The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 221: Surprises one after another, the resentment of Chinese contestants
"Zhang Chen, I think everyone should be more curious about why you are not among the mentors?"

After Zhang Chen took his seat in the center, Teacher He also sat down in his "host seat" and asked a question that the audience at the scene and in front of the TV were curious about.

The program was organized by Zhang Chen himself, so it is reasonable for him to be given a mentor position, right?
Moreover, if Zhang Chen is qualified to replace Michael, wouldn't that save the show millions of dollars?

"Me?" Zhang Chen pointed at himself. "I still have to film later. Due to well-known reasons, the crew has been delayed for several months. Now that filming is about to start, I can't let hundreds of people in the crew stop working because of me."

Chenguang Entertainment will be filming several more TV series this year, and it is still one TV series short of fulfilling Mr. Jin’s request, so it cannot break its promise.

"You're putting us in a dilemma. We want to watch your TV show, but we also want to see you sing on the Voice of China stage."

Teacher He has expressed everyone's thoughts. Of course, everyone wants to see a world superstar act, but they also want to see Zhang Chen sing for everyone on the show.

Zhang Chen is not very active in business. He doesn't appear on shows or hold concerts. The only time you can see him singing on stage is the annual Spring Festival Gala.

How can such a frequency of operations satisfy the appetite of the majority of fans?
"Haha, you're talking about this. Since we've invited so many big names to your party, there's no need to keep an eye on me, right?"

"Speaking of which, everyone also wants to know what is the purpose of your program, Zhang Chen?"

Teacher He actually knows all these things very well, but since it is a press conference, it naturally has to be a question-and-answer session, and an interview outline has to be prepared in advance.

Otherwise, Zhang Chen would not need to appear today, and Teacher He could just make the statement on his behalf.

"In fact, many people who are more talented in music never know how to embark on the path of being a singer for various reasons." Zhang Chen began to explain the core selling point of "The Voice of China". "Take me as an example. In order to record my first album, my family almost emptied out their savings."

When Zhang Chen said this, he recalled some memories and everyone listened attentively. This was the rise of the legendary Zhang Chen.

The more they know about their idols, the closer they will feel to them.

"My family is relatively well-off, and I didn't disappoint them in the end. We made the right bet." Zhang Chen changed the subject and continued, "What if the family can't afford to support their children to pursue a career in art? What if the family is well-off and supports their children to pursue this career, but nothing works out?"

These words are actually a bit extreme.

Because many people are not born with the ability to sing, after all, they are a minority.

More people can go further on this path only after systematic learning.

Although there are singers who have made a name for themselves in this industry from an independent background, they are a minority after all.

Moreover, if singers who come from an amateur background do not know how to make sounds and exercise scientifically, their singing career will be much shorter than those of singers who come from an academic background or have the guidance of a master.

However, the main purpose of Zhang Chen's remarks is to establish a "personality" for the show "The Voice of China". He needs to stand on the side of ordinary people and consider them.

Although it sounds high-sounding, and although the program has already attracted sponsorship and sold the broadcasting rights, it has already made money.

But it cannot be denied that he did spend real money to give those talented people who wanted to pursue a career in this field but couldn't find a way or who lacked money a chance to show themselves.

"Indeed, after a year of preparation, Morning Light Entertainment has provided countless new generations with a large number of free cover opportunities, and has also released these works for everyone to listen to for free."

Teacher He also began to introduce the preparations for this program over the past year: "After a year, through the screening of netizens and industry professionals, a group of outstanding talents have been selected from various regions. These people will bring us one beautiful song after another in the coming days."

After saying this, Teacher He mentioned another question that puzzled everyone: "I think everyone is more curious about why two countries have to hold similar programs at the same time, and hold the press conference in the same place?"

Everyone is competing on their own and their audience groups are different, so the press conferences can just be held in their respective countries. Why put the two groups together?

This is a question asked by many media outlets, and also a question asked by many viewers who like to be picky.

"Do you think I'm just going to host The Voice and that's it?"

Zhang Chen smiled slightly. He looked at the somewhat confused audience, then glanced at the camera lens, as if he was also looking at the audience in front of the TV.

"Can you tell everyone about it?"

"No."

Zhang Chen spread his hands, indicating that he wanted to keep it a secret.

Only a very few people know about this.

If we tell it now, the show will lose its sense of mystery and anticipation.

“But there are some things that can be said.”

Just when the audience in front of the TV was so angry that they wanted to smash the TV, Zhang Chen seemed to have thought of something.

He looked at the eight mentors from both countries, and then said to the camera: "There is a peak night at the end of the show. Each mentor team will have a student who will be able to perform a song with the mentor in a nationwide live broadcast that night."

Before everyone could exclaim, Zhang Chen continued, "I will personally write a song for the champions of the two countries and their mentor. The proceeds from the song will be donated to certain art schools in the name of him, his mentor and the program team."

How great is the temptation for Zhang Chen to write his own songs?

No singer in the world would underestimate the songs written by Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen’s songs started out as golden hits and there is no limit to their success.

Although the proceeds will be donated, the awards and fame are also a wealth that everyone covets.

"In addition, there are more surprises and opportunities waiting for all students." Zhang Chen kept it a secret, "You guys, do your best, this is just the beginning!"

After saying this, Zhang Chen began to keep silent and handed the microphone over.

"You should keep talking!"

"Any other surprises?!"

"Zhang Chen, you are annoying when you are talking halfway, don't you know?"

The people at the scene began to make noise. They were really curious about the bigger surprise that Zhang Chen mentioned.

Even Zhang Chen writing songs himself and singing with big names is just the beginning?
How big does this surprise have to be to be called a surprise?
But no matter how loudly they shouted, Zhang Chen didn't say anything, but signaled to Teacher He that he could start interviewing the eight mentors.

