Program Effects 4K

Chapter 171 Program Effects 4K

Although this year's Miss America pageant was postponed for several months, the first live broadcast was surprisingly successful.

The preliminary round had very high viewership, with over 4000 million viewers watching the live broadcast, which is a huge hit even in America.

Megan, the host, and many of the contestants gained fame in America.

Unsurprisingly, the most popular contestant is Erin Anderson (pseudonym), who seems to be the chosen one, receiving the most screen time on the show.

After working as a cameraman at the TV station for half a month, Rosen gained some understanding of the industry.

Ordinary viewers may not realize this, but television stations can easily use editing to create a persona.

This is especially evident during elections.

If the TV station doesn't support you, they'll cut out your highlight shots and then maliciously edit you into a clown.

If the TV station supports you, even if you're a useless person like Sister Haha, they can edit you into a wise and powerful leader.

Therefore, although the output value of the media industry is not high, it is the most important industry of a country and should absolutely not fall into the hands of foreigners.

Besides Eileen's soaring popularity, Jane and Audrey also gained immense popularity, especially Audrey.

Audrey, who had just turned 18, possessed both the elegance of a lady from the Golden Age and the mindset of a modern girl.

In short, it's a stark contrast.

Well, Victor's carefully crafted persona for Audrey was shattered in less than a single match.

However, Audrey's perfectly balanced contrast had a special effect, making her the second most popular contestant after Erin.

There were quite a few people supporting her off-site; everyone really liked this genuine girl.

The beauty pageant proceeded smoothly, but Rosen did not forget his main task: carefully checking for potential dangers during the competition.

Unfortunately, Rosen made no discoveries in the first two issues, and Case seemed to have disappeared.

Neither the FBI nor Rosen let their guard down; they knew that Case could bare his fangs at any moment.

To become an excellent hunter, you must have patience.

However, there is one person within the FBI who is not very patient: Emerson Stewart, the newly appointed deputy director.

Perhaps eager to establish his authority, or perhaps it was simply his nature, this deputy director, who rose through the ranks from his office, kept interfering with Sean's plans.

Emerson believes that Sean's current approach is too passive and a complete waste of time.

They then seized command of the operation and devised a new plan.

"A new plan? Is it another facelift scheme?"

Rosen looked at Sean curiously. The two had met at the training ground, but this time Jane and Audrey were not there.

Once the beauty pageant officially begins, all contestants will stay in a hotel arranged by Fox News, where they will train and live together.

So the training ground was left empty and became the place where Rosen and Sean usually met.

As for Victor Merlin, the old man's job is not over yet. He will remotely instruct Jane and Audrey on what to do in the game, but he will no longer need to appear at the training ground.

"Of course it's not the face-changing plan; that plan was rejected by the director long ago. It's another plan; this guy wants to use Pollux Troy to lure out Keith Troy."

Rosen frowned. He had also considered using Pollux to lure out Casey.

The problem is that this method is too unpredictable and may cause unexpected losses, after all, Case is a terrorist-like figure.

It's hard to say what this guy will do to save his brother.

You can't use a colleague's life as a badge of honor for your promotion, can you?

But some people clearly don't care about other people's lives; they're just sitting in their offices, and nothing will happen to them.

"Does he have any specific plans?"

"That guy was planning to transfer Pollux Troy, who had just undergone surgery, from the military base to the prison, and leak the news through various channels to lure Keith Troy to rescue him."

A very simple and straightforward plan.

Sometimes a simple and direct plan can be very effective, but other times it can turn into a disaster, depending entirely on the performance of the commander and the executor.

"Didn't Chief Cole say anything about this?"

Sean shook his head helplessly.

"The director didn't say anything, tacitly approving of Emerson Stewart's actions. I think this is a power struggle between higher-ups, and I just happened to get caught up in it."

Rosen immediately felt sorry for Sean; thankfully, Sean had already gone undercover and didn't need to get involved in this.

But Sean is in trouble.

"Sean, I suggest you try to extricate yourself from that deputy director's plan. I feel that guy is unreliable."

"Fuck! I want to too, but I can't find a suitable excuse right now!"

"How about using the pretext of monitoring the Hasler siblings? I always felt that the Hasler siblings would be key figures, and maybe Case is in their house right now."

This suggestion made Sean's eyes light up.

"Great idea! I'll personally lead a team to monitor the Hasler siblings!"

Meanwhile, while Sean and Rosen were talking, Emerson Stewart had already begun his plan.

Although he was promoted from an office job, Emerson never felt that being a frontline agent was anything special, and that frontline work was just so-so.

Is it any harder than getting into an Ivy League school?

Emerson believes that there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome by outstanding graduates from Ivy League universities.

Therefore, Emerson trusted agents who were also graduates of prestigious universities, such as Will Graham.

Emerson didn't care at all about people like Sean and Rosen who didn't have a prestigious university background.

So Sean successfully got his application approved to monitor the Hassler siblings.

Will never imagined he would suddenly be given such an important role in this way, even though he wasn't even familiar with the FBI's procedures yet, Emerson had already pushed him into being appointed as the lead agent for this operation.

Case sat on the sofa, looking at the newspaper with a cold smile on his face.

The newspaper photo showed Pollux Troy right after his surgery, and the text below detailed the exact time and route of his transfer to prison, practically screaming for Keith to come and hijack the prison van.

Dietrich, who was standing nearby, looked very unhappy after seeing the contents of the newspaper.

"Fuck! Polly got arrested by the FBI? Case, why didn't you tell me about this?"

"Dietrich, what's the point of saying this?"

Dietrich opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.

Indeed, even if Dietrich knew that Pollux had been arrested, there was nothing he could do.

