Phil Simmons talked well on the show, chatting and laughing with the other three bigwigs, and communicating completely with an equal attitude. The stalk thrown by the other party, Phil can catch it steadily, and there is no stage fright at all.

Not only that, Phil also often teased himself and told a few jokes, which caused the audience to laugh.

But when it came to the selection stage, it really developed as everyone expected: Phil couldn't recruit powerful apprentices at all.

"The Successor" has already gone through auditions, and the participants are all people who have the potential to become superheroes, but only a few of these people can win the favor of the judges.

In the on-site selection process, the main task of the contestants is to leave an impression on the judges and the audience. And there are many ways to make an impression: it could be good-looking, it could be a special talent or skill, or it could be a good story.

If someone who is elegant and likable happens to have a likable face and a very special talent and skill, then the likelihood of winning the favor of the mentor is greatly increased.

Of course, if there are none, but there happens to be a more complicated life experience, which aroused the sympathy of the audience, and made him get a special label, then it is also possible to gain the favor of the mentor.

In the first episode, all the good contestants were basically divided among the other three mentors, and the worst one grabbed an apprentice, and only Phil Simmons' team was empty.

So after the first episode was broadcast, it immediately caused great heat on the Internet.

Some people think that Phil is not qualified to be a mentor in this show at all, and gloat about it; Others think that Phil is a good talker, and he is not inferior to the other judges, and he is also very honest when discussing some professional issues, which shows that Phil is still capable.

What's more, Phil didn't advertise his real estate business on the show at all, he didn't do it for fame or profit, and the appearance fee is estimated to be far worse than his worth, that is to say, his participation in this show is probably just a free and easy attitude towards game life.

On the other hand, those apprentices, one by one, didn't see the shining points in Phil, and still regarded him as an incapable rich second generation, and even the program team deliberately created heat by making Phil "sell miserably", which is really too much!

The two sides quarreled on the Internet, which sparked another round of heated discussions.

And behind many of these voices, it is obvious that they are from Phil's support and instruction behind the scenes.

In the midst of extreme popularity and topicality, "The Successor" continues to be filmed and broadcast at the same time.

In the second episode, Phil finally gets his first apprentice, and he is very happy, hugs the unassuming black apprentice, and promises to make him in the top five of the draft.

There was a heated discussion on the Internet again, saying that Phil was boasting about Haikou and talking big, and such a mentor was not worth following the apprentices.

The other three mentors were also on the show, making fun of this, and one even joked that it was too late for Phil to retire now. But Phil was not angry at all, and always confidently said that he was confident that he would lead his apprentices to victory in the team competition.

Soon, the first part of "The Successor" was broadcast.

The teams of the four mentors are all full, and the teams of the other three mentors look very luxurious, but on the other hand, Phil's side is very shabby: most of the apprentices joined in the second half, and they are all types that other mentors can't look down on, and the audience response is mediocre, and even in the end, there are still two vacancies, and the program team has to temporarily start the repechage match, and two of the previously eliminated personnel were selected to complete Phil's team.

For the upcoming team competition, all the viewers are not optimistic about Phil's team, in the random questionnaire survey done by the TV station, more than seventy percent of the audience think that Phil's team will inevitably be the last place, and almost none think that Phil's team can win the top two.

But all the audience didn't know that it was all a script arranged by Phil.

The second part of "Successor" is a team competition led by four mentors, and the competition is divided into four formats:

The first is speech/debate. The program team gives a topic, which is often a hot issue with a high degree of attention, mostly related to superheroes.

The mentors led their teams to prepare, speak live and debate with opposing teams, and decide the winner based on how much they persuaded the audience.

Superheroes have their own groups, their own ideas and programs, and often have to give speeches, and this form of team competition is to test the apprentices' ability in this regard.

Second, develop a rescue plan. The program team gives a specific scenario, such as a gang of gangsters taking hostages, and the apprentices research and formulate a rescue plan.

But they do not need to rescue the hostages themselves, but are rehearsed by professionals in accordance with the rescue plan.

Superheroes often have to participate in similar rescue operations, but they can't be brainless and reckless, which could have caused hostages or more damage to the city.

Superheroes with brains are more popular with the public, and this form of team competition is a test of the apprentices' ability in this regard.

The third is the fighting ability test. The program team gives a specific physical challenge level, including physical confrontation between groups, to see which group completes better.

