Chapter 419 - The Second Competition! (1/2)
After a song, the stage lights shone on Fang Qiu.
Everyone present couldn’t help clapping, including the director and crew members off stage and the 339 contestants on stage.
They didn’t want to recognize Fang Qiu’s medical skills, but they had to recognize his singing.
After all, Fang Qiu really sang the aspirations of everyone, their love for traditional Chinese medicine and their firm belief in learning it.
Fang Qiu deserved this round of applause!
Offstage, Director Li Huawen and several crew members looked at Fang Qiu in shock.
They didn’t expect Fang Qiu to sing the song verbatim after just he just heard it once.
Most importantly, the melody was good. He sang very well.
Shocked, Director Li Huawen was secretly relieved.
With the theme song, the first episode finally had enough time.
Then he thought it over. Although the atmosphere of some parts of the show was not very active, on the whole, this first episode would be very wonderful with a little bit of post-editing.
Li Huawen got excited at the thought.
“All right.”
Picking up the microphone, the director said, “Thank you all for your cooperation in this recording. I declare the first episode of the Young Physician of Huaxia Competition a complete success.
“We will record the second episode at the same time tomorrow morning. As for the second round, everyone can go back to the hotel and wait for notification.”
Then Li Huawen put down the microphone and said to the playwright-director next to him, “Call all departments to have a meeting immediately.”
Then he hurried off.
Under the call of the playwright-director, the main figures of all departments rushed to a very spacious meeting room outside the studio.
Li Huawen sat at the head.
“Now the first episode has been recorded. I’m sure people in all departments also saw the highlights of the show. First, what do you think of the first episode,” Li Huawen asked.
“It’s great.”
At once, people in all the departments began to shout while laughing.
Indeed, in their opinion, the effect of the show was completely enough, and the effect had a cause and effect, making people easily attracted.
“The heart of the episode is Wang Shijie’s blatant challenge to Fang Qiu. Although Fang Qiu had said in an interview before that he would definitely make it into the top 100, since Wang Shijie is not famous and doesn’t have a big background, I’m afraid it will be a barrier,” the publicity chief said.
“Assistant director?” Li Huawen shouted, turning his head.
Hearing his shout, the assistant director came up at once.
“I’ve watched the interview footage you ran. Most of the interviewees are people with fame or background. Did you interview Wang Shijie? Did he mention Fang Qiu during the interview?” Li Huawen asked.
“No.”
The assistant director shook his head and answered, “Wang Shijie really has no fame or background, and he didn’t show any intention to fight with Fang Qiu in the beginning, so I didn’t give him an in-depth interview. Tonight is a good opportunity for us to do a short interview with him when the rules for the second round are announced.”
“Well, just do that.”
Li Huawen decided right away, saying, “Interview Fang Qiu, too.”
“Okay.”
The assistant director nodded.
“After the interview tonight, the publicity department and the editing department must cut out a video in the shortest possible time. I have only one requirement for this trailer—it has to be compelling,” Li Huawen ordered.
“No problem.”
Anyway, the show had something interesting. The publicity department and editing department were full of confidence, so they immediately nodded and agreed.
“Okay, let’s talk about the rules of the second episode, 50 out of 100.”
At this point, Li Huawen took a look at the confused crowd and explained, “Although the rules have already been set, today’s recording made me see new possibilities. The attraction and selling point of the first episode is the rivalry between Fang Qiu and Wang Shijie. If this rivalry is the attraction, why don’t we expand it and let the 100 contestants compete against each other?
“What do you think?”
No sooner had he finished than the eyes of everyone in the meeting room lit up.
According to this rhythm, if these 100 people argued with each other, wouldn’t it attract a lot of attention and set off a frenzy?
At the thought of this, everyone immediately started talking and began to have a heated discussion.
Half an hour later, the meeting was over.
All the people split up and went off to do their own work.
At 4 p.m., Fang Qiu, who had been waiting in his hotel room for the whole noon, finally heard knocks on the door.
“Dong, dong, dong…”
He opened the door and, as Fang Qiu had expected, the crew members arrived.
“The rules of the second round,” said the playwright-director.
He came with the assistant director for the interview.
“Okay.”
Fang Qiu got the card and was about to close the door.
“Wait.”
The playwright-director called out quickly and said, “Because of your good performance in the first episode and because you sang the theme song for our show, we wanted to do a simple interview with you. Is it all right now?”
“Okay.”
Fang Qiu didn’t refuse, just opened the door fully and let them in.
As before, Fang Qiu pulled up two chairs for the two of them to sit down on and then sat down on the bed himself.
Fang Qiu read the rules on the card while the assistant director and playwright-director prepared for the interview.
“The second episode.
“50 out of 100, promotion rules.