Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 125, Old Driver Showdown

Since its premiere in August 1996, "Guess Guess Guess" has always ranked among the top variety show ratings in Formosa Province. Its popularity has not diminished over the years, which is a miracle in the ratings of variety shows.

The host Wu Zongxian has become the local variety show king in Formosa Province because of this.

Guests included beautiful ladies such as Leong Wing-kei, Anya, and Yuan Yongyi; handsome men included Julian Cheung, Jimmy Lam, and Huang Pinyuan, to name a few.

The program has set up many segments such as "True Can't Be False", "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover", and "Long-lasting Magic Skills", each with its own characteristics and very entertaining, making people smile every second.

This is the first time for Shen Lang and Stefanie Sun to participate in this type of question-and-answer variety show.

"Are you nervous?" Sun Yanzi asked Shen Lang. Judging from her expression, she was a little nervous.

"Ah... Is there anything nervous about this show?" Although Shen Lang has participated in only a few variety shows, none of them could make him feel nervous.

"I watch this show when I'm bored. They prepare some more personal questions to ask the guests," Stefanie Sun explained.

"For example?" Shen Lang asked again.

"For example, what do you think about your recent scandals, and similar things." Stefanie Sun gave an example.

"That's all?" Shen Lang smiled and said, "Don't worry, if I ask you, I'll help you out."

"Okay, you must remember this." Sun Yanzi immediately relaxed a lot.

"Well, Miss Sun Yanzi, what do you think about your recent scandal?" Shen Lang teased her.

"Oh, you are so bad." Sun Yanzi raised her hand and hit him.

"The guests can put on makeup now." At this time, the staff came over and took them both to the dressing room.

Because they were recording a variety show, Shen Lang and Stefanie Sun were both dressed casually today.

As the temperature in December was low, Shen Lang wore a slim-fit solid-color vertical striped sweater, while Stefanie Sun wore a long khaki trench coat.

Go for a simple and elegant style.

After putting on makeup, I came to the studio.

"Hello, I'm the host, Wu Zongxian."

"Hello, Shen Lang."

"Hello, Sun Yanzi."

After a brief greeting, Wu Zongxian introduced two other hosts and three other guests.

Shen Lang raised his eyebrows and exclaimed in his heart, "Wow", this is a collection of collapsed houses.

The two hosts are S and S, and each sister is more amazing than the other.

The three guests are the black man Chen Jianzhou, the plastic bestie Fan Weiqi, and the drunk and troublemaker Cao Gu, and they all have their own merits.

This episode can go down in the history of variety shows.

After they got to know each other, S and S kept staring at Shen Lang, looking like crazy fans.

Their show has been attended by Lin Zhiying, Jin Chengwu and Jiao Enjun, who are known as the "Three Handsome Men of Taiwan Province", but Shen Lang's handsomeness is different from the other three. His charm comes from his temperament that exudes from the inside out.

If we weren't in the studio, my saliva would have been drooling.

Although Chen Jianzhou, Fan Weiqi and Cao Gu also watched it, they were more concerned about her appearance than her appearance. Instead, they were wondering how she, so young, could have swept the Chinese entertainment industry just one year after her debut?

It is not difficult to write a good song, but it is not so easy to write every good song.

It requires not only delicate emotions, but also a certain level of musical literacy and creative skills, as well as a deep cultural background and very rich social experience.

Wu Zongxian was also surprised.

The decline of Jay Chou in my own company is outrageous enough. He wrote 10 songs in 50 days, but the quality is uneven, some are high and some are low.

As for Shen Lang, none of the songs he released since his debut were bad.

"Okay, they are all looking at you, I guess they won't embarrass me." Sun Yanzi cutely stuck out her tongue at Shen Lang.

"Wow, you... want to see me being bullied and made a fool of myself, right?" Shen Lang pretended to be disappointed.

"Oh, I'll help you later." Sun Yanzi quickly spoke to make amends.

In fact, speaking of Wu Zongxian, he will go bankrupt next year.

There are many singers under his Alpha Records, such as Kang Kang, Xiao Zhong, Landy Wen and so on.

The cost of releasing an album, including production and promotion, is NT$1500 million. Alpha releases about 20 albums a year, and the cost is as high as NT$3 million. However, the only ones who can really make money are Wu Zongxian and Zhou Jielun. Such a huge expense is unbearable for anyone.

In addition, the LED business he invested in failed and faced bankruptcy. In order to save the LED company, he decided to sell Alpha.

Even Jay Chou was packaged together and sold for NT$3 million, which also led to the breakup of the master and apprentice.

Shen Lang thought about it and calculated that 3 million Taiwan dollars is equivalent to more than 5700 million RMB based on the current exchange rate.

It is not expensive to have Jay Chou, he can earn it back dozens of times.

But if you want to buy him, you have to sign him for at least 10 years and make all the money from his peak period.

It’s a good idea, but Shen Lang doesn’t have that much spare money.

Even if there is, new rounds of financing for Penguin, Alibaba and Sina are coming soon, so it is more cost-effective to invest in them.

Of course, he knew that these big companies had many ways to kick people out.

He didn't want to hold on to it, he just wanted to cash out when the time was right.

There are many companies that make money, such as Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Tesla, Walmart, Apple, etc.

And it's not just this type of investment. B shares, antiques, gold, bond markets, real estate, and Bitcoin all make money.

If it really doesn't work out, we have the film and television industry to back us up. We can acquire Marvel and DC and make a lot of money by developing IP.

Soon, Wu Zongxian and S and S came over and went over the script with them.

Mainland entertainment culture, especially variety shows, started late and developed slowly.

Someone once pointed out incisively that variety shows are learned by Japan and South Korea from Europe and the United States, and by Hong Kong and Taiwan from Japan and South Korea.

In the early days, the mainland was deeply influenced by Hong Kong and Taiwan, and later it looked more at Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea. There are very few variety shows that originated locally.

They often take the framework in the name of borrowing or reference, but do not fill the content with the profound knowledge of their own culture and needs. The result of grafting without changing the essence is to go around in circles and make no progress.

Since we have to copy, Shen Lang will do it.

For those popular variety shows that have not yet been launched, the trademarks and copyrights have been registered, and the general themes and contents have also been written out.

The only thing on the agenda is to leave Xinso Records and set up his own music company.

The program officially started recording at four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Gogogo, welcome to "Guess, Guess, Guess". Let me first introduce today's guests..."

The variety shows in Formosa Province are quite open-minded, covering both meat and vegetables.

Wu Zongxian is also known as the "two car kings" in the hosting industry together with Fei Yuqing.

Just this opening introduction alone is enough to set the car racing.

It directly made Stefanie Sun, Chen Jianzhou, Christine Fan and Cao Gu blush.

However, when it came to Shen Lang's turn, everything seemed to become normal.

Wu Zongxian: "We all know that this year, whether it is a Mandarin album or a Cantonese album, Shen Lang's best-selling one is."

Xiao S: “Really?”

Big S: “That’s amazing.”

Wu Zongxian: "Please, each one is more than 150 million, okay? In Ximending, you have to queue up to buy it. I want to ask Shen Lang, how did you do it?"

Shen Lang said seriously: "Because most singers only sell their voices and songs..." As he spoke, he raised his hand to indicate his appearance and figure from top to bottom, and then said: "Apart from these, I can sell everything. I calculate the comprehensive score."

Wu Zongxian laughed and said, "Then I must have scored full marks for my looks and figure, but lost points for my voice and songs."

Little S: "You got it wrong, Brother Xian."

Big S: "They should all be deducted points."

Wu Zongxian said to Shen Lang again: "Don't listen to them. Tell me what I can sell."

Shen Lang said with a half-smile: "Brother Xian, selling points are like ditches...if you squeeze hard, you'll always find one."

Wu Zongxian was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "That's very well said. We all have it."

Everyone reacted and started laughing.

(End of this chapter)