I turned out to be top-notch!

Chapter 225 Sound Comprehensive Ceiling

CCTV building.

Fang Shengyu, vice president and planner of the Spring Festival Gala Organizing Committee, held a laptop bag in his hand, walked hurriedly through the long office corridor, and then knocked on the office of Yu Lei, chairman of the organizing committee and Spring Festival Gala director.

"Please come in."

Hearing the sound, Fang Shengyu immediately entered the office, quickly spread out the notebook in his hand, and faced Yu Lei: "Director Yu, I just received a song submitted from Beijing TV Station. It is an original program. The creator It’s a five-star songwriter, music and humanities artist, and the performer is Zhou Dingran, the young singer who has become very popular on the Internet in the past two days. He sang the works that young people like very much, such as "The Way You Were" and "East Wind Break"."

Yu Lei is fifty-two years old this year. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses and looks elegant. He nodded when he heard the words and motioned to Fang Shengyu to play the song demo.

"The sky is blue waiting for smoke and rain, and I'm waiting for you. The smoke from the kitchen is rising thousands of miles across the river.

The Han Li writing on the bottom of the bottle imitates the elegance of the previous dynasty, just think that I am foreshadowing my meeting with you..."

When the song and melody came together, Yu Lei subconsciously narrowed his eyes. Soon, the demo, which lasted about thirty or forty seconds, finished playing.

Seeing Director Yu's frown, Fang Shengyu's heart skipped a beat and asked, "How's it going, Director Yu?"

Yu Lei adjusted his glasses, looked up at him, and said, "...I didn't quite understand."

Fang Shengyu snorted and quickly called up the lyrics for the other party to read carefully, "Director Yu, this song is called "Blue and White Porcelain". As you know, blue and white porcelain is the treasure among the treasures of porcelain, and it can be called a national treasure of China." , a world treasure that can fully reflect Chinese elements and national characteristics..."

Yu Lei hummed, and looked carefully at the lyrics displayed on the screen, and then asked Fang Shengyu to play the song sample again. When the elegant and melodious singing came, Yu Lei finally understood the content of the lyrics: " Yes, although it is only a short paragraph, it can very well show the beauty of ancient Chinese charm."

"Look at this paragraph, 'The sky is waiting for misty rain, and I am waiting for you.' I got goosebumps when I first heard it. I personally love porcelain very much, so I know a lot about it. This so-called sky blue is actually... The color of ancient porcelain is very rare. The humidity and temperature required by it can only produce beautiful azure when it reaches a very suitable time, and it is just right when it rains, so the sentence "Azure waits for misty rain, and I am waiting" You're very particular, and to be honest, this teacher Wenzhaogong's lyric writing level is really too high!"

He knew about the recent Guofeng Cup competition held by Haijiao.com and paid special attention to it, so he knew that several songs in the competition were extremely outstanding.

Especially "East Wind Breaks" and "Orchid Pavilion Preface" are the best. These two songs perfectly embody Chinese style elements and are the ideal Chinese style songs in Fang Shengyu's mind.

Originally, Fang Shengyu felt that such a song was very consistent with the Chinese element theme of the Spring Festival Gala, and even intended to invite Zhou Dingran or Shi Yucheng to come to the rehearsal and audition. But now that the song "Blue and White Porcelain" appeared in front of him, Fang Shengyu felt a light burst in his mind, and he was extremely excited. Word.

Because in his opinion, regardless of lyrics and music, the quality of "Blue and White Porcelain" is no worse than "Dongfeng Po" or "Lanting Preface", and may even be better.

Although there is only a 30 to 40-second song demo, it is a glimpse. Fang Shengyu can fully imagine how beautiful the finished song will be.

It is the beauty of rhythm and rhyme that only Chinese people can understand.

"This song...is really good!"

Yu Lei pushed up his glasses and said with a smile: "Send an invitation to this singer and let him participate in the first rehearsal audition."

Fang Shengyu received the chief director's permission and nodded quickly, his expression inexplicably excited.

