This star doesn’t work overtime

The next day, nine o'clock.

Wang Cheng went to work on time and appeared outside the recording studio.

Huang Bin, Mo Bailin, manager Chen Xiaoyong, dancer Sun Gang, and even director Wu Tong are all waiting here.

Wu Tong looked at Wang Cheng who was walking over and said with a smile: "I just happened to have nothing to do this morning, so I came over to watch you record songs. It's a pleasure every time I watch you record songs."

Wu Tong is also a veteran in the industry and has a very clear understanding of the process of producing a song, so he understands how incredible it is that Wang Cheng can complete a song in one or two days with such ease every time. This is the first time I've seen it in so many years.

Therefore, after watching Wang Cheng's process of making the song Wuha for a long time last time, Wu Tong had a deep memory and had more confidence in Wang Cheng's strength. This was one of the important reasons why he and Fang Xue Shu insisted on renewing Wang Cheng's contract at a high price!

Many people in the outside world still regard Wang Cheng as a 19-year-old traffic trainee. The term "traffic trainee" means that he has no strength and can only act cool, so they all think that Wang Cheng is not worth that much money.

However, both Wu Tong and Fang Xue Shu knew that Wang Cheng was definitely not an ordinary traffic trainee, but a real powerhouse.

Both creative and production abilities are top-notch.

Unfortunately!

He has such great writing and production abilities, but he can’t sing by himself.

This is the most regrettable thing for Wu Tong and Fang Xue Shu.

If Wang Cheng could sing by himself and take off his mask...

The stage appeal will definitely rise by several levels again, and the ratings of the show will also increase faster.

Pity……

Wu Tong looked at Wang Cheng with a look of regret, and only hoped that Wang Cheng could polish his singing skills in the future.

No matter how talented you are, you can still achieve results if you work hard the day after tomorrow. Even if you can't become a top singer, you can still be an average singer.

Of course, the main reason for coming to see Wang Cheng record a song is that Wu Tong wanted to see the quality of the song in advance, so that the program team could start promoting the next program in advance.

Wang Cheng nodded lightly to Wu Tong and did not speak to him. He just looked at Huang Bin and Mo Bailin and asked in a calm tone: "Are you all ready?"

Huang Bin and others nodded affirmatively.

After the last cooperation with Wuha, they all know that Wang Cheng's requirements are relatively strict. They must use their full strength and abilities within a limited time in order to complete the recording as soon as possible.

The recording of this song is actually a little simpler than the last Wuha. After a few people assigned the lyrics, they quickly mastered the lyrics and rhythm. All that's left is to find the state. Once the state is found, the recording can be completed quickly. .

"no problem!"

Mo Bailin agreed excitedly, and everyone else also looked forward to it.

Wang Cheng walked into the recording room first and started to operate with familiarity. Mo Bailin and Huang Bin also walked in one after another and started to find their state!

Wu Tong watched for a while, but couldn't tell anything now. He just listened to the strange lyrics sung by Huang Bin and others, and left silently after a while.

He believes in Wang Cheng's strength and style.

The successful sales of the two songs prove that Wang Cheng is very popular. As long as the new songs continue to be produced in this style, the sales will not be bad.

Wu Tong walked out of the recording studio and sent a message to an acquaintance at Penguin Music to ask about the data of Wang Cheng's two songs, Jingwumen and Wuha, and the other party immediately sent them.

The sales volume of "Jing Wu Men" has exceeded 12 million. With the popularity of spring and summer programs, the sales volume has increased rapidly.

Wuha's sales, however, tend to catch up with Jingwumen. It has now exceeded 10 million and is about to reach 11 million. It can be seen that it seems to be more popular and can surpass Jingwumen's sales in a few days at most.

Wu Tong immediately called the publicity department of the program team and asked them to announce that Wang Cheng would once again produce a new song and release it on the next episode of the program.

A new song will be released in the first episode of the show!

If every song can be popular, it will be difficult for the show to become popular.

Nowadays, Chinese music is almost dying, and a good song can quickly break out of the circle.

