Choose a day to become famous

Chapter 153 I have been your big brother for three years

Lu Yanhe rested for more than ten minutes before packing up his things and coming out of the rehearsal room to find Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.

The two of them were also taking classes in the company, in the rehearsal room on another floor.

He walked through the corridor with his schoolbag on his back to wait for the elevator, and suddenly, the MX group came together.

"Please make way! We are in a hurry!" MX's agent Lin Suyang led the way, shouting as he came over, looking in a hurry, and it was unknown where he was going.

In addition to Lu Yanhe, there were other people from the company at the elevator door.

He followed the others and made way to the side.

Lin Suyang and a few people from MX stood at the elevator door, and saw Lu Yanhe from the corner of his eye, and was stunned.

As an agent of Xingyu, he certainly knew about Lu Yanhe's recent changes.

The person favored by Chen Ziyan.

Lin Suyang took a closer look and said nothing.

But when Ma Zhiyuan of MX saw Lu Yanhe, his face became stern, as if Lu Yanhe owed him a lot of money, and he looked disdainful.

After the conflict in the restaurant last time, Lu Yanhe and Ma Zhiyuan had not seen each other again.

When he saw Ma Zhiyuan now, Lu Yanhe only said haha ​​in his heart.

"MX is really popular now." Lu Yanhe heard someone whispering behind him, "It seems that they have got another endorsement."

"Well, they got the endorsement of that snack brand that is very popular recently. What is it called? Snacks are a bit busy?"

"It seems to be this name."

In the company, the measure of whether an artist is popular or not is to see how much business he has.

Film and television resources are promoted by various factors, but business is real. If the brand thinks you can bring goods, more people will come to you. If they think you are not very capable of bringing goods, fewer people will come to you.

MX got into the elevator first, and no one went in this elevator.

Lu Yanhe got on the next elevator.

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Lu Yanhe came to the rehearsal room where Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were, and saw Zhou Pingan at the door.

Zhou Pingan also saw him.

The two people's eyes met, and for a moment, all kinds of complexities were beyond words.

Finally, Zhou Pingan looked away, pretending he didn't see Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe didn't come forward to say hello, but stood there silently, waiting for Li Zhibai and Yan Liang to come out.

After a while, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang came out.

Zhou Pingan held them back and said, "Don't get involved with Lu Yanhe anymore. He's got a big shot now, so he may not be willing to play with you."

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were speechless.

Lu Yanhe heard Zhou Pingan's words and silently pursed his lips. Because he didn't want to embarrass Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, he pretended he didn't hear it.

Seeing that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't say anything, Zhou Pingan continued, "Don't think I'm trying to sow discord. You are all the same age, and there will be all kinds of competition in the future."

Li Zhibai was very impatient and said, "Then Yan Liang, Cheng Hai and I are still the same age. We will also have competition in the future. Shouldn't we go together?"

Li Zhibai's attitude towards Zhou Pingan has always been disrespectful, and Zhou Pingan can't do anything about him.

Zhou Pingan was confronted by him and said, "How is it the same? You are all artists I train, and you can support each other."

Li Zhibai said, "We can also go with Lao Lu."

He tutted and waved his hand impatiently, "We have an appointment tonight, let's go."

He waved to Yan Liang to leave.

Zhou Pingan: "Who did you make an appointment with?"

Li Zhibai: "Why do you care about who we made an appointment with?"

Zhou Pingan: "..."

He was a little angry in his heart, but he couldn't really express it to Li Zhibai.

His family has a background, and he is famous, but he doesn't rely on Zhou Pingan, what else can Zhou Pingan say.

After the people left, Cheng Hai came out.

Zhou Pingan asked, "Do you know who they have an appointment with tonight?"

Cheng Hai said, "Chen Biqiu."

Zhou Pingan: "Chen Biqiu? Then they didn't ask you to join them?"

Zhou Pingan looked annoyed, "How can Li Zhibai be like this? Can't tell the difference between near and far? Lu Yanhe has changed his agent, but he still asked him, how could you not ask him?"

Cheng Hai looked at him silently and said, "He asked me, but it wasn't you who asked me to have dinner with you tonight, so I didn't go with them."

Zhou Pingan was stunned, and then realized that he was here to pick up Cheng Hai, wasn't he?

"..." Zhou Pingan said again, "Then why didn't he tell me earlier?! Why didn't he ask me to join him?!"

Cheng Hai didn't say anything.

Speechless.

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Li Zhibai drove and took Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe to the restaurant.

"Zhou Ping'an's mind is really smaller than a needle tip." Li Zhibai complained, "Why are you pretending to be a big shot in front of me? Damn, I can call anyone I want. Chen Biqiu called me, not him."

Lu Yanhe: "Zhou Ping'an has been narrow-minded for a long time. There's no need to be angry."

Li Zhibai: "A grown man, with such a narrow mind, is trying to sow discord. It's fucking disgusting."

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang smiled at each other.

