Chapter 183 Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to control the barbarians

"What's the trump card?"

At this moment, Liu Manli was as curious as the audience watching the live broadcast, so she asked directly.

Zhang Xiaorong was honest and subconsciously wanted to answer, "Actually, it's a song."

"Little Sister Rong!"

The assistant next to him interrupted quickly, "It's live, talk to Sister Manli secretly."

Liu Manli actually didn't expect that she would ask, but Zhang Xiaorong didn't keep her in suspense and was about to tell her. She quickly waved her hand and said, "Come on, pick the wheat and tell me in secret."

The audience watching the live broadcast were immediately unhappy.

"Why is the queen of the screen eating alone? Take us to listen~ I promise not to tell anyone."

"I promise not to tell anyone."

"Hey, beautiful girls, love to see!"

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Zhang Xiaorong really did what Liu Manli said. After taking off the microphone, she leaned close to Liu Manli's ear and said, "It's a new English song he wrote. It's very suitable for the live performance."

What a killer move!

Liu Manli certainly knew that Bai Youlou could write English songs, because some of the soundtracks or theme songs of this guy's movies have English songs, but they are not as famous as Chinese songs.

But I heard that it performed quite well on some overseas music charts, mainly because the movie rights were sold and released there, which gave the song influence and audiences.

Bai Youlou is obviously too lazy to go to foreign platforms to promote his songs.

Even many of his and Zhang Xiaorong's fans don't know that several English songs sung by the two performed well abroad.

Because there is no marketing.

It is still difficult to expect news to become popular on its own. At most, it can be spread in a small range.

Besides, Bai Youlou has too much to do, and his fans have no time to pay attention to those foreign charts.

I can’t even keep up with the fun at home, so how can I have the energy to pay attention to what’s happening abroad?

Unless it is a big deal like Cannes or Berlin, for example, compared to the performance of "Before Sunrise" in other regions, there is basically no news about "Whiplash". Many people only know that it sold well in the North American market, and then nothing else.

why?
Because the heroine of "Before Sunrise" is An Luning, she has Sister Hong to arrange various marketing activities for her, and her "achievements" in this regard are quite useful to her.

Bai Youlou is too lazy to do such things, and Zhang Xiaorong's personality is not much different.

So, English songs? People don’t really pay much attention to them.

At least it hasn’t been on the hot search list.

Of course, there are definitely some fans who can guess it. Such speculations have already begun to appear in the barrage.

But Liu Manli pretended not to see it, "If I tell you now, there won't be any surprises then! I'm actually looking forward to it, too. It's the right decision for this group of friends and family to come today~"

In this live singing stage, the foreign singers came out on top and performed stably. In the first episode, the first two places were both won by foreign singers.

There is no doubt that this was something the program crew deliberately did.

When a program is associated with "patriotism", the popularity it will gain will naturally be overwhelming.

Originally, due to the live broadcast format, this program did not invite some domestic singers of sufficient weight to participate except for the big sister.

The popularity and market influence of other singers are too low, and seem to be slightly insufficient compared to the big sister, which leads to a decrease in the overall expectations of some viewers for the show.

Driven by "netizens", many singers were forced to "recommend themselves" to participate in the program through various social media, and they said that the big sister cannot be left to carry the show alone.

In addition, the big sister was arranged by the program team to make a live phone call to "call people", which also triggered the hot search topic of "Fifty-year-old woman guarding the national border".

Social media topped the charts, audiences spread the word, mainstream media reported on it, and sponsors rushed to join in.
There is no doubt that this thing has become a hit variety show!

Otherwise, Liu Manli wouldn't have come running over to join the family and friends group just because of Bai Youlou's words.

After a few episodes, the audience's expectations were raised to the maximum.

But behind the popularity of the show, many problems have gradually been exposed.

The competition system of the program is arbitrary. The systems of posting the list, attacking the list, rushing to the list, revealing the list, and filling in the position are a mess. Different stars and different strengths have corresponding different competition systems.

They really do whatever they want, without considering the feelings of the online singers at all, and from time to time find someone to "whip up" the domestic music scene.

At the same time, the traces of the program's script are becoming more and more obvious.

It's obvious that some people are only here for one episode, to earn the announcement fee and then leave, but they still act like they're nervous and ready to PK. These people are singers, not actors.

The production crew was very nervous, but they were already smiling and thinking about what to eat in the evening.

However, these have little to do with Zhang Xiaorong.

She herself doesn't pay attention to things outside the stage, and her agent takes care of the messy parts.

But the program team has extremely high expectations for her.

After all, we can’t really let foreign singers be so fierce on this stage! It’s a bit ugly to be beaten.

