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Chen Duling explained, "Mango TV was too poor, so the variety show department paid high salaries to poach some people from Mango TV."

Director Wei: “…”

Okay, that's one way to do it.

And it’s a tried and tested method.

Money really can do anything.

Apart from anything else, Mango TV does have a lot of internal talent.

"After recruiting them, they planned to produce a variety show similar to 'Goodbye Lover', tentatively named 'Goodbye Friends'. As the name suggests, the show plans to invite three pairs of friends whose friendships have broken up to participate in the show. It would be best if they were famous stars, and the kind with a big splash like BE."

Chen Duling stopped talking here.

But Director Wei, Boss Yang and Nicholas Tse all understood.

This show wants the guests to be famous, and the friendships between them to break down, preferably with a grand funeral...

The combination of Nicholas Tse and Teacher Chen is simply a match made in heaven.

Unfortunately, although it fits, it is too inhumane.

Chen Duling added, "Boss, as far as I know, the Variety Department's offer is quite high, starting at seven figures. Mango TV only offered a few hundred thousand."

Mango production is notoriously poor.

This is no secret in the industry.

In comparison, Station A is much more generous.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to successfully poach people from Mango TV.

Chen Duling added this sentence, naturally to say that the program crew actually intended to pay, and it was not for free for Nicholas Tse.

However, Director Wei still said solemnly, "Tingfeng isn't short of money, and there are plenty of guest candidates. Just pass on the pairing of Tingfeng and Teacher Chen. Brother Tingfeng, I apologize to you. The people below are too unscrupulous in pursuit of KPIs."

Nicholas Tse started to panic and waved his hands, saying, "Director Wei, I initially thought this was your intention. Since you don't know, I'm just being unreasonable."

Director Wei shook his head and said, "It's true that the people below went too far. Put yourself in your shoes. If I were you, I'd feel disgusted too. Brother Tingfeng, how about this? I'll reserve a role for you in the new film as compensation."

After a pause, Director Wei looked at Wen Yongshan and baby again, and something moved his heart.

"Dudu, this show is planning to invite three pairs of friends whose friendships have broken up?"

"Correct."

"Reserve a pair of seats for Janice and baby to help Janice deepen her fame in the mainland."

As Director Wei finished speaking, everyone in the Yinghuang faction showed joy on their faces.

The fact that Director Wei can do this shows that he really didn’t know about this before.

If it weren't for being in the wrong, Yinghuang would not be qualified to ask Director Wei for compensation.

Boss Yang chuckled and said, "Director Wei, I won't be polite then."

"You are welcome."

Director Wei didn't take it seriously.

Although his subordinates were a bit unscrupulous in order to achieve their KPIs, Director Wei did not intend to criticize them.

This is the kind of employee the boss wants who strives for performance.

Not only did Director Wei not intend to criticize, he also intended to give an assist.

"If the guests for the show 'Goodbye Friends' are well chosen, it is very likely to become a hit."

Haven’t you seen that the show “Goodbye Love” became a huge hit because it invited Mai Lin, a little-known housewife?

A low-cost batch.

But Station A has money, so it doesn't need to gamble on such low probabilities and amateurs.

When a program is recruiting investors, it is easier to attract investment if big stars participate.

"Send invitations to Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Liu Shishi, and others to participate in this program."

Director Wei smiled slightly. "We can arrange the cast in any way we want. We'll hire the best. The relationships between them all meet the requirements for a truly spectacular BE, and they're all easy to attract investment."

Chen Duling: "...Boss, they are indeed the chosen guests, but the program team's budget can't afford them. They are too expensive."

Director Wei was unconcerned: "We can convert the announcement fee into investment shares. If any of them participate, the production team will give them a share of the final profits. They are all top stars who want to establish themselves as strong women, so there will definitely be people willing to take the risk. Their fame and popularity are there, so we won't lose out."

Even if it's just for Director Wei's sake, there are definitely people willing to do it in order to get closer to Station A.

Money is hard to earn and shit is hard to eat, but the effect of a hit variety show is real.

Moreover, compared to the blood feud between Nicholas Tse and Teacher Chen that is impossible to reconcile, their conflicts are actually nothing in the face of money.

Let the audience enjoy the fun and make money together, why not do it?

PS: Everyone, please be patient. The magic changes will not be abandoned. At most, the updates will be slower. After the status is adjusted, I will try to speed up the updates and strive to break 300 chapters this month.

Chapter 294 Before Dawn, Your Circle is Really Chaotic

"Boss, are you serious? This means the investment and resources for this variety show will be increased. The production team originally planned to invite a pair of amateur guests."

When a platform launches a project for a drama or variety show, there will be an internal rating.

Different ratings correspond to different resources. The original variety show "Goodbye Friends" was just a project to snipe Mango TV. The internal rating was not high and it was just a low-cost variety show.

After all, the other party's "Goodbye, Lover" has a lower cost.

But if Director Wei does this, the costs will rise sharply and the internal resource allocation will also change, which is actually not a small matter.

Director Wei didn't care about this.

"Low costs have their own cost-effectiveness, and high investments have their own returns. We're not Mango TV, so there's no need to be stingy. It's not that easy to find a congenitally gifted variety show physique. Everything depends on luck, so minimizing risks as much as possible is the best way. Besides, if you do as I say, our investment won't be high."