He is the vice president and planner of the Spring Festival Gala Organizing Committee. He is mainly responsible for the selection of Spring Festival Gala songs. Since the organizing committee was established last month, he has reviewed hundreds of songs, but he meets the conditions. Less than one-tenth of the total, and truly excellent works are even rarer, not even as good as the top three in the Guofeng Cup list.

This made him very distressed, but the song "Blue and White Porcelain" he suddenly received today greatly relieved his pressure.

"With this song "Blue and White Porcelain" in front, any Chinese-style songs will probably be eclipsed!"

Fang Shengyu sighed, feeling both lucky and regretful.

There are many capable people in China, but there are only a few who can compare with Wenzhao Gong. It is somewhat of a cultural desert...

……

On the other side, after Zhou Dingran sent away Huo Jingquan and others, he asked for leave from the crew the next day and returned to Beijing to start the live broadcast.

He spent 20 million favorability points overnight to buy "Blue and White Porcelain", and after recording the demo, he gave it to Liu Ruyan, and the song has now appeared in front of the Spring Festival Gala director.

Zhou Dingran is very confident in "Blue and White Porcelain". If nothing else, at least the lyrics of this song will definitely allow him to pass the first two audition rehearsals. If there is no stronger opponent, he believes that he can be on the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

By then, he will be able to earn a lot of favor points from people across the country, and it will not be in vain for him to spend 20 million favor points to buy this song.

After spending 100 million favorability points last time to upgrade to perfect singing skills, Zhou Dingran only had 10 million favorability points left. Now after two days of hot searches, Zhou Dingran has gained another 10 million favorability points. This time This gave Zhou Dingran room to buy the song "Blue and White Porcelain".

But this time's consumption made it impossible for Zhou Dingran to produce better works in a short period of time, because the cost of favorability points has bottomed out, and after the two days of heat shock, the popularity of related discussions has also declined day by day. Zhou Dingran will continue to It is no longer possible to harvest favorability points as crazily as when the game just ended.

While preparing for the evening live broadcast, Zhou Dingran received the work plan for the next six months prepared by Liu Ruyan.

For the next entire month of November, he will be buried deep in the crew until the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is completed. During this period, he will maintain the frequency of broadcasting every week. In addition, he will also write and come up with ten new songs. to release his first new album.

This is Zhou Dingran's first album after finishing his "King of Masked Singer" tour. It is not only his first album, but also a touchstone to test his popularity and status.

Therefore, this album needs to be released as soon as possible to catch up with this wave of popularity. However, considering Zhou Dingran's work intensity, the final release date of the new album is set on December 12th.

Throughout December, in addition to the release of the new album, Zhou Dingran will also attend the New Year's Eve party hosted by Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Of course, there is still some work to be done in the meantime.

For example, brand endorsements, magazine cover shoots and auditions for "Better Days". However, now that Zhou Dingran is so popular, the leading actor of "Better Days" is almost in Zhou Dingran's bag. In addition, the film director is Wang Sheng, and the script is also Zhou Dingran's. Writing, as an investor and producer, Majin Film and Television would be a bit unrealistic to take away the male lead.

After all, Zhou Dingran is now worth a lot and is very popular in the music industry. Once there is a crack in the cooperation, Zhou Dingran can completely change the production company based on his popularity and appeal.

You know, the film and television rights of "Young You" are still firmly held by Zhou Dingran, and he can completely change investors.

This was also done deliberately by Zhou Dingran. After all, he had decided before that if the leading actor in the end was not him, he would rather not make this movie at the moment.

The same is true for "The Story of Hachiko".

Although the scripts have been read, the copyright owner is still Zhou Dingran. So far, the copyrights of the two movie scripts have not been traded, so if Majin Film and Television does not agree, he can find other partners.

Therefore, if nothing else happens, the male protagonist of "Young You" is Zhou Dingran.

"The endorsement brands I'm looking for for you are all about excellence, and there are only three endorsements in total."

Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "These three endorsements are also your old friends. One is Loren watches with a bid of 1.2 million a year, one is Hanwang sneakers with a bid of million three years, and the other is China Gold, thirty million a year.”

"After all, you are the anchor who brings goods, so if you choose these three endorsements, other products of the same type will no longer appear in your live broadcast room."

"In addition to China Gold, Loren watches and Hanwang sneakers have promised that during the endorsement contract period, their products will only appear on your Douyin live broadcast platform, and will be the lowest price on the entire network."

"Think about it for yourself, and if it's suitable, sign it. If you think it's not suitable, don't sign it."

Liu Ruyan said: "There are also some other brand endorsements, and the prices are good. Some of them want to exchange equity for endorsements, but considering the product quality and image, I rejected them all."

Rejected?

Zhou Dingran nodded. He believed in Liu Ruyan's judgment, so he immediately nodded and agreed to the endorsements of these three brands.

Moreover, he does need cash flow to support his ambitions now.

After all, the end of the year is approaching, and Zhou Dingran still has hundreds of millions of unpaid taxes. In addition, it is also to prevent the filming plan of "Youth" from being shelved due to casting. He must have the strength and ability to ensure that he can start "Youth" normally. "You" filming.

After receiving the 2 million, although 45% of it had to pay taxes, it at least relieved Zhou Dingran's financial pressure.

“You have to take taxation seriously, even if you borrow money, you have to pay it.”

Understanding Zhou Dingran's troubles, Liu Ruyan said seriously: "After the year, I will help you find a trust institution. Every time you make money, I will help you peel off 45% of the tax, and start tax settlement every year." What do you think about using this tax to pay taxes before?"

"Okay." Zhou Dingran nodded.

After Liu Ruyan said this, he took out another invitation letter: "Look at this."

After Zhou Dingran received the invitation, he was stunned for a moment as soon as he opened it, and looked up at Liu Ruyan: "'I am a Singer'? This is a program on Xiangnan Satellite TV, right? I remember this program has been off the air for a long time, hasn't it?"

"Yes, it is a program from Shonan Satellite TV. It was held for ten consecutive seasons. Later, the program's popularity declined and there were no talented singers to participate, so it was temporarily suspended for three years."

Liu Ruyan said: "However, after three years of accumulation, the "Singer" program team feels that they can do it again. They just held an investment meeting last week and announced the return of "Singer". In "The King of Masked Singer" After it was over and your identity was exposed, they sent you this invitation.”

Last week, Hunan Satellite TV held a program investment meeting for the coming year. At the investment meeting, Hunan Satellite TV announced that the former audio variety ceiling series will officially return next year.

Judging from the information that has been exposed, the eleventh season of "I Am a Singer" will be broadcast at 8 o'clock on Friday evening in the second quarter of next year. It will be broadcast on the dual platforms of Hunan Satellite TV and Tianya.com, during the prime time period. The return of "I Am a Singer" shows that Shonan TV still has strong confidence in this once popular series.

“The second quarter of next year, that’s April to June.”

Zhou Dingran groped his chin, "At this time next year, Zhejiang TV's talent show will be about halfway through its broadcast. Will my schedule be enough? The most important thing is, this is Hunan Satellite TV, and I can be considered a Isn’t it a little bad for a singer who came from Zhejiang TV to go to Xiangnan Satellite TV to participate in a program?”    “There’s nothing bad about it. Zhejiang TV has no reason or need to stop you.”

Liu Ruyan smiled and said: "You don't have to be so cautious now. You have many choices. You don't have to be limited to one company. You are even qualified to consider programs from Donghai TV and Jiangnan TV."

Zhou Dingran coughed. Yes, his popularity is quite a bit booming now, and this is his biggest reliance. There is no need to be so hesitant.

It seems that I am still a little uncomfortable with my identity being exposed, and my self-confidence still hasn’t changed...

Moreover, participating in "I Am a Singer" is also good for Zhou Dingran. After all, Xiangnan Satellite TV, one of the best satellite TV channels in the industry, has strong exposure, which is enough for Zhou Dingran to recreate the ratings miracle of "The King of Masked Singer".

