My wife is in my arms

Chapter 925 Serious Five

"Turn the lights up a little."

Early in the morning.

The production team of "Special Voice" began preparing for the live broadcast of the final episode. The stage effects were changed repeatedly during the recording of the second season, and the lighting, sound and stage layout have basically reached the top level in China.

Even the 68-meter-long screen behind it has a resolution of 4.5K, while the current standard in China is only 4K.

In addition to these, we also hired professionals to make adjustments. After all, even with the best equipment, if you don't know how to adjust it, you still can't create a top-notch audio-visual feast.

At this moment, Director Ning, the chief director of "Special Voice," took charge and began to direct. After the staff had made the necessary adjustments according to his instructions, he continued, "Add a projection screen to the control area to ensure that the audience in the back rows can see clearly and in detail."

Xu Hanwen, the chief planner, also arrived early. In principle, he wouldn't have anything to do after the second season of "Special Voice" got into full swing, but this program was really different for him.

With "Special Voice," Ning became a leading figure in variety shows, and by creating such a program, he also joined the ranks of top variety show planners.

Even though he had planned other variety shows before, the results were not ideal. Just like many parents like outstanding children, he had the same feelings for "Special Voice".

I watched this show go from having a so-called passable performance at the beginning, to being good, then gradually becoming very good, and finally becoming a top student.

In the afternoon, my child, just like a high school senior, will be put to the test to see the final results.

Even with... Xu Hanwen didn't know if Director Ning was nervous, but he admitted that he was a little nervous now. Not just now, he had been so nervous since last night that he couldn't sleep until after 2 a.m., but he got up before dawn.

He didn't know what would happen in the third season.

But he knew that... the higher the ratings of the live broadcast in the afternoon, the more the ratings ceiling for music variety shows would be redefined.

As for Zhang You saying that this matter was serious, he not only knew about it, but also participated in it, spending money with Director Ning to buy traffic, just to make the live broadcast in the afternoon more popular.

He knew in his heart that Zhang You was definitely unhappy about this, but Xu Hanwen believed that he also understood that this was the rule of the game.

He's not participating in season three... and he said that himself. So by the end of the afternoon, Zhang You and "Special Voice" will no longer be partners. Since they're no longer partners, as long as the production team doesn't go too far, he can't say anything.

Thinking of this person who is now a true king of the music scene, Xu Hanwen's feelings are somewhat complicated, a mixture of love and hate.

What I love is that this person appeared on the stage of "Special Voice" Season 2 as a singer, and with his own opinion, he raised the quality of the show to a level that even he, as the planner, dared not imagine.

What I hate is that this guy asked for an exorbitant amount.

The second season's fee was 70 million, and the third season they dared to offer 250 million. Even during the second negotiation, the production team was willing to raise his appearance fee to 180 million. Unlike the tiered approach to appearance fees in the second season, this time, as long as he nodded, 180 million would be directly deposited into his account. This already meant that... even if he underperformed during the third season, the production team would find a way to ensure that he would not be eliminated and could go all the way to the end.

however.

After negotiating for a long time, this guy was only willing to lower the price by 20 million, meaning the lowest he could go was 230 million. Seeing that they couldn't reach an agreement, the production team had no choice but to give up.

When Director Ning decided to give up on Zhang You, he gritted his teeth. On the one hand, it was because of Zhang You's lack of appreciation. After all, this show had helped him a lot. If it weren't for this show, his fame wouldn't have spread so quickly!

Putting all that aside, even if it were a complementary relationship, he wouldn't choose to stop cooperating with the production team just because of a mere 50 million!
On the other hand, he also complained about the TV station. He and Director Ning knew very well how much money the program had made for the station. Not to mention other aspects, just the advertising sponsorship alone brought in nearly 1.5 billion yuan in revenue for the station. This did not include the copyright fees sold to various countries, as well as the broadcasting fees and advertising revenue sharing from online platforms.

Just like Director Ning said, since Zhang You is unwilling to compromise, let's just give it to him for now.

But the station insisted that artists didn't receive such high appearance fees. Even Director Hsieh, who had always supported them, expressed his opposition, saying that the success of the program was due to the director and planners, and that the participating singers were not important.

Xu Hanwen couldn't help but want to smash open his head to see what was inside. It was a singing competition program, and he actually said that the participating singers were not important.

That's why this message didn't get out. If it had, not only would the other singers who had already said they wouldn't participate have given up, but even Xue Linchao, who was still undecided, wouldn't have participated.

Obviously.

This is because the second season of "Special Voice" had such high ratings that it made people like Deputy Director Xie arrogant. So after that meeting, Director Ning said to him with a smile, "If the third season can get two-thirds of the ratings of the second season, we should be burning incense in gratitude."

Thinking about these things, it was almost ten o'clock when, taking advantage of Director Ning's break while he was drinking water after finishing his work, he walked over to Director Ning, pulled over a stool and sat down, saying, "After this afternoon, do you want to talk to Zhang You again?"

There's no room for negotiation.

Director Ning shook his head without hesitation and said, "Before the album was released, there was still room for negotiation, but now there's really no way to negotiate. Who could have imagined that an album could sell to this extent... Hehe, it's not an exaggeration. The songs that people released on our show had very high sales."

Director Ning screwed the lid of the thermos onto the cup and put it down before clicking his tongue and saying, "These days! Even if you offered them 230 million right to their doorstep, they wouldn't accept it. It's mainly because it's a waste of their time! Even if he doesn't participate in the third season's recording, he can still get endorsements, commercial performances, and concerts. I heard his current rate for a single commercial performance is seven million. That means even without endorsements, he can earn that much with one or two commercial performances a day, three or four in total, not to mention endorsements."

Done.

Director Ning reached out and patted Xu Hanwen on the shoulder, saying, "Forget it, don't force it. Some things are not up to you or me. We just need to do our own thing well, and the rest is none of our business. I have to go now, there's a tough battle to fight this afternoon. The final live broadcast of last season still haunts me. Last night, I dreamt all night about either the contestant's mother being sick or the singer's father suddenly falling seriously ill."

After Director Ning left, Xu Hanwen could still hear him muttering, "May the Bodhisattva bless all the contestants' parents with good health and longevity, and may nothing happen to them."

(End of this chapter)