Before Mylin became "crazy popular", who could have thought that she, an ordinary person, could become the heroine of the show?

This situation was purely a matter of luck. The program crew certainly didn't expect this result when they invited her.

Station A is now a big company, so there is no need to rely on luck when doing things.

You need luck in gambling only when you have no money.

When you have money, it is important to reduce risks.

Stars with huge traffic represent low risk.

In fact, among the guests selected for the fourth season of "Goodbye, Love", the production team initially envisioned the celebrity couple Huang Shengyi and Yangzi as the ones who would reduce the risk. After all, they are the most well-known.

It’s just that the production team was extremely lucky and picked up a chosen variety show star.

Let everyone become a foil.

The probability of this is not much different from winning the lottery.

After all, the program team didn’t win any prizes in the first three seasons.

With only a few hundred thousand yuan in announcement fees, we achieved a result worth hundreds of millions yuan.

This is beyond envy.

So Director Wei was too lazy to learn.

Even if I learn it, I won’t be able to learn it well.

The risk is still great.

Once an ordinary person becomes the center of public opinion, he or she is far more uncontrollable than a celebrity.

"Amateurs appearing on variety shows will be the trend of the future. After all, the announcement fees of amateurs are much cheaper than those of celebrities. But in the future, Station A's variety shows should try to invite fewer amateurs." Director Wei instructed.

Chen Duling was a little surprised: "Boss, the higher-ups are actually advocating for variety shows to invite more amateurs so that amateurs can have fun with celebrities."

Director Wei shook his head and said, "The consequences of Metamorphosis are uncontrollable, and the same is true when an ordinary person becomes the center of public opinion. If they go viral, it's fine, at most it's like Fan Jin passing the imperial examination. But if they become the kind of black-and-white celebrity who's condemned by the entire internet... it's hard to guarantee they'll have the mental strength to withstand it. If someone has a mental breakdown, even their personal safety will be in jeopardy. None of us can afford such consequences. There's no need to take such a risk, no matter how small."

This is a low-probability event.

But it's definitely not impossible.

Once it happens, it's the difference between 0% and 100%.

Director Wei didn't want to take this risk.

I don't want to bear such a responsibility.

Ordinary people and celebrities are actually two different species.

Anyone who chooses to be a star is actually choosing to accept criticism from public opinion. No star is praised by everyone, not even Andy Lau.

Mixed praise and criticism is the norm.

The money they earn includes money from being scolded.

Therefore, Director Wei and other investors do not need to be responsible for the safety of the stars.

To put it bluntly, if celebrities develop depression due to cyberbullying, it only shows that they lack professional qualities.

But once an ordinary person suffers from depression due to cyberbullying, the nature of the situation immediately changes.

Compared to the stress-resistance of celebrities, ordinary people can easily break down.

If someone commits suicide, no one can bear the consequences.

If Director Wei were the director of a variety show featuring amateurs, he wouldn't dare to edit them in a bad way.

But even if they don't become more serious, given the current Internet environment, they will still be subjected to various kinds of judgment.

Moreover, the amateur guests are of varying quality.

It is difficult to guarantee that their moral character is impeccable.

Netizens’ criticisms are often based on facts.

But being realistic does not mean that the parties involved will accept it.

If they collapse...

Even if the law does not punish the majority, the higher-ups will definitely take action against your program.

And you will definitely bear this pressure yourself.

Director Wei is more afraid of this consequence than making money.

But for many in the industry, making money is the most important thing.

Therefore, it is definitely a trend for ordinary people to participate in variety shows.

After all, they are so cheap.

Moreover, celebrities also have the power to review films.

Particularly popular stars can even decide the final edited version.

Amateurs don't have this power.

This is also one of the reasons why major variety shows like to invite amateur guests.

When it comes to popular stars, few program teams have enough autonomy.

Even Station A won’t work, because Station A is Station A, the variety show department is the variety show department, and a certain variety show is a certain variety show.

The platform will not become enemies with a popular star just for the sake of a certain variety show.

Once we follow Director Wei's suggestion and invite those popular female stars to participate, they will definitely review the film before the show airs.

They would definitely not behave like Mai Lin did.

Invisibly, there are fewer explosive points.

The secretary, who was naturally knowledgeable, reminded him, "Boss, if you invite Liu Yifei and the others, the editing rights won't belong to the production team. They're so concerned about their image that they definitely won't let the truly explosive scenes leak. Not to mention if you're going to give them a share of the investment, their hands will be stretched even further. It'll be hard for the show to have any conflicts or explosive moments."

Director Wei laughed, "It was written into the contract ahead of time. Final editing rights belong to the production team, and they only have the right to review the film. We'll invite whoever agrees; it's not a must. If no one agrees, we'll invite someone else. There are so many celebrities in the entertainment industry with their own grudges, and no one is irreplaceable. The 'stabbing cult' would be a great candidate, and it's cheap." It's just that the person being stabbed, Yin Xiaotian, is so low-profile and petty that he doesn't even dare to confront such a serious feud head-on. Such guests clearly don't have the potential to be a great variety show.

In this respect, he's not as good as Zhou Jie. He dares to directly fuck Lin Xinru. It's a pity that this pairing will definitely not be invited.

Princess Ziwei is not so stupid as to offer herself to others.

Unless she and Zhou Jie agree to clear their names together.