Chapter 380 'The Masked Singer' elimination round broadcast
Congzhu didn’t expect that Song Lili would choose kiwi fruit in the end.
In fact, she can also imagine that the price and sharing conditions of kiwi fruit are probably affordable by several other platforms.
What's more important is that Station G has an unusual relationship with Tongji Entertainment.
So after she didn't receive news of signing the contract that day, she gave up.
Of course, winning the copyright of "Bright Sword" is also a happy thing for her.
The only uncomfortable thing is that because of the leak of the news, the cost they paid this time has greatly increased.
According to the previous budget, the copyright fee of 300 million was already a sky-high price.
Now another 20% of advertising and membership fee sharing has been added in. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a huge investment.
It has been a long time since Kiwi has paid such a high price for the copyright of a drama.
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"Mr. Chi, do we still have to wait?"
In the capital, Chi Jiang, who had also not returned yet, felt a little bad when he heard his assistant's words.
"If nothing else happens, Song Lili should choose to cooperate with Kiwi."
Chi Jiang sighed helplessly.
Tudou Video doesn’t have that much money, so it’s obviously impossible.
As for Penguin, they are not willing to promise a profit-sharing contract to the show. There has never been such a precedent before.
If we rely solely on copyright fees, we will definitely not be able to compete with G Station and Kiwi.
But now that he hasn't received a call from Song Lili, naturally the only thing left is kiwi fruit.
"Logically speaking, the conditions that Kiwi and the others can offer cannot be much better than mine."
Chi Jiang also felt a little strange. It seems that Station G has a great advantage this time.
In the end, we still couldn’t win against Strange Country.
In the past, it was because of insufficient budget that we often failed to grab the three major platforms.
Now that I have money, the result is still the same.
"Mr. Chi, didn't Tongji Entertainment also participate in investing in this drama?"
"Should we go and talk to Xu Ji?"
The assistant said.
Chi Jiang was stunned for a moment, but then he shook his head.
"The reason why Tongji Entertainment only invested but didn't participate much in the filming and production of the drama is because they didn't want to spend too much energy."
"The main decision-making power for this drama is probably still in the hands of Song Lili, so it's better not to waste this effort."
Even though he said this, Chi Jiang actually had some speculations in his heart at this time.
They have been cooperating with Tongji Entertainment for a year or two.
Although the main person in charge of this "Bright Sword" is director Song Lili and his company.
But he doesn't believe that Tongji Entertainment and Xu Ji's position in it are unimportant.
Regarding the choice of platform, if Tongji Entertainment did not agree, then it would be impossible for Song Lili to make the decision on his own.
Unless Song Lili doesn’t want to cooperate with Tongji Entertainment anymore and doesn’t want to get Xu Ji’s scripts again.
From this point of view, Tongji Entertainment tacitly approved the decision to choose Kiwi instead of G station.
Chi Jiang also felt that Tongji Entertainment had indeed deliberately avoided them in this matter.
When something like this happened, Chi Jiang could only feel a little helpless.
After all, Station G has indeed taken a lot of advantages in its cooperation with Tongji Entertainment.
Otherwise, we would not have gradually caught up with the three major video platforms and competed with them in just one or two years.
There are actually some opinions from the senior management of G station.
Mainly because of the contract signed at the beginning. Station G wanted to get the exclusive copyright of Tongji Entertainment, and the price it paid was quite high.
Every drama Tongji Entertainment carries no risks.
Even if it is not popular, you will not lose money, the risk is all on G station.
Including the membership fee and advertising share, it is a considerable expense.
Therefore, many people are actually a little reluctant to part with it, and at the same time they also have the idea of changing the contract.
Chi Jiang is also a little helpless. Of course he knows that the reason why the number of members of Station G can increase so fast is because of Tongji Entertainment.
But the senior management did not have such an idea, and still felt that Station G should not be so humble and sign such a contract.
This time regarding the copyright issue of "Bright Sword", it is very likely that Tongji Entertainment is trying to beat them.
Of course, Chi Jiang himself was just guessing.
