Chapter 359 More wolves and less meat

Chapter 359 More wolves and less meat

Chapter 359 More wolves and less meat
The chief director of the show "Alluring Girls Idol Producer" is named Gong Zihao.

This is the first time I meet someone with this last name.

Fan Wumian looked at the other person a few more times and found that he was quite handsome, so he immediately became alert.

There was no specific reminder before, but now I think of asking the producers and program planners to supervise each other and prohibit harassing any members of the trainee team.

It's like there are always people who hope to get to the top through him by taking a shortcut.

With so many trainees, only 37 will be selected from 9 people in the end. Who knows, someone might have evil intentions and try to increase their chances of winning by attacking the filming crew.

Because they are an idol girl group, Fan Wumian doesn't want any negative news to be exposed before the group is formed, so it's definitely right to be cautious.

Director Gong Zihao is only 32 years old this year. He has worked with several satellite TV stations and has been responsible for many variety shows. He said enthusiastically:

"Mr. Fan is here really early! The official recording has just begun. Each trainee is required to record a five-minute interview, and then edit some highlights."

With so many trainees, it is impossible to cover everything.

The recorded content will mainly focus on Baby Yang, Guo Biting and others, and I have informed the producer in advance.

Fan Wumian said “hmm”.

asked:

"Last time I asked you to calculate the expenses, how much will my variety show lose?"

Just counting the follow-up photographers, we hired 130 to people this time, plus the stage staff, makeup artists, assistants, sound recorders, lighting, editors and other team members. The entire program team hired more than people in total. The daily salary, lunch boxes, accommodation, etc. were expensive.

The TV stations can't afford to spend much money on purchasing, and Tudou.com is not profitable yet.

Apart from taking on some advertising endorsements to make ends meet, Fan Wumian has to pay for the rest out of his own pocket, with almost no hope of making any profit.

It's just a loss-making move to gain publicity.

The variety show "Alluring Girls Idol Producer" is purely a pre-heating and advertising for the girl group, which is a bit like the "idol training system" meaning.

Director Gong replied:

"The company gave us a total of 1000 million yuan in production funds, and we have earned more than 20 million yuan from advertising. The TV station gave us a purchase price of yuan per episode. If we shoot to episodes in total, the deficit should be around to million yuan. The key is that the taxes are too high."

Variety shows are different from TV dramas. There is no way to sell the broadcasting rights for the first, second, or third rounds.

Previously, a purchasing contract was signed with Zhejiang East Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV. The two companies cooperated to buy out the satellite TV broadcasting rights at a price of RMB 20 per episode, and did not even give any advertising share.

Fan Wumian still needed their help to allow the variety show to be broadcast on Tudou.com, but the initiative was not in his hands, so he had to nod and agree.

If you calculate carefully, it is actually not a loss. The channels and resources of the two major satellite TV stations themselves are also quite valuable.

Just think of it as paying a large sum of marketing and promotion expenses in advance to attract traffic to the Allure Girls Group and Tudou.com.

Fan Wumian asked casually, not taking it seriously, and reminded:

"I have to be serious. The budget for each episode of Entertainment Camp is only a few hundred thousand yuan. East Zhejiang TV and Shanghai TV have such high expectations of me. If I mess up, the impact will be huge. There is also a show called Running Man waiting to start filming."

Director Gong patted his chest and assured:
"I understand. With so many members, the content must be substantial enough. The key lies in the editing. I will personally monitor this and try to attract more topics and attention."

Currently, TV variety shows are generally produced and sold by TV stations themselves, and it is not popular to purchase them from outside.

Yutian Media, which produced "Super Girl", is a subsidiary that was separated from Hubei Radio and Television, and is still considered a proud project of Hubei Radio and Television. The third Super Girl talent show is about to begin filming.

Since there is almost no money to be made from filming variety shows these days, no one is competing with Fan Wumian for the track yet.

If it wasn't for the purpose of supporting Tudou.com and building closer ties with TV stations, he wouldn't have bothered to enter the variety show field so early.

After exchanging pleasantries with several leaders of the film crew.

Fan Wumian temporarily served as a guest and was interviewed by the program crew.

There was no script, but the content came out of his mouth. He mentioned that he wanted to make Allure Girls a top-notch girl idol group in Asia, and said that he would tailor a most suitable plan for each person, and carry out individual packaging and publicity, etc.

He said a lot of repetitive things.

Afterwards, he was followed by the cameraman and went backstage to meet the trainees.

Janice Man and Baby Yang smiled brightly. Fan Wumian had seen them at the Mandou Model Agency last time. The two little blondes had a bit of a non-mainstream vibe.

And Guo Biting is indeed very beautiful, with three-dimensional facial features and fair skin. She has a fresh campus style, similar to the photo albums of beautiful girls in island countries.

The female singer Liu Xiyun is also quite good-looking and has a youthful temperament.

Looking at Guo Biting, then at Guo Caijie, and then thinking of Yang Mi, Fan Wumian had the illusion that "Tiny Times" had come into reality.

