Phil knows that if he follows the path of ordinary people, the odds of failure are too great.

Although he has a lot of money at his disposal, in the path of ordinary people, this is not necessarily an advantage, but may be counterproductive.

There have been rich people who participated in superhero talent shows before, and by stuffing money into the program team, he added lenses to himself, asked his mentors to give higher evaluations, and asked some contestants to cooperate with his performances.

But such behavior caused disgust and resistance from the audience, although it gained some popularity by burning money when the talent show was broadcast, but it did not reach the second stage and lost its voice.

I have to say that if you want to become a superhero, you not only need money, popularity, but also strength, at least to make the people like it - no matter what type of like.

After thinking about it, Phil felt that if he participated in the superhero audition show like everyone else, then he would be going down this old path. Will the audience like themselves? Dislike should be a high probability event.

Because the rich participate in the superhero selection, it is naturally a deduction of points.

The audience prefers superheroes who are from the civilian class, have tragic backgrounds, and show a strong sense of social responsibility.

And although Phil has fans, in the minds of the vast majority of the public, he is a playboy who does not do his job, which naturally gives people a feeling of "unreliable".

What's more, the motives of the rich to participate in the superhero draft are obvious.

So, Phil decided to go the other way: personally fund a superhero talent show.

At present, the exclusive title fees of several popular superhero talent shows have almost exceeded 100 million dollars.

Of course, the production costs of these talent shows are also extremely high.

Because the superhero draft is different from the general talent show, in addition to the regular venues, these superheroes also have to run a lot of locations, and there are some special events arranged.

In addition, if the talent show is to be influential enough, it also needs to invite enough well-known and influential superheroes as mentors, and the appearance fees of these people are sky-high.

Therefore, Phil has to smash at least 200 million knives before his plan can succeed.

The risk of doing so is huge, and this price can get the exclusive title fee of many superhero talent shows, and the exclusive title fee can play a good advertising effect on the Simmons family's real estate business.

In other words, if you use this money to buy the exclusive title of other talent shows, you will basically not lose too much.

But Phil can't be named, at least not exclusively. On the one hand, this attitude is still obvious, which is easy to arouse the audience's suspicion and affect the overall plan; On the other hand, because there are not enough interests, other big conglomerates will definitely not participate in it.

Therefore, Phil's plan is to unite the consortium behind the two hottest superhero talent show at present, and organize the variety show "Successor" in the name of these two consortia.

On the surface, the Simmons family will completely dissociate themselves from the variety show "The Successor" and will not be named, so even if some people think that there is a transfer of interests behind it, they will not think it is too much.

And the two big consortia are already fighting for the top in the field of superheroes, and letting them jointly title the variety show "Successor" will make this show gain great popularity and attention before it is broadcast.

For these two big consortia, they can get the naming rights of a superhero talent show with huge investment without contribution, worth at least tens of millions of dollars, why refuse this kind of good thing sent to the door?

And Phil Simmons's only request is that the production team of this variety show uses its own people to ensure that the show develops according to the script designed by himself.

Phil will serve as a mentor on the variety show "The Successor".

There are a total of four mentors in the show, in addition to Phil, there is also a superhero, a superhero's gold agent, and a superhero's marketing director of the company behind the superhero.

The other three mentors are all well-known names in the field of superheroes, and the whole point of their existence is to play for Phil and create an illusion for all audiences that "Phil is on the same level as these people".

In fact, with Phil's ability and knowledge, it is absolutely impossible for him to perform at the same level as the other three mentors on such an occasion.

But it doesn't matter, he has the script in his hands.

As long as you follow the script, then Phil will be invincible.

Phil has no experience in making superhero talent variety shows, but there must be brave men under heavy rewards. As long as you are willing to spend enough money, as long as you hire the right people, then all these problems can be solved.

Not every top superhero is interested in coming to such a variety talent show as a mentor, because it's a bit like a child's play, but as long as you give enough money, you can always find the right person.

After Phil threw a lot of money at it, "The Successor" was entrusted to a very powerful television station in Hope City for production, and the audition and filming were quickly put on the agenda.

The production of "Successor" is similar to other superhero talent shows, and the audition is carried out normally, with potential newcomers from all over the country who want to become superheroes being tapped and the final winner determined through a series of exercises and competitions.

It's just that there is some innovation in the rules of the show: the rules of grabbing people between mentors and competing in teams have been adopted.

Four mentors form a team by grabbing people, and the four teams compete in a team to determine the final winner.

And on the basis of this rule, Phil got the script for "second place".

The reason why the script won the second place is because the first place is too ostentatious. According to the arrangement of the script, the team formed by Phil will be a team that "does not seem to be strong, but is actually very strong".

In other words, this group of people will deliberately not perform so well when they conduct auditions, and Phil will see the shining points in them and recruit them to his command. In the official team competition, these people will perform a new look, but there is still a certain gap in hard power, so unfortunately lost, and finally won the second place.

In this way, the audience will feel that these people are a group of people with mediocre qualifications, and under the guidance of Phil, they all have excellent performances.

In the end, he won the second place, not because of Phil's mentor, but because the players were too good to take it.

In this way, most viewers will feel that Phil is a playboy on the surface, but he is actually a very capable person, on the same level as the other three bigwigs.

And this will lay a solid foundation for Phil's next plan.

Soon, "The Successor" just released the list of mentors, and it was already popular before it was broadcast!

These lists include long-established superheroes, gold agents, and marketing directors, all of whom are insiders in the field of superheroes, and all of them are highly reputable. But in addition to these three people, there is also Phil Simmons, a famous playboy and rich second generation who has many fans on Twitter?

There was immediately a wave of skepticism on the Internet: Phil Simmons may have a good academic background and is the CEO of a company himself, but is he really qualified to be a mentor for this kind of show?

However, this suspicion was soon overshadowed, because the program team of "Successor" immediately announced the format of the show: four mentors will compete among the contestants and compete in teams.

As a result, the viewers who had questioned Phil Simmons before began to gloat and wanted to wait to see Phil Simmons make a mess on the show.

Although the four tutors all have the same "enrollment quota", the best and most potential people will definitely be snatched away by the other three tutors, and Phil can only pick up some crooked melons and cracked dates that are one grade worse in strength.

At that time, the team battle may be one-sided, and Phil's team will undoubtedly become a point baby, and I am afraid it will be difficult to win a small game.

So under this huge topic heat, the first episode of "The Successor" officially started.