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Dingran has just upgraded his singing skills to a perfect level. If he didn't find a highly competitive show to compete in, people would think that his singing skills were at the peak during his Fat Head Fish period!

That's a perfect singing skill!

Is it going to bring a little shock to the Chinese music scene?

"Okay, let's participate!"

Zhou Dingran readily agreed.

Liu Ruyan glanced at him and said earnestly: "Although 'I Am a Singer' is a highly competitive program, because they don't keep the identity information of the contestants confidential throughout the whole process like 'The King of Masked Singer', there will always be There are some worldly things happening, so you have to be mentally prepared..."

Zhou Dingran was startled: "What do you mean?"

"There may be some shady stories in this show. This is also the consistent practice of Hunan Satellite TV. They will give some conveniences to contestants with high status and strength to ensure that they will not be eliminated in the early stage..."

Liu Ruyan said carefully: "And the editing ability of this satellite TV is very powerful. Black can be cut into white, such as some audience reactions, etc., which may not be real-time. But don't worry, they also have the sound source for the contestants' stage. I don’t dare to do too much. At most, when the film is released, I will fix the voices of some contestants with good connections, and play the full mic for some singers with average connections..."

Zhou Dingran couldn't laugh or cry. Different world, same operation, it seems that Xiangnan Satellite TV has this same problem everywhere.

But he's not too worried.

After all, his perfect singing skills are still very good. Even if he is on full mic, he can still bring a little shock to the audience in this world!

But it’s still a little uncomfortable if someone wears small shoes.

Therefore, he tentatively made some small requests. If Hunan Satellite TV agreed to these requests, he would decide to participate.

Of course, if he doesn't agree, it won't be a problem and he will participate.

After all, he needs strong exposure to gain favorability points.

And also to prove it to everyone.

Zhou Dingran, who is currently at his peak, possesses terrifyingly perfect singing skills.

……

"accepted?"

At Xiangnan Satellite TV, looking at director Wang Dian who had just ended the call, "I Am a Singer" season 11 director Hong Ye asked nervously: "What did Liu Ruyan say?"

"A promise is a promise, but there are some requirements."

Wang Dian smiled and said: "The singers are required to sing with full open mic, and the sound cannot be modified during the broadcast. The audience who votes in each audience must come from all over the country, and a notary from the Shonan Notary Office must be invited. Verify the integrity and fairness of the vote on site..."

"Why...why would you make such a request? I thought we were asked to ensure that he enters the finals!" Hong Ye looked surprised.

Wang Dian said with a half-smile: "I'm not surprised why you made such a request. This shows that people have the confidence and strength to enter the finals. What they are worried about is whether your program will be operated in secret and whether there will be a shady story! "

Hong Ye blushed: "How is that possible! Director Wang, our "Singer" has always been fair and just!"

Wang Dian pointed at Hong Ye and laughed angrily: "You still have the nerve to say it? Do you know why "Singer" was suspended for three years? Why is the ratings low? You don't know how to reflect on these three years? "Singer" has My daughter, who is in junior high school, knows all the shady things!"

Hong Ye coughed: "Those are all the imaginations of netizens and are just exaggerations."

No matter how arrogant they are, "Singer" cannot blatantly engage in secret operations, but they will indeed do some small tricks to affect the results of the competition.

But in Hong Ye's view, those are all basic operations. Which music station doesn't have such dirty information?

Selectively modifying the voices of some singers, selectively giving some audience reactions, selectively arranging competitors, especially the last one, even "The King of Masked Singer", which is said to be the most impartial program, is not selective. Arrange strong and weak contestants into groups to ensure that which singers can advance smoothly and which ones can be eliminated smoothly?

The crows in the sky are as black as black, how can there be true fairness!

Wang Dian waved his hand: "Okay, no need to explain, I just want to ask you, do you want to invite Zhou Dingran to compete?"

"Of course I do!"