All the trainees were selected by him personally from a pile of resumes. Even Baby Yang did not seem that good-looking among them, so it was difficult to tell who was the most beautiful one.

However, although appearance and figure are important, singing and dancing cannot be too bad, and a few talented female singers should be added to improve the overall singing level. For example, Liu Xiyun and Guo Caijie have already been secretly reserved a place in Fan Wumian's heart.

More than thirty people are competing for a few positions, and most of them are just cannon fodder.

This made Fan Wumian feel very sorry for them. It was possible that they would train hard for a whole quarter, only to leave in disgrace in the end, and would never get another chance to enter the entertainment industry in their lifetime.

But isn’t that the case with talent show variety shows? There are bound to be too many wolves and too little meat, and there aren’t enough resources to go around, so there’s no way to satisfy everyone.

Since it's like a competition, there will inevitably be winners and losers.

at this time.

Surrounded by several cameras, Fan Wumian acted like a mentor and said to the trainees:
"Behind some sports, there are tens of thousands of professional athletes training day and night, but there are only three medals in the Olympics."

"You have 37 candidates and the chances of being selected are very high. You are only one step away from success. I hope you will not slack off and take this opportunity to improve yourself and learn all kinds of skills."

"Don't be disappointed even if some people are not selected. The various film and television project teams of my company are likely to invite some people to act in films. Compared with tens of thousands of extras across the country, you are also lucky. As long as you work hard enough, you will always be noticed."

Fan Wumian is young, but he is worth so much and is a top superstar.

Even if he spoke in a light tone, he still seemed full of presence.

As he opened his mouth, he subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yuqi, who was staring at him with starry eyes and a particularly sunny smile.

After watching her audition video, Fan Wumian can only say that he would never let Zhang Yuqi join the Allure Girls Group. However, he signed her as an actress in advance, and the conditions in all aspects were quite good.

The girls in front of him understood the direction of their entire lives, which might change in a single thought from Fan Wumian, so they listened very attentively.

Leave it to peacetime.

They may not even be able to reach the junior and middle-level management of the projects under Bandit King Media, let alone meet Fan Wumian face to face.

Even for many first- and second-tier stars, it is not easy to get in touch with him now.

Thinking that the opportunity to change their fate was right in front of them and that they could become idol stars known all over the country, many girls at the scene clenched their fists and took deep breaths, secretly reminding themselves to keep going.

Among the crowd.

There are also four girls from South Korea and the island country. For them, the probability of joining the group is as high as 50%, which means much less pressure.

If you look closely, you will find that South Korea’s otaku goddess Yoona and the island country’s Yui Aragaki are among them.

That's right.

Considering the need to nip his competitor in the bud, Fan Wumian poached Girls' Generation's Yoona and reached a cooperation agreement with her agency SM.

Taking into account the language barrier, the program team specially arranged professional translators to help them.

Seeing Fan Wumian's gaze resting on her, Lin Yoona hurriedly smiled awkwardly.

Aragaki Yui just felt nervous and shook her clenched fist as a greeting.

Most of the places have been allocated, but the girls present don’t know that.

For example, Zhang Yuqi was obviously worried about her singing ability. She privately thought that the crew had sent the wrong invitation letter and was busy looking around to see the fun.
Everyone present had different thoughts when they saw Fan Wumian, but many of the thoughts were the same.

For example, they all want to be famous, including Yui Aragaki from the island country, who also silently sighed how great it would be if Fan Wumian was her boyfriend.

In addition to amateurs, there were also some girls who were already famous.

People outside the circle may think that Fan Wumian is okay when they see him, but people inside the circle know better how high his status in the entertainment industry is now.

It is just like the saying goes, "If you don't practice cultivation, when you see me, it's like a frog in a well looking up at the moon; if you practice cultivation, when you see me, it's like a mayfly seeing the blue sky."

As a star, Fan Wumian is already very powerful, but considering that he is also the boss of Shanzeiwang Media, not only does he have a bunch of big projects under his control, but he also quietly negotiated a collaboration with Paramount on five Hollywood movies. No other director in the Chinese-language film industry has been valued by Hollywood oligarchs like him.

Many people have not forgotten that in addition to Shanzeiwang Media, Fan Wumian is also a shareholder of Penguin Group, Youtube, Tudou and other companies, and has acquired a piece of land worth 20 to 30 billion RMB in Shenzhen.

If they hadn't come to participate in this program, they would have had no chance to meet Fan Wumian.

For example, Guo Biting.

She had met Jay Chou several times in Taiwan and had also come into contact with many big stars.

But when those people were compared with Fan Wumian, the gap was immediately apparent, so much so that when Fan Wumian looked at her, the girl bit her lips lightly with her teeth, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

Pu Jiajing stood aside and watched.

I've long noticed that these girls focus on Fan Wumian at least 90% of the time, and in most people's eyes, there are only four words written - amorous feelings.

As an assistant, she suddenly felt that her boss, who she had thought was philandering, was actually very "chaste and able to remain calm", which was really not easy.

If the bottom line is lowered a little bit, even if the bed is welded with iron ingots, it will probably fall apart.
(End of this chapter)