Rebirth in America

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On May 10, 1960, a voice resounded throughout the world and shocked the entire lower class of Americans. [; first release]

"As long as you are an American, you are eligible to participate in the American Idol auditions! Show your talents, show your true self, and let the audience appreciate your singing voice!"

The promotional video produced by ab TV station was immediately broadcast on many TV stations. Even if nb TV station tried every means to boycott it, it could not stop others from earning advertising fees.

Soon, this advertisement aroused active registration from Americans. Near the registration points in each city, you can see these applicants with different clothes and different statuses.

There was a long queue to sign up, and even the local area was alarmed and had to send people to maintain law and order. All major media outlets have followed up on this phenomenon of entertainment involving the participation of all people, and have provided expert explanations of this phenomenon in numerous articles.

One of the two major publications in the world, contrary to convention, covered the entire cover of American fanaticism, and included a large article introduction: "Almost all Americans have signed up, even those small places that are not very well-informed. , and many people came. They were all attracted by this show, knowing that the top ten contestants will have the opportunity to get rich overnight!"

That's right, Alex paid a huge bonus in order to do well in this talent show. If it were not for the difference in era, he even planned to let the first place win one million US dollars, the second place win $500,000, and so on.

In the end, Rudy and the others rejected it: "One million dollars? This is really crazy!"

"If we really spend a million dollars, people from all over the world will probably come and ask to participate in the competition! Even if they are not Americans, they will try their best to sneak over and apply to become Americans!"

"If the prize was a million dollars, then I would join in too!"

"Alex, please reduce it a bit, at least you can't give such a huge bonus!"

In the end, Alex followed suit and lowered the first place prize to two hundred thousand dollars, then the second place to one hundred thousand dollars, the third place to fifty thousand dollars, and the remaining seven places were all thirty thousand dollars! In addition to the top ten, only the players who have entered the semi-finals. Everyone can get a bonus of $10,000!

This seems appropriate. At least in Rudy's eyes, it's not that exaggerated.

Even so, such a bonus is enough to make people crazy. In terms of purchasing power, two hundred thousand dollars is definitely higher than two million dollars in the 21st century. In this era, bank robberies over $10,000 are considered major crimes. If only I could grab a hundred thousand dollars and go back. Those robbers would die laughing in their dreams.

Since the total prize money for the entire show also adds up to a million dollars. So they publicized: "The American Idol prize money is as high as one million dollars!"

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, not to mention that participating in this show is not going to die. When everyone heard that there is such a good thing. They all rushed forward with a roar. Regardless of those who don’t know, just follow the people next to you and sign up for the competition.

in New York! In Washington! In Chicago! In Seattle... countless poor Americans cried with joy! They were so excited that they rushed to tell each other: "ab TV station has launched a million-dollar prize program. As long as you sign up, you will have a chance to win. Everyone can participate!"

This money is like a bomb, tugging at the heartstrings of countless Americans.

When the news was announced, almost all top media including the Associated Press, Reuters, and France Presse participated in the follow-up reporting. Immediately afterwards, , and other consecutive articles introduced this talent show, introduced the specific entry process, as well as information about the judges, etc.

Among the judges invited by AB TV, only Elvis is from Carpenter Records, the others are famous hosts of AB TV, and another is a highly respected musician.

These three judges are extremely popular in their respective fields, and their joining has further attracted the audience's attention to this show.

When being interviewed by a reporter on the street, an American said excitedly: "I also signed up for this show. Although I didn't go there for the prize money, I just wanted to see Elvis. He is my idol! "

A black man also said to reporters: "It's not for money's sake, we don't have that much time to compete. At most we can just watch the show and perform on stage? Well, well, well, it's hard to say. Who knows those things?" Did the judges discriminate against us..."

Even famous singers are paying attention to this program and said angrily: "It's so unfair that professionals like us are prohibited from participating in this competition! This will lower the level of the program a lot. Then you will see Just know it!”

"Then will you watch this program?" the reporter asked.

