After the chief planner Jiang Lu truthfully informed everyone of the actual situation, the atmosphere in the conference room dropped to freezing point.
After working so hard to travel to so many countries, and almost dying several times, the final result was like this, which everyone couldn't accept for a while.
Song Wenbin didn't have any special feelings. Anyway, he was paid to do things. The performance after the show was broadcast had nothing to do with him. Anyway, he had tried his best.
"Because of the unsatisfactory playback volume, poor online reviews, and constant scolding, I received a call from above just this morning. They decided to withdraw the investment." Jiang Lu said with a gloomy expression.
"Is this so?" Huo Yu, who was sitting next to Jiang Lu, looked unhappy.
"But I think these situations are temporary." Jiang Lu clenched his fists and said, "As long as we keep filming, this show will always be popular."
Seeing Jiang Lu like that, Song Wenbin had a vague premonition in his heart.
"I called you here this time because I actually want to vent your anger."
Jiang Lu said: "We are currently preparing for the filming of the second season of the show. After all, the three of you have almost completed their sentences. It is not an option to keep it empty all the time, but we may have to cut the budget of the show."
Song Wenbin understood immediately.
He asked calmly: "How do you plan to cut it?"
"In the last season of the show, our main costs were labor costs, directors, camera crews, and the final reward for the show. Of course, for this season, we will not have the final cash reward for the show, and because of the huge budget If we cut back, our wages will also come down.”
This sentence was difficult for Jiang Lu to say, and it took a lot of effort for her to finally say it.
Song Wenbin couldn't help laughing: "Okay, tell me, how much will it drop?"
"Ten thousand..." Jiang Lu whispered, but she immediately said: "But don't worry, these are temporary. After the program's profitability increases, I will immediately apply to convert your income back, and return It will be higher.”
Huo Yu on the side was a little confused.
Sutina breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "I was scared to death...I thought this show would never be filmed again..."
But after listening to Jiang Lu's words, Song Wenbin sneered: "I said, for a company as big as ours, are you embarrassed to do something like this?"
Jiang Lu was silent.
Su Tina quickly pulled Song Wenbin and whispered: "Brother Song..."
Song Wenbin dodged her hand and asked, "Ten thousand, do you mean to give me five thousand a month and let me risk my life for you?"
"No, I mean, this is temporary." Jiang Lu explained hurriedly.
"This is a ridiculous show. If it sells well, will you call us here today to give out bonuses?" Song Wenbin asked.
Jiang Lu's face turned ugly, and she said with emphasis: "I didn't mean that. In fact, after this season ended, the higher-ups already had the idea of canceling this show. After all, the number of views was not high and the content was sensitive. It would still be difficult to continue filming. I don’t know how many countries I have to offend. It was me who argued hard and convinced them to continue shooting for another season. However, since there is no country involved in this season, there is naturally no such big investment, so we can’t do what we did in the first season. That way..."
Song Wenbin waved his hand and directly interrupted Jiang Lu's long speech, saying: "If I remember correctly, your position in this program is the producer, isn't it?"
"Yes." Jiang Lu replied.
"Please tell me what the producer is responsible for." Song Wenbin asked.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Lu said with some difficulty: "Looking for investment."
"Yes, we are responsible for traveling, the director is responsible for filming, and you are responsible for finding investment. This is how the show works. Funding matters are not ours to consider, this is your responsibility." Song Wenbin said.
There was an invisible spark igniting in the air, and everyone could see that the atmosphere in the conference room had changed.
There is no doubt that the somewhat inhuman tone of the male host of the show made the planning team very dissatisfied. A male planner next to Jiang Lu said dissatisfied: "Song Wenbin, what do you mean? Do you think you are the only one who will follow the downgrade? We His salary also had to be reduced, and Jiang Da didn’t even ask for salary, so he persuaded his superiors to continue filming.”
"Yes, Teacher Wei." A female planner next to Jiang Lu said: "When Jiang Lu learned the news, he would rather pay for it himself to maintain the show. You can't... "
"Stop it, stop it."
Song Wenbin raised his hand with some boredom and said: "I have long passed the age of drinking chicken soup. You can tell these touching stories to whomever you like. To tell you the truth, I had already thought about it before I came here. , I hope my salary will be increased from 15,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan a month. If you are not willing to satisfy me, it is impossible for me to film the next season with you."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Song Wenbin raised a hand, stood up, and said: "I think this price is completely reasonable, even very basic. Before the first season, I did not expect the danger of this show at all. In fact, after During the filming of the first season, we faced the test of life and death many times, and with such a test, such a salary, and such a big company, don’t you think it’s too low?”
His words were understood by many fellow photographers. The risk factor of this job was indeed higher than many people expected. They felt that Song Wenbin was right, and they looked at Song Wenbin with respect.
Jiang Lu looked at Song Wenbin, his chest rising and falling, and said, "I understand your needs, but now the program team is encountering difficulties."
"Did we cause the difficulty?"
