Not many people may know about the Los Angeles Convention Center, but when it comes to the Staples Center next door, almost everyone knows it, because it is the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, and everyone loves basketball.

It is a place of pilgrimage for people. In addition, entertainment wrestling events are held there, and of course there are also concerts of many top stars.? ?

In comparison, the Los Angeles Convention Center is somewhat unknown. Except for the e3 exhibition, when a large number of audiences gather, it can only hold some exhibitions, and not many people come. The TV set up the studio here, too.

Because of its strategic location, the rental of the venue is not high and it can be rented for a long time.

Wang Ou, Chen Haoran and Mo Lingshu entered the venue first with audience tickets. Cheng Xiaoyu sent Xia Shamo, Xia Lan and Yang Yidan to the contestant waiting area. John Brie, the chief director of the program team, personally came to pick up Cheng Xiaoyu at the door.

As a group of people, he first arranged a rest room for Xia Shamo and the others, and then took the initiative to talk to Cheng Xiaoyu about some things during the recording process of the program.

You must know that the investor of this program is the big boss in front of him, and all the copyrights of the program are in his hands. After a day of recording, he has already seen the huge potential of this program. In his opinion, it will not be better than "U.S.

"Idol" is bad.

John Brie first told Cheng Xiaoyu that at this time, "The Voice" has neither popularity nor fame. During yesterday's recording of the program, all the audience members who entered the venue were relatives and friends of the contestants, or the program team brought them from various universities in Los Angeles.

people.

Most of the people came to see a few famous judges, and few came to listen to the contestants singing. But the situation was much better today. Most of the audience who came yesterday asked for help when they left.

I bought a ticket and came here again today because I was attracted by the exciting competition and wanted to watch the players compete and the instructors turn their chairs.

Cheng Xiaoyu was not interested in John Brie's implicit praise. Of course he knew the attraction of this show. He looked at the hundreds of lights in the air and asked: "How is the atmosphere of the scene and the effect of the filming?"

Because the stage was set up in an open exhibition hall, the lighting requirements were extremely high, and there were no hanging points in the infield. They used 10 tons of light stands, and the total cost of the lighting equipment alone was over five million US dollars.

John Brie followed Cheng Xiaoyu's gaze and praised: "Mr. Cheng, this is the talent show with the highest stage standards I have ever seen. Only the concerts of top stars can compare to it. I really didn't expect you to be so good at stage design."

Research."

For stage design and lighting design, Cheng Xiaoyu hired Blake Regan, who had collaborated with him several times. He was responsible for designing the stage for the "Idol Project". Cheng Xiaoyu briefly talked to him about the stage concept of "The Voice"

, he completed the design according to Cheng Xiaoyu’s requirements.

In order to give the lights a unique and dazzling effect, 8o sets of the world's most advanced lighting equipment were specially purchased.

These devices can allow hundreds of lights to move accurately and synchronously with extremely small errors, and the light spots are well-proportioned and the edges are smooth. Ordinary strobes are white. The upgraded equipment introduced by the "Good Voice" program team this time can produce colorful strobes.

Strobe effect.

The lighting alone can crush another talent show "American Idol", not to mention the rented concert-level vdos sound system. This vdos sound system is called the "Ferrari of the audio industry", and its sound effects are of course

It belongs to the top class. Most powerful singers use this vdos sound system as the hardware of choice for their concerts, such as Mary Hughes.

Cheng Xiaoyu has always been a person who strives for perfection. Even if he plagiarizes the music or movies in his memory, he is meticulous and demanding about the details. If he can do better, he must do it better, but he really can't do it.

It's better, and the standard in memory cannot be worse. It's not just a perfunctory copy.

To a large extent, they are all created based on things in memory. For example, many of the special effects in "Titanic" were not perfect. Many shots were limited by the technology and funds at the time, and the effects were not up to the mark. This time, Cheng Xiaoyu once again greatly

It improves the visual shock of "Titanic", especially under ima viewing conditions, the audience will feel a more realistic and grand scene.

Cheng Xiaoyu said: "I originally made this movie professionally, but it was just a real guest appearance."

Cheng Xiaoyu's identity in the United States is more of a director, and the American public has not yet accepted his identity as a producer.

John Brie, who has a pair of big eyes and a thin body, said with excitement: "You are really an unparalleled genius. The lighting and sound effects of yesterday's video were unexpectedly good, and the atmosphere was also quite great.

Just like watching a concert, you don't need an on-site director to instigate it. Also, the idea of ​​rotating chairs is really great. In this regard, it is much more exciting than "American Idol". The first episode of the broadcast can have at least 6.o

ratings”

After all, the TV station is still a small TV station that has been lagging behind for many years, and I really don’t dare to think too much about things like ratings.

Cheng Xiaoyu raised his head and looked at the auditorium. At this time, the audience was entering the venue one after another. Cheng Xiaoyu spent a lot of money to get the stage design and sound. The cost of just four chairs was over one million US dollars, plus the dazzling lights and

The vdos sound system cost tens of millions of dollars just for the stage design alone.

Not to mention the four instructors signed. Except for Will Kingson, who is relatively cheap, the other three all have sky-high appearance fees. Mary Hughes alone is worth 3.2 million U.S. dollars, which takes up a large part of the budget.