"Huh? Why don't you watch it? It's good to go and watch those amateur-level competitions. You can have fun!"

All in all, not only people from all walks of life in the United States are paying attention to this draft competition, but also people abroad. There were even people from the UK, France and Germany who came over and asked why they were not allowed to sign up.

Soon, it was time for the first episode of American Idol to air. All major TV stations, except for AB TV, found that the ratings of their programs were declining every minute. Especially nb, which had a collision with ab, they found that their popular variety show suddenly became a lot less popular.

This show has one episode per week, and every time it is aired, the ratings increase a lot. This went on for weeks, with the ratings rising as fast as a rocket.

The sensational effect achieved by American Idol also greatly excited the people at AB TV station and record company. These employees were already full of energy and devoted all their time and energy to their work. When you see the results of your work, you feel a sense of accomplishment that cannot be measured in terms of money.

Many viewers switched to the AB TV channel midway. They only watched the American Idol program once and were attracted by this very novel and exciting variety show. They never thought about switching channels again until the program was over.

How can those gag variety shows compare to this kind of talent show from the 21st century? These talent shows are known as national entertainment.

Even if it appears in European and American countries with extremely developed entertainment industries, it can still trigger a long-lasting talent show frenzy. Not to mention appearing in this era, the United States in the early 1960s is like China in the 21st century. A small copycat program can attract the attention of people across the country.

After all, social development has not yet reached that level, so it is natural to be attracted by this type of entertainment program. Take that copycat talent show as an example. In the end, it was so enthusiastic that the relevant national departments had to order a ban on broadcasting, resulting in extremely fast speed. x has become a glorious noun in the past.

There are many excuses for being harassed, such as being vulgar, having no taste, soliciting votes and encouraging bad habits, etc. In fact, the most important thing is that it has become a program that has swept the country, firmly occupying the eyes of more than one billion people, so that other TV stations complained so much that they had to cancel it.

It can be seen from this that how influential this type of program is. Once the snowball trend is formed, even if other TV stations launch similar programs, they will not be able to compete. As long as their own programs do not make directional errors, they will definitely be able to surpass the programs of other TV stations in one fell swoop. Dry down.

In addition, Americans are keen on voting activities. When they see that this program can be influenced by voting, they will naturally pick up the phone and vote for their favorite singer.

This American Idol show that Alex copied borrowed many excellent settings. The judges have the power, but the audience can also choose their favorite singers. In this way, the opinions of all parties can be well balanced, and the ideas of some judges will not deviate too far from the mainstream, leading to the loss of the audience.

The morale-boosted AB TV station quickly took advantage of the victory and regained the lost ground in ratings of other programs bit by bit. Advertisers naturally followed suit, and advertising revenue gradually returned to its original level.

Except for those employees who were promoted, other employees quickly settled down and worked honestly. Even if there were any other thoughts, they have all disappeared and become history in the past.

Of course, the success of the show means that their future will be brighter and their money will be unlimited. The TV station and them both prosper and suffer. Unless they can find a better place to go, they'd better work hard.

In fact, what Alex is most worried about is not the TV station and the record company, but the PT company, which is the Carpenter family's largest source of income. PT Company is responsible for many businesses, as long as it involves the electronics industry, it produces them. The largest part of them is radios, water heaters, refrigerators, air conditioners and other electronic products. The other is the most high-end technological artifact - computers!

Electronic products only account for one-third of the company's total revenue, but the computer revenue is huge. Every year, the company's net profit in computers exceeds 1 billion US dollars. Of course, the computers produced by PT Company are not personal computers of later generations, but supercomputers, so the investment in research is also very high.

According to the information Alex received, General Electric Company and ib Company have joined forces. The specific method of joining forces is unknown. Since the opponent's poaching offensive was broken up by Alex, they have been standing still, seemingly without any reaction.

Alex is the most worried about this situation. Without follow-up action, it is impossible. We can only say that the other party is brewing some conspiracy to cause PT Company to cause a big fight. (To be continued...)

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