This Star Doesn’t Work Overtime

  Chapter 77 76. Scary decline! Want to buy back Wang Cheng?

  At this moment, many viewers instinctively stayed in front of the TV, watching the latest episode of Oriental Star!

  After all, after the first three episodes of the program, Oriental Star has also accumulated a lot of audience base, and many viewers will habitually watch the program on time.

   At the same time, many people in the industry also paid attention to the broadcast of Oriental Star on time.

  Everyone is looking forward to it. The ratings of Dongfang Star reached a terrifying 3.5 in the last episode. Will this episode be stable?

especially…

  How much will the ratings drop after Wang Cheng, the pillar of the ratings, is gone?

   No one believes that the ratings of Dongfang Star can continue to be above 3 points in the previous issue. They just want to see how much it will drop and whether it can stabilize at a high level.

  Including, everyone in the Oriental Star program team thinks this way...

  After all, Wang Cheng's performance in the last issue was really wonderful and out of the loop.

  Without Wang Cheng in this episode, no matter how wonderful the performances of other contestants are, if they are not as good as Wang Cheng, the ratings will inevitably drop.

  Wu Tong, the director of the Spring and Summer You program group, and several other assistant directors also gathered together to watch the latest episode of Oriental Star.

  The broadcast will still be performed by Wu Han!

  The cooperation between Wu Han and the gold medal dancer Luo Qiang has now become a model of a good story in the industry.

  Luo Qiang constantly absorbed Wang Cheng's dance style, and at the same time created his own things as much as possible, and then combined these things for Wu Han and others to show.

  The strength and talent of Wu Han and the others are all excellent levels, so they can be displayed almost perfectly!

   Thus, there is a dazzling stage effect.

  Every performance, there is progress.

  Wu Tong stared at the performance of Wu Han and the others in the screen, and said in a low voice: "This stage effect is very good."

An assistant director nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, Wu Han's performance has been breaking through the stage performance level of the past few years. It is only a little worse than Wang Cheng. Wen Yixiao, a very popular girl from Shonan Satellite TV, is at best It's almost the same as Wu Han."

  Another assistant director said softly: "He may be worse than Wang Cheng by more than a little..."

   Several people listened and nodded slightly in agreement!

indeed…

  The gap between Wu Han, Li Feifan and others and Wang Cheng is more than a little bit, at least a gap in rank.

  When Wu Han's performance ends.

  The faces of several people are slightly dignified and serious.

  Wu Tong said seriously: "The opening of Oriental Star was a success. I hope that our next performance will also be successful."

  An assistant director said: "It depends on Wang Cheng's performance. Xiao Daohong and the others have already demonstrated their strength and potential after the previous performances, and it is impossible to make a big improvement."

   "By the way, Wang Cheng said today that he will use a recording studio. Are he going to make new works? Can it be at the same level as Jingwumen?"

  Another assistant director asked!

  Wu Tong shook his head: "Who knows! Before the performance of music creation, no one knows how the market will respond. However, we can only trust Wang Cheng!"

  He didn't tell the assistant directors that Wang Cheng's creation and performance of the new work was done through Liu Jinfeng at a considerable cost.

  As long as Wang Cheng's performance is successful, he will sign Wang Cheng's remaining episodes at a high price, which is at least 20 million yuan.

   This time, Wu Tong is putting all his eggs in one basket. If he fails, he may immediately lose his position as director, and he won't even be able to wait for the next season.

  However, even if you don't gamble this time, with your stagnant ratings in spring and summer, he will be replaced in the next season.

   So, he had to gamble.

   Staring at the TV screen, Wu Tong just wanted to end it quickly so that he could know the ratings of this episode of Oriental Star as soon as possible.

The more Oriental Star's ratings drop, the happier he is. This is not to gloat over his competitors, but because it proves that Wang Cheng has a greater impact on the ratings. Then he succeeded in poaching Wang Cheng. The higher the rate!

  …

  Magic City!

  He Lei and Li Guang haven't slept for two days and one night. At this time, they are still gathering in the office, drinking coffee to refresh themselves, watching the broadcast of the program, and waiting for the staff to report the news.

  Watching Wu Han and other contestants performing one after another, the two are quite satisfied with this episode. Generally speaking, it is above the standard, and it is definitely a super high-level production among all the talent show traffic variety shows in recent years.

   tuk tuk...

   There was a knock on the door.

  The staff came in and handed a piece of paper to Li Guang: "Director Li, this is the real-time data of the broadcast."

   Li Guang quickly took it over and took a look, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and handed it to He Lei again: "Let's see, we may be safe this time."

