Chapter 100: The Transfer Student Arrives
"And now, making his entrance... is the transfer student!" said Okamura Takashi.
Transfer student!
Everyone looked at each other and quickly thought of the so-called transfer student. The members who appeared in a variety show can be roughly divided into three types: MC (host), regular performers, and guest performers. Among them, the MC is the soul of a program, and for a show like "99", the two hosts even participate in the production to a large extent. Such an MC is very powerful and has a strong controlling power. Except for the two hosts of "99", all the others who appeared are regular performers, and their contracts with the program team are signed quarterly, and their salaries are also paid quarterly. As for guest performers, they are different. Guest performances usually have two forms: one is to simply appear on the show, and the program team will pay a salary; the other is to promote something, such as when someone has made a movie or released an album, and they come on the show to brush up their presence while having several tens of seconds or even minutes to recommend their own products. For this type of performance, the program team may not give much money, or even no money at all, and whether the guest performer can get paid by their own company or investors depends on the specific situation.
Nowadays, this so-called transfer student is obviously another way of expressing guest appearances, but I don't know who these guest appearances will be.
First to arrive was the sound of slow and sluggish footsteps, which were obviously those of a woman. As expected, a girl let out a cry of "Ah!" as she stumbled out, and with an especially "dignified" posture, she flung herself onto the soft cushion.
The girl lifted her head and saw the crowd watching the excitement.
"What's going on?" she exclaimed loudly.
"Huh? Who is this person..." The onlookers were shocked. What they saw was a figure rarely seen in variety shows.
"Chi... Chiyo Sazae!?"
Who is Chiaki Tonami? At Fuji TV in Japan. For female announcers, there is usually a nickname of xxpan. For example, around 2014, Kato pan, Iku pan, and Mita pan referred to the very popular three female announcers Kato Riko, Ikuo Yoko, and Mita Yuri, but where did this nickname come from? The reason for its origin is that when Chiaki Tonami joined Fuji TV, Fuji TV gave her a冠名program (a program named after her), and the creator of this nickname is absolutely no less powerful than the popular female announcers today!
"Will Senya Chihiro come too?"
"Female anchor?"
"How impressive! It's also amazing that you can invite someone like this." The crowd exclaimed.
It's rare enough for a host to be invited to participate in a variety show.
After Chiaki Kuriyama, another person jumped in, and this time it was Haruka Tomatsu from Morning Musume, a very young girl who seemed to be there just to compete with everyone for the last spot, which is exactly what happened. In fact, Haruka Tomatsu got the lowest ranking in the episode of "Hello! Morning" that she participated in, because of this, she appeared again as a guest in two more episodes of the show's final exams. Only AKB's Yuka Masuda and her had the same number of appearances.
The transfer students entered the classroom one by one, and finally, after the last transfer student entered the classroom, the staff removed the soft cushion.
But at this time, there were still two seats in the classroom that no one was sitting on.
"Who are these two?" someone asked.
"These two, one is the previous champion, and the other... is a very, very difficult person to invite, a young person who is participating in a variety show for the first time!" Okamura said. These two people, one is super idiot Hamaoka, that should be no problem. But the other person, not a single person can guess who it is.
Very soon, voices appeared outside and everyone in the classroom quieted down to listen to what the newcomer had to say.
"How many gold medals did the Japanese delegation win at this year's Olympics?" asked the host from the studio.
Such a question, at this moment not long after the Olympics have just ended, almost no Japanese will answer incorrectly, the correct answer is eight, and on the gate above the correct one, the Arabic numeral 8 has already been printed.
However, the expected scene did not appear. The people in the teaching building only heard the sound of footsteps, and then...
Bang! Bang!
"Oh no!"
The sound that came from beside my ear was obviously the sound of someone heavily hitting the wall and then bouncing back to fall to the ground, as for that "ah", anyone could hear it, it was the voice of the stupidest Higuchi Yutori.
"Can you all guess wrong?" Many people burst out laughing, while others were desperately holding back their laughter and covering their mouths. Please calm down, don't let Binbōgami discover this.
The noise outside didn't stop, and Yūto Kamishiro got up from the ground, stood up again in the distance, and then rushed towards another door.
Bang! Bang!
"Oh no!"
"Hahaha. There are only three answers, who would have thought that this book would get it wrong twice in a row? The scene of running into the wall must be very funny."
Finally, Hamaguchi Yui reluctantly slipped into the classroom with no other choice, only then realizing what she had just done.
"Finally... now I can tell you, this episode's project, although the final exam project was our program's idea, but all the specific things were planned by him!" Okamura said.
"Huh? So amazing?" Many people exclaimed, planning a program is not an easy task, you have to take care of many things and write out many details, and being recognized by the program team is extremely difficult. You know, this program is now a very famous prime-time show.
"Who is that? Terry Ito?" someone guessed. This Terry Ito is a very famous program planner and also an artist, many programs that have been passed down for many years in Japanese history were created by him.
"This is the person..."
Bang! The door was pushed open.
A young man, even a bit shy, appeared in front of everyone.
"What?! He planned this program?! He's not even twenty years old yet! How is that possible?" The crowd's faces all showed expressions of disbelief.
Soon, a second question appeared in their minds: "Who is this?"
The show in the golden time slot isn't something just anyone can get on, this young kid is actually qualified to be on it and nobody even knows who he is? Has the production team gone blind?
"Don't you know who he is?" Okamura asked.
"Take another good look?" Okamura continued to ask.
A few seconds later, someone finally broke the silence.
"I know who he is!" shouted Arai Yasuko.
"Ah!" Chiaki Senya let out a soft cry, and Teruki Hoshimi of the Morning Musume group also recognized the boy. Both were shocked, covering their mouths with their hands.
"Haven't you figured out who he is?" Okamura asked.
"Music!" he exclaimed suddenly.
As expected, the small love song echoed among the teachers...
"It's him!?"
"Shū... Shū Xiao!?" With that, everyone suddenly remembered. This boy had only appeared on TV once or twice, and while many people might have recognized him, seeing him in person was a different story, and it was possible they wouldn't recognize him at all. But with the hint, almost no one didn't know who he was, as well as this song that was a hit all over Japan.
Wants to let the Fuji TV's golden program accept one's own plan, Zhou Xiao can be said to have used up his mind, in the short two hours, he designed countless fun and interesting gags. When this episode of the show was broadcast later, it surprisingly got a surprising 27% rating, with a good social response that was out of proportion. Zhou Xiao, this magical boy, also set off again, not just because of his brilliant performance in the program, but also because the entire program was actually planned by him personally.
Moreover, it's not just the audience, but also the Japanese program production staff, especially the broadcast writers, who are even more stimulated. They didn't expect that Zhou Xiao could do so well. The brilliance of this episode far surpasses that of current Japanese variety shows. Why is that? It's actually very simple. For nearly 15 years, especially in the later internet era, Zhou Xiao has been constantly exposed to a large amount of information. The amount of information and "memes" he grasps is absolutely enough to make today's audience look at him with new eyes!
