Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 444 Small situation

Beijing, Bright Times Variety Park.

In the evening, in the large studio of the stage performance, the students left the backstage one after another to go to the studio in the dormitory building to wait for the results.

When the last spectator leaves from the exit of the channel, it means the end of the semi-final stage of the fourth stage of "I Am an Actor".

Under Hong Tao's signal, a staff member of the director's team punched the board and said: "January 2007, 1, at 28:13 p.m., the stage recording of the fourth and tenth semi-finals of "I Am an Actor" is over!"

It is said that the staff in various positions are working under Panasonic, moving the stage props in all directions, or closing the hand-held camera, or detaching the camera ground slide rail, or turning the panoramic boom camera in midair to return to the initial position, color light Under the operation of the lighting engineer, it also darkened and returned to the normal light of incandescent lamps.

A scene where work starts in an orderly manner.

"Director Hong, Mr. Long, here are the voting data." The assistant director who monitored the voting data ran over and handed a printed document to the two of them.

Hong Tao and Long Danni took a look at the documents respectively. When they saw the rankings of the contestants, they both raised their brows and looked at each other again. Obviously, this data is not simple.

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli and Wang Jinhua got up from their seats in the guest seats. The young couple joined the eight judges and teachers, and were about to go to the studio in the dormitory building to announce the results. This was their normal state after the stage of the previous stages.

After Liu Xiaoli and Wang Jinhua greeted them, they walked through the audience passage together, preparing to go to the office in the office building, and go home together after the two children's recording work is over.

The eight judges and teachers walked in front, followed by the young couple.

Concubine Liu Yi walked side by side with Chu Xuan, while reaching out her hands to hold the ponytailed hair at the back of her head, took the rubber hairband with black bow tie off her hair, and put it on her right wrist.

She shook her head, and her black hair swayed left and right, letting her unfettered hair fall beautifully on her shoulders: "Soon, it's the finals."

Chu Xuan nodded, stretched out his left hand to grab Concubine Liu Yi's shoulder, and Concubine Liu Yi also stretched out her left hand to hold Chu Xuan's palm that fell from her shoulder, and the two of them walked towards the guest passageway of the studio like this walking.

After cooperating with the promotion of "Struggle" and "Zhu Xian", they stayed in the variety show park to record a few days of programs.

The third stage of the program ended only half a month ago, and now the recording of the fourth stage has ended in just half a month.

After recording several stages of the program, the program team has obviously gained a lot of experience, and the operating efficiency of various departments has indeed improved a lot.

This is also related to the fact that the later the program is recorded, the fewer the number of students.

With fewer people, more human and material resources are concentrated on a few people, which is one of the reasons for the obvious improvement in recording efficiency.

In the past few days to cooperate with the recording of the program, Liu Yifei also changed the office where the ppt was produced to the park office for convenience.

When they need to cooperate with the recording, the two of them will go to record the program, and when they can rest, Chu Xuan will accompany her to the office to make ppts.

Over the past few days, the recording of the program has gone smoothly, and the production of the ppt has come to an end and is about to be completed.

"Teachers." Hong Tao's voice came from the side, he and Long Danni walked over and handed out a document: "Look at the result."

The young couple stopped with the eight judges and teachers, and looked at Hong Tao's behavior as if he came here on purpose to deliver the result. It is not difficult to guess that today's result may be a bit unexpected.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei quickened their pace and walked forward, forming a circle with the teachers, looking at the data file that Zhang Jizhong took from Hong Tao.

"Why are Lei Jiayin, Chen Chuang, and Zhang Luyi eliminated?" Yang Ziqiong said incredulously. Her Mandarin is a bit unusual, with a strong Cantonese flavor, which sounds very interesting.

Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie and other teachers also frowned. This result was also beyond their expectations.

Hong Tao and Long Danni remained silent. When they got this result, they were also surprised, but only a little bit surprised. Such a result surprised them but was within their expectation.

For the convenience, stability and order of the program recording, the [-] viewers and [-] media judges invited are basically the same people for each episode.

In the first few stages, these people were unfamiliar to most of the students.

Also because of the unfamiliarity, the aesthetics of these people is relatively fair to the students, and the strength shall prevail.

It's just that as the recording of the program progressed, the audience and judges became more and more familiar with the situation of the students.

Then at this time, different aesthetic preferences come into play, and strength is no longer the criterion for judging.

Just like "Super Girl", the audience gradually fell in love with different contestants due to the performance of the contestants on stage, and then in the subsequent stage performances, regardless of whether the favorite contestant performed well or not, I will recognize you anyway, Vote for you only.