They have lived under the same roof with Li Zhibai for three years, and they know that Li Zhibai is most annoyed by this problem of Zhou Ping'an.

When Lu Yanhe was still under Zhou Ping'an, Zhou Ping'an often told them this kind of thing, don't get close to other people, they are all competitors, not friends, etc.

Whenever they have a good relationship with someone, Zhou Ping'an will pop up and emphasize the "competitor theory".

Lu Yanhe said: "Zhou Pingan said these things, maybe he was afraid that you would not trust him and trust others."

"He doesn't even look at his own style. I'm speechless. Who can trust him?" Li Zhibai said, "If he hadn't been my agent from the beginning, I really don't want to bother with him."

Lu Yanhe: "Be patient now. It's hard to find a better agent than him in the company, and he may not be willing to accept you. We all work under the same company, so it's easy to offend people."

"Who said it wasn't? Otherwise, I would have left long ago." Li Zhibai complained.

After leaving Fengzhi, Lu Yanhe looked back at them and felt that Zhou Pingan was indeed not doing a good job as an agent.

Li Zhibai and Cheng Hai are all living off their old capital, while Yan Liang, Tu Song and others are slowly becoming outdated and have disappeared.

It's one thing that they don't have a stage to perform, but can't they be allowed to transform earlier?

From the audition site of "Golden Age", everyone is quite talented in acting, and he didn't contact them for acting opportunities.

They are all recording programs and running commercial performances.

No wonder everyone's popularity is getting lower and lower, and the heat is getting lower and lower.

However, among the three people Zhou Ping'an is currently leading, Cheng Hai and Yan Liang have no background, and they have no channels to change their agents. The only one who has a way is Li Zhibai.

For Li Zhibai, it doesn't matter whether he changes his agent or not.

The bottleneck for the further development of his acting career is that he is too lazy, not that his agent is not strong enough.

In terms of popularity alone, his popularity is not low at all.

Otherwise, Chen Biqiu would not have taken the initiative to ask him out for dinner.

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"Oh, Zhibai, long time no see, you are more handsome." Chen Biqiu greeted Li Zhibai enthusiastically as soon as they met, and patted his shoulder.

This warmth is like the two are really good friends.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang knew that the two had a grudge at the beginning, because Chen Biqiu's editing caused Li Zhibai to be chased and scolded by fans of another artist for a long time.

Li Zhibai saw that there was a woman in a white T-shirt next to Chen Biqiu, and he looked at her more.

"Let me introduce you to Li Zhenzhen, the producer of the program, who just came back from Korea." Chen Biqiu said, "You used to be my assistant director. This time you came back to prepare for a program. I want to invite you to be a permanent member, so I asked you to make the connection."

Li Zhibai looked at Li Zhenzhen, "Hello, PD Li."

Li Zhenzhen smiled and looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang beside Li Zhibai.

"Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang are my two teammates, but our group has disbanded." Li Zhibai also introduced them to them, "We live together, so we came to eat together."

Chen Biqiu looked at Lu Yanhe, smiled, and said, "I know, you won the banner of bravery twice, the light of the mainstream. I heard that you were preparing for the college entrance examination before. We sent you a program invitation, but we both refused."

Lu Yanhe said, "Now that you have finished the exam, I hope the two directors will take care of you if there is a chance."

Chen Biqiu nodded.

"My current agent is Chen Ziyan. If you have a job offer, please look for her." Lu Yanhe said.

Chen Biqiu opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"You changed your agent? Not Zhou Pingan anymore?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, pointing at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, "Their agent is still Zhou Pingan, I changed my agent."

Chen Biqiu was surprised to hear what Lu Yanhe said.

On the one hand, Chen Biqiu was surprised that Lu Yanhe actually changed his agent, and on the other hand, he was surprised that Lu Yanhe's agent was actually changed to Chen Ziyan.

At first, he just thought the name was a little familiar, but soon realized that this was not the famous legendary agent? !

Chen Biqiu had heard that Chen Ziyan came back to bring new people, but he didn't know who it was.

Variety shows are about immediate returns, and they will not be like the platform side, because they are optimistic about a certain artist, bet in advance, find this person to shoot several dramas, and slowly put them online. As long as one of them is a hit, the other dramas will make a lot of money.

So, he didn't ask who the newcomer Chen Ziyan brought was.

A few people exchanged greetings and sat down.

After some communication, Lu Yanhe realized that the dinner tonight was mainly to connect Li Zhenzhen with Li Zhibai for her new program.

After finding out, Li Zhibai said, "Director Chen, of course I am very willing to join this program, but whether I can join a program is not up to me, I still have to get Zhou Pingan's nod."

