Huayu became famous overnight

Chapter 10 Is this the world of genius?

"We have such a good relationship with Liao TV, we can definitely do a variety show to create exposure opportunities for our fellow apprentices..."

Xu Ming met his master's gaze and spoke calmly.

He was interrupted halfway through his words by Zhang Jiahao who followed Liu Shuangping.

The latter is the vice president of Benshan Media, specifically in charge of performances. He previously played the role of Ah Hao in "Marshal Ma", a man with a strong underworld vibe.

Xu Ming's proposal just happened to affect his cheesecake, so naturally he couldn't just sit back and watch.

"How do you know we haven't thought about developing in this direction? Haha, last year Master and General Manager Liu contacted Black TV and teamed up to produce a variety show. They even decided on the name "Benshan Happy Camp." Zhang Jiahao sneered.

Xu Ming shifted his gaze to the other party and said calmly, "It sounds so tacky. It's just one word away from Happy Camp. Aren't you afraid of being sued?"

"What do you know? This is called..."

Zhang Jiahao's face turned red and he choked.

"Down to earth." Liu Shuangping added.

"Then tell me what you plan to do? Let me see how it's down-to-earth." Xu Ming chuckled.

In his previous life, he had watched this variety show, which was originally created by Benshan Media. It was discontinued after two years of recording. Its initial performance was indeed good, but it lacked momentum in the later stages.

Zhang Jiahao looked at Liu Shuangping and Uncle Benshan standing beside him, asking if he could tell them about it.

After all, this variety show is currently a confidential project of the media. It was originally intended to be a killer and make a name for itself this year.

Uncle Benshan nodded slightly and decided to argue it out.

He knew that his apprentice had his own ideas in creation, and he wanted to see whether he really thought there was a problem with the media planning, or if he simply had other thoughts.

"For the time being, we have decided to use "Country Love" as the background. The actors will then use skits, situational dramas and crosstalk to show the life of Xiangya Village. We have also prepared special programs, which will include double endings AB and a reversal drama..." Zhang Jiahao was still talking proudly.

Xu Ming had already waved his hands impatiently. As a former film and television editor, he was already tired of this clichéd format.

"That is to say, the actors in this variety show will still play the same roles as in "Country Love". Not to mention that this will only benefit a few brothers, but if the show keeps telling the story of Xiangya Village, with limited scenes and fixed character creation, will the audience become aesthetically fatigued?"

"Have you ever understood the audience of variety shows? Their patience is completely different from that of TV drama viewers. If they can't get enough sensory stimulation, they will immediately change the channel and leave."

Xu Ming is only a dabbler in variety show production, but as a dabbler who has been reborn after 25 years, he is definitely better than the old-fashioned guy in front of him.

Zhang Jiahao opened his mouth, but was speechless.

It's fine for him to roll up his sleeves and work hard, but when it comes to professional terms like character creation and aesthetic fatigue, his small brain immediately freezes.

When the other brothers heard that it was those main actors of "Country Love" who were enjoying the benefits again, they became even more restless.

"Why are they still the ones who are in power? I'm not dissatisfied with Liu Xiaoguang, Wang Xiaoli and others, but we in the media have to be fair."

"Yes, they are all Master's disciples. Why are they always the ones who show up?"

"Although Xu Ming is young, I think what he says makes sense."

The crowd was excited, and most of them stood on Xu Ming's side. They were all born as Errenzhuan actors, so who was nobler? In terms of ability, everyone here came from the bottom of the performance market.

"Ahem, since you mentioned Happy Camp, this variety show has always been hosted by the same five hosts, so why don't the audience get tired of it?"

Seeing that his deputy couldn't handle it anymore, Liu Shuangping coughed twice and had to take over himself.

"That's because they invite new guests for every episode." Xu Ming looked at the other person as if he were a mentally retarded person.

To be honest, Liu Shuangping does have some ability, otherwise he would not have been able to bring Benshan Media, which was originally a loose sand, to its current state.

But his understanding of the domestic entertainment industry is indeed not as good as that of Xu Ming, the reborn person.

"Tell me your idea first. What kind of variety show do you plan to make? It's really feasible. It's not impossible to have two shows."

Uncle Benshan couldn't just watch his appointed president being humiliated, so he changed the subject.

"Everyone should know how popular "Super Girl" is, right?" Xu Ming asked, looking around.

Everyone nodded their heads. The show was so popular that it was about to burst into flames.

The popularity of the champion Li Yuchun at that time was only slightly lower than that of Xu Ming today.

The latter is more famous nationwide. After all, who doesn’t watch the Spring Festival Gala during the Chinese New Year?
The former wins because the fans are loyal enough, and even after another twenty years, there will still be corn supporting Li Yuchun.

"'Star Boulevard' is also very popular. It can be said that audiences prefer to watch variety shows that involve competition. What does this show? Competition and PK can arouse the interest of the audience," said Xu Ming.

"It's easy to say. We, who perform duo opera, have participated in competitions before." Zhang Jiahao said disdainfully.

"It's too small, the pattern is too narrow. Why should we limit ourselves to Errenzhuan? Isn't Errenzhuan included in the big category of comedy? We are not only Errenzhuan actors, we have a more distinctive label, that is, comedians." Xu Ming said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

You could clearly have a bigger stage, but you choose to be complacent.

To put it nicely, it means being down-to-earth; to put it bluntly, it means staying in your comfort zone and not wanting to leave.

But the wheel of time does not care about their ideas. Those who do not accept change or do not take the initiative to change will sooner or later become a speck of dust under the wheel of time.

Zhang Jiahao was a little caught off guard, and said stubbornly: "Even if you say anything, this competition won't work. Are you planning to find a bunch of new comedy talents to compete and decide the champion and runner-up?"

"Hey, you hit the nail on the head. This is a good idea, but it's different from what I want to say. Comedy is far less popular than singing, so we have to consider the popularity issue. We can invite comedians who are talented and famous to perform."

"For example, we gather crosstalk performers, movie actors, sketch actors and other teams into a variety show, let them present a work in each episode, and then the 500 audience members on site vote on it."

"Every two rounds, a team will be eliminated and a new team will be replaced. If we feel it's not exciting enough, we will add another elimination round, and finally enter the finals to decide the champion and runner-up."

The program that Xu Ming was talking about was the previous life's "Happy Comedian". In fact, this variety show idea was not favored by Tomato TV at first, until it was presented in front of the audience, it began to shine.

Everyone listened with their eyes wide open, as if they were listening to a foreign language.

I asked you to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but you directly came up with an advanced math problem?

Is this the world of genius?
(End of this chapter)