Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“After all, they’re rushing to broadcast at the same time as Singing Voice. Donghua Station is very happy about this,” Tan Mo smiled as she said. “Donghua Station and Star Guest are old rivals. To put it bluntly, Donghua Station has long detested Star Guest. When Singing Voice became immensely popular
in its first year, Donghua Station produced its own singing program in response. However, it didn’t create much of a stir. After the broadcast ended uneventfully, Donghua Station did not continue with it.”
Tan Mo had heard all this from Xu Dashi. “But because the results were bad and it only lasted one season, it caused them to become a laughingstock among the people from Star Guest. Ge Guangzhen even hired internet trolls to orchestrate the mocking of Donghua Station’s program on Weibo.
Fortunately, Flash Drive did not exist then. Otherwise, it would have been ridiculed on Flash Drive as well.”
“But come to think of it, that program was indeed quite disorganized.” Tan Mo half-heartedly expressed sympathy for Donghua Station, “It’s only been three years. But no one even remembers what that program was called. Speaking of which, Donghua Station even replaced it with another overseas
singing program.”
Both Tan Jingi and Tan Jinsheng were at a loss for words.
Come to think of it, that was true.
“One was created to compete with Singing Voice but fell short, even by a large margin. The other had already been abandoned but continued to be mocked by their rival. With two deep-seated grudges, Donghua Station must be gearing up for battle right now,” Tan Jingi said with a smile.
Tan Mo nodded, “So Donghua Station did offer a fair price for Broken Continent this time. They’re even giving Kefeng Films full production control, so long as the show is broadcast on Donghua Station.”
“However, because Donghua Station has already failed once, it’ll definitely want to strictly monitor the program this time. After I Sing’s first episode is recorded and edited, it will first be sent to Donghua Station for verification. Only if Donghua Station approves can it be broadcast. Otherwise, it will have
to be redone.”
“The program team can redo it. The issue lies with the participating artistes,” Tan Jingi said. “This isn’t acting, They can’t keep reshooting together with the program team. As long as Donghua Station isn’t satisfied, they’ll have to keep shooting. The artistes will never agree to reshooting with no end in
sight.”
“That’s right,” Tan Mo nodded, “So it must be done well for Donghua Station to clear it the first time. I just went to the production department for a meeting and helped to substantiate the proposal. After the proposal is officially finalized, itll be sent to Donghua Station. After it’s approved, we should not
have too big of a problem.”
Although Tan Mo had not officially joined the meetings, she was the one who had provided the ideas in both of them.
Even though it was merely said, with no formal proposal in writing, the production department already regarded Tan Mo as their comrade in battle.
Ia project, it was true that every aspect was important.
But the idea itself was the most fundamental.
Without a good idea, how could there be any follow-up work?
Tan Mo had already accomplished the most basic and important aspect for them.
As such, after Liu Jingfu’s planning team had drawn up a near-final version of the formal proposal, they sent it to Tan Mo first for her review.
Tan Mo read through the document and gasped. They were truly professionals.
While she could provide a few ideas, an amateur like her would not be able to write a proposal so beautifully.
Of course, she would be able to with training.
Tan Mo looked through the proposal once, and thought it was fine.
Liu Jingfu’s joy was evident in her response, “Mr. Xu and Mr. Yan also have no issues. In that case, I will submit it to Donghua Station without worries. Once Donghua Station responds, I will let you know immediately.”
Tan Mo replied, “Okay.”
It just so happened that Tan Mo did not have much to do recently. Other than attending a few classes daily, she also worked in various laboratories.
Beijing University initially wanted to offer Tan Mo a confirmed place for her postgraduate studies.
However, Tan Mo felt that she would be able to qualify with a perfect score even if she took the exam. So why take up a confirmed spot for postgraduate studies? It would be better to give the spot to other students.
Moreover, since President Mu wanted her to be a Mathematics teacher, she would take the Mathematics exam and score full marks, so that it would be more convincing.
Although there were still a few conflicting opinions, Tan Mo was prepared. But it was still better to have the actual results.
Moreover, she did plan to major in Mathematics for postgraduate studies.
Hearing Tan Mo say this, President Mu felt more at ease.
Clearly, Tan Mo had carefully thought this through and made plans for her future.
He was no longer afraid that Tan Mo would change her mind again.
However, pre-registration for the postgraduate entrance examination was in September, and official registration in October. The actual examination would be at the end of the year.
So there was no hurry.
In the next half year, Tan Mo still had spare time to do other things.
As for exam preparations?
That was unnecessary. She already knew everything.
As for taking over the reins of Tanyue in future, that plan had changed slightly.
Tan Wenci had already spoken to Tan Mo. After Tan Mo and Wei Zhigian got married, Wei Zhigian could also take over the management of Tanyue.
Wei Zhigian had managed a company as big as Weifeng so well. Would he not be able to manage Tanyue, which was tiny compared to Weifeng?
He was a ready-made, first-rate free laborer.
They might as well use him. If not, why let Tan Mo waste her energy on him?
Tan Mo only did the things she liked to do.
Even if she wanted to try all sorts of careers, it would not be a problem.
So whether Tan Mo became a teacher, screenwriter, or went into scientific research in the future, none of it would be an issue.
Tan Mo had chosen to major in Mathematics for her postgraduate studies so that it would be easier to convince everyone.
As for her undergraduate studies in Finance, she had already learned almost everything. All she lacked was real marketplace experience.
There would not be much use, in any aspect of her life, for her to continue studying finance after her postgraduate studies.
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Donghua Station was also anxious to make sure that when Singing Voice was broadcast, I Sing was also broadcast at the same time without a hitch.
As such, Donghua Station changed its traditionally bureaucratic style of doing things, and quickly gave its feedback.
But it was also because the proposal had been done well, that Donghua Station did not suggest any modifications to it.
Shi Shulei’s team began work in full swing.
Even before the proposal was completely finalized, they had already prepared a list of invitations.
Now that the proposal was finalized, but production had not started, Kefeng Films had already held a press conference to solicit investments.
And they’d even announced a list of invited guests.
“Director, take a look at this,” Chen Xinghan shared a Weibo post with Ge Guangzhen, “Kefeng Films actually wants to do a singing variety show too. They’ve even agreed to broadcast it on Donghua Station.”
Before Ge Guangzhen even clicked the post, he said arrogantly, “What’s the big deal?”
