Become Famous Another Day

Chapter 293 Dugu Qiubai (Updated to 7,000 words!)

Li Xiao sometimes didn’t understand why her boyfriend admired Lu Yanhe blindly as if he was on drugs.

 Even a little jealous.

 Li Xiao was very sure that Mao Jiayang's evaluation of her was definitely not as high as that of Lu Yanhe.

However, because he was with Mao Jiayang, Li Xiao occasionally met Lu Yanhe at close range, or even sat together to eat.

After Li Xiao had contacted Lu Yanhe several times, he somewhat understood Mao Jiayang's feelings.

 Some people are perfect in every aspect, but because of their perfection, people think they are fake, and they are hard to like.

Lu Yanhe is serious, sunny, not pretentious, and very sincere. Just like Mao Jiayang said, he is a very nice person, and he has very upright views, making it impossible to dislike him.

Li Xiao initially thought that Mao Jiayang was straight-minded and could not see the complexity of people like Lu Yanhe who were in the entertainment industry. She always believed that a person who could achieve such achievements and status could never be a simple person. After dealing with Lu Yanhe, Li Xiao felt relieved.

Lu Yanhe has never tried to disguise himself as a simple person. This was the beginning of Li Xiao changing his view of Lu Yanhe. If Lu Yanhe wanted to pretend to be a simple person, full of ideals and justice, Li Xiao would have to stay away from him. But he never showed off his knowledge at work, nor used his status as a "experienced person" to preach or give guidance on their matters - this was what Li Xiao feared the most.

 Li Xiao is majoring in journalism.

In this era where people shout that "news is dead" every day, Li Xiao often worries about his profession and future.

 At present, apart from national news organizations, there are few good places for journalists to go. Self-media has become mainstream, and news expertise seems to be less important in the fast and convenient Internet era.

During a meal with Lu Yanhe, Li Xiao subconsciously talked about his worries about this major because of a topic, and he regretted it as soon as he finished speaking.

When Li Xiao talked about this topic before, he often received comfort or encouragement from others, but these were just superficial words with no actual meaning. The worst thing is that someone will comment on the news industry from a condescending perspective. This is what Li Xiao hates the most.

She knows that the journalism industry has undergone tremendous changes from ten years ago, but this does not mean that she can calmly listen to other people's opinions on this thing that she loves.

But Lu Yanhe’s reaction was beyond Li Xiao’s expectation.

He nodded seriously, but did not answer the question in a hurry. He did not rush to talk about news. Instead, he asked seriously: "When you chose the journalism major, was it your first choice?"

Li Xiao nodded in surprise.

Lu Yanhe said: "One of the editors of Yemai.com, Xin Zixin, is the person in charge of the electronic version of "Jump Up". She used to be the editor of a fashion magazine. Later, the magazine stopped and ceased publication, so she went to Yemai.com , starting from the fashion section of Yemai.com. When I was doing street photography in Langhua, I suddenly thought of making a documentary like "City Travels", and now I have become the producer of "City Travels".

Li Xiao looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise, wondering why he suddenly said this.

Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "I just admire people like you who always choose to do what you like. Engaging in what you like seems to be able to burst out with a lot of energy. She has a lot of things on her hands, and every day is special. Busy, but I’ve never heard her say she was tired.”

Probably because what Lu Yanhe said was too unexpected, Li Xiao smiled sheepishly.

“You are also someone who always chooses to do what you like.”

 Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I first start doing something, and then I slowly start to like it."

"Um?"

“I didn’t do this career as an artist or acting because I like it.” Lu Yanhe said frankly, “I gradually fell in love with it after doing it.”

"What about "Jump Up"?" Li Xiao asked again.

Lu Yanhe smiled, and Li Xiao felt that he seemed to see a little shyness in Lu Yanhe's smile.

Li Xiao felt that he had seen it wrong and it was an illusion.

 How could a big star still show shyness in his smile?

Lu Yanhe said: "This magazine...how should I put it, of course it is what I want to do, but what I really want to do is because of the people who work with me on this magazine."

"Oh, yes, you said it. I remember you said it in an interview. That's because you can make this magazine with your high school classmates so that you can still connect with each other after graduation." Li Xiao Nodding, he remembered the interview he had read.

Mao Jiayang turned to look at Li Xiao and asked, "Have you seen Lao Lu's interview?"

“He is very popular, and he occasionally gets his notifications.” Li Xiao said, “Also, as you know, many of my classmates are his fans and often forward news related to him.”

