You are a black technology boss, you didn't say it sooner!

The TV station and the video platform acted very quickly. After receiving the reply, they immediately confirmed the meeting time. On the third day, they each flew to Beijing to meet Lou Qingyan in the deep space.

Among the three proposals this time, two were voted for TV stations, and one was for web dramas.So the producers came to a total of five companies, CCTV, Fran Satellite TV, Penguin, Kiwi, and Show Cool.

Lou Qingyan convened them together in a nonchalant way, and the scene was like a symposium.

Before they came here, they also knew that fire not only planned one show, but also were very curious about the other two shows, so they thought they were here to participate in a VR salon.

Everyone basically arrived 10 minutes in advance, almost at the same time, and met directly in the deep space hall.

Because they are all from the same industry and have dealt with each other before, they shook hands and greeted each other for a long time.

"You guys also got the fire plan? I don't know what show it is? We are a dance talent show."

"Dancing? This is a bit interesting. Our side is a slow-paced online variety show, but the cooperation method has not yet been decided, and we still have to think about it."

"If it can really be done, we will have to cooperate more when it goes online later."

"Haha, to be honest, I can't wait now."

When the front desk saw that they had finished speaking, they kindly intervened and took them to the reception room that the boss had mentioned.

Different from the imagined conference room environment, this is a large room covered with green screens, a bit like a special effects movie shooting scene.

After everyone went in, they found that there were already people in the room. A young man was sitting in the corner tinkering with the computer. When he saw them coming in, he stood up and said hello, "Good afternoon, everyone."

"Uh, Lou..." This face was too famous.

Lou Qingyan pointed to the sofa area, "Everyone do your own thing first, there is still one family that hasn't come, let's wait patiently."

The sofa area and the green screen area are like two worlds. The setting here is really like an afternoon tea salon. The tables and chairs are quite emotional. You can take your own coffee and tea, and there are all kinds of snacks next to it. .

Everyone sit down, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Lou Qingyan.

The former number one playboy is now the number one canary, everyone knows him.

The question is why is he here?

After Lou Qingyan finished speaking, he lowered his head to debug the computer, and after a while, he moved his head to the side and asked him with a smile: "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Debugging the program." He said concisely, then looked at the man's face, feeling a little familiar, "Have I met you somewhere?"

"What," the young man began to doubt his life, "you don't know me? Am I so unpopular?"

"Hahaha, Xiao Zhao is a flower in our station, and he dares to say that he is not popular." A middle-aged fat man next to him came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Mr. Lou, we almost had friendship back then, do you remember?" Well, there was a program on the station that wanted to invite you, but you didn't agree."

It was all so long ago, Lou Qingyan really forgot.He did know this middle-aged man, his surname is Hu, he is a very powerful producer of Flantai, and he was also the chief producer and chief director of last year's animation competition.

The two had worked together, and they communicated frequently online during that time, but the other party didn't know his identity.

He also remembered who the young man who came to say hello was.

Zhao Yang, the recently promoted host of Flan TV, is indeed popular and famous for his love of acting. Fans call him "the actor whose career was delayed by hosting".

"I remember," Lou Qingyan said, "It's you, a big star."

"Hey, how can I be as big as your card player?" Zhao Yang began to chatter, his curiosity was as strong as a furnace, "Speaking of which, why are you here? Did you follow Jiang Fu? He is in this building. Do you work here? Have you, have you seen Fire? What does he look like? Is he handsome?... Oh, don’t think I talk too much, Fire is my idol, and my wife likes him so much.”

Producer Hu supported his forehead and pulled him away, "Don't disturb others."

"Hey—" Zhao Yang stretched out his hand.

Lou Qingyan smiled and pointed to herself, "Look at me, am I handsome?"

"……what?"

"If I'm handsome, Fire is handsome, and Fire looks like this, understand?"

"..."

Zhao Yang didn't understand.

On the contrary, Producer Hu was sluggish. He dropped Zhao Yang at once, turned his head and asked in the wind, "What did you say?"

Just as Lou Qingyan was about to say, the door was pushed open, and Jiang Fu walked in.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Although everyone is a very reserved and successful person, they also have a heart of gossip.

Standing at the door, Jiang Fu waved to Lou Qingyan, and shook the phone with the other hand.

Lou Qingyan touched his phone, only to realize that it was out of battery.

"What's the matter, who's calling?" He answered the phone, listened to a few words, his eyes showed surprise, and then hurried out with Jiang Fu.

Inside the room, reserved, successful people exchange glances cautiously.

"They seem to have a good relationship?"

"Is Lou Qingyan also working in deep space? Jiang Fu must have arranged for him to come in."

