Bright Era of China Entertainment

The investment promotion conference of "I Am an Actor" lasted for four days and ended on September 9 at the end of the month.

Although it is over, the follow-up negotiations are not yet over.

For a program advertisement, the ratings trend is unknown, and no advertiser is stupid enough to buy the entire advertisement at once.

Two episodes were released before the show, which was a negotiation between Mango Channel, Brilliant Times and advertisers.

When the program is broadcast, advertisers decide whether to continue sponsoring or not according to the trend of ratings.

If the ratings are going well, the advertisers who bought the advertising space before will have a priority to continue sponsoring. If they don’t want to continue sponsoring, Mango Channel and Brilliant Times will find a way to introduce new advertisers.

This is also the current domestic advertising sponsorship for variety shows.

— August 10st.

At 07:30 in the morning, the sun is warm.

In October, the temperature in the capital has dropped significantly compared to the summer vacation, making people gradually feel the coolness brought by autumn.

"Is this variety show so profitable?" On the roof of the big villa, Concubine Liu Yi asked in surprise.

Chu Xuan put down his cell phone. Sister Hua called him just now and told him the result of the investment promotion conference.

The sponsorship fee for the two issues of "I Am an Actor" has reached 4500 million.

This is two phases. If we make a constant budget, the twelve phases will be 2.7 million.

If the ratings trend curve of the program is rising after the program is broadcast, the advertising sponsorship fee for the twelve episodes will be higher than this figure.

In this case, compared to the revenue brought by the current TV drama market and movie box office market, variety shows are indeed more profitable at present.

And to be able to get this astronomical two-phase sponsorship fee, thanks to the popularity of the three-time "Supergirl", which raised the price of the variety show advertisement.

"This is the change in the market." Chu Xuan said: "Let's go, have breakfast and go to the program recording park to see what's going on."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded with interest when she came, and got up to put away the documents on the wooden table top.

In the past few days, she and Chu Xuan stayed at home. Apart from entertaining in the function room, they either read the game information, or the program of variety shows, or read the novels of "Langya Bang".

The three things are all new things. After watching and discussing them, the life of her and Chu Xuan has been very fulfilling in the past few days.

"I want to see if there are any friends I know coming." Concubine Liu Yi looked forward to it, and walked down to the bedroom with Chu Xuan to put the documents away.

"Go and have a look and you'll find out. It's been half a month since you signed up, maybe you won't be here today." Chu Xuan took her hand and went downstairs to the small villa.

"That's right." Concubine Liu Yi came to her senses, and said again: "We have to go to Star City in advance in a few days."

The end of this month is the day when the Golden Eagle Festival will be held. As a guest performer, she has to go to the official rehearsal in advance, which is also agreed.

"You go to dance, I'll go to play, I haven't really visited Star City yet." Chu Xuan said, and walked into the small villa with Concubine Liu Yi.

"No!" Concubine Liu Yi said coquettishly: "Why do you go to play and I'm exhausted?"

Chu Xuan couldn't help laughing, looked at her and said, "Then what do you want?"

Concubine Liu Yi blinked and said playfully, "You practice dancing with me."

Chu Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I'm not a guest performer, why should I practice dancing?"

Concubine Liu Yi tilted her head, and mischievously shook the hand she held with Chu Xuan: "I don't care, anyway, you can't leave my sight."

"Why can't I leave your sight?" Liu Xiaoli came out of the kitchen with breakfast, looked at the two children, and asked casually with a half-knowledge of her daughter's words.

"Auntie, your daughter is going to kidnap me." Chu Xuan pulled Concubine Liu Yi towards the dining table and followed behind Liu Xiaoli.

Concubine Liu Yi wrinkled her nose cutely, and patted Chu Xuan with puffy eyes.

Liu Xiaoli put the breakfast on the dining table, sat down on the chair, looked at the two children sitting side by side across from her, and heard Chu Xuan's words, she shook her head and said: "You two are so sticky together, if you really want to talk about kidnapping, That means you are kidnapping each other, do you need me to call 110?"