Although the program types of "I Am an Actor" and "Supergirl" are different, they are both talent shows in essence. Because of the same nature, the two programs naturally have the same direction in the future.

"It shouldn't be this result." Chen Daoming frowned and shook his head. He pointed to the list in Zhang Jizhong's hand: "A few good ones have been eliminated, and a few bad ones have been promoted..."

As he said that, he added: "I'm not saying that the few who advanced are inferior, but that there is indeed a gap in their strength compared to those who were eliminated, and there is no one inferior on today's stage."

He waved his hands dissatisfied: "I'm not satisfied with the result."

In terms of actors, film and television, and stage art, Chen Daoming is very straightforward. Good is good, and bad is bad. This is also his character in this aspect, and he has always been straightforward.

Although Zhang Guoli, Yang Ziqiong and other teachers were calm, it seemed that their thoughts were on Chen Daoming's side. Deng Jie frowned, and said to Hong Tao and Long Danni: "Can you... "

Deng Jie only said half of what she said, but the meaning was obvious: Can you operate it secretly?
Among the eight judges, except for Li Shaohong and the student Yang Mi who are the boss and the artist, the rest of the judges are not related to the students.

It is also because of this that they treat these participating students with equal eyes.

In the eyes of equal treatment, for these powerful actors and well-known directors, it is natural that whoever is stronger will be more loved by them.

Seeing Lei Jiayin, Chen Chuang, and Zhang Luyi, the most powerful among the students, step by step to today, they are only one step away from "graduating" smoothly, but they did not expect to be eliminated, and they were eliminated by people who were less capable than them .

This surprised them, but also made them very sad.

And after entering the semi-finals, their judges have no right to recommend, whether the contestants advance or not depends entirely on the audience and judges' votes.

Unlike the previous stages, after Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi announced the results of the first round of promotion, they still had the promotion places in their hands.

Therefore, seeing the three strong people being eliminated, they really wanted to make amends.

Hong Tao and Long Danni understood Deng Jie's meaning when they heard what Deng Jie had left to say.

Long Danni opened his mouth, and was about to say something, but Zhang Jizhong took a step ahead.

"This result seems normal to me." Zhang Jizhong looked at Chen Daoming and the others.

Hearing what he said, Chen Daoming and the others frowned again.

Zhang Jizhong smiled lightly: "Bai Cheng, Yang Rui, Yang Mi, three different types of beauties. Hu Ge, the most handsome among the male players."

"Since the Qiong Yao dramas like "Han Zhu Ge Ge" and "Deep Love in the Rain" started to air, don't the audiences in the film and television market pay more and more attention to beautiful women and handsome men?"

"Judging from this phenomenon, compared to Lei Jiayin, Zhang Luyi, and Chen Chuang, he is not ugly, but he is not handsome either. This voting result is normal."

He went on to say: "And among the four people promoted, the ratio of men to women is one to three. In my country's entertainment industry, under the influence of the audience's aesthetics, women are more likely to become popular than men. This has not changed for decades. , From this point of view, the result of this vote is normal.”

He lowered his head and looked at the list again: "In the ranking of the four, Bai Qiang and Yang Rui are in the top two, Hu Ge is third, and Yang Mi is fourth. Bai Qiang and Yang Rui have always had very good acting skills. This ranking also shows that the audience I still like actors with good acting skills, but I just need to look at their appearance first, and then their acting skills."

Zhang Jizhong glanced at the crowd and said with a smile: "This is the trend of the entertainment market in this era, so this result is normal."

Hearing Zhang Jizhong's well-founded analysis, all the judges couldn't help but raise their lips.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi glanced at each other, they didn't expect Zhang Jizhong to rely on a ranking to analyze the entire market, they really found it very interesting.

"Producer Zhang Da understands the market." Chen Kaige smiled slightly, giving Zhang Jizhong affirmation, and said: "From "Swordsman", to "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Dragon Babu", the main actors invited are different. They are all handsome men and beautiful women, even if the audience at that time said the story was not good, no one said that the actors hired were not good, which proves that Zhang Da’s analysis is correct.”

Everyone listened, and there was no objection in their hearts. Zhang Jizhong's analysis was indeed the truth. In fact, from the beginning of the development of the TV industry in the 70s, the casting of the crew depended on the actor's appearance, but at that time it was far less important than it is now.

"This is the audience's choice, I think we should respect it." Chen Kaige suggested, and then said: "They have been very successful at this point, and they will have everything they should have after the show is broadcast."

The industry insiders who came to watch the show as commentators were more or less related to entertainment companies or brokerage companies.

