Chapter 317 Turning Passivity into Advantage
There are four contestants left. At this stage, the organizer has also canceled the weekly quiz.
In order to make up the length of the program, in addition to each contestant performing at least three programs, the program will also include some behind-the-scenes footage taken daily.
In the last game, Jie Shao was eliminated. Without this internal support, the sources of information for the remaining four people were not blocked. It was obvious that except Zhang Wei, the other three people could get some from the organizer. Insider information.
"I heard that in the next competition, the public jury will be cancelled, and the three judges will only invite guests from the mainland music scene. Why?" Chen Sheng asked.
"It is said that the judges' judgment caused a big controversy. Speaking of this, it is still because of Zhang Wei." Su Xing said and looked at Zhang Wei.
“Because of me?” Zhang Wei looked confused.
“Your song “Bauhinia in Bloom” was performed at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of China’s Return to China held by CCTV. However, during the competition, the judges gave the score “pending”. Then someone said that these judges It's unpatriotic. Many people reported it to the General Administration, and the General Administration asked us to rectify the program," Su Xing explained slowly.
“Is there such a thing?” Zhang Wei pretended not to know anything.
"Is this serious? Will it affect subsequent games?" Chen Sheng continued to ask.
Su Xing answered: "It's actually quite serious. Talent shows are inherently controversial among the public. When Super Girl was popular, many parents complained, saying that the Super Girl talent show had spoiled their children.
Our "Fast Boy" audition has been reviewed and approved many times, and the name was finally changed before it was approved. If it can be completed smoothly this time, it will be okay. If there is a scandal, we will think about it later. This kind of talent show is difficult, and the General Administration will not approve it."
"Then we are likely to be the last dance of the talent show!"
"The last dance! It’s not like Wu, but in the next few years, it may not be possible to hold this kind of talent show, and the General Administration is also likely to introduce stricter regulations.”
Zhang Wei listened quietly to the chatting of several people, feeling reluctant. I couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Being able to get the organizers to cancel the public jury is a victory for Zhang Wei.
And after this incident, the judges will definitely consider it carefully when voting for themselves.
The judges invited from outside were said to have a problem with their stance. At most, they would lose the mainland market, but they could still go back to their hometowns to make money.
But if a judge from the mainland is considered to have a questionable stance, his or her job will be destroyed.
A few people were chatting when a staff member walked in with a stack of A4 paper in his hand.
"Let me announce the rules of the next competition."
The next step is a four-to-three competition. The first round is a dance music challenge. Each player will have a female partner. The competition method is still as follows Traditional offense and defense.
It’s just that since there are only four people left in the competition, even if they win the championship, they cannot advance directly and will have to perform follow-up performances. And the last one will not be eliminated, but will only enter the rescue seat.
The second round of the competition is the fixed song "Yilian Youmeng".
At this time, "Another Dream" is on the air. This TV series is adapted from Qiong Yao's novel "A Dream".
Back then, Liu Dekai and Chen Derong's version of "A Dream in the Blind Curtain" was considered a phenomenal work, earning enough tears from the audience. It was a big IP in itself and one of Qiong Yao's most classic works.
Now that this classic IP has been remade, satellite TV naturally has high hopes for it, hoping to recreate the popularity of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" back then.
So the program team specially arranged this session to advertise "Another Dream". As the heroine of "Another Dream", Qin Lan will be a guest performer and perform with the contestants.
This second round is considered pure advertising placement, so no contestants will be promoted, and of course no contestants will be eliminated.
However, players can still pass this link to win votes from the audience outside the venue.
Next is the third round, returning to the traditional self-selected songs. Then the nine eliminated contestants will vote, and the one with the highest number of votes will directly advance to the top three in the country.
Among the remaining three people, the one with the lowest number of votes can choose an opponent for the final PK, while the one who is not selected will directly advance to the top three in the country.
In the final PK, the two people will look at the number of SMS votes. The one with the highest number of votes will advance.
In other words, the promotion rules of this round completely circumvent the judges. Who can advance in the end will be decided by the contestants and the audience.
"This organizer has really made rectifications! To come up with such rules, the desire to survive is quite strong." Zhang Wei thought to himself.
At this time, the staff announced their respective dance partners for the first round of dance music challenge.
Chen Sheng’s dance partner is Moon, also known as teacher Xu Shiyun. She once served as the lead dancer in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and was also the dance instructor of Super Girl and Fast Boy.
Su Xing’s dance partner was A Duo, who was also a relatively well-known female singer in China at the time. She originally studied folk dance and was recruited into the art troupe because of her dancing skills.
Wei Chen’s dance partner is Teacher Yang Yang, whose name is certainly familiar to everyone. As the leader of Chinese TV dance programs, she has appeared in well-known domestic dance programs.
