Chapter 292: If you can’t compare, just change the rules
Backstage statistics show that Zhang Wei’s text message votes have exceeded 200,000 votes, and at this time, the judges have just finished their comments.
Then there will be group PK for the other twelve contestants, which means there are still twelve songs plus a comment stage. Zhang Wei’s vote count has exceeded 300,000, which is definitely a sure shot, and the same is true for breaking 400,000 votes. Normal situation.
Seeing this number, the director couldn't help but beam with joy.
The previous 48-hour breakout competition was also broadcast live nationwide, and the contestant with the highest number of votes in the entire show at that time only had 270,000 votes.
This number of 270,000 votes was finally obtained after two full days of planning and a total of four hours of programming.
Now Zhang Wei, who is the first to appear, has just finished singing the first song, and he has more than 200,000 votes. Does this mean that the ratings of the show have already exploded!
Thinking of this, the program director couldn't help but feel proud. As a director, who is promoted and who is eliminated is only secondary. What he cares most about is the ratings of the program. As long as the ratings are high enough, even if one is promoted He doesn't care about dogs either.
In the next part of the competition, the twelve players were divided into two teams to compete. However, this has nothing to do with Zhang Wei. The only thing he can do now is to stand in the waiting area and wait for the midfielder PK.
The captains of the two teams took the lead. One sang "Neversay Goodbye" by the American rock band BonJovi, and the other sang "Miss You Everyday" by Zhang Yusheng.
After the two finished singing, the director immediately looked at the SMS voting data backstage.
"Why are there only more than 60,000 votes?" The director frowned fiercely.
As the captain, they must be very popular contestants. The director thought that after they finished singing, even if they could not get 200,000 votes, they would still get more than 100,000 votes.
Unexpectedly, these two popular contestants only received more than 60,000 votes.
Seeing this number, the director instantly felt like he was being knocked back to his prototype.
The two contestants who appeared next were both quite popular, but after the performance, they only received more than 40,000 votes, which was not as good as the two captains.
Looking at such numbers, the director's triumphant expression disappeared instantly without a trace, and was replaced by three points of disappointment, three points of helplessness, and four points of depression.
Obviously, such voting numbers do not mean that the ratings of this program have exploded. Previously, Zhang Wei received 200,000 votes after singing. It was simply because the song was good and it had nothing to do with whether the show was popular or not.
As the old saying goes, what does songtu have to do with me?
Similarly, what does the popularity of a song have to do with the show?
The director obviously didn't realize how awesome this song "Unfortunately No If" really is.
Among JJ Lin’s many divine songs, if not one of the best, he should be in the top five.
Love songs of this level are considered to be the ceiling level of Chinese love songs. No matter who sings them, the songs will become popular.
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In the blink of an eye, the other twelve singers have completed their performances, and the judges have all commented. Next, it is time to announce the votes.
In the final result, the second team received 550,000 votes, beating the first team's 450,000 votes. All six singers from the second team advanced to the top 11.
The six singers from the first team came to the waiting area, and together with Zhang Wei, entered the midfield PK session.
"Next, we will announce the number of votes the contestants received. The one with the highest number of votes will directly advance to the top 11 of the national finals! Please look at the big screen!"
On the big screen, a message appeared Among the remaining seven contestants, the first place is of course Zhang Wei, who received 420,000 votes!
You must know that the six members of the entire first team only received 450,000 votes in the previous team PK, while Zhang Wei alone received 420,000 votes, almost beating the previous team. The total of six members.
"Congratulations to Zhang Wei for successfully saving himself and advancing to the top 11!" the host said.
“It’s time to get off work!” Zhang Wei smiled at the camera and walked off the stage to the promotion area amid cheers from the audience.
The next competition has nothing to do with Zhang Wei. Regardless of whether someone advanced in a thrilling way or someone was eliminated in tears, Zhang Wei sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched their performances quietly.
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Successfully advanced to the top 11, but the contestants did not have time to relax. The boys' college invited professional dance and vocal teachers to guide the contestants, and the program also had to be recorded. In addition, the players also have to prepare the music for the next competition and conduct rehearsals. Before the competition, there is a quiz this week.
Just like before you take a formal exam, in addition to answering a lot of practice questions, you also have to take a mock exam.
After being busy, Hu Li came to the door again and urged Zhang Wei to sign the contract quickly.
