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Chapter 512 "Let's Run" Online

Mid-December, Toronto, Canada
I have been busy with the concerts in North America for the time being, and there are 10 concerts in South America in the remaining 4 days. I have plenty of time.
This also allowed Cao Xuan to relax a bit, rest at the hotel for a day, and fly to the Peruvian capital tomorrow afternoon.

As Christmas was approaching, there were Christmas elements everywhere inside and outside the hotel, but Cao Xuan was not very interested. After eating in the restaurant, he went back to the hotel room for a massage.

Don't get me wrong, it's a real massage.

In the first two rounds of Cao Xuan's concerts, he worked too much, was physically exhausted, and had to move around, and his sleep quality was not particularly good.

So this time, Empress Donggong specially hired a male masseuse to help Cao Xuan relax with a massage after the concert, and help him sleep and relieve fatigue.

Not to mention, the effect is not bad, whether it is the psychological comfort effect or not, but these days, Cao Xuan has to find a masseur to relax his muscles and bones before going to bed every two days.

"Ah~"

With a cry of comfort, Cao Xuan twisted his body, feeling completely transparent, took a shower, lay down on the bed, and slept until dawn.

After breakfast, Cao Xuan calculated the time difference and called home, only to hear Dongxi Ergong laughing and laughing, the laughter made his ears hurt and Cao Xuan was confused.

"What are you two doing?"

"Watch TV, you forgot, "Run" premiered today, don't tell me, this show is really good, hahaha."

The East and West Second Palaces kept laughing, and they didn't even have time to talk to Cao Xuan, which made Cao Xuan feel a little itchy.

He just started the program "Let's Run", he didn't care about the specifics, and he didn't see the finished product. He was really curious about the new version of "Let's Run".

"Run" is still in the exploratory stage, and it has not even been determined whether it will be broadcast seasonally or weekly.

From the perspective of business and communication, the latter is definitely better, but the comprehensive weekly broadcast is a big test for the program group and the behind-the-scenes team.

A reality show has a script, even if it is just a process outline or guidance, it does not mean that it is done in one go, or even arrange several links, just to put together the highlights.

In many cases, it only takes two or three hours to watch a program on TV, but the actual recording takes a day or two or even longer.

Not to mention creativity, just following up and editing is a huge workload, and the program team is under a lot of pressure.

Not to mention the consideration of resident MCs, many of them have other jobs, and it is unrealistic to devote all their energy to this show.

Therefore, Fanxing's "Let's Run" has a high probability of choosing a season broadcast. At most, there will be a little more episodes per season, 20 episodes per year, which can also be called four or five months.

At present, "Let's Run" has signed a contract with Zhejiang Satellite TV for 10 periods, which is about half a season.

This contract is based on the price given by domestic first-line variety shows, which is considered a good deal.

After 10 episodes, if the results of "Let's Run" are mediocre, Fanxing will kill the show without saying anything about it. If the show becomes popular, they will sign a new contract with better pay.

It can't be regarded as a bet, it's just a normal trial broadcast.

It's just that ordinary variety shows don't have the confidence to face platforms, and Fanxing is not suitable for small companies, and he has produced the phenomenal variety show "Tomorrow's Star", so he is qualified to bargain with TV platforms.

In Canada, it is quite difficult to watch a provincial satellite TV in China.

However, in the capitalist society, money can pass through gods. As long as there are enough Canadian dollars, Cao Xuan just wants to listen to the Yimeng ditties from his hometown, and someone will get them...

But Cao Xuan was not that troublesome. He called the Variety Department and sent the finished video directly to his computer, which was more efficient than spending money.

Turning on the computer, it was directly the opening introduction, which made Cao Xuan frown.

There should be an ad here!
But it's also understandable, for a new variety show, when it becomes more popular, sponsors will naturally come to the show.

In fact, Cao Xuan wronged the program group. As a star-studded variety show, how could it not be favored by advertisers, but because the future is uncertain, the price is relatively rigid.

So I still have to watch the trial broadcast. After two or three episodes, I guess I can see something, and the advertisements should be in place one after another.