Looking at such a glorious stage and the amount of money he had spent, Cheng Xiaoyu felt that it was a shame not to be able to reach 10. He smiled and said: "No, no, if it is only 6.0, it is a failure."

He also counts on the copyright to make money for him!

John Brie said with a smile: "You said it can reach 10, I know it in my heart!" He sincerely admires this young director who has created a miracle of ratings. Originally, this program was not optimistic, but

As "Resident Evil: The Walking Dead" has repeatedly created ratings miracles, the program planned by Cheng Xiaoyu has also been taken seriously by the station.

All the top talents who produced variety shows were temporarily transferred to the crew of "The Voice", and the best show host Carson Ryan could be had was also sent over.

Cheng Xiaoyu asked again: "Are there any players who appeared in the fourth position yesterday?"

John Brie shook his head and said: "So far, Ms. Hughes has not turned her chair once in three turns at most. The other three mentors have already selected two contestants. But apart from today, there are still blind auditions.

Five days should be enough for them to choose their favorite singer."

Cheng Xiaoyu sighed and said: "The main reason is that they are not famous enough. The situation will be very different next year. Those singers who rejected us this year will want to come to this stage."

As the chief director, John Brie certainly knows that many well-known live singers and well-known cover singers on the Internet have rejected the program team's invitation, not only because the program "The Voice" is not famous, but also because the TV station is among the five major TV stations.

It is also the worst, it really has no appeal.

This season's invitation focus is on major music academies in the United States, so there are particularly many academic students this season. He smiled and said: "It's already great. The average level is much higher than "American Idol". There is no need to be harsh."

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Cheng Xiaoyu nodded and said, "I'll see how my level is today. Don't let me down later."

John Burry said nervously: "Mr. Cheng, if you have any opinions, please feel free to mention them later. We will try our best to do our best." His opinions are more important than the opinions of the station. Now the TV station can offend eo Derby.

Feynman, but you must not offend Cheng Xiaoyu, the financial backer.

Cheng Xiaoyu said: "Yes, it must be good." He turned around and planned to go to the auditorium, but turned back and warned: "Please remember to take a more beautiful picture of Miss Xia later. The lighting and camera should be at the highest level!"

As an industry insider, he certainly knows what a TV station will do if it wants to blackmail a player or praise a player. Ordinary viewers can't see any clues on TV. Only those who work in TV know the TV station's intentions.

For example, in a singing competition called Toilet Stand, if you want to blackmail a singer, it is very simple. You can do it using the camera and lighting. Take the camera as an example, when the contestant sings to the top and is most expressive, the camera

Zoom out so that the audience in front of the TV cannot be included at all, or simply shoot the audience's expressions directly to make you jump out of the scene.

If I want to praise you, I will give you a close-up shot. Simply put, compare a certain hero's lens and lighting with other contestants, and you will know who the toilet seat is praising and degrading.

There are too many routines here. For example, Deng Moumou is one of the contestants who was criticized more by the toilet platform in the later period. Of course, this is not all the problem of the TV station. Sometimes, the singer's problems are also big, such as a disagreement.

Sun just quit, it was like a slap in the face on the toilet seat.

It's not impossible to quit, but you have to discuss it with the program team in advance! This is a live show, not a recorded broadcast. If Brother Yi hadn't been such an eloquent host at the time, it would have really been a live broadcast accident.

John Brie immediately replied seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Cheng! We will be very energetic and treat Miss Xia at the highest level."

Cheng Xiaoyu thanked him and left.

John Burry reluctantly sent Cheng Xiaoyu to the entrance of the auditorium.

Cheng Xiaoyu returned to the auditorium and sat with Wang Ou, Chen Haoran, and Mo Lingshu. The position was naturally the best in the entire venue, facing the nearest seats to the four instructors.

At this time, the recording was about to start. The lights on the stage had been turned on. The stage, which was mainly red, was particularly dazzling. A huge sculpture holding a microphone in a V shape stood on the side of the stage. The same thing also appeared on the big screen.

The logo has a line of black English letters "the." below it. Four huge red and black chairs face the stage with their backs to the stage, standing quietly between the audience and the stage.

Cheng Xiaoyu heard the audience around him discussing the game in the morning or yesterday. Obviously many of them were old viewers. Everyone thought this novel talent show was quite interesting, especially when they heard the voice they liked, everyone would guess how many chairs to turn.

, that instructor will transfer.

The audience was noisy. The instructor began to enter from the side of the stage. When Mary Hughes appeared, there was a huge round of applause in the audience.

Several viewers who watched today today said: "Mary Hughes has never turned her chair once so far. I wonder if there will be a singer who can make her turn her chair today."

"Yesterday there was a female singer who sang very well. The two instructors turned around as soon as she opened her mouth. However, Mary Hughes did not turn around until the end. The singer was still a fan of hers and said she came specifically for her.

Pity."

"The queen's requirements are naturally different." Everyone sighed.

Cheng Xiaoyu saw Mary Hughes, who was wearing a black low-cut dress and wavy hair, sitting in her seat, but she did not see Cheng Xiaoyu sitting on the stage for the time being. She turned around and was talking to Will Kingson beside her.

Talking.
Chapter completed!