Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 787 Talk Show and TED
Pay for knowledge? !
I have to say that Rick's words gave Carter an inspiration!
When it comes to university, its greatest value lies in knowledge!There is a lot of knowledge here, and there are a lot of thought collisions. Even in the future, the value of a university will never be measured by how many buildings and shops it has.
It's about how many scientific research achievements they have, how many SCI papers they have every year, etc.
"Knowledge, Knowledge Paid Content Paid"

Tapping his fingers on the table, Carter spread his thoughts:

"This is a good direction! Brother, your suggestion is very accurate. But I don't think that many people are willing to pay for some boring courses. What's more, when I took the land from New Haven for free, I and The city government has signed a contract, and the income such as electronic copyright can belong to me, but the offline classes provided to New Haven citizens must be free, and this cannot be changed.”

"As for you talking about student involvement, I was wondering, talk show? What do you think?"

"There are a lot of talk shows, haven't you been on some of them yourself? The competition on this track is not small!"

The earliest talk show in the United States, "The Tonight Show", started broadcasting as early as 1954.Up to now, it will be 30 years old!
A program can be broadcast for so long, and the audience it has accumulated is not a minority!
Your new show sounds like it’s still going to be a talk show with students as the main actors, and there are no famous actors to host, and no stars to join. Why do you think you can steal the audience from those old talk shows? !

Without audiences, there would be no ratings, and without ratings, it would mean that no TV station would be willing to pay for the program. What's more, the cost of producing a program is not low, even if it is a low-cost program like a talk show, relying solely on the funds of the council, In Rick's view, it is also difficult to do!
"Competition is always inevitable. We have grown up in struggle since ancient times. It is a talk show. Relatively speaking, I think it is more suitable for us. Of course, I am not talking about the "Tonight Show" that is partial to interviews. talk show, but an art form that I discovered when I was in China, have you heard of cross talk?"

"No, but I don't think foreign culture can help us solve the audience's problems, it is likely to be acclimatized!"

"No, no, listen to me, it's different, and there are differences. Crosstalk is"

After talking about cross talk, especially the interpretation of stand-up comedy, and telling Rick the concept of "tucao" in his mind, the latter was suddenly taken aback:
"Aren't you talking about open mics, or stand-up comedy? They're everywhere in bars!"

To put it bluntly, it is a bit like a storyteller, who can start and end at any time.The characteristic is the close-range one-man language performance form.
This is infinitely close to the future, the kind of "Tucao Conference" that Carter has seen.
This kind of stand-up talk show is not much on American TV programs today.Talk shows with relatively large influence tend to favor reality shows or celebrity interviews.
Just like "The Tonight Show", in addition to the fixed host, there will be guests in each episode.Through the interaction between guests and hosts chatting and playing games, a comedy effect is created.
Therefore, Carter will feel that this is a direction!
Carter even thought of the name of the entire program system, which will be famous in the future: TED!

For this kind of experimental performance, which is played in person, it can be said to be the best arrangement!

The normal public knowledge class belongs to the "T" field, and the offline teaching method is free, so that the agreement with New Haven can be completed, and this part of the course content can also be packaged into the overall TED project.

"You and I may know, you haven't been to a bar for general consumption, have you?"

What?Just want to buy a talk show?No no no!It's a whole, TED is a common show!Buy it all!

Technology, Entertainment, Design, technology, entertainment and design!

Without investigation, there is no right to speak!
After his thoughts were interrupted by Rick's words, Carter also came up with the idea of ​​going to some local taverns and bars.
At the same time, in my own memory
Carter still remembers some classic jokes from the "Tucao Conference". Of course, many of them are not suitable for the national conditions of the United States.These, too, need to be adjusted.
But Carter believes that this is not too much technical difficulty.After all, the content is the most important thing when doing this kind of stand-up talk show, or a show that tells jokes!And the content comes from inspiration, what I need most now is inspiration!
Just to start, Carter thinks he's fine.As for the follow-up, why can't Yale's [-] undergraduates not even make up a few jokes?

To put it bluntly, do bundle sales!
Once the stand-up talk show becomes popular, Carter will not worry about no TV stations wanting to buy the show.At this time, you can play the bundled set yourself:

"That's just a matter of content design. In this way... I will create an event myself, and I will see how the response is when the time comes!"

I know you are strong in execution, but you decided to do this in just a few words? !Will it be too hasty? !
"Of course it is true. I thought about it just now. This may be the most suitable thing for us to do. The filming and production of the show can be assisted by people from the Bulldog Film Company; the venue is the Yale Broadway Theater, ready-made actors! .Since you said that there is such a performance in any bar in New England, it means that there is no shortage of this kind of humorous actors! Many students should have seen similar performances!"

"If they are asked to write the script by themselves, the quality of the jokes may not be very good, but they can't stand the volume! There can always be some high-quality jokes in it?"

Seeing that Carter's hand had reached for the application form for campus activities, Rick couldn't help being stunned.

"It's in the south, come to the north to see! This art form seems to have originated in Scotland, and it is said to be ancient Greece, but this is not important. What is important is that in the north, especially in New England, many There are such performances in bars and pubs!"

He raised his head and glanced at Rick. After Carter explained briefly, he continued to write the application.

"You, really want to do a show?"

After Rick's explanation, Carter also understood the concept of open mic and stand-up comedy.

Three days later, there happened to be a drama club performance in a Broadway theater.I don't want the ticket share of the drama club, I just stuff it in, and perform a short talk show during the transition time of the drama
All costs come from your own intellectual effort.The drama club has already paid for the venue fee, so I don't want to benefit from it myself, I just help them warm up the venue.
Joshua Hall, who wanted to come to the drama club, would not refuse.

"But this kind of program is really not suitable to be put on the screen. The words are vulgar, and the words are even"

"Um?!"

"No, I've been! When I was in high school in Georgia, I went to a bar in Atlanta with my classmates. I didn't see the kind you mentioned. Someone would tell jokes somewhere!"

After writing the application and signing the application for the event, the whole operation is smooth and smooth.
What "someone in the court is good at being an official" ah, why is he an official!The privileged class on campus belongs to yes!
"Okay, it's done! I have a suggestion for you, Rick, go to the Student Affairs Center to buy tickets now! The performance of "Peer Gynt" will be performed in three days. There should be a lot of people. If you move slowly, you may not be able to grab it Tickets are here!"

"Why don't we bring Manfred and the others to discuss it first?"

"No, I've already decided to do it! Let's talk about it after the show is over!"

"No, what can you write in three days?!"

(End of this chapter)