Chapter 147 Is There a Shady Secret Behind the Variety Show? I Wouldn't Go if There Was No Shady Story.

Forty minutes before leaving get off work, Yang Ruoqian received the document sent to him by the operations team.

"Why are my employees so efficient?" Yang Ruoqian complained as he opened the document and casually glanced at the sorting, "Can you finish this thing in a week..."

No, a new rule must be added to the "Employee Code of Conduct" in the future.

In order to ensure quality, every time employees complete a project, they must check for omissions and fill in the gaps. They must discuss and check within the team for three working days before submitting the project.

"Well, the one ranked first meets my requirements in every aspect. It's perfect. I'll be eliminated."

Yang Ruoqian just took a cursory glance and eliminated the first candidate.

"The second ranked one, his cooking skills are so professional, and his appearance is not bad... If he is hired as an artist, he is likely to become popular. However, he has high demands for various benefits. He can spend a lot of money to hire him as a trainer and a chef in the employee canteen. , forget about the artist and be eliminated."

Just because cooking is a selling point, it doesn't necessarily mean that Yang Ruoqian's ideal candidate is good at cooking.

On the contrary, the worse, the better.

"Those ranked third are pretty average at the moment, but they have great potential for development. People with great potential for development should not come to our company and ruin their futures. They will be eliminated."

"Fourth...elimination."

"Fifth...elimination."

After eliminating everyone in front of him, Yang Ruoqian's eyes finally reached the bottom of the document.

"Well, I don't have much social experience. My appearance depends entirely on p, my figure depends entirely on my late stage, and my cooking skills are promising..." Yang Ruoqian was silent for a moment, "I have to say, it is indeed a bit difficult for this young man to want to be an idol with such conditions. remarkably brave."

This type of player would submit his resume to all companies, but no one would want his resume.

Young man, it’s better not to think about being a star or idol. The only way to achieve a smooth and bright future is to just come to Kuai and get a salary that allows you to have enough food and clothing.

Yang Ruoqian opened the chat box with Lin Cao and made the final decision: "There is no need to find anyone else. This young man named Yu Hong is very good. Let's bring him to the company to sign the contract."

Lin Cao quickly replied: "Okay, Mr. Yang. Do you have any other instructions?"

Yang Ruoqian sent the second-ranked photo to Lin Cao: "By the way, I want to ask this person if he intends to work as a chef with us. By the way, let him bring an apprentice."

Lin Cao: "Mr. Yang, what is the bottom line for his salary?"

Asking the bottom line is to better formulate strategies when negotiating salary, to keep the salary as low as possible within the bottom line, and to retain job applicants.

This is a method that Lin Cao often used to reduce costs and increase efficiency when he worked in Yue Mansion. Although it is old-fashioned, it has proven successful time and time again.

Yang Ruoqian replied casually: "Ask him about his expected salary, and then give him what he expects. It must be fast and don't give him a chance to react. Do you understand?"

Someone wants to try to be a star, and now he is suddenly told that he can't become a star, but he can still continue to be a chef, and he will definitely not feel good - he is doing well as a chef, but if the salary and benefits are not much better, why should he change jobs?

Even if the salary is higher, many people will not choose to change jobs because it means having to go through seniority all over again.

Therefore, Yang Ruoqian estimated that the chef would most likely set an outrageous salary requirement just to get angry.

What you have to do is to take advantage of him and agree directly, leaving him without any room for regret.

After a while, Lin Cao sent a reply: "...Okay, Mr. Yang."

Why does your boy look so reluctant?

Yang Ruoqian complained and continued to send a message: "By the way, please check if there are any food variety shows in the near future. I plan to let our newcomers show off."

As soon as this question was sent, Lin Cao's reply arrived: "Yes, Mr. Yang. There is a variety show called 'Chef God Competition', but their reputation is not very good. Do you think it is?"

Yang Ruoqian didn't really care whether the reviews were good or not.

The main reason is that Lin Cao replies too quickly. Shouldn't he check first and then reply?

But Lin Cao replied almost instantly.

Could it be that he likes to watch similar variety shows, so he knew about it in advance?

Yang Ruoqian was a little surprised, but he was not very interested in other people's personal affairs, so he didn't go into too much detail and continued to ask: "What is the specific place that has a bad reputation?"