Facing Hu Li, Zhang Wei was still smiling. He took out the contract and said, "Director Hu, I have already read this contract. But there are many parts of the contract that I don't understand. , so I didn’t dare to sign.”
“What don’t you understand?” Hu Li asked subconsciously.
“Just like here, what does the exclusive brokerage rights mentioned above mean?”
Hu Li thought for a while and answered: "It means that the company has the exclusive agency rights for artists during the contract period."
"Then what is the exclusive economic agency rights?"
"That is to say, the artist's only legal representative in the performing arts career has the right to arrange the artist's performing arts activities."
"What does the scope of the performing arts career include?"
"It is all kinds of performing arts activities. , such as concerts, stage plays, dramas, comedies, singing performances, dance performances, and variety shows, are all performing arts activities. ”
"Does book signing count?" Zhang Wei asked.
"Book signing?" Hu Li frowned. This was the first time she heard such a question.
"It is said that literature and art are not separated, and many artists can also write books. This book signing should be considered a performing arts activity, right?" Hu Li said very unconfidently.
"Does being interviewed count?" Zhang Wei asked again.
“Of course!” Hu Li nodded without hesitation.
"Then the interview is about topics related to induced pluripotent stem cells. Is it considered a performing arts activity?"
"Induced for what? What cells are stemmed?" Hu Li looked confused.
“Induced pluripotent stem cells are one of my research topics at Tsinghua University. This research has filled a gap in China, so from time to time, scientific magazines will interview me. Is this considered a performing arts activity? ?”
“This shouldn’t be counted, right?”
“What about gene editing technology?” Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
"Why did another gene editing technology appear?"
"This is another research project I did at Tsinghua University. The Chinese name is gene scissors, and it also fills a gap in this aspect in China!"
“How much research have you done?”
“A few. You can go to the paper search and search for my name and you should be able to find it.” Zhang Wei said innocently. "If I can check that thing, I still need to learn music!" Hu Li couldn't help complaining in her heart.
Facing Zhang Wei's sincere expression, Hu Li sighed helplessly, "If we can't afford to offend the university tyrant in Qing Dynasty, why can't we hide from him?" So he said: "Let's put this question aside for now. Apart from this exclusive brokerage right, what else do you don't understand?"
"What does the ownership of intellectual property rights mean?" Zhang Wei immediately ask.
“It refers to the issue of ownership of intellectual property rights generated by artists.”
“Does the research on the Hall effect of graphene count?”
“What is graphene? ”
"It is a kind of nanomaterial. I am currently studying the Hall effect of this material. It is estimated that the results will be produced soon. If I sign the contract, then the results of this research will be produced during this period, and this intellectual property rights will also be distributed to you for entertainment. Part of the company?"
"We are an entertainment company, why do we need the intellectual property rights of nanomaterials?" Hu Li snorted.
"But this intellectual property may be valuable. Can you give it up on behalf of your company?"
"Uh..." Hu Li was at a loss for words. Money was involved, and he really didn't. Dare to agree rashly.
Sighing helplessly again, Hu Li asked: "Put this question aside for now. Do you have any other questions?"
"Yes, and there are quite a few, I have circled them all with a red pen!" Zhang Wei said, handing the contract back to Hu Li.
Hu Li looked around and saw that there were several red circles on the first page alone. As she turned further back, there were more and more red circles. There were probably hundreds of them in total.
“So many!” Looking at so many red circles, Hu Li looked helpless: “I’d better let the company’s legal affairs explain it to you!”
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In the conference room, several executives of Xiaoxiang Entertainment began to discuss the program again.
"The ratings for the first game of the National Finals are basically the same as we predicted, but this is the first game after all. After a few more games, the topic will start, and the popularity of the program will naturally increase, and the ratings will definitely increase. A substantial increase."
"What is the public opinion of the first game?" the leader asked.
Another person immediately reported: "According to the public opinion information we collected, the audience's evaluation is quite good, especially the No. 13 contestant Zhang Wei, who was most impressed. The original song he sang , and it directly increased the popularity of our program."
The leader nodded and turned to look at Hu Li: "I remember last week, this Zhang Wei hadn't signed a contract with us yet. ? Has the contract been signed now? "
Hu Li shook her head slightly awkwardly: "Not yet. There are many things that Zhang Wei doesn't understand about the contract, and I have asked the legal department to explain it to him. ”
"Then when can it be signed?"