This session is actually a chat session.

Everyone talked about their views on music, the future development of music, and what kind of students they wanted to find in this program.

Finally, Teacher He also introduced the competition system of this program:

After nationwide auditions, each region has selected a group of the best singers.

The next step is to enter the formal program recording session.

This segment that everyone will see on TV is divided into four parts, which is also what everyone is more concerned about.

1. Tutors are divided into classes:
It is called "blind audition", including the revival round, with a total of six rounds. The participants sing and the four mentors turn their backs to the stage.

If they intend to invite participants to their own team, they will rotate the seats by pressing a key.

If many mentors turn around, the student will have to choose which team to join. If none of the four mentors turn around, the student will be eliminated.

Each tutor team decides the top four for a total of four classes.

According to the instructor's advice, each team of 14 players was divided into 7 groups.

Two contestants from each group will sing a song together on stage and compete against each other on the spot.

The mentor chooses whether to stay or leave based on the contestants' performance.

Among the 7 winners, the mentor directly selected 1 disciple to serve as a mentor, and the remaining 6 were divided into 3 groups through on-site drawing, singing of self-selected songs, on-site PK, etc. The 3 winners and the selector, a total of four people, became the mentor's disciples and formed a mentor team.

3. Champions Battle:
That is, four advance into one within the group.

In this stage, the remaining four students in each mentor group will compete through three rounds of PK for a seat in the group to advance to the peak night.

Four students will sing in turn, and the instructor will directly select one student to compete in the final round; the other three students will be voted by the 99 media jury, and the student with the lowest number of votes will be directly eliminated at this stage. After the other two students compete again, the 99 media jury will vote again and the instructor will score (100 points will be given to these two students), and the winner will advance;
The winner of the first stage will compete with the winner of the second stage, and then a jury of 99 media outlets will vote again and the mentors will give scores (100 points for the two students). The one with the higher score will get a seat at the peak night.

4. Peak Night

The finals. The top four will sing with their mentors and then sing solo. The one who received the most SMS votes from the audience in the first two rounds will directly enter the fourth round, and the one with the least will be eliminated.

The remaining two entered the third round of singing, and the results of SMS voting also determined one person to enter the fourth round. After the last round of singing, the audience and 99 media judges voted together. The audience SMS votes were converted into percentages, and the media's support votes were added to determine the final champion.

"Okay, that's the competition system of The Voice of China. This is a 'two-way selection' program. During the blind selection stage, the mentors can choose you, and you can also choose the mentor. I'm sure you all have your favorite mentor candidate, right?"

All the audience who listened to the introduction of the program's competition system, especially those singers who had successfully advanced to the program recording, were excited!
No one expected that such a program would appear.

What did they hear?
Become a mentor's disciple?
Sing a song with your mentor?

Who are the mentors? They are all some of the best singers on the planet.

If there is any regret, it is the contestants from China.

They actually want to go to the United States to compete.
Disciple of Michael Jackson and Madonna?

If this were to be told to others, it would be such a great honor.

It would be nice if Zhang Chen was also a mentor in China.
This is the voice of many Chinese contestants.

It’s not that China’s current thinking mentors are not good enough, but we need to see who we are comparing them with.

No matter how great Zhang Guorong is, his influence in the world is far inferior to that of Michael Jackson.

Regardless of the reactions of the people at the scene, after Zhang Chen and a group of mentors "lit up" the "microphone" logo on the screen, the "Voice of China" press conference came to an end.

After that, the guests had free time.

Zhang Chen and eight mentors also went to the venue for the second half of today's event - Tuanjie Park.

"boss."

"Director Zhang."

"Brother Chen."

Zhang Chen led the way, and along the way, many Chinese actors, singers, directors, producers, and company bosses greeted Zhang Chen.

During this process, Zhang Chen and several mentors also shook hands and greeted the people around them. Some, like Will Smith, even took a glass of wine from the waiter and started toasting with some people.

This park is not just a place for people to relax, there are also refreshments placed everywhere for people to try.

So after Zhang Chen walked for a while, all the mentors around him were surrounded by enthusiastic people from the Chinese entertainment industry.

But he did not stop, but walked all the way to the deepest part of the park, with only Xue Yining following him.

"Where's Sissi? Logically speaking, shouldn't she have returned home?"

Halfway through the journey, Zhang Chen asked about Liu Yifei who had disappeared for a long time.

The two haven't had any communication in the past few months since their last video call.

“It seems she also participated in the competition.”

"what?"

Zhang Chen suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Xue Yining: "Have you passed the audition?"

She really didn't expect that the little girl actually signed up without telling him.

"Well, we're going to start recording in a week."

Xue Yining felt a little guilty, as she thought Liu Yifei had told Zhang Chen.

It turned out that my boss didn't even know about this.

This was her dereliction of duty.

"If this is really nonsense, what about the filming of The Legend of Sword and Fairy?"

"She said she would arrange her time and if the crew disagreed with her behavior, they could replace her."

This gets a little tricky.

Liu Yifei's role as Zhao Linger is the soul of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". Although the casting has not been completed yet, her role has basically been decided.

Not to mention whether there would be enough time to send audition invitations to suitable actors, even Zhang Chen would not agree to her strike.

"Where is she now?"

Zhang Chen felt it necessary to have a good talk with Liu Yifei.

"It should be in the karaoke room in the headquarters building."

The supporting facilities of Chenguang Building are very complete, including karaoke rooms, recording studios, dance rooms, game rooms, and basketball courts.

"I'll go find her after I meet a few important guests. Ask her to wait for me there."

　Today’s third 4000-word chapter, 1.2 words updated today, done!

　　I'm begging for monthly tickets! I'm begging for recommendation tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)