Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 173 Urban Legends of the Variety Show Production Industry
The latest episode of "Delicious Food Wins the World" has surpassed the ratings of the episode that combined "Delicious Food Wins the World" and "Jump More Beautiful" with Guo Fucheng and Li Yuchun as guests!
This sets a new record for the show since its inception!

The show achieved a viewership rating of 3.1%, ranking first in the nation multiple times during its time slot!
This episode of "Delicious Food Wins the World" even beat Hunan TV's "Happy Camp" for the first time ever! And by a huge margin in ratings!!
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Speaking of which, Hunan TV's "Happy Camp" was the undisputed king of variety shows in China back in the year 2000!
It has consistently ranked first among entertainment programs for ten consecutive years! 2009 was its peak! Multiple episodes achieved viewership ratings exceeding 3%! It was practically invincible!!
Zhejiang TV's "Delicious Food Wins the World" competed against it at the same time, and although it refused to admit defeat, it never won in terms of ratings...

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This episode of Happy Camp's major mishap is unprecedented in the variety show industry.

This is the first time a pre-approval has failed since the new regulations on the management of safe broadcasting of radio and television adopted a filing system!

In order to fill the gap left by the episode featuring the Korean version of "Playful Kiss," the production team of Hunan TV's "Happy Camp" had to rely on Wang Han's connections.

They urgently brought in Shen Xing, a former host of CCTV's economic channel program "Life" and now a leading lady at Phoenix TV, hailed as "the most beautiful female host in the industry."

Although Shen Xing has been married for many years, he has always been ambitious in his career. Two years ago, he even made a cameo appearance in Xu Zheng's "Love Transfer".
There's also Gao Mingjun, a veteran singer in the Chinese music scene who participated in the CCTV National Day Gala, singing "Young Applause" and "I'm Alone in the Wind and Rain".

The two came to participate in the recording of the latest episode of "Happy Camp" as emergency guests.

Due to time constraints and a heavy workload, the video was hastily edited and then awkwardly broadcast.

Ultimately, the viewership rating was only 2.3%...

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To make matters worse, shortly after this episode aired, a series of scandals began to surface!

First, married Shen Xing and director Feng were photographed returning to an apartment together and spending eight hours together, sparking the "overnight stay scandal".

The victim also revealed that he received a phone call from his wife that day. Her voice was hoarse and she was panting. She explained that she was tired from hosting the talk show and that her cold had caused her abnormal voice...

Xiao Gang truly lives up to his reputation as a seasoned veteran of Beijing! He really knows how to have fun!!
Before the "overnight stay scandal" had subsided, Gao Mingjun went on another spree, eating mulberries at his home in Chaoyang District, which led to a report from Chaoyang residents and his arrest.

Both fire-fighting guests' houses collapsed...

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Actually, these things didn't have much to do with variety shows, but Evil Gardenia is notorious for praising people!

He praised Shen Xing as a lady of high society, a well-known "pure and innocent" woman among the hosts during her time at CCTV. He said that when she was dating, she never even let her partner hold her hand properly, only agreeing to hook their little fingers together.

Now she has a harmonious family, and has married a wealthy businessman. The two are deeply in love and are an absolutely scandal-free couple in the entertainment industry!

It is also said that Gao Mingjun's singing voice is a generation's youthful memory, and is still a nostalgic classic. Now he is also passionate about public welfare and only eats vegetarian food in his daily life...

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As a result, this episode became a major black mark on the "Happy Camp" program, drawing various forms of ridicule from netizens and condemnation from various media outlets.

Not only did it lose viewership, but it also created a lot of negative public opinion for the program's brand...

The producer even wrote a self-criticism at the station and publicly criticized himself...

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This incident has sparked a strange tale about the unwritten rules of the entertainment industry within the variety show production circle…

A young man backed by coal-related capital activates his bloodline limit, cutting an episode of Hunan TV's "Happy Camp" to make sure the show's production team, which he disliked, goes completely offline!
Unexpectedly, two tactless artists, relying on their working relationships with CCTV and Phoenix TV, thought they could recklessly put out fires just because they had some connections in the Beijing and Hong Kong entertainment circles!
So they were easily wiped out!

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This rumor spread like wildfire among various television production crews, becoming like an urban legend...