Although it is a pity, Chi Jiang feels that this is better.
To prevent some senior executives from G station from having their own ideas.
If the contract is really changed, it will be equivalent to driving Tongji Entertainment out.
At that time, it may not have a big impact on Tongji Entertainment, but it will be miserable for Station G.
If possible, Chi Jiang has always been in charge of continuing the cooperation with Tongji Entertainment.
When the first contract was signed, the period was three years, which means that next year, the cooperation between the two parties will expire.
If the senior management is unwilling to come up with corresponding conditions, no matter how powerful Chi Jiang is, he doesn't think he can convince Tongji Entertainment to continue to cooperate with them.
The most important thing is that these paid members of G station are actually here for these dramas produced by Xu Ji.
However, Tongji Entertainment has left, and new dramas will no longer be broadcast on G station. It is estimated that it will not be far before G station is brought back to its original shape.
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At the same time, not long after Cong Zhu returned to the company, Hu Lei came to the door.
Now Hu Lei has been almost completely eliminated, and the actual control of the entire company is in the hands of the vice president Cong Zhu.
I don’t know why, even though this is the case, the board of directors still has no plans to replace Hu Lei from the position of president.
"From the vice president, I heard that you spent 300 million in copyright fees to buy a drama?"
"You also promised that 20% of the copyrights from subsequent membership fees will be divided?"
"You also unconditionally pre-purchased the rights to three dramas from Song Lili Company in advance?"
"What on earth are you doing? I didn't even know about such a contract in advance."
"And isn't this kind of treaty just giving money to the other party?"
As soon as he entered Congzhu's office, Hu Lei directly questioned Sanlian.
However, Congzhu ignored the other party's plan and after reading the documents in his hand in an orderly manner, he raised his head.
"Any questions?"
"I should be solely responsible for this aspect of work."
"If Mr. Hu has any opinions, you can report them to the board of directors."
Previously, Hu Lei was favored by the board of directors, and he adopted dictatorial management of the entire Kiwi.
But now, Hu Lei is a completely ignored CEO, and Cong Zhu will naturally not be afraid of him.
"Of course I will report it to the board of directors."
"I believe they won't let you do this."
"This has seriously damaged the company's interests."
Hu Lei finished speaking angrily and turned around to leave.
"Congzhu, are you okay?"
The assistant couldn't help but ask.
Congzhu’s expression remains unchanged.
"Let him be."
"He just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to regain management rights."
"I still know this little trick."
"Don't worry about it. What we need now is to properly plan the promotion and distribution of "Bright Sword"."
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In Chengdu, Xu Ji had just returned from recording the latest episode of "The Masked Singer", and then went to record Tongji Entertainment's own program "Xu Ji Concert".
Xu Ji did not bother with other things, but started filming the remaining scenes of "Operation Red Sea".
At the same time, "The Masked Singer"'s official Weibo, which had been silent for several months, finally posted a new update.
Announcing that the latest episode of the program will be broadcast soon.
In fact, many viewers have almost forgotten that there is such a program.
However, while announcing the broadcast of the new program, the popularity is still high.
It went directly to the top of the trending searches on Weibo.
"Damn it, the director actually remembers this show?"
"After waiting for such a long time, the new episode is finally about to be aired!"
"Can this show be filmed? Why are the intervals between episodes getting longer and longer?"
"I almost forgot. At this rate, I don't know when we will know the true identity of the Faceless Man."
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Obviously, many people did not expect it at all.
This program, which has been silent for so long, will suddenly announce that a new episode will be broadcast again.
At the same time, the audience obviously had a lot of complaints about the program being delayed for such a long time.
But it didn’t take long for the program’s preview to pique the audience’s interest again.
Starting from this episode, "The Masked Singer" has officially entered the knockout stage.
In other words, there will be no new replacement singers in the future.
The time for the Faceless Man to be revealed is getting closer and closer.
This is naturally great news for netizens.
The true identity of the Faceless Man has been guessed by everyone since the first episode of the show.
As a result, there is still no obvious candidate.