The actual program script would never allow foreign singers to become big, as if it has suppressed the domestic entertainment music scene.

If this continues, there will be no chance of doing the next season of the show.

The script should be that the characters are severely suppressed by foreign talented singers in the early stage, and then a powerful person comes to "save the situation". It can't be an immediate comeback, but at least the fight should be hard to resolve, so that the audience can see a refreshing plot of first suppressing and then praising.

There is no doubt that Zhang Xiaorong is the core protagonist of this "cool script".

Her responsibility is to "turn the tide".

The phone call made by the big sister was not a random one. The program team already had a target in mind.

After the phone call, the program crew contacted me and the two sides negotiated for several days.

Of course, this program actually has a big appetite. From the beginning, they were targeting more than just Zhang Xiaorong. They wanted to have a double insurance, no, a triple insurance.

Just replicate the situation during the original "The Voice of China" and bring in Bai Youlou, Zhang Xiaorong and Long Ziqiang.

That’s right, Long Ziqiang, who won the “Voice of China” championship, is actually the extra.

Long Ziqiang is definitely not the champion with the lowest presence in "The Voice of China". On the contrary, he has a very high presence.

Many of the songs he sang are still very popular. He is a regular at KTVs all over the country and is far ahead on the song request lists of those KTVs.

Useless.

It's really because his "contemporary players" were too cruel.

No one could have imagined that such a small show like "The Voice of China" could produce so many "ruthless people".

Therefore, they also asked for a sky-high price, and the packaging fee started at at least 50 million.

The main target of this sky-high announcement fee is of course Bai Youlou, but this coincides with the release of his movie, and Bai Youlou can't just ignore his movie and go sing.

Besides, fifty million? And in a package?

Who do you look down on?
If he were really given 100 million, no matter how lazy Bai Youlou is, he would squeeze out time to participate in this show.

But the program crew is not that kind of sucker. At most, he will only participate in half a season of the program, maybe even less than half a season. Such a high announcement fee has never appeared in the circle. It's too exaggerated.

Besides, Long Ziqiang, the "extra", is not free recently.

In order to star in "Dying to Survive", this guy even canceled all his "favorite" bar announcements. He should be learning folk customs such as getting drunk as Guan Gong and walking on stilts during the day, and squatting outside the emergency rooms of various hospitals at night. After dinner, he would go for a stroll in the crematorium for exercise.

The best way to relax when you have nothing to do is to join various patient groups and chat in them.
So, in the end, it was agreed that Zhang Xiaorong would "fight alone".

Program team: That’s fine~
After all, Zhang Xiaorong’s reputation as the “future queen” is becoming more and more famous.

Although he didn't get the real owner Bai Youlou, it's not a loss to get Zhang Xiaorong.

She is here, and Bai Youlou's song is here too. It really depends on the stage effect.
Well, Bai Youlou himself admitted that he definitely couldn’t beat Teacher Zhang.

At most, he has the added bonus of being an original singer who writes lyrics and composes the music. In other aspects, Zhang Xiaorong is "far ahead".

Especially after Zhang Xiaorong's on-site rehearsal, the mentality of the program crew has finally stabilized.

After all, despite its sensational popularity, this show has long been fraught with danger.

The program team has noticed that something is amiss. National sentiment can be a catalyst for promoting hot topics, but it can also be a factor influencing the outcome. Once the competition between singers is directed towards competition between countries and nations, it is bound to lead to an upheaval in public opinion.

The competitive spirit is not magnified in this way.

Compared to stage competition, music itself is a universal language without national boundaries.

When netizens' attention was attracted by the two words "request to fight", the competitive sparks in the program deviated from the original track and turned into a subtle test of national pride.

Let me start by saying, “Winning is just a part of a singer’s journey, welcoming is the destination of music.”

This wave of millions of copywritings was able to stop the public opinion that was gradually getting out of control, and then the topic was directed back to the live broadcast format, which was considered a barely effective brake.

But not enough!
Therefore, singers like Zhang Xiaorong who have the ability to dominate the entire venue are urgently needed, and there is also the gimmick of releasing a new song for the first time.
The asking price of 15 million is not excessive.

The final price agreed upon was a huge rip-off for the show.

It’s a seller’s market, you can give or not.

This is also the highest-priced announcement Zhang Xiaorong has received since her debut.

However, the probability will be higher in the future~——
"I was the last one to appear. I'm really lucky."

Hearing what Liu Manli said, Zhang Xiaorong smiled but said nothing. This was arranged by the program team!

She wasn't very good at talking nonsense in front of the live camera, and Liu Manli happened to be here, so it was just right for her to take charge.

