The straight man in the entertainment circle

It's late at night, but there are bound to be many people who won't go to bed early tonight.

Han Fan from Tomato Station is one of them.

Just before dinner, Han Fan showed the revised second episode of "Please Give Me a Meal" to the leaders for review. As a result, he was severely criticized by the station leaders for re-editing. The program is not as good as the first one. If it is released, it will simply cause trouble to the people of the whole country during the Chinese New Year!

Station director Wang Haiyang has given an ultimatum. At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, if Han Fan cannot give a perfect presentation of the program and make the station leaders feel that the reputation and image of the program can be restored after the second episode is broadcast, then, Tomorrow morning he will announce that the program will be postponed and replaced with other programs.

Han Fan knew that the program "Please Give Me a Meal" would not be suspended, it would only be postponed for a week, but he was afraid that the program director would be replaced.

Because the re-editing had not been approved that day, Han Fan called all the people in the program team who were still in the magic city, and they were not allowed to go home unless they re-edited it!

Everyone works in the TV station, and they all understand the truth. The program director is like a grandson in front of the director, while ordinary employees are like cattle in front of the director. You have to work until what time you are asked.

Even if it’s New Year’s Day!

The staff of the program "Please Give Me a Meal" are all in mourning at this moment, which is in sharp contrast to the noisy scene of Tomato Channel's Spring Festival Gala tonight.

There was a gun salute outside.

The staff of the program "Please Give Me a Meal" raised their heads from the computer desk and looked out the window. Tomato Channel's Spring Festival Gala this year was over.

"Stop looking, what are you looking at! I'm so excited, hurry up and read the materials to see if there is any good solution!"

Realizing that it was already midnight, Han Fan became even more irritated. He saw that the employees below showed tired and longing expressions, and he spoke up in time to interrupt their thoughts.

Tonight is a critical moment that determines whether he will stay as a director, so how can he distract everyone.

"Director Han, we have re-edited a version according to your instructions during the day. Except for the song sung by Lin Li in the breakfast shop, the rest of the scene is basically gone. But the higher-ups still think it's not okay, and we can't do it here either. You know what the higher ups want."

He Menghua, the supervisor of the later stage, said with a headache that according to Han Fan's previous guess, he felt that the leaders on the first page were very unhappy after reading it because there were two paragraphs in which Lin Li had a quarrel with other guests. The station leaders felt that the program The disharmony among the guests affects the perception.

I always thought that some quarrels in the show could spark topics and increase the effectiveness of the show, but now it seems that the leaders don't like it.

Moreover, the first episode was already full of curses, and then the scene of Lin Li cursing was broadcast, pointing out the problems of the program team and the guests. If this was broadcast, it would feel like adding fuel to the fire!

Han Fan also reflected on it and felt that his program was focused on urban warmth, and the quarrel was indeed not harmonious, especially during the Chinese New Year.

So Han Fan later asked someone to cut a "pure" version, cutting out all the quarrels. It seemed that the guests were in harmony from beginning to end.

But in this way, Lin Li didn't have any scenes. Who told him to always be at odds with the other three guests on the day of recording.

Only the song "Soy Milk and Fried Tiao" was pretty good and was retained. After that, Lin Li's scenes were very few.

However, in order to show harmony in the show, Han Fan felt that this was the right decision.

However, things went against expectations. In the evening, Han Fan sent this version up. Unexpectedly, the station leaders quickly criticized him again. They felt that the program had no highlights and Han Fan was perfunctory.

What the station leaders hope is that the broadcast of the new episode of "Please Give Me a Meal" can save the reputation of the first episode after it was broadcast. The first episode was already badly criticized. The station leaders will not I hope this second issue will still be scolded. In that case, it will directly affect the reputation of Tomato Channel.

Not long after Han Fan became a program director, he was criticized twice by the leaders in one day. He was very panicked and made everyone work overtime until now to make another satisfactory version.

When the second episode was recorded, the first episode had not yet aired. Han Fan and the others did not know that there would be so much criticism after the first episode aired, such as the guests being arrogant, unsympathetic, and treating themselves as masters. The problem is, during the recording of the second episode, the guests on the show themselves did not restrain themselves consciously at all.

This led to the fact that no matter how the second episode was edited, the same problems as the first episode still existed. This also left Han Fan at a loss, because there was no material that could show that the guests and the program crew were particularly friendly to amateurs.