After all, Dietrich was just a mid-level drug dealer in the Los Angeles area. He couldn't possibly go against the FBI, let alone the LAPD.

He can't beat them.

"We can't just stand by and watch Polly go to jail, can we?"

"Dietrich, this news is clearly a trap! We have absolutely no way of verifying the authenticity of the information, and it's not worth wasting too much energy on a target whose veracity is unknown."

Case remembered what Eva had said before: Pollux might not be in any trouble in prison as long as his brother was still out there.

Dietrich frowned and touched his bald head.

"Are we just going to do nothing?"

"Something should definitely be done, but not a prison van."

Case pointed to another news article in the newspaper, which featured various amusing stories about the contestants in the Miss America pageant.

"I'm so tired, Jane! Why is there so much training?"

Audrey lay helplessly on the bed. The dormitories for this Miss America pageant were all double rooms, so Audrey chose to share a room with Jane.

At this moment, the dance training had just ended, and etiquette training would follow.

Miss America's training intensity is far greater than Victor Merlin's.

Because there are so many contestants, the teachers can't take care of each student individually. They can only provide basic instruction and then conduct high-intensity mechanical training to help the contestants turn the training content into muscle memory.

Therefore, it will definitely be easier for those who have received training.

However, this was still somewhat painful and very boring for the pampered Audrey.

Jane reluctantly tried to pull Audrey up; having received FBI physical training, she had already adapted to Miss America's training.

"Get up, Audrey! Lying there will only make you more tired. Get up! At least etiquette class doesn't require too much physical exertion!"

Audrey was pulled up, and then she fell onto Jane, snuggling against Jane's ample bosom.

"Jane, I don't want to go to etiquette class!"

Jane was speechless at Audrey's antics when someone knocked on their door. So she simply pushed Audrey back inside.

"Ouch!"

"They're here!"

Jane opened the door and found that it was Eileen who had knocked, with a black man (Franklin) carrying a camera standing next to her.

"Jane, is Audrey there?"

"Audrey's lying dead inside. Audrey, Eileen's looking for you!"

"Eileen? I'm here!"

Audrey quickly got up, completely unlike her previous lazy demeanor.

After moving into the hotel together, Audrey and Erin quickly became good friends.

The two were of similar age and both came from wealthy families, so they naturally had something in common.

Moreover, Eileen's personality was very much to Audrey's liking, so the two often spent time together.

There was no other way; Jane was an FBI undercover agent, not a real beauty pageant contestant. She was on guard against potential dangers and was usually quite busy.

Audrey, who had nothing to do, definitely needed to find a friend to chat with, otherwise this little chatterbox would definitely get bored to death.

After running out, Audrey realized that there was a photographer with Eileen, so she quickly straightened her disheveled clothes.

Fortunately, Audrey's clothes were relatively neat, and she did not appear indecent in front of the camera.

"Eileen, is something the matter?"

"Hey Audrey, it's my roommate Jennifer Wells' birthday today, and I'd like to surprise her. Would you like to come?"

Clearly, this was a little incident planned by the production team.

Whether Jennifer Wells' birthday is actually today is not important; what matters is showcasing the pure and beautiful friendship among the contestants through a birthday surprise.

This narrative technique is exactly what's popular these days; twenty years from now, audiences might be even more interested in watching catfights and drama.

As one of the most popular contestants in the competition, Eileen naturally became the protagonist of this little episode, and then she came to find Audrey, with whom she had a good relationship.

"Birthdays and surprises? I love that! Eileen, I have an idea, how about we prank Jennifer first, and then tell her the surprise?"

Audrey's eyes darted around, and her clever little brain started working.

Eileen was also very interested in this.

"Audrey, how are we going to play a prank?"

"How about we stop talking to Jennifer now, and then suddenly show up with a birthday cake for her tonight!"

"Great idea! Let's do it this way! Hey, the production team will probably order a cake, right?"

Eileen turned to Franklin, who was carrying a camera, and asked him a question.

"I can't make that decision myself; perhaps you could ask Megan."

"Eileen, shall we go and beg Megan together?"

"OK!"

The production team quickly achieved the desired effect, and filming proceeded smoothly into the evening, which was the time for the birthday surprise.

However, the cake ordered by the production team never arrived, making director Davis very anxious.

"Fuck! What's going on? Go and urge them right now!"

Just then, a man with a long face, dressed in a cake shop uniform, entered the hotel carrying a huge cake box.

Davis immediately walked over and cursed at him.

"Damn it! Why are you so late?"

"Sir, this cake was ordered in too much of a hurry. How can you make a cake this big?"

"Alright, alright, you can leave now after you put the cake down!"

"Sir, this cake is too big for just anyone to handle. Let me open it for you so it doesn't deform and affect the presentation."

That makes a lot of sense, Davis nodded.

"Then you should get started right away!"

A dozen minutes later, the production team moved on to the birthday surprise segment.

Jennifer Wells, the birthday girl, made a perfectly timed expression of surprise as she watched Erin push a huge three-tiered cake toward her.

The atmosphere had reached its climax, with several cameras filming the scene and capturing the expressions of each contestant.

Although there was no specific script, the cast was full of excellent actors.

"Jennifer, are you surprised?"

Jennifer was moved to tears, delivering the best performance of her life.

"Oh my god! I really didn't expect that! I... I thought you guys didn't know it was my birthday!"

Eileen walked over and hugged Jennifer. Whether it was genuine or not, the scene certainly aligned with the common people's basic values.

Audrey also made sure to get more screen time for herself.

"Shouldn't birthdays be a happy time? Jennifer, hurry up and start singing birthday song and making a wish!"

The staff lit the candles on the cake and then turned off all the lights in the room.

Just then, Jane suddenly noticed a strange red light flashing on the cake.

(Eileen Walsh)