Lin Cao replied: "They claim to be a hard-core variety show that uses cooking skills as the only criterion. But in fact, after the audition stage, if you want to be on the variety show, you have to spend 200,000 each, otherwise you won't be able to get on." Yes, even if your cooking skills are at their peak."

An artist who has not brought any income to the company and has no even any development potential has to lose the company's 200,000 yuan at the beginning. Do you really think that the company's money is blown by the strong wind? !

Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but frowned after seeing this number: "Is it just that much?"

He thought it would cost him millions...

A mere 200,000 yuan is not enough for his current huge profit of 9 million yuan.

Lin Cao sighed inwardly at Mr. Yang's magnanimity, but adhering to the principle of considering the interests of the company, he continued typing: "This is just the cost of appearing on TV. There will be a lot of shady stories in the future."

Is there a shady story?

The kind of shady thing that costs money? !

Yang Ruoqian was overjoyed when he heard this, it was great - now Kuang Guang is not afraid of spending money, but he is afraid of having no place to spend money. It's a coincidence that he can have a dark side by participating in a variety show.

Don't talk about the shady story. I wouldn't go without the shady story.

What Yang Ruoqian said was righteous and awe-inspiring: "It doesn't matter. For the development of the company's artists, it doesn't matter just spending a little money to establish connections. If you have any shady stories, just tell me."

Lin Cao's reply speed is still very fast: "This type of variety show has an elimination mechanism. After each dish is cooked, the jury selects the three dishes they think are the worst, and then criticizes these three people one by one. After a while, choose one of them to eliminate."

But whether cooking is delicious or not is actually very subjective, even more subjective than whether a person sings well or not. Because at least the audience can hear it when you sing, and the audience has their own judgment.

As for cooking variety shows, in addition to watching the presentation, the audience can only roughly guess the taste of the dish based on the cooking method.

As for whether it tastes good or not, it all depends on the judges.

This is why food variety shows are always inferior to other types of variety shows, and their survival space is extremely small.

The biggest reason is that the audience’s participation is not enough and their expectations are insufficient.

The audience has no way of knowing whether a dish is good or bad, so naturally it is more difficult for them to feel the emotions of the judges and contestants, and it is even more difficult for them to empathize with a person's promotion and elimination.

Singing variety shows can even hold voting activities to allow the audience to participate in the elimination of artists, but can food variety shows do the same?

Obviously it can't be done.

So gradual marginalization is inevitable.

What's more, this type of variety show is said to be about selecting emerging artists, but it is actually more about helping the judges to promote and help them establish their personalities.

There may even be situations where only one of the three judges is a gourmet or a chef in the industry.

The so-called "professionalism" of this kind of variety show can be imagined.

Yang Ruoqian understood instantly: "It means that in this elimination stage, is there room for secret operations? If more people are given 'sponsorship fees', will they be able to survive the elimination?"

Lin Cao replied: "Yes, this fee is very high. If our artist, that is, Yu Hong, is often on the verge of being eliminated, a whole variety show will cost at least two to three million .”

Looking at the message from Lin Cao in his hand, Yang Ruoqian instantly became excited.

If you are always on the verge of elimination, can you spend two to three million yuan? !

Isn’t Yu Hong just a person with only dreams and no cooking skills?

Even if several chefs are invited to teach him how to cook, his cooking skills will not improve much in a short period of time - cooking is a technical job that requires mastery. Without time accumulation, how can a good chef be produced? ?

Yu Hong, who has no skills, will inevitably be in a hurry and make terrible things if he enters a competition where he has to race against time to cook.

Of course, Mr. Yang, who was frightened by all the bottom-out rebounds, did not make a blind decision. He carefully recalled various food variety shows in his mind, including "MasterChef", "Hell's Kitchen" and other shows, trying to find a A character who became famous because of his poor cooking skills.

After recalling it for a while, he discovered that the number was actually 0.

Even if it occasionally becomes popular, it will only be popular in circles that pay attention to such programs, and it will never really become popular all over the Internet.

Not a lot, but none.

Mr. Yang was relieved.

Before ending the conversation, Yang Ruoqian asked Lin Cao one last curious question: "Where did you get this information?"

The word "tying" on the other side of Lin Cao's dialog box fluctuated. After half a minute, he sent a brief reply: "This variety show will always invite people from the Yue Mansion to be judges."