Mao Jiayang smiled at Lu Yanhe and said, "That's true. Several of Xiaoxiao's friends have said that they hope to work for you after graduation."

 “Where am I?” Lu Yanhe was stunned.

 He thought to himself, where is he?

Mao Jiayang said: "Didn't "Jump Up" do a lot of self-media? Then it often publishes some comments and interviews. They really want to do that."

Lu Yanhe reacted, "Well, that wasn't done by me, it was done by Chen Siqi and the other editors, and it has nothing to do with me."

Mao Jiayang said: "I saw in the news that you established a film and television company yourself?"

"It's just an empty shelf. There is no one except me and my agent." Lu Yanhe waved his hand, "It's just to facilitate some work matters."

Li Xiao asked: “Did you write the script yourself for the drama you collaborated with Beijing and Taiwan?”

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "To be precise, our director Bai Jingnian wanted to shoot such a story, so he wrote a story concept that asked six young people to be the protagonists, three men and three women, and they lived in a prosperous big city. , work, pursue dreams, and become good friends, I wrote a script based on the concept he wrote.”

Li Xiao nodded.

“But I haven’t thought of a suitable name until now.” Lu Yanhe said, “I don’t know what kind of name would be suitable.”

Li Xiao asked: "Isn't it easy to choose a name? I see there are many names like "Warm, Sweet" and "Hot Life" now."

"The name of a drama must be similar to the temperament of the drama itself. I don't want to use a very pretentious and artistic name, because this is a sitcom that tells the most natural and relaxed stories. The best thing is to say it, everyone will know it is this drama, without too many modifying words," Lu Yanhe said.

Hearing this, Li Xiao said: "You six will be the protagonists and the story will be about your lives, work, dreams and friendship. Then think of a name around these six people."

Li Xiao's words stirred up a thousand waves in Lu Yanhe's mind.

 Lu Yanhe thought of a name from a long time ago.

 Another name for "Friends"—

　　　《六人行》.

Lu Yanhe didn't want to use "Friends" because they were not old friends at the beginning of the story. The English name was "Friends", which literally translates to "Friends", which is too common in the Chinese context.

 But "Six People" is inexplicably suitable for this version.

The sentence pattern comes from "Three people walking, there must be my teacher". The three words "Six people walking" completely meet Lu Yanhe's standard of less modification of the name and highlighting the theme.

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 Lu Yanhe finally decided on the name "Six People".

 After the first round of auditions, a total of eighteen actors entered the second round of auditions.

This round is not an audition, but an interview.

 In the first round, they will be asked to perform a small situational performance to see their basic qualities. In this round, they will just chat and see the actor’s personality and qualities.

 For the second round of auditions, Yan Liang and Wen Minglan also came.

Lu Yanhe wants to hear their opinions.

 Since there are six people starring in this play together, the feeling between the actors is also very important.

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 When everyone was exchanging opinions, Lu Yanhe discovered that everyone has different perspectives and standards for seeing actors.

 Bai Jingnian particularly likes a girl named Bai Jin.

“She is a very handsome girl, with heroic eyes and a cheerful person. From her words and deeds, she looks very much like Li Lili.”

"But Li Lili is actually a pretty silly girl. The image is indeed very suitable, but she doesn't have the energy to do stupid things like Li Lili." Hu Siwei has a different view, "On the contrary, I still think that He Qutian is like that More like Li Lili.”

 “He Qiaotian is not as beautiful as Baijin.”

"Both girls are pretty, but their temperaments are different." Hu Siwei said, "You just like girls like Bai Jin who are a bit heroic."

Bai Jingnian: "He Qiaotian feels like she is acting like a little girl. Do you think she looks like a girl who dares to run away from a wedding?"

Bai Jingnian thought He Qiaotian was too gentle and sweet.

After the two men argued for a while, each could not convince the other, so they came to ask Lu Yanhe for his opinion.

Lu Yanhe felt that what they both said was quite reasonable.

“Just looking at them today, they may not be able to see anything very rich and three-dimensional. How about asking them to try on the makeup together to see who is more suitable for Li Lili.”

In "Six People", Li Lili written by Lu Yanhe is based on the appearance of Rachel in "Friends". An ordinary girl who is beautiful, but does not move people with her "glamour" at all in life. Both Bai Jin and He Qutian made Lu Yanhe feel a little worse, but the idea of ​​​​making the actors 100% suitable for the characters is unreasonable. That's why Lu Yanhe said, maybe we can look at it again.

 It was really up to Lu Yanhe to make a choice. Lu Yanhe felt that it was most appropriate for Bai Jin to play Zhou Zhixi, the most boyish girl among the three girls.

