While waiting for the elevator, Lin Youlun asked Zhang Manyu: "Do you really plan to go back and talk to him about something?" ”

Zhang Manyu turned his head and glanced at Lin Youlun, his expression was unusually calm, "It's completely over between us." ”

Lin Youlun shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak again.

The elevator doors opened, and the two walked in side by side.

"Do you need me to send you back?" When the elevator door slowly closed, Lin Youlun asked casually.

"I'd better take my own taxi." Zhang Manyu politely declined.

Two floors down, two more people came in the elevator, and Lin Youlun and Zhang Manyu did not continue to talk.

When they came to the hall on the first floor, Lin Youlun and Zhang Manyu had just walked out of the elevator, and a group of reporters suddenly gathered around them.

Lin Youlun forgot to wear sunglasses when he came out of the elevator, so he had to cover his eyes with his hands, and Zhang Manyu's situation was not much better than him, although she was wearing sunglasses, she still recognized the reporter.

The two were squeezed together by reporters, and they couldn't get out for a while.

"Mr. Lin, is it true that Jiang Dawei was injured while filming on the set?"

"How is Jiang Dawei's injury?"

In the face of a series of questions from reporters, Lin Youlun only made a simple response, admitting that there was indeed an accident at the filming site of "Speed of Life and Death", and the leading actor Jiang Dawei was injured and was being hospitalized for treatment.

The bodyguards outside the hall reacted in a timely manner, and they quickly rushed in, separated the reporters from the familiar road, and escorted Lin Youlun and Zhang Manyu to the car.

The car started, and the reporter who was patting the window outside was quickly left behind, and Zhang Manyu glanced back. He said with trepidation: "These reporters came so fast! ”

Lin Youlun was in no mood to track down who leaked the news to the media at this time. All I was thinking about was who to find to play the leading role in "Life and Death" for Jiang Dawei.

"That's right. Where do you live? ”

Zhang Manyu remembered that he had said that he wanted to take a taxi home by himself, but now he was already sitting in Lin Youlun's car, and his expression was suddenly a little unnatural.

Self-esteem was troublesome, Zhang Manyu was even more embarrassed to tell Lin Youlun the address of his home at this time, and only said that it would be good to put her down at the intersection in front.

Lin Youlun said noncommittally: "I'm going to Honggu, do you want to go together?" ”

Zhang Manyu knew that Lin Youlun was taking care of his own face, so he didn't refuse again.

Zhong Chuhong and Zhang Manyu haven't gotten together for a long time, but there are a lot of topics after they meet. I made coffee, sat in the dining room and chatted. Lin Youlun was not interested in their topic, so he came to the living room alone and turned on the TV.

I originally wanted to watch the news, but I didn't expect to see a live report about Jiang Dawei's injury and hospitalization when I changed the channel.

The Hong Kong media reacted so quickly, it is estimated that someone leaked the news before the crew issued the gag order, but fortunately, Jiang Dawei did not have any major incidents this time. Otherwise, things are a little tricky.

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After Jiang Dawei was injured, Lin Youlun and Zhang Manyu appeared in the hospital to visit the hospital, which was also brought out by the media and hyped for a while. But soon everyone began to care about who would replace Jiang Dawei as the leading actor in "Speed of Life and Death".

The crew of "Speed of Life and Death" never mentioned this matter, once a reporter met Er Dongsheng at the gate of the hospital and asked about it, Er Dongsheng left with a black face on the spot, which caused all kinds of rumors and speculations.

It was rumored in the media for a while that Lin Youlun had a secret meeting with Liu Dehua, and then said that he saw Lin Youlun and Liang Chaowei eating together, basically the famous Hong Kong actors were guessed, but there was still no news from the crew of "Life and Death".

After the Spring Festival, it is rare to see reports about the actor of "Life and Death" in various newspapers, because at this time, the attention of the media has been attracted by the new music reality show called "The Voice" launched by TVB.

On February 24, 1988, the first weekend after the Spring Festival, the first episode of "The Voice" was broadcast wirelessly, and the ratings were only 6% at the beginning of the program, but at the end of the program, it soared to 21%, comparing many TV dramas in the time period.

On the show, a sixteen-year-old girl named Zheng Xiuwen hurriedly found someone to take care of her schoolbag offstage, but after going on stage, she calmly sang a song of Ye Qianwen's "Cheers", the song shocked the audience and even the four major tutors, when the host asked her why she would go on stage in such a hurry, her answer was very unexpected, she said that because she had to rush to school after recording the show.