Song Wenbin said tit for tat: "Please, in every episode, all my thoughts are focused on fulfilling the weird requirements of your planning team. We are just the ones who implement your plan. As a result, the show is not popular with the audience. Is it our fault?" ?”
As soon as Jiang Lu pressed the table and stood up, she blushed and said loudly: "This show is not welcome now! Doesn't mean it won't be welcome in the future!"
"They're not welcome now, they weren't welcome in the past, and they won't be welcome in the future."
Song Wenbin said coldly and sarcastically: "I think you have returned from studying abroad, Jiang Planner. You have watched a lot of foreign programs and been exposed to a lot of their culture. But this is China. Do you think the Chinese market really likes Raiders of the Lost Ark?" , Tomb Raider, Uncharted, is it your turn to do it?"
Jiang Lu's body trembled.
"No, my master planner. The people in this land are not interested in those things at all, okay. What bullshit selling second-hand cars, bullshit wilderness survival and underwater treasure hunting, who cares about that kind of thing, in comparison, I think Your colleagues who filmed Love Defense are much more mature than you."
Song Wenbin's careless words were like a sharp knife piercing Jiang Lu's heart. Every time he said another word, her face became paler. The other planners also had ugly expressions. They lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Understand the needs of the audience and satisfy them, so they can make a lot of money. But Mr. Jiang, I think you don't understand the needs of the audience at all, or..."
Song Wenbin said in a gloomy tone: "I think you don't even bother to understand the needs of our local audience. You are just meeting your own needs. You can't find the positioning of this program at all. So, even if Extraordinary Journey shoots 100 No one will watch Ji Ji, and it won’t help even if I live my life again.”
Jiang Lu's eyes widened instantly, and he stared at Song Wenbin without taking a breath.
Some people couldn't stand it anymore. Huo Yu stood up and said loudly: "That's almost enough. Song Wenbin, we are all colleagues. If you have anything to say, please speak up."
"I'm sorry." Song Wenbin raised his hand: "I just wanted to express my opinion to our planners. They all say that people can speak kindly even when they are about to die. This is the last thing I want to say about this program, although it doesn't hit the mark. Listen, but that’s exactly what I wanted to say.”
Sutina turned to look at Song Wenbin in astonishment.
But Song Wenbin had already finished speaking. He threw his work badge on the table, picked up the car keys, turned and walked out of the conference room door. In his opinion, there was no need to continue this meeting.
5,000 a month, working as a beggar, and can’t even pay off his mother’s mortgage. Now that he has been unblocked and can earn less than 5,000 a month, there is absolutely no need for him to hang himself from a seal tree.
As soon as he reached the door, he heard a hoarse cry from behind him.
“This era is sick!
"
Song Wenbin turned around slightly surprised and saw Jiang Lu with his hands on the table and said excitedly to him: "This era is sick!
I don’t want to make something superficial like fast food. I want to make some ideal products. Is that wrong? ? "
Song Wenbin was startled for a moment, then said with a faint smile: "Of course there are diseases in this era, but there are diseases in every era, guess why."
He leaned against the door, tossed the key and said nonchalantly: "If you are not sick and your soul is already perfect, do you still need to be a human being? Nonsense, most of the people who are human are sick.
The world seemed to me nothing more than one big mental hospital. The greedy for money, the lustful, the drunkards, the pretentious, the striving for fame and fortune, the murderers and arsonists, and the self-satisfied ones like you, but so what, no matter how crazy or crazy they are, they will always have needs, and they have needs, I Meet your needs, it's that simple. "
As he said that, Song Wenbin's expression turned completely cold: "Of course, I won't pretend to be arrogant and say that there are diseases in this era, because I am also sick, and a group of patients satisfy each other, that's all. So, you want to hire me as a patient , you have to come up with a sufficient price, if you can’t come up with it, I’m sorry, I won’t do it.”
Jiang Lu didn't speak and sat back on the chair.
Song Wenbin saw Jiang Lu's eyes and saw that her face was ashen.
I knew in my heart that this guy probably couldn't come up with a price that would make him excited.
"Love, fuck, no, fuck." She squeezed out a few words.
“A pleasure to work with.”
Song Wenbin smiled and walked out of the conference room without looking back, pushing aside the onlookers of SEAL employees and striding towards the elevator.
This incident was unexpected, but it did not cause any loss to Song Wenbin. Now that he was about to serve his sentence, Seal also used his energy to unblock him. Now he can return to the live broadcast at any time, which is exactly what he has always wanted. As long as he returns to live broadcasting, he can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month with his eyes closed.
Song Wenbin's sudden and unexpected departure shocked everyone in the conference room. During the year-long filming process, he undoubtedly became an inseparable part of the three people. The incredible crises during the journey were even more... It was resolved several times thanks to him.
Song Wenbin had just left. Except for Jiang Lu who was slumped on the chair, everyone looked at Huo Yu and Su Tina. The two photographers pushed Su Tina. Su Tina stood up in excitement and shouted to Huo Yu: "Huo Yu!
"
Huo Yu opened his mouth slightly and sat on the chair with wide eyes, still not recovering from the changes just now. Is this guy... really going to leave just now...?
