The next day.
Beijing Television.
In the program team office of Do You Remember.
Hu Fei, Dong Shanshan, Hou Ge, Hou Di, Dafei, Xiao Lu, and the rest of the program team were all sitting in the office. They looked up at Zhang Ye, who was writing on a blackboard and listening to him talk.
Zhang Ye was drawing something. "We'll just use the venue of Do You Remember, but we can't save on money. There are a lot of things that need to be changed, such as enlarging the stage, which we can't do right now. Also, the main color scheme of the venue has to be darkened since it's too bright now. But all of that is still manageable. It should be very convenient to make the changes and won't require too much work. Then there's the budget. For this show, we need at least a 100 million RMB production budget as a base! "
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"Ah?"
"A 100 million?"
"Do we really need that much?"
Hu Fei was also extremely shocked as he silently wiped away his sweat.
Their Beijing Television was not considered a strong television station among the local satellite stations. Their viewership ratings were not bad, but not that high. As a result, their variety shows were more conservative and did not have as much money as Central TV. They had never invested so much into a show before, so when they heard the figure of 100 million, everyone subconsciously panicked.
Dafei asked, "Teacher Zhang, just what kind of show are we talking about?"
"Yeah, King of Masked Singers? We still don't understand, "Xiao Lu said.
Hu Fei also said, "Why are they masked? Who's masked? "
There was no such show in this world, so everyone was confused.
The core of the competition is that we will invite some celebrities, singers, actors, hosts, or even athletes. The only requirements are that they must be well-known and can sing well. We will get a designer to design a mask or headgear to hide the faces or physical features of the contestants, and then put them on the same stage to compete against each other. The winner will not have to take off their mask and will move on to the next round, while the loser can choose to take off their mask or not. As for how exactly they will be eliminated and promoted, I will explain it in detail later. At the same time, we will also invite some heavyweight judges and guests in the industry. We can call them the guessing panel, and their mission will be to give their comments and guess the identity of the contestants! "
Everyone was once again dumbfounded by what they heard!
Some of the newcomers on the program team were even stunned!
King of Masked Singers?
So this was the meaning of wearing a mask!?
Zhang Ye said, "This is the selling point of the show. If these celebrities were to stand on stage, we would all recognize them. But since they are all wearing masks and only singing with their voices, we can guess their identity and enjoy the shock of their singing at the same time. That is the selling point!"
Hou Di quickly asked, "But many singers have very obvious singing characteristics."
Zhang Ye answered, "You can make them change their singing style slightly, or change the location of the sound. That's very easy to do."
Hou Ge asked, "But won't we be exposed the moment we speak?"
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "Nowadays, there's something called a voice changer. It can be inserted directly into a microphone, and after the voice changer, even your own parents wouldn't be able to tell the difference."
Hu Fei stood up excitedly. "Celebrity PK? What if those singers who have been famous for a long time are afraid of losing to the younger generation? What if they don't want to come? "
"Throw in the appearance fee. Besides, I already said it earlier." Zhang Ye said, "Those who lose can also choose to leave the stage without taking off their masks. As long as they cover it up well and keep it a secret internally, no one will know who they are. For this, it will require the hard work of our staff. I suggest that only the director knows who they are and not tell anyone else. Let them wear masks during the rehearsals and recording! Their identities must absolutely not be exposed! If the identities of the masked celebrities are exposed off-stage, then our selling point will also lose its support! That's absolutely not allowed! "
Zhang Ye's words had already formed the framework for the show!
Everyone listened in a daze. They looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes!
A newcomer stared and asked, "In the past, singing shows were all talent shows. It was always the newcomers who came on stage to showcase themselves. I've never heard of celebrities competing on the same stage? W-How big of a clash would this be! No one has ever done something this big before! Will there really be people who will come? "
Zhang Ye smiled. "Don't worry."
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
A face-to-face PK between celebrities? A fight to the death? Only Zhang Ye would dare to think of something like that! No one else would even dare to think of something like that! No wonder it required a 100 million RMB production budget. Just how much money would it cost to hire these contestants? And even the stage layout and the guessing panel for a group of industry insiders?
It was too big!
Wasn't this too big of a gamble!
Was he trying to turn the music industry upside down?
A female newcomer said, "W-Will this really work?"
Dong Shanshan suddenly looked up. "I think it will!"
Hu Fei suddenly slapped his thigh. "It's more than that! It's too good! "
Suddenly, quite a few of the program team staff were getting excited. Just thinking about the image and stage that Zhang Ye had presented to them made their blood boil!
Whether it was the creativity.
Whether it was the scale.
Whether it was the competition format.
Whether it was the professionalism.
These were all unheard of and unseen variety shows in the history of television shows!
In the past, when Zhang Ye proposed a show, it would always be incomprehensible to people and would not work. For example, Do You Remember. What was so good about a show that only required people to memorize lyrics? For example, Zhang Ye's Talk Show. What the hell was a talk show? For example, A Bite of China. What kind of waves could a documentary set off? But in the end, it was proven that Zhang Ye was right. His foresight and vision were much better than others and he was many years ahead of the industry!
But today, when Zhang Ye proposed the show King of Masked Singers, almost no one doubted it. When they heard about it, they knew that it was too awesome!
Hu Fei was in a great mood. He laughed heartily and slapped Zhang Ye on the shoulder. "Indeed, we still have to invite Teacher Little Zhang to do it! This show that came out of nowhere is really different from others! Who else in the entire industry could come up with a show like this? What kind of brains do you have! "
Xiao Lu also exclaimed, "I can finally fight alongside Teacher Zhang again!"
"Now that you're back, we can all feel more confident!" Dafei went up and gave Zhang Ye a long-awaited bear hug. "We've missed you so much. Teacher Zhang, welcome home!"
Hou Ge went up. "Welcome home!"
Hou Di also gave him a bear hug excitedly. "Teacher Zhang, we've been waiting for you for a long time! Welcome home! "
Zhang Ye was made famous by Beijing Television, but he was also forced to leave by Beijing Television. He had grudges, gratitude, and friends here. Too many things had happened in the past two years.
And now, Zhang Ye was back.
He was back with a television show that could possibly cause a national sensation.
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