These people have watched many performances of the students and judge the potential of the students based on their own experience.

The potential is good. Through their private communication, agents have come to contact these students one after another some time ago, but the program has not been broadcast yet, and the effect of the broadcast has not been seen. At present, they are only paying attention to the students.

As long as the ratings of the program are acceptable and the students have a certain popularity base, then there must be some signings, resources and business, but after the program is broadcast, the living environment of these students is definitely better than their previous environment.

Hearing Chen Kaige's words, Chen Daoming frowned and remained silent. He didn't consider those who are not good-looking, and what the market trend is has nothing to do with him. He just wanted to act according to his own thoughts.

Maybe Zhang Jizhong's analysis is right, the result is not wrong from the market point of view, but he still doesn't agree with the result.

The rest of the judges looked at Chen Daoming, waiting for his reply.

Chen Daoming seemed to be in a tangle and kept silent.

It stands to reason that since the rest of the judges had no objections, Chen Daoming nodded, and the matter was over. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is something that is completely unnecessary to worry about.

But for Chen Daoming, who has a very firm concept of art, it is rather embarrassing for him to deny his own doubts just now when he questioned the results.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi glanced at Chen Daoming's expression and understood his situation.

Concubine Liu Yi has been holding Chu Xuan's palm that fell from her shoulder, and she made a difficult movement of clasping Chu Xuan's palm in reverse: "Why don't you do this. The important thing about this show is not the ranking, but the ranking. Giving actors the chance to show themselves on stage, the stage and the camera are the most important."

"Although Lei Jiayin and the others were eliminated, we can allow them to return to participate in the finals as supporting guests for Yang Rui and Bai Cheng."

"In this way, although they are not counted in the final ranking, they still have the chance to perform on stage for the last time, so the teachers don't have to feel sorry."

After getting down a step, Chen Daoming's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded, "That's a good idea."

He glanced at everyone, and all the judges and teachers looked at Concubine Liu Yi, nodded slightly, and all looked at Hong Tao and Long Danni.

Long Danni smiled and glanced at Concubine Liu Yi. Although the voting result was expected in her and Hong Tao's eyes, it was unexpected in the eyes of the judges.

She was right in predicting that Chen Daoming and Zhang Guoli questioned the voting results.

This is why she and Hong Tao showed the results to the judges as soon as they got the results. They were afraid that the inherent ideas of these judges would conflict with the current commercial market, and they questioned them on the spot in front of the students during the recording. It will cause an embarrassing situation.

It is the best thing to resolve possible conflicts.

But Chen Daoming and Deng Jie wanted to change their rankings, she was unwilling.

The elimination and promotion are selected by the audience and the media. The [-] audience members include people of all ages, and the media judges are all representative big media in China. Aesthetics of some audiences.

In other words, the results of this vote are what most viewers across the country are happy to see.

And a program needs the audience to provide ratings. If the ratings are to maintain a benign curve, the program must show what the audience is willing to see.

Looking at the voting results from the perspective of ratings, although she felt sorry for Lei Jiayin's elimination, that was all, and she had no intention of changing the results.

It has nothing to do with her who advances and who is eliminated, as long as there are topics and ratings, in her opinion, it doesn't matter if she praises someone who doesn't have any acting skills.

But Chen Daoming and the others were too big, and she didn't know how to persuade them just now.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Liu Yi discovered the deadlock between the two of them by observing their words and expressions, and came up with an idea to get the best of both worlds and solve this problem.

Long Danni looked at Concubine Liu Yi with a smile on his face, and praised her in his heart.

Then, she said to everyone: "Okay, let's do this, wait for Chu Xuan and Qianxi to talk about it, and since Lei Jiayin and the others are going to return, then add Tang Yan by the way, otherwise four people will be eliminated, and three people will be eliminated." Returning to the show, the other person is not there, this situation may have a bad influence after the show is broadcast."

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded to the judges and teachers. It must be Long Danni, a professional in program planning, who has considered this aspect comprehensively.

In this way, a small situation caused by the voting results of the semi-finals was successfully resolved by the method conceived by Concubine Liu Yi.

A group of people came to the studio of the dormitory with such a result. When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei announced the list of the finals, the eight students, whether they were promoted or eliminated, did not have too much emotion.

Lei Jiayin, Chen Chuang, Zhang Luyi, Tang Yan, eliminated.

Yang Rui, Bai Cheng, Hu Ge, and Yang Mi advanced to the next stage.

The four people who advanced were unbelievable at first, and the four people who were eliminated were a little bit regretful.

