Chapter 265: The Show

Mango Broadcasting Building.

In a meeting room belonging to the "Singing 2024" program team, Li Xiao, Hong Yang and others frowned.

They had been discussing for almost an entire afternoon but still hadn't been able to finalize the format for the finals.

"Director Li, why don't we just keep it simple and not have any revival votes? In the finals, just let Birds and Fishes, Phoenix Flying, Jessica, and Vanxia sing two rounds of songs.

The first round determines the top three singers, and the second round directly ranks the top three singers. This kind of straightforward competition is something the audience is very happy to see.”

Xu Hui, the person in charge of the publicity team of "Singing 2024", said in a firm tone:

"This week our new competition system has been recognized by the audience and netizens, so I think we should continue this style, continue to improve the reputation of "The Voice 2024", and make it a perfect ending as much as possible."

As a variety show that has swept the whole nation, "The Voice 2024" has naturally endured a lot of criticism while attracting everyone's attention, and this criticism almost reached a peak last week.

The reputation of "The Voice of China 2024" is also gradually declining, especially in terms of ratings on a certain platform. Last week, it hit a new low in the history of the variety show series.

Although the changes in the competition system this week have reduced the criticism of "The Voice of China 2024" from the audience and netizens, and the ratings on Douban have continued to improve, it is still not enough.

The main reason is that "The Voice of China 2024" is now nearing its end and there is not much time to turn the situation around, so this final episode is particularly important.

"Four groups of singers, two rounds of competition, doesn't that add up to eight stages? Eight stages for the finals? What kind of finals is this?"

Yuan Hong, the person in charge of the business team, said, "Even if we invite some guests to the opening ceremony of the finals, the duration is still a bit short. If the duration is short, we won't be able to recover our advertising fees."

As the person in charge of connecting with various brands, Yuan Hong naturally puts "money" first in everything. As for the reputation of "The Voice of China 2024", he doesn't care at all.

"I'm going to say this from the bottom of my heart. No matter how hard we work on the competition system, the reputation of our "Singing 2024" has long been ruined, and this cannot be restored by changing the competition system."

Yuan Hong looked at Xu Hui and continued before she could refute him: "And the reason I said it was not because of the competition system we formulated, but when we tied "The Voice 2024" and the topic of "patriotism" together, the reputation of the program began to be ruined."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Hui's face suddenly turned pale.

Just because she was the first to propose the idea of ​​patriotic marketing.

As for Li Xiao and Hong Yang who were present, their faces did not look very good either.

Because at the beginning, they both agreed very much with Xu Hui's proposal, and as they expected, the results were very good.

The popularity of "The Voice of China 2024" exploded, and it became a phenomenal variety show with just a few trending searches.

However, the traffic gained by taking shortcuts will eventually backfire.

Ever since the official Weibo account of "The Voice of China 2024" was criticized by netizens for closing the comment section last week, although Li Xiao and others made changes this week, the words "patriotic marketing" have long been firmly nailed to the program "The Voice of China 2024".

Even though there are fewer voices criticizing the competition system, the problem of patriotic marketing hype of "The Voice of China 2024" has been magnified a lot.

Li Xiao and others suspected that some rival programs were hiring internet trolls to stir up trouble, but what these internet trolls said were all facts, and "The Voice of China 2024" had to swallow this loss in silence.

"Well, now that things have come to this, they can't be changed. There's no point in worrying about it anymore."

Li Xiao waved his hand and said, "We currently have two plans. One is to ignore the reputation of the program and only consider the revenue. The other is to try our best to restore the reputation of the program."

"Let's not consider the others. Just choose one of these two options."

……

Time flies and it is Tuesday, October 10th.

At 19 p.m., the latest episode of the music show "The Show" began to be broadcast on major TV stations and video platforms in Corea.

As a mid-level music program, although the number of viewers watching "The Show" is not as many as the top three music program stations (Music Center, Music Bank and Inkigayo), among the music programs of the same level, "The Show" can be said to have the largest number of viewers.

Han Mi-yeon, who previously criticized the "Voice 2024" program team on major social media platforms because of Park Ji-jae, is a loyal viewer of "The Show".