While superheroes need to have brains, the necessary physical fitness and fighting skills are also essential. A superhero who "can fight" will make the public feel more secure, and there will be no feeling of "this superhero is wasting superpowers".

Fourth, large-scale comprehensive testing.

This kind of test often contains multiple aspects, which requires the captain of each team to make overall arrangements and personnel allocation, and after completing the task, the program team will conduct a comprehensive evaluation.

The four tests are gradual, and the program team will record the readiness of each team throughout the process, and give more shots of the key characters in it, so that the public will gradually become familiar with and like these apprentices who may become superheroes in the future.

In this process, the guidance of the mentor should be moderate, and it cannot be all-encompassing, which will steal the limelight from the apprentices and make the apprentices who have no chance to show their faces lose in the next favorite selection; You can't completely leave it alone, otherwise it could lead to a complete defeat in the team competition.

In short, a talent show-like team game is like a rehearsal for a superhero's future work.

The first episode of the team competition was indeed as expected, with Phil's team losing out against the other teams.

The program team also gave Phil's team the least number of shots, which created an illusion for the audience: it seemed that Phil had done nothing, and his team was as useless as him, and quickly lost.

As a result, the discussion of Phil was slaughtered again.

But immediately after, Phil's team in the second episode seemed to have a new look, and won the second place with an excellent performance.

However, this time, the program team still gave the Phil team the least number of shots, which led to the lack of information in the preparation process, which caused dissatisfaction among the audience.

The audience felt that it was the program team that looked down on Phil's team, did not pay attention to them, and gave more shots to the other three groups, resulting in Phil's team not being treated fairly although it achieved good results.

So, in the third episode of the team competition, the program team gave the Phil team more shots, and this time the audience was able to see the whole process of the Phil team's preparation.

Phil Simmons played a key role in the preparation process, constantly inspiring the apprentices' confidence, hinting and nudging them, and did not directly give the apprentices a plan to execute, but let them come up with a perfect plan on their own in a more enlightening way.

The apprentices, who had been scattered, suddenly became more motivated, not only did the team trust rise a notch, from the original individual to a unit, but also their individual abilities seemed to shine.

As a result, Phil's reputation and reviews on the show began to reverse.

Many people's impression of Phil has changed greatly, and there are more dimensions in their evaluation of him:

He is a playboy, a rich second generation, who was born at the end of many people, which makes people envious and jealous;

He is a person with a real temperament, he is open-mouthed on Twitter, and his favorite things are no different from those of poor young people, which makes people feel very down-to-earth;

He has a high degree and has opened a company with good results, judging by his age, which shows that he has a high talent and achievements in business, not only smart but also hard-working;

The most impressive thing is that he has a deep understanding of many problems, and he understands the problems a lot better than ordinary people, and on the show "Successor", he is not only talking and laughing with the other three mentors, but also strategizing and leading a team with poor ability to win, and the level is completely the same level as the industry bosses.

Of course, the doubts about Phil still exist and are growing day by day.

But the voices in favor of Phil grew stronger, completely silning out the voices of skepticism.

After all, Phil's performance on the show has conquered many people, and those who question Phil are easily branded as "pink eye", "hatred of the rich" and "loser mentality".

At the end of the show, the black guy from Phil's team finished second with a stellar performance at the end.

Phil had said before that he had fulfilled his promise to finish in the top five, and he overfulfilled it.

On the show, the black guy thanked Phil and burst into tears, but Phil just smiled and said, "It's all your own efforts, I just helped you tap your potential." ”

This made the audience feel that Phil was knowledgeable and worthy of the title of "mentor".

After the show, the program team cooperated with several large brokerage companies, and several apprentices with outstanding performances were arranged to debut as superheroes, and they were all over the place for a while.

Many people went viral thinking that Phil would also take this opportunity to debut as a superhero.

But Phil tweeted that participating in the show was a complete whim and didn't have the idea of becoming a superhero.

After that, Phil did not participate in any superhero-related topics, which caused the audience to regret it.

But what they didn't know was that the first phase of Phil's plan had been a complete success.

Although he did not debut as a superhero, he gained a lot of attention and successfully reversed the public's impression of him: from a rich second generation who did not match superheroes at all, to a truly powerful industry insider who knows the professional content of superheroes well.

And then, Phil has to wait for a better time to continue to implement the next plan.