Liu Manli: Shouldn’t you give me some of your 15 million?
She did notice that this girl's performance in variety shows was not very good, even worse than the "pretentious" Jiang Yuanchu.

Fortunately, his voice is nice and he is a gentle person, so at least he doesn’t bore the audience.

"Let me see your biggest rival. She's the second to last to appear. Is this intentional on the part of the production team? Do they think that the others can't beat her and they can only rely on you?"

"That's not the case. They're all pretty amazing."

"Don't worry, I'm a big shot, I can say it, be confident, Director Bai told me that you are here just to win the championship."

Indeed~
Liu Manli has already sat here, so she can say whatever she wants.

Do the program crew dare to turn off her microphone?

The audience watching the live broadcast was very excited and said that they liked watching big names like Sister Liu speak out.

I'm not afraid of any crappy program crew at all, just say whatever you want to say.

Of course, this kind of "arrogance" shared by Bai Youlou made many people start to ship the couple on the spot.

Some people even started giving the couple names on the spot.

Zhang Xiaorong seemed to have sensed this as well, and after thinking for a while, she said, "My goal is definitely to get first place."

"That's right this time. Xiao Yuan is also of this character. We don't need to play tricks. If we have the ability, we must take first place."

"That's what she told me."

"Have you been in touch with Xiao Yuan recently?"

“Often chatting”

The topic was brought to Jiang Yuanchu, which once again sparked a wave of heat. The audience was frantically exclaiming that all friends of beautiful women are beautiful women, and that the quality of Zhang Xiaorong's circle of friends is too high.

After all, she is An Luning's best friend.

The chat was almost over. Liu Manli looked at the time and decisively used today's "big move". "Let's harass Director Bai and see if this guy is really lazy. Let's call him."

However, after taking out his cell phone and calling Bai Youlou, the call didn't go through.

Liu Manli hit him twice in a row and the result was the same.

I was suddenly filled with question marks.

No, I had already informed this guy in advance.

"Can't get through?" Zhang Xiaorong was also a little puzzled and took out her cell phone to try.

As a result, when the "slap in the face" came, she got through it right away.

"Hello~"

Bai Youlou's somewhat lazy voice came from the other end of the phone, which made Liu Manli angry. She leaned over and asked:
"Why don't you answer my call?"

"what?"

pat~
The phone was hung up all of a sudden.

Liu Manli: It has to be you!
This is how the show works, right?

Obviously, Bai Youlou's trick was very effective, and the audience watching the live broadcast were almost laughing to death.

How "scared" is Bai Youlou really? It's fine if he doesn't want to answer her call, but he hangs up as soon as he hears her voice?
Realizing what was going on, Liu Manli had to explain: "I just urged him a few times to do more publicity, that's all."

"He is just a lazy person."

"Don't explain for him, he's just a lazy dog!"

After discussing Jiang Yuanchu, the "criticism meeting" of Bai Youlou began. Unknowingly, almost half of the audience watching this show were in Zhang Xiaorong's live broadcast room.

Liu Manli took the opportunity to "sell misery" and started promoting a wave of movies.

In this situation, the audience naturally bought into it.

Probably something like "Let her earn it!"

The movie queen was "disdained" online, isn't this plot more interesting than the crappy show?
Of course, the call finally got through. Ten minutes before the live broadcast of the show officially started, Bai Youlou helped Zhang Xiaorong to say something "harsh":
"Our ancestors taught us how to fight foreigners. We should not be lenient."

The audience was so anxious that no one wanted to say what song it was, and Zhang Xiaorong was the last one to perform.

Damn it, what is the solution?

What did our ancestors teach?

Bai Youlou: Of course. Learn the foreigners’ advanced technology in order to defeat them.

Before the show officially started, there were already four hot searches on the related topic.

You know, this program has had over 100 million views on the first day for six consecutive episodes, but it has never had such a strong momentum from the beginning.

Among these four hot searches, three are related to Zhang Xiaorong.

Bai Youlou and Liu Manli arrived at the scene one by one, and made a phone call to directly add to her enthusiasm.

The atmosphere has been built to this point, and the attention on the stage has been frighteningly high.

Will Zhang Xiaorong stun everyone again and "dominate" the stage, or will Niu Pi blow the whistle and embarrass himself? Everything will be revealed.

The three-hour live broadcast went by very quickly.

You know what, the singers performed quite well today.

But the order is quite strange.

First, three domestic singers performed, and then three foreign singers performed in succession. All the pressure was put on Zhang Xiaorong!

The anticipation is really reaching its limit!

More and more viewers gathered in the live broadcast room, creating the highest popularity since the program started, approaching 200 million.

(End of this chapter)