As soon as Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi picked up the chopsticks, they were amused by Liu Xiaoli.

In Chu Xuan's eyes, as Concubine Liu Yi said, this mother-in-law is getting skinnier.

But in Chu Xuan's thinking and cognition, compared with the strict mother-in-law in the past, this is also a normal change in words and deeds.

When a person's living environment is harmonious, and when a person's future is full of good hope, even people who were not humorous in the past will always show occasional humor.

"Mom, let's go out to play." Concubine Liu Yi said, and finished breakfast with Chu Xuan.

"Go to the program recording area?" Liu Xiaoli put down her chopsticks and took a sip of her morning tea.

"Yeah." Concubine Liu Yi stood up and put the small white backpack she had prepared on her back.

"Go ahead, take some photos and show me back." Liu Xiaoli said, she also participated in the whole process of coordinating the "I Am an Actor" project as Wang Jinhua's assistant, so she was also somewhat interested in the registration scene.

"OK." Concubine Liu Yi said cheerfully, trotted to the TV cabinet in the living room, took out a camera and put it in a small backpack, trotted to the door and held the hand of Chu Xuan who was waiting at the door, turned her head and waved as she walked out : "Mom, let's go!"

The two got into the car in the parking lot and drove towards the program recording area.

"I Am an Actor" has been warming up online and offline for nearly two months. Although the popularity is not high, it has also stabilized.

During the two-month warm-up promotion, both Mango TV and Brilliant Times only released some registration information and specific items and innovative highlights of the program.

As for who the guests are and what the gameplay of the show is, they have not been released in advance.

Until midnight yesterday, when Mango Channel and Brilliant Times launched the second stage of publicity, "I Am an Actor" no longer remained mysterious, and all the information and gameplay of the guests were made public.

Whether it's the lineup of directors and judges, actors and judges, or the existence of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, they immediately attracted the audience's attention.

[Chen Kaige, Tang Jili, Zhang Jizhong, Li Shaohong, the director and judges are amazing!If anyone is spotted by them, then take off directly. 】

[Chen Daoming, Yang Ziqiong, Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie, the lineup of these four actors and judges exploded. They are all national-level actors. According to their duties, they will also teach the students the sound of the table. There is no charge for this program. Any experience is earned in blood! 】

[Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi are also there!Will they all appear in the twelve episodes of the show?If so, that would be great!It's fixed! 】

[Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are behind-the-scenes hosts and teaching assistants, and they will definitely follow the show. 】

[Interesting, Mango Channel has launched a talent show for singers, and now it's also holding a talent show for actors. It seems that actors' performances are more interesting than singers' singing, so go and see them when the time comes. 】

[I want to sign up, but it's too far to go to the capital, why not set up more competition areas for "Super Girl". 】

At the beginning, both Mango TV and Brilliant Times also considered letting "I Am an Actor" have more competition areas like "Supergirl".

But after a little discussion, I feel that singers and actors are not the same thing at all.

A singer sings a song to complete a stage in minutes, but it takes more than a few minutes for multiple actors to perform a scene.

"Super Girl" has more than 10 people who signed up for auditions across the country. "I Am an Actor" does not need so many people, otherwise the filming will be indefinitely.

There is only one program recording park located in the suburbs of Beijing. In order to ensure that enough people sign up, Mango Channel and Brilliant Times have come up with a way to inform the major art schools across the country of the program information in advance and invite students to sign up.

For these students who have star dreams, there will definitely be some of them.

And starting today, 200 people will be screened out through the initial test in the first half month of registration, and 150 people will be eliminated after the training camp in the second half month. In November, the last 11 people will enter the stage regular season, and the program will officially start recording.

From the perspective of the competition system, "I Am an Actor" does not require so many people to sign up.

