Actor: Thank you.

"Hey, the big star is coming!"

The next morning, just as Zhang Yuan arrived at the Mango TV office building, a playful male voice called him from not far away.

Generally speaking, those who talk to him like this are either enemies or good friends.

His enemy said this to mock him.

And now this person clearly belongs to the category of good friends.

"Teacher He, long time no see."

Zhang Yuan stepped forward and hooked He Jiong's shoulders.

"Don't talk like that, I'll blush."

"Hahaha, just tell the truth." Teacher He led him to the office floor of the station.

"The Banquet is now in theaters. I'll take some time out these days to watch your play." Teacher He patted his shoulder and asked, "Are there any free tickets?"

"So you made friends with me just to get tickets."

"It's not right for you, the leading actor, to take advantage of me."

The first day box office results of "The Banquet" are out.

1200 million!
It broke Feng Xiaogang's personal record of 800 million on the first day of "A World Without Thieves".

Everyone expects the box office for this film to be at least over 100 million.

The male lead of a blockbuster movie that grossed over 100 million yuan is of course a big star.

A magazine had published an article before, saying that Zhang Yuan was a "300 million box office actor."

But that was quite vague. In "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu", he played minor roles that were not even the third male lead.

But "Night Banquet" is different. Except that Teacher Ge You has slightly more scenes than him, he is the real second male lead.

Even from the perspective of the protagonist and the villain, he is more like the male lead than Teacher Ge You...

As he walked through the Mango TV office, many people greeted him, and many showed surprised expressions when they saw him, and then whispered to each other.

They all feel like big stars.

It is well deserved that "The Banquet" achieved this result, after all, more than 800 copies were made in the first batch alone.

There are only more than 300 copies of "Crazy Stone".

A blockbuster is a blockbuster. From the preparation stage before its release, people are aiming to make big money.

Zhang Yuan is the direct beneficiary of this film.

It can be said that the role of the prince has elevated his status.

"Nana told me about Hugo. I support you."

"Emotional connection between people is very important. Hu Ge's case can serve as a role model for the entertainment industry, and you have made an indelible contribution to this," Teacher He praised.

"It's all as it should be."

"We are friends anyway."

"Haha, we're more than just friends now." Teacher He looked at him slyly.

"I heard that you invested in Sugarman?"

"After that, Hugo should be your employee."

"You are well-informed." Zhang Yuan guessed that it must be Xie Na, the gossip king, who got the news from the sugar man.

It’s not true to say that this woman has no ability at all.

What a cunning guy.

Seeing that Zhang Yuan made such a big deal about visiting the patient, she felt something was wrong.

After asking around, I found out that Zhang Yuan was already a shareholder of Tangren.

Teacher He looked at Zhang Yuan and realized that he was "taking advantage of the situation" of the sugar man crisis caused by Hu Ge's incident.

However, he did not mean to blame him at all. Instead, he admired his ability to find opportunities.

This steady, accurate and ruthless operation is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Hey, hello, nice to meet you."

When the two were halfway there, a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair suddenly extended his hand to him.

"Hey, hey, hey, hello." Zhang Yuan responded quickly.

The person who suddenly appeared is Wang Han, the only well-known host who can compete with Mr. He Jiong in the "competition for the top host" in Mango TV.

But it's not like the Shanghai TV station where there is real internal fighting.

The so-called competition between the top male and female stars on Mango TV is actually very civilized.

Both Wang Han and He Jiong are intellectuals and have no conflicts in private.

They also maintain mutual respect.

And they admire each other because they both work very hard!
He Jiong worked more than ten hours a day, and Wang Han even developed liver disease the following year and had to recuperate for several months.

Besides, Wang Han’s career plan is different from Mr. He’s, and he has more experience in the industry than him.

So the two of them will fight, but they both have their bottom line.

"We are going to be rivals from now on." Teacher Wang Han joked.

He Jiong explained.

"The 'Come on! Good Man' show you planned for Shanghai TV has caused such a big stir that it has angered the higher-ups."

"The station is planning to organize an all-male talent show, modeled after Super Girl."

"Brother Han is the host and assistant director."

"You are also a host." Wang Han looked at Teacher He.

"I'm the deputy host." They were still polite.

Zhang Yuan knew that the other party was talking about "Happy Boy".

In fact, as early as 03, a famous internal fight occurred in Mango TV.