 Lu Yanhe himself is not writing about a tomboy, but a girl who doesn't care much about femininity in her words and deeds. Zhou Zhixi in "Six People" is different from Chen Wanqiu's self-disciplined literature and Li Lili's sloppy personality. She has her stubborn little character, and her thinking that seems to have the most outlook on life and world view, but in fact she has many behaviors. The way is different from ordinary people.

Bai Jin's temperament, which is different from that of ordinary girls, fits Zhou Zhixi very well.

As for He Qiaotian, Lu Yanhe feels that her image is not suitable for this drama, and she is more suitable for playing some characters with a stronger sense of neighborliness, such as the sister of a certain protagonist who will be a guest star next time.

 It’s just that this was Lu Yanhe’s first time participating in casting, and he wasn’t sure whether his idea was correct, so he didn’t express his opinion easily.

Lu Yanhe will not think that he has the ability to challenge all the rules here just because he wrote this script or because he has seen what successful works look like. Just like the song "Remember", someone can become famous as soon as he sings it on the show. He moved it to sing it, but he only got good praise and became a little popular. The person who really made this song famous, It's Song Linxin.

If you think that you can move sideways in this world by simply transporting past works, Lu Yanhe feels that he has underestimated the normal operating laws of the world. He has a gold mine from another time and space, but he just said that he knows a lot of gold mines that can be successful under certain conditions. He still needs to understand what's inside, why it's successful, and why it's liked by everyone.

 Before he understands, he should learn it first and watch silently how others do it.

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While everyone was busy watching the actors, more news about the drama "Six People" also spread, especially on the Internet.

  1. This is a sitcom.

  2. This is a sitcom intended to be filmed and broadcast simultaneously.

  3. This is a sitcom that is intended to be aired weekly, with one episode per week.

 4. During the first broadcast of this drama in Beijing and Taiwan, it will be broadcast exclusively on TV stations and will not be online on video websites. It will be online on video websites after the entire drama is broadcast.

 …

When the news first spread, many people didn’t quite believe the news and found it strange.

Not for any other reason, because this approach is so unbelievable that no drama has done this in recent years.

How dare "Six People" do this?

Especially if the video website is not launched simultaneously, brother, in this day and age, how many people are still watching TV?

 Many people really take these news as a joke. Until someone who worked for a video website spoke on his social media and said that the news was true: Our website wanted to buy the online broadcast rights of Lu Yanhe's drama, but they refused to sell it and said that it would be premiered on the TV station. Later, I would consider launching it on a video website.

 The authenticity of this news was confirmed, but many people were confused and unable to understand it.

 A sitcom that insists on being broadcast exclusively on TV stations in the Internet era, or is it a weekly broadcast?

sure?

 Aren't you kidding?

If you weren’t joking, did your head get squeezed by the door? -

Zhou Pingan rushed to the legal department as fast as possible and asked Yan Liang if his performance contract had been sent out.

The legal officer said innocently: "It has been sent to Beijing and Taiwan in the morning."

Zhou Ping'an let out a hysterical "Fuck!"

When Zhou Ping'an left Star Entertainment's legal department like an angry lion, the man looked confused and asked: "What's wrong with him? Wasn't he the one who pushed for the contract before? Why does it seem that I have already completed the contract?" , and he still acted like I had done something wrong?”

The colleague silently turned his computer screen to him.

The legal officer went over and looked at it for a while, and understood instantly.

 “He wants to break the contract?”

 “I guess so.”

“Well, suddenly I can understand his mood. With this show, doesn’t it make it clear that he is going to hit the streets?”

“Hahaha, it’s only broadcast on TV stations, not online.” The colleague shook his head, “Beijing and Taiwan have deceived Lu Yanhe.”

 “How could Chen Ziyan allow this to happen?”

 Several people got together and started chatting.

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Zhou Ping'an rushed to Chen Ziyan's office angrily.

 “Have you known this for a long time?”

 Chen Ziyan looked away from her computer screen, looked at Zhou Ping'an, looked calm, and asked: "What did I know a long time ago?"

Zhou Ping'an said: "The TV station will broadcast it exclusively, not online."

Chen Ziyan frowned slightly and asked, "So?"

“Do you think that if you told me in advance that I would let Yan Liang act in a drama that was only going to be broadcast on a TV station? A male protagonist who is a street drama is also a street drama.”

Chen Ziyan: "Zhou Pingan, you have been an agent for so many years, have you become a dog?"