Having said that, when Cao Xuan saw the commercials of TV dramas and variety shows, he often scolded him. Now that he is a boss, he can't help scolding when he sees that there are not many commercials in his own company.

Don't forget the original intention, it belongs to...

Without too much entanglement in the advertisement, seven figures soon appeared on the screen, and the gaudy background was omitted. Cao Xuan combined the previous scheme settings and directly extracted the elements.

The captain, He Dan, is positioned as "intellectual responsibility".

To put it bluntly, it depends on the brain. After all, Mr. He's body is not good enough, so he can only add "intelligence" or "luck".

Liu Yan is sexy.

As soon as the tight-fitting yellow sportswear was worn, it drew an exaggerated range, which immediately lifted people's spirits.

Even Cao Xuan couldn't help but look forward to the brand-tearing link below, and I don't know how turbulent it will be.

Zhang Zijian is in charge of combat power.

On the surface, he is a king, but in fact he is a honest big brother with the strongest fighting power, but whether he can become a capable person now depends on his specific performance.

Sha Yi, who is responsible for being funny.

Although he hasn't gotten fat and aged yet, Bai Zhantang's magical power is not covered up. As soon as his eyes droop, he immediately laughs. The program team may deliberately add some "unlucky attributes" to him to make his personality more prominent.

Xue Zhiqian/Jia Ling, the contrast is funny and responsible.

Don't look at Sha Yi as being funny, but he is still a bit burdened now. The whole program group is the most able to go all out and doesn't care about image at all. On the contrary, it is Jia Ling and Xue Zhiqian.

Xue Zhiqian is a popular singer, Jia Ling is a girl, making jokes can also form a contrast.

Moreover, Cao Xuan could clearly see that Jia Ling's face was rounder than that shown in the original materials. Although it was far inferior to later generations, it also had a somewhat naive look. It was obvious that he had listened to his advice to the program group.
Wei Chen is responsible for his appearance.

At present, it mainly sells face circle fans. Whether it will develop into a little cheetah or a funny little idol in the future depends on personal settings.

The character design given by the "Run" program group is not completely fixed, but a general direction. It still depends on the MC's personal performance. The best character design is based on the characteristics of the MC itself. Full of sense of disobedience, extremely unwise.

Seven resident MCs showed up, and two flying guests were specially added, which are Da Mimi and Hu Ge who are on fire right now.

After the two became popular because of "The Heirs", they collaborated again in "Tang Palace Lock Jade", with Hu Ge playing the hero Li Ke.

Considering that Liu Tianxian, who worked with Hu Ge many times before, is now a big hit, maybe there will be another [Hu Gewang heroine] law on Hu Ge in the future, and a large group of florets rush to film with him .

This is really not an exaggeration. The next drama of Hu Ge's "Tang Palace Lock Jade" is "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3". The hero and heroine have already been decided, and it is Hu and Yang.

What is more interesting now is that both the director and the producer prefer Liu Tianxian to play the role of "Solanum nigrum" played by Liu Shishi.

Liu Tianxian thinks this role is good and pleasing, but she doesn't really want to play a supporting role, let alone supporting Da Mimi, while Tang Ren has given out a lot of resources to help his artist Liu Shishi grab this role .

What's more interesting is that Da Mimi, uncharacteristically, kept saying good things for Liu Tianxian, and especially hoped that she would play Solanum nigrum.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that Da Mimi has changed her gender, but that she wants Liu Tianxian to play a supporting role for her in her dreams. If Liu Tianxian really plays nightshade, she won't be paid in "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", even if it's paid for. I want to play Xue Jian.

Leaving aside the casting of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", letting Hu Ge and Da Mimi come over for the first episode is to gain fame and increase exposure and topics for "Run" as much as possible.

The nine people chatted and chatted, needless to say about the popular stars, He Dan took extra care of Wei Chen and Jia Ling.

He Dan and Liu Yan are popular hosts, Zhang Zijian and Sha Yi are actors with blockbuster masterpieces, Xue Zhiqian's album was a big hit last year, and he even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

In contrast, Wei Chen is most famous for being the top ten in the second season of "Tomorrow's Star".

