This is also the area with the most developed entertainment industry in China.
A woman in her thirties, thin, with bright eyes and short hair was looking at the project on the big screen in a large office.
There were more than twenty people sitting on both sides of her, all holding pens and taking notes carefully.
Her name is Yang Xiaoyue, she is a serious graduate host who graduated from a major, but she accidentally entered the ranks of directors.
When she was in college, a variety show called "Idol Girls" left a deep impression on her. The female idols who emerged from this show are still active in the Chinese music scene.
Now, as the popularity of China's domestic talent shows continues to increase.
Its largest video network company: "Arrogant Penguin" is going to create a girl group talent show and hired her as the chief director of the show.
For this show, she also found her old partner, Sun Miao, a screenwriter with rich experience.
As the explanation of the project was completed, Yang Xiaoyue turned around and faced everyone, her sharp eyes passing over the faces of everyone present: "Everyone, we have been planning this show for six months, and we must give the audience what they want to see.
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When Sun Miao saw her old partner looking at her, she said calmly: "Young people today do not lack material conditions, but they lack a goal to move forward, or even a kind of motivation."
She tapped the pencil in her hand habitually, and continued: "Our program is to create a dream for them that can inspire them to move forward."
Yang Xiaoyue said with a smile: "Yes, as Editor-in-Chief Sun said, everyone should have seen 'The Truman Show'. This is a reality show story told in a movie, while we use a variety show to tell a reality show.
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Many people present sneered at Yang Xiaoyue's statement.
The Truman Show, you actually called such a great movie a "reality show"
Anyone who comes to do a "reality show" is someone who can't make it in the film and television industry.
Naturally, Yang Xiaoyue would not know what these people were thinking.
She said with confidence: "In this program, we want to control one person's life, and at the same time, we want to control the emotions of hundreds of millions of viewers in front of the screen, and create a beautiful dream in front of their eyes."
Sun Miao continued: "Compared to the 'perfect idols' created by brokerage companies, young people prefer to 'cultivate idols' because they prefer to see the real side of people."
"Editor Sun, you have said so much, how do you write the script for the beginning of this show?" A screenwriter raised his own question in this regard.
"There is no need for a script to start the show." Sun Miao answered extremely seriously.
"You don't need a script? How can these little idols act? In other words, what are we editors doing here?" The screenwriter looked puzzled.
Also puzzled were everyone present.
"This show is different from the previous reality shows. What you have to do is to write interesting things after watching the various performances of these little idols in the show." Sun Miao explained.
Another screenwriter suddenly said: "I understand, this is the same as we need to write stories about a group of people to experience life, and then write attractive stories."
"That's right, so we don't need a script at the beginning, because they haven't started living here yet, and you can't write about the competition." Sun Miao spread her hands and laughed.
"After that, what we have to do is to guide them to look like the audience wants to see, so that the audience will feel like family towards them, and then form a sense of mission."
"This sense of mission is also the reason why fans are willing to spend time, energy and money to 'grow' them."
Sun Miao further explained the role of screenwriters in this show.
"Everyone also listened to Editor-in-Chief Sun's explanation just now, so the most difficult thing about our program is how to get the audience involved in the first place, that is, to find young idols who can attract people." Yang Xiaoyue said the core of today's meeting.
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"I'm afraid it's not that easy to find people who make people feel interesting! If there were, they would be trained by their respective companies, and they would have become famous artists long ago." Someone said.
"You are wrong about this. Recently, I followed Director Yang and contacted hundreds of companies, and more than tens of thousands of girls entered this industry." Lu Feng, the leader of the art group, said.
He is responsible for contacting artist managers and negotiating schedules and prices.
"So many? Why haven't I seen them before?" Some people were extremely surprised.
"The entire entertainment market is not easy to do now. Many girl groups are essentially tools used by small companies to make quick money. The quality of their members is hard to describe," Lu Feng said with a wry smile.
"I thought they were all like a girl group from the Peninsula Country!"
"Haha, the women's teams in the Peninsula are essentially similar to ours. What you can see is that they select the best from hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of trainees."
Lu Feng was deeply touched during this period. He never thought that there would be such a large number of "girl group" members in China.
"So their singing and dancing skills are just average."
"Most of them are average. If you think about it, if a girl has a good figure, looks good, can dance better, and sings well, such a person is an extremely high-quality talent. If she was engaged in the entertainment industry, she would have been scouted by big companies long ago.
Gone." Lu Feng felt for a moment that high-quality idols were hard to find.
Everyone fell into silence for a while. As the saying goes, "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice." Even if they are good, if the artists who are the core of the show are not good, then the show is destined to fail.
"Don't be so frustrated. You have too high expectations for the people we want to recruit." "We want them to be smooth, sing like beauty, and dance like poetry."
Yang Xiaoyue began to adjust the atmosphere, her elegant face always filled with a smile.
When everyone heard what the chief director said, they all laughed.
"The little idols we want only need to be qualified in basic singing and dancing. Of course, the higher the technical level, the better. Those who can't sing and dance must also be beautiful and can be used as backgrounds and stepping stones." Yang Xiaoyue set the tone for the selection.
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"Now that everyone knows our selection criteria, in order to make our audience think they are good, we must work hard on the stage and choreography, and the work of the sound engineer will also be harder." Yang Xiaoyue continued with a smile.
The people in charge of the camera team, technical team, and post-production team all stated that they must complete the tasks assigned by the company.
After the meeting, Yang Xiaoyue and Sun Miao did not leave the conference room.
"Miaomiao, how are you preparing the initial script for the show?"
If these words were heard by the people who just attended the meeting, they would definitely be shocked. Just now Yang Xiaoyue clearly said that there is no script, but now...
"It's ready, but your "drag" hasn't been determined yet!"
"It's hard to find them. The professional quality of these little idols is worrying, and there are also some inexplicable people at the top of the company."
Yang Xiaoyue sighed, she was not as confident as before in front of her friends.
"There is no way. Although this program is not well-known, it is also produced by Penguin with a lot of money. It is inevitable that some related households will crowd in." Sun Miao comforted.
"In this show, we not only want to deceive all the young idols who participate, but also our staff." Yang Xiaoyue lowered her voice.
"Let all of them be immersed in it, and really think that they are creating a national idol. Only when the feelings of both parties are real can the audience feel that it is real." Yang Xiaoyue's eyes flashed with ambition.
"I will try my best." Sun Miao did not dare to confirm.
"Okay, do your best!" Yang Xiaoyue smiled: "Miaomiao, you go back first! I have to report to the company what happened at the meeting."
"That's good!" The woman with a bookish air between her brows smiled slightly.