"Singing your songs on the rooftops, on the rooftops..."
Go through it once.
An Lan has been studying this song for quite some time.
Han Zhou certainly knows how to sing this song very well and has the ability to get into the role.
But after the recording, An Lan was puzzled: "Why do I feel that your singing of this song has a bit of slurred sound, like... the sound when you sang "Sunny Day"."
"Haha, really?" Han Zhou: "This type of song is suitable for singing like this."
An Lan: "Now that the song is recorded, let's leave early."
This time, Han Zhou came to Yanjing not just to record a song with An Lan.
Another very important thing is to discuss business with Yanjingtai.
To be precise, he came to visit the new director of Yanjing TV.
…
Han Zhou was carrying a lot of bags, and An Lan and Han Zhou were introducing the new director of Yanjing TV.
If it was the previous station director, relying on Han Zhou and An Lan's previous relationship in "Tomorrow's Superstar", it might be a better idea to meet with the variety show director and ask him to help with the introduction.
But this director was parachuted in.
Therefore, the two of them came to visit directly as cooperative partners.
The things he brought were not valuables, but he heard that the new director had twins at home and both children liked cars.
Toy car.
An Lan went upstairs, rang the doorbell, and waited.
An aunt opened the door: "Who are you?"
An Lan smiled: "Hello, we are here to visit Master Lu."
"I made an appointment with Director Lu."
Auntie was puzzled: "Mr. didn't say anything, then... come in."
Auntie led Han Zhou and An Lan to the reception room.
Then two cups of tea were served.
Then the person left.
Han Zhou looked around.
Seeing the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, he took a deep breath and said, "This is not going to be easy."
An Lan was puzzled.
Han Zhou explained: "Anyone who is confused by the wall is treacherous and cunning."
“Anyone who has a slogan on his wall that says ‘the sea embraces all rivers’ is a narrow-minded person.”
"Anyone who has the word 'quiet' on the wall is the first to rush into a fight. They can't even finish the second course at a meal, and will overturn the table after the first course."
What this family has hanging on their wall is "The sea embraces all rivers."
An Lan looked at Han Zhou with a smile. Some things can only be understood but not expressed in words.
After waiting for an hour and a half, someone from the family finally came back.
Han Zhou and An Lan both thought that it was Director Lu who had returned.
In fact, it was a young woman who returned with twins.
The woman walked towards the second floor in her high heels, twisting her steps.
As soon as the two children came back, they went about their own business.
They were all about five years old. One of them was yelling, holding a model airplane and saying, “Fly, fly!”
The other one was quietly reading a fairy tale book.
They look exactly the same, they are twins.
One still, the other moving.
Han Zhou glanced at the time: "One and a half hours."
An Lan: "Why don't we just leave? This matter itself is not reliable anyway."
Han Zhou: "Wait a little longer, and try to finish the task in one go."
After waiting for another hour, Han Zhou heard the young woman talking to the nanny again: "What are those two people doing?"
Aunt: "I have an appointment with my husband and have been waiting for more than two hours."
Young woman: "So you deliberately don't want to see them? Still waiting, don't you have any time?"
The voice was quite loud and Han Zhou and An Lan could barely hear it.
At this time, An Lan stopped listening, took out her mobile phone, put on headphones and started listening to the demo song.
Han Zhou was in a daze.
Soon, the child who was reading the fairy tale picture book came over and said, "Big brother, can you do me a favor?"
Han Zhou touched the top of the child's head and said, "Sure, what are you doing?"
The child took Han Zhou's hand, walked to the side, then took out the toys and placed them on the floor.
There were several cars, a tanker truck, and a toy refueling machine.
Child: "Now I am the owner of the gas station."
Han Zhou nodded: "Yeah, then what?"
The child pointed at the tanker truck and said, "You are the supplier of Sinopec."
Han Zhou was embarrassed. If I were Hua Shihua, I would go home and lie down. But he still smiled and said, "Okay, okay, what are you going to do next?"
