mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 124: Ratings Breakthrough Part 2
Chapter 124: Ratings Breakthrough Part 2
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For these talent agencies, celebrities and actors are merely tools for making money. Some companies even plan careers for their stars, while others are purely in it for profit.
As for celebrities losing popularity and not getting acting opportunities, what does that have to do with their companies? Newcomers rise to fame every year anyway, so the old ones can just die.
On the passenger ship, the Sun Kingdom's directing team, including director Kame-ken Jiro, the Moon Kingdom's director Guo Maoren, and the East China Sea TV survival program director Yuan Zhenhai, watched a replay of Wu Tao hunting wolves.
"This person absolutely has to join the second season. We'll rebroadcast this segment in our country later, and we can also use it to promote the second season of the survival show."
"Great! With this exciting scene, our show is sure to be a hit even before it airs. Yuan-kun, you don't want our second season to fail, do you?"
Yuan Zhenhai opened his mouth, then closed it again. Oh well, although the other person's tone reminded him of a particular conversation from a certain scene, the other person's suggestion was still good.
The specific ideas for the second season are still being refined, but the main storyline has been determined.
There will definitely be celebrities in the second season, but the leader will definitely be the strongest member of the team.
To put it bluntly, the second season of the show focuses on the strong, with celebrities becoming mere embellishments.
Judging from the results of the first season of the survival show, it's true that viewers like to watch celebrities, but it can't be too bland. If the celebrities are living too comfortably, Fu Meng won't like watching it either.
It seems that the public enjoys watching others suffer. People don't openly express this mentality, but viewership ratings directly reflect this issue.
At the same time, if survival shows make it easy for contestants to find food, they lose the meaning of survival.
It would be better to change survival shows into celebrity January vacations.
Yuan Zhenhai, the turtle-dog Erlang from the Sun Kingdom, and the Guo-hat man from the Moon Kingdom—everyone is gathering information and assessing what creative ideas should be used to win over the audience in the second season.
Since Wu Tao hunted the wild wolves last time, the win rate of the three groups has increased dramatically.
Because the meat of three wild wolves, after removing their internal organs, weighs nearly 100 jin (50 kg).
Now that the third week is almost over, the remaining time is spent gathering wild vegetables and fruits every day to supplement the diet, and the three groups are not short of food at all.
With all three sets of supplies in order, the four of them were quite comfortable.
Staying at the campsite every day, eating and drinking, and occasionally going out to find some wild fruits and vegetables to improve our meals, it was incredibly pleasant.
Two groups were eliminated, and one group currently has three people left, among whom Li Qin also left unexpectedly.
The remaining three were Dilraba, Wu Jing, and Zhang Zhiqiang. Zhang Zhiqiang was very resourceful, and Wu Jing had also learned a lot. Together, they easily solved their food problem.
By the fourth week, it was clear that viewers were losing interest; they were only watching a segment each day to see the final result.
Yuan Zhenhai was well aware that the two groups had more supplies and less time left, so even if the production team had some ideas, they probably wouldn't be eliminated.
Anyway, they got all the benefits they were supposed to get in the first season. The problems exposed in the show can be improved in the second season.
The production team can still change the tasks, but Yuan Zhenhai has noticed that both teams are overly tired.
Spending a month on a deserted island, without cell phones, television, or contact with the outside world, and even food was only for sustenance to stave off hunger.
At this point, they experienced problems both physically and mentally.
Yuan Zhenhai plans to stay popular for a few years thanks to the show; he's not going to retire after this one.
If he ruins his reputation this time, he'll probably be blacklisted by all the celebrities in the future.
People were already full of resentment towards the production team this month, partly due to the team's constant changes to the rules.
The reason why Group Two left en masse was because of a rule change that caused them to completely fall out.
In order to leave a good reputation for his future program recordings, Yuan Zhenhai does not plan to continue to tormenting everyone this time.
Let them get through the last week peacefully. If they run into problems on their own, it's not my fault.
With Wu Tao in the third group, in the following days, except for necessary trips to the toilet, Wu Tao didn't dare let Nazha, Yang Zi, and Chen He go too far.
Wu Tao handles everything, just in case he's afraid of losing another member at the last minute.
He was already worried about whether other groups would suffer the same loss of members after losing Sun Hao.
If he's lucky and others also lose members, he still has a sliver of a chance to succeed.
Ultimately, with the same number of people, the final result comes down to the weight of everyone's supplies.
Wu Tao's priority now is to ensure that none of the four people are missing, and secondly, he has been hunting wild animals outside recently.
Naza, Yang Zi, and Chen He could tell that Wu Tao really wanted to win.
"What's wrong, Wu Tao? Are you short of money? If so, we can help you with some of it."
"Yes, Wu Tao, everyone has been taken care of by you this month. As your friend, you must tell us if anything happens to you."
"Yeah, yeah, Wu Tao, you don't really look down on us, do you?"
Looking at his three teammates, Wu Tao was no longer as indifferent as he had been at the beginning.
"No, as you all said, we're all friends. If something really happens, I'll definitely speak up."
"Then why are you working so hard now?"
Wu Tao looked at Nazha speechlessly, thinking that she really did fit the "naive and innocent" persona.
"Please, Miss, not everyone has the chance to earn a million at once. I'm just an ordinary person. If I miss this opportunity, how many years will it take me to save a million through hard work?"
Naza stuck out her tongue, realizing she had forgotten about this. She realized that, let alone ordinary people, she herself didn't actually have a million.
"When Wu Tao asked you last time, you didn't say what you planned to do when you went back. Now you can tell me, right?"
Chen He brought up the topic again, recalling that he had asked Wu Tao about it earlier.
At that time, Wu Tao had no intention of opening up to them, but now that they spend so much time together, they have developed some friendship.
Even if this friendship fades in the future, at least for now, the four of us are still as familiar as friends.
Especially Nazha, she's slowly starting to really like Wu Tao. It's just that this blockhead is always so oblivious; even though she's already given hints, he's still clueless.
Yang Zi and Chen He both noticed that Gulnazar liked Wu Tao, and as friends, they wanted to help her out.
Although Wu Tao doesn't have a particularly outstanding career right now, Chen He and Yang Zi both felt that Wu Tao might become popular after participating in this program.
Especially since Wu Tao was incredibly fierce that day, even though the rest of them didn't see the scene, they were all so excited.
Viewers watching the live stream will probably be even more excited. Wu Tao already has the foundation to enter the entertainment industry. Chen He thinks that his agent will definitely not let go of such a popular star.
It is precisely because they guessed that Wu Tao would most likely enter the entertainment industry that they cherished this friendship even more.
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