"Look, the billboard." Sitting in the co-pilot, Concubine Liu Yi pointed to the big flat billboard hanging on the overpass in front of her.

Chu Xuan stopped the car before the red light, and looked at the billboard in front of him through the front window. The background was the colorful and sunny promotional picture of "I Am an Actor". The main characters were a plane photo of him and Concubine Liu Yi. It is "Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi will accompany you to perform your dreams, "I am an actor" welcomes you who have dreams of being an actor from all over the country."

The red light turned green, and Chu Xuan started driving. There were many such billboards along the way, such as billboards at the subway entrance, on the building, in the vegetation display area...there were such billboards.

Chu Xuan also inadvertently saw that there were quite a few promoters distributing leaflets to passers-by on the street, and some promoters from "I Am an Actor" were among them.

As the image spokespersons of the program, they also complement the program. Such an online and offline all-round publicity method will further expand their popularity.

Donglin Bieyuan located on the third ring road is a bit far from the suburbs, and Chu Xuan drove for more than an hour to get there.

This suburb is an area to be developed, and the traffic is relatively convenient.

Driving towards the gate of the program recording park, I saw buses or taxis stopping on the side of the road from a distance, and many young men and women walked towards the gate curiously watching.

"There are quite a few people." Concubine Liu Yi said seeing this scene with a look of great interest.

Chu Xuan nodded, took a detour to the side door, brushed his face in front of the guard, and entered the park after letting him through.

After parking the car in the parking space, the two walked down.

There are dormitories and training rooms in the park, a cafeteria, a small office building, and a large studio. The greenery looks average, but overall it is okay.

This is not a place to work for a long time. If there is work, there will be people and facilities here. If there is no work, the place will be empty.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi walked towards the small three-story office building. In a vacant area in front of the office building, several long lines were lined up in a sunshade that looked like a long dragon, and there were probably hundreds of people. There was a steady stream of people coming in at the gate.

For a while, the registration scene looked very hot.

"Chu Xuan! Concubine Liu Yi!" A girl with a ponytail said in surprise when she saw the two of them.

All the people in the line turned their heads one after another, all with excited or excited eyes.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi waved their hands and smiled slightly.

Under the gaze of a group of friends who came to sign up, the two walked into the office building.

After walking a few steps, I ran into Long Danni coming around the corner: "Chu Xuan, Qianqian, here we come."

"Long Jie." The two greeted each other as they walked.

At the registration site, Long Danni was the main person in charge, and Wang Jinhua was the chairman of Brilliant Times. The company had a lot of affairs, so it was impossible to come to the site to keep an eye on the progress every day.

"It's just started to sign up, and there aren't too many people coming. There should be more people in the afternoon. Then you can cooperate with the media to take some promotional photos on the spot. Do you think it's okay?" Long Danni said.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi signed a contract, and there are regulations in the contract to cooperate in publicity. It stands to reason that two people should cooperate in publicity. But as the boss of Bright Times, Long Danni did not follow Chu Xuan From a common sense point of view, they have always been very polite to Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, and they communicated in a negotiable tone.

"We are just teaching assistants, everything is arranged by Long Jie." Chu Xuan said flatly, and Concubine Liu Yi nodded with a smile.

Long Danni smiled slightly. He Jiong often told her that dealing with Chu Xuan was very comfortable, and the facts were indeed true. Chu Xuan's behavior, words and actions made people feel comfortable.

"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Deng are giving the contestants a preliminary test in room 103. You go to play? All the facilities and equipment in the park are ready. You haven't seen it yet. It will be officially recorded next month. This is where you work. places, to go around in advance to learn about various scenes and environments?" she said.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi only took the time to visit the park with Sister Hua when it was first built. At that time, the park was still barren except for the buildings. It is true that they have never seen the complete facilities and equipment now.

"Go and see the first test first." Concubine Liu Yi stroked her hair.

"Sister Long, you are busy with your work. Call us when you need us." Chu Xuan said.