Every Tuesday at 19:, she and her sister Han Lina would sit in front of the computer screen to watch "The Show".

“I heard that Galaxy Girls also participated in the recording of “The Show” this week. I wonder what their performance will be like.”

Han Lina looked at the computer screen with interest, with a hint of curiosity.

She is not like her sister Han Mi-yeon, who is hostile to the Star Girls because of Park Ji-jae.

Even though Han Lina is also a fan, it is only a superficial pursuit and she does not invest too much emotion.

So even though Park Ji-jae and "The Voice 2024" had some problems, she still took these things in stride.

But Han Miyan was different. When she heard what her sister said, she immediately sneered:
"Aren't Galaxy Girls an all-Chinese girl group? There aren't many good girl groups from China. Just like Chinese football, Galaxy Girls probably won't be much better."

When it comes to the entertainment industry, Han Mi-yeon still has full confidence in Corea.

Corea's entertainment industry is definitely ahead of the curve!

"Sis, you're judging people by stereotypes again!"

Han Lina rolled her eyes and said slowly: "The very popular song "Trouble Maker" was sung by Shu Yaqian and Song Yuhan from Galaxy Girls. Do you remember? It's that song..."

After saying that, Han Lina pouted and whistled the beginning of the song "Trouble Maker".

Hearing the familiar melody, Han Miyan's eyes widened and she showed a very surprised expression:

"What did you say? The song 'Trouble Maker' was sung by a member of this Galaxy Girls? How come I didn't know about this?"

Han Lina continued to roll her eyes, "Your mind is all on Park Ji-jae, what can you know?"

"..."

Han Mi-yeon was speechless and changed the subject directly: "Have you listened to the new song of Star River Girls? How does the quality compare to "Trouble Maker"? "

"I can only say that the melodies of these two songs are quite catchy and brainwashing."

Han Lina said calmly: "You can watch the Star River Girls' singing performance later to find out the specific situation."

It is hard for Han Lina to say which of the two songs, "Trouble Maker" and "Nobody", is better or worse. She just feels that they both have their own characteristics, and both are very distinctive.

"What you're saying... Is the new song of Galaxy Girls also of the quality of "Trouble Maker"?"

Han Miyeon showed a rather suspicious expression, staring at her sister blankly.

Han Lina waved her hand and refused to answer: "Just watch it for yourself, and you will know when you see it."

"It's just a song, isn't it? What's so mysterious about it?"

Han Miyan snorted and turned away boredly, not forgetting to mock, "You are hesitating and refusing to say anything, it must be that the new song of Galaxy Girls is not good enough."

Han Lina retorted without any fear: "If you want this, then I can't do anything about it."

"Then wait and see!"

Han Mi-yeon hummed twice, and then began to watch "The Show" attentively. In addition to the two sisters, many fans of Corea were watching "The Show" at the moment.

At the same time, the same is true for some residents of China.

After all, "The Show" is a program co-organized by China and South Korea, and it still has a certain fan base in China.

Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi were currently in the living room of the hotel suite, watching "The Show" with Mei Jie.

"Is the stage of a music show so close to the live audience? There really is no distance at all!"

Looking at the pictures on TV, Feng Shiqi said with emotion.

It was her first time watching this type of music program, so she didn't understand a lot of things.

On the TV screen, the edge right in front of the stage is the audience seats, with almost no distance between the two.

As long as they are brave enough, the audience sitting in the first row can just stand up and stretch out their hands and touch the idol standing in the front of the stage. It can be said that the stage is almost zero distance away.

Mei Jie explained with a smile: "The purpose of the music performance stage is to attract the public's favor. If the stage is closer to the audience, it will also increase the audience's sense of happiness and make it easier for them to have a good impression of the idol."

Feng Shiqi nodded, looking as if he had learned something new.

Bai Xingjian didn't know much about this, so he listened to Mei Jie's science lecture with Feng Shiqi.

After watching the stage for almost half an hour, the Galaxy Girl finally appeared on the TV screen.

The five girls started to perform on stage!