I see……

Yang Ruoqian understood immediately.

This Lin Cao really has an unusual attachment to Yue Mansion.

Yang Ruoqian finally replied: "It's time to get off work soon. You are out of town and no one will care about you. You must consciously get off work and be proactive. Do you understand?"

After typing, Yang Ruoqian turned off the computer, looked at the time, and found that it was time to get off work.

As soon as he packed up his things and walked out of the office, Yang Ruoqian saw a lot of noise at the door, as if a courier was carrying some goods.

"What are you doing?" Yang Ruoqian walked over and took a look.

I found a variety of products, including snacks, daily necessities, and daily necessities. In short, it was so miscellaneous that I couldn’t figure out what I was doing with all of it.

Wen Lianji ordered a pack of spicy strips and explained vaguely while eating: "Zhongzhong, this is the latest attempt of our anchor section, but before we can achieve results, we have to invest in some goods and test the waters." .”

It’s good to invest in goods…

Invest more! It’s best to have something expensive, big, or even a luxury product, like cosmetics.

Most of the people who come to watch this kind of discounted live broadcast care about cost-effectiveness. Rich people buy with their eyes closed. Who cares about the price.

I didn’t expect that my own employees could actually put together such a good project!

Yang Ruoqian was extremely touched that these employees could evolve such ideological awareness: "Okay, your attitude is worthy of recognition. I just feel that the value of these things is not very high."

"In the future, you can buy more imported snacks, luxury goods, high-end ingredients, furniture and electrical appliances. How can we, Tangtang Kuoguang Company, only run a small business?"

Wen Lianji swallowed the spicy note and felt a little embarrassed: "Isn't this because I am afraid that I will lose money if the business is not completed..."

What?

What kind of business can actually make these employees, who are now flying around, so unsure of themselves?

Yang Ruoqian perked up: "You guys, you want to sell them through advertising through anchors, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Yang!"

"Then who do you plan to sell these goods to and whose money will you make?"

Wen Lianji thought for a while, and then spoke out her situation with some shame: "It's just those people who like discount prices and have difficulty choosing."

"No!" Yang Ruoqian shook his head, "People like this should earn less money."

"Ah, then whose money are we going to make?"

"Whoever has money will earn it!" Yang Ruoqian laughed, "How much did you pay for this purchase?"

Wen Lianji was even more embarrassed: "We haven't shipped all the things yet, so we have to pay 80,000 yuan..."

Wen Lianji was in charge of purchasing at the time. Unexpectedly, the Moonlight Clan's passive skills suddenly took effect. She was unable to control her hands for a while and accidentally spent a little more money.

"No!" Yang Ruoqian immediately objected, speaking righteously, first compared to one, and then to eight, "We want to pay, one hundred, eight hundred thousand! The more we pay, the more we earn!"

"Ah?" Wen Lianji blinked.

Another 1.8 million yuan was sent out. Yang Ruoqian was in a very good mood. He made an exception and gave a bonus to the employees with a wave of his hand: "In view of your hard work, I will make an exception and allow you to work a little overtime today. However, the transportation of things Leave the company immediately after this!"

…

Pengcheng Yuefu Group.

Zheng Weineng walked into the office in despair—just now he was scolded by the board of directors again, and most of the directors began to distrust him.

A drama that has been promoted for so long, a drama with so much investment, a drama that borrowed a big actor from Yuefu Entertainment Project, was actually taken off the shelves!

Almost all the investments were wasted, and the bad reputation even directly affected the great actor, causing his reputation to deteriorate a lot!

Even if the anchor's attempt to enter the traditional entertainment industry fails, if a simple project fails, the board of directors will not directly take action.

But the problem is that Kuei Guang and Cheng Yu released an even more outrageous and exaggerated online drama, which won unanimous praise from netizens.

The explanation is not a problem of thinking, but a problem of Zheng Weineng.

The two companies joined forces and took advantage of Yuefu's previous public relations crisis to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry!

"It's been a bad year!" Zheng Weineng cursed angrily, "It's better to be more conservative about the next project, and first hand over a few good reports to stabilize the board of directors..."

"It just so happens that I am one of the judges of the Master of Cooking Competition. I will take this opportunity to make more money and make the report look better..."