"Okay, you can do what you want, then I won't entertain you." Long Danni said, then changed the topic: "No, this is your territory, you should entertain me."

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Long Danni looked at each other, and each had a good time.

The two parties bid farewell.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi followed the house number and walked in the direction of Room 103.

In the half-month initial registration stage, in the first seven days, Mr. Zhang Guoli and Mr. Deng Jie served as the only two main judges, who fully controlled the elimination, pending and promotion of the contestants, and Chen Daoming and Yang Ziqiong performed rotations in the last eight days.

The pre-registration stage is round-the-clock, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, the work intensity is a bit high, and the four teachers take turns to reduce the work intensity.

Many contestants who have successfully registered are waiting in each lounge, and the staff will be connected at any time.

Some contestants kept pacing in the corridor, looking very nervous.

Seeing Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi appear from around the corner, the eyes of some players in the corridor lit up, but there is no noise here, they can only watch with a hint of excitement, or wave their hands excitedly to say hello.

The corners of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi raised their lips slightly, and waved their hands in response.

Room 103 is a medium-sized conference room, about [-] square meters.

The entrance of the main entrance is the channel for the contestants to participate in the preliminary test. Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi entered from the back door under the clearance of the security guards.

The layout of the conference room is similar to the open class classrooms in universities with rows of seats.

During this time, many staff members of Brilliant Times and Mango Channel sat in the back row watching, and many screenwriters and directors of Brilliant Times Film and Television Company also watched together. Teacher Zhang Guoli and Teacher Deng Jie sat in the middle of the front row , Under the video of the cameraman, there is a contestant showing his talent in the open area at the front.

The video at this time will not be included in the feature film, but just to record the whole process of the program, which will be used as a summary after the program ends, and will also be kept as a souvenir.

Liu Yi inadvertently turned his head to see Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, and couldn't help smiling and waving at them.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi raised the corners of their mouths slightly, walked over on tiptoe, and sat down next to Liu Yi in the second row.

After the contestants showed off their talents, they were told that they could leave. The result was to make persistent efforts, that is, to be eliminated.

The male contestant was slightly disappointed, he looked at Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi a few more times, and was taken out by the staff.

Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie saw the contestant's eyes, and the couple couldn't help turning their heads to look.

"Yo, two teaching assistants are here." Zhang Guoli said gently.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Deng." Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi greeted each other.

Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie raised their foreheads slightly, and kept quiet when the contestants came, and whispered to each other when there were no contestants for the time being.

"Teachers, how is the situation?" Chu Xuan asked.

"It's not ideal." Zhang Guoli shook his head: "Actors pay attention to talent. So far, I have tried a dozen or so people for the first time, and they are basically here to try their luck. The performance on the sound stage is not good. At first glance, it is not material for an actor."

"That... two teachers, I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that you can see a person's acting talent through the first test?" Wen Muye said. I am also a participant in the filming of "I Am an Actor". Because of my curiosity about the show, I also came to join in the fun today.

"I can't fully see it." Deng Jie shook her head: "But there are too many people who came to take part in the preliminary examination, and we don't have so much time to delve into the specifics of a person's talent. Whether it will work or not will only be seen in the training camp in the second half of the month."

The crowd nodded.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei also expressed their understanding.

Some people's talents need to be explored deeply, while some people can easily show their talents on the stage.

For a variety show, the latter naturally has an advantage.

It is also a very labor-intensive task to select the 200 best players from thousands of players.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

A simple talent show is enough for non-professionals to have fun, but for professionals present, it can be seen whether the person has acting talent.

Talent on stage looks good and will go straight to one of the 200.

The ones that are acceptable will be decided, and finally four judges will watch the video playback and choose from them to make up 200 people.

And more people were directly eliminated.

Perhaps this is good for some acting talents, but it is a bit unfair for those who have yet to be tapped.

But for a program, this is also impossible.