"Huo Yu!
"Su Tina stamped her feet anxiously. She rushed over and grabbed Huo Yu, dragging her and rushing outside.
Before Huo Yu could recover, she asked, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing!? Tell him to come back!" Sutina said angrily: "How can we film this show if he leaves?"
"He... He... likes to walk... and doesn't want to leave..."
Huo Yu stammered: "Without him, it wouldn't be possible to shoot. I don't believe it..."
Even so, her body stood up involuntarily, followed Sutina, and hurriedly chased her.
Also chasing after them was photographer Wei Ning, who caught up with Song Wenbin all the way, walking beside him and saying, "I'm tired of it..."
"Tell our people that I will be out of quarantine soon. This Saturday at 8 o'clock, I will go to DiliDili and start a live broadcast." Song Wenbin said without squinting.
The embarrassment on Weining's face disappeared and was replaced by ecstasy.
"Okay...Okay...I'll..."
Before he finished speaking, he was pulled away by Huo Yu.
Song Wenbin was standing by the elevator waiting for the elevator. When he saw the figures of Huo Yu and Su Tina appearing in the reflection of the stainless steel elevator, he felt a slight pain in his heart. The year-long filming, this period of his life is also indelible for him. But since reality does not allow them to continue walking, he can only say goodbye to them here.
Sutina hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her pocket, put it in front of Song Wenbin, and said quickly as if she was offering a treasure: "Look, Brother Song, look at this comment——"
Song Wenbin glanced at it and saw that it was a comment with thousands of likes on site d.
"I really didn't expect that China could actually produce such an incredible and fun show. It's great, it's so good. Every episode shocks me. Teacher Yan, Su Tina, Huo Yu, please continue." Keep shooting. 』
The elevator door opened, and Song Wenbin walked in expressionlessly.
Not giving up, Su Tina pulled Huo Yu into the elevator with him, put her phone in front of him, and said impatiently: "Look at this, this..."
Song Wenbin glanced.
"——This is really the best variety show I have ever seen in my life. It is real and wild. I simply don't know how the six hours passed. It seemed to have passed by out of nowhere. I can no longer describe it in words. Wonderful. Teacher Yan, Su Su, Sister Huo Yu, don’t be fooled by those negative comments, we all like this show very much. 』
But while Song Wenbin is indifferent to all negative comments, Song Wenbin is also indifferent to all positive comments. He has long passed the stage of needing to rely on comments to obtain spiritual satisfaction.
"And this one, and this one..."
Sutina pulled out another one, but Song Wenbin was too lazy to read it.
Seeing that he was not looking, Sutina read it directly for him: "Thank you, Extraordinary Journey, for giving a depressed person like me the courage to continue walking. Thank you, Teacher Yan."
The elevator descended slowly, Song Wenbin's face looked like a playing card.
"Also, there is this... I am a disabled person, and my biggest wish is to be able to travel like a normal person. The extraordinary journey fulfills all my fantasies about travel. God knows how many times I swiped while lying in bed. Over and over again, this is really the most surprising gift in life.”
Sutina couldn't stop reading.
The elevator door opened, and Song Wenbin walked from the underground garage to his old Sagitar, opened the door, and got in.
Seeing that Song Wenbin was completely indifferent, Su Tina was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. She held the car door to prevent Song Wenbin from closing, and said, "Brother Song, look at their comments. There are still many people who like our show. I really I think our program still has the value and significance to continue to exist. Please, please stay and tide over the difficulties with us. If you want money, I still have a lot of money, and I can give it to you."
Song Wenbin looked at Su Tina who was crying and sighed. Su Tina may have just graduated from college and has not yet been exposed to society. He will also be moved by the boss's ideals and big pie, but he will not be touched at all by this kind of thing. On the contrary, he hates this kind of behavior very much. It's obviously just to use money to do things, but it has to be mixed with ideals and dreams.
"Su Tina, that's not how things work." Song Wenbin said: "You can make concessions today, and tomorrow they can sit on your head and shit on you. Principles and bottom lines must be maintained with practical actions."
"You are right, but what should we do?
"
Sutina covered her face and cried bitterly.
"You said you won't play if you don't want to play?"
At this time, Huo Yu, who had been silent, spoke. She crossed her arms and looked at Song Wenbin coldly and said, "This is not like you. Can't you bear such a little grievance? What if this show becomes popular in the future?"
Song Wenbin looked at Huo Yu, his expression softened a little, and he said sincerely: "Huo Yu, I didn't expect this show to be popular from the first episode. I only came here for one thing, and that is to unblock. I Now that I have finished filming one season, and you have indeed helped me unblock it, the contract between us has been completed. As for them wanting to pay 5,000 yuan a month to make me work, that is impossible. I will not do it because of your friend's arrogance. and immaturity at all costs.”
Hearing this, Huo Yu pulled away the crying Sutina and helped him close the door: "Then why don't you send her away?"
"The mountains are high and the rivers are long. We will see you later."
Song Wenbin pressed the window and said.
Huo Yu hugged the crying Sutina and ignored him.
