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"Let's do it!"

He too felt a surge of boldness within, the stimulation from the money was tremendous, "You can do whatever you want, we'll follow the standards of Blue Star Spring Festival Gala, and target viewers from all eight continents as our potential audience!"

The scale of the stage, raise it!

Special effects, bring them on!

The duration of the programs, extend it!

Inviting stars from other continents, do it!

If it's a problem that money can solve, then we'll solve it with money, this budget is more than enough for extravagance!

Not enough quality in the programs?

With all this sponsorship money, we can even smash our way to a certain level of stage quality!

I won't say how high we can go, after all, that still depends on the work, but the bottom line has been firmly set!

"That first audition in the afternoon will be brutal."

Tong Shuwen spoke up, the standard for the Qin Continent Spring Festival Gala had been raised, and the original programs seemed somewhat subpar.

...

Afternoon.

Qin Continent Television Station.

The site of the first audition in the studio.

Some audience members were seated below at this time.

These audiences were of course not just pulled off the streets.

Their identities were very special; they were all staff members of the directorial team, and relevant leaders of the Qin Continent Television Station.

"Let's start."

Director Tong Shuwen spoke.

One by one, the programs that had been rehearsed performed on stage.

This process lasted several hours and by the time the first audition was completely over, it was already dark.

"This won't do."

Jiao Xiong had spent the afternoon watching programs, and though he had moved on from the astronomical sponsorship fees, the influence of those added fees manifested in another form. The direct consequence was that Jiao Xiong was feeling inflated, "Except for that magic design, Fei Yang's song, and the final dance barely passing, other programs don't meet the standards of the Zhong Continent stage."

Well then.

Now even the station manager was benchmarking against Zhong Continent.

At this moment, everyone had dispersed, and only Station Manager Jiao Xiong and Director Tong Shuwen remained in the studio audience seats.

"It's really not good enough."

The station manager was dissatisfied, and Tong Shuwen felt even more dissatisfied.

If it weren't for all the sponsorship money, based on local Spring Festival Gala standards, these programs would have just barely been acceptable, but now the stage had been elevated countless levels, these programs just weren't enough.

With so much money taken, to produce a Spring Festival Gala of this level?

Then his, Tong Shuwen's, reputation would be completely ruined, and the Qin Continent Television Station wouldn't be able to hold its head high ever again.

"I'll leave it to you."

The station manager patted Tong Shuwen on the shoulder, "I'm not as professional as you are in this area, you take control of the quality, do whatever needs to be done."

"Understood."

Tong Shuwen nodded.

...

After the first audit of the Qin Continent Spring Festival Gala.

Different performers were backstage, taking off makeup, changing clothes, and the like.

At the same time.

Everyone was nervously chatting.

"I wonder how the first audition went?"

"Our skit should be fine, the quality is no less than last year."

"The dance by the cultural troupe is well choreographed and received a lot of applause, but the station manager and the director, they didn't seem to react much."

"I think that magic act is definitely getting through!"

"Those two's crosstalk seemed to get a lukewarm reception, the quality was not as good as last year."

"I think it was fine though, those two are the best crosstalk masters in Qin Continent, you can't benchmark against the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala."

"I feel it's a bit risky though."

"Today the station manager and the director had no expressions throughout, as if not a single program satisfied them."

After some discussion.

Suddenly there was movement outside the door.

Everyone looked up and greeted, "Director!"

"Great effort, everyone!"

Tong Shuwen smiled and then said, "I'm here to announce the results of the first audition."

Immediately.

Everyone's eyes turned to Tong Shuwen.

Tong Shuwen said, "Fei Yang's song, pending; the cultural troupe's dance, pending; Huang Shi's magic, pending."

The crowd buzzed.

These three acts were the best-received performances of the evening, and they were only pending?

Among the crowd.

Fei Yang was also stunned!

He didn't expect his song wouldn't pass the first audit directly!

At this moment.

Tong Shuwen continued, "The rest of the programs, send them back, some people's acts are directly eliminated."

Then everyone exploded!

The first audit resulted in a complete wipeout?

"No way!"

"Director, are you kidding?"

"Our programs are definitely not bad for local Spring Festivals!"

"Our cultural troupe's dance is definitely better than dances from other continents, except for Zhong Continent, we must be the highest-rated this year!"

"The elimination rate is too exaggerated!"

"Is this year's station standard too exaggerated?"

"I don't understand!"

Everyone really didn't understand!

Even if these programs weren't the best, they had generally reached the standard of local Spring Festivals, so why a complete wipeout?

Not a single one passed!

The best programs were all pending!

Tong Shuwen knew the performers would be upset, he could only reassure them, "I will inform everyone of any arrangements later, we are raising the standards this year, thank you all for your hard work."

...

The next day.

Lin Yuan came to the Qin Continent Television Station.

Tong Shuwen was waiting at the station for Lin Yuan, and hurriedly got up upon seeing him, "Last night the sponsorship was settled; we signed contracts with Daughter Hong Wine Industry and Flame Hot Pot."

"Mm."

"But our first audit result was somewhat unsatisfactory, there weren't many good programs, we may have to eliminate quite a few people, and the remaining people will have to prepare new acts, but what specific programs have not yet been decided, we need to find someone else to design them."