Phil knew very well that if he followed the path of ordinary people, the chance of failure would be too high.
Although he has a large amount of funds at his disposal, in the path of ordinary people, this may not necessarily be an advantage, but may have the opposite effect.
There have been rich people who have participated in superhero talent shows before. By giving money to the program team, they can add scenes to themselves, ask the instructor to give higher evaluations, and let some contestants cooperate with his performance.
However, such behavior aroused resentment and resistance from the audience. Although it gained some popularity by burning money during the broadcast of the talent show, it failed to reach the second stage and lost its voice.
It has to be said that becoming a superhero not only requires money, popularity, but also strength. At least it needs to be liked by the public - no matter what type of liking it is.
After thinking about it, Phil felt that if he participated in a superhero selection show like others, he would be just following the same old path. Will the audience like him? It is a high probability that they will not like him.
Because if a rich person participates in the superhero selection, points will naturally be deducted.
Audiences prefer superheroes who are from the civilian class, have tragic life experiences, and show a strong sense of social responsibility.
Although Phil has fans, in the minds of the vast majority of the public, he is a playboy who does not do his job properly, which naturally gives people an "unreliable" feeling.
What's more, the motives of rich people participating in superhero drafts are obvious.
So Phil decided to take another path: personally fund a superhero talent show.
At present, the exclusive naming fees for several popular superhero talent shows have almost exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars.
Of course, the production costs of these talent shows are also extremely high.
Because superhero auditions are different from ordinary talent shows, in addition to regular venues, these superheroes also have to go to a lot of locations and have some arranged special events.
In addition, if a talent show is to be influential enough, it needs to hire superheroes who are well-known and influential enough to serve as mentors. The appearance fees for these people are sky-high.
Therefore, Phil has to spend at least 200 million dollars before his plan can succeed.
The risk of doing this is very huge. This price can obtain exclusive naming fees for many superhero talent shows, and the exclusive naming fees can provide a good advertising effect for the Simmons family's real estate business.
In other words, if you use this money to buy exclusive titles for other talent shows, you won’t lose much at all.
But Phil cannot name the name, at least not exclusively. On the one hand, this is because such an attitude is still obvious, which can easily arouse suspicion among the audience and affect the overall plan; on the other hand, because there is not enough interest, other people
Big conglomerates will never get involved.
Therefore, Phil's plan is to join forces with the two consortiums behind the most popular superhero talent show variety show and organize the variety show "Successor" in the name of these two consortiums.
On the surface, the Simmons family will completely disassociate themselves from the variety show "Succession" and will not name it, so even if some people think that there is a transfer of interests behind it, they will not think it is too much.
The two major consortiums are already competing fiercely in the field of superheroes. Let them jointly name the variety show "Successor", which will make this show gain extremely high popularity and attention before it is broadcast.
Spend.
For these two large consortiums, they can get the naming rights of a huge investment superhero talent show without any investment, worth at least tens of millions of dollars. Why should they refuse such a good thing that comes to their door?
The only thing Phil Simmons wants is that the production team of this variety show use his own people to ensure that the program develops according to the script he designed.
Phil will serve as a mentor on the variety show "Succession."
There are four mentors in the show. In addition to Phil, there is also a superhero, a superhero's golden agent, and the marketing director of the company behind the superhero.
The other three mentors are all well-known figures in the field of superheroes, and the entire meaning of their existence is to play alongside Phil and create an illusion for all audiences that "Phil and these people are on the same level."
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In fact, with Phil's ability and knowledge base, it is absolutely impossible for him to perform at exactly the same level as the other three instructors on this occasion.
But it doesn't matter, he has the script in his hand.
As long as he acts according to the script, Phil will be successful.
Phil has no experience in producing superhero talent show variety shows, but with big rewards, there must be brave men. As long as you are willing to spend enough money and hire the right people, then all these problems can be solved.
Not every top superhero is interested in being a mentor in such a variety show, because it is a bit like playing house for children, but as long as you give enough money, you can always find a suitable candidate.
After Phil spent a lot of money, "Successor" was entrusted to a very powerful TV station in Hope City for production, and auditions and filming were quickly put on the agenda.
The production of "Successor" is similar to other superhero talent show. The auditions are conducted normally. Potential newcomers who want to become superheroes are discovered from all over the country. Through a series of exercises and competitions, the final winner is determined.
There are only some innovations in the rules of the program: the rules of competition between instructors and team competition are adopted.
Four mentors formed a team by competing for people, and the four teams competed together to determine the final winner.
Based on this rule, Phil got the "second place" script.
The reason why the second place script was chosen was because the first place was too ostentatious. According to the arrangement of the script, the team formed by Phil will be a team that "doesn't seem to be strong, but is actually very strong".
In other words, this group of people will deliberately not perform so well during the audition, and at this time Phil will see the shining points in them and recruit them. In the formal team competition, these people will
The performance will be brand new, but there is still a certain gap in terms of hard power, so it is a pity that we lost and ended up in second place.
In this way, the audience will feel that this group of people is a group of people with mediocre qualifications, but under Phil's guidance, they all performed very well.
In the end, we got second place, not because of Phil as the instructor, but because the team members were too incompetent to lead.
In this way, most viewers will think that Phil is a playboy on the surface, but is actually a very capable person, on the same level as the other three bosses.
And this will lay a solid foundation for Phil's next plan.
Soon, "Successor" became a hit even before it aired just after releasing the list of mentors!
Among these lists are superheroes who have been famous for a long time, a top agent, and a director of the marketing department. All of them are industry insiders in the field of superheroes, and all of them have high reputations. But outside of these three people
, and there is even Phil Simmons, a well-known playboy and second-generation rich man with many fans on Twitter?
A voice of doubt immediately appeared on the Internet: Phil Simmons may have a good academic qualification and is the CEO of a company, but is he really qualified to be a mentor on this kind of program?
However, this voice of doubt was soon overshadowed, because the program team of "Successor" immediately announced the program's competition format: four mentors will compete among the contestants and start a team competition.
As a result, those viewers who had previously questioned Phil Simmons began to rejoice in his misfortune and wanted to wait to see Phil Simmons embarrass himself on the show.
Although the four tutors all have the same "enrollment quota", the best and most promising people will definitely be snatched away by the other three tutors. Phil can only pick up some crooked melons whose strength is one level lower.
Split dates.
When the time comes, the team battle will probably be one-sided, and Phil's team will undoubtedly become a point-gifting baby. I'm afraid it will be difficult to win even a small game.
So under this huge topic, the first episode of "Successor" was officially launched.