Hong Ye swallowed his saliva and said with a smile on his face: "Zhou Dingran can now be regarded as the leader of the younger generation of singers. He is definitely a powerful singer and is suitable for our program. If he comes to compete and sings all the copies will be given to the public The original songs I wrote will definitely be a hit, and I will definitely be able to bring this season's "Singer" to high ratings!"

Among current TV program producers, especially music programs, who wouldn’t want to invite Zhou Dingran?

"The King of Masked Singer" has broken the 10% ratings record. It is so terrifying and so close that it has shocked all peers.

Every time Hong Ye thought of Zhou Dingran, his saliva could hardly stop flowing.

Once such a popular player enters "Singer", it is absolutely possible to break the ratings record of the program in his career.

"If you want to, then agree to their request and formally give a clear reply."

Wang Dian said seriously: "And Liu Ruyan is not easy to mess with. Her background is scary, especially the influence of the connections left by the old leader in the Bureau of Culture and Broadcasting. Therefore, once the guarantee is made, Qian You must not change it easily! Otherwise, I’m afraid you and I won’t be able to live without it!”

Director Liu?

This figure appeared in Hong Ye's mind, and he nodded repeatedly.

At the same time, he had already imagined in his mind that the ratings of the latest season of "I Am a Singer" would also exceed 10%, and he just felt happy.

"Also, in terms of appearance fees, Liu Ruyan wants three million per issue."

"What? Three million!!"

Hong Ye's eyes popped out when he heard this appearance fee.

"I estimate that "Singer" will be filmed for a total of twelve episodes, and the total budget for contestants' appearance fees is 80 million."

"He has three million for one show, and thirty-six million for twelve. All the other singers combined can only give him forty-four million. How can he take away so much by himself?" Hong Ye was confused. .

Wang Dian sighed: "Think about his popularity and strength. It would be great if he can appear. As for the cost, wouldn't you recruit a few more advertising sponsors? Zhou Dingran is already participating, how big a gimmick is this? 10 % ratings guaranteed! Can’t you get sponsorship fees just like this?”

Hong Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Wang, it's not like you don't know the ratings of the previous seasons of "Singer", and the sponsorship fees brought in are not very high. How about this, Mr. Wang, you can apply to Taili and allocate some funds. ?”

Wang Dian's face straightened and he said seriously: "It's good to have "Singer" back, but I want to allocate money to you? Don't even think about it!"

Seeing Wang Dian's determined expression, Hong Ye scratched his head.

However, when he thought that Zhou Dingran and several big guys decided to participate, Hong Ye's blood boiled instantly, as if the 10% ratings were just around the corner.

But in fact, counting all ten seasons of "I Am a Singer", the highest ratings of a single episode have never exceeded 5%.

If you want 10%, it is absolutely difficult to reach the sky.

But "The King of Masked Singer" can have such high ratings, why can't "I Am a Singer"?

Xiangnan TV vs Zhejiang TV, Zuo Qiuliang vs me, Hong Ye, and they both have Zhou Dingran, who can be worse than the other?

When he thought of this, Hong Ye once again felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood. He nodded immediately: "I will find a way to raise sponsorship funds. Zhou Dingran, I am determined to win!"

Wang Dian patted Hong Ye on the shoulder, "Don't disappoint me. "Singer" has been on the air for more than ten years. It has already become a brand in the industry. It has also won some top honors. Can it be repeated this time?" The current glory depends entirely on you, and I don’t want this show to disappear like a flash in the pan this season. You know, all the old people in the station have feelings for this show."

When Hong Ye heard these sincere words, his nose felt a little sore.

He suddenly felt that his shoulders were much heavier.

I remember when we were so high-spirited by this program, how many singers in the industry paid attention to it, and how many audiences discussed it?

Unfortunately, due to poor management and the assassination of the critic, the show's ratings dropped so sharply that it was suspended for three years.

Now, with the increasing expectations and nostalgia of the audience, this program, which was once hailed as the ceiling level of music variety in many people's memories, is back again. If he does not make some explosive results, Hong Ye feels that he is sorry for everyone.

(End of this chapter)