"The Million Giant Program Debuts on Phoenix Channel, Four Star Mentors Sing The Voice Together"

"The Voice of China, a luxury singing program with a production cost of up to 1 million Hong Kong dollars per episode, was launched after more than two months of production by Jīng, and the ratings of the first episode reached a record 61 points, far exceeding that of the episode of "Happy Tonight". It is reported that the advertising cost of the second issue of "The Voice of China" has increased fivefold, becoming the most expensive variety show in history. ”

——"Oriental News"

"There has never been a show that has caused such a sensation, and after the first episode of "The Voice of China" was broadcast, the next day the whole of Hong Kong was discussing the mentors and singers in the show. Among the four mentors, Xu Xiaofeng and Zhen Ni are both super first-line female singers in Hong Kong, and it is rare to be able to show ** segments to be funny and funny in the show. And Lin Zishen and Su Rui, after the broadcast of "The Voice of China", their fame and value have risen, Su Rui was not very popular in Hong Kong, but now the appearance fee is close to Alan Tam......"

——"Industry and Commerce Daily"

"How can entertainment be done to be educational? "The Voice of China" does just that, it inspires young people to fight for their dreams, it is a program with a strong sense of social responsibility, and Phoenix TV is also a TV station with a humanistic jīng god and a positive attitude. ”

——Wen Wei Po

"Phoenix TV's programs are always generous, and the stage of "The Voice of China" even far exceeds the "Miss Hong Kong Contest", and the lighting and sound are completely the specifications of small concerts. It is reported that although the ratings of the first episode of "The Voice of China" skyrocketed, the first episode of the program lost 500,000. However, due to the increase in advertising costs, the second issue of "The Voice of China" will achieve excess profits. ”

——Ming Pao Weekly

According to an investigation by this newspaper, Zhang Weijian, a popular contestant in the first issue of "The Voice of China", participated in the Chinese Rookie Singing Grand Prix held by Huaxing Records a few months ago, and the result stopped at the top 30. As many people know, the current new star Anita Mui in the music industry was poached by Kang Jianfei after she was eliminated by the Chinese Singing Rookie Grand Prix. Could it be that Zhang Weijian will become the second Anita Mui? Huaxing Records and TV** always let the pearl be left in the dust. ”

- Entertainment Weekly

According to a former teacher of a singer surnamed Zhang, the singer surnamed Zhang had a terrible grade in his homework, and it was impossible for him to be admitted to university. And the singer surnamed Zhang is so ruthless and courageous, and often bullies his classmates at school...... The singer surnamed Zhang once joined the school football team, but was fired by the coach for playing too badly, and he is a rotten person who can't do anything. ”

——"Hong Kong Morning Post"

After the first episode of "The Voice of China" was broadcast, Hong Kong instantly set off a wave of The Voice.

This coincides with the end of the first round of Sino-British negotiations, and the good news has made Hong Kong's economy pick up, and people are not as frightened as they were in the previous two months. The four mentors of "The Voice of China" are all big singers with many fans, with the promotion of the TV station more than a month in advance and the attraction of the four mentors, coupled with the novel competition mode and tear attack, the ratings of the first broadcast beat the ratings of "Happy Tonight", which has been the first in the past ten years.

When "The Voice of China" was being discussed on the streets and alleys, the media finally came to join in the excitement and reported on this show overwhelmingly.

In the applause, there are also opposite scoldings, such as "The Voice of China" is a good Chinese actor, the singer is not singing but acting, etc.

The most outrageous is the "Xiangjiang Morning Post", this newspaper seems to be on the same page as the Phoenix Stage, and took the opportunity to run out and splash Zhang Weijian's dirty water.

Huang Xizhao was not idle this time, and after receiving Kang Jianfei's telephone instructions, he immediately sent someone to collect the signed certificates of Zhang Weijian's former teachers and classmates, and then prepared to take the "Xiangjiang Morning Post" to court, demanding that it compensate the "Voice of China" program team and Zhang Weijian himself for a total of 6 million Hong Kong dollars.

In response to a reporter's question, Huang Xizhao said: "Some newspapers have no professional bottom line at all, and they wantonly slander them. Although "Xiangjiang Morning Post" did not name names, the "singer surnamed Zhang" was obviously talking about Zhang Weijian. Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, this newspaper has repeatedly provoked for the sake of sales, and Phoenix TV will resort to legal means to solve it. Even if you can't win the lawsuit, Phoenix TV will continue to fight, and if you can't win it in a year, you will fight for three or five years. I would like to see if the little money earned by "Xiangjiang Morning Post" is enough for millions of lawyers' fees! ”

As soon as Huang Xizhao's words came out, all his peers knew that the "Hong Kong Morning Post" was finished.

It is true that a newspaper can increase sales by playing rumors on the sidelines, and it is difficult for the slandered person to win a lawsuit without specifying the exact target. Not only will the lawsuit not be won, but the lawsuit will also increase the exposure of the newspaper and make the newspaper's sales better.

But if the victim is determined to lose both sides and fights a bastard lawsuit for many years, the big newspapers can still afford the money that a tabloid like the "Hong Kong Morning Post" makes every year, but it can't afford the high legal fees that have not been played.

Sometimes you can't back down, the more you back down, the more you can get an inch, and only killing the chicken and making an example is a wise choice.

