Yang Yi was not someone who liked to go back on his words. He had promised Yun Yangfeng that he would come up with his program proposal before the end of the month. He had indeed taken the time to write the proposal amidst his' busy schedule 'of taking care of his wife and children.
On the 29th of December, Yang Yi, Yun Yangfeng, and two more experienced program directors from China Star Productions met in the small building of the Hua Yi Brothers' management company and Phoebe Studio.
"This is Director Yan Tao, the former main director of High Energy Challenge. This is Director Ren Min, the assistant director of Life Transformations. They actually do the same thing as Director Hu. They used to have a division of labor and many episodes were directed by Director Ren alone," Yun Yangfeng introduced to Yang Yi.
Yan Tao was a tall middle-aged man with a clean-shaven crew cut. He looked calm and composed. Ren Min was a female director who should be around forty years old. She was not tall and did not look outstanding, but she looked gentler, like a big sister next door.
Actually, when Yun Yangfeng introduced Ren Min, he looked a little awkward because the Director Hu he mentioned, who was the main director of Life Transformations, had resigned more than a week ago. Glorious Star Productions was not to be trifled with. They had poached Hu Sheng with a high salary to direct the more important High Energy Challenge!
Of course, Glorious Star Productions had wanted to poach Yan Tao in the beginning, but Yan Tao did not accept their olive branch because Glorious Star Productions would not accept anyone else from China Star Productions. Yan Tao could not let go of the team he had worked with for so long.
However, it was obvious that Hu Sheng being poached was a huge loss to China Star Productions despite the compensation for the breach of contract. Yun Yangfeng felt that he had not done well and had embarrassed Yang Yi.
"Director Yan, Director Ren, hello!" Yang Yi did not dwell on these issues but asked everyone to sit down and talk.
"Actually, I've watched all of your programs. Whether it's High Energy Challenge or Life Transformations, I've watched them all. I've even watched the few episodes of Life Transformations that Director Ren filmed. They're really good!" Yang Yi said with a smile, "Let's not talk about the past. Today, we're mainly talking about our new China Star Productions, the first program we're going to produce!"
Getting to the point so quickly? Yan Tao and Ren Min were a little surprised, but they also liked this kind of swift and decisive boss. They put down some contempt in their eyes and seriously looked at Yang Yi.
Ren Lian even took out a notebook and prepared to record it.
"This program requires the two of you to work together. This is not to let you compete for the position of executive director, but to see the two of you complement each other in your respective areas of expertise and make our program a success!" Yang Yi said with a smile.
Yang Yi's words confused Yan Tao and Ren Min. However, Yang Yi had already signaled Mo Xiaojuan to distribute the printed program plans. They didn't have time to question him and looked at Yang Yi's program proposal first.
Yun Yang Feng received one as well. When he saw it, he could not help exclaiming, "Limit Challenge?"
Although Yang Yi was aware of his impoliteness and had already lowered his voice, he still looked at Yang Yi in surprise.
Limit challenge? What did that mean?
Was he trying to compete with Starlight Productions?
Since he wanted to create an Limit Challenge, why did he sell High Ability Challenge?
Yang Yi knew that they would have such a reaction, so he raised his head slightly and said, "Look carefully, this is a different program from 'High Energy Challenge'."
Why was it called Limit Challenge?
Actually, Yang Yi was still a little conflicted. He didn't know that this program should be called Limit Challenge. It was better to call it Run, Brother.
The structure of the program was similar to Limit Challenge, but it incorporated some attractive elements of Run, Brother. After all, there were no running men in this world. There was no reason for him to not add games or routines like Shiatsu, Brand Tearing, Spy, Double Spy, and so on into Limit Challenge.
Of course, Yang Yi did not want to change the specialty of Chicken Strips. Games like Shiatsu or Brand Tearing that were repeatedly played in Running Men might only be played once in Chicken Strips. Every episode had different game content, different scripts, and plots. Only then could this variety show continue to flourish.
It was also because the overall structure came from "The Limit Challenge" that Yang Yi decided to name the show "The Limit Challenge".
Obviously, this would cause misunderstandings. For example, Yun Yang Feng's reaction now would also cause some disputes, such as the dissatisfaction of Starlight Productions.
However, Yang Yi did not care about these. If they were dissatisfied, so be it! Come and bite me!
Yan Tao and Ren Min, who were watching Yang Yi's plan seriously, were deeply attracted by Yang Yi's description. Especially towards the end, Yang Yi had even written down the process of the program in words.
With Yang Yi's writing skills of adapting so many books, this program was naturally written by him beautifully. As Yan Tao and Ren Min watched, they felt as if they were there, vivid scenes appearing before their eyes.
For example, in a hotel room, a male artist who was sleeping shirtless was woken up. He faced the camera with sleepy eyes and began to choose the room number of the next artist he wanted to wake up.
It felt like the program had not been filmed yet, but they felt like they were already participating in it.
Yang Yi saw that they had finished watching one after another and smiled, asking, "How is it? My plan is good, isn't it? "
Yan Tao's expression was a little colorful. One moment he was emotional, the next he shook his head with a bitter smile. In the end, it was still him who was the judge. He said with a bitter smile, "Boss Yang."
"Call me Yang Yi! And Teacher Yun, you can call me Yang Yi too. Calling me boss is too distant! "Yang Yi waved his hand.
"Yang Yi." Yan Tao also felt that it was awkward to call him Boss Yang. After all, he was much older than Yang Yi. He then said, "To be honest, your planning format is terrible. If it was someone else, I might not even want to look at it …"
Was this a criticism?
Yang Yi was a little embarrassed. He had never learned how to write a program, so he was completely free to express himself.
"However, it's fortunate that I watched it. Otherwise, I would've really missed out on a good program! I'm also very glad that I didn't leave China Star Productions and had the chance to participate in such an interesting program production. " Yan Tao's tone changed. It sounded like he was trying to flatter Yun Yang, but in reality, he was really excited as he said, "I think your program is tens of times, no, ten thousand times more interesting than High Ability Challenge! Besides, you've written it in great detail. I believe that as long as we execute it seriously, we'll definitely be able to produce such an interesting program! "
"Director Yan is a little excited, but I think Director Yan is right. From the perspective of an ordinary audience, if this program is filmed, I'll definitely watch it. I won't miss a single episode!" Yun Yang said emotionally.
He was a little ashamed of his doubts just now.
Ren Lian nodded lightly. She was still thinking about what she wanted to say. She had to say something different to gain the attention of the leader!
Yang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I'm relieved to be able to gain your recognition!"
Whether it was Yan Tao, the director of the variety show, or Yun Yang Feng, who was in charge of operations and knew the audience's needs the most, they were all professionals. They were so excited just from looking at a program proposal, or was it because the program was originally good and its creativity was invincible?
Yang Yi had also tried his best to describe the first episode of The Limit Challenge as well as many backup game ideas for them to see. This was obviously enough for them to see the potential of the program!
Ren Jing finally understood. She raised her head and said seriously, "Yang Yi, I think the future selling point of this program isn't just the creativity of these games. It's also the choice of the six celebrity hosts. We must choose celebrities with distinct personalities, smart and quick-witted, and can handle the situation. It doesn't matter if they're big shots or not, they must meet the needs of our program. Besides, there are six of them, five men and one woman. They must all have different personalities!"
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