The child pointed at the machine at the gas station and said, "Now, I want to buy enough oil for the gas station to use for a month. You can help me deliver the oil."
Han Zhou: "Okay, then sign the contract and pay the money, and then I'll drive the tanker truck to deliver the oil to you."
The child took out the magnetic drawing board and wrote and drew on it.
Han Zhou couldn't understand it, and if he could understand it, it would be weird.
But I can barely recognize the words one, three, day, etc.
It is obvious that some of the characters are those he has learned, and the characters he doesn't know are those he made up (written randomly).
After signing the contract, the child took out the toy credit card machine and swiped the card: "When can we supply our gas station with goods?"
"We are running out of stock. Can you deliver it to us first?"
Still begging.
Han Zhou laughed, this kid is quite smart.
So he wound up the tanker truck, and it slowly arrived at the gas station. Han Zhou manually stopped the car: "I've delivered a truckload of gas."
Having said that, Han Zhou stood up and sat on the sofa.
Han Zhou thought the matter was over.
This clever child was playing by himself, looking at the picture book, and every few minutes, he would take out a toy car, drive it to the gas station machine, and refuel the car.
It's impossible not to notice this.
Because when you press the gas station machine lightly, a female voice prompts: "92 gasoline, please pick up the gas pump."
As soon as the gas pump was removed, the machine started to say, "Beep, beep, beep, beep, biubiubiubiubiu!"
"Refueling is complete, please return the fuel gun to its original position!"
If the oil gun is not put back in time, it will make a reminder sound: "Beep, beep, beep, the oil gun is not placed correctly, please put it back in place."
Each time you refuel, it takes about three seconds.
Then the child went to look at the picture book.
Han Zhou even wanted to play with this toy.
Damn, are toys this advanced now? Han Zhou remembered that when he was a kid, he played with cars that didn't even have springs.
An Lan was quite curious: "Why does this kid play with that machine every few minutes?"
Han Zhou: "He is very smart, he is doing business."
On the other side, the kid who made the loudest noise had already started to act out Zhao Yun, holding a plastic sword that made a sound.
And this quiet child was still reading a book, and after a while he went to refuel a car.
Han Zhou was in a daze, looking at the car the child was playing with from time to time, full of envy.
How many toy cars this child has!
During a moment of daze, Han Zhou was shocked.
Because the child opened the door of a closet which Han Zhou thought was a cloakroom closet.
There were shoebox-sized plastic boxes filled with boxes of small cars.
The small car is only the size of a thumb, and the large one is about the size of a mouse.
There were more than a hundred shoeboxes of cars in total!
"Fuck~"
An Lan looked back and said, "It seems the rumors are true."
There are two brothers in this family, and both children like cars.
And you can also see the difference. If the transparent box has a blue lid, it belongs to the quiet child.
If the lid is red, it belongs to the noisy child.
The cars in the blue boxes are neatly packed and look like brand new.
The cars in the red box were piled together in a mess, and some parts were missing.
Seven forty.
The door opened and Master Lu, who looked to be about sixty years old and was wearing a suit and a windbreaker and had a bald head, came back.
The aunt went to greet him and said as she hung clothes: "Sir, those two children have been waiting for you for four hours."
Master Lu patted his sleeves and said, "Got it. Go cook me a bowl of noodles with gravy."
Han Zhou and An Lan had already stood up, and at this time Director Lu came over.
Han Zhou extended his hand: "Hello, Director Lu."
Master Lu gently shook his hand and said, "Let's talk in the study."
At this time, the young woman came over and smiled: "Are you back?"
Han Zhou praised at the right time: "Your daughter is so beautiful!"
Master Lu’s face turned green.
"It's my wife."
Han Zhou: "I'm sorry! I think your wife looks too young to have given birth to a child. I misunderstood."
Master Lu did not say much, but explained: "My two sons were born to my ex-wife."
Han Zhou suddenly realized: "Master Lu, you really worked hard for your job. You got married so late."
Master Lu didn't care about this and smiled lightly: "Oh, it was born to my second wife. My eldest son is a little older than you."