Zhang Wei’s dance partner is SARA.
"Who is SARA?" Zhang Wei asked confused.
“SARA is the English name of Korean singer Kang Se-hwa.” The staff explained.
"My dance partner is Korean?" Zhang Wei frowned suddenly.
Partnering with a foreign star is not a problem, but the key thing is that this person named Jiang Shihua, I have never heard of it!
“This Jiang Shihua, can you speak Chinese?” Zhang Wei then asked.
"She should know a little bit. But don't worry, if she doesn't speak Chinese, we will ask for a translator." The staff said.
"How old is she?" Zhang Wei asked again.
"The information shows that he was born in 1985 and is 22 years old this year." The staff member replied.
Zhang Wei pouted helplessly, this was obviously targeting himself again!
The dance partners of the other three are all well-known dance practitioners in China. They are not only strong in professional ability, but also have a certain degree of popularity. The key is that they are all Chinese, and there is no problem in communicating.
As for my dance partner, he is Korean, so communication is a big problem. You must know that a duet requires a certain tacit understanding. If even communication has to go through an interpreter, there will be no tacit understanding.
If it were a well-known Korean star like Lee Hyori, Zhang Wei would not be able to communicate smoothly, but now he is an unknown Korean star. Zhang Wei has never heard of the name Jiang Sehua.
People of Zhang Wei's age have experienced the entire process from the invasion of Hallyu to its decline.
Starting from HOT, the originator of the earliest killing game, Korean entertainment began to enter China, and TV series such as "Blue Life and Death" and "Dae Jang Geum" dominated the TV screen. "My Sassy Girl", "Color is Empty" " and other movies became popular in major Internet cafes, and then the rise of Korean groups, various Korean boy groups and girl groups became popular among young people.
When "My Love from the Star" hit the airwaves in 2014, it was almost the peak era of Korean entertainment in the Chinese market. In the next three years, a large number of Korean stars came to China to make money, and Korean groups started to develop in China. The concert venues are full, many entertainment programs will invite several Korean stars to sit on the stage, some popular TV series will also invite Korean actors to play important roles, and there are also many film and television dramas co-produced by China and South Korea.
However, no matter how awesome the Hallyu is, it cannot compete with the behavior of Koreans who seek their own death, eat your food and then smash your pot. No one can tolerate this behavior. In 2016, after the "Korean Restriction Order", the Korean entertainment industry directly lost the Chinese market. Advertisements endorsed by Korean stars could not be broadcast, Korean groups could not hold concerts, and TV series starring Korean actors could not pass the radio and television review.
Although after 2020, the Korean Wave has become popular again thanks to "Squid Game", BTS and Thai artists supported by capital, it has never been able to enter the Chinese market. Can play some marginal shots on the outside and get some traffic.
In the years when the Korean Wave was most popular, it accounted for almost half of domestic entertainment. Girls went online to catch up on Korean dramas, while boys went online to play games and catch up on Naruto.
Those Korean celebrities who are somewhat famous are no strangers to young people in China. Even if you can't name them, you will be more or less impressed by their works.
However, Zhang Wei had no impression of SARA Jiang Shihua and had never heard of it at all.
Then there is only one possibility, this Jiang Shihua is not popular at all!
As long as there is a work that is out of the industry, Zhang Wei will not have never heard of her at all.
Seeing Zhang Wei frowning, Chen Sheng next to him said, "I have some impressions of this SRAR."
"Brother Chu Sheng, tell me quickly." Zhang Wei said with a flattering look.
"She had been a trainee in Korea for several years and had no chance to debut, so she came to China and formed a group with a Chinese and another Korean to officially debut. I think it was 2005. But then the group It has also been disbanded. She should now sign with the mainland brokerage company," Chen Sheng introduced.
"It turns out that she debuted in China, no wonder I haven't heard of her. Counting that he has been in China for two years, he should be able to speak a little Chinese more or less!" Zhang Wei showed a surprised expression. .
The elimination rate of Korean entertainment is very high. It is said that there are millions of trainees in Korea, and only 1% can successfully debut. This number may be a bit exaggerated, but it at least illustrates the fierce competition among Korean trainees.
In South Korea, trainees who are over 20 years old and have not yet debuted can give up the career of being an artist.
This is probably the case for Jiang Shihua. She is 20 years old and has not yet been able to debut in Korea. She has been given up by the Korean agency, so she can only come to China to try her luck.
But for now, her luck is obviously relatively average, at least Zhang Wei has never heard of her name.
If Zhang Wei had an encyclopedia of the future at hand, he would be able to find out that SARA Jiang Shihua debuted in a group called Thecolor, and the Chinese singer in the group was named Ning Danlin, who is the star of "Family with Children" The one who plays Xia Xue in the third or fourth film.