After all, the program is a program, not an actor training class. It is impossible for a person to fully consider the talent of this person when he comes. The talent show of each contestant is only 1 minute. Those contestants who are talented but cannot show it can only be regretted disuse.

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 18, Bailong."

The people present looked at the contestant named Bailong, their eyes brightened slightly.

His appearance, body shape, and temperament are all okay. Finally, a star-like contestant has come.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi also took a few more glances at Bai Mao, then lowered their heads and flipped through the documents.

"It's a signed artist under Xiangjiang Yinghuang." Liu Yifei whispered.

Chu Xuan nodded. Every contestant must fill out a basic information form when signing up in the awning outside, and they cannot be fake. Once found out, they will be eliminated immediately. There are warnings of being sued.

As one of the largest entertainment companies in the country, Yinghuang Entertainment can push its own artists to participate in this show, which obviously reflects the charm of "I Am an Actor".

Bailong danced a dance, showing a beautiful figure, and imitated a performance, reflecting the talent of acting.

Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie looked quite satisfied, they ticked off the form, and the first person to advance appeared.

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 26, Zhang Luyi."

Concubine Liu Yi looked at the people on the stage, blinked and whispered: "This person has a melancholy temperament, just like you back then."

Chu Xuan looked at the information. Zhang Luyi is a master of Chinese opera. Hearing Concubine Liu Yi's words, he couldn't help laughing: "I used to be depressed?"

Concubine Liu Yi nodded her head delicately, her eyebrows and eyes curved.

Back when she was still a freshman, Chu Xuan put his hands in his trouser pockets, he was a little decadent on the front, a little melancholy on the back, and he was very proud in his heart. Such an image immediately came to her mind.

But now, Chu Xuan has a sunny face and exudes vigor all over his body. He is soft on the inside and humble on the outside. Compared with before, he has two completely different images.

She knew that because of love, Chu Xuan was completely transformed by her.

After a talent show, Deng Jie made eye contact with Zhang Guoli, and ticked off Zhang Luyi's form to be promoted.

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 39, Tang Yan."

Concubine Liu Yi took a look, raised her eyebrows and whispered in Chu Xuan's ear, "The legs are so long."

She looked at the information: "1.7 meters two, two centimeters taller than me,"

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth raised slightly. Concubine Liu Yi's 1.7 meters is considered tall among the actresses in the show business circle. There are not many actresses who are taller than her. Jiang Xin and this Tang Yan are two of them.

The appearance of Tang Yan also brightened the eyes of everyone present. Leaving aside her acting talent, the person who walked onto the stage from the doorway matched her height very well.

Not too much surprise, Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie also gave Tang Yan a promotion after showing her talent for a while.

Within one or two hours, there were three advanced candidates. Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie, including Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, had more expectations for the follow-up contestants.

But in the next one or two hours, it was all players who were lucky, and the teachers shook their heads in their hearts.

However, although some contestants looked awkward imitating the performance, and even performed stunts such as smashing boulders in their chests, which was eye-catching, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and the teachers present also held back their laughter and gave some performances Respect is also the basic quality of being a human being.

Before the lunch break at 01:30, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were surprised and amused by the consecutive entry of several contestants.

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 79, Hugo."

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 80, Yuan Hong."

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 81, Peng Yuyan."

"Hi teachers, I am contestant No. 82, Yang Rui."

There is an hour break at noon, and the first test in the afternoon starts at 02:30.

Chu Xuan, Concubine Liu Yi, Liu Yi, Wen Muye and others came to the cafeteria of the park for dinner, looked at Hu Ge and the others, and the two left Liu Yi for a while, and went to Hu Ge's place.

"Why are you here too?" Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi sat down on the chairs side by side.

"From the bottom of my heart, I actually don't want to come." Although Hu Ge smiled, he felt helpless.

"Lao Hu thinks that an actor shouldn't take the road of variety show." Yuan Hong looked at Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi on the opposite side, and joked to Hu Ge.

"Since you don't want to come, why are you here?" Concubine Liu Yi asked curiously.

