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“When ‘The Masked Singer’ was about to premiere, the anticipation was off the charts, all because the concept was so fresh. Having celebrities sing in masks and letting the audience guess their identities—we saw perfect execution on both the show’s format and audience interaction. But this time, Tong Shuwen has created a program utterly devoid of creativity, handing the spotlight entirely over to the Yu Dynasty.”

“This kind of approach depends too much on celebrity performance.”

“In order for this show to be successful, the celebrities would have to perform exceptionally well, creating enough interesting points to keep the program captivating. However, that’s the most uncontrollable factor. Maybe they’ll do well in one episode and poorly in the next, causing the ratings to fluctuate unpredictably.”

“Just look at the free performance segment by the stars in the first episode.”

Qi Continent didn’t completely dismiss the show, however. They pointed out its flaws, as well as the chances for success.

Indeed.

Variety shows don’t necessarily need to be highly innovative.

If the guests can perform well and create superb talking points, that’s also acceptable.

But this really tests the abilities and personalities of the guests, among other factors.

Just like any variety show format.

Switch out the players in the same game, and the audience may not be interested anymore.

And some guests, just by appearing on variety shows, always manage to produce great results.

The reason why everyone is skeptical about this new show is that:

Industry insiders don’t believe the Yu Dynasty can perform well enough to create an exceptional variety effect, for members of the Yu Dynasty haven’t shown such talents before.

If it’s just about sharing celebrities’ unlucky stories…

Fans would love to watch, of course, because they like whatever their idols do, but the general audience might not be so easily hooked.”

“Maybe we are overthinking it.”

Someone laughed and said, “Their variety show is targeted at fans, primarily for the Yu Dynasty fanbase to enjoy. They didn’t expect it to break into broader circles. With the fanbase of the Yu Dynasty, they can attract a substantial audience anyway.”

There’s just no helping it.

Tong Shuwen plus the Yu Dynasty.

Such a combination inevitably leads to comparisons with ‘The Masked Singer,’ which once dominated various regions, so new programs are judged harshly.

However, ‘The Masked Singer’ was a phenomenal program!

Even its sibling ‘Our Song’ was almost at the same level!

After all, at the time, that show brought together a multitude of Kings and Queens of Singing, including Maestro!

You can’t expect Tong Shuwen and the Yu Dynasty to produce another ‘The Masked Singer’ every time, right?

Not to mention how unlikely that would be.

Just considering the lineup alone, even with the participation of the Yu Dynasty, it still doesn’t match Tong Shuwen’s previous two programs.

After all.

The previous shows not only featured Xian Yu and his Yu Dynasty but also many Maestros, Kings, and Queens of Singing, as well as top-tier stars.

Thinking this over.

Some became more forgiving:

“We can’t expect Tong Shuwen’s shows to be ‘The Masked Singer’ every time, just like we can’t expect kids to score a hundred percent on every test. If this new program has the quality of an eighty percent mark, I think that’s acceptable. And if we lower our expectations, I’m actually looking forward to it.”

That’s very true.

If we don’t set our sights on this show reaching ‘The Masked Singer’ level, we can’t be certain about its potential success.

The trailer only shows that the program won’t become a sensation.

For a more precise verdict, we have to watch the full episodes.

At this point, the general audience’s view of the show became much more objective.

…

In the chat group of ‘Fish Walking with You’.

Zhao Ying Ge jokingly tagged Tong Shuwen, “Director Tong, you should reflect on why people aren’t optimistic about our show.”

Director Xu Lei: “There’s nothing to be done, Director Tong’s last two variety shows were too popular.”

Tong Shuwen appeared, sending out a sweating emoji: “I didn’t expect them to have such high expectations of us.”

To speak the truth,

Tong Shuwen really hadn’t planned on making a program that would reach the popularity of “The Masked Singer.”

How easy is it to replicate a phenomenon-level show?

Yet, everyone believed that with Tong Shuwen and the Yu Dynasty, it could be done, and then the teaser didn’t deliver the expectation that “The Masked Singer” did.

Many people felt a sense of letdown.

It made the new program seem subpar.

Chen Zhiyu appeared: “What do you mean, does Director Tong not have confidence in us?”

Tong Shuwen: “…”

It’s not that I don’t have confidence in you.

Mainly, my confidence in you isn’t big enough to replicate the feverish popularity of “The Masked Singer.”

But that was just the beginning.

Once the program officially started recording, Xian Yu’s kindergarten visit, along with everyone’s final performance, made Tong Shuwen change his mind somewhat.

Maybe the new program, even if it couldn’t reach the heat of “The Masked Singer,” definitely wouldn’t be bad.

It might even be able to compete with “Our Song.”

You see,

he had hidden a card up his sleeve in the teaser.

He hadn’t let out many of the program’s most exciting aspects!

Like the Yu Dynasty playing Werewolf in the hotel;

Or Xian Yu’s music class performance, and so on.

Releasing these things in advance could indeed increase anticipation, but it would also create certain expectations in the viewer’s mind, resulting in a decreased sense of surprise when they actually watched the show.

It’s just like spoiling the plot in advance.

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And the industry insiders and internet bystanders base their opinions on the teaser.

How could they know that they had already been misled by Tong Shuwen’s teaser into a different direction?

“It feels like Director Tong is quite the schemer.”

Sun Yaohuo appeared, pinpointing some of Tong Shuwen’s arrangements.

Although the teaser showed Lin Yuan getting deflated in front of the kindergarten kids, he knew things weren’t so simple.

Because when the little ones from Beihai Kindergarten collaborated with the Yu Dynasty to record a song, they were quite obedient to their junior brother.

Not to mention when it was time to show off their salaries, Lin Yuan received a full paycheck!

Jiang Kui: “See through but don’t expose.”

Wei Haoyun: “That’s how you keep it surprising.”

Tong Shuwen sighed: “However, the evaluation of the teaser does indeed show that our program really lacks creativity and relies heavily on your performances. Luckily, I have some backup plans. Anyway, you can rest assured about the program’s effectiveness.”

Huh?

Backup plans?

The specifics were unknown to everyone.

Lin Yuan glanced at the group chat and said nothing.

The so-called backup plans of Tong Shuwen probably involved Chu Kuang synchronously releasing a new book like “Peter Pan.”

That’s right.

Lin Yuan had been writing “Peter Pan” these past few days.

The work was now complete and had been sent to Silver Blue Books.

The day the program aired would also be the release of this novel, hoping to ride on Chu Kuang’s popularity.

Furthermore,

those children’s songs would also be released when the program aired.

Who says the program “Fish Walking with You” doesn’t have a musical element?

Do children’s songs not count as music?

Not only do we have a music element, we’ve got visual art and literature elements, too!

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