Entertaining Children

After this breakout match, which was like a special concert of his personal works, was broadcast, Xiao Yao became a popular figure in the media and the Internet as a matter of course. Following this, countless performance invitations flocked to Xiao Yao's manager Fang Yiran.

It is now during the summer vacation, except for the "Singer" finals on the weekend, Xiao Yao has no work arrangements for the time being, but Fang, who knows Xiao Yao's character well, still directly helps him reject most of the performance invitations, and reports to Xiao Yao. Over there, there was only one invitation left that made Fang still feel very surprised and at the same time undecided.

"What? Zhedong Satellite TV wants me to be the mentor of "The Voice"?" Xiao Yao who heard the news was also very surprised, and said in disbelief, "I was a student of that program the year before last, and they really dared to think about it." !"

"I was also surprised when I received a call from Director Hu Bo, but it was indeed true. Besides calling me, they even sent an official invitation email to our work mailbox." Fang Yiran said, "I replied to him that I need to discuss with you, and you can make up your own mind. Director Hu said that if you are interested, he can come to Shanghai to have an interview with you, and discuss the specific cooperation details with you in person. It seems very interesting. Sincerity, I really want you to be a mentor."

China's several David TVs compete fiercely with each other, and they have their own tit-for-tat ace programs in several types of programs with relatively high ratings. However, except for the New Year's Eve party, Mid-Autumn Festival party and other party programs that rely on festival themes, have a fixed time, and have to head-to-head, the time of other various season-based talent shows and real-life programs is not fixed every year. In order to strive for better ratings, they will make some adjustments based on the production and broadcast time of similar programs on other TV stations, and try to stagger each other to avoid "mutual harm".

The previous year's "The Voice" was recorded from June to August and broadcast from July to October. This year, the finals of "The Singer", which has been overwhelmed by the ratings and aggressive, will not be until mid-July. After the ratings of "The Voice" that Xiao Yao participated in the year before had an unexpected rebound, the ratings of the fifth season last year dropped sharply. , the program team has made some revisions to the program, and the preparatory work in the early stage has already taken longer. This year, the program team pushed back the recording and broadcasting time by about a month, and the blind selection and recording began at the end of July. After Xiao Yao participated in the "Singer" finals and then went to "The Voice" as a mentor, at least in terms of time, there was no problem.

In fact, at the beginning of the preparations for the fifth season of "The Voice" last year, someone in this program group of Zhedong Satellite TV had already proposed to invite Xiao Yao to participate in this program again as a mentor. It's just that Xiao Yao was still a high school student at that time, and at most he was a fresh high school graduate who had just finished the college entrance examination when recording.

Even though Xiao Yao had already won the "Golden Dishes" award at that time and became the youngest winner of the Creative Newcomer Award in Huaxia history, he was still just a very strong best newcomer at that time, and his age and qualifications were not enough. There, ask him to sit with other veteran singers in his teens, twenties, or even thirties as mentors? Most people still think it's a bit too early, and it will give people a feeling that the program group chooses a mentor purely based on fame and topicality.

Reduce the perceived authority of the program in the minds of the audience.

Due to the unsatisfactory ratings of this program last year, the name Xiao Yao was mentioned again by some people in the program group in the early stages of program preparation this year. His outstanding performance at the "Golden Disc" Awards for two consecutive years is enough to make people no longer simply regard him as a talented newcomer. When the name Xiao Yao was mentioned again this year, fewer people opposed it, but some mature and prudent people still insisted on opposing it for various reasons such as age, seniority, and need to worry about the feelings of other mentors. This time, those who were in favor and those who were against were quite evenly matched, and the issue remained deadlocked.

Later, Xiao Yao appeared in "Singer", and the preparation team of "The Voice" program also paid close attention to Xiao Yao's performance on the "Enemy Channel" program. In terms of age and qualifications, Xiao Yao is also not qualified to be on "Singer", but because the singers in this program are contestants, not mentors, there are relatively fewer concerns about this program, but this program There is also no shortage of old-fashioned singers in the show. Looking at Xiao Yao's performance on the show with those singers who are much older than him on the same stage and getting along with the backstage, it can also give them some reference for their own shows.

