Preamble:
Wang Sulong's two sentences, did it really make a good hand of cards completely ruined?
As the curator and director of the festival, can't you ask these two questions?
In fact, if we think about this matter from Wang Sulong's point of view, we may be able to understand that these two sentences are actually not a big deal.
The music industry has exploded for three years, and Mango has become the biggest winner
It all started in 2020.
This year, the Chinese variety show industry has undergone earth-shaking changes.
In this year, Mango Channel launched two variety shows that changed the pattern of the industry - "Sister Lang" and "Brother Phi".
The show was an astonishing success upon its launch, with the ratings of its first episode winning the top spot of the night without any suspense, and it also set off a wave of music variety shows driven by the unprecedented high ratings, and its influence should not be underestimated.
Driven by the vigorous upward momentum, many similar programs launched by surrounding satellite TV stations followed.
However, without exception, all of them were suppressed by the two hits of "Sister Lang" and "Brother Phi".
It can be seen how they have played a strong leading role in the industry.
On this basis, Mango TV seized the opportunity and successively launched a number of music variety shows such as "The Sound of Life" and "Family Years".
The production team uses a large number of people to create an atmosphere, which also makes the production scale of these shows even larger, and the high production cost can be imagined.
But they have also achieved a very high market response, and the ratings are remarkable.
The program team also deliberately added a large number of "memory killing" links, using those classic and immortal old songs to evoke the collective memory of middle-aged and elderly people, setting off waves of nostalgia in the audience.
It can be seen that these programs have captured the pulse of the current market.
As a post-80s musician, being able to participate in such a grand music festival in person is a dream come true for Wang Sulong.
He has been interested in music since he was a student, and later he was admitted to the Conservatory of Music for further study, and finally gained a place in the entertainment industry step by step.
The opportunity to curate a large-scale outdoor music festival is undoubtedly an important opportunity for his career.
At the end of 2023, Wang Sulong will join "The Sound of Life"
At the end of 2023, the "Sound of Life" program team will launch the third season of the show, "Family Years".
Wang Sulong is also honored to be one of the permanent guests of this season.
In the bright lineup of first-line guests, he also cooperated with Sun Nan, Yu Kewei, Wang Xinling and other Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, as well as powerful singers in the mainland.
The program team has made great efforts for the production of this season, from scene layout to special effects rendering, and the first stage of the first program has created a very high production value, which is not inferior to the level of the first two seasons, which shows the production team's intentions.
The show continues to follow the pattern of the popular men's and women's teams in the previous two seasons.
In the previous competition, the women's team defeated the men's team by a narrow margin, which surprised Wang Sulong and his teammates.
In order to win back a city, in the next competition, the men's team decided to let the members take turns to be the chief director of one game, and personally plan the overall situation in order to strive for success.
The number one director is Wang Sulong himself.
Wang Sulong named this concert the "Sa Dianye Music Festival".
The theme is bold and innovative, and it expresses the eclectic personality of his musician.
As a director, he deliberately set up a huge iron cage main stage.
The performers have to stand on the crumbling iron cage to perform, and get up close and personal with the audience.
As soon as this bold and novel design was launched, it sparked heated discussions among various media and netizens.
The whole show was also very successful under the planning of Wang Sulong, and its production level and on-site atmosphere were well received by other members.
The men's team finally managed to pull back a city in this musical feast full of surprises, laying the foundation for the next victory.
Wang Sulong raised two doubts in the updated version, which caused controversy
However, just after the show was broadcast, when everyone thought that Wang Sulong's attempt to simulate the "director" was flawless, the disclosure of the updated version of the video surprised everyone.
In the updated version, Wang Sulong actually raised two questions one after another:
"It seems that there are people standing on it."
"What about Sister Zu'er?
These two sentences are like a boulder thrown into the rippling tranquil lake, which immediately caused an uproar on the Internet and the entertainment industry.
Many media and netizens have questioned how Wang Sulong, as the chief director of this music festival, doesn't even know anything about the most basic main stage design and program process, and he is not even sure about the repertoire he participated in.
The critics also proved their sharpness in this matter, and some people directly questioned whether he really served as the director of the festival, or if everything was arranged in advance by the program team, and he was just a name.