 Chen Ziyan was not cowardly at all, and scolded Zhou Ping'an right away, "What is a street fight? You know nothing about drama."

Zhou Ping'an: "You guys are going to broadcast it exclusively on the TV station. If you don't do it to the public, how can you do it? How many people are watching TV now? With Beijing and Taiwan's average ratings of 0.4, how many people are watching it?"

 Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes and said: "Okay, if you don't care about the 0.4 ratings, I will tell everyone at the TV station what you said right away. If you can, be tough. Your artists will no longer be on the TV station in the future."

Zhou Ping'an was so angry that he yelled: "Did I **** mean this?"

 “Say another **** word to me!” Chen Ziyan scolded angrily.

Two people were confronting each other in Chen Ziyan's office, and their swords were at war. Even people outside the office could hear some noises and looked at each other in surprise.

However, they could only hear some roaring sounds, but they couldn't hear clearly what the noise was about.

 The sound insulation is still very good.

The reason why Zhou Ping'an is so angry, whether he thinks "Six People" is going to hit the market or not, is mainly because he feels that he was fooled by Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.

 In fact, how a drama is broadcast has little to do with the actors, and it is not something that the actors can decide.

But if a drama has to take a road that is obviously dead when it is being filmed, it will of course affect the final decisions of many actors and even agents.

Zhou Ping'an didn't ask such a question at all. Nowadays, the current dramas are either pure online dramas or simulcast between Taiwan and the Internet. There is no longer the so-called drama that is only broadcast on TV stations and not synchronized on video websites.

 Video websites are the main source of revenue for a drama.

Who would have thought that this sitcom is so stubborn and mentally ill.

Zhou Pingan and Chen Ziyan had a quarrel, but nothing came out of the quarrel.

Of course Chen Ziyan couldn't make any noise with him.

 The performance contract has been signed, and it is impossible to give Zhou Pingan a chance to regret it.

Zhou Pingan was really just venting his anger and expressing his dissatisfaction.

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 When Zhou Ping'an left, the anger on Chen Ziyan's face disappeared.

Her eyes returned to the computer screen, and she sent a message to Lu Qingzhen, saying: Now all the doubts about "Six People" are not a bad thing. Before a drama is broadcast, it is not afraid of controversy and doubts, but it is afraid that no one will pay attention. Moreover, Exposing this matter so early can also actively help strengthen the impression that this drama will only be broadcast in Beijing and Taiwan in the minds of the audience.

Lu Qingzhen: However, doing this is really a bit risky.

 Chen Ziyan: It doesn't matter. With the production cost of "Six", even a ratings of 0.4 is still profitable. Do you think Beijing and Taiwan will make a loss? They kept the production costs so low because they knew they would be under a lot of pressure.

Lu Qingzhen: But now the topic of "Six People" is really high, and it is almost a hot search on online social platforms.

Chen Ziyan: The publicity department of Beijing and Taiwan has always been very powerful, and this time the topic itself is enough.

Lu Qingzhen: The publicity of Beijing and Taiwan has always been strong. After all, it is a traditional TV station, but such an overwhelming focus on this kind of topic can easily cause the drama to start high and then go low. It has not been filmed yet, and the topic is so vigorous.

Chen Ziyan: The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The only star of this drama is Xiao Lu. He cannot handle the ratings of a drama. Many major productions keep secrets before broadcasting because they have strict publicity procedures. Exposure in advance will It disrupts their plans, but if this drama doesn’t get more popular in the past, relying on Xiao Lu’s popularity and current fans will not be able to support the ratings of this drama. There are only eight episodes in total, every Monday The ratings of the first episode are so important that there is almost no chance for trial and error.

Lu Qingzhen understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

 Chen Ziyan: Moreover, we have all read the script. This drama may not be liked by all viewers at the beginning, but there are no surprises that will make the audience feel uncomfortable. Therefore, the most important thing is to expand the base.

Lu Qingzhen: Okay, you are professionals in this area.

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 In this regard, Chen Ziyan, Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian have the same opinions.

　　When the three of them came to an agreement, even though Lu Yanhe himself didn't like this method of stirring up topics before filming started, he honestly kept his mouth shut and acquiesced to their operation.

If everyone was still questioning it spontaneously at the beginning, later in the related discussions, they each arranged the fate of people.

Discuss the broadcast prospects of sitcoms in this Internet era, discuss whether the weekly broadcast model can gain a foothold, and discuss whether the ratings will increase if it is only broadcast on a TV station.

