more preparations.

Of course, the multiple preparations made by Sheng Quan are not only reflected in the number of people.

*** “So many photographers?!”

“So many lighting technicians?!”

“So many makeup artists?!!!”

During Ji Shan's visit to the production team, his look of shock barely ceased.

He finally understood why almost every player in [Crossing the Star Sea] was in such great shape. With such comprehensive and meticulous training, not to mention the already excellent players, even an ordinary person could look handsome!

He even saw quite a few well-known figures in the industry. Wasn't that photographer Miss Wang, who was notoriously hard to hire? And those makeup artists were all top-notch figures, and now they were actually discussing how to put on stage makeup to highlight the advantages of the contestants.

After watching it over, Ji Shan completely understood the unprecedented popularity of "Crossing the Star Sea": Xingmang is using the quality of making a movie to create a talent show.

The audience is not blind, they will naturally support it.

But he didn't understand how Xingmang had managed to bring together the top bosses from all walks of life in the entertainment industry on a talent show.

This is even more miraculous than a miracle.

Ji Shan was still hesitating: "I'm still a little unsure about changing jobs, maybe I need to think about it..."

Wu Ying smiled and said, "It's okay, Mr. Ji, you can take your time to think about it. Can you take a look at the contract first?"

Ji Shan took the contract and his eyes fixed on it as he looked at it.

How much is the salary... WTF! It's so much!!!

Wu Ying continued, "Teacher Ji, what do you think of this contract? If there is anything you are not satisfied with, we can discuss adjustments."

Ji Shan: “…”

He swallowed slowly, slowly.

Ji Shan: I finally understand why so many big guys are willing to come here.

He coughed lightly: "Well, it's good, it's good, then I'll leave first."

"It can be seen that our production team is quite busy. I will go to the company now to complete the resignation procedures and come to work immediately in the evening."

"I have an idea in my mind. I'll send it to your email address when it's ready. Let's strive to get our program to over 600 million views!"

*** The contestants didn’t know that the program team was actively recruiting people.

The six hundred people were divided into two days. Each person performed for one minute and then was arranged to rest in the dormitory. The initial dormitory was a four-person room, and the program team had already clearly divided who would live with whom.

Everything seemed normal if they hadn't seen a large group of photographers on their way to the dormitory after leaving the venue and temporary residence.

The contestants who had never seen the world were excited. Some of them were lively and made various gestures to the photographers. The contestants who had participated in other programs were still in shock.

"I've participated in [The Voice of China], and even though their production team is so big, they only have 20 photographers in total."

Contestant Mingqin couldn't help but keep looking at the photographers on both sides of the road and in front of her, and whispered to her roommate:

"We have seen at least 40 photographers along the way, and these are just the ones on the road."

My roommate was also very sharp-eyed. After taking a few glances, he was amazed:

"The camera they used was the io, which is famous for being easy to use but expensive. I couldn't even afford one with all my money combined, but the cameramen on Crossing the Starry Sea all had one."

Another roommate was confused and asked quickly, "Is this a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing. This camera is great for filming people. Look at these lighting technicians, their positions and the number of people. The filming will definitely be good."

You know, they come to the show just to get the shots. With so many people filming so carefully, are they still worried about not having shots?

Mingqin nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes, I can testify that lighting is really important."

Many talent shows don't care about lighting or makeup for ordinary contestants at the beginning, and only focus on a few already famous contestants, causing them to become just a foil.

Mingqin is not famous and has participated in two shows, both times she was responsible for serving as a foil.

Of course I felt uncomfortable before, but this is how our circle is. If you don’t stand out, you deserve whatever happens to you.

When he signed up for [Crossing the Star Sea] this time, he just wanted to show his face. Being able to be on such a program is enough for him, and he is also ready to once again be responsible for setting off the central player.

Unexpectedly, after joining the program group, he

I was first shocked by the fact that there were so many makeup artists in Crossing the Sea of ​​Stars.