"I don't know how Fire feels when he sees these two showing their affection every day."

"Hahaha fire's name is too appropriate, I will burn you to death."

The person on the other end of the phone is Li Junya, the old leader of the military industry. He said that his superiors agreed to let Jiang Fu go to exchange and study, but he must go through a complicated political review process. The communication process is completely closed. .

The old leader also thoughtfully asked him to stay at home for a year, and then go back after the year.

Lou Qingyan put down the phone and said, "It's all closed..."

Jiang Fu hugged him like no one else in the corridor, "It will take six months."

"So long..."

After hugging for an unknown amount of time, a cautious voice came from the side: "That..."

The two raised their heads, and they were surprised to see—they were surrounded by people, two men and women in black suits stood on the left, Zhao Yang with his mouth wide open stood on the right, and Producer Hu, who was still in a mess in the wind, stood at the door. , Behind the door is a group of reserved and successful people poking their heads.

Jiang Fu didn't change his face, and calmly pecked Lou Qingyan's cheek, "Work hard, I won't bother you anymore."

Then drift away.

The scene was awkwardly still for three seconds.

Three seconds later, the two men and women in black suits rushed up one left and one right and held Lou Qingyan's hand, as if nothing had happened, and said enthusiastically: "Hello, Mr. Fire, we are CCTV staff, we are very honored See you!"

Lou Qingyan shook his hand modestly. Look, the quality of people is different. Not only did he respond quickly, but he also learned his identity earlier.

As for the others...

Zhao Yang: "Why did you suddenly cue my male god?"

Reserved successful people: "Fuck, CCTV is also involved in this project?"

Reserved successful people two seconds later: "What is he??"

Producer Hu: "Fire deceived me so badly???"

The scene was like chickens flying around and chaotic...

After 5 minutes, everyone sat down on the sofa dreamily, immersed in the fact that Lou Qingyan = fire and could not recover for a long time...

"It's incredible, it's legendary, it's amazing, it's awesome..."

Good words describe Lou Qingyan as having no head at all, because they feel that no matter what language they use, they can't describe his majesty...

So canary suddenly turned into fire himself, what kind of showmanship is it! ! !

Lou Qingyan: "Hey, everyone, relax a little?"

Zhao Yang's face turned red, and there was a little star in his eyes that was dizzy when looking at idols, "What should I do, I am so happy, but also so painful..."

Lou Qingyan: "...?"

Zhao Yang said: "Male god! Are you really my male god!"

Lou Qingyan: "I really don't want to answer this kind of question anymore..."

Zhao Yang: "What if I can't keep the secret? Ah, ah, I don't trust my own mouth. To keep this kind of secret is really too happy and painful!"

"It's okay," Lou Qingyan smiled softly, "Just be yourself, I won't blame you."

Zhao Yang suddenly burst into tears: "The male god is too gentle..."

In fact, Lou Qingyan is planning to reveal his identity bit by bit.

Now that he has the need to go out in public, he really doesn't want to make any fuss about his identity, and he doesn't want to make too much noise that will affect his daily life.

The best one is the kind where rumors gradually spread to the outside world, but there is no real hammer, so that people will accept it step by step with half-belief.It's like putting on some gossip before a celebrity gets married.

If Zhao Yang really spoke out, he would feel very relieved.

After chatting like this for a while, everyone got a real sense of the fact that Lou Qingyan is a fire, and they also re-established their impression of Lou Qingyan.

Then it gets down to business.

The purpose of everyone coming here today is to hear what a VR reality show is and how it should be done.

"First of all, you all know the advantages of VR," Lou Qingyan said. "To put it bluntly, it is to create an immersive environment that makes people linger. Its advantages are bright, interactive and immersive, so VR combines When it comes to TV shows, it is to do these two things.”

"The sense of interaction needs the synchronous support of software and hardware to do it. It has to be done slowly, and there is no rush. Regarding the sense of immersion, I divide it into three parts. The first is immersive, the second is being able to get close to guests The third is to be able to explore the stories and details in the scene by yourself. That is to say, the environment, characters, and stories, these three things, you need to make the audience have a solid sense of closeness, so that they have the illusion: I am in this environment In the show, this character is in front of me, and this story is being staged next to me. Such a VR reality show, it is impossible not to attract people.”

"To put it bluntly, why do audiences like to watch reality shows? They want to watch real stories about real people, and they want to peek into other people's lives and hearts. For stars, audiences even want to put themselves in the lives of stars and devote themselves to digging The realest and most down-to-earth side of stars makes those radiant people seem very close to themselves. Therefore, VR and reality shows are a natural match, and there is nothing more suitable for reality shows than the viewing form of VR.”

