reborn in america

The waiting time is always difficult. Charlemagne looked at the clock hanging on the wall and felt that the time was stretched in this crowded stadium. For the first two hours, he watched the players being called according to the order He went in, and then walked out not long after, either frustrated or unwilling, he didn't know which type of person he would be.

The lucky ones who finally go to Hollywood after passing the audition, each audition point is a fixed number, so the chances of passing each one become more and more slim. Don't have too many lucky people who passed the audition before.

He was chatting with his parents, but he didn't know what he said, but he went to the temporary bathroom that didn't smell very good, just to wash his face with clean water, and then look at his face. Comely face, cheer yourself up.

Near noon, Charlemagne felt a little nervous when he saw the number on the list getting closer and closer to him. He couldn't sit still anymore. He kept wandering around the entrance, watching each player enter the small dark room, and then Get closer and closer to yourself.

Finally, when the staff member called his number, he turned around and hugged the family members standing beside him. Hearing their encouragement, he felt his heart beating one by one. The roaring sound almost occupied his ears, making him He could not hear the clamor outside.

"Sing any song, you have 3 minutes." When he reacted, he saw the interviewer sitting in front of him, and said with a blank face: "I saw you brought a guitar. There are chairs where you can sit and play and sing."

"Okay." Charlemagne nodded and replied in a low voice.

At this moment, he felt cold all over his body, and his hands and feet were so stiff. He controlled his rationality, dragged a chair from the side, took out the guitar he was carrying from the bag, and sat on the seat and adjusted it slightly. Guitar then looked up and said, "I'm going to sing an original country song called 'broke.'"

As he spoke, he began to play and sing by himself. Although he was so nervous when he first entered the competition that his hands and feet had nowhere to rest, but when he strummed the guitar, he relaxed, and the heavy pressure disappeared instantly. average.

He worked hard to finish the verse, and was about to sing the chorus when he suddenly heard the interviewer say, "Okay, you can stop now."

"Ah?" He froze for a moment and was at a loss. He hadn't finished singing a song, why did it end before he even sang the chorus?

"Do you have any other cover songs? Classic country or pop?" The interviewer frowned slightly.

This sentence was like a guillotine that cut half of his heart at once, and instantly made him feel so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. He trembled his lips slightly and said, "Can you let me change to an original song?"

"Let's cover it." The interviewer said without hesitation.

Charlemagne's heart was completely chilled at this moment, he stood up, bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, that's fine."

Although he does have other anomalous songs, even if he sings a cover song at this moment, it may still be possible to enter the next round, but so what, if his original song is not recognized, with his general appearance, he is not a professional How far can those who are born go?

He put away his guitar, turned around and left the room, followed immediately by another contestant, and entered the "Little Black Room" with the same nervousness and uneasiness as he did. It didn't take long for him to hear a high-pitched singing voice, and his footsteps After a short pause, they greeted the concerned family members not far away.

"How is it going? Did it go well?" Dilicia hurried forward and asked.

Charlemagne shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I was interrupted before I finished singing. It seems that my talent is not enough."

"That's because he has no vision!" Mother hugged him distressedly and said, "In our hearts, you will always be the best, and no one can compare to you."

"This is a loss for this show, Charlie." Father Alan also stepped forward to save the two to give his son a little comfort, and then his sister Dilicia, although she often embarrasses her younger brother, but in her Charlemagne is still her last The one I love the most.

Although the game was not going well, a few people chatted for a while, and Charlemagne quickly calmed down. After all, he didn't have much hope in the first place, which was expected. The only regret was that he couldn't It was great to meet with the mentor, but it was great to meet so many music lovers and participate in it in person. He even thought about how to go back and blow a wave to a few of his friends.

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The competition was going on smoothly, and PD TV station also filmed a large number of interview materials from several angles, edited them and broadcast them on the TV station. Among them, besides the streamlining of auditions, those who passed the audition were released every night. The few contestants who think they have the most development potential specially made character specials for them, put them in the character special program, and broadcast them.

On the first day of cleaning up the characters, the highest ratings exceeded 200 million, and the ratings also reached the best ratings of 0.6. Even the special series of characters also scored a good rating of 0.4. I have to say that this result is far from Adam’s expectations. , but after all, it is a new TV station, and a new TV show.

In fact, "American Idol" is a place to make stars. He selects those talented players who are hidden in the crowd, and builds the so-called "American Idol" step by step.

Of course American Idol doesn't just focus on the winners when it's on air, instead it shows weird, funny losers about half the time and hears them say 'I'm only a loser because of my ass The ratio is bigger, so I was eliminated, "My leg hair hasn't faded is the main reason why I didn't go to Hollywood", "They didn't choose me because they are all garbage", etc. These weird and funny reactions, I have to say that in These real reactions shown after failure give people a very strong sense of substitution.

Therefore, the ratings can be regarded as rising steadily. After the New York audition, the ratings of PD TV in the prime time period have climbed to 1.4, and the number of viewers has reached an astonishing number of over 500 million. In terms of proportion, "American Idol" accounts for a huge proportion of young consumers. You must know that if the normal ratings reach 1.4, it must have 800 million viewers.

Although this rating is not very good among the four major public channels, it can only be ranked fourth from the bottom, slightly overwhelming NBCS, but it is the top four. Even the youngest FOX has struggled for many years, leaving the big With resources and money, it has only been recognized as one of the four major public TV stations in the past few years. However, it did not expect that a spoiler suddenly appeared.

However, although the carrier of PD TV station "American Idol", which has gradually become the ace of social variety shows, is threatening, but they also know that PD TV station is too shallow after all, and it may be worthless without the popular "American Idol". The most important thing is to see what's going on in the future, whether you can release a good program to consolidate your status and audience, that's the most important thing.

But for those advertisers, it doesn't matter. From the time of this week, it can be seen that "American Idol" is already unstoppable, and the next few months are destined to make several old TV stations look good in terms of TV ratings.

So they are gearing up to join in. After all, according to normal estimates, the number of viewers will reach at least 500 million, and the ratings will inevitably exceed 3. PD is a small station, unlike those big TV stations. , if you want to advertise on TV programs with tens of millions of viewers and ratings of more than 3, you must at least have more than 20, or even around 30 is not impossible.

当然这里的二十、30万美元只是30秒的广告时间，而1个小时的电视剧一般一集42分钟左右，剩下18分钟都是广告，一般分成5至6次播。情景喜剧一集22分钟左右，8分钟是广告，分3次播。

Calculated based on 20 yuan, then one episode can earn 720 million US dollars, and normally there will be 24 episodes, so the advertising revenue of a season can reach 1.7 million US dollars, which is simply staggering.

And if it's a variety show like "American Idol", let's not count his other related shows and only watch his official shows. Each episode is about 150 minutes long, which means that the advertising time must be at least one hour. Time, this hour of advertising time, can rake in 2400 million US dollars for PD TV station, and every season of "American Idol" has at least [-] episodes from the audition to the final championship (originally [-] episodes, Adam put The period before the semi-finals is stretched, and at least three episodes are played every week), then it is foreseeable that the revenue may exceed one billion US dollars.

One billion dollars, oh my god, what a lot of income this is, and this does not include the advertising fees earned by related affiliate programs. It can be predicted that "American Idol" is a hen that can lay golden eggs, and it will definitely make the new PD The TV station makes a lot of money, so there is no need to worry about how the initial development will proceed.

With the end of the audition in New York, the audition in Miami will also kick off, and Adam's money bag is ready. Negotiations for this advertisement naturally began to go on in full swing.

The author has something to say: sorry, sorry~~~