In other programs, there are generally not many makeup artists, which means that one makeup artist may have to do the makeup of dozens of contestants, and it is inevitable that the makeup done by the artist will be a bit perfunctory and perform poorly.

Therefore, those contestants who are already famous will be more likely to appear in the audience's field of vision, because they often bring their own makeup artists and do not need to share with other contestants at all.

It is also normal for ordinary contestants to look "distorted" on camera because of the makeup on their faces.

But "Guo Xing Hai" has ensured that every contestant gets enough time to put on makeup. Before Mingqin went on stage, she almost shed tears when she looked at her radiant self in the mirror.

——Then he and the makeup artist nervously and carefully put toilet paper under their eyes to absorb the tears that might ruin their makeup.

Before going on stage, the makeup artist was still working hard to help him adjust the details so that he could look his best.

Mingqin did not disappoint the makeup artist and he really performed in his best condition for a minute.

At that moment, he didn't have a cell phone and didn't know that many people were posting comments like "Is this Mingqin? He looks better now." He also didn't know that his Weibo account, which had a pitifully small number of fans, was slowly gaining new fans.

He was just glad that he came to this show.

And at this moment, looking at the huge number of photographers and lighting technicians along the way, this feeling of relief has reached its peak.

"So, what are we going to do next?"

Fine C novels, H novels, and BL novels are all available at: Tuoluo Pavilion The last roommate who had been silent all the time spoke up: "Learn to dance under the guidance of the instructor."

“In three days, we will be on the holographic stage for the first time, and the audience will vote for the first time.”

Mingqin felt a little flattered when she saw her roommate Tu Zhu, who had been silent since they met but attracted many people's attention just by standing there.

This is Tu Zhu. Although he has many haters, the fame of the three of them combined is not as great as his.

Although Mingqin felt quite happy that he had met a celebrity, he still mustered up the courage to invite Tu Zhu: "Then the four of us can practice together later?"

If it were any other show, he might not have taken the initiative to invite like this. After all, the show is all about stealing the spotlight, and there is basically no good in being together with a contestant who is better looking and more famous than you.

But the fair treatment from the program team made him relax.

Without injustice, it is naturally difficult to have negative emotions such as resentment. Facing Tu Zhu, who is obviously much better than him, he is also willing to extend his friendly claws.

Tu Zhu looked at the roommate in front of him who invited him and was a little bit unconvinced.

The last time he participated in a talent show, everyone seemed to be getting along well with each other on the surface, but in private, Tu Zhu was still keenly aware of the subtle rejection and dislike.

It was only the first day they met, but the hostility was always there. During that period, except when he was on stage, he always had a vague thought: "Am I very annoying?"

And this thought became heavier day by day after he fell from the peak to the bottom.

But at this moment, he found that the eyes of his three roommates looking at him were full of kindness.

Tu Zhu was a little timid, but also a little happy.

If it were in the past, he would definitely hesitate and be reluctant to agree, but at this moment, he thought of Director Sheng's smiling and appreciative look during the audition.

Tu Zhu lowered his eyes slightly and nodded: "Okay."

"Okay! Let's go! I'm telling you, I'm really good at lip syncing! But I'm a slow learner, so don't look down on me!"

"Really?! Great, I can't dance with you, take me with you!"

The most lively roommate among the four stood directly in the middle, and with difficulty put his arms on the shoulders of the other three people: "I'm not bragging, I'm also very good at camming! How about we have a competition later?"

"Okay! Bibi!!"

The friendship among young people is always sudden and passionate, not to mention that Sheng Quan specially arranged three talkative and cheerful roommates for Tu Zhu.

When the three community bullies got together, the topic quickly shifted from "competition" to "changing clothes" to "which pants fabric is the best" to "which restaurant has the best hot pot."

Tu Zhu stood at the side and was led forward. Listening to the cheerful voices of his roommates, he remained silent and did not interrupt, just following.

The boy followed his roommates, and his eyes, which were always gloomy, also had a little light that he should have at this age.

Slowly, slowly.

His steps, involuntarily, gradually became lighter.

(End of this chapter)