"Based on this idea, let's design the most common program—a slow-paced reality show in which celebrities and guests experience life," he said here, and took out his first planning proposal, which is the online variety show.

Because he made this meeting into a salon, his wording was not too formal, and his tone was leisurely. While eating a snack, he said:

"What is the main point of making this show? The audience wants to experience the life of the star, but also wants to sneak a peek at the life of the star, so let's satisfy their wish."

"First, let the audience have a strong sense of experience and participation. The guest will come to the camera to speak to the audience from time to time. He will describe the aroma of the food when eating, and talk about how soft the bed is when he sleeps. Through this Guidance makes the audience feel involved. He will hold the camera to experience all the furnishings in the room. When he sits down to play the piano, if he puts the camera on his chest, the audience will feel that he is playing the piano. The camera is placed next to them, and the audience will feel that they are playing the piano with their idols, these are all strong experiences.”

"Second, the audience should be able to dig out the stories in the scene by themselves. In the past, when making a show, it was necessary to create a meme, cut it out and add subtitles, and clearly remind the audience that this is a meme. In a VR reality show, it is necessary to create a meme It’s not a stalked picture, but a detailed scene full of countless stalks. Look on the left to explore the story of guest a, and look at the story of guest b on the right. A is very handsome in cooking, and b is very cute with children. These are all things to watch Point. The audience will also find some Easter eggs, such as B Lian said that he would not eat this bowl of rice even if he died. When the camera left the room and came back, there was only an empty bowl on the table. Many such scene details can be added, yes For the audience, there is nothing more joyful than finding Easter eggs and smiling."

"This is the filming method of this slow-paced online comprehensive." He looked at the people on the three major video platforms and said, "The specific details can be discussed after the project is established. I will first tell you this feeling and this concept."

People from the three major video platforms looked at each other in blank dismay. The first one was okay, but the second one has completely subverted the previous shooting method.

But it is true that such a program is in line with the expression of VR.

A producer worried: "But in this case, there is no way to make a flat version of the program. The story is happening in 360 degrees at the same time, and the story is too rich. How do we edit it?"

"Yes, it is difficult to make a flat version of this show, and the shooting methods of the two are very different." Lou Qingyan said, "It can be cut out by force, but the excitement will be greatly reduced. Therefore, this show is positioned as an online variety show, and there is no way to do it." On TV."

"If there is no flat version, wouldn't there be no audience at all? There are only a few VR users!" The producers disagreed, "If the cost is low, it's okay. Looking at this shooting method, the cost is at least double that of ordinary programs. It's a losing business."

"Don't worry," Lou Qingyan said, "Although it is difficult for the officials to edit the two-dimensional version, the audience can do it. We can return the 'editing rights' to the audience."

"Return the editing rights to the audience?" Everyone was taken aback.

"You can give VR users a function that allows them to freely record what they see, cut it into what they like, and add their own variety show subtitles. From small clips of three to five seconds to full-length clips, you can do it."

"These videos are put together in a community for people to browse. Watermark ads are automatically added to videos under 60s, watermarks and pre-roll ads are added to videos under 30 minutes, and titled ads are automatically inserted into the videos for more than 30 minutes. Get a certain percentage of advertising revenue."

"Because this kind of fragmented editing makes it difficult for the audience to connect the plot together, the function of 'plot tree' is also provided. The audience can hang the small clips they cut out on the plot tree, and the entire plot tree is arranged in chronological order. A collection of fragments, many fragment branches will grow at the same time point."

"There are three ways to watch the plot tree. The first is purely manual viewing, which one you click to watch; the second is shared viewing. Users can share a sequence line that they think is the best, and others will automatically watch it in this order when they click in. The second is AI viewing. AI will automatically generate a viewing sequence, which is different for each user, even the first and second clicks are different, full of randomness and fun. This sequence is random at first, But the system will slowly collect the audience's viewing habits, and in the later stage, it can customize a personalized viewing sequence for each person according to the audience's taste."

"The last problem left is that after watching too much, some classic clips will be repeated a lot. We can provide the audience with an option to automatically block the ones that have been watched more than a few times, and automatically mark the ones that have not been seen. It is done through artificial intelligence algorithms.”

Several producers were already dumbfounded.

"In short, for this kind of VR reality show, we encourage audiences to participate, experience, dig, and create. The ideal situation is that around a program, a fan community can be formed that continuously produces content."

"As long as there are enough fans, the circle will be active, and the audience will naturally want to go in and experience it for themselves, and the VR glasses will not worry about expanding sales." Lou Qingyan said high, and accidentally revealed his real purpose.