The four judges all pressed the button for Zheng Xiuwen, Luo Wen was full of praise for her voice, and Zhang Yurong joked on the spot that the girl felt like Mei Yanfang when she sang.

When Zhang Rongrong said this, everyone thought about it carefully, and there was really such a thing.

Mei Yanfang was very surprised, and directly came to the stage and said that we would sing a song together, so that everyone could see if it was true, so the two performed an emotional performance on the same stage. Although she was on the same stage with Mei Yanfang, Zheng Xiuwen was not stage frightened at all, the two sang a song "Bad Girl", and the atmosphere of the audience was high to a high point.

There are 8 contestants in the first episode of the show, including students like Zheng Xiuwen who are still studying, and singers who sing in bars, from different walks of life in Hong Kong, engaged in different jobs, and not all of them are handsome men and beautiful women, but these people all have a common characteristic, that is, a good voice.

The music show full of civilian atmosphere, the novel form of competition, and the interesting stories of the four mentors competing for outstanding students constitute the reasons for the popularity of "The Voice", and the five contestants selected by the mentors in this issue are even more well-known than some ordinary actors with the continuous exposure of the media.

The broadcast of the first issue of "The Voice" has had an immediate effect on the advertising of the program that has not made much progress for a long time, and Watsons of Hutchison Whampoa Holdings under the name of Li Jiacheng has obtained the exclusive naming rights of the "Voice" program at a sky-high price of 10 million. In just one week, the advertising fee for inserting in the program has soared from 50,000 yuan per 10 seconds to 300,000 yuan, and what bothers the wireless advertising department is that sometimes the money cannot be collected when it is sent to the door, because Lin Youlun insisted that the advertisements in the middle of the program should not exceed one minute, and the number of insertions in the whole program should not exceed three times.

The ratings of the second episode of the program exceeded 20% at the beginning, and once reached 30% at the peak...... The topic of "The Voice" continued to ferment in the city, and it directly formed a cultural phenomenon after the event, which attracted the attention of many people in society.

The "Voice" program team also held a special press conference for this purpose, and the reporters present raised more than 300 questions, including the future development of the students, the content of the future program, and so on. The program team also broke the news in a timely manner, at present, "The Voice" is still in the first stage of the competition, a total of 32 contestants will have 16 of them become students under the name of the mentor, and then after a period of training, in the second stage of the competition, the top 8 will be determined, but the content of the competition will be kept secret for the time being.

At the same time, the person in charge of Huaxing Records, who was present at the scene, also announced that the top 8 students will all get the opportunity to sign a record company, and will receive training according to different strengths, and then arrange tours, overseas performances, etc.; He also revealed that a large-scale concert will be held in Hung Hom after the end of this episode to thank all the audience who care about and support the show.

Fueled by the media, the ratings of the third episode of "The Voice" reached 35%, setting the highest ratings for the same type of program in one fell swoop.

On the wireless side, while the iron is hot, an advertising bidding meeting for the finals of "The Voice" was held, and three 20-second advertisements were auctioned in the form of clear bids, and 560,000, 580,000 and 620,000 were sold respectively...... The four 15-second advertisements also sold a total of nearly 3 million sky-high prices, setting a new record for 15-second advertisements on Hong Kong TV in one fell swoop.

So far, "The Voice" has recorded nearly 30 million in advertising revenue, and at this time, each mentor can almost get more than 1.5 million, and this is not counting the commission of a series of activities such as students who release records, participate in tours, and attend commercial endorsements in the later stage, in total, Mei Yanfang, Zhang Yurong and Zhou Yimin can almost get dividends ranging from 3 million to 3.5 million.

Soon there were rumors in the media that the appearance fees of the four star mentors Luo Wen, Zhang Yanrong, Mei Yanfang, and Zhou Comin totaled 10 million, and this statement was not confirmed from the "Voice" program team, Zhang Wenrong, Mei Yanfang, and Zhou Comin all avoided talking about this issue, but once again Luo Wen was interviewed and vaguely mentioned that his remuneration as the mentor of "The Voice" was not as high as everyone thought.

Among the four mentors, only Luo Wen chose to directly take a high appearance fee, but seeing that everyone else's income exceeded his own, Luo Wen actually regretted it in his heart, but as an older generation of musicians, he still strictly adhered to his professional ethics, whether it was recording a show or directing his own academy behind the scenes, he did his best.

But something happened during the recording of the fourth episode of the program, which made Luo Wen almost announce his withdrawal from the mentor group of "The Voice". (To be continued.) )