In 2018, Jiang Shihua joined another Korean girl group called HONEYPOPCORN. There is also a top Japanese artist in this group, a crying and troublemaking teacher who has been working in import and export for many years.
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Two days later, the four dance partners arrived one after another, and Zhang Wei also met Jiang Shihua.
In terms of appearance, Jiang Sehua is not very recognizable. Coupled with the classic Korean makeup, several mainstream female stars in Korea at that time basically looked like this.
Zhang Wei knew at a glance that this face had been under surgery.
South Korea is a big country for plastic surgery. Everyone knows this. As early as the 1970s, double eyelid surgery became popular in South Korea. In the 1980s, many Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities would go to South Korea to have their double eyelids removed.
After entering the 21st century, the plastic surgery industry in South Korea has become increasingly developed, and plastic surgery clinics can be seen everywhere on the roadside. At that time, the graduation gift for female high school students was a plastic surgery package. Therefore, Korean female college students all look beautiful, but the appearance of Korean female high school students cannot be complimented.
Later on, as Koreans’ appearance anxiety became more and more serious, plastic surgery began to be performed at a younger age. Not only high school students, but also junior high school students and even elementary school students had plastic surgery.
The initial plastic surgery templates for Korean women were those of Kim Hee-sun or Lee Young-ae, but with the technology at the time, it was not easy to achieve that kind of plastic surgery.
After 2000, as Lee Hyori became popular, Korean women tended to have a small V face. Go shopping in Gangnam District, Seoul, and you will see a small V face everywhere plus Lee Hyori’s Korean style. Heavy makeup.
After that, Korean plastic surgery became popular and began to use bone removal and filling. Bone removal was mainly used to reduce the chin, while filling was used to fill in the rounded apple muscles. At that time, there was a picture circulating on the Internet. More than 20 people in the Korean beauty pageant shared the same face. When they smiled, they all had pointed chins and strong apple muscles. It was a product of this era.
With this kind of plastic surgery, if the technique is not good, it is easy to make a snake face, and the sequelae are also serious, so it is gradually being replaced by newer plastic surgery methods.
The so-called "Korean first love face" also became popular for a while. In recent years, with the development of plastic surgery technology, South Korea has also followed Japan's plastic surgery route and begun personalized customization. Therefore, the younger generation of Korean women are generally easier to identify, and their makeup is becoming more and more like Japanese photo girls.
In 2007, plastic surgery in Korea was still a small V face with unnatural heavy makeup, and Jiang Sehwa had this image.
After introducing each other, Zhang Wei felt a little melancholy.
“I don’t have much recognition in terms of appearance, and I’m not famous in domestic entertainment. It’s a bit confusing to give me such a dance partner!”
Zhang Wei pondered for a few seconds and asked. : "Ms. Jiang, what type of dance can you dance?"
"When I was in Korea, I had dance training. There are many types of dance, including Poppin, Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Newstyle. I have practiced." Jiang Shihua replied in unskilled Chinese.
"They are all necessary dance types for female group trainees." Zhang Wei thought to himself.
"How tall are you?" Zhang Wei asked again.
“1.64 meters.”
“What’s your weight?” Zhang Wei continued to ask.
The other party hesitated for a moment and replied: "43 kilograms."
Hearing this number, Zhang Wei couldn't help but look at the other party carefully.
"At 1.64 meters and 43 kilograms, the weight is very light, but it also looks bumpy! Korean stars' body management skills are indeed awesome." Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It must be said that the body management level of Korean female stars is indeed the best in Asia, much better than that of mainland stars, and much better than that of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japanese stars.
Competition in Korean entertainment is already very fierce. Being in the Korean entertainment industry is really like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. This also forces Korean stars to have self-discipline.
Moreover, Korean celebrities are also the most exploited. The entire Korean entertainment industry is controlled by the chaebol capital behind the scenes. The brokerage company has a very large say. If you dare not be self-disciplined, the brokerage company will deal with you in minutes.
South Korea's star training system starts with trainees, and after years of training and layer-by-layer selection, they can finally make their debut. During the trainee stage, those who are not self-disciplined have been eliminated, and those who remain have already become accustomed to a self-disciplined life.
No matter how beautiful or ugly a person is, as long as he is self-disciplined enough, his figure will definitely be good.
“Having a good figure is also an absolute advantage when dancing.”
Zhang Wei thought that although his dance partner was a little stretched, when it came time to compete, he could definitely Exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, and turn passivity into initiative.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei said: "Ms. Jiang, I have a song here that is very suitable as a dance song for two people. But I want to confirm in advance. Would you mind wearing a Sexier? ”
"What should I wear?" the other party asked immediately.
“Is it okay to wear a tight-fitting hip-hugging short skirt with ten-centimeter high heels?”
(End of this chapter)