Hearing the complaints from post-production supervisor He Menghua, Han Fan didn't have any clear direction for them for a while, which also made the editors in the post-production process very confused. This was the third version, and they had no idea how to start. Now When I saw the materials, I felt that they were all unusable.

"The leaders said that they hope that after the second episode is broadcast, the audience will buy it and make the audience feel good-looking and comfortable. As for how to edit it, that is our business!" Han Fan said.

He Menghua said helplessly: "This is a general direction. Without specific implementation methods, we still don't know how to cut it."

The seven or eight editors behind He Menghua stopped and looked at Han Fan, with the same expression as He Menghua.

Their expressions seemed to say - it's too difficult for us!

Han Fan sighed and said, "Come here, let's have a meeting and discuss countermeasures!"

Han Fan also held this meeting in the morning. At that time, they were all reflecting on what problems the Taiwan leaders were dissatisfied with in the first version of the second issue for review. After the discussion, Han Fan felt that there were two paragraphs about Lin Li and the guests. The quarrels have affected the show. The first episode of the show has already left a bad impression on the audience. The show also wants to rely on the quarrels between the guests in the show to attract topics, but I am afraid it will backfire.

So Han Fan proposed an improvement direction, which is to cut out all discordant content.

In the afternoon, everyone worked hard to get out the second edition. Naturally, the leaders were even more dissatisfied.

"Our starting point in the morning may have been wrong. The station leaders were not satisfied with the version we sent in the evening because, like the first version of the second episode we submitted for review, the problems in the first episode of our program were not resolved in the second episode. , it’s hard to even call it an improvement.”

Han Fan is not stupid. Both editions dissatisfied the station leaders. Naturally, he gradually realized the problem. The second issue failed to pass the station leaders' review at the beginning. In fact, he and Lin Li argued with other guests on the show. It doesn't matter much, just because the problems in the first episode still exist.

If the second episode is to satisfy the station leaders, it must satisfy the station leaders. Even if they think there are still some problems, it must at least be seen by everyone that the program team is reflecting on the problems.

"Director Han, we have all read the bad reviews after the first episode was broadcast. In fact... we are not blaming the blame. The bad reviews have nothing to do with us in the later stage." He Menghua said.

"Yes, the negative reviews all said that the guests were rude and had a sense of superiority, and there were issues with the program rules. These were not randomly edited by us in the later stage."

The other post-production editors all echoed. They were all aggrieved. It was obviously a problem with the guests and the rules of the program, but in the end it was them who worked overtime in post-production to wipe the mess.

"We know you have worked hard. After tonight, if I were still the director, I would definitely give you a day off! But now, it is not the time to complain, we must give you a solution." Han Fan comforted.

There was silence.

"You all can talk, whatever you want, say whatever you want!" Han Fan was a little upset when he saw that they didn't speak. He had no direction at all and urgently needed everyone to express their opinions.

He Menghua hesitated and said, "Director Han, let me tell you. When we were recording the second episode, the first episode was not broadcast. No one knew that they would be scolded so badly, so the second episode was recorded In the material, the three guests who had the problems in the first episode still exist, so we can’t cut out all the scenes of them.”

"Lin Li doesn't have the airs of a celebrity, but he looks down on the guests and spends the whole time quarreling with the other three guests. If the shots of the other three guests are gone, Lin Li's shots will not be connected at all, and they will have to be cut out. But how to cut it?"

"I think... we can only stop broadcasting for a week, record another episode, and broadcast the second episode next week."

"No, then we will lose all the expenses of our guests this time, and it will be difficult for the production side to explain."

"The most important thing is that our program signed a 12-episode contract with the two regular guests. If this episode is not broadcast, but according to the contract, they will also record one episode. If this episode is not used, the last two episodes will be The contracts of the regular guests have expired, and I don’t know if they can be re-signed.”

"The two regular guests have also been scolded badly and their reputation has been ruined. We won't lose if they don't come."

"We have used them in the first eleven issues. If we don't have them in the last issue, it will be very affected."

Everyone did express their feelings, but after Han Fan listened to it, it seemed that it had no substantial use in improving the second episode of the program.

After everyone talked for a while, they gradually stopped and looked at Han Fan.

Han Fan was also confused and had no idea at all.

It seems that the second episode cannot be saved, but if it is not saved, don’t say what will happen to the show after that. I don’t even know whether I can survive tomorrow.