A smile escaped from the corners of Wu Tong's lips and he left with expectation.

The program team's official WeChat account immediately began to publicize the news of Wang Cheng's new song, building momentum for Wang Cheng's new song and the next program, and gradually tying Wang Cheng's popularity to the program.

"Wang Cheng, a contestant on this show, will perform a new work on the next show, so stay tuned!"

It is still the consistent style of official news.

The fewer words, the simpler, and the bigger the problem.

This simple message quickly became a hot topic.

Because Wang Cheng's songs have indeed become popular in the past two days and are very popular among young people. There are indeed no good songs to listen to in the past two years.

Therefore, many people who have listened to Wang Cheng’s two songs came over and left messages below.

"There's a new song, it's great, I really hope it will be released tomorrow."

"There are too few songs to listen to now. The two rare songs by Wang Cheng are both my favorites. Hurry up and release new songs."

"Wuha likes it very much. I have been listening to it for a day and have been playing the singles on repeat. I am looking forward to the new songs."

"Is that Wang Cheng wearing a mask? Can you take off the mask next time you perform?"

"Nothing to say, as long as you release a song, I will support it."

"Little Chengcheng is so talented? My sister loves him and is looking forward to the new song."

"Remember me, take off the mask, take off the mask..."

"The program crew really knows how to hype up..."

…

Many people in the industry have also seen the news about you in spring and summer.

Now the spring and summer program group has replaced the previous Eastern Star program group and has become the most popular variety show in the industry. Everyone is looking forward to the next episode of Spring and Summer Youqin to continue the ratings of the previous episode. Brilliance, or decline?

If the ratings drop, then this 26 million contract with Wang Cheng for the third phase will become a laughing stock in the industry.

If the ratings continue to rise, then they will study the success of the spring and summer programs in more detail, from crossing the river by feeling the Eastern Star to crossing the river by feeling the spring and summer programs with you.

Li Guang and He Lei noticed the news immediately.

Yesterday, the news that Li Guang failed to sign Wang Cheng has spread throughout the program team. The momentum of the entire program team has become weaker, and many staff members have no passion for their work.

Due to the rapid decline in the ratings of the previous episode, the production costs of this episode have also dropped a lot, resulting in the production of the new episode being definitely not as sophisticated as before.

This is where the vicious cycle begins.

However, there is nothing anyone can do.

Ratings are the life of variety shows.

Li Guang looked at the news released by the spring and summer program team, sighed, and said: "Originally, we were bound to win Wang Cheng. We have five more programs, and the price we offered must be higher than the three spring and summer programs. Liu Jinfeng I don’t care about the price difference of a single episode, I only care about how much I can get.”

"At that time, I saw that he wanted to agree to my bid. Unfortunately, I forgot that there was a bigger name in our program team. Because of this rule, we fell short in the end and lost the opportunity to buy Wang Cheng back. In the future, It’s impossible! When spring and summer are over, he can join Tomorrow’s Idol and there’s no way he can come back to us.”

He Lei also frowned, and the regret in his heart deepened, and he blamed himself even more. In the past few days, he spoke softly in the program group. He felt ashamed of the entire program group, and asked softly: "Where's An Keru? Woolen cloth?"

Li Guang shook his head: "I discussed it with Jiang Yun at that time, and Jiang Yun clearly refused. If we signed Wang Cheng at a high price, she might take An Keru to terminate the contract. I hesitated for a while, but finally chose to keep An Keru. Keru, we can't just let her terminate the contract."

He Lei understood that they could not offend An Keru and the company behind him so much, as it would affect their reputation in the circle and be detrimental to their future development, and An Keru could not be offended either.

But……

Look at the official WeChat messages of your program team in spring and summer.

Li Guang smiled bitterly and said: "If I knew that Wang Cheng would release a new song in every subsequent show, then I would try my best to offend An Keru and sign him! As long as the show can continue to be as popular as before, what? Any conflicts will be resolved easily. If it doesn't work out, even if An Keru gets angry and terminates the contract and leaves, as long as we can continue to make the show popular, it won't have much impact on us."