Jia Ling was even worse. Except for a few viewers who cared about cross talk, she was basically like an amateur. She was also the most difficult to get a spot among the seven resident MCs.

Even so far, her position is not particularly certain. If she does not perform well, she may be replaced at any time.

As the captain and the resident MC core of "Let's Run", He Dan is naturally aware of these situations, and will take care of some scenes specially. On the one hand, it is an indirect help, and at the same time, it also allows the audience to get more familiar with the two people.

Seeing this, Cao Xuan couldn't help but nodded. Outdoor reality shows also need to control the field, especially when there are many scenes of this kind of team gathering, and a captain is needed to hold the line.

Not only do you need to control the field, but you also need to have high EQ, be good at dancing, take care of guests, accurately grasp the emotional atmosphere, and understand the rhythm of variety shows, and you must have sufficient status and prestige, otherwise no one will listen to your words.

Even Deng Chao, who played the original version of "Running Man", found his status after a long time of groping, and the cold reception of guests, awkward atmosphere, and out-of-control rhythm are still many shortcomings of "Running Man".

He Dan has disadvantages, but his advantages are more obvious.

Others, either have insufficient emotional intelligence or lack of experience in variety shows, both of which may not be able to hold the field, so Cao Xuan and "Run" both decided to find He Dan as the captain.

In fact, the original version of "Running Man" also approached He Dan, but was rejected for various reasons.

Self-deprecating poor physical strength is one thing, and secondly, Mr. He was at his peak at the time, and the schedule was over. At that time, "Running Man" was still an experiment, and He Dan couldn't afford to gamble with him.

In addition, "Running Man" was a program produced by Zhejiang TV Station at that time, and it was in direct competition with Hunan TV Station where He Dan worked.

When Fan Xing approached He Dan, he was actually very hesitant, but now He Dan is still on the rise. The turmoil of "Happy Camp" in the past two years made him always have the idea of ​​transformation.

Although "Let's Run" is not broadcast on Hunan TV, it does not belong to the platform. It is two concepts from Zhejiang TV's direct production.

The reason is very simple, the copyright is in Fanxing, this year it can cooperate with Zhejiang Province and Taiwan, and next year it will be Beijing or Hunan Province, so He Dan doesn't have that much concern.

In short, the young teacher He still did not resist the temptation of "creating China's first reality show variety show" and chose to join the "Run" program group.

And he is also the MC with the most expensive announcement fee. Since it is a trial broadcast now, he will be paid according to the episode, announcement fee and other miscellaneous accumulative expenses.

何旦15～20万一期，柳妍10～15万，张子剑、沙毅、薛志谦都是3～5万，魏晨5000，贾灵1000左右。

This price is not exaggerated, but it is definitely not cheap. If the variety show becomes popular later, the price will definitely increase.

He Dan took the lead, and Liu Yan was the assistant. Before everyone got into the mood, they controlled the rhythm and slowly guided the guests.

Since it's the first issue, everyone didn't talk too much nonsense, mainly focusing on making games.

The nine people are divided into three teams: red, yellow and blue. He Dan, Da Mimi, and Xue Zhiqian are the red team; Liu Yan, Zhang Zijian, and Wei Chen are the yellow team; Sha Yi, Hu Ge, and Jia Ling are the blue team.

The first game is directly the artifact of "Running Man" - Shiatsu board relay race.

In a square in Beijing, a back-shaped runway made of shiatsu boards was built. There are various checkpoints on it. The team that runs down completely and takes the shortest time will win.

I don't know if it was performed by everyone, or if the program group deliberately suppressed it, these MC guests didn't pay attention to the acupressure board at all, they just thought that the difficulty lies in the checkpoint.

So, when Xue Zhiqian of the red team stepped up to the shiatsu board with confidence, he grinned all of a sudden.

"Ah, it hurts so much."

"As for it, Xiaoxue."

Sha Yi carelessly took off his shoes and jumped up, then lost his voice in pain, wrinkled his face, and looked at the program group with grief and indignation.

"Where did you find this thing? It's wicked."

