The performance at the Shanghai station went smoothly, the audience was full, and the performance was very good. In Shanghai, He Xiangdong's audience base was still very deep, so the commercial performance effect was also very good.

The Zhang family also watched He Xiangdong's performance. There seemed to be very few crosstalk colleagues in Shanghai. It seems that there is no crosstalk team in this place. The exhibition of crosstalk in the south is indeed limited.

After the commercial performance, the leaders of Oriental TV also came to contact He Xiangdong and invited He Xiangdong to have tea together. They also revealed their ideas of having the opportunity to work together.

He Xiangdong is currently the most popular crosstalk actor with countless fans. He is also a successful TV person. His TV programs have also received very good ratings and good reviews, and are also very popular with leaders of the above cultural department.

Therefore, He Xiangdong is very popular with TV stations.

The person who came to visit He Xiangdong was a deputy director of Dongfangtai, whose surname was Xu.

Nowadays, there is a lot of competition among local stations. Everyone wants to achieve results, want to increase their ratings, and want to increase their advertising revenue.

For TV stations, their two most important businesses are variety shows and TV series. This is the key to driving ratings. Only when the ratings rise will their advertising revenue rise. This is a causal relationship.

The best domestic variety show is now Hunan TV. Hunan TV held its third female voice this year. Although the hot discussion is not as high as the previous one, its ratings are still terrible.

This year, major satellite TV stations across the country have also launched the same project, but none of them have ever done Hunan TV. Hunan TV is still far ahead and others are hard to match.

In the early 1990s, Hunan TV was just a small platform that relied on selling pig feed and tractor advertisements to make a living. However, in the late 1990s, it relied on the Mission Princess to fight a variety show with an extremely beautiful turnaround.

So far, none of these local satellite TV stations is a rival to Hunan TV. Even CCTV, if it is not mandatory to spread signals on national TV, even CCTV may not be able to beat Hunan TV.

But then again, Hunan TV is already amazing enough, at least in terms of ratings, they are definitely standing at the top of the pyramid.

Of course, other satellite TV stations also want to strive to catch up. In terms of TV series, the role of TV stations can play is relatively small. They can only pray that the TV directors will quickly shoot good works, and then they will get the exclusive broadcast rights to increase the ratings.

But this kind of thing is too uncertain. Even if you have good works, it is still an unknown whether you can win it.

There is a lot of room for variety shows to operate. Hunan TV relies on variety shows. The production teams within the TV station can also do variety shows. The teams that make programs are very complete, so they are just short of having good ideas, creativity and good producers.

This time, Xu Tai from Dongfangtai came to find He Xiangdong and had this idea.

After a few greetings, the two became familiar with each other.

Xu Tai came here for the most important purpose this time to get in touch with He Xiangdong first, because there were too many controversies on He Xiangdong, so he wanted to have a deeper understanding of He Xiangdong.

Let’s see what kind of person he is, and see if there is any possibility of cooperation. If we really want to work together in the future, the other party’s humanity is a key consideration. No one wants to be a particularly difficult person to deal with by themselves and partners.

After a conversation, Xu Tai had a good impression of He Xiangdong. His impression of He Xiangdong was still on the madman who was timid in the sky and the earth. Now when he came into contact, he found that He Xiangdong was easy to get along with and was a very gentle person.

Xu Tai felt much more at ease, and he also revealed some ideas about the variety show he wanted to do.

After hearing this, He Xiangdong was slightly surprised: "Do you mean you want to do a pure comedy show?"

Xu Tai nodded: "Yes, China's comedy market still has a lot of room for opening up now. I am very optimistic about this market. I think as long as it is operated, it will definitely bring great returns."

He Xiangdong was really surprised this time. He is talking about crosstalk. The most important thing about crosstalk is entertainment, which is also the foundation of comedy based on society.

But this is just his opinion. The current mainstream view is not the case. The mainstream view still believes that comedy must serve the society and must have educational significance.

