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by Belgian Pie » 21 Jul 2012, 14:46
... being a member of the audience for a TV show recording.
“I only got NT$500 for sitting through that recording, which took seven hours,” Lin said, adding that the production unit even made fun of the audience members by asking: “Are you really that short on money?”
I would have responded by saying that they were desperate for getting an audience ... paying people 500 NT$ for 7 hours!
But really, paying your audience!
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by Taiwan_Student » 23 Jul 2012, 15:29
7 Hours.... It took that long? What show? We're fans of the music variety silly/games type shows (Describes them all!)
Did you have to wait for them to get the "Whaw Whaw What music right? Create those funny little thought balloons? Type the Chinese subtitles? What took so long...
Those shows appear to be pretty spontaneous so the quality of these shows appeared acceptable. If this was more scripted than it appears to be.. I'd like to reconsider...
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by Belgian Pie » 23 Jul 2012, 16:17
Taiwan_Student wrote:7 Hours.... It took that long? What show? We're fans of the music variety silly/games type shows (Describes them all!)
Did you have to wait for them to get the "Whaw Whaw What music right? Create those funny little thought balloons? Type the Chinese subtitles? What took so long...
Those shows appear to be pretty spontaneous so the quality of these shows appeared acceptable. If this was more scripted than it appears to be.. I'd like to reconsider...
I have no idea, it's quoted ... me, going to a TV show in Taiwan? Not even if they pay me 10,000 NT$ an hour ...
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by Mucha Man » 23 Jul 2012, 16:32
I'll do it. I'll just stick ear plugs in and bring my laptop and get paid while I'm also being paid to write. I sat through enough 7 hour Chinese bus rides with nothing but Ip Man movies for entertainment. This will be paradisical. Woop woop, brerrrepppp. Boiing. Hah ah aha ha ha.
“Everywhere else in the world is also really old” said Prof. Liu, a renowned historian at Beijing University. “We always learn that China has 5000 years of cultural heritage, and that therefore we are very special. It appears that other places also have some of this heritage stuff. And are also old. Like, really old.”
http://hikingintaiwan.blogspot.com/
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by cityathrt » 24 Jul 2012, 23:21
They pay audience members now?? Could've sworn it was all voluntary -- especially when I see school banners in the audience, it seems more like a field trip/friend outing than anything..
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by Confuzius » 25 Jul 2012, 00:19
They pay audiences in the states too.
MUCH more than 500nt for 7 hrs, last I recall (many eons ago) Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel were paying around 150usd for 10-12 hrs.
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