Just like in Taiwan's TV industry after the 90s, many celebrities have opened their mouths on the program, spreading rumors and slandering or exposing other celebrities and companies to attract attention and increase ratings.

However, some companies and celebrities have been put on a list of prohibited attacks by Taiwanese television.

For what?

Because as long as you talk bad about these people and companies on the show, the other party will immediately send a lawyer's letter to ask for an apology, and if you don't apologize, they will sue you in court. After a long time, the TV stations and celebrities were scared and didn't dare to say bad things about them.

The same is true of the "Xiangjiang Morning Post", a newspaper with an average sales of only a few thousand copies, which did not have the courage to fight with Phoenix Terrace at all, and could not hold on to it before the lawsuit began, so it took the initiative to seek a private settlement with Phoenix Channel.

After the "friendly consultation" between the two sides, the "Xiangjiang Morning Post" promised to compensate the "Voice of China" program team with 100,000 yuan and Zhang Weijian with 30,000 yuan for the loss of reputation, and used the front page to publish an apology announcement for a week, privately promising not to report unfavorable news for Phoenix TV in the future.

Zhang Weijianbai took 30,000 yuan, and he was so happy. After the show was broadcast, as the most popular singer in the first episode, more than 20 nightclubs and wine threw olive branches within a few days, and invited him to sing at a high price.

Not only that, but there are even record companies that want to secretly sign Zhang Weijian in private, and promise to start releasing records immediately after signing the contract.

Of course, Zhang Weijian is not a fool, "The Voice of China" has not been recorded yet, and the good show is still to come, so he will not be stupid enough to sign for other companies halfway. What's more, the program team has communicated with him, he can not only sign into Fengxing Records, but also have the opportunity to join Phoenix TV as an actor.

Soon ushered in the second issue of "The Voice of China", and the popular singer in this issue is Lu Fang. This person is in a parallel space, he will be the champion of next year's Rookie Singer Grand Prix, and he was focused on training by the record company with Jacky Cheung in the 80s, and has always been Jacky Cheung's best friend, and later fell in love with Zheng Yuling for more than ten years.

After Lu Fang came on the field, he didn't use any pathos offensive, and won the applause of the audience and the scramble of the four mentors just by singing.

By the way, the second issue of "The Voice of China" was also recorded at the Taiping Theater, with an audience of more than 1,800 people, all of whom spent several times the ticket price of the movie, and the scale was equivalent to the solo concert of a second-tier singer.

When the second issue of "The Voice of China" was broadcast, few people on the streets of Hong Kong saw it, and it had already achieved the effect of "Chu Liuxiang" when it was on the air that year, and it could definitely be called an empty alley of 10,000 people. The data of the second issue of "The Voice of China" was quickly counted and reached a terrifying 73% rating.

It's not just a sensation in Hong Kong, because Southeast Asia and Macau also have Phoenix Channel viewers, and after the second episode of "The Voice of China" was broadcast, Nanyang and Macau also had a strong response. Many people who like to sing in Nanyang and Macau have called or written to Phoenix Terrace to ask if overseas audiences can sign up, and even more impulsively, they directly take a boat and plane to Hong Kong.

The media in the Nanyang region and Macao also couldn't hold back and began to hype up the program "The Voice of China", and local TV stations also sought to buy the rebroadcast rights of "The Voice of China".

There are also TV stations that have begun to copycat "The Voice of China", such as Malaysia's national TV station has a "The Voice of Xingma", but the ratings are ugly after it is made. As for the reason, the stage of the copycat program is too small, the lighting and sound equipment is too frustrated, the contestants are not trained, and the number of cameras is only one-third of that of "The Voice of China". Audiences who are accustomed to watching the production of "The Voice of China" Jīng Liang are not interested in cheap copycat programs at all.

When "The Voice of China" just started to prepare, many people in Phoenix Station secretly ridiculed Kang Jianfei for having too much money to spend, especially after the loss of more than 500,000 yuan in the first episode of the program, this argument was even more noisy.

Now more than a dozen TV stations in Nanyang and Macao have come to buy the rebroadcast rights, and immediately let Phoenix TV make a huge amount of rebroadcast income after making a lot of advertising money, and the people who say strange things will disappear immediately.

However, there is no report on this in Taiwan, perhaps because Phoenix TV has been included in the list of leftist tendencies by the Taiwan Information Bureau.

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Compared with the jubilation on the side of Phoenix Terrace, Fang Yihua often lost his temper nervously.

In fact, in terms of overall ratings, Phoenix TV is still slightly inferior to TVB, with a ratings share ratio of 4.6 to 5.4.

Because "The Voice of China" is broadcast once a week, while TV**'s "Happy Tonight" is broadcast a Saturday, the overall advantage in ratings is still that wireless stations are dominant.

What makes Fang Yihua feel anxious is that due to the popularity of "The Voice of China" and "Happy 60 Minutes", some loyal viewers of TV** variety shows are gradually losing to Phoenix Channel.

In the office of TVB's variety show production department, Fang Yihua slapped the table and yelled: "I want a new program, a new program that can beat "The Voice of China", and I will find a way immediately!" ”

A cadre of TV station employees looked at each other, no one spoke, who dares to guarantee that the new program planned by them can surpass "The Voice of China"? (To be continued.) )