The two entered the study.
The young woman was very dissatisfied with what Han Zhou said and looked at An Lan coldly.
An Lan smiled and continued listening to the song.
The woman walked away again, her high heels tapping on the ground.
In the study, Director Lu got straight to the point: "I have read your invitation for cooperation."
"However, you didn't explain clearly how this variety show would be conducted, so I can't give you an accurate answer."
Han Zhou smiled: "The production process and planning of the variety show cannot be announced before the filming begins, so..."
Master Lu lit a cigarette and tapped the table with his fingers: "This is someone else's rule."
"I heard from someone that you debuted on Yanjing TV?"
"We are acquaintances? We have an old cooperative relationship."
Han Zhou nodded: "Yes, yes, I came from the Yanjing TV variety show, I am one of them."
Director Lu smacked his lips, then forced a smile and said, "The management of Yanjing Station was chaotic before. Since I took office, the rules have to be changed."
"Without the variety show production process, I can't agree to this cooperation."
Han Zhou: "Now, we have joined forces with Penguin Video, Mengshan Milk, Tianle Entertainment, Mailang Music, and New World. In the future, many large entertainment companies will join the plan."
"Our plans are supervised by professionals, there will be no violations, and the quality is guaranteed."
“Don’t worry about that.”
Director Lu smiled faintly: "Oh, no matter what you promise, I want to see the most complete plan, and the subsequent variety show shooting must be 100% in accordance with the content of the plan, then I may consider this cooperation."
Han Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll be frank. Since you, Director Lu, took office."
"Your station has recently planned two variety shows."
"Outdoor 123" "New Chef Competition"
"As far as I know, 'Outdoor 123' is exactly the same as a program called 'Outdoor Count to Three'. The producer of this variety show once approached Yanjing TV to discuss cooperation, but it ended in failure."
"And they are now planning to appeal and sue Yanjing TV for plagiarism."
"The other show, 'New Chef Competition', is exactly the same as 'Star Chef Competition' planned by Weisheng Entertainment."
"Moreover, the chief planner and producer of 'New Chef Competition' is the assistant director who chose to resign before the filming of 'Star Chef Competition' started."
Director Lu was a man who did not change his expression and smiled: "You mean you don't really trust Yanjing Television?"
"It's normal to be hacked in this kind of business dispute."
"Our TV station is so big, how many people have we offended in the past? We are just taking advantage of this issue."
Han Zhou smiled: "So, if Master Lu requires sincerity, then we also require equal sincerity."
"If you want us to provide all the planning proposals, then we must completely let go of the planning work. Yanjing TV will only broadcast it, and all other matters will be handled by New World. Yanjing TV will never interfere."
"And we have to sign a plan. If Yanjing TV goes back on its word and doesn't broadcast it, it will have to compensate us three times our losses."
Master Lu smiled and said, "Xiao Han, you are young, too young."
"In our industry, there has never been a time when the producers have the final say. If there is, it is the TV stations that have delegated the power."
"Now that I have just taken over Yanjing TV, it is impossible for me to delegate power. I will personally inquire about every column and every department before they are on the right track."
"Moreover, we at Yanjing TV must have the right to sign the contestants. If they eventually form a group, we must own 70% of the commercial benefits."
“These conditions are impossible to change.”
Han Zhou smiled: "So the discussion can't continue?"
"Excuse me, Master Lu, I have been waiting for you for four hours and came here with sincerity."
"Your request is too high. We cannot accept it."
"Tianle and Mailang are both among the largest entertainment and music companies in the country."
"Penguin is one of the largest Internet companies in the country."
“My new world is small, but I provided the main planning proposal and took on the task of filming.”
"We have paid so much, it is impossible for us to only ask for 30% profit."
Master Lu smiled and said, "Then there is nothing to discuss."
"Some words don't sound good when spoken out loud..."
Han Zhou: "Master Lu can tell the truth."
Director Lu's face turned cold: "First of all, as far as I know, you, Han Zhou, have been banned by Magic City TV."