The staff had already left, He Lei took the paper and quickly glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The first broadcast has a ratings of 2.2, which is higher than the last broadcast, and we only need to improve it a bit later to reach 2.5, then we will be fine for this episode. It worked."

   It was a good start, both of them relaxed a little, and ordered their favorite takeaway for dinner.

But…

   After half an hour, the staff sent the data again, and then left quickly, as if they didn't want to stay any longer.

  Seeing this, Li Guang and He Lei's hearts sank, and they immediately gathered together to watch!

   Just glanced at it!

   The two of them felt a little dizzy.

   Haven't seen the numbers yet, but the straight-line drop curve table made the two of them afraid to look at the specific numbers, fearing that they would be scared.

   The two looked at each other before looking at the last number!

   See that harsh 1.5...

   Li Guang was so frightened that he lost his grip. The paper in his hand fell to the floor, and he sat down heavily on the chair.

   In just half an hour, it dropped from 2.2 to 1.5, a straight drop of one-third...

   There is still more than half an hour to go, so the drop will drop below 1 point?

That…

  He Lei also sat on the sofa one by one, feeling a little dazed, and couldn't believe it for a while, then immediately bent down to pick up the piece of paper, read it carefully, and made sure if he read it wrong!

  However, after looking at it again and again, the straight-down curve is still the same, and the number that is finally fixed at 1.5 hurts his eyes a little.

  The exhaustion accumulated throughout the day and night disappeared in an instant, and I only felt cold all over.

   Neither of them dared to speak.

  Li Guang leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and quickly began to think about how to deal with the follow-up matters.

  He Lei stared blankly at the piece of paper, still unable to accept this fact.

  He could have imagined that Wang Cheng's departure would affect the ratings, but he never expected that the impact would be so huge!

  All of them have been crazy about this week, interacting frequently with several judges and several popular contestants to shoot promotional videos to increase the popularity of the show, but what they got in exchange was this result...

  He Lei couldn't accept it.

   Later, the staff didn't come many times, but waited until the show ended before sending the overall data together, and they didn't dare to stay for a moment, and left quickly after letting go.

  Seeing this, the two of them knew that the result might not be very good. For a while, neither of them dared to pick up the piece of paper!

   A few seconds passed!

   Still Li Guang picked it up, glanced at it and handed it to He Lei, then fell back on the chair again, closing his eyes and thinking.

  After He Lei took it over and took a look, he felt dizzy for a while. The last number was so exciting that he almost fainted!

  1.4 final ratings, 1.7 average ratings.

   It was several grades lower than their expected peak ratings of 2.5 and the average ratings of around 2.0.

  Compared to the peak ratings of 3.5 in the previous issue, the average ratings of 2.8 are countless levels lower!

  The office fell silent again.

Jingle Bell…

  The phone rings.

   Li Guang instantly opened his eyes and sat up.

  Because it was the landline on his desk that rang.

  The people who called in this call were all from the station.

  Li Guang glanced at the caller ID and immediately picked up the phone to connect, and said nervously: "Well, director!"

   On the other side is one of the deputy directors.

  Li Guang hurriedly explained: "Well, I have seen the ratings, we have tried our best."

   "Wang Cheng? Director, Wang Cheng has already signed to another program group, and we can't get him back."

   "What? Let Wang Cheng break the contract? Let's pay liquidated damages? Director, this will offend Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV..."

  …

   After explaining for a while, Li Guang hung up the phone in sweat.

  He now has 10,000 regrets in his heart, regretting that he didn't forcefully persuade He Lei to stay with Wang Cheng!

   Something's wrong?

   Endure first!

  He Lei listened to Li Guang's call and didn't know what to say for a while.

...

   It now appears that his contribution may be minimal.

  Li Guang looked at He Lei, and said seriously: "You heard it too, the station asked to invite Wang Cheng back again, and we must increase the ratings again! Even if Wang Cheng breaks the contract, we can pay liquidated damages."

  He Lei just wanted to speak.

  Li Guang waved his hand directly, stopping what He Lei wanted to say, and said directly: "You have to adapt to any of his strange problems! If the ratings cannot be raised later, what will happen to us, do you know?"

  He Lei nodded: "I know! I agree!"

  He can no longer say that my stage does not allow such a powerful big name. If this is the case, the ratings are not important.

  Li Guang took out the phone directly in front of He Lei, and wanted to call Zhang Xiuhua, Wang Cheng's former agent in the program group, but felt that Zhang Xiuhua would definitely not be able to make the decision, so he immediately found Liu Jinfeng and called.

  The call will be connected soon...

  Li Guang smiled and said, "Director Liu, I have something to discuss with you!"

   Liu Jinfeng returned to Rongcheng again at this time to see Ma Yunfei's situation in person. Ma Yunfei is still the next main player of the company.

  Wang Cheng and Zhang Hanwen were accidents, and the company's plans would not be disrupted by this.

  Receiving a call from Li Guang, Liu Jinfeng was also shocked. Thinking of the Oriental Star program broadcast today, he immediately said: "Chu Li, if you have anything to do, just say it. I can help, absolutely!"

  Li Guang took a deep breath, adjusted his tone, and asked, "Did Wang Cheng sign a contract with your program team in Chunxia?"

  Liu Jinfeng: "Well, I signed an issue, and the program team sent all the money!"

  Li Guang glanced at He Lei, and asked again: "Director Liu, if, I mean, if, we Oriental Star want to invite Wang Cheng back again, do you think it is possible?"

Forehead?

  Liu Jinfeng just came out of the airport and was sitting in the car going to the hotel. When he heard this, his face was full of surprise, and he suddenly thought that the ratings of the program group might not be ideal.

   Thoughts turned, Liu Jinfeng replied: "Li Chu, this matter is a bit difficult. The contract over there has already been signed, and the liquidated damages are a bit high, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV have a good relationship with us, so we can't say it!"

  Li Guang immediately said: "How much liquidated damages? Our program team will come out! As for the negotiation with Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, our program team will come forward, and you don't need Dongxing Entertainment to come forward."

this moment!

  Both Li Guang and He Lei once again used their own personal experience to understand a little bit—whatever the face is, is not as important as the inside.

   In front of ratings, personal dignity and face are worthless!

After hearing this, Liu Jinfeng knew that the ratings might have dropped a bit, otherwise Li Guang couldn't have been in such a hurry, and said with a wry smile: "Li Chu, I really can't help you! After the spring and summer issue, you can contact me when the time comes."

  Liu Jinfeng still refused to breach the contract.

   Those who are in the circle must keep their reputation.

  Otherwise, you will definitely offend people, and after offending people, it will be difficult to get along, and without word of mouth, others will not dare to cooperate with you, otherwise what will you do if you break the contract again.

   In particular, it was the first-line commercial satellite TV such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV that offended, which definitely had a huge impact on an entertainment company.

  Although, if you don’t help Li Guang, you will be missed by Li Guang, but in the final analysis, this matter cannot be blamed on Liu Jinfeng and Dongxing Entertainment, so it is not an offense to Li Guang and Dragon TV.

Li Guang was silent for a while, and knew the reason why Liu Jinfeng refused. He said again: "I heard that the asking price for having you in spring and summer is 7.5 million. If Wang Cheng breaks the contract and returns to our program group, we will pay you 800." The price of 500,000 is signed for the rest of the period, and we will also pay the liquidated damages."

  Generally speaking, for this kind of program announcement contract, the liquidated damages will not be too high, ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million at most, which will not be as exaggerated as the 200 million liquidated damages in the trainee contract. This is also to leave room for celebrity artists, after all, what if something happens and they can't be on the show and break the contract? Losing tens of millions is not a big deal.

  When Liu Jinfeng heard Li Guang's quotation, his eyes instantly burst into halos!

  Eastern Star still has four or five issues left, and the price of each issue is 8.5 million.

  This gold-absorbing ability...

   Has already surpassed the other two first-line top players under Dongxing Entertainment.

  Liu Jinfeng's heartbeat immediately accelerated, and he was so excited that he really wanted to just break the contract and forget it!

But…

   There was a full ten seconds of silence.

Liu Jinfeng's rationality overcame his impulsiveness, and he smiled wryly: "Sorry, Li Chu! I really can't do anything. We can only talk about it after Wang Cheng's performance in Chun Xia You is over. However, Li Chu, Chun Xia has your contract, They have priority signing rights!"

   Priority signing right?

  That is, when the time comes, you will have to bid with Chun Xiayou, and you must have a higher price than the other party in order to buy Wang Cheng back...

  Li Guang and He Lei felt a headache at the same time.

   "Okay, Director Liu, I hope we can continue to cooperate next time."

  Li Guang didn't say any more, since the other party refused so resolutely, any more words would be nonsense.

   Liu Jinfeng also said politely: "Okay, Li Chu, continue to cooperate next time."

hang up the phone.

   Liu Jinfeng immediately called an acquaintance to inquire about the ratings of Oriental Star.

  (end of this chapter)