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Chapter 272 - 250: Who Stands in the Center Position (4k)_2

Chapter 272: Chapter 250: Who Stands in the Center Position (4k)_2

Cai Wanhai sighed slightly, "All the buzz lately has been sucked up by Wu Mu, my promotion can’t even trend, having these numbers is already not bad."

He was filled with regret now, he really should have simply rescheduled, at that time he didn’t want to give up the resources already invested, but now the losses were even bigger.

In the upcoming promotional cycle, his new album would clearly be overshadowed by Wu Mu’s new release.

Just like appearing on this show, he was here to promote his own new album.

But Wu Mu was on it too... no hope.

Everybody knew, variety shows had always been Wu Mu’s comfort zone.

His albums attracted huge pre-orders even without promotions, now on the variety shows he excelled at... tired, just let it be destroyed!

"A pre-order of four to five million, according to the usual ratio, I estimate that sales of two million are steady, and three million is also achievable," He Jie also greeted on his own initiative.

Hmm?

Three million in sales?

You’re cursing me, right?

Wu Mu didn’t mind and said with a slight smile, "I think it should be more than that."

That amount?

Hmm, good use of the word "that."

Don’t use it again.

Unbeknownst to them, Yu Li and the rest felt speechless that these figures were just a small portion of the Performance Card.

The Hua Country singers had finished their greetings.

Next up were the three foreign singers.

Yi Junxi and Tsukishima Chizuru, who had already been officially announced, went without saying, and there was also a South Korean singer who was very famous locally through Korean variety shows, named Li Zhengxun.

This South Korean singer, in his thirties, had always been the friendly, playful, caring big brother figure on variety shows.

It’s a pity that not everyone was like Wu Mu, who was the same on-screen as off-screen.

After glancing at Wu Mu who just entered, Li Zhengxun acted as if he saw nothing and continued talking softly with his manager.

Not just him, after Yi Junxi stared at Wu Mu’s face for a few seconds, he showed no interest in getting acquainted.

No need, they don’t rely on Hua Country for their careers, giving the producers some face is enough.

These Hua Country stars really had no value worth networking with them.

However, Tsukishima Chizuru, after hesitating for a bit while looking at the somewhat too dazzling face, ultimately couldn’t resist the temptation in her heart and stood up to greet politely.

"Hello, I’m Tsukishima Chizuru, please take good care of me."

But to her surprise and somewhat flattered, Wu Mu smiled and nodded, "I often listen to Tsukishima teacher’s ’Snow’, I really like it."

Oh, you’ve heard my song? And you like it?

Tsukishima Chizuru was pleasantly surprised, "Thank you."

After getting to know each other briefly, the agreed time for gathering arrived.

The director of the promotional video and the staff came out to explain the shooting schedule for the session.

Wu Feng, who had been at the scene all along, quietly approached Wu Mu, "Teacher Wu Mu, could we talk on the side?"

Hmm?

Wu Mu, curious, followed him to a corner.

Shi Wu, who was also led out, and Xiao Lan, the assistant from the company, followed along.

Wu Feng apologized to Wu Mu first, "Teacher Wu Mu, sorry about the withdrawal from the competition before, there was nothing we could do, Star Electronics had contacted our CEO."

Wu Mu nodded, "You do owe me an apology, if it weren’t for the money, I wouldn’t have come to participate in your show."

Ah?

Wu Feng was taken aback.

As casually as you say it... Mu, are you being serious, not even the courtesy of a facade?

Wu Feng, speechless in his mind, was quick to apologize again, "Yes, yes, thank you, Teacher Wu Mu."

After talking about the past issue, Wu Feng dared not linger and quickly moved on to the main topic, "Teacher Wu Mu, would you stand in the center spot later?"

Hmm, Wu Feng was mainly seeking Wu Mu for the center spot in the shoot.

And it wasn’t just for the promotional video, but for the center spot in the previous few episodes as well.