"At the same time, the limelight has not yet passed. I am afraid that in the next six months, the big TV stations in the south may allow you to participate in variety shows, but they are unlikely to accept the variety shows you produce."
"Mango TV has its own variety show structure and they are not accepting variety shows from external investors right now."
"In other words, apart from Yanjing TV, your remaining choice is Qilu TV."
"Qilu TV, a famous gathering place for farmers' variety shows, has absolutely nothing to do with the idol audition you are going to hold."
"What choice do you have? You have no choice but to choose Yanjingtai."
Master Lu’s meaning is very clear, I have you in my grasp.
If you agree, I'll take 70% of the profit, and you guys will share the rest.
And I have the complete plan in hand, so I can kick you out at any time and let you do this variety show on your own.
This is the horror of television in this era.
Han Zhou smiled: "It doesn't necessarily mean they can defeat us. We can broadcast it online."
Director Lu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "The number of television sets in the whole country is about 600 million to 800 million."
“The population that usually watches television is probably in the tens of millions.”
"And during prime time, Friday variety shows and Saturday variety shows, the number of people watching TV is about 90 million to 120 million."
"One percent of the viewership is one million people."
"In addition to the real-time ratings, the number of passers-by who switch channels to Yanjing TV every minute is calculated. At least three million people switch channels to Yanjing TV for each show."
“That represents traffic of four million people.”
"As far as I know, there are less than 4 million Penguin Video members in total. How many of them will watch this show? One fifth? One tenth?"
“Do you know the difference between Quanjude Yanjing Roast Duck and Dadong Yanjing Roast Duck?”
"It's not that I look down on Penguin Video, but your program will be doomed without the support of the TV station."
Han Zhou stood up and said, "It seems that Director Lu has me in his grasp."
"Haha, at worst, I can just wait for half a year until the hype has died down. It's the same when I'm working with Lizhi TV."
Master Lu took a puff of his cigarette and flicked the ash: "Don't say anything to deceive ghosts."
"We're starting to prepare now because it will be midsummer when it airs, which is the summer vacation and prime time for talent shows."
"We'll start preparing, producing, and broadcasting in half a year, which means it's winter. A talent show for winter? It's a dead end."
"Next summer? Who knows if the show you are planning now will be outdated next summer, or if someone else will make it first during this period?"
"You have no choice but to cooperate with me."
Director Lu lowered his body and said, "Or, I can give you 70% of the profits."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Director Lu: "Variety show producer, I recommend someone to you, and we will work together to set up a new company. The contracted team will belong to this company, and the person I recommend will own more than 30% of the shares."
Han Zhou smiled: "The person you want to recommend is your eldest son, right?"
Master Lu smiled and said, "You can think about it carefully."
"No need to think about it." The position of planner and producer is the high-speed rocket that Han Zhou uses to reach the sky in one step.
Give it to others?
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Then let's work together again if we have a chance."
Master Lu: "Oh? You don't even want to cooperate? Then don't cooperate with me in the future."
Han Zhou laughed: "Without Zhang the Butcher, do we still have to eat hairy pigs? There must be dozens of directors across the country, right?"
Director Lu's smile faded: "Arrogant and ignorant, young and rude."
Han Zhou walked out the door.
An Lan saw Han Zhou coming over and smiled: "It collapsed, right?"
Han Zhou smiled and said, "The talks broke down."
After this, Li Shanghong will no longer propose to cooperate with TV stations to attract traffic.
That’s right, Han Zhou didn’t come here to discuss business this time, but to deliberately cause a breakdown in the negotiations. His purpose was to exclude the TV station and complete the internal cycle of program production and broadcasting to complete the closed loop.
This is the most important fundamental principle of idol operation!
Han Zhou: "But it's not too bad, wait for me."
Han Zhou walked up to the well-behaved little boy.
Little boy: "Hello, big brother... Sinopec partner."
"I signed for five truckloads of oil, but they only delivered it four times."
Han Zhou picked up the tanker truck and said, "I'll get you all the cargo right away."
