Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 574 Guest Confirmation (24)

The rights to "Running Man" were acquired by Shen Yan, so theoretically, Zhejiang TV shouldn't need to consider Shen Yan's feelings...

It means exactly what it says: bypass Shen Yan and cooperate with the South Korean side.

copyright?

Just change the name!

Tangde Film & Television acquired the rights to "The Voice of China," while Zhejiang TV took a different approach and created "Sing! China"...

Glossary: ​​"The Voice of China" is an original professional music program jointly produced by Zhejiang TV and Starry Sky Media's subsidiary, Canxing Productions.

Having copyright doesn't help!
However, the copyright that Shen Yan bought for "Running Man" belongs to Xinghuo Entertainment—Shen Yan and Xia Chen'an are the behind-the-scenes shareholders!
Well... Zhejiang TV can't really do anything about it.

Although "Running Man" doesn't have the pure production-broadcast separation of "The Voice of China"—which, simply put, means that the production and broadcasting of a television program are handled by different organizations or teams—in "The Voice of China," the specific production aspects, including contestant selection, program planning, stage design, and post-production, are usually handled by a professional production team; while the broadcast aspect, i.e., the television airing of the program, is handled by the television station or online streaming platform.

Back then, Canxing, the production company behind "The Voice of China," signed a performance-based agreement with Zhejiang TV: if the viewership rating exceeded 2%, Canxing would share the advertising revenue with Zhejiang TV at a 7:3 ratio!
In the end, Canxing made a fortune!
The "Running Man" program signed a relatively conservative agreement: the production company would advance the costs, and if the average viewership rating exceeded 1, the advertising revenue would be split 50/50!

Of course, there are supplementary clauses: if the average viewership rating is above 2, the advertising revenue split is 6:4; above 3, it's 7:3; and if the average viewership rating is above 4, the advertising revenue split is 8:2.
The maximum score is 8:2…

Even based on the original version, the first season of "Running Man" achieved an average viewership rating of over 3 and a peak rating of over 5...

Its viewership share once exceeded 15%!

It became a phenomenal variety show.

It made all the guests famous...

Even after ten years, Running Man remains Zhejiang TV's flagship reality show...

Therefore, Shen Yan attaches great importance to the selection of regular guests for this program!

"You're the captain, do you know what's most important for a captain?"

Deng Chao thought for a moment: "Create a meme?"

"It's not just about creating memes, it's also about maintaining fairness..."

"fair?"

"You can't stop playing with him just because of how close you are to him..."

In the original timeline, starting from the fourth season of "Running Man," or rather after the formation of the Tianba duo, the show's appeal was primarily focused on Chaohe.

The main focus is almost entirely on whether Deng Chao and Chen He can pull off any good performances.

Of course, you can't blame anyone else. Apart from those two, the rest of them are somewhat unambitious, always sticking to the characters established in the first three seasons. It's not that they have to change, but they should at least do something to expand their characters...

"Chen He, Sha Yi, Wu Jing, Song Xiaobao, and Dilraba, who are you most familiar with?"

"Aren't there seven people?"

"Oh, and there's Wong Cho-lam!" Shen Yan scratched his head. "I almost forgot about him!"

There must be a Hong Kong or Taiwanese artist among them…

Moreover, Yang Di's status is currently too low.

Wong Cho-lam is actually alright.

In the original timeline, his performance was best in the first season because he had a strong presence and partnered with Wang Baoqiang. However, as the season progressed, his presence diminished...

Let's just give up and let it go!

This is the issue of environment—if you're comfortable in an environment, you're unlikely to make mistakes or do anything annoying unless you're incredibly foolish. But if the environment is uncomfortable, yet you have to stay, you'll certainly lack the motivation to perform well. It's the principle of virtuous cycles and vicious cycles.

To put it bluntly, almost no one paid any attention to Wong Cho-lam later on…

His role is equivalent to the Joker!
Deng Chao thought for a moment, then said, "I'm quite familiar with Wu Jing... we've worked together on two films!"

"Ok?"

"The Big Shot 2 and Brotherhood of Blades..."

"Wu Jing acted in 'Brotherhood of Blades'?"

"He played Zhao Jingzhong..."

"Holy crap, he played a eunuch?" Shen Yan was shocked...

"...He came over to help..."

Indeed, Lu Yang produced "Brotherhood of Blades," and he was also a producer on "The Big Shot 2"—the director was changed to Wu Bai…

Then, during the filming of "Brotherhood of Blades," Wu Jing came to visit the set and was conscripted into the army...

Understandable!

Deng Chao continued, "I'm not very familiar with the others!"

"It's okay if you're not familiar with them, but don't hold grudges against anyone. Form a small team; you're the leader!"

Deng Chao nodded: "I understand."

That's all we can hope for...

In the original timeline, Chen He and Deng Chao completely ignored everyone else…

The two chatted for a while, and then Shishi arrived.

……

Actually, Deng Chao originally planned to cast Shi Shi or Yang Mi as the female lead in "Magic Hour"...

But after auditioning Mary, they immediately decided to cast her!
Mary is too strong!
Moreover, *The Magic Hour* is, after all, a comedy, and as Shen Teng put it, "The worst thing for comedy is to lack a sense of humor and not know how to make people laugh!"

Mary certainly knows comedy...

Deng Chao took a liking to her at first sight.

However, Shih-Shih invested in "The Magic Hour".

"You invested? How much did you invest?"

“10%…” Shi Shi explained, “I invested with Sister Li!”

"Sister Li?"

"Sun Li!"

"Oh," Shen Yan suddenly realized, then asked Deng Chao, "Wait, you get your wife to pay for your movies?"

Deng Chao shook his head: "This was an accident!"

Shi Shi said, "Sister Li said that since you chose this script, it's bound to make money. I completely agree with that, so Sister Li and I each invested 10%..."

What is the total cost?

Deng Chao: "Less than 3000 million... The main scenes were very simple; we just rented a studio in Xiangshan and spent two months setting it up..."

Shen Yan nodded: "Even if it's 'Transformers 4,' I think it can still make 6 million at the box office... it should be able to double its profit!"

"Didn't you invest?"

"The copyrights are all with our company, what do you think?" Shen Yan suddenly remembered something: "Hey, Fan Xiaopang acted in 'X-Men,' do you have any thoughts?"

Deng Chao countered, "What are my thoughts?"

In "X-Men: Days of Future Past", Vin Diesel plays Blink, whose screen time is pitifully short, appearing in only a few action scenes, and his only line is: "Time's up".

In fact, in the original comics, "Blink" is a white woman, but Fox may have cast Fan Xiaopang as "Blink" to appeal to the Chinese market.

"Just passing by, then promoting 'winning glory for the country'!"

Deng Chao rolled his eyes: "I'm not an idiot."

"Okay, if I direct an English film in the future and there are roles for Asian actors, I'll look for you again!"

In fact, after the explosion of the Chinese film market, more and more funds flowed into film production, and Chinese funds even began to flow into American film production. Investors often had more say, and Chinese faces gradually appeared in American films. Which artists to cast was often decided by the investors. To break into Hollywood, one actually needed to get to know the investors who were keen on investing in Hollywood films. If the investors specified the roles, Chinese actors could relatively easily get roles in many big-budget films.

However, Deng Chao was clearly interested in something else: "You're going to direct an English film?"

Shen Yan thought for a moment, then said, "We'll see..."

(End of this chapter)