But only a short while passed, and the four people who were promoted did not seem happy, and the four people who were eliminated had no regrets. These eight good friends who had worked together in the past few months just looked at each other. They didn't speak for a while, and each smiled.

"Come on." Lei Jiayin drank pure milk, without any distracting thoughts in his eyes, and acted very freely.

"Come on." Chen Chuang encouraged. With his senior status and "clown" face, he was very satisfied to be able to make it this far, competing with a group of young handsome men and beautiful women.

"Come on." Zhang Luyi smiled brightly, just like the sunny boy who jumped up and down on weekdays.

In the past, there were at most dozens of people performing on the drama stage, but there were hundreds of people performing on this stage. Although it is regrettable to be eliminated, it is a pity that he cannot continue to perform on this stage.

"Come on." Tang Yan smiled sweetly, waving her fists playfully and cutely to cheer up her friends.

She came to this show with the purpose of looking for opportunities, but as soon as she came, she found friends with enviable abilities and solid basic skills in acting were everywhere around her.

This made her lose some confidence in whether she could go on smoothly in the show, but when batch after batch of friends left, she stepped forward step by step. At that time, the program crew told her that the audience liked For an artist of her type, she has great potential in terms of commercial value, so let her study hard and hone her skills.

With this result, she has achieved her goal of participating in this program. Although it is a pity that she could not enter the finals, but she got the result about the future. Her happiness is far greater than regret, and she is full of expectations for her future career. hope.

None of the four eliminated people showed regret, which made the atmosphere of the scene not as sentimental as it was at this moment in the previous stages.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi felt gratified and happy to see this scene. After all, being eliminated from the show is nothing. The person who controls their own destiny will always be themselves, not a show.

They took the script card for the finals from the staff, and Lei Jiayin stood up when he saw this scene.

"Why?" Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"Let's go, we've been eliminated." Lei Jiayin said as a matter of course.

The corners of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi raised their mouths slightly, Chu Xuan said: "Who made you go?"

Lei Jiayin was a little confused: "Isn't it always like this before?"

Concubine Liu Yi showed her face, raised her hand and pressed down: "Sit down, it's not over yet."

Not over yet? ...Lei Jiayin was at a loss, and everyone was puzzled, and looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei curiously.

The next moment, when they heard that the four eliminated in the finals were the returning guests, or the assistants of the four advanced, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became cheerful.

"Brother Chuang! Help me! Take me flying!" Hu Ge said happily.

"Come on, Tang Tang, let's fight side by side." Yang Mi happily waved to Tang Yan.

"Zhang Houzi, let's play a rivalry!" Yang Rui said to Zhang Luyi with a smile.

Bai Cheng elegantly stretched out his hands to stroke the hair on his shoulders, and turned his head to look at Lei Jiayin: "We are the only ones left?"

Lei Jiayin raised Erlang's legs and drank milk through a straw: "One meal, I'll help you win the championship."

Bai Qiang blinked, and his face bloomed: "Deal."

From former opponents to current teammates, the regret of being eliminated was washed away, and the tension before the finals was also weakened. The atmosphere was full of harmony and joy for a while.

Seeing this scene, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and the judges and teachers showed gentle smiles.

In a highly competitive program, there may be such a warm and friendly picture, perhaps only the first season.

When this season of the program is broadcast, the students have gained fame and fortune, and the nature of the second season of the program will definitely change.

For Hu Ge and the others, this scene may be very precious to recall in the future.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei simply announced the competition system of the finals, and then presided over the grouping session between them and the four jury groups.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the recording ended, and the young couple was ready to call it a day and go home.

"Xuanzi."

As I was going down the stairs, a call came.

Chu Xuan was stunned, except for Brother Chenglong and his Xiangjiang acquaintances, no one in the mainland called him "Xuanzi".

He and Concubine Liu Yi looked back and found out that it was the director of Tang Jili, and they were relieved.

"Director Tang." Chu Xuan greeted Concubine Liu Yi.

Tang Jili quickened his pace a little, and went downstairs side by side with the young couple: "I had a chat with Chenglong on the phone a few days ago, and I heard Chenglong said that he would cooperate with you again to make a movie, let me find him during this time Find creative inspiration."

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi smiled slightly, and Chu Xuan said, "What's Director Tang thinking?"

After going down one floor, Tang Jili turned the corner with the young couple and continued downstairs: "Chenglong said he wanted to make comedy action and return to his old business, but with your participation, he felt that his old business might be filled with new wine. produce a different chemistry."

"But I think Chenglong's comedic action elements are the main reason why the audience has visual fatigue on his works."