He Lei was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Li Guang wanted to give up An Keru?

Li Guang glanced at He Lei and felt that He Lei was still not smart enough, and he was not bold enough or decisive enough in his actions, which led to the current situation.

Next time he plans a new show, he will collaborate with other directors.

"By the way, let's restore the video of Wang Cheng performing on our stage. Now that the ending has been decided, there is no need to continue to target people like this. Without Wang Cheng's performance, the playback data of the video has dropped sharply. This It will also have a great impact on our subsequent popularity.”

Li Guang said again.

Last time, Wang Cheng just went to the spring and summer program team. In order not to bring attention to Wang Cheng and the spring and summer program team, he took the decision to delete all the scenes of Wang Cheng in the video.

However, although that cannot bring popularity to Wang Cheng and the spring and summer program team, it also has a considerable impact on their Oriental Star.

Without Wang Cheng's performance, the number of views of the video dropped sharply, from hundreds of millions of views a week to only a few hundred thousand views a day. The popularity of their own programs also dropped significantly. It also received a lot of abuse from the audience, which affected its reputation and made it a bad person.

Therefore, Li Guang decided to restore it quickly. Now those videos of Wang Cheng's performances have become the most valuable asset of their program team.

Reality is so ironic sometimes.

He Lei nodded: "Okay, this is not difficult, I will do it later."

Li Guang: "Well, by the way, how are the contestants in the program group doing now?"

He Lei's eyes flashed with bitterness again, and he shook his head and said: "The situation is not very good. The ratings of the program have dropped so much, their popularity has also dropped significantly, their followers have been increasing slowly, and their mentality has been unstable these days. Originally, they I also heard that we went to negotiate the contract with Wang Cheng and had some expectations. Now that Wang Cheng has not come back, they are even more disappointed. Especially Zhang Hanwen and others are completely out of shape! Only Wu Han is in relatively stable condition. Now the number of the next program has been reduced. Due to the lack of funding, I have a hunch that the ratings of the next episode of the program may be even lower..."

Li Guang stood up and sighed again.

People's hearts are scattered.

It’s hard to lead a team.

I felt a faint regret in my heart again. I should have bought Wang Cheng back at all costs yesterday.

As for Ankeru, we can arrange reconciliation afterwards!

As long as Wang Cheng is in hand, he has some room for choice.

And now...

There are no options left.

I can only watch the spring and summer program team continue to make articles about Wang Cheng and his works to promote the next program, and then watch the ratings of my own program continue to decline. This comparison is even more painful.

When planning a new show, Li Guang made up his mind to invite Wang Cheng to sit on the stage.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at Wang Cheng's Weibo page. When he saw the eye-catching number that the number of fans exceeded 20 million, his heartbeat accelerated slightly.

This may be the trainee who has gained fans the fastest since the traffic era.

…

The contestants in the Eastern Star program group are indeed in trouble.

Only one person is in good condition, even better than before.

That's Wu Han!

It is true that since Wang Cheng left, the ratings have dropped, and Wu Han's fan base has been growing at a much slower rate than before.

but……

Without Wang Cheng, he is sure to win the championship, and then he will be able to go to the stage of tomorrow's idol.

The popularity lost here can be earned back on the stage of tomorrow's idols.

When the time comes, you can even make your debut directly as a top-tier player...

so.

Wu Han has been training harder and harder these days. Even with his current popularity and strength, he is already a standout on the Eastern Star stage, and the championship is guaranteed.

However, when he thought about the opponents he would face on the stage of tomorrow's idol, he felt extremely stressed and he trained even harder!

At that time, he will once again face Wang Cheng, who now has a terrifying 20 million fans, and Wen Yixiao, who also has over 10 million fans and has entered the first-line celebrity position. These two people are currently at the top of all trainees this year. The mountains up.

As for him, the number of fans now is less than 7 million. Compared with when Wang Cheng left, the number of fans increased by less than 1 million. This is an increase of more than ten days. If the stage of tomorrow's idol did not attract him, he would also have no fans. He would be crushed by such an increase in fans.