Soon, Han Zhou completed four deliveries.
Director Lu came out and saw Han Zhou teasing his son, and showed a disdainful expression.
Soon, refueling was completed.
The little boy was very happy: "There will be no shortage of oil in the next month."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "You may need to refuel again tomorrow."
The little boy was puzzled.
Han Zhou: "We have received a notice from above that the national oil price will be increased by 1.3 cents at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. It has been announced to the public."
The little boy was very smart, but he was stunned for a moment before he realized: "Is it because the gas price has increased? In order to save money, all the cars in the city have to come here early to refuel before the price increases ?"
Han Zhou smiled: "Go ahead and play."
After Han Zhou left, the little boy put out his cars, boxes one by one.
A living room of about 60 square meters, with an open space of 30 square meters, is filled with toy cars!!!
At first, no one cared about the disaster. It was just a gun being drawn, a refueling, a refueling gun failing to return to its place, and a completed refueling transaction.
Until this disaster concerns everyone in this house.
"92 gasoline, please pick up the gas pump."
"Beep, beep, beep, biubiubiubiubiu!"
"Refueling is complete, please return the fuel gun to its original position!"
"Beep, beep, beep, the oil gun is not placed correctly, please put it back in place."
"92 gasoline, please pick up the gas pump..."
The sound of this gas pump toy was so powerful that it penetrated two floors and appeared in the bedroom on the top floor.
At 1:30 in the middle of the night, Director Lu's head was bald: "That broken toy...will it use up all the electricity?"
The young and beautiful third wife wanted to stab herself: "That gas pump seems to be USB-charged. It can keep charging for a year when plugged in..."
But she didn't dare yell at the child because that child was not hers. If she did, she would be embarrassed by Master Lu's second wife's family.
Director Lu walked to the lobby on the first floor with a haggard look, took off his glasses, revealing his big eye bags, and rubbed his Mediterranean bald head: "Xixi, can we play again tomorrow?"
Xixi continued to fill up the gas tank: "No, the gas price will go up tomorrow, and all the cars in the city will fill up their tanks today."
Master Lu: "But it's half past one, and everyone is asleep. People don't care about the price of a few cents for gas."
Xixi filled up the gas tank again: "Impossible, I see some poor people are reluctant to buy a bottle of mineral water for one dollar, how can they come to fill up the expensive gas tomorrow?"
Master Lu was driven crazy when he took a look at the more than 2,000 cars lined up behind him.
"Xixi, the higher-ups have notified us that the oil price will not increase."
Xixi filled up her gas pump with the gas pump: "How is that possible? Sinopec's supplier said they're going to raise prices, and they've even notified the public."
Master Lu: "China Petrochemical? Who is the supplier of China Petrochemical?"
Xixi cheered while saying, "It's the big brother from this afternoon."
Master Lu's high blood pressure shot up to the top of his head, he gritted his teeth, then said kindly: "Xixi, he is a fake!"
Xixi continued to refuel: "Dad, don't lie to me, I'm the owner of the gas station, don't I know if the supplier is fake?"
Master Lu: “…”
Director Lu's beautiful wife: "Fortunately it was Xixi and not Pipi."
Director Lu was annoyed: "What about Pipi?"
His wife: "If it was Pippi, he would have taken out the high-speed rail, train, carriage, and airplane to refuel. Xixi is smart, at least she didn't take these out."
Master Lu: “…”
Thank you for your comfort!
The next day, the entire Yanjing TV station knew an inside story: the station director was going to ban Han Zhou!
Han Zhou was banned by Shanghai TV and then by Yanjing TV.
In order to seize this excellent opportunity to become capital, I really burned my boats.
Another piece of news came out from inside Yanjing TV. Today, a news editor bought a toy car for Director Lu, but was righteously beaten up by Director Lu, who then reported the case to the police on the grounds of bribery.
Some people were puzzled: That's not right, the station director accepted the imported toy airplane I gave him? Could it be that the station director is planning to play the long game and catch a bigger fish, and then punish me later...