With the broadcast of the first episode of the program, Xiao Yao has become the mainstay of the program's ratings just like he did in "The Voice" the year before. The central figure of those big-name singers. Looking at the interaction between the singers before and after each match, Xiao Yao has no problem getting along with those singers who are much older than him, and those singers don't seem to treat him as a newcomer or a child at all. At this time, voices in favor of inviting Xiao Yao to be a mentor had already gained the upper hand in the preparatory group.

Then, Xiao Yao's plagiarism was exposed on the Internet, and the voice in the preparation team about asking Xiao Yao to be a mentor disappeared for a while, and some people even secretly rejoiced that they didn't invite Xiao Yao rashly. But immediately, the Xiao family father and son development conference publicly clarified the plagiarism, and exposed the shocking news that Xiao Yao is XY. Seniority? He already created and published music works fifteen years ago, isn't this qualification enough? back to infinity

As a result, those voices who wanted to invite Xiao Yao to the show as a mentor were once again raised by the people in the preparation team.

And when the breakout contest was broadcast, and the other nine breakout contest singers unanimously chose Xiao Yao's work as their competition song to appear on TV, there was finally no objection from the preparatory team. The nine big-name singers have shown their admiration for this young man's talent with actions. Not only did singers like Liang Xueying sing his songs on the show, even the performances in that show were all created by Xiao Yao. Who would die? Holding on to the issue of Xiao Yao's age, thinking that he is not qualified to be the mentor of those amateur singers or record companies who want to launch new singers?

"There's no need for an interview. You don't need to go to such trouble." Xiao Yao thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'll call Director Hu and talk to him myself."

"Okay." Fang still nodded, took out his mobile phone and dialed Hu Bo's number, then handed the mobile phone directly to Xiao Yao.

"Hello Director Hu, I'm Xiao Yao." As soon as the call was connected, Xiao Yao reported his family background. What he is holding now is Fang Yiran's work phone.

"Xiao Yao, hello, hello!" Hu Bo over there immediately greeted happily.

"I've watched your performance in "Singer", it's wonderful." Hu Bo praised first.

"Thank you." Xiao Yao thanked with a smile.

"You called me on Ms. Fang's mobile phone. Ms. Fang should have told you that our program wants to invite you to be the mentor of this season, right?" Hu Bo turned to the topic, guessing.

"Yes," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I was very surprised and surprised to hear this news! You are not kidding me, are you?"

"I'm not as playful as you are." Hu Bo said seriously, "We sincerely invite you to be our tutor."

"But I was still a student in your show the year before last. Is it too unacceptable to change from a student to a mentor in two years?" Xiao Yao said after considering a word.

"There's nothing wrong with that," Hu Bo said. "Everyone has seen your development and achievements in the past two years. Now no one will think that you are not qualified."

"But" Xiao Yao hesitated, "I was a student under Sister Na the year before last. This year you asked me to sit with her and compete with her. I am very embarrassed."

"You don't have to worry about this," Hu Bo immediately said, "Our mentor candidates have been adjusted. There is no teacher Shen Na among the mentors this season, not just her, but the other three mentors when you participated in the show the year before last, Chen Huan, The three teachers, Yi Kun and Yu Qing, are not in this year's mentor team, so you don't have to worry about being embarrassed when you see your previous mentors."

"Oh, no acquaintance?" Xiao Yao asked very interestedly, "Then who are the mentors this year?"

"There are still some acquaintances." Hu Bo said, "At present, the confirmed candidates for mentors are Teacher Shazhou and Teacher Wan Peiling. Besides you, there is another one who is also under discussion. Although Teacher Shazhou was on our show the year before last. My sister’s support teacher, but on that electronic music program, he only let you call him the captain, not the teacher. Teacher Wan Peiling also cooperated with you on that program, and they all saw it with their own eyes Those who have mentored others through you recognize your ability to be a mentor, and hope that you can come to the show to be a mentor with them."

"Teacher Shazhou and Teacher Wan Peiling." Xiao Yao pondered.

"Also," Hu Bo heard Xiao Yao's hesitation, and continued to fight, "Our program has been revised this season, and there are some new rules changes. The most important point is that when the contestants perform The lyrics of the songs sung by the contestants are shown on the big screen at the scene.”

"Huh?" Xiao Yao was surprised.