"Probably next week!" Hu Li paused and then said: "As you know, the players' schedules are also very busy. They have to participate Various training activities, rehearsing programs, preparing songs, and taking quizzes."
"Director Hu, you have to improve your efficiency!"
"Don't worry, I will always do it. Those who are keeping an eye on this matter, try to get him to sign the contract as soon as possible," Hu Li said immediately.
A person next to him asked: "So in this week's quiz, should Zhang Wei be given last place?"
"Of course! As long as he doesn't sign a contract with us, then he will be last in the quiz! We have to put some pressure on him, otherwise it will be difficult to sign the contract." The leader said.
“But I think this trick doesn’t seem to have much effect. In the last game, he was last in the quiz and entered the pending area at the beginning, but he only needed to sing one song. If you can play it back, it will be the first place in the SMS voting. To be honest, the song "It's a pity that there is no if" is really good, and I can't help but want to vote for him!"
" Yes, the songs he sang in the audition were also very good. This Zhang Wei's songwriting talent is probably not inferior to Jay Chou. With such top-notch musical talent, even if he is in the bottom of the weekly quiz First, it won’t affect his promotion!” Another person said.
After the leader pondered for a moment, he said: "Let's do this. In the next game, we will modify the rules of the game. Didn't the last one in the quiz sing first? Let's change it to the last one in the quiz. He was the last to perform, so he only had time for one song, which he could use to canvass votes. "
"But in the last competition, he could get more than 200,000 SMS votes for one song. , still got more votes than other singers in the whole competition! The one who got the higher votes in the last competition only got 160,000 votes.”
"Then change the rules of the midfield PK. Even if you are first in the SMS voting, you will not be directly promoted, but will participate in the subsequent PK! In this way, even if Zhang Wei wins the first place in the midfield PK, he will not be directly promoted to the top 9 in the country! "
"Don't we still have to continue PK? If Zhang Wei can still come up with a good song, he can still advance." Someone said again.
"Then let the judges decide who will advance! Say hello to the judges in advance!" The leader snorted coldly.
Everyone looked at each other, obviously feeling that this decision was very unreliable. Fairness is very important in talent shows, especially for this kind of amateur talent show. For this reason, the program team not only invited special notaries to sit on the show site, but also invited many online media to conduct real-time online text broadcasts. .
So even if the program team is doing something shady, they don’t dare to be too blatant and can only do it secretly.
Things like changing the rules can be done. Although the rules may be changed to target a certain player, everyone is equal before the rules. If your rules are changed, other people's rules will also be changed.
Everyone faces the same rules. Others can adapt to them, but you can't. That's your problem. You can't blame others for adapting to the rules faster than you, right?
But if the judges directly eliminate a certain contestant, then this will directly affect the fairness of the program. After all, there are only those four people on the judges' bench, which cannot represent the preferences of the majority of the audience.
Furthermore, in the past, contestants were eliminated through SMS voting by the audience, but now judges are used to eliminate contestants. So in the future, should we continue to use judges to eliminate contestants, or should we resume voting by audience SMS voting?
If we continue to use judges to eliminate, the fairness of the program will be questioned. If there is no fair selection, it will definitely collapse.
And if SMS voting is restored, anyone who is not a fool will be able to see that the program team is engaging in shady activities, and the fairness of the draft will also be questioned.
Therefore, the program team can modify the rules to eliminate a certain contestant, but they must not directly eliminate a certain contestant.
After half a minute of silence in the conference room, someone finally asked: "Leader, do we have to let the judges decide on the final PK?"
At this time, the leader Obviously, he also realizes that it would be too arbitrary to directly let the judges decide the result. Such blatant shady practices will definitely make the show miserable.
So he quickly said: "I just said that the judges will decide who will advance, but I didn't say that we will let the judges decide who will be eliminated. If it comes to the final PK, let the audience vote via SMS!"
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Boys Academy, the remaining 11 contestants have received the new competition rules.
“According to the new rules, the first place in the midfield PK SMS voting will not be directly promoted, but will have to participate in the second round of PK.”
“And the second round of PK , the judges will decide the promoted players, leaving two people for the final PK"
Listening to the discussions of several other contestants, Zhang Wei took a deep breath, calmed down, and thought to himself:
"Fortunately, the final PK still relies on audience SMS voting. As long as there are audience SMS votes, no matter how you modify the rules, I will not give up!"
(End of this chapter)
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