At this moment, the good image that Wang Sulong had just established in the hearts of the audience through this music festival collapsed overnight.
For Wang Sulong himself, this is undoubtedly an unbelievable blow.
He thought that through this opportunity to mock the director, he would be able to let everyone see the superb ability and unique temperament that his musician has accumulated over the years.
Who knows that the gaffe of these two sentences has made many people outside the music industry instantly turn positive and negative in his image as a well-known musician in the circle.
Isn't a twenty-year friendship trustworthy?
However, if we look at this matter from every angle of drama, we will find that everyone's accusations against Wang Sulong may actually be a bit excessive.
Because we ignored one point - Wang Sulong and the program team of "The Sound of Life" can actually be said to be a combination of golden boys and girls on the screen.
As early as 2002, when Wang Sulong was just a little fresh meat full of music dreams, he was fortunate to participate in a music program called "Super Interview" on Hunan Satellite TV.
Unexpectedly, the chief director of that show is Chen Lan, the current chief director of the ratings ace of "The Sound of Life".
It can be said that the duo met in their youth and have been working together for more than 20 years.
After so many years, Chen Lan and Wang Sulong have also experienced many important moments in each other's lives, and the two have already gone beyond simple cooperation and formed a deep friendship.
In the face of an old friend who has known each other for 20 years, who does not have a deep trust and dependence?
So this time, since the program team of Mango Channel has made Wang Sulong one of the curators and directors of this music festival, it is natural to give the leading power to Wang Sulong himself.
This means that even the most basic stage design and other matters, Chen Lan also acquiesced that Wang Sulong must have his own arrangements, so there is no need to worry about it at all.
Therefore, Wang Sulong's attitude in the seemingly frivolous two sentences of "questioning" is actually only out of deep trust in Chen Lan, an old friend, who has continued for 20 years.
He accepted the opportunity calmly, and acquiesced in all the arrangements of his old friends.
There's no disrespect to anyone.
Is this just a mistake?
In fact, we might as well think about it from another perspective, how could a huge team like the program team really let Wang Sulong, who was a halfway monk, really take full responsibility and independently plan the entire music festival?
He only played the role of a creative planner and concept output in this project.
As for the production of more professional content, including stage design and link arrangement, there are special producers responsible for the whole program.
This is also the usual law of commercial variety shows.
As an entertainer in the entertainment industry, it is already a rare opportunity to have the opportunity to serve as the nominal "director" in such a large-scale project.
Otherwise, with Wang Sulong's qualifications, he can only play a dispensable supporting role in variety shows, completing every process arranged by the production team, and he can't play too much assertiveness.
Can't musicians experience their own work?
So what's wrong with the curiosity and yearning that Wang Sulong revealed in his two "doubts"?
As a musician, it's natural to have a keen interest in the work you create.
Being able to experience the feeling of "Scattering Wild Music Festival" in person is undoubtedly the long-cherished wish of music creators such as Wang Sulong and others.
His questioning of the bold design of the iron cage on the main stage is actually just a normal concern for the work.
After all, this is related to whether the whole performance can be successfully staged.
As a creator, how can you not show even a little concern for the fate of your work?
At this moment, Wang Sulong is actually afraid in his heart, he is afraid that this risky setting will not be able to withstand the test in actual use, and the musical dream that he has conceived countless days and nights will come to naught.
And this little bit of uneasiness just shows his sincere intentions for his works as a musician.
As for Wang Sulong's question about the flight guest Joey Yung, it is even more forgivable.
As the "director" of this music festival, he naturally hopes that his most satisfying works will be performed by his favorite artists.
It's the same thing that a film director dreams of having the brightest stars in his own films.
Looking back on this scene inadvertently many years later, Wang Sulong may not help but sigh himself: a small music festival, a two-sentence plausible dialogue, will occupy such a special position in his entertainment career.
In fact, in front of the fading smiling faces of those old friends, the misunderstanding of the past is no longer worth mentioning.
The past will eventually be smoothed out by the years.
Epilogue:
Life is only as first seen, and then looking back, the water flows for a long time.
The key lies in the excitement and yearning that Wang Sulong had when he first planned the music festival as a "director" through this opportunity.