""Sword and Sword III" is in preparation, and it will start filming next year. Sister Cai asked me to come." Hu Ge said honestly.

I learned from Cai Yinong that "Sword III" will cooperate with Brilliant Times. Chu Xuan is his friend and the boss of Brilliant Times. When "Zhu Xian" was first negotiated, the cooperation with "Sword III" had already been initially discussed. Therefore, there is no need for him to hide anything from Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded, knowing clearly.

Of course they knew about "Chinese Paladin III", the hero must be Hu Ge.

However, Hu Ge's popularity is currently not enough to support a leading male drama. Cai Yinong must want Hu Ge to increase his popularity in variety shows. Chinese Paladin III to boost ratings.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi understood Cai Yinong's idea of ​​pushing Hu Ge to come and participate in the show.

"This is a performance variety show, which is different from other variety shows." Chu Xuan said: "There are also four teachers teaching among them. If they can advance to the finals, they will go through the shooting of six short films, which will also get certain rewards." Improved experience."

"Yes, that's what I'm here for." Hu Ge nodded. Four national-level actors provided teaching, and four great directors provided shooting guidance. This is indeed a rare learning opportunity.

As Chu Xuan said, "I Am an Actor" is completely different from other variety shows that are purely entertainment based on the gameplay process.

Hu Ge looked at Chu Xuan, and said excitedly: "I heard that in the process of the competition system, you can ask for an assistant to play in the future?"

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi took the meal call from the staff, Chu Xuan put the plate on the table, and said, "You want me to be your assistant, to play against you?"

Ever since he had a free play with Hu Ge at the audition scene of "Zhu Xian" last year, Hu Ge has always wanted to act opposite him, as if he was a chasing target.

Yuan Hong and Concubine Liu Yi also knew about it, so they looked at them with great interest.

"If possible." Hu Ge nodded.

"Chu Xuan, are there any potential players today?" Yang Rui asked at the table next to him while eating.

After Chu Xuan ate his food, he tilted his head to look at Yang Rui and Peng Yuyan, then at Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, with some interesting expressions in his eyes: "There was a contestant before you, Zhang Luyi. A good one Talented, Master of Chinese Opera Acting Department."

"Damn it!" Yuan Hong swears: "Isn't this bullying?"

"A master's degree in Chinese opera." Hu Ge became interested: "This is interesting."

Concubine Liu Yi raised her eyebrows and smiled broadly as she ate, "I guess Beiying will also come. By then, Beiying, Zhongxi, and Shangxi will compete against each other."

The group became very excited, Peng Yuyan said: "Sissi, I'm full of motivation now that you said that."

After Yang Rui finished his meal, he picked up the plate and stood up: "Chu Xuan, Qianqian, you have been here as teaching assistants this month? If so, then I will stay in the capital and play with you."

Concubine Liu Yi wiped her mouth with a tissue, shook her head and said, "It's just a few days, and I have to go out in a few days. The official recording next month will be the beginning of my work with Chu Xuan."

"Okay, see you at the Golden Eagle Festival." Yang Rui said, she had participated in "The Condor of the Gods" Lu Wushuang, as an actress of "The Condor of the Gods", she naturally knew that Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi would definitely go to the Golden Eagle Festival.

"We are also going to the Golden Eagle Festival," Yuan Hong said.

"See you at the Golden Eagle Festival." Concubine Liu Yi nodded.

After a meal, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi bid farewell to their friends.

The registration time came in the afternoon, and more and more contestants came from all over the country to register.

Although the weather is not as hot as before, there are still temperatures in the [-]s.

Waiting is a tormenting process, but it also made a small profit for the temporary canteen in the park.

Long Danni called Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and the two began to walk around the park, cooperating with the visiting media reporters and taking photos to publicize the scene.

Until nightfall, the two of them walked around the park and became familiar with the internal environment of each building. After finishing the promotional work, they drove home.