In order to compete with Hunan Jingwei's "Absolute Man", Hunan Entertainment launched the "Super Boy" program.

However, the show did not perform well on the air and was cancelled.

After summarizing, the station thought why not try replacing the male voice with a female voice?

This is the origin of "Super Girl"!

After going around for a long time, I ended up going back to the beginning!
Seeing that "Go! Good Man" was too popular, the top executives of Mango TV were afraid that someone else would take away their dominance as the top talent show channel, so they hurriedly planned to restart "Super Boy".

So this show should have been called "Super Boy".

Then why was it changed to "Happy Boy"?

In fact, the higher-ups are somewhat dissatisfied with Mango TV.

"Super Girl" is a hit.

But the fire went too far.

It has a huge influence on young people, and the influence can be both good and bad.

Just like the attitude towards the game.

Young people are all playing games, what will happen in the future?
After watching talent shows, young people all want to be stars. What will they do in the future?
People always bring up things that are too serious.

The Radio, Film and Television Administration is planning to help Mango TV calm down.

When the program was getting approval, the radio and television said the name was not good...

As for why it is bad, who knows.

It also stipulates that Mango TV’s new talent shows cannot have more than four audition cities.

I could only adopt an attitude of "I have been honest and ask for forgiveness", and finally I got the approval.

But Zhang Yuan didn't believe that the Magic City had no influence behind this matter.

Just like in "Curiosity Kills the Cat", the struggle is cruel.

"Brother Han, we are acquainted after fighting?"

"Yes, hahaha..." Wang Han said happily.

"Then I wish your new show great viewership."

"Lend your auspicious words!"

After a few more words, Wang Han said hello and went back to his own business.

Zhang Yuan thought, in this world, it is really hard to tell which cloud will bring rain.

When you have always thought that the most famous artists from "Happy Boy" should be Hua Chenyu, Chen Chusheng, Zhang Jie, Yu Haoming and other masters who have won through either their strength or connections.

Who would have thought that having a crazy wife is the real password to traffic...right, Liangzi.

"You are very famous in our station now." Teacher He said again.

"The higher-ups love and hate you."

"They said you created a rival program for Shanghai TV."

"But it has brought another excellent work to our Golden Eagle Animation."

"So my merits and demerits offset each other?" Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"That's all good! It's all credit!" Teacher He still praised him.

Leading him to the door of an office. "Director Zhang, Zhang Yuan is here." Teacher He knocked on the door and greeted.

"Come in!"

As Teacher He entered the office, he saw a middle-aged man with short hair and black-framed glasses sitting behind a desk.

This person's name is Zhang Huali.

He is not only the director of the TV drama department of Mango TV, but also the general manager of Hunan Film and Television Group and the deputy secretary of the party committee of the station.

His position level is equivalent to that of Li Ruigang, the CEO of Shanghai SMG.

Coincidentally, Mr. Zhang is also Li Ruigang’s senior alumnus at Fudan University.

This guy is so awesome. He was later promoted to become the second-in-command of Mango Channel and the chairman of Mango TV.

After he stepped down as head of the TV drama department, his successor was the current boss of the variety show department, Hong Tao, the chief director of "Super Girl".

It was also after this director who organized variety show talent shows took over that the TV dramas broadcast by Mango Channel became more entertaining.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang. I have heard a lot about you."

"Ah, young and promising man, sit down." The man pointed to a chair in a very capable manner.

"I'll go out first." Teacher He sent everyone to their seats and then turned around and left.

"What is your identity today?" The tone was gentle, but every word sounded like a leader interrogating.

"Is he an actor, or a program planner for Shanghai TV?"

"I came here as a representative of Tangren Film and Television." Zhang Yuan answered steadily.

Meeting the young man in front of him, Mr. Zhang nodded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

Not bad.

As soon as he speaks, you can tell he is a capable person.

"That actor named Hu Ge is very popular recently."

"I heard about it, too. It was quite a big fuss."

The other party is stating that he knows someone is deliberately hyping up the matter.

Zhang Yuan was not surprised that only a wise man could reach this position.

"It's quite popular, so even though the TV series has stopped filming, there are still many TV stations interested in it."

“But most of them are local third-tier TV stations.”

"I still want to fight for the opportunity to be broadcast on provincial TV stations like Mango TV."

"Yeah." Seeing his honesty, the other party chuckled and said, "I can consider it."

