Chapter 75

"Opening sequence?" Jia Hongjian was taken aback, feeling that this seemed like sending a daughter to a bandit's lair. "Yes, the opening sequence." Sun Yusheng nodded, looking at Jia Hongjian with anticipation. He vaguely felt that Jia Hongjian seemed to have a very magical intuition, always able to grasp the most critical points of an issue. If he helped think of an opening sequence, it might help "Focus Interview" reach new heights.

"An opening sequence... " Jia Hongjian began to think. With his experience from the previous life, where he had seen countless movie and TV special effects, coming up with a dazzling opening sequence wasn't a big deal. However, designing something that the special effects technology of this era could achieve was a bit challenging. "Brother Sun, how soon do you need it? This way, I can plan the complexity and elegance of the opening sequence."

Hearing Jia Hongjian's words, Sun Yusheng's eyes lit up. He knew that Jia Hongjian was different from others. Other young geniuses of the same age might ignore the limitations of reality and indulge in wild fantasies, coming up with either extremely expensive or impossible solutions. But Jia Hongjian was different. He seemed to have a lot of experience in the real world, asking about the practical limitations and requirements first!

"Today is September 20th. I want to try to air it before National Day, and at the latest, not beyond the three-day holiday of National Day..."

Hearing this, Jia Hongjian realized that there was no Golden Week in this era... Damn, every week was a single day off, and May Day and National Day were also single days off, at most adding a Sunday. Working so many days a year would be exhausting... "Ten days?" Jia Hongjian asked, pursing his lips. "What about the special effects level of CCTV? What can you achieve? You definitely have the paper-cut character effects from 'Journey to the West'... But do you have the technology to directly adjust the details, colors, and shadows of a video?"

"Paper-cut characters from 'Journey to the West'? Oh, you mean the special effects of Sun Wukong flying in the air? Yes, we definitely have that." Sun Yusheng nodded. "But what do you mean by 'PS'? If you're talking about adjusting contrast, grayscale, color, and shadows on a computer, we can do that."

"PS is a term I invented, referring to what you just mentioned..." Jia Hongjian felt a bit embarrassed, having used a term from the future. "What about 3D image creation on computers? For example, simulating a rotating 3D Earth. Do you have that technology?"

"Not yet... If you want a rotating Earth, we can create an animation-like effect..." Sun Yusheng said, puzzled.

"No need." Jia Hongjian was a bit surprised. He remembered that the opening sequence of "News Broadcast" had a computer-generated rotating Earth for a long time. Why didn't CCTV have this technology yet? After some thought, he recalled that the well-known opening sequence was only introduced around 1998, and before that, "News Broadcast" had a simple red "rooster" map of China...

"Alright... In that case, I have a more complex idea. If you have time, you can try it; if not, it's fine." Jia Hongjian had an idea and explained, "Using silhouettes for the opening sequence..."

As he spoke, Jia Hongjian found a piece of paper and began drawing and explaining. In his idea, a few simple tones and silhouettes would depict the dark corners of society: a fat businessman and an official smoking cigars and engaging in money-for-power transactions, a doctor outside a hospital operating room asking patients for red envelopes, and a city management officer taking free fried dough sticks from a street vendor and even grabbing money from the cash box. In these scenes, the people would be holding paper with the ¥ symbol, and their mouths would be curled in smug smiles.

At this moment, a silhouette carrying a camera suddenly appeared beside them. The camera's lens, like a searchlight, shone on the lawbreakers. The journalist then took out the videotape from the camera and passed it to the crowd behind. The crowd continuously relayed the videotape, and in the end, countless tapes gathered to form the "Focus Interview" logo—a sun in parentheses.

"For the music, how about 'Flight of the Bumblebee'..." Jia Hongjian thought for a moment and rejected the idea. "No, this song doesn't match the opening sequence. How about 'Ride of the Valkyries'? No, that's not good either. Right! 'Carmina Burana' would be great!" The "Flight of the Bumblebee" was a piece used in "Black Cat Detective," mimicking the buzzing of bees to create a tense atmosphere. "Ride of the Valkyries" was similar to the theme of "Star Wars."

"Carmina Burana? What's that?" Sun Yusheng asked. "It's an ancient poem found in a monastery in Bavaria, Germany. It was first performed in Germany in 1937, and the SS march was later based on its melody..." Jia Hongjian explained. In fact, there was a more modern version of "Carmina Burana," which was once mistakenly believed to be the SS anthem, "The Mass."

"SS? This..." Sun Yusheng hesitated, thinking it might be associated with fascism. "Don't worry, I know what I'm talking about. Even the real SS march is sung by the French and Americans, mainly because the melody is good. The Americans even translated it into English. This is politically safe, and we're using the original 'Carmina Burana,' which has nothing to do with fascism."

Hearing this, Sun Yusheng nodded in relief. He thought about it and felt that this approach was indeed fashionable and stylish, different from all the news opening sequences in China, and it conveyed stories that ordinary viewers could understand!

"If you want to use it soon..." Jia Hongjian had a plan for a quick opening sequence. "Use real people, but adjust the contrast and grayscale to blur their faces. For the real people, the videotapes don't need to form the title; instead, they can be directly relayed into the studio, and the staff can insert the tapes into the video recorder. At this point, the studio lights will turn on, and the broadcast will start immediately without any preamble..."

Sun Yusheng immediately slapped his thigh in approval. "This is great! This way, it's very concise and has a sense of urgency and reality, as if the footage was just shot and immediately broadcast for the whole country!"

Of course! Jia Hongjian was improving on the old opening sequence of "Focus Interview" from his previous life. He had always liked the opening sequence where journalists rushed to the studio with videotapes. Later, in college, he had thought a lot about how to make it better, leading to his current proposal.

"Alright! Thanks, Hongjian." With the idea, Sun Yusheng started to pack up and prepare to leave. "By the way, here's the contract for you. Take a look and see if it's okay. You can take it home and read it slowly. If you're not old enough, your guardian needs to sign it. Send it to me in Shanghai when you're done..."

While talking, Jia Hongjian glanced at the contract and found it was a three-year contract for a temporary employee of CCTV. In simple terms, it was a temporary worker contract. There was no CCTV work ID, only a temporary access pass, and he couldn't use the identity of a CCTV journalist to get free meals. There was no need for attendance, and the monthly salary was 100 yuan... Basically, it was just a job for the money, with no other benefits or obligations. If this contract were posted online in the future, it would definitely be criticized by netizens for the dark side of CCTV, saying that a 15-year-old boy was getting a salary at CCTV, just like a 14-year-old deputy county magistrate starting work. Then, there would be speculations about the boy being a princeling or an official's child...

Since it was a consulting contract and an external hire with no specific obligations or benefits, the contract was very simple, only one page. Jia Hongjian signed it casually and handed it to his father to sign.

Sun Yusheng was a bit surprised by Jia Hongjian's quickness. Most of the employees he hired would take days to read the contract, even wanting to consult a lawyer about the hidden details, especially when they saw there were no internal benefits or a CCTV work ID, their faces would show disappointment...

"Did you sign so quickly? Aren't you afraid I might cheat you?" Sun Yusheng teased Jia Hongjian. "Brother Sun, try cheating me once," Jia Hongjian laughed. He wasn't an unknown person; if CCTV tried to trap him, he wouldn't hesitate to expose it in other media. "Hahaha... You're a smart kid." Old Sun took the signed contract from Jia Gang. "Brother Jia, you have a great son!"

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On the afternoon of the third day, Jia Hongjian's family finally returned to Shanghai. "Dad, should I find a journalist to announce our exclusive auction for the sales rights on October 1st?"

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