Xiangjiang's land area was more than 1,000 square kilometers, with a population of more than 10 million, and its population density was among the highest in the world.
This international metropolis was once known as the Hollywood of the East, and its entertainment industry was extremely developed. Although there were signs of decline since the beginning of the new century, it was still one of the important industries of Xiangjiang.
As the most important part of the entertainment media, Xiangjiang had a considerable number of television stations, mainly including two major wireless stations and more than a dozen small and medium-sized cable stations. Among them, Xiangjiang Satellite Television (Xiangjiang Satellite TV) and Asia Television (ATV) were the two hegemons in the industry, jointly occupying more than 70% of the market share.
Pearl TV, Hong Kong Cable TV, Kowloon TV and other cable TV stations divided up the remaining 30%. The competition between them was very fierce, creating the prosperity of Xiangjiang's television media.
The invitations to Lu Chen Studio were from ATV, Pearl TV and Hong Kong Cable TV.
Without any consideration, Lu Chen accepted ATV's program invitation.
Asia Television was the first television station in Xiangjiang, and also the first Chinese television station in the world. It had a long history and a glorious past. Although its current strength and scale were slightly inferior to the rising star Xiangjiang Satellite TV, ATV's background was still very strong, and it had a great influence in Xiangjiang and even in Southeast Asia.
ATV had 12 channels, and the program that invited Lu Chen was the variety channel's "Entertainment Three People Talk".
This program had been on the air for more than ten years. It was hosted by ATV's famous host, Shen Shuling. Every episode would invite a star in the entertainment industry and a special guest to interview the current entertainment hot topics. Its average ratings had always been in the top three among similar programs.
The reason why "Entertainment Three People Talk" invited Lu Chen was undoubtedly because of the dispute he had caused on Hong Kong's Internet.
It was about Xiangjiang's pop music and Xiangjiang's movies.
Lu Chen still attached great importance to ATV's program invitation. After getting the program script, he took some time to study it and also looked through a lot of previous videos of "Entertainment Three People Talk".
Assistant Li Zhen was very active in advising Lu Chen, and even recommended a famous stylist to him.
Her excitement was not without reason. Lu Chen had only been in Xiangjiang for a few days, but his name had already spread in Xiangjiang's entertainment industry and even caused quite a stir.
A song stirred up the entertainment industry and attracted the attention of ATV. As Lu Chen's assistant, Li Zhen felt honored.
This was the famous ATV!
Moreover, Li Zhen was a fan of ATV host Shen Shuling. Of course, she fervently hoped that Lu Chen would have a wonderful and outstanding performance on "Three People in Entertainment".
The program "Three People in Entertainment" was recorded in advance, so after receiving the program invitation, the studio communicated with ATV, and the official recording time was set for the afternoon of the 21st.
On the same day, Lu Chen arrived at ATV's headquarters on time with his two assistants.
The headquarters of ATV is also located in the West Port Business Center of Xiyingpun. It is only a few hundred meters away from the Rongjin Building where Lu Chen Studio is located, but the former is a building that has been built for 30 years.
This 39-story light gray building was not eye-catching among the various modern and luxurious high-rise buildings around it. Even the structure and appearance looked outdated, but the words "Asia Television" and the logo inlaid on the outer wall shone brightly under the sunlight, proudly displaying its glory.
Once upon a time, countless artists in Xiangjiang were proud to walk into this building!
At the entrance of the ATV building, Lu Chen first saw Shen Shuling's assistant who came to greet them.
After completing the registration, the group took the elevator to the 27th floor, the studio of the ATV Variety Channel.
Shen Shuling and another guest were already waiting there.
Shen Shuling was in her forties, but because she took good care of herself, she looked like a person in her thirties. Her appearance was not very beautiful, but she was dignified, generous, and graceful. Especially when she smiled, it gave people a feeling of being bathed in the spring breeze, giving people a good impression.
"Hello, Lu Chen, welcome to ATV …"
She smiled and shook hands with Lu Chen, and said half-jokingly, "I'm your fan."
A simple sentence instantly narrowed the distance between the two of them.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then I'll give you a limited edition solo album. I only ask Sister Shen to take care of me in the program."
Although Shen Shuling looked very amiable, her hosting style was quite sharp. Even in the face of a big star, she dared to ask sensitive questions.
In fact, most of the hosts in Xiangjiang were like this. Because Xiangjiang's TV stations were all private, in order to pursue the effect of the program, the requirements for the host were naturally very high.
When the audience watched variety shows, they liked content with gimmicks, conflicts, and strong topics. If the host did not have unique characteristics, it would be easy to be abandoned.
The most important thing was that Xiangjiang's policies and regulations were different from those in the Mainland, so the standards for TV programs were different.
Lu Chen had previously watched a lot of previous videos of "Three People in Entertainment Talk". Of course, he had some understanding of Shen Shuling's hosting personality, so although it was a joke, it was also serious.
Shen Shuling was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely take care of you."
She introduced another guest to Lu Chen.
"Three People in Entertainment Talk" was, of course, a conversation between three people. As the first guest, Lu Chen was definitely the protagonist, but the existence of this guest was not dispensable. His views were undoubtedly an important part of the program.
This guest was called Zhuang Dong. He was a writer, a critic, a reporter, and so on. He was a celebrity in the literary and entertainment circles. He had published many books and had more than 500,000 fans on Hong Kong blogs.
Zhuang Dong was thin and a little tanned. He was wearing a suit and glasses. After the introduction, he shook hands with Lu Chen and said, "Hello, nice to meet you."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhuang."
Zhuang Dong's eyes were quite sharp. He stared at Lu Chen and asked, "Mr. Lu, I want to ask, what is the main purpose of your development in Xiangjiang? Or what is your goal? "
Lu Chen was stunned. The program had not even started recording, and this person had already started to ask aggressive questions?
He looked quite unfriendly.
He thought for a moment and replied in a neither servile nor overbearing manner, "I came to Xiangjiang to make friends."
This answer was undoubtedly completely out of Zhuang Dong's expectation. Maybe he wanted to catch Lu Chen off guard, but he was dumbfounded by Lu Chen's response.
Shen Shuling, who was standing on the side, had a flash of smile in her eyes. She tried to smooth things over and said, "You two, if you have anything to say, let's talk on the program."
She had a feeling that today's episode of "Three People in Entertainment Talk" would be quite interesting.
At least the guest was not wrong.
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