"Chenglong still wants to rely on comedy action to give his fans around the world an answer that "he Chenglong can still make international blockbusters". I think the probability of success is very low."

Listen to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, they don't want to say much on this topic. Tang Jili and Chenglong are golden partners who have cooperated for decades. Since he said so, he must have his reasons and ideas.

Tang Jili changed the subject and said: "Chenglong asked me to think of an idea, and I really came up with a preliminary idea from you."

"What?" Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi were curious.

Going down another floor, Tang Jili stepped around the corner and said: "Bright Times has experience in producing science fiction. Although it is a micro-movie, the experience in shooting science fiction and producing special effects for science fiction is unique in China, and you guys The two also have experience in acting in science fiction."

"And Chenglong is a master of action movies, and his ability in action design and scene design is top-notch."

"Then let's make a combination and shoot a sci-fi action, can we polish more intense sparks?"

"A sci-fi action?" Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei smiled. They never expected that Tang Jili would find sci-fi inspiration from "Hope", so they wanted them to make a sci-fi action movie with Chenglong.

They only filmed sci-fi, not action.

Chenglong has only filmed action films, not science fiction.

This associative ability is worthy of being an international leader. When you think about it in combination, it's really creative.

The three of them went downstairs and walked out of the corridor. The cold wind blowing at minus two degrees made them squint their eyes from the cold.

"Chenglong has no part to play during the Chinese New Year. After returning to Xiangjiang, he will come to the capital for a preliminary discussion."

"it is good."

The two sides said goodbye, Tang Jili walked towards the parking lot, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei walked towards the opposite office building.

An office in an office building is filled with heating.

Liu Xiaoli was sitting in front of a computer, and the computer screen displayed the ppt software page.

Wang Jinhua was sitting next to her, and the two sisters were chatting while knocking sunflower seeds.

When the young couple opened the door and came in, Concubine Liu Yi went straight to the direction of the computer: "Hurry up, hurry up, the last few pages will be done."

Seeing her daughter rushing, Liu Xiaoli got up and gave up her seat, and Chu Xuan and Chu Xuan each took a chair from the desk next to them and sat down.

Wang Jinhua tapped Erlang's leg, ate a melon seed and threw the melon shell into the trash can: "Chinese New Year is on February 2. If everything goes well, the finals will be recorded before the end of the year. The recording will start in November, and it will take three and a half months. Within range, it went well."

Liu Xiaoli stretched out her hand, her hand was full of melon seeds.

Chu Xuan took a small handful from her hand, and said: "If you want money, you need money, if you need human resources, you need human resources. The core Fuhuadao resource channel company itself has it, and the domestic large-scale variety show market has just started. Considering competition issues, it will naturally go smoothly under such circumstances.”

Wang Jinhua nodded, ate the last melon seed in her hand, and clapped her hands to shake off the residue: "The company's annual meeting will start tomorrow afternoon, and there will be a company annual summary and this year's planning meeting in the morning. Come here early tomorrow. "

Chu Xuan nodded while eating melon seeds: "Okay."

They chatted for a few minutes, and Concubine Liu Yi worked hard, making the ppt on her own.

After a while, Concubine Liu Yi turned her back to them, and a cheerful voice came: "It's done!!"

"Finished?" Wang Jinhua stood up and turned around to come behind Concubine Liu Yi, leaning on the back of the chair with both hands and looking at the computer screen.

Chu Xuan walked over while eating melon seeds, looked at the ppt and said, "I'll take a look these two days, and think about how to match the content of the ppt with my plan. If there is no problem, I will contact the bosses of the three web game companies. , determine the time for them to arrive in Beijing, and try to implement the investment plan before Sissy goes to the United States."

Wang Jinhua bowed slightly, and stroked Concubine Liu Yi's cheek with both hands from behind her head: "Qi Qian, Chu Xuan misses you everywhere, how did you let him do this?"

This sudden ridicule made Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli all laugh.

Concubine Liu Yi turned her head and smiled happily: "Because I also think about him everywhere."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Wang Jinhua couldn't help shaking her head, and ate some dog food from these two guys.

"Let's go." Liu Xiaoli picked up her bag and put it on her right shoulder.

Wang Jinhua turned and walked away, picked up her bag from the chair and prepared to leave.

Concubine Liu Yi saved the ppt into a USB flash drive, took the USB flash drive out of the host computer, put it into a small backpack, put the small backpack on her right shoulder, held the strap of the backpack on her right shoulder with her right hand, and took Chu Xuan's hand with her left hand: "Go Bar."

The family came to the park parking lot talking and laughing, and Chu Xuan drove the car to catch the family on their way home.

(End of this chapter)