Of course, many industry insiders are also skeptical.

Years later, when "The Voice of China" became a massive hit, the host, Hua Shao, became arrogant and domineering, looking down on everyone after gaining power!
However, when facing Lin Xingzhuo, the top male artist from the Tiger and Coal industries, this top male artist from Zhejiang TV always maintained an attitude of both fear and respect.

This further confirms the various urban legends surrounding Lin Xingzhuo circulating in the variety show production industry...

Things in the entertainment industry always involve a bit of luck. The fact that "Delicious Food Wins the World" won once by sheer luck doesn't really prove anything.

However, the rebroadcast viewership ratings on the second day broke all the rebroadcast records for various variety shows on Zhejiang TV, even surpassing the premiere record of the latest episode of Zhejiang TV's flagship variety show, "I Love Lyrics"!
"I Love Lyrics" is Zhejiang TV's flagship variety show, boasting a stable and loyal following.

Most of the hit songs from that year came from this show.

Tianyue, Siqi, Linghan, Wang Tao, Haifeng, Yuan Ye, and later Chengcheng...

Zhu Dan was incredibly talented back then! She was both intelligent and beautiful!

It can be said to be the youth that a generation can never return to...

In the latest episode, Liu Xijun and Luo Zhenhuan served as the lead singers, performing a cover of the classic song "I Know You're Sad," which set a new ratings high for "I Love Lyrics" in the first half of the year!

Even so, it was still overshadowed by the rebroadcast of "Delicious Food Wins the World" on the same channel!

This is defying the heavens!
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The phenomenal viewership ratings of the rebroadcast were due to its collaboration with the Doraemon movie.

Furthermore, the on-screen chemistry between Lin Xingzhuo and Li Nian, who sparked the "rustic" style trend, including their team's relay races involving market ingredients, food relays, and pranks, has also been used for promotional purposes...

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The publicity team of Tiger Shadow Star Shine Company also specifically asked Lin Xingzhuo for his opinion through his agent, Zhang Youqian.

After all, Lin Xingzhuo is no ordinary artist.

The notion of the three giants of Tiger Capital has already begun circulating among its various subsidiaries...

Lin Xingzhuo's attitude was simple: since he had chosen to deploy the navy of Tiger Eye Vision, he would launch a propaganda war!

How can you win if you're timid and hesitant?
Either don't do it at all! Or do it thoroughly! Don't worry about anything else!!
Therefore, Jinyang Information Security Center, a subsidiary of Tiger Vision, went into overdrive.

The words and actions of Li Nian and Lin Xingzhuo during the cooking game, as well as Hai Qing's overflowing religious fanaticism towards Lin Xingzhuo, were magnified dozens of times!
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"Li Nian and Lin Xingzhuo feeding each other food that was way too sweet," "Two Phoenixes Playing with a Dragon! Hai Qing angrily confronts the show's cooking crew for Lin Xingzhuo's sake!" "Lin Xingzhuo's famous scene of wiping sweat with seaweed while flipping a wok"...

Articles such as "Shuangshi CP Fans Lock in Huaiyang Cuisine Ingredients" and "Terrible Faith!!! Shocking!! Haiqing Actually Did It for Lin Xingzhuo..." were circulated on various platforms.

The newly established remote breeding team of the Jinyang Information Security Protection Center also arranged for fan leaders and fan site administrators to promote and hype the project through online communication and overseas account transfers!
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Li Nian, who was busy starting his Wild Beast franchise in Shanghai, saw a rebroadcast of the program "Delicious Food Wins the World".

Li Nian himself didn't even notice those little actions he made on the show at the time.

Watching the show now, I realize that I actually peeked at Lin Xingzhuo so many times back then...

Oh my god! This is so embarrassing!!
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In contrast to Li Nian's shyness, Hai Qing was inquiring about prices for dilapidated bungalows and abandoned factories in various places, including idle wasteland in Qiantan, Jiading Nanxiang Industrial Zone, and Chuansha farmland in Shanghai.

She saw the rebroadcast of this episode of "Delicious Food Wins the World".

I'm feeling a little down!

It was supposed to be a movie for three people... but I ended up lying under the car...

I'm not in your story...

(End of this chapter)