Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 15 Group Portrait or Male Lead

In Beijing, the regular meeting of "Hip-Hop in China" was held.

Chen Wei, who is in charge of Internet marketing and promotion, Che Che and Cen Junyi, who are responsible for controlling the content of the reality show, and Gong Peng, the visual director who is in charge of the stage visual effects, gathered here.

A group of powerful figures in the program sat around the conference round table and had a serious discussion on the various documents and materials sorted out by the staff and placed on the table.

From the start of the auditions on May 5th to now, the program has completed two rounds of recording, and they already have a general understanding of the strength of each contestant.

They know very well which contestants have the strength to win the championship, which contestants can bring topics and popularity to the program, which contestants are easy to control, which contestants are uncontrollable, and which contestants have a dark history that the outside world cannot tolerate and are prone to explode and bring negative impact to the program.

That is why they need to arrange the script in priority order based on the existing information, so that the post-production staff can edit it purposefully according to the directions they give, so that the audience can see what they want them to see.

"Who are the current candidates for the championship?"

"For now, there are two of them, Shen Juan and Pi Jiwan."

The big screen then began to project the two people's stage performance in the second round of 60-second qualifying competition today.

One has outstanding skills in lowering the brim of his hat, extremely smooth flow, strong personal style, and even makes two "oh" sounds when he is happy, which is very similar to the sound of Quan Zhilong from Changde who is very popular on the Internet when he COS Yadea electric vehicle.

A man with a highly recognizable voice, an extremely high-end accent, and excellent skills. Coupled with a face with great visual impact and a fashionable dressing style, he is definitely a representative of male model rap.

"I know about Shen Juan, but Pi Jiwan..." Che Che frowned and pondered, "His past experiences are indeed a problem that cannot be ignored. It's like a bomb buried in the show that may be ignited and detonated at any time."

"Yes, but we haven't found a second player who can arrange the opponent line script with Shen Juan yet."

Che Che frowned, "Isn't that Gai okay? He's also quite capable, and isn't it normal for underground rappers to have conflicts with idol rappers? And his dialect rap and Shen Juan's Mandarin rap can also create opposition, which makes it easier for us to create topics for discussion."

"When he was preparing for the interview yesterday, he expressed his respect for Shen Juan, admitted his mistake, and said that he did have prejudice against idol rappers before, but it was the appearance of Shen Juan that changed his point of view." Cen Junyi replied.

"What the hell? An underground rapper gives in so easily?" Che Che was disappointed with Gai's choice.

"I don't know what's going on." Cen Junyi spread his hands, "This may be the reality of the hip-hop circle. If you have the ability, I will respect you. If you don't have the ability, I will despise you."

"But real is not good for our show."

"It's not like there are no benefits at all." Chen Wei, who was in charge of online marketing, joined the conversation: "Aren't those real speeches by Shen Juan before a good marketing hotspot?"

He moved the mouse, and some of Shen Juan's explosive remarks from a previous interview began to play on the big screen.

"I think a lot of underground rappers are really funny. They have no talent at all, but they still like to despise and ridicule those idol rappers, as if they can look great by belittling them. I don't understand it."

"I don't care how many battle championships you've won, or how many years you've been in the rap industry, or whether you're a veteran of Iron Mic or other labels. Since you're here to compete, it means you've let go of everything you once had. Let your strength speak for itself, and don't daydream about living in the glory of the past."

"Although all three groups of producers gave it a pass, I still think it's a very mediocre and boring performance. If I were a viewer, I would definitely not vote for him."

"It's normal for them to lose to me. It's not surprising that they are jealous of me behind my back. It's their own fault. But reality is not a fairy tale. Winning is winning, losing is losing. If you are not good, you should practice more."

After all the videos were played, Visual Director Gong Peng also pulled out a few photos from his tablet and slid them across the desktop.

"Also, I feel that Shen Juan's appearance, temperament and dressing style will be a good marketing topic."

The cameras that were always aimed at Shen Juan captured all the moments of his handsome looks in the two programs. The staff then sorted them by type and uploaded them to these big guys for review.

"What do you think? Doesn't this handsome guy catch your eye?" Gong Peng raised the corners of his lips with interest.

Che Che took the tablet and looked at the photo carefully.

Although I really wanted to say that this was a competition variety show for rapping skills, I finally nodded from the bottom of my heart and said, "It's pretty cool."

There is no need to deny the facts before us.

He even thought Shen Juan was more handsome than Chris, but there was no need to say such things.

After all, Wu Jiaheng, who has both high traffic and national popularity, is the most important main guest of this program. How much traffic and attention the program can gain in the early stage depends on him alone.

He would never do such a thing as abandoning the donkey after it has done its work.

"So what is the final decision? We have been discussing this for such a long time today, there must be a preliminary conclusion!" Cen Junyi interrupted Che Che's thoughts.

"Instead of a group portrait, I think it would be better to give Shen Juan a story line with a main male protagonist." Gong Peng, who has long flowing hair, thinks that Shen Juan's appearance is very consistent with his own aesthetic. People who engage in art particularly value and care about these illusory feelings.

"I don't care. But compared to the rapper with negative news, it is easier and safer to use Shen Juan for marketing and attract traffic to the show." Chen Wei also made his own choice based on his own interests.

"Old Cen, what about you?" Che Che looked at Cen Junyi.

"I think the minority should obey the majority." Cen Junyi picked up the coffee that had already gone cold in front of him and took a sip.

Che Che was speechless and smiled helplessly.

"With only two votes, how can the minority obey the majority?"

But Cen Junyi just shrugged with a mischievous smile on his face and did not respond.

Che Che was stunned, and immediately understood what his partner meant: he had already made his decision.

"Okay, in that case," Che Che breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave an order in a deep voice: "Notify everyone that Shen Juan will be the main person in the initial stage of the program, and Pi Jiwan will step aside for a while. If there are any situations that require temporary changes later, we will hold a meeting to discuss the details."

"It should have been done long ago." Cen Junyi finally smiled. As the chief director of the first three seasons of Running Man, he always believed that it was better to support serious artists rather than underground rappers.

At least the former is controllable and will not easily lead to death.

As for the latter, there are all kinds of weird characters, monsters and demons, and it is really difficult to predict their next behavior.

(End of this chapter)