Chapter 1007: The First Step
Comedy world.
The comedy industry is also divided into those within the system and those outside the system, and those within the system are all major art troupes, and they do condolence performances, as well as policy propaganda and the like.
Outside the system are naturally those folk theaters, which are large and small, such as Zhao Jiaban, Xiang Wenshe and Gao Junsheng's drama team, which can be regarded as a big team.
There are also some teams that are very small, even only three or five people, and they are not easy to mix. As for those stragglers, it was even more difficult, there was a lack of people here, and he went to replace them. There was no one there, and he went for a run.
When no one wants to play, they will go hungry. There are a lot of comedians in China, but there are really few who are really famous.
But all in all, the stage of comedians is in the theater, whether it is inside the system or outside the system.
Otherwise, the only stage that can get comedians on the stage is the evening performance of the TV station.
Other than that, there is almost nothing.
Even He Xiangdong, the top comedian in China, what he does on TV is also a variety show, and how many times he wears a coat and talks about cross talk?
Even if it is his own show, he can only spare a little time to talk about ten minutes of cross talk, and it is not all scheduled.
How hard it is.
As for the kind of shows that are pure comedy, there are even fewer of them. Occasionally, it will be a miserable loss, so over time, no one wants to do it.
Now that Oriental TV has started to produce comedy programs again, they are scoffing at people in the industry, but for those comedians, it is undoubtedly great news.
Ning Yue and the others moved quickly, and in just a few days, comedians all over the country knew the news, and everyone moved, thinking of running to Shanghai as soon as possible.
In fact, these comedians are really not good, most of them can only barely make a living by performing, they can't even think of buying a house and a car, and even some of them are miserable, they can only go out to work part-time to eat.
So everyone is excited, for most comedians, being on TV is a luxury they can't even imagine, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Within a few days, the program team received a large number of registration letters, and the people in the program team were also very excited, which was a good start.
Since Ning Yue wants to do a comedy variety show, naturally they can't be so passive, other comedians all signed up spontaneously, and those they have long taken a fancy to them have to invite themselves.
The quality of comedians is uneven, and no one knows how many of those who take the initiative to sign up have real materials, and if they all sign up by themselves, then the show will be over.
The guarantee of ratings has to look at those real masters, after the program began to prepare, Ning Yue and they were busy and crazy, flying all over the world, all kinds of masters with horns and horns were invited out by them.
The comedy world is a lively scene.
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It's June in a blink of an eye, and it's been almost half a year since the beginning of the year when the show was prepared, and the preparations that should be made are almost done, and the next thing is the program recording.
The mode of the show is still a draft, but there is still a little difference from the traditional draft, this stage is mainly based on the wishes of the audience, and during the preliminary round, the judges have the final say, the judges vote, and most of them agree to pass.
But the semi-finals and finals depend on the audience, the judges have no voting rights, and whoever the audience likes will win.
In fact, this is also a new way formulated with reference to the current most popular talent variety show model. This also happens to be in line with the essence of comedy, that is, the audience has the final say.
Mentor, they invited three people, all of whom are first-line comedy celebrities in China, He Xiangdong is currently the most popular cross talk actor; Zhang Hong is the former king of sketches, who has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala for 15 consecutive years, and is the nail household of the Spring Festival Gala; Ma Tao, a famous comedy director, he can be said to be the pioneer of mainland comedy films.
The three of them are all heavyweight judges, Dongfang TV didn't allocate too much money this time, they are more inclined in terms of resources, and the funds basically depend on Ning Yue and them to figure out their own way.
Fortunately, He Xiangdong was an ally with them, and he didn't ask for much, just take a little symbolically. As for Ma Tao and Zhang Hong, although the status of the rivers and lakes is very high and their wrists are also very big, they really don't collect much money.
Now the highest asking price is those popular little fresh meat, people are traffic stars, people come over, traffic automatically follows, and the show is half of the success, this is the era of small fresh meat.
Fortunately, the judges' fees only account for a small part of the fee, and they can have more money to invest in the show.
Don't think that doing comedy shows doesn't cost money, stage props, actors' announcement fees, all money, and some have to hire a lot of extras. Do you think everyone is talking about cross talk, just change into clothes and just stand there and talk?
The show is also going to be recorded, the stage has been set up, and the three judges have also arrived in Shanghai.
Oriental TV also began to attract investment for this program, auctioning advertising space and naming rights, and some people came to talk about cooperation in advertising spaces, but no one cared about naming rights at all, and those business owners were not optimistic about this program.
After the news spread, people in the industry laughed even more, Dongfang TV did a comedy variety show this time, and they didn't have to think about it, they were going to fail again.
After Jiang Shengsheng knew about this, he shook his head helplessly and smiled, he was even more determined in his previous idea, to do variety shows, you have to invite traffic stars, otherwise it is impossible to do it. It's the same with comedy shows, but it's no wonder that the laughter culture is not to blame, who makes their company small and has no strength.
The enthusiasm of the leaders of Dongfang TV has also been greatly frustrated, and this has not yet begun, they have suffered this unpopular stick, what can they do in the future.
But fortunately, this show is in cooperation with a third-party company, and they greatly reduce the risk, and even if they lose, they can't lose much, which is a blessing in misfortune.
Xu Tao still looked very excited, he was the person in charge of the show, and the deputy director was in charge himself. He also mobilized and mediated up and down, reducing a lot of resistance to the production of the "Laughing Jianghu" program.
It's the end of June now, and the recording of the show is finally about to start, and the actors and judges have also come to Shanghai, just waiting for tomorrow's recording.
He Xiangdong was a little uneasy in the hotel, and he was finally going to record, this is the first step to promote the arrival of the great era of comedy, the first step to bring down Jiang Shengsheng, and the first step to push cross talk to real revival.
He Xiangdong suddenly felt a lot of pressure, reviving cross talk is the dream of several generations, and He Xiangdong has also worked hard for this for half his life.
After the desperate efforts of those who love cross talk, cross talk has come out of the miserable trough of the 90s, but now, it is not a real revival.
They're still trying.
He Xiangdong looked at all of Ning Yue's plans, and he knew that if Ning Yue's plans could be realized, then the great era of comedy would definitely come, and at that time, cross talk would be truly revived.
The dream of their mentor and apprentice for decades can also be realized.
Tomorrow's program recording is the first crucial step towards the real revival of cross talk, at this moment, He Xiangdong is not only excited, but also uneasy and apprehensive.