All the guests laughed and went up to test one after another, grinning their teeth one by one, but the onlookers were very happy, even Cao Xuan couldn't help smiling.

In the following official competition, there were even more laughs. Xue Zhiqian jumped up and down like he was stepping on a frying pan, crying out in pain, trembling as he walked, before handing over the baton to Da Mimi.

Da Mimi was ruthless, she stepped on the nail plate without saying a word, and the last blow was He Dan, who just took a step away, and was opposite a fat man who weighed nearly 300 kilograms, and asked to carry him for the last part of the walk.

The thin teacher He trembled in front of this strong man, which also set off a burst of laughter at the scene, and Cao Xuan couldn't hold back.

When Mr. He carried the big fat man on his back with difficulty, the laughter never stopped.

It was only after Cao Xuan saw this passage that he realized why he kept laughing when he was on the phone with Dongxi Ergong.

As the saying goes, people's happiness is built in the pain of others. Seeing other people playing games and eating while holding back, the people next to them will naturally be happy. If these people are stars, the effect will be even better.

Afterwards, answer the questions and eject them into the water and take pictures on the high platform.

The former three teams rush to answer the question, the team gets one point for a correct answer, and the other two teams bounce into the water.

The latter is a pool with a high platform of more than one meter. The camera is aimed at the high platform for time-lapse shooting. The camera freezes and the faces of several team members appear on the screen.

If the first shiatsu board was just an appetizer, from these two sessions, the guests began to show some characteristics.

Teacher He Tiao is an old fritter, his brain turns quickly, and sometimes he will set others up.

Liu Yan is smart, sees through the tricks, and follows the fisherman for profit.

Xue Zhiqian and Sha Yi were a bit silly, especially Sha Yi, whose bewildered expression after being tricked into falling into the water maxed out the audience's emotions, making him the best in the audience.

The unloved expressions of the two teammates Jia Ling and Hu Ge being cheated are also very funny.

This game completely opened up the restraints of the guests. When they came to the high platform to take pictures, they no longer hesitated and directly attacked.

Seeing a group of celebrities fighting openly and secretly, fighting, and even looking embarrassed, the audience naturally chattered happily in front of the screen.

After the foreshadowing of the first three levels, the last link, which is also nearly 2/5 of the time, is the final tearing of the nameplate.

The first phase of the brand-tearing decisive battle was held inside the Fanxing Building. The three teams found the name cards of other team members inside the building, and they could tear off the opponent's name tags and eliminate each other.

In the confined space, everyone hides, chases, plots, searches, and fights, exciting and entertaining.

The plot design of this variety show, even when "Running Man" was broadcast in 2014 by the original time and space, many viewers who had never watched foreign reality shows were refreshed and hooked.

Now in 2007, I dare not say it is an epoch-making variety show design, but it can indeed support a novelty.

What's even more exciting is that the program team recruited a "capable person" to act as the villain and catch people.

And this villain is none other than Monte Battelle, NBA No. 1 in Asia, famous Spurs player, and now Guanghui in Xinjiang Province.

Although this NBA player is a laying champion, his physical fitness is definitely a "behemoth" level for ordinary people. His height of more than two meters and his strong body make him extremely oppressive.

In fact, at the beginning, "Let's Run" wanted to find a few martial arts stars, which would be enough to clean up the "rabble".

But then I thought about the lack of visual impact, so I thought about looking for athletes. I originally planned to contact Dayao to play a cameo, but Dayao didn't have a schedule, so I found Battelle.

Wearing a special tights, with an indifferent expression, coupled with the bells on the feet, combined with the filming and editing of the program group, sound effects, etc., it seems that the god of death has come, and the audience outside the screen can feel a bit depressed.

Not to mention the MC guests of "Let's Run", they were chased in a panic, like a bereaved dog, which made the audience feel pitiful and ridiculous.

Soon, Xue Zhiqian was caught, begged for mercy but did not get a chance, and was the first to be eliminated.

After that came Sha Yi, Da Mimi was blocked, and Chu Chu pitifully begged for mercy, making it difficult for Battelle to attack easily, and at the critical moment, Hu Ge was a hero to save the beauty.