"Of course I will get his nod." Chen Biqiu said with a smile, "It's mainly you. Zhenzhen specifically asked me to ask you out, just to talk to you face to face about the theme of this program, and communicate face to face. You also know that there are all kinds of program formats and themes on the market now. When everyone is preparing a program, they are all hyping up various concepts, but whether a program is good or not, It's not enough to just rely on a concept, the show still needs to be good. Zhenzhen has high expectations for this show. Every resident guest is carefully selected by her. You must see it with your own eyes to confirm your true personality in private, rather than going back to create a persona for the show. "

Li Zhenzhen nodded and continued: "I hope that the artist guests can show their true side in the show. The more real things are, the easier it is to have an effect. Fake things always lack some meaning. "

Li Zhibai looked at her curiously and asked: "What do you want to know about me?"

"This is not something that can be explained in a few words. Do you have work these days? If you are OK, I want to follow you for a few days to see what you are like in normal times. Only by understanding your personality in depth can I know whether you are suitable for our show." Li Zhenzhen said very seriously.

Li Zhibai is very popular now. It takes a lot of money for ordinary programs to invite him. Li Zhenzhen's new program is not a trump program series, but he has to judge whether he is suitable for this program. His first reaction is "Are you serious?" He was a little unhappy, but Li Zhenzhen's expression looked too pure. She didn't look down on him or have prejudice against him. She showed a pure stubbornness, and Li Zhibai's disgust slowly retreated.

Li Zhibai said: "I am resting these two days and have no work. You want to follow me just to watch me eat, drink and have fun with Lao Lu and Yan Liang."

"That's fine." Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I just want to see your truest appearance."

A director of a variety show is so serious, which makes Li Zhibai and others feel strange.

Chen Biqiu laughed and explained: "Zhenzhen has always been such a picky person, but she is very talented. She wrote many of my program copywritings and received numerous praises. This time, after returning from further studies in Korea, she is going to direct a variety show with the theme of young people living together and slowing down their lives. There are actually quite a few such programs in China, but most of them are pseudo-slow variety shows. There are still a lot of traditional variety shows in them, and they dare not really slow down."

Li Zhenzhen nodded and said: "I want to invite seven young people to participate in this program and live together. Living together includes room allocation, preparation of three meals a day, daily leisure and entertainment, and chats on various topics. In fact, some of everyone's friends will be invited to this program to participate in the cohabitation life. Through such social interactions, we can explore the understanding of life of young people nowadays."

Listening to Li Zhenzhen's words, you can feel that she is a person who should be sensitive and careful in life.

To be precise, she even has some humanistic ideals in making programs.

Chen Biqiu is not like this.

He is a typical variety show director who shoots whatever the audience likes to watch.

Li Zhibai scratched his head and said, "Why do I feel that this program is quite literary? I am not that type."

"The style of the whole program is a slow variety show, with a humanistic and warm atmosphere, but in fact, I hope that people of all personalities can be there." Li Zhenzhen said, "You can understand that the audience observes the lifestyle and attitude of young people through the cohabitation of the seven of you young people. This is also a program for the audience to observe you."

Li Zhibai thought for a while and said, "It's okay for me, but Zhou Pingan may not agree, right? Every time I record a program, he must ask the program to provide a script, and absolutely does not allow me to have any black material. My appearance in this program should expose many shortcomings, and he will definitely not accept it."

"Can you accept it?" Li Zhenzhen suddenly asked.

Li Zhibai shrugged, "I don't care. I don't like to be a perfect person."

Li Zhenzhen said, "Then let's work together to overcome the problem with your agent, okay?"

"Well, I don't know if I want to record this show yet." Li Zhibai said bluntly, "It doesn't sound suitable for me."

Li Zhenzhen looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, and suddenly asked, "Then you and these two are living together, right?"

"Living together? I... count, it's just living in the same house, why use such a disgusting word." Li Zhibai complained, "Aren't these words used to describe the relationship between men and women?"

Li Zhenzhen laughed.

"That's not what I said. In fact, this program is about the same thing. It's just that the people you live with have been replaced by six other people." Li Zhenzhen said, "To be honest, it's hard to find a person with a genuine personality like you in the entertainment industry now. Many people pretend to be straightforward, but they are actually impolite. I don't want to find some artists I don't like to appear in this program. I hope this program can last for a long time and become a variety show version of Friends. It will be held once a year. Everyone will know each other through this program when they were young, and then witness each other's growth and development, including Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe. As your good friends, they can also participate in the recording of the program and visit and stay at your house. The key is, are you willing to spend so much time to try a new program model?"

Li Zhibai took a deep breath.

"You're putting a lot of pressure on me. I won't want to record this show later, but I'm still tied to it, right?"

"Everything comes together and everything ends together. I just proposed a concept I have for this show. If you want to leave later, that's fine." Li Zhenzhen said, "In many mature and well-known series, there are many resident guests who leave after a certain season. I don't want to see such a thing happen, but if there is such a day, I certainly hope to part ways in peace. In fact, you don't need to worry about these things. We are only discussing the first season now."

Li Zhibai said, "I need to think about it. To be honest, the theme of this show doesn't attract me. I find it troublesome to live with a group of strangers."

Li Zhenzhen and Chen Biqiu looked at each other.

Neither of them continued to persuade.

After dinner, they said goodbye to Li Zhenzