Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 462 The hit variety show of the year!

This bowl is big~
Don't let vanity get in the way
The truth~
This big bowl of wide noodles is also very expensive...】

In the backstage waiting room of Mango TV, Jin Chen was humming a melody while waiting for her assistant to help her remove her makeup.

"what!"

Suddenly, there was a small scream from behind, and at the same time, someone patted her left shoulder. Jin Chen looked to the right without thinking, and sure enough, she saw her best friend hiding beside her with a smirk on her face.

"I can't scare you now. It's not fun at all." Li Yitong said dissatisfiedly.

Jin Chen sighed: "It's been so many years, girl, you only know this one trick. No matter how timid you are, you should be desensitized to it."

"Then you can cooperate with me."

Li Yitong sat down next to her: "You have nothing to do later, right? Teacher He said that if you don't have any schedule, let's have a meal together."

The two had just finished recording Mango TV's flagship program "Happy Camp" in order to promote "The Amazing Girl" starring them.

"Are you all going? Teacher He wants to invite so many people?" Jin Chen was surprised.

In addition to their crew, this episode also features several main actors from the recently aired "Road to Awakening". Add in the five hosts from Happy Family, and there are probably more than a dozen people in total.

As the flagship variety show of Mango TV, "Happy Camp" has a history of more than 20 years. Although it has been constantly innovating, it has been slowly going downhill. In the past two years, it has also begun to maintain its popularity and ratings by piling up stars, focusing on a "human sea tactic."

"Haven't you been to Happy Camp before? After each episode, Mr. He would invite all the guests who recorded that episode to have a meal together."

"Well, I came here twice many years ago. But at that time, I had just debuted, and many things were arranged by my agent. Basically, I left after recording." Jin Chen sighed: "No wonder they say that Teacher He has a wide network of contacts in the circle, and he didn't come here for nothing."

"Of course." Li Yitong said, "By the way, I wanted to ask you just now. I've been listening to you singing "Big Bowl of Wide Noodles" these past two days. Why do you suddenly start to like that 'freestyle brother'?"

"No, no, no, we can't afford that person." Jin Chen said hurriedly.

"You look so disgusted...is there any gossip?" Li Yitong moved closer, her face full of enthusiasm for gossip.

"You don't know? Even a small artist like me has heard of all the famous entertainers in the circle."

"Tsk, I thought it was something else. Lustful, all men are like that...including that guy."

"Hey, you are insulting Teacher Meng. Compared with that rapper Wu, Teacher Meng can be considered a role model of morality."

"Is that outrageous?"

"Not only is it outrageous, I also heard that..."

Jin Chen leaned close to her best friend's ear and whispered a few words.

"Ah!" Li Yitong opened her eyes wide, "Isn't this illegal?"

"It's all hearsay, there's no evidence, who can do anything if the person involved doesn't sue him." Jin Chen rolled his eyes, "There are many worse people in the circle than him, and we don't have any intersection anyway, so why bother with them."

"That's right." Li Yitong nodded. "Thinking about it this way, our President Meng is indeed a good man."

"……as long as you are happy."

Li Yitong gave her man a little red flower in her heart, and then asked: "Why do you keep singing this song these past few days? You can't just think it sounds good."

"It's OK, not bad, but mainly because this is the song we chose for our first performance, and we haven't had much chance to practice during the promotions recently, so I wanted to get more familiar with it, at least memorize the lyrics first."

"Oh yeah, I forgot you're now a trainee in a girl group. Congratulations."

Jin Chen waved her hands exaggeratedly: "No, no, I can't compare to our 'chosen girl group face who rejected SM twice in a row'."

Li Yitong smiled with her eyes curved: "The marketing account just exaggerated what I said. I just rejected their scouts. I don't even know which way the door of SM opens."

"It's a good thing you didn't go, otherwise you would have to go back to China to film like Senior Sister Song Qian after so many years of debut."

Li Yitong suddenly smiled, and seeing Jin Chen looking at her in confusion, she explained with a smile: "I suddenly remembered that Meng Bai told me before that the annual output value of the entire Korean entertainment industry is not as good as the annual turnover of domestic mobile games, and they brag about how popular Korean wave is all over the world every day."

"Haha, this teacher Meng is really mean, but it's not a big deal."

"Oh, I almost forgot to ask." Li Yitong said, "I thought your show should be aired in the next two days, right? I forgot to check the specific date."

"Tsk tsk, you don't care about me at all, it's heartbreaking." Jin Chen joked, "Next Monday, the first episode will be broadcast at noon the day after tomorrow, and the second episode will be broadcast on Friday."

"The day after tomorrow, right? I'll remember that. I'll be the first one to canvass for votes for you on WeChat Moments when the time comes... You won't be eliminated in the first round, right?"

"...Thank you for worrying about me, but even if I'm eliminated, there's still a revival match!"

"Really? That's so boring."

"..."
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Li Yitong has the same idea as the "sisters" who have debuted for many years. Who doesn't have a few friends in the circle?

So during this period of time, you can see celebrities everywhere posting on Weibo to express their support.

Some people with good connections even forwarded it to several people.

The person who is most tired is definitely the "founder" and "host" of the program, Huang Xiaoming.

As the saying goes, every generation has its own dove of peace, just like Hu Ge has to be placed in the middle every time the "85 Flowers" appear on the same stage. Among the earlier Mesozoic generation, the one who naturally holds this position is Huang Xiaoming.

He was specially invited to be the host of this program in order to suppress these famous "sisters" in the circle.

Even though he had enough face, he still sent out thirty messages in one go to make everything fair, @ing each "sister" and also specifically noting that they were sorted by "first alphabetical order of last name."

"Ding~"

A WeChat notification sounded, Chen Zhixi glanced at his phone and laughed, "Who said our show has no influence? The canvassing group has even been pulled to me."

After saying that, she glanced at Meng Bai who was standing beside her with a calm demeanor: "Mr. Meng looks quite relaxed, isn't there anyone trying to pull you along?"

"Yes, there are many." Meng Bai said.

"I haven't seen you look at it?"

"I treat everyone equally. All groups are set to do not disturb. I check them when I remember to."

Chen Zhixi was stunned: "I was wondering why you always took so long to reply every time I @ you in the group. I thought you were busy. Aren't you afraid of missing any news?"

Meng Bai spread his hands: "Things that can be asked in the group are generally not very important. If there is something important and I don't reply, you can just call me."

“…That’s not a problem.”

The two are currently in the platform operations department of Hengten Network. The first episode of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" will be launched at noon today, and they are waiting to see the broadcast data.

People were coming and going in the large office, and everyone was moving much faster than usual.

The platform has invested such a huge amount of money, and everyone knows the importance of this project.

If it works, promotion and salary increase are just around the corner; if it doesn't, a large number of people will have to pack up and leave.

In this cold winter of film and television capital, everyone is tightening their investment. It is rare to have an opportunity on a new platform, and no one wants to be unemployed after just a few days of work.

Time passed second by second, and as it was getting closer to noon, the atmosphere in the room began to become tense.

The creators of the program were doing a final check before the show went online. The staff of Heng Video were all staring at the screen to ensure that there would be no accidents when the show went on air.

The programmers in the technical team also put their hands on the keyboard, pretending to be ready to face the platform crash at any time.

Of course, this situation is unlikely to happen, after all, Heng Video's servers and bandwidth are of the highest configuration, but we must always match the atmosphere of our colleagues. Meng Bai opened the Heng Video APP on his phone, and seeing that the time had passed twelve o'clock, he refreshed the page.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but the buffering time seems to be a little slower than usual.

"OK, everything is normal on the platform."

"Background data is normal."

"The server equipment is normal."

"..."

Like a gust of wind blowing, the office suddenly became noisy, and each group reported on the status of their side, fearing that there might be problems.

Fortunately, everyone was well prepared and no one failed.

Next, we need to look at the playback data.

Meng Bai clicked on "Sisters Who Make Waves", which was in the most conspicuous position on the cover of the homepage. The buffer circle turned for two seconds, and then the opening of the first episode appeared on the screen.

This is the biggest advantage of the horizontal video platform. Apart from the implantation and broadcast within the program, there are no advertisements, and you can go to the main film when you click on it.

"The color scheme of the picture seems a little dark." Meng Bai said: "And it's not 4K quality, it doesn't look like it."

Chen Zhixi glanced at him and said, "Boss Meng, do you usually watch our own platform? In order to ensure smoothness, the default resolution is 1080p. If you want to open 4K, you have to adjust it manually."

Because the entire platform is charged, there is no such thing as non-members, so the clarity standards on the horizontal video platform are also very simple, just 720, 1080 and 4K.

Compared with traditional video platforms, the technology of streaming media platforms takes up less user bandwidth and is faster, so it can support higher picture quality.

Meng Bai did not drag the progress bar, but watched the film carefully from the beginning.

Although I have watched the entire recording process before, the live program and the post-edited program are still somewhat different.

Many scenes that flashed by at the time immediately took on different meanings after the program crew intentionally emphasized them with close-ups and slow motion.

Du Yan is worthy of being a variety show host from Mango TV, and she is very good at making things happen.

Even Meng Bai started to doubt after watching for a while, is the scene broadcast in this program the same one he watched at that time?

After watching for a while, he clicked on the comment section under the video. Although the program had just been launched, he could already see a lot of comments.

However, at the moment, most of the comments are from fans "confessing" or "supporting" a certain sister, and there are no interesting comments or discussions about the show.

After watching for a while, the head of the operations department came over and said, "Mr. Chen, Mr. Meng, the 30-minute retention rate and playback data of the show are out."

For variety shows, there is a saying of "333 retention", which refers to the thirty minutes of retention of the first episode, the retention of the first three episodes of a season, and the retention of the third season of a series.

Those who can finish watching the 30-minute show usually watch the entire show. Those who finish watching three episodes usually catch up to the end of the season. And those who can make it through the third season have attracted a group of loyal fans, and as long as the show doesn’t suck, it will continue to be filmed.

In fact, for other platforms, there is also a "six-minute retention" that represents the conversion rate of paying users. However, since there are no "free users" on Heng Video, there is naturally no such saying.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Meng, these are the statistics from the platform backend. The 72-minute retention rate is 16%, the current number of active online users is 10000, the weighted popularity value is over 1100, and the total cumulative playback volume is million."

Meng Bai looked at the data report in front of him. The head of the operations department also considerately called up the data comparison between "Youth With You 2" and "Creation Camp 2020".

Thirty-minute retention data is internal data of the platform, which they certainly cannot see, but the other items are still very clear.

As for the number of online viewers for the first episode, the peak figures for the other two shows were 15+ and 9+ respectively, which is a clear gap.

In terms of popularity, "Youth With You 2" is similar, with the first episode barely exceeding 2020. "Creation Camp 9000" suffered from being caught in the middle, and even now in the fifth episode, the popularity is still hovering around .

There is no doubt that judging from the popularity of the show at the beginning, "Sisters Who Make Waves" slightly surpassed "Youth With You 2" and completely suppressed "Creation Camp 2020".

Faced with this premiere data, there was jubilation in the big office, and everyone was obviously very satisfied with the result.

"call--"

Chen Zhixi let out a long sigh: "I've been nervous for so many days, and finally my hard work was not in vain."

In contrast, Meng Bai seemed much calmer: "Don't open the champagne in a hurry. The good data of the first broadcast only shows that our publicity and promotion have been done well. Whether the show can become a hit depends on the subsequent trends."

Chen Zhixi held his breath for a long time before looking at him and saying dimly, "Boss Meng, can't you just be a little polite and comfort me and let me have some fun first?"

"Tsk, Sister Xi, I'm not saying anything, you're almost forty years old, a mature woman, stop acting like a little girl."

Chen Zhixi looked at him and said word by word: "What do you think of 'a forty-year-old woman'?"

"No, not at all. Forty is the age when you are full of mature charm. How can those dry young girls compare with you?"

"Haha, man..."

……

As it turned out, Meng Bai's concerns were a bit unnecessary.

Since the first episode was aired, "Sisters Who Make Waves" has demonstrated its dominant popularity in the field of online variety shows.

On the first day of its broadcast, the total number of views exceeded 30 million, and the real-time popularity value of online variety shows ranked first.

By the end of the weekend, when the second episode of the first episode was aired, the total number of views reached 2.4 million. The number of views on Weibo topics reached 45 billion, and the number of discussions exceeded 230 million.

What is more intuitive than the numbers is the amount of discussion on major platforms and in the WeChat Moments of ordinary viewers. In the past week, topics related to "Sisters Who Make Waves" can be seen almost everywhere.

As the saying goes, three women make a play. Now it is thirty women with different personalities gathered together, you can imagine how high the audience's expectations are.

Netizens who have been locked up at home for two months have fully demonstrated their mental state. They analyzed the expressions and demeanor changes of each "sister" frame by frame in the first two episodes of the show.

Although the hot searches on Weibo have been temporarily removed, the audience couldn’t help but manually created a hot search by themselves, bringing up many famous scenes from the first episode.

Like Ning Jing's domineering "Do I need to introduce myself? Then I have worked for nothing for decades", Yi Nengjing's "Don't make me cooperate with you, I hope the program team can cooperate with me", Zhang Yuqi's "I have never had a career slump and have always been very popular. Do you have any doubts?", the little transparent Hai Lu silenced the sisters in the audience with "We are all old", and Huang Xiaoming's "professional fake smile" full of desire to survive in the program...

We have watched a lot of talent shows, including quite a few for girl groups, but this is the first time the audience has seen a girl group talent show with contestants so cool.

If the audiences of "Youth With You 2" and "Creation Camp" are mom fans and development fans, then the audiences of "Sisters Who Make Waves" are basically all "sister and brother fans".

After watching the first episode, many viewers even changed the name of the show - it should be called "Sisters Making Trouble".

The novel program style coupled with the contrasting stage immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Many viewers who previously thought that these actors had no singing or dancing skills suddenly discovered that quite a few contestants had outstanding singing and dancing skills, and many of them were better than those idol trainees.

So after the first episode ended, in addition to those big names who have become popular topics, there were also a group of contestants who were not very popular before, such as Jin Chen, Lan Yingying, Zhang Hanyun, Huang Ling, etc., who not only ranked among the top in the number of votes, but their popularity also increased.

Just like Jin Chen, as the second "sister" to go on stage and the first to perform a dance, she won the love of a large number of audiences. In just one week, the number of fans on Weibo increased by more than 100,000.

These are not fans bought by her team, each of them is a genuine and active fan.

Many viewers left messages below, saying that instead of watching the weak "radio gymnastics" of the little girls, it would be better to watch the older sisters who can still perform on stage full of energy despite their "old arms and legs".

As a result, most of the audience who watched the first episode began to look forward to the first performance of the next episode.

Although half a year has not passed yet, everyone believes that "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" will definitely be one of the candidates for the most popular variety show reality show this year.

(End of this chapter)