He doesn't expect to defeat Wang Cheng or Wen Yixiao by then.

He just doesn't want to lose so ugly when the time comes.

The stage for tomorrow's idols is even more cruel than the current popular variety show audition stages.

Mo Jinhua walked in and looked pleased as Wu Han led his teammates to train hard. She watched Wu Han train for more than an hour, and then she said during the break: "Wang Cheng will release a new song in the next episode."

Wu Han was stunned for a moment as he wiped his sweat, and several other team members were also stunned for a moment. They felt very strange, as if Wang Cheng was no longer in the same world as them.

However, they were performing on the same stage two weeks ago!

This gave them a sense of trance, as if they were from another world.

Wu Han looked stiff for a moment, then nodded and said, "Sister Mo, are you here to tell me the news?"

Mo Jinhua shook his head and said: "I just want to tell you about Wang Cheng's current trends. Let me change the direction of your training. Starting today, you will take half a day to practice your singing skills. This will be good for your subsequent performances. , it is best to achieve the level of a professional singer who can perform live performances.”

Wu Han's expression softened and he asked: "Targeting Wang Cheng's weaknesses?"

Mo Jinhua smiled and said: "You don't need to know this now. You just need to improve your singing skills in the remaining five episodes. You can try to gain normal performance and singing experience on the stage. The auditions for tomorrow's idols have already Now that it’s started, the program team’s requirements for singing skills are obviously higher..."

Wu Han shook his head: "I didn't look!"

Mo Jinhua: "Take a good look when you have time."

Tomorrow Idol begins the selection process, which involves gradually eliminating trainee teams registered by major companies. The five strongest remaining teams will advance to the finals, where they will then compete with the five champions of the other five talent show variety shows. Finally, one team will be left. Champion and become the strongest idol this year.

Because the places in the five variety shows are limited, most of the people who enter are trainees from the investors of the show, or trainees affiliated with large companies.

Therefore, there are still many trainees under the company who do not have the opportunity to perform. It is not that they are not good enough or strong enough, it is just that they do not have the opportunity to show themselves.

Therefore, Tomorrow Idol holds a trial every year for these trainees who have no chance, selects the five strongest teams, and competes with the other five champions to prove who is the strongest.

Only tomorrow's idols with such gimmicks can maintain relatively high popularity and ratings every year.

Penguin Entertainment really plays traffic clearly.

Wu Han nodded: "Okay, I will make time to read it."

Mo Jinhua patted Wu Han and others on the shoulders and said: "It's enough to calm down and show yourself well. Don't think about fighting for rankings. This year's stage for Tomorrow's Idol is very strong and very cruel! As long as you can get on the stage, it's enough." It was a success.”

Wu Han and others all agreed, and their expressions were once again full of fighting spirit.

Mo Jinhua glanced at a few people, then turned and left. When passing by the Dongxing Entertainment team's practice room, she met Zhang Xiuhua. The two looked at each other and smiled, passing each other without saying a word. Mo Jinhua took a curious look at the situation in the practice room and found that Zhang Hanwen and several teammates were practicing with the finger dance without enthusiasm. There was a huge gap between the momentum and the appreciation of the dance compared with before.

"Pity!"

Mo Jinhua shook her head and sighed in her heart.

Passing by the practice room of Li Feifan and others, Mo Jinhua also took a look and saw that Li Feifan and others were in a better mental state than Zhang Hanwen and others, but they had no fighting spirit. They were practicing dance mechanically as if they were in class.

…………

Wen Yixiao came to the lounge as usual in the afternoon to take Liu Shengjie's vocal lessons.

Just after sitting down, Wen Yixiao asked curiously: "Teacher, Wang Cheng will release new songs in the next episode. Do you think these new songs of his have been created recently or have been composed before?"

This is the answer many people want to know.