Da Mimi escaped, and Hu Ge was eliminated by Battelle.

This paragraph is quite poignant, and I even flashed back the previous game clips. They are obviously not on the same team, but they have become an infatuated CP that cannot be loved.

This is also a rare highlight moment for the two flying guests today.

Especially Hu Ge, Da Mimi and Liu Yan came out of the water before, once the clothes were put on, there would be no less shots, and he didn't do anything special before, resulting in a mediocre performance, this time the hero saved the beauty, full of gimmicks and topics It's not in vain to come here.

And Da Mimi also seized the opportunity to contact her teammates in the name of "revenge", and got a lot of shots as she wished.

Under the tandem of Da Mimi, Teacher He is going to unite everyone to kill Battelle and relieve this trouble. Everyone is using their own methods.

Thus, the "Lieba" operation started.

Da Mimi and Liu Yan acted as bait to attract Battelle, Zhang Zijian faced the enemy head-on, Mr. He and Wei Chen attacked from the side, and the three joined forces to feint each other, tearing up the famous brand when they seized the opportunity.

The plan was very good, and it was implemented smoothly at the beginning, but there was a small twist in the end. When Battelle saw the siege, his first reaction was to pinch the persimmon.

So, Teacher He, died.

This was a mess. Teacher He was the implementer and commander of the plan. He came up directly and was captured first by the thief. The remaining few people were instantly dumbfounded.

Da Mimi was unlucky, and was torn right away. At the critical moment, Zhang Zijian held back the opponent, covered the retreat of the others, and finally died heroically.

Only Wei Chen and Liu Yan were left, obviously not Battelle's opponents.

At this time, Jia Ling appeared.

It turned out that this girl had been obsessing from the moment of tearing up the famous brand, and hid until the end, especially since her two teammates were gone, she was even more determined to persist.

There was no other way, the program team did something half-heartedly and told her a hidden clause to increase the nameplate on Battelle and reduce the difficulty.

But even if the famous brand gets bigger, Jia Ling himself is not Battelle's opponent, so he came to Liu Yan and Wei Chen, and the three of them joined forces to fight Battelle again.

It is worth mentioning that in the final decisive battle, Jia Ling showed the fighting power of a man who is not weak at all. The chubby hand is full of strength, and even assumes the role of positive containment to a certain extent.

In the end, in the entanglement, Battelle "gradually lost", and finally Wei Chen killed Battelle.

This result made everyone unexpected, including Cao Xuan, who analyzed clearly and logically. Teacher He, who dispatched troops, was caught in a second. Basically, the two rookies, Wei Chen, who was playing a trick, and Jia Ling, who had been hiding, had the last laugh.

If he hadn't known that there was no script other than Battelle's defeat, Cao Xuan would have suspected that the program team was specially showing their faces for the two newcomers.

But overall, Cao Xuan thinks the first issue of "Let's Run" is very good.

The rhythm is dense, the atmosphere is well created, the plot is ups and downs, and there are various humorous points. Even he, who has a golden finger, didn't fast-forward. He watched it until the end, and he still felt a little unfinished. a feeling of.

Sure enough, when Cao Xuan came to Peru in the afternoon, he received the rating data of the variety show "Run".

The average audience rating of the first broadcast was only about 1.68, ranking second at the same time.

But the next day's replay during the day instantly reached 2.3, which is considered an extremely high statistic recently.

Zhejiang Province TV rebroadcasted "Let's Run" in the early hours of the night, and it still scored an average rating of 1.5, breaking the ratings record for this time period in recent years.

Three consecutive rounds of data, although it is not yet possible to directly conclude that "Run" is a success, but we have also seen the dawn of victory.

The program team stepped up time to record the following programs, and the Variety Show Department and the Advertising Department also geared up to meet the Zhejiang TV Station and the major sponsor advertisers who came to contact them.

They saw the potential in "Let's Run", fearing that the ducks in their mouths would fly away, so they rushed to contact.

In this regard, Fanxing's staff has only one attitude——

At the beginning, you "loved to answer and ignored me", now, you have to pay more...

(End of this chapter)