The producers who were planning to kneel to the boss: "..."

Labor and management have taken off their trousers, and you just want to sell glasses!

Lou Qingyan hurriedly remedied: "Selling glasses is our common goal. If the glasses are sold, there will be more people watching VR? The fan community is just a way to attract traffic in the early stage. In the later stage, it will become a vassal and become a real fanwork community. At that time, some people will even play games with plot trees, believe it or not?"

Producers: "..."

If you are convinced, you should kneel or you have to kneel, who told you that your fire is awesome.

Lou Qingyan said: "This is the easiest way to experience slow-paced variety shows in life. Let me talk about the stage talent show..."

Before he finished speaking, seeing a producer of Penguin raised his hand, he asked, "Any questions?"

The producer said very seriously: "Although you have put forward so many ideas, the effect cannot be guaranteed. We are still not sure whether we can get sponsorship or make money."

Lou Qingyan said patiently: "I know that the main profit method of reality shows is advertisements. You see, the existence of the fan community has expanded the radiation of advertisements. As long as the traffic is increased, even if you only rely on the pre-roll advertisements of the website itself, you can earn……"

"That's right, it's hard to get traffic," the producer said immediately, "but I have a great idea to get traffic."

"Say, what's your idea?"

The producer suddenly laughed.

"If you and Jiang Fu come to our show, we will have traffic."

"..."

Facing Lou Qingyan's speechless eyes and other people's strange admiration, the producer proudly puffed out his chest.

"I don't..." Lou Qingyan planned to refuse.

The producer hurriedly said, "Oh, you don't want to sell glasses anymore."

"Don't worry about it, I don't have to worry about selling my glasses."

The producer patted his thigh, "If you come here, you are a planner, a producer, and a guest. You are the boss of the program group. If you direct us to the east, you dare not go west."

"I do not……"

"Master Lou! Look at you, you are so busy with the company, don't you want to go out with Brother Jiang for a vacation?"

"...you have to think about it carefully." Lou Qingyan's words abruptly turned a corner.

He suddenly felt an inexplicable anxiety, the kind of anxiety that has not yet come, but is already afraid of difficulties.

Six months is really a long time.

It's the kind of length that you can't stand just thinking about it.

When the producer saw that there was a drama, he suddenly felt that the breakthrough was Jiang Fu's body, and his lips began to chatter out festive words, what a match made in heaven, talented and beautiful, and witness the truth on the show...

Lou Qingyan was speechless, "You were a wedding master of ceremonies before you became a producer, right?"

"How do you know?" The producer rubbed his head, "I run a wedding company, and I don't think it's fun to make small wedding videos for people, so I'm here to do a reality show."

Lou Qingyan: "..."

The producer twitched his lips.

Lou Qingyan: "Stop! I agree."

"Okay, okay! What about Jiang Jingshen!" The producer pushed forward.

"Ask him yourself." Lou Qingyan turned around, hating Hu Producer and Zhao Yang of Flan Satellite TV, "You don't know how to gag him? I was on his show, How do you supervise your program?"

"The two programs can be staggered." Producer Hu also followed in a messy manner, "It's fine if you also appear on our program."

Lou Qingyan: "?"

"Yeah," Zhao Yang clapped his hands and laughed, "You should also come to our show as a guest."

Lou Qingyan: "If I remember correctly, your show is a dance competition? What kind of guest am I going to be? An honorary audience?"

"Did you forget!" Zhao Yang said forcefully, "You are the founder of Dayuan Dance!"

Lou Qingyan: "...'

He really forgot about this...

"I'm not the founder of Dayuan Dance," he categorically denied, "I'm not, don't look for me."

"If you don't want to be a judge, how about being the host? It's the observer mentioned in the plan."

"...No need, I won't take your job."

"Didn't steal my job," Zhao Yang rubbed the back of his head, "I am the producer of this project, not the host. But, male god, even if you want to grab my job, I will give it to you!"

Lou Qingyan glanced at him.

Then, when he retracted his eyes, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the man and woman in black suits who were sitting in the corner without saying a word, with eager expressions on their faces.

"Wait..." He didn't finish.

"Mr. Fire, come to our CCTV as a guest too!"

"close……"

"Mr. Liu and Mr. Sun both said that we must invite you! They said that you are the one who understands this show best!"

Both Mr. Liu and Mr. Sun were at the dinner table that day.

"I do not……"

"It doesn't matter if you come here as Lou Qingyan, everyone is very welcome."

Lou Qingyan: "Do you still want to hear me explain how to shoot?"