Liu Shengjie first took out his mobile phone and checked the news to make sure that Wang Cheng really wanted to release a new song on the next episode, and then said: "I don't know, only he knows this. But, according to common sense, he should have composed it before. works. Otherwise, he would not have been able to complete the creation and production of one issue in such a short period of time.”

"He should have completed the creation a long time ago and has some knowledge about the production. That's why he started the production so quickly and completed it so smoothly..."

"I'm also looking forward to his new songs."

Wen Yixiao smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to it too!"

Liu Shengjie: "There have been many excellent and capable practice rooms this year, and you and Wang Cheng are the two best. There are also several good prospects in the selection competition for Tomorrow's Idol, and they have shown very good performance. As for your live singing skills, you have to practice hard now, so you don’t get outclassed later.”

Tomorrow's idol?

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Wen Yixiao's eyes, looking forward to the time when she would be able to perform on the same stage as Wang Cheng.

It would be great if I could cooperate with him once.

It should be more exciting than the performance between him and An Keru, right?

In her mind, a pair of ballroom dances performed by Wang Cheng and An Keru on the Oriental Star stage appeared in her mind.

To this day, this performance is still regarded by many as the most beautiful dance performance of the year. The number of views on major video websites has remained high, and it has continued to bring a steady stream of heat and popularity to An Keru and Wang Cheng.

Wen Yixiao is not jealous of the popularity. She just wants to take away the title of the most beautiful dance performance of the year.

If she cooperates with Wang Cheng, she can definitely beat Wang Cheng and An Keru, right?

but……

Right now, she knew that she had to improve herself first.

Since Wang Cheng has obvious shortcomings, don't blame yourself for targeting you...

…………

Many people and things in the outside world have undergone many changes because of Wang Cheng.

However, Wang Cheng himself has no interest in these.

He just lives in his own rhythm, when it's time to go to work, when it's time to rest, and when it's time to sleep.

It took two days to record the song, and then I started choreographing the song.

Sun Gang was still Wang Cheng's student throughout the whole process, only watching and speaking. Only when Wang Cheng got off work, he served as the dancer for Huang Bin and others during extra practice time. Several colleagues who knew him were envious of him and gave him great praise. He put on the hat of Wang Cheng's personal successor. He enjoyed this title very much, so he would ask Wang Cheng for some dance questions whenever he had the opportunity.

The strength of Huang Bin and others has been significantly improved compared to before. Both their singing and dancing abilities have improved, so it is easier to deal with it.

In accordance with the requirements of the program team, Wang Cheng also posted a promotional message on Weibo, which is also a rare and useful message: "The new song will be released soon!"

An extremely simple message quickly received tens of thousands of likes and reposts, and tens of thousands of people left comments. It once again entered the top ten of Weibo's most popular messages, and once again it became the top ten of popular messages after sending a single message.

Of course, Wang Cheng still didn't pay attention to these and didn't care, but he fell in the eyes of many caring people.

Fan stickiness and fan appeal are one of the symbols of the appeal of traffic stars, and they are also one of the components of their net worth!

Wang Cheng now has more than 20 million fans, and his fan loyalty and appeal are beyond this level, comparable to a top-tier celebrity with 30 to 40 million.

the most important is……

Everyone in the industry can see that this is a sign that Wang Cheng did not manage his fans well and did not interact well with them.

If there is a professional management team to operate Wang Cheng's account, it will definitely further increase the appeal and fan stickiness...

As a professional, Liu Jinfeng naturally saw it and called Wang Cheng again to ask if he needed a professional fan operation team.

Now, Wang Cheng is the most popular among fans of Dongxing Entertainment, no one!

If you want to maximize profits within two years, you naturally need to operate the fan economy well.

However, Wang Cheng still refused.

This is also one of his principles, don’t engage in fan economy, don’t cut leeks!

Wang Cheng refused, and Liu Jinfeng didn't force it. After all, it was only a two-year contract. Wang Cheng could do whatever he wanted, as long as it didn't delay the company's making money.

A few days flew by.

The recording of your new program in spring and summer has started again.

Except for Wang Cheng, everyone on the program team got into a tense rhythm.