Xiong Lu has always insisted from the beginning that the faceless man is Xu Ji.
But after the special performance of China Style in the last issue, I began to doubt my own judgment.
By this time, Xiong Lu was also tired and too lazy to guess whether these things existed or not.
Anyway, according to the follow-up process announced by the program, there should be at most a few more episodes, and the true identities of all the final contestants will be revealed.
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After several days of promotion, the program "The Masked Singer" was finally aired as scheduled over the weekend.
"Front row!"
"The wait is finally here!"
"I feel that it is very refreshing to hear the new songs of Wu Mian and Xu Ji in this program."
"I always feel that in the finals, Yu Feifei will face the Faceless Man. Wouldn't that be equivalent to Xu Ji competing with the Faceless Man?"
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Obviously, for most viewers, the biggest highlight of this show is the competition between two talented songwriters, Xu Ji and the Masked Man.
Although Xu Ji did not come to participate in the show, it is no longer a secret that the contestant Miss Rabbit’s true identity is Yu Feifei.
And since Yu Feifei is now an artist of Tongji Entertainment and will participate in the show, it is very likely that she will sing an original song written by Xu Ji for her in this episode.
In addition, under the aura of Xu Ji and Faceless Man, other players naturally do not receive that much attention.
"Welcome to our "Masked Singer" show."
"Starting from this episode, our program will enter the final knockout stage."
"The final champion will be decided among the six singers in this issue!"
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With the host's appearance, the program also began to introduce the current contestants.
The first is this program, which is also the last replacement singer of "The Masked Singer", a male singer robot wearing a cartoon robot mask.
The second appearance was the replacement singer from last issue. With an original Chinese-style new song, he successfully made the audience remember the singer Tu Tu, but could not guess his name.
Then came Wu Xiaomin, who had the worst reputation on the show and had been scolded in previous episodes for not being human.
Although he was wearing a mask at this time, his identity was basically no longer a secret and had long been exposed by the audience.
When Wu Xiaomin appeared on the stage, many clown icons floated across the barrage.
Since the last episode of the program, Wu Xiaomin has become the object of ridicule by many people.
Of course, in fact, the reason why he is so hated by others is not only his arrogant personality, but also his idiotic fans who swipe the screen everywhere.
The fourth is the Redeemer, who is also a contestant in the first episode of the show. Like the Faceless Man, no one can guess his true identity until now.
The fifth one is Yu Feifei. Originally, Yu Feifei’s reputation and popularity are not very high, so she is only at the second-tier level.
But since she joined Tongji Entertainment, and with the blessing of Xu Ji’s several songs, and even appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, she has now successfully become a first-line singer.
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In terms of popularity and popularity, compared with a few months ago, it is no longer at the same level.
It can be seen from the crowd of fans who appeared in the barrage to support.
Of course, the first five contestants put together are not as good as the faceless man who appeared at the end.
As soon as the faceless man with a slightly weird mask appeared on the scene, the barrage of the show suddenly increased countless times.
With this show alone, the number of fans of Faceless Man on Weibo has exceeded 10 million. Such an achievement is unique in the entire history of the Chinese entertainment industry.
After each contestant appeared, the program officially began to introduce the rules of the knockout round.
It’s the same as before, the only difference is that this time we choose a two-player battle.
"Six players will draw lots to determine the right to choose their opponents first."
"In the end, two pairs form a group and become opponents."
"The voting rule is still that one hundred media judges will vote."
"After all three groups of contestants have finished their performances, the person with the highest net score will be directly promoted, and the person with the lowest net score will be directly eliminated."
"The remaining four people have entered the finals and have yet to reserve their seats."
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When the audience listened to the rules this time, they also found that the rules this time were obviously much more complicated than before.
In addition to the singer's own strength and the number of votes received, the opponent is also very important.
If both parties are very strong, it is not easy to get a direct promotion spot.
The greater the gap in strength between the two competing singers, the more likely it is that the final net winning score will be the largest.
To sum up, in fact, drawing lots determines the priority, making the final elimination and direct promotion uncertain.