This is the reason for the ten-year bet between He Xiangdong and mainstream crosstalk. There are many variety shows on TV stations now, but these variety shows also pay attention to social value. Once anyone is over-entered, they will be criticized by the leaders above.

This is true for crosstalk competitions. Crosstalk is a comedy, which is a comedy competition, but it is also this kind of comedy competition that pays the most attention to social value, and entertainment is placed second.

This is also inseparable from the current social values. Although it has been 2oo6 years now, many people still think that comedy is a very inappropriate thing. They have to scold you after laughing.

This is social reality.

Therefore, many comedy-type arts now must be covered with a tall coat, otherwise they will be easily criticized and shallow.

Xiang Wenshe's crosstalk is based on the fundamentals of traditional crosstalk and traditional art. In this way, they have been criticized a lot.

Do you know how difficult it is to do comedy?

But now Xu Tai actually said that he wanted to make a pure comedy show, which really surprised He Xiangdong.

From the inside out, He Xiangdong and Xu Tai's ideas are consistent, but in terms of current social reality, their ideas are a bit out of the ordinary.

He Xiangdong became interested and asked, "Oh? Let's talk about it more carefully."

Xu Tai talked: "There are many variety shows and talent shows now, but the homogeneity of these shows is too serious and the competition is too fierce. It will not be possible to continue in a few years. Instead of following these shows, we might as well make some innovations."

"There are very scarce comedy programs in China nowadays. The only things people can get to comedy are the skits and crosstalks of the Spring Festival Gala, and the only comedy movies that are available every year. In my opinion, this is far from enough."

He Xiangdong nodded in agreement.

Xu Tai said again: "So I plan to try out a few comedy shows. I also said before that I am very optimistic about this market. We might as well put aside the traditional variety show model and stage comedy. For example, we will do all comedy sitcoms, similar sketches, make several ones in one episode, or make all crosstalk shows, and make four or five ones in one episode."

"Or it may bring various forms of comedy to the show, including crosstalk, sketches, comedy, and talk shows. It can also be said that our form is to bring together the language-type programs of the Spring Festival Gala and then put them on our show. In other words, we can also give a review of each show, such as auditions, auditions, rematches, resurrection competitions, and the top scorers in the country. Talents compare singing, and we compare comedy."

He Xiangdong's eyes lit up and said, "What a great idea, is there any plan for a program like this in your station?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tai's eyes dimmed, and he said, "This is just one of my ideas. It has not been argued and planned for specific programs. Alas, the comedy market is very large, but there are still too few comedy talents. The ratings of the program should be high, and the content should be better first."

"There are not many comedians like you in China. There are few top comedians and not many middle-level comedians. If there are more excellent comedians, I will be confident that we can use my suggestions from the station. Unfortunately, there are not..."

He Xiangdong smiled bitterly. The current situation of comedy in China is indeed the case. The two most popular comedy teams are Xiang Wenshe and Zhao Jiaban. Apart from the two of them, they have never seen anyone else.

He Xiangdong is very optimistic about Gao Junsheng's team, but they have not yet developed it.

There is a serious shortage of comedy talents in China.

Xu Tai sighed: "And there is no precedent for pure comedy programs in China. It is hard to say whether our big stations are willing to take this risk. Alas, I have this idea and think this idea is feasible. Unfortunately, all kinds of realistic factors..."

Xu Tai shook his head, feeling helpless.

He Xiangdong advised: "Master Xu, I think your vision is already ahead of everyone."

Xu Tai waved his hand and said, "You're welcome."

Now Oriental TV has been working hard to do variety shows, and they have indeed made several popular and excellent talent shows, which has attracted much attention and ratings.

So Xu Tai’s idea is not popular in Taiwan at present.

But no one expected that the future of Oriental TV's ratings guarantee, comedy, and the arrival of the era of crosstalk would be inseparable from Xu Tao and Xu Tai.
Chapter completed!