Chapter 1756 - 850: Scumbag

Chapter 1756: Chapter 850: Scumbag

Female Film and Television Forum.

There are about a hundred people in the live audience, and a total of eight guests taking part in the forum recording.

The program will be exclusively broadcast on Yuehai Video.

The on-site producer Zhang Na is a seasoned showrunner. When she received this proposal from Yuehai Video, she agreed without a second thought and pulled her team together to start preparing the program.

She had already discussed the speaking themes and general content with every other guest in advance and made careful adjustments.

But not for Zhou Yun. Zhang Na had only spoken with Zhou Lan; previously, Zhou Yun had been filming in Australia, and after returning to China she’d been resting.

Zhang Na is the type with a bit of OCD—even though she knows perfectly well that Zhou Yun won’t mess things up, as long as she’s not sure what Zhou Yun plans to say, she still can’t relax.

Today is the day of the forum recording.

Zhang Na woke up early, came to the studio, and checked everything item by item.

The eight guests today are all well-known figures in the industry.

"Have you reached all the guests? Any issues? Can they arrive at the agreed time?" she asked.

"We’ve contacted everyone. Zhang Hongyu’s flight has been delayed—she just boarded and will arrive two hours later than scheduled. We’ve already moved her teaser shoot and interview to the very end," the artist coordinator said.

Zhang Na nodded. "Get ready for Zhang Hongyu to be the last one to record her talk."

The on-site director nodded and gave an OK gesture.

"Has Zhou Yun’s script come through?" Zhang Na asked again.

The segment director in charge of Zhou Yun said, "Zhou Lan has already sent me a draft, but they said Zhou Yun might not follow this script for her talk."

Zhang Na frowned. "What do you mean? Zhou Yun is planning to improvise on the spot?"

"Yes."

Zhang Na was very displeased with this approach from Zhou Yun, because it would make their work very passive.

Still, since today’s recording isn’t a live broadcast, if anything really goes wrong they can just cut it out in editing.

The fact that Zhou Yun agreed to come to this forum is already great; Zhang Na could only swallow her irritation.

"When do the audience members enter?"

"Audience enter at three in the afternoon, formal recording starts at four, and total recording time is two hours." Zhang Na was perfectly clear on this information, but everyone who knows her understands that this is her habitual pre-recording anxiety—she needs to repeatedly confirm things that are already settled, only then can she maintain a sense of control over the whole situation.

Zhang Na’s team are all deeply respectful of her.

She’s an old TV hand; back in the television era she’d already risen to prominence, starting out as an intern segment director and working her way up to an independent producer.

When the online era took off, she wasn’t among the first to take the plunge.

But even though she only moved into online media and began producing web shows quite late, she still relied on her wealth of experience and sharp production instincts to secure a place for herself in the era of online programming.

Her team admire her because she’s extremely capable. The platform executives others can’t handle, she can; the celebrity guests other people can’t book, she can bring in.

Take a forum show like this one for female film and television professionals—normally, platforms wouldn’t be willing to produce it. A single episode needs eight big-name guests to come record, the costs are high, and the ad revenue may not cover it. But when the platform floated the idea, Zhang Na could immediately come up with a suitable production plan and at the same time secure ad buys from three brands, with sponsorship fees directly covering the production cost.

The ease with which Zhang Na moves among all these heavyweight figures is something many people on her team aspire to.

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After Zhou Yun arrived at the studio, she went in accompanied by Zhou Lan. Before they even reached the lounge, they ran into Cheng Shenlv in the corridor.

The young woman is now a popular actress, but when she saw Zhou Yun she still lit up with a bright, girlish smile and broke into a little run toward her.

"Sister Xiao Yun, long time no see."

Zhou Yun was also very happy to see Cheng Shenlv.

She gave her a hug and said, "I’ve just got back to China too. How have you been lately?"

"Aside from being busy, everything’s pretty good," Cheng Shenlv said. "But Sister Xiao Yun, you must be even busier, right?"

"I’ve finished my busy stretch; now I can loosen up a bit. This month we can actually get together properly and have a good chat." Zhou Yun’s right hand rested on Cheng Shenlv’s arm. "You’ll be joining the promotion for the drama ’Life of Chen Yin’ as well, right?"