An extremely important day for the future of Today Inside: the men of the program will have an audience with Talpa god John de Mol today. “An exploratory conversation.”
The men of Today Inside have exactly two weeks left: then it will be Christmas Eve and John de Mol wants to know whether his TV channel SBS 6 can rely on them next year. VI is the most watched talk show in the Netherlands and if it ends, SBS 6 will collapse like a house of cards and it will be quite difficult for John to sell his television shop.
VI trio to TV god
The negotiating position of Wilfred Genee, Johan Derksen and René van der Gijp is therefore strong. Very strong. They now reportedly collect between 1.2 and 1.4 million euros per person per year, and according to former SBS 6 boss Tina Nijkamp, this could easily reach 2 to 2.5 million euros. After all: John wants to get rid of his shop and needs VI for that.
The VI trio has to visit the Talpa god’s office today. “That’s just an exploratory conversation,” Wilfred explains in an interview with Harry Mens at Business Class. “For the first time, the four of us will sit down, we will see how we are doing in the match and what will happen.”
Run race
Harry thinks there is little orientation about it. “It’s a close race, right? He can’t live without you, can he?”
Wilfred: “Is that so? Do you think?”
Harry: “I think so. What else should he do?”
Wilfred: “Well, if you say so, Harry.”
Harry: “No, but Meilandjes and Gillis are nice, but that is a certain genre that not everyone likes. They really think you’re fantastic.”
High viewing figures
Wilfred also thinks that John cannot fill a channel with only reality trash. “Fortunately, the program is still doing very well and last week with Sinterklaas, I think we scored 1.4 million viewers and a 30 percent market share, so that’s not bad.”
A understatement Naturally. Talpa wants to continue and so do the VI gentlemen: Wilfred is not a success solo, Gijp falls into a depression without the TV attention and Johan does not want to leave the geraniums. The most important question now is: how much will the salary increase?