Inspired by singer competition shows, they naturally had to copy the most outstanding feature of this year’s shows, the live broadcasting format.

Their show also planned to adopt the live broadcasting format.

Live broadcasting and pre-recorded editing are different.

Pre-recorded content can be edited according to the highlights and outcomes of the show.

But for live broadcasts, decisions on which footage to show, whose screen to cut to, and which contestant’s reaction to use to smooth the show must be made on the spot.

This necessitates a focal point, the central spot for the main filming.

It has to be decided in advance towards whom the cameras will be biased and what theme will be highlighted.

Generally speaking, this central spot is given to the person who has the highest popularity and star power in the program.

But for their program... the one with the highest heat and star power was Yi Junxi.

Although it’s publicly stated that the program is a battle of top singers from three countries in East Asia and that it’s absolutely fair, with an international corporate certification authority being invited for the program’s authentication,

the audiences they face are ultimately domestic, and if he dared to make Yi Junxi the central figure, focusing the program’s spotlight on him, he wouldn’t be able to escape being labeled as adulating the foreign.

So the central spot could only be occupied by a domestic singer.

For the later episodes, they had invited Mo Mo; needless to say, the camera would definitely favor him.

And for the earlier episodes, they had contacted He Jie quite early on, and He Jie had agreed, but today, he suddenly refused.

With no other choice, Wu Mu had to turn to Wu Mu now.

The central spot?

It sounded good, but Shi Wu immediately saw the downsides and said with a frown, "Being in the central spot comes with a lot of pressure."

This wasn’t a normal program. In a show touted for international singer matchups, if the production team heavily promoted you and you ended up losing to singers from other countries, you’d better be ready to be lambasted by critics.

Emotions stirred up, the audience wouldn’t easily let you off the hook.

Such an incident could even become a stain on one’s career.

Especially when your popularity and fame were not as great as others, being naturally subjected to skepticism and fan attacks was inevitable.

And if you lost under these circumstances... Shi Wu felt the pressure just thinking about it.

It was best to stay in the background where losing wouldn’t result in public mockery, and winning would garner more goodwill than under normal circumstances.

Plus, as it was a live singing program, without the pressure, the performance would likely be better.

Shi Wu thought it was not quite worth it.

But as Wu Mu listened, he couldn’t help but laugh, "Me, the central figure?"

Was this a stroke of luck?

No need to actively seek camera attention, as the camera would naturally be biased towards him?

This was practically handing him points for free.

Without a second thought, Wu Mu said, "No problem!"

Points handed to him on a silver platter shouldn’t be pushed away. As for the pressure, what was that?

Wu Feng sighed with relief; Wu Mu truly was fearless.

Once they had agreed, Wu Feng thanked him and left.

Next up was the routine makeup session and filming for the promotional clip.

The promo primarily consisted of individual interviews with the participating singers followed by an introduction, after which all the contestants gathered on the battle stage looking at the camera.

Just as Wu Feng said, Wu Mu’s screen time in the promotional clip was adjusted to the key central position, and his placement was always central.

Yi Junxi, Li Zhengxun, and Tsukishima Chizuru were all by his side.

Neither Yi Junxi nor Li Zhengxun were happy about this arrangement.

In the industry, standing position and posture represented one’s star power and rank.

For issues such as who was first or second and whose name was listed first or last, people could fight tooth and nail, as it wasn’t merely about a title.

This was a matter of tangible interests. If you were always listed behind others, people would assume your star power was lower, and less money would be spent on you than on others.

Many fans also believed this.

It was true that they would use such things to compare the status of two celebrities.

If it weren’t for the fact that their career centers weren’t in Hua Country and that this kind of promotional content was somewhat equivocal and not so blatant,

they would have definitely disagreed.

After the promo was filmed, to keep up the buzz, the production continued releasing the contestant list.

Once all the singer names were officially announced, the promo was released in a timely fashion.

Then, before even losing, Wu Mu was already getting criticized.

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