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Chapter 24 Ending Theme

Even though the live broadcast room was closed at night, Chen Hong was still working in the control room, handling some of the program team's tasks.

"Has the footage recorded today already started editing?"

Chen Hong asked the assistant director standing beside her.

The assistant director nodded, but then a hint of difficulty appeared on his face.

"Director, it's already being edited, but time is a bit tight!"

Although "The Peach Blossom Spring" is broadcast live, it does not mean that it is only a live program. On the contrary, like a normal variety show, "The Peach Blossom Spring" is also edited into a film, which will be broadcast on major video platforms and television.

After all, many people don't have time to stay in the live stream room all the time, nor do they have the habit of watching live streams. They prefer to watch finished products on video platforms or on TV.

Therefore, editing is very important.

However, the editing time for "Peach Blossom Spring" was limited to only about a week, and the film had to be released before the next episode was recorded.

This was the result of Chen Hong using her connections to expedite the review and release process.

"There's no other way since time is tight. Here's what we'll do: go tell the editors in the team that if they finish editing smoothly, they should get triple pay!"

Chen Hong waved her hand, her main point being that she was rich and powerful.

"That should be fine then. Oh, right, director, there's one more thing..."

"Why are you hesitating? Just say it! Is someone looking for you? Whose is it?"

Chen Hong looked at the assistant director's hesitant expression, but it seemed as if she had expected it all along.

"Director, how did you know? It was Chen Zize's agent. He asked us to give Chen Zize more screen time during the editing."

"And Jiang Zhaoyue's agent also hinted that we should take Jiang Zhaoyue into consideration when editing."

Chen Hong wasn't particularly surprised by what the assistant director said.

This is a very common practice in the entertainment industry. In the same variety show, with so many celebrities, some will have more screen time and some will have less. This is related to their status and the show's effect.

However, it's sometimes inevitable that one will get entangled in social niceties and interpersonal relationships.

In the past, Chen Hong might have given Chen Zize's agent this face.

After all, Chen Zize is a top star, and we might even collaborate in the future.

But this time it won't work, at least not this first episode.

The editing time is limited. If Chen Zize has more screen time, then naturally other people's screen time will be less.

The few shots wouldn't be of Bai Ge, Shen Wanwan, and others, since their fan base is no less than Chen Zize's, and they all have companies behind them.

With so few shots, the only one that comes to mind is Xu An, an ordinary person with no fans and no company behind him.

Chen Hong had actually anticipated this, and had even made preparations when inviting Xu An to the show.

After all, giving up the spotlight on an ordinary person in exchange for a favor from a top celebrity seems like a worthwhile trade.

But now the situation is different.

Xu Antai is really good at creating entertainment value. He has come up with countless tricks throughout the day, each of which adds a lot of highlights to the show.

In this situation, should the program director, Chen Hong, take the initiative to reduce Xu An's screen time?

Chen Hong must be insane to do that.

She not only doesn't plan to reduce Xu An's screen time, but she also plans to focus the editing on Xu An.

Thinking of this, Chen Hong said calmly:

"Reject Chen Zize's agent; as for Jiang Zhaoyue..."

"Add some scenes of her, but they should be scenes of her interacting with Xu An."

Upon hearing this, the assistant director's eyes lit up, revealing an expression of admiration.

"Director Chen, you're really good at this. This way, we won't offend Jiang Zhaoyue, and it won't affect the show's effect."

"It might even attract some traffic..."

The assistant director thought it was brilliant. After all, there's a special group of people involved in both film and television dramas and variety shows.

CP fans.

As long as a man and a woman interact on a show, even if they do nothing, these CP fans will get excited.

What a tragic couple!

Editing more scenes of Xu An and Jiang Zhaoyue interacting can not only attract a lot of traffic from these CP fans,

It can also spark discussion among Jiang Zhaoyue's fans, increasing the show's popularity.

That's killing three birds with one stone.

I've really learned something from Director Chen this time.

Thinking of this, the assistant director immediately applied the same principle to other situations.

"Director Chen, should we also cut more scenes of Xu An and Chen Zize interacting?"

Chen Hong: ?

Your idea is a bit off, isn't it?

A pairing can be unpopular, but it can't be weird!

Seeing that Chen Hong's expression was a little off, the assistant director realized that what he had said might have been a problem, and couldn't help but give an awkward smile.

Chen Hong shook her head and didn't say anything more about it. Instead, she looked at the camera in front of her with a slight frown.

Seeing this, the assistant director, whether trying to change the subject or genuinely curious, asked, "Director Chen, what are you still worried about?"

Chen Hong shook her head and said with some worry, "The editing is fine, but I'm a little worried about the ending theme of our program."

As a variety show, the theme song and ending song of "The Peach Blossom Spring" are actually optional. However, Chen Hong is a perfectionist.

If "Peach Blossom Spring" were a variety show that seemed hopeless, then so be it.

However, after editing, the final cut of "Peach Blossom Spring" is expected to be very good, so it's normal for Chen Hong to want to make it as perfect as possible.

Chen Hong had already come up with a theme song, but the ending theme song was indeed a bit of a letdown.

Just as she was worrying, a staff member at one of the cameras in the control room suddenly shouted excitedly to Chen Hong, "Director Chen, come and take a look!"

Chen Hong looked at the staff's excited expressions and was a little puzzled, but she still went over.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with this camera position?"

"I remember your camera position was outside the cabin, right? It was mainly to prevent sasaeng fans from disturbing the recording?"

Chen Hong looked at the screen in front of the staff, which was displaying the footage from that camera position. When she saw the person holding a guitar in the footage, Chen Hong was taken aback.

"What's Xu An doing here?"

"Is he... singing?"

Chen Hong picked up the earphones next to her and put them on her head.

The moment she put it on, her gaze froze.

The lyrics...the melody

I don't think I've ever heard of it?

Is this another original work?

As Chen Hong listened to the song, she felt that the melody was not complicated, but there was an indescribable feeling about it.

The lyrics also convey a subtle sense of regret.

Chen Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.

This song seems quite suitable as the ending theme for their show!

She excitedly said to the assistant director beside her:

"Go and fetch Xu An here quickly!"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Hong called the assistant director back and said hesitantly:

"Never mind, I'll talk to him about it later!"

Chen Hong couldn't help but twitch her lips slightly when she thought of the scene where Xu An had ruthlessly taken advantage of her.

This time, there's probably going to be more bleeding.