Chinanews client, Beijing, November 13 (Yuan Xiuyue) May I ask what variety show I watched that would make people want to open a book and study for 10 hours?
The answer may be-"Inspiring Offer".
Concept poster of "Inspiring Offer"
As you can tell from the name, this is a variety show related to job hunting.
But unlike previous career recruitment reality shows such as "Jobs and Jobs" and "It's You", "Thanksgiving Offer" does not allow bosses to interview in the studio, but puts the lens on the real law firm. in.
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In the program, 8 interns, including 3 women and 5 men, came to the same law firm for internship. Under the guidance of the four instructing lawyers, they had to go through heavy tests such as case debate, criminal defense, and legal aid, and finally compete for two regularization places. .
This may also be one of the few domestic variety shows that restore workplace life. How can you perform well in interviews, how to break the embarrassment when you meet with colleagues for the first time, how to compete and cooperate between interns... Although it is a recorded show, but the real details of the workplace It still resonated with many viewers, and the Douban score of the first season of "Inspiring Offer" reached 8.3 points.
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Recently, the pilot film of the second season of "Thanksgiving Offer" was aired, and it caused heated discussion on the Internet as soon as it went live, because the program filmed the interview part that the audience cares most about.
In addition to He Jiong in the second season, Sa Beining, Yang Tianzhen, Zhou Shen, Fan Chengcheng, and the first season lawyer Xu Lingling were added as members of the cheering team.
The academic qualifications and experience of the students who came to apply for interns did not lose the previous season.
First look at the graduate schools. They are all famous schools at home and abroad, such as China University of Political Science and Law, Renmin University of China, University of Southern California, Georgetown University, Stanford University...
Among them, there are many academic masters, such as Li Jinye, a school grass master of Beijing Foreign Studies University. The interviewer said that his "biggest flaw is that he has no flaws."
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There is also Wang Xiao, a graduate of Stanford University Law School.
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“Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the School of International Relations with a bachelor’s degree. Upon graduation, he passed the judicial examination and the English major eight-level examination, and won the awards of outstanding graduates in Beijing and excellent graduation thesis. At that time, through school selection, I went to the University of New South Wales in Australia to exchange for one year. When I was in the third year, I was accepted by Oxford University in the United Kingdom and Stanford University Law School in the United States."
The above self-introduction from him not only made Sa Beining in the observation room bluntly "extremely irritating", but also brought a great impact to netizens.
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Some netizens have been inspired by the interviews conducted by Xueba. For example, communication is very important, and controlling emotions is also a course, and it is also vital to professional cognition and self-planning.
For example, Li Jinye was asked during the interview, does his high success rate have anything to do with his handsome appearance?
He said that a good appearance will add points to the first impression, and different professions take different percentages of this factor. Lawyers need to see clients frequently. A decent image will help lawyers get more opportunities in the early stages of their careers, but decided How far it goes is professional ability.
He Jiong, who is proficient in speaking, praised his words as "excellent."
Another example is Zhai Zelin, who graduated from the University of Southern California. He was generally not optimistic about English, but he knew the industry and interview lawyers very well. The two words of disposal of bad assets and integrated office surprised interviewers.
However, more people feel the anxiety from the show, and some netizens give the show individual names-"inferiority offer" and "anxious offer".
Some netizens said that it has been a long time since they had such a strong sense of substitution and oppression. After reading it, they really found themselves "coming to the world to make up the numbers."
Some netizens said that with so many outstanding people and working so hard, they feel that "I am not worthy of being born".
Some netizens also said that many law students dare not watch this program because life is so difficult and they worry that they will become more anxious after watching it.
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Of course, in addition to the pressure from the academic bully, there are many problems that newcomers in the workplace cannot avoid in the interview.
For example, the conflict between parents' expectations and their ideals.
In the interview, two girls both talked about their parents suggesting that they should take the civil service examination, but their choices were different. The first girl, He Xinlei, followed the advice of her parents and was admitted to the civil service, but she also hesitated about this choice. Try it at the law firm.
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Another girl, Zhan Qiuyi, was too fond of the profession of lawyers, so she decisively rejected her parents' suggestion to take a civil service examination, and regarded this interview as her first rebellion.
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Another example is how women balance family and career issues.
In the show, a female interviewer asked the girls whether they would choose a family or a career?
Many netizens think this question is inappropriate, why asking boys is asking about career planning, asking girls whether it is family or career, family and career should not be the opposite.
For another example, there is also a question that is often thought about as a "community animal", should you say nothing?
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In the show, a 28-year-old boy named Ding Hui, who resigned naked, had a bachelor's degree in illegal studies, and later took the postgraduate exam while working. In the last two months, he resigned and was admitted to the East China University of Political Science and Law for a master of law.
After graduating from the master's degree, he worked as a paralegal for one year. In order to obtain this internship opportunity, he chose to resign.
The interviewers expressed surprise for this kind of naked remarks.
Some lawyers believe that always fighting back will make your life very hard, and it will also make others very hard.
The guests on the show also debated naked remarks.
He Jiong believes that naked remarks are a kind of crazy behavior. Some people either stand alone or have no character.
And Sa Beining just thinks that this boy dares to speak naked, which shows that he has confidence in his abilities.
Many netizens believe that not everyone has a perfect starting point from the beginning. Most ordinary people actually gradually find their way through confusion and trial and error, and they want to "fill in the holes" for the gaps they have fallen before.
Not all success is a matter of course, and some people need to take risks to achieve their goals.
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"Competition" has always been an important element for variety shows to maintain vitality. Whether it is music variety shows or dance variety shows, many are presented in the form of competitions, which stems from the audience's demand for entertainment, drama and participation.
Although the workplace observation program does not have an impactful competition, it has always implemented the concept of competition.
Moreover, compared to the reality show on the stage, "Inspiring Offer" enhances the sense of reality and weakens the sense of distance from the "other", thus giving the audience a sense of substitution.
This sense of substitution can also affect the audience's perception of variety shows.
Because in many cases, the "peer pressure" brought by other people's children is more stressful than the frustration experienced personally.
This is why many netizens feel anxious after watching the show.
The entertainment and psychological satisfaction they get is not enough to overwhelm the discomfort they feel.
There are reasons for the show. "Elite narrative" is not a panacea. There are pain points behind the hot spots, and there are anxiety behind the pain points. Anxiety needs to be relieved, not accumulated by sales.
But we still have to find the reasons in real life. For individuals, workplace anxiety comes from specific problems. Solving problems can solve anxiety, but anxiety cannot solve problems.
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