Hearing the familiar singing voice, Mei Jie's eyes lit up: "The soundtrack that was broadcasted is actually the live version of Galaxy Girls! The program team didn't use the original studio soundtrack of "Nobody" to fool the audience!"

Nowadays, some idols’ music performances are basically lip-syncing.

This is a way of taking shortcuts for idols themselves, and it is also an inevitable choice.

The main reason is that there are so many music promotion stages that everyone participates in.

If they keep singing with the mic on all the time, their voices will definitely be ruined by the middle and late stages of the promotion, and the stage effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

After all, not all idols have amazing voices. Lip-syncing to the original soundtrack can allow them to focus more on the dance moves, and the effect may be better to some extent.

Therefore, even some popular boy and girl groups will adopt this method to promote their songs at a certain stage.

Some boy and girl groups, who want stage effects, will ask the program team to play the original studio sound almost from the beginning to the end of the promotion.

The main reason is that the risk of live broadcasting is too high, and a lot of things will be exposed if you are not careful.

Therefore, groups like Galaxy Girls that dare to perform live are relatively rare at present.

"The girls are all in great shape! Really great!"

Feng Shiqi raised his hands and clapped gently, praising the Galaxy Girl from a distance.

Bai Xingjian also smiled and nodded, looking at the TV with satisfaction.

The storm brought by the song "Nobody" by Galaxy Girls has begun!
……

"This song has something! The Star River Girl even sang with the microphone on, which shows her strength!"

Han Mi Yan's expression has changed at this moment.

It can be said that "Nobody" sung by Galaxy Girl has attracted her and even has a tendency to conquer her.

“Now you know, this song is really comparable to Trouble Maker.”

Han Lina also said excitedly at this moment.

The Galaxy Girls' singing stage also gave her a big surprise.

“I feel like this song ‘Nobody’ is better than ‘Trouble Maker’.”

Han Mi-yeon nodded and said, "The melody should be more catchy, especially that line, it's so catchy!"

She had already somewhat forgotten about Park Ji-jae at this moment.

What is the ultimate goal of chasing stars? Isn’t it to please yourself?

Now, after hearing a very nice song from Star Girls, Han Mi Yan felt that she could put her Ji Jae Oppa aside for a while.

She has now started to sway her body to the rhythm on the computer screen.

Han Miyan shook her head and said, "My dear sister! You didn't even share such a beautiful song with me. If the Star Girls didn't promote the song, I, your sister, would never be able to hear this song in my life, right?"

"..."

Han Lina was speechless after hearing this, and her sister started to pass the blame again.

Rolling her eyes, Han Lina responded, "Looking at your heroic state of criticizing everyone a few days ago, wouldn't it be asking for trouble if I mentioned Galaxy Girl in front of you? If I really mentioned the song "Nobody", I guess you would criticize it as worthless."

"It seems to be the same..."

Recalling the scene of the past few days, Han Mi Yan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

"You said that this song 'Nobody' was also written by Bai Xingjian? This guy is really something! He is worthy of being the man who fought with Ji Jae oppa."

Han Mi-yeon changed the subject.

"He also directed and acted in the MV for 'Nobody'. You can go watch it later."

Han Lina quietly became the promoter of "Nobody".

"Huh? This Bai Xingjian is so amazing? He can direct a music video? And he can act as well?"

Han Miyeon's eyes widened. She suddenly felt that she should not continue to hang herself on Park Ji-jae's tree. The forest outside seemed to be very exciting as well.

"His acting skills are pretty good."

Han Lina said with a smile, and she couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.

My dear sister, are you going to join the church with me?
"Not bad, not bad. This has successfully aroused my curiosity. But I'd better finish watching the Star River Girls' singing performance first. They are also quite interesting."

Han Meiyan suppressed the impulse in her heart and continued to focus on the computer screen.

At this time, the Star River Girls' singing stage also ended, and it was their turn for the interview.

After seeing Shu Yaqian answer the questions asked by the host Li Xianyu, the two sisters in front of the computer screen couldn't help but reveal a look of shock and said in unison:

"No, are these sisters so confident?"

(End of this chapter)