He still remembers that when he participated in "The Voice" the year before last, because he sang original and new songs almost every time, Chen Huan also asked the program group to release the lyrics of the songs he sang, but Chen Nan on the stage at that time refused. Unexpectedly, this year's program group took the initiative to make such a change. Lyrics were played on the big screen at the scene, which is a feature of the original music reality show "Good Song", which is rarely done in other programs. Although "Singer" will also play lyrics, they will be shown to the live audience and singers with a small teleprompter, and will not be shown on the big screen for TV audiences. Light and Shadow of Korean Entertainment

"Don't say that you changed this rule specially for me," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "You don't want me to write a new song for every student, do you?"

"Of course we won't ask you to do this, but if you want to do it yourself, we don't object." Hu Bo also laughed.

"Damn it! Is this rule changed too deliberately?" Xiao Yao complained in his heart, and his enthusiasm for participating in this show also dissipated a lot in an instant.

"But the recording time of your show will take two months, if it starts at the end of July." Xiao Yao didn't want to go, and began to make excuses.

"I know you once quit the electronic music program because you didn't want to ask for leave from the school, but college students always have a lot more free time than high school students?" Hu Bo said, "The recording time of our programs is all on weekends, no Delay your school's courses. As for the usual rehearsals, Hangzhou is not far from Shanghai, and it is not troublesome for students to go to Shanghai to receive guidance. We will help you arrange a rehearsal room in Shanghai that can be used 24 hours a day , It is also possible to guide the students at night. Even if you start school in September, you can continue to participate in our program, and we will do our best to minimize the impact on your studies."

Hearing what Hu Bo said about the arrangement of the program group, Xiao Yao felt even more disgusted in his heart, and refused: "Director Hu, I am very honored that your program group selected me as a candidate for a mentor, but I am sorry, my subsequent work arrangements are more complicated. I may not have time to participate in this program, thank you for your attention to me."

"Huh?" Hu Bo on the other end of the phone was a little dumbfounded.

The people in the preparation team of the program group were arguing whether Xiao Yao was suitable to be the mentor of this program, and whether he should be invited to be a mentor, but they never considered that Xiao Yao refused their invitation when time allowed, especially After learning about Xiao Yao from Shazhou in detail, and specially made some rule changes and arrangements for him.

"Then why did you call me today?" Hu Bo asked again.

If it is really because of schedule or work reasons that he is unable to participate in the show, Xiao Yao can just let Fang still refuse it directly. Even if he wants to call back in person to show respect for the show he has participated in, it seems that there is no need to say so many. After talking so much, I still didn't come in the end. Isn't this just a joke?

Xiao Yao also heard the subtext in Hu Bo's words, and it's hard to say that he lost interest in the show because of the targeted arrangement of the show. Is it necessary for the show team to change those changes again? Xiao Yao would also find it boring. Seeing Fang Yiran standing in front of him, Xiao Yao's heart moved, and he thought of a reason, and said to Hu Bo on the phone: "I would like to ask, have the candidates for the blind selection of students been confirmed? Can I recommend it to the program team?"

"You want to recommend students to our program group?" Hu Bo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Is it the new singer signed by your Qijia Studio who plans to debut through our program? We welcome it."

"You also know that there are usually not enough students in the blind selection stage of our program. There will be students who have been eliminated for a second comeback performance to be re-selected by the instructor. It is no problem to add another student." Hu Bo continued, "According to the rules, All the students participating in the blind selection will be pre-interviewed and assessed, but since they are valued by you Qi Jia, I think it will definitely be no problem to pass the interview assessment." Qi Jia's people came to participate, and it is estimated that Xiao Yao will not Completely stand by and watch, so that even if Xiao Yao does not act as a mentor, he will still be connected with the program. Of course, the program team welcomes this situation.

"It's not someone from our Qijia studio, but a friend of mine." Xiao Yao smiled, "I haven't mentioned this matter to her yet, and I can't help her make a decision without authorization, but I think she might be more suitable You have this program, so I will ask you for information first. Since you said that the list of blindly selected students has not been finalized, I will discuss with her first to see if she is willing to come, and then let my agent contact you. You can see it?"

Friends, Xiao Yao can't make the decision. It's good to have such a person, so Hu Bo also smiled and agreed: "No problem, give me an answer within ten days, and I can arrange it."

"Okay, thank you Director Hu first. Goodbye Director Hu!" Xiao Yao hung up the phone with a smile, looked up at Fang Yiran and said, "You know who I'm talking about, right? I'll leave the rest to you oh!"