 Lu Yanhe even knew that Chen Ziyan arranged for someone to pretend to be a fan and started a topic: If "Six People" is broadcast exclusively on the TV station, the ratings are not as good as Beijing and Taiwan's average ratings of 0.4, will it be the biggest tragedy of the TV series this year?

 This topic has triggered a lot of forwarding and discussion.

It seems that everyone is not optimistic about their drama, but such topic discussions and popularity have made more and more people know about the drama "Six People".

The searches for the names of Lu Yanhe, Wen Minglan and Yan Liang have also surged on social networks.

The number of searches for Yan Liang's name increased by 270% during this period, which made the angry Zhou Ping'an maintain his superficial anger while becoming concerned about this unexpected surprise.

Yan Liang’s social media fans are growing much faster.

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 The second season of "Young Days" has been launched. As a popular variety show broadcast last year, the data of the first episode of the second season are better.

The first season has indeed accumulated a lot of fans for this show, and the fact that the second season can be recorded with the original cast makes the old fans excited.

As a result, in the first issue of the second season of "Young Days", Lu Yanhe created this sitcom.

Lu Yanhe was using his laptop to write the script later in the show.

I happened to be following the PD when he was preparing for the interview and asked him what he was writing in his notebook alone. Lu Yanhe directly answered that he was writing a sitcom script.

PD asked: “Why did you want to write a sitcom script?”

Lu Yanhe said: "I am not original. It was Bai Jingnian, the director of this drama, who proposed such a project plan and outline, and then I started writing based on his, but I was quite happy writing it. I like it very much. Several characters.”

PD asked: “What are your expectations for this drama?”

Lu Yanhe said: "Actually, as long as we can make everyone laugh when they watch the show, that's enough."

PD said: "After you won the Golden Tripod Award, many people were actually looking forward to when you would win the Best Actor."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Yes."

PD asked: "Why not take on a show that is more conducive to your winning of the Best Actor? After all, we still have to admit that sitcoms have never been popular in mainstream awards, right?"

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and his eyes widened, "Can this be said? Well, maybe yes, but it doesn't matter. My agent always said one thing to me. She said, I am very young and I can fully think Just try whatever you want to do, don’t be bound by what others say, and don’t be bound by the honors you have achieved. I am very grateful to her for her encouragement and support, which has enabled me to do things that are not commonly seen in artists. matter."

PD asked: "Then trying actually means that there is a high possibility of failure, because it is not in the comfort zone, and there is no probability of success in terms of probability. What do you think of this problem?"

 Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "Actually, I'm quite looking forward to my failure."

 “Hmm? Why do you say that?”

"Actually, many media friends have created my image too well, as if I am a person without shortcomings and a person who will succeed in whatever I do. In fact, this is not the case. It is impossible for someone to have no shortcomings, and it is impossible for me to be a person without shortcomings. People will succeed in whatever they do. When my first failure came, I could do what I wanted to do more easily, because no one would look at everything I was going to do as if I was successful in everything. Something happened.”

 After saying this, Lu Yanhe smiled brightly in front of the camera. It didn't seem like he was saying polite words at all, and it didn't look like he was saying anything to save face.

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Lu Yanhe's speech in the second season of "Young Days" was cut into a long picture and widely circulated.

 His speech moved many people.

  However, there are also some media, who are not too big a deal to watch the excitement, and titled it: Lu Yanhe, Alone and Seeking Defeat.

It seems that the Lu Yanhe bandits are arrogant.

 Lu Yanhe was also helpless.

But this episode of the program has made Lu Yanhe's image even better - in the words of one netizen, his achievements are really not high, but his image is already so good, and he is so sincere that he can He maintains his innocence in front of the camera, and it is impossible for me to dislike him.

 Because he is sincere enough, many of his previous shortcomings have now become points for everyone to support him.

 What’s wrong with him wanting to try writing screenplays?

 What’s wrong with him wanting to do a sitcom?

 What’s wrong with him wanting to do something he’s never done before?

 The worst case scenario is failure.

 For Lu Yanhe, the biggest gain this time is that his career-minded fans are relieved a lot and no longer question whether his choice is unreliable or not the best choice.

 Lu Yanhe cannot say to fans who question him, I don’t need your support.

 So, he was very grateful that they finally understood him.

Three days before, I was injured. I was insomnia yesterday.

But I got a piece of good news today. The editor told me that it will be published in a big way next month.

Thank you all, thank you to the editor. This book has been recommended every month since it was put on the shelves. Counting next month’s big recommendation, it seems that all the recommendations have been reviewed, except for an introduction.

Asking for a monthly pass!

 (End of this chapter)