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

Chapter 67 How to Wash

Feeling that they had heard enough, Qi Qingyi and Han Fei, who were sitting under the car window, left their position without making a sound, despite the stares of the staff not far away.

The two walked back into the amusement park.

Fortunately, the production crew was not so unkind this time. With the tickets they had just received, they could enter the "Eye of Changshan" again after leaving it for a short period of time without having to pay extra Love Star Coins.

When walking on the street, they can finally speak normally and confidently without worrying about being heard by others or hiding from cameras and recording devices.

Qi Qingyi was silent for a moment, then spoke first:
"Han Fei, what do you think the production team wants to do?"

"Even though I have no experience in the industry, I know that Southern Sichuan TV has always cared a lot about its image. They don't seem like they would bow to capital and help whitewash someone like Zhong Xiaoyun."

Southern Sichuan TV started its journey to success very early.

While other local TV stations were still fighting over the rights to broadcast some hit dramas, the Southern Sichuan TV station had already begun to plan for variety shows. They spent a lot of money to recruit hosts from the reserve of CCTV, especially those from Southern Sichuan Province. With multiple guarantees, the recruited hosts were promoted to stars, and the station never treated them unfairly, so they naturally retained their hearts.

Many self-trained hosts are competing in a box like breeding insects. Those who finally come to the fore also know that it is difficult to find a place with such resources and strategic vision if they leave Southern Sichuan TV Station, so they fully cooperate with the station's continuous attempts at new variety shows.

Even though Fang Nana was a very outrageous person, she also rose through the ranks as a host in the Southern Sichuan TV Station from a young age. So even if she wanted to make things difficult for Han Fei during the recording and preparation for the interview, she had to consider the impact on herself and the TV station. She did not dare to do it openly, and only planned to find an opportunity to take revenge secretly.

With a leading image, one of the industrial pillars of Changshan City, and the local TV station with the largest traffic, even capital dare not mess with them. This is the value of the Southern Sichuan Provincial TV Station.

These TV stations are all under supervision. If they continue to collude with places like Wushuang Film and Television... aren't the leaders of the station afraid of getting into trouble?

Han Fei understood her thoughts very well. After a moment's silence, he asked her:

"Do you think that the report I sent to the Municipal Bureau yesterday will be taken seriously?"

Qi Qingyi was stunned for a moment, then nodded affirmatively:

"Isn't that nonsense? Once this case is made public, the impact will be extremely bad and the scope of communication will be extremely wide. If it really goes to the end, half of the entertainment industry will be shocked. I am talking nonsense. Anyway, we don't know who are the people in it yet, but they must be of high status."

Han Fei smiled:

"In that case, the incident has become so serious, Lu Siyuan happened to be recording a live show, and Zhong Xiaoyun did this kind of thing again. Who knows, maybe the Changshan City Bureau just wants to investigate further along this clue?"

"They have clearly replied to me that the case is on the investigation schedule and the Municipal Bureau attaches great importance to it. They hope that I will not act rashly."

"If you weren't thinking of playing the long game and catching the big fish in one fell swoop, would you have to go through all this trouble?"

"Do you know that if all the files on the network disk were involved in drugs, it would be enough to meet Changshan City Bureau's KPI for a year?"

No matter whether it is at the grassroots level, the municipal bureau, or the provincial department, anyone involved in drug-related matters will be taken seriously.

Even though he had come to a parallel world, Han Fei searched the Internet and found that the intensity of drug control in both worlds was similar. The only difference between officials at different levels was probably...

Ordinary police officers at the grassroots level can only catch some drug users or relapsers, and occasionally catching two people selling contraband in a bar is enough for assessment. But for those higher up, every one is counted. The larger the scale of the criminal organization, the more cautious they are, because they don't want to let anyone go, so they would rather not be so anxious and not let any fish slip.

Qi Qingyi is just relatively clear-headed, but in fact her IQ is still high enough. As long as the prerequisites are made clear to her, she will be able to think clearly.

After a long pause, she hesitated and said:
"You mean... Sichuan Southern TV may have cooperated with the authorities and deliberately fished for fish?"

"So, I wanted to ask you something. It's about what Zhong Xiaoyun said just now. What... Oh, he said that no matter whether "Like Fire Flowing Years" can make money or not, they will make money. What does that mean? Does it involve some violation of laws and disciplines?"

Han Fei was silent for a moment, feeling quite distressed.

He could understand these things because he had some memories of his original body and he had common sense about the laws on Earth, which were not much different from this parallel world, so it was easy for him to sort out his thoughts. However, Qi Qingyi, even though she was not illiterate, lacked knowledge of the unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. If some things were not explained in a simple way, she would not understand them.

"Let me tell you this."

Han Fei thought for a while and explained:

"Have you ever heard of anyone saying there is a term called wash money in the film and television industry?"

Qi Qingyi's eyes widened.

"You mean they laundered... No, I've heard of that, but I don't know the details. But doesn't this kind of thing usually happen in the film industry? Those bad movies that are made online, and those that have few viewers in theaters, are probably laundered. I haven't heard much about TV dramas."

Han Fei found a bench in the amusement park and sat down. He drank another bottle of mineral water he had just bought and spoke slowly.

"Movies are easier to produce than TV series because many so-called epic blockbusters with explosive special effects take a long time to shoot and use special effects at an exaggerated frequency. A single explosion scene may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and people can still say that they have shot it several times to achieve perfection."

"How do you know how many times he shot that scene, and how do you know the exact cost of shooting it once? Large scenes are the most difficult to calculate the cost."

"As for 'Like Fire Flowing Years', I looked it up when I heard about it yesterday. Unfortunately, it's a drama set in the Republic of China. There are a lot of war scenes. A quick glance at the extras would show that there are probably hundreds of them. There are all kinds of bombing scenes, all kinds of youth tours... ahem, anyway, when this drama was first promoted, it was advertised as a grand production."

"To be frank, what's the difference between the investment in this kind of play and that of a big-budget movie?"

"They didn't hire any big-name actors, so they don't dare to tamper with the pay. It's not that they can't do this, but everyone knows that big-name stars with high traffic are paid more, so the higher-ups will pay more attention to the review. Doing this will easily shoot themselves in the foot."

"I've heard of other methods, but in short, they don't intend to make money from the show itself."

"If this isn't breaking the law, then what is?"

(End of this chapter)