"But the broadcasting requirements here are very high, and there are dozens of TV series lined up."

"What reason do you have for me to consider your TV series where the male lead doesn't know when he will recover?"

This person is completely different from the relatively scholarly Li Ruigang, and speaks directly.

"Well, this is indeed a problem." Zhang Yuan did not shy away from it.

It's easy for local stations, but there are so many people vying for the broadcast time on provincial stations.

Especially for popular TV stations like Mango TV, the human brain can really beat out a dog brain.

But he didn't come empty-handed.

I already had a plan in mind.

"Mr. Zhang, I believe you can see that the show 'Come on! Good Man' that I planned for Shanghai TV is actually an imitation of your 'Super Girl'."

"Oh..."

He thought to himself, you are quite courageous, as you dare to mention that program openly in front of us.

“But Super Girl is actually an imported product.”

"Obviously a parody of American Idol."

Mr. Zhang did not deny it, but just listened to him continue.

Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, Zhang Yuan knew that he was interested in what he said.

“A lot of domestic variety shows are still at the imitation stage.”

"Since we are all imitating, let's imitate more." Zhang Yuan spread his hands.

“Have you ever heard of a British show called Wife Swap?”

"If translated into Chinese, it should be called "Swapping Wife"."

Zhang Huali immediately sat up straight: "We are a serious TV station."

"Don't bring in those bad habits from overseas!"

Zhang Yuan: ???
What are you thinking about?

Look how excited you are!
What did you hear that caused you to react so strongly?

This is not wife swapping.

It's not about wife swapping, it's about...oh, it's so exciting.

I'm talking about serious variety shows!

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, judging from your reaction, it seems that you are quite familiar with this activity.

He didn't explain, but introduced it directly.

"The content of this program is to have two families from different social classes, with the roles of the hostesses swapped."

“Go live in each other’s homes for a week.”

"They eat and live together, and even let the hostess do housework, shopping, and participate in the decision-making of major family matters just like the original owner."

Mr. Zhang listened carefully.

“You can imagine.”

"A wealthy wife worth tens of millions of pounds swaps lives with a slovenly single mother struggling on the poverty line."

"What kind of impact will it have on values ​​and outlook on life?"

“Even this one-week experience can change a person’s life.”

"Well, what you said makes sense." The other party understood what he meant.

"Doing this will definitely have a strong program effect, especially the contrast in life attitudes."

"Yes, it's like throwing a domestic cat into the jungle and bringing a wild cat back home," Zhang Yuan affirmed.

"But what's important is not only the process of the exchange, but also how the two people feel when they return to their original lives after experiencing the show."

“I think there will be a lot of thought-provoking topics.”

"Oh..." He nodded affirmatively.

It can also elevate content and themes.

interesting.

This person is a more "old-school" representative of the station.

What is old-school?
He is one of the leading actors in the currently filming "The Ming Dynasty 1566".

Compared to the idol dramas that are short, quick, and cost-effective and that are more popular among young people in the station, he prefers works with deeper content.

Compared with talent shows like "Super Girl", Zhang Yuan's "Wife Swapping" is obviously more profound and contains a core that focuses on social contradictions in microcosm.

Zhang Huali thought about it and thought that if he extended the theme to focus on the gap between social classes and understand the plight of the grassroots people.

If done well, it might even help your career.

Those who are engaged in political work must have a high level of ideological awareness.

I immediately thought of the level of social contradictions.

"The plan you mentioned is very interesting."

"But Chinese women hold up half the sky."

"We are not like the decadent capitalist countries where every family has a housewife."

"Moreover, Chinese families' homes are generally not as big as those in foreign countries, and the customs of getting along between men and women are more conservative."

"I think it's inappropriate to have women swap homes and live with other people's husbands."

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows. He was very sensitive to possible public opinion crises.

The ability to seek benefits and avoid harm is very strong.

“You don’t have to imitate it completely, you can change to other characters.”

"My husband has the same problem."

"When facing someone else's wife, it's easier for the audience to have bad associations."

Yes, that’s what Lu Xun said, seeing white arms…omitted here.

In short, when you see a woman living in someone else's home, your first reaction is to all those dirty things.

The Chinese people love to complain about these bad things the most.

"Yes, just like you said, neither the wife nor the husband is suitable."

"But we can change the exchange object to..."

"Child!" (End of this chapter)