The straight man of steel in the entertainment industry

"Is it really a beggar, isn't it a trust?" Lin Li asked.

"It's a real beggar." Song Wenjie said, "If you don't really beg for a meal, they won't dare to invite you, but we are not regular guests, we are flying guests, just go to one episode."

"Well, this show is fine, please agree." Lin Li said.

Lin Li was quite interested in digging out the stories of ordinary people.

Song Wenjie nodded and said, "There is another program. I contacted us a long time ago. I communicated with them for a long time, and I think they are quite sincere. It is "The Masked Singer."

The "Masked Singer" program had indeed been contacted a long time ago. At that time, Song Wenjie felt that there was no exposure for the program's masked face, so she never agreed.

Unexpectedly, the program group never gave up, and Song Wenjie was moved, so she brought it up to Lin Li again.

Lin Li's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Masking, guessing the singer...

Lin Li suddenly had a bold idea...

"Mom, give me the phone of the director of this show, and I'll talk to him!"

Chapter 347 The lost charm of the show, I will find it for you

Kyoto, Zhengjie Media Company.

Lin Li was sitting on the sofa chair in the living room. Opposite him was a middle-aged man in his 40s with a round face and a rich beard.

This person is Yu Hui, the chief director of the masked singer of Lychee TV.

After Lin Li called him yesterday, saying that he would like to join the Masked Singer but needed to discuss it in detail, Yu Hui was so excited that he made an appointment with a media company that cooperated with Lizhi TV, and flew to meet Lin Li early this morning.

After Lin Li rescued people at the New Year's Eve party, he fought Fan Zhou in a true-false battle. At this time, it could be said that there was no two in the limelight. At this time, Lin Li let go. As the chief director of the masked singer, he naturally would not let it go.

In order to express the importance of the program group, Yu Hui came to meet Lin Li in person today.

"Lin Li, I finally met you. We invited you a month before our show started."

Yu Hui tells the story of the past, hoping to make Lin Li feel his sincerity.

"I know this, but do you know why we didn't agree to participate in your program?" Lin Li asked.

"No schedule?"

"There were still some at that time." Lin Li said.

"Is it because the appearance fee we gave is too low?"

Lin Li shook his head. The Lizhi TV station where the Masked Singer is located is quite rich. After all, it is the most affluent TV station in Jiangnan Province in the country, and the ratings of the previous few episodes of the Masked Singer were good. Now they don’t pay the 80 appearance fee. In other words, let alone the time when he wasn't such a high net worth.

"Does that mean our show has a bad reputation?"

"At that time your show hadn't aired yet." Lin Li said.

"Is that because we masked our faces on the show and felt that there was no exposure?"

Lin Li nodded and said, "My mother, who is also my manager, thinks so."

Yu Hui smiled wryly, and said: "It is true that our show uses masks to attract the audience, but it discourages some singers."

The program of Masked Singer can be described as masking success and masking failure.

The format of the show where the singer is masked and sings for the judges to guess the singer is very novel, and the audience will have a sense of participation, and a sense of accomplishment if they guess correctly.

Because of this, the previous episodes of The Masked Singer were among the best in ratings.

But after a few episodes, everyone found that this show was a bit fake. Obviously, many singers were easy to guess, and some were even friends with the members of the guessing group, but the members of the guessing group said they couldn't guess.

Everyone still thinks that the first episode is the effect of the show, and everyone thinks that the second episode is a bit too much. The third and fourth episodes are performed like this, and the audience will definitely not be able to stand it.

The masked singer has been criticized for this, and many people feel that the program crew is not distracted and is fooling the audience.

Seeing Yu Hui's sincerity, Lin Li said, "It seems that you know where the current problems of your show are."

Yu Hui was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, and said: "Then how can I not know, it's all said to be bad, isn't it because the show is too fake."

"No, many singers can guess who it is when they open their voices, but the professional judging team said they couldn't guess it, and the acting skills are too bad." Lin Li echoed.

Yu Hui said distressedly: "Then what can we do? Some singers have obvious characteristics and have a lot of fans, so they can be recognized immediately, but if the guessing group doesn't perform, our singers will be recognized every issue. It's hard to guess. If you can guess it in just two or three episodes, then there will be no singers in the finals."

"Besides, let's invite famous singers to this show. Everyone will know who they are as soon as they hear it. There is no need to guess. But if we invite singers that everyone has never heard of, the audience will complain that we can't invite anyone. That kind of person is not called a singer, and we are also in a dilemma, so we can only invite some well-known and representative singers, and let the members of the guessing group perform it."

The masked singer competition system is for singers to go on stage and sing with their faces masked. After singing, seven guessing groups will guess who the singer is. Each guest group can only give one name. If it is correct, the singer will reveal his face. If it is not correct, The singer will continue to appear on the stage in the next episode. If the singer fails to guess in the third episode, the singer will enter the finals. Guess again in the finals. No matter whether he is right or not, the singer will reveal his face.

Because the program is positioned as a mask, many singers who need to be exposed are not very willing to come, which leads to the fact that there are not many singers who can be invited to the program, and those who have no backup singers must be even more reluctant to let the guessing team guess directly, except for those voices Except for the very recognizable singers, other singers, the program group will arrange two to three episodes before the guessing group can guess.

That's why in the show, everyone can clearly see who the singer is, but the guessing group still treats the audience as fools, and keeps saying that they can't guess.

But as Yu Hui said, the program team knew the problem, but they were powerless to change it. The guessing and judging team had to act according to the script.

Otherwise, if you guess all the singers, what about the Masked Singer finals?

Is it possible that all the singers in the finals are not masked?

Then don't call this show The Masked Singer.

And the show always has to give the audience some suspense, even if they may have already guessed the suspense.

For those who are really not easy to guess and have a schedule, the program team will save them to the finals, which can be regarded as their best effort.

In fact, Lin Li had already seen through the plight of the masked singer. Hearing what Yu Hui said at this time, he felt a little sympathetic towards him.

Like Li Shuai running the Tucao faction, each has its own predicament.

As a program producer and director, it seems that it is really not an easy job.

"Well, I think I can understand your feelings a little bit." Lin Li said.

After hearing what Lin Li said, Yu Hui was a little relieved, and asked tentatively, "Lin Li, let me ask, how many episodes do you have?"

Lin Li smiled and said, "Why do you ask this?"

Yu Hui smiled awkwardly, his face became rounder when he smiled, and he looked a little naive.

"We need five or six singers for the finals, and we have only decided on two now. You can sing in many styles, including rock, lyric, pop, and rap. It is not so easy to be guessed. If possible, I would like to arrange you into the summary Sai doesn't know you"

"That's four episodes, right?" Lin Li said.

"That's right, don't worry, we will never say that you will reduce the appearance fee because of the fourth round."