Chapter 320: Transformation and Sharing Pork
【2nd night, try to 3rd night】
Xu Kun arrived in Changsha on August 8th.
He plans to stay in Changsha for two days. After finishing negotiations with Mango TV, he will take a flight on the evening of the 29th to Beijing to attend the domestic premiere of "The Banquet".
Although he came this time under the pretext of campaigning for Jiang Yiyan, his main purpose was actually to find out how likely he was to win the Best Actor award.
When he came to "Happy Camp" to promote his show at the beginning of the year, the reception was already very grand.
This time there is another super double.
The director of Mango TV personally came out to entertain him and praised several projects he managed at LeTV, especially "Seeing Words as Faces" and the introduction of a Korean girl group.
It has to be said that Mango TV's sensitivity to the market is indeed better than other TV stations.
Now most people are paying attention to Xu Kun's huge success in "Lost on Journey" and are trying their best to crack the traffic code.
Mango TV, on the other hand, was keenly aware of Xu Kun's operations at LeTV.
"We at Hunan Satellite TV have noticed the booming development of the Korean entertainment industry since 04, so we have been trying to introduce Korean TV dramas, and last year's "Dae Jang Geum" is a typical example.
In addition to film and television dramas, we are actually also very interested in Korean idol groups and once thought about introducing them to China.
But Director Xu, you also know that the system is not as open as Internet companies after all, and many things are restricted. We are like a temple in a snail shell, and we can’t show our talents.”
Listening to Director Ouyang's complaints, Xu Kun laughed and said, "As the saying goes, 'real skills are revealed in a small space'. Being able to make a good and strong dojo in a snail shell is real ability. Under the leadership of Director Ouyang, Hunan Satellite TV has made rapid progress in recent years and is almost on par with CCTV..."
"Don't dare say that!"
Director Ouyang quickly waved his hand and said, "Compared with CCTV, we still have many shortcomings, but we have been absorbing experience from all aspects and striving to seek innovation and change when conditions permit."
After speaking in such an official tone, Director Ouyang invited Xu Kun to watch Mango TV's upcoming flagship variety show "Super Boy", and asked him to give some opinions and suggestions on it.
However, after watching two episodes, Xu Kun couldn't help but fall into silence.
In the end, he only gave one suggestion: "The overall age should be raised again, and it is best to choose rural children who have already attended high school."
As a result, this suggestion was immediately refuted by the program team, with the reason being that there are almost no high schools in poor areas, and that students have to go to high schools in towns or counties at least, so the contrast would not be so strong.
Moreover, older rural children will be more restrained in their emotions and more resistant to some of the program team's requirements, so the effect of the program presented will inevitably be greatly reduced.
According to the program team, not only can the age not be raised, but if the second season is to be filmed, it would be better to lower it.
Xu Kun also knew that the show would be more effective if it were performed by teenagers.
But the half-grown child has not yet established a sound outlook on life, and you suddenly move him from a poor mountainous area to a city to enjoy the comfortable life of a wealthy family...
If you don't handle this properly, it will ruin a person.
If this happens, the program's reputation will definitely suffer a backlash, and the TV station may even be "attacked".
However, when these reminders came to his lips, Xu Kun stopped himself.
Firstly, I don't want to talk too much with people I just met. Secondly, even if there is no "Super Boy", the impact of the rich-poor gap will inevitably occur once smartphones become popular in a few years.
Coupled with the model parents advocated by experts and scholars, young people are more likely to have an unbalanced mentality.
Xu Kun felt this deeply while in the trading hall.
Before smartphones became popular, there were many people in the call center complaining about their original families, mostly about domestic violence, divorced parents who ignored them, and being poorly clothed and hungry. Xu Kun was in a similar situation, so everyone could empathize with each other.
The result was inexplicable and I began to hate my parents for being neither officials nor the first generation of rich people.
Upon closer inquiry, it was found that they had never been abused. They were just scolded when they spent money recklessly and beaten when they did something wrong. A few casual quarrels between their parents over trivial matters became an indelible childhood trauma for them.
This made it impossible for Xu Kun to empathize.
After Xu Kun fell silent again, the atmosphere became a little awkward.
This made Director Ouyang quite regretful. He originally thought that Xu Kun also put entertainment first because he was doing fan marketing and introducing Korean girl groups.
That's why they brought out Mango TV's latest masterpiece and asked Xu Kun to comment on it, and at the same time brought up the proposal for the two sides to work together.
But I didn't expect Xu Kun to react like this.
He quickly tried to smooth things over, "You should still listen carefully to Director Xu's advice. It would be best to re-evaluate and take measures in advance to avoid unexpected events."
Then he smiled at Xu Kun and said, "No wonder Director Xu was able to produce a program like "Seeing Words as Faces". If this kind of ideological awareness is not incorporated into our system, it would be a waste of talent."
Xu Kun also laughed and said, "Haha, Mr. Han Sanping also said so, but I am more accustomed to a more free and easy life."
After this episode, Director Ouyang was reluctant to mention any cooperation for a while.
He personally hosted a dinner for Xu Kun at noon, and in the afternoon a director came out to receive him and introduced Xu Kun to the 'Golden Eagle Award Organizing Committee'.
Because the Golden Eagle Awards have always been hosted and broadcast live by Mango TV, many people think that the Golden Eagle Awards were created by Mango TV, but in fact, the real decision makers are the "China Television Association" and the "China Federation of Literary and Art Circles."
However, Mango TV is both the organizer and an important financial sponsor, so its voice is getting bigger and bigger. This time's 'Golden Eagle Goddess' is just a gimmick created by Mango TV.
Communicating with the organizing committee was simpler and easier than Xu Kun had imagined, because the leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles who presided over the selection event was an old friend of Teacher Liu Heng.
Under the coordination of this leader, Jiang Yiyan's withdrawal from the Golden Eagle Goddess competition and her nomination for the Audience Favorite Actress Award were easily accomplished.
However, the organizing committee also secretly put forward conditions, requiring Liu Shishi to cooperate with the organizing committee and try to hype up the momentum as much as possible - of course, legally and in compliance with regulations - and strive to make the "Golden Eagle Goddess" an important award that is no less important than the Best Actor and Best Actress.
It can be seen that the Golden Eagle Awards Organizing Committee and Mango TV are quite ambitious.
However, the way they shared the pork in a pancake made Xu Kun not optimistic about the future of the Golden Eagle Awards.
As for Xu Kun's greatest concern for Best Actor, the leader of the Arts Association revealed privately that the current biggest competitor of "Zhu Yuanzhang" is last year's "Drawing Sword" - the Golden Eagle Awards have been changed to a biennial award since 04.
At present, within the organizing committee, Li Youbin's voice is clearly more popular.
Therefore, the leaders of the Literary Association suggested that Xu Kun go look for Zhang Guoli first.
Zhang Guoli's works in the past two years do not quite meet the criteria for selecting Best Actor, but due to his extremely high popularity, he and Xu Kun were selected for the 'Golden Eagle Award's Most Popular Actor and Actress Awards'.
Although this prize is also a prize of sharing pork, it is still quite significant because it is a single choice, with only one man and one woman each time.
If Xu Kun wants to win the Best Actor award, he might as well give up this benefit in exchange for Zhang Guoli's support. Zhang's influence in the TV drama industry is no less than that of the three major directors in the film industry.
With Zhang Guoli's support, the inclination within the organizing committee can be influenced. Even if Li Youbin cannot be completely overwhelmed, at least he can be on equal terms with him.
(End of this chapter)
