You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 59: To cover up the black material, we can only use bigger material
Li Wensheng felt that in his entire life, his mind had never worked as fast as it did now.

He has done a lot of variety shows, and he only does variety shows. It’s not like he hasn’t encountered some guests failing in the past, but those were all recorded programs.

Southern Sichuan TV has always been at the forefront of trends. Because of its rich background, many talents and high popularity, Southern Sichuan TV has enough courage to try new things. In recent years, live broadcast platforms have emerged, but few serious variety shows are willing to adopt the live broadcast format. Although this is a good gimmick and can easily attract traffic, the risk factor is also very high.

The station chose to try out a dating variety show because they thought that even if a dating variety show failed, it wouldn't go badly. No one expected that it would become such a big deal once something went wrong.

If today's crisis public relations is not done well, not only will this S+ level program be scrapped, but Li Wensheng will probably have a hard time staying on at Southern Sichuan TV in the future.

He thought of a solution in a hurry and asked tentatively:
"Boss Xia, do you think what I said is right?"

"Logically, we should deal with Zhong Xiaoyun immediately and get him off the show. His agent and company should also make this request to prevent public opinion from further fermenting."

"But if that's all, the stigma of Love Star cannot be completely washed away. No matter how popular our live broadcasts are in the future, people who watch the show will think there is something wrong with the production team. Having popularity but no reputation is a huge loss to the reputation of the sponsors."

President Xia was silent for a moment, finally sobering up a little from his previous rage.

His voice calmed down a little:
"You go on."

Li Wensheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly continued:

"Anyway, everyone in this circle has some dirty stuff. If you're willing to dig, no one is truly clean. Apart from anything else, those who have good resources and are tough in their work always have financial backers behind them, right?"

"To be honest, what Zhong Xiaoyun did was not special. Many people did the same thing, but it was not exposed."

"Since it has already happened, why don't we use bigger ingredients to cover this one, and pass the blame on to other people at the same time? Isn't that more cost-effective?"

Once the popularity has increased and the hype becomes more and more explosive, they turn around and throw dirty water on others.

A good abacus.

There was a sound of rubbing clothes coming from Mr. Xia's side. He seemed to have changed his sitting position and his tone became more serious:
"How does it work?"

Li Wensheng could tell that he was no longer angry and had shifted his attention to solutions, so he chuckled twice.

"Keep Zhong Xiaoyun and dig out the information about Song Mengran as well!"

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that they were on this show to deliberately hype it up, and they were both packaged together from the next-door show, Like Fire Flowing Years. Now Zhong Xiaoyun has fallen from grace. The broadcast data of that show was mediocre to begin with, and after his fall from grace, it was a direct sacrifice. What is there to struggle about?"

"It would be better to let their heroine give up her life to help clean up the public opinion of "Love Star"."

"As long as Song Mengran and Zhong Xiaoyun both fail, what else can we say? Others didn't fail, but the two people they sent over failed. At this time, we just need to issue a press release based on the facts, saying that they were both pushed in by the neighboring crew for hype, and we were forced by the capital to do nothing. Isn't that clearing the name?"

On the other end of the phone.

Inside the office of the Sichuan Southern Station Building.

Mr. Xia covered his face and closed his eyes tightly, wishing he could hit him to death with a hammer.

"I thought you had some brilliant plan, but it turned out to be a stupid idea from a dog-headed military advisor... You are really smart!"

"Do you know why Zhong Xiaoyun fell to his knees so quickly today? As soon as that woman mentioned something, he apologized on the spot?"

"Do you think he's an idiot? He didn't try to cover his mouth and clarify the matter after such a big incident, but just admitted it directly?" He took a breath, loosened his tie, and said through gritted teeth:

"Li Wensheng, you are right about one thing. Song Mengran and Zhong Xiaoyun were put in by the same investor, but not the crew of Like Fire or their director."

"Behind them are the investors of the drama "Like Fire Years". This drama was filmed with full investment. Do you understand its value?"

"Although the Southern Sichuan TV station aired this drama, it's not exclusive. They sold the broadcasting rights to 800 local TV stations for such a crappy drama. Now the male supporting role has been overthrown, and you're planning to overthrow the female lead as well. Use your brain. If you do this, won't you be scared when you walk home at night?!"

Li Wensheng was indeed a little scared.

But not that scary.

He gritted his teeth and stood up for once, confronting the producer of his own show:
"Then what good ideas do you have, Mr. Xia?"

Mr. Xia was stunned by these words and was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that it was working, Li Wensheng did not get aggressive, but softened his tone and discussed in a gentle voice:
"It's not that I can't afford to offend them, President Xia. We should always put the program team first. So what if that show has sold so many copyrights? Can it compare to the S+ project of "Love Star"?"

"The show is so popular now, and it's a new format. If word of mouth improves, it will be a milestone. No matter what kind of investors they are, or how powerful their background is, if we can't beat them, can't the station do the same?"

"If the program is well done and has achievements, that is the foundation for our company. If the performance of Love Star is high, the station will definitely protect our program team. Don't you agree?"

Mr. Xia remained silent for a long time.

It was not until Li Wensheng saw that the call time was about to reach half an hour that President Xia's voice, which was even more tired than before, came from the receiver.

"Wait for ten minutes. I'll go talk to the station manager about this. We have to get his approval before we can do this. If you do this privately, we won't even know how we died, let alone the show."

Li Wensheng was in high spirits:
"Okay, I'll wait for your good news!"

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Changshan Municipal Bureau.

Director's Office.

Usually, the director is the only one in the quiet office. Even if there is something to report, no more than two people will come in. If there are more, they will usually go directly to the conference room for the meeting.

However, it is very lively here today, with two leather sofas of ordinary length packed with a lot of people.

Some people rushed here overnight from the capital after receiving the news, some stayed up all night to check the interpersonal network, and some were responsible for technical investigation to find clues on the external network or even the dark web... It was a big scene.

If ordinary grassroots police officers saw this, their scalps would probably explode.

Because among the people in this office, there are far more people wearing white shirts than blue shirts!

"Everyone, you have all worked hard yesterday and today."

Director Zhu Chengbiao stood up and nodded to everyone. After the sensible people had drawn the curtains tightly, he opened a file on the computer, projected it onto the white wall, and said in a deep voice:
"I will not say polite words, let's get down to business. I declare that the 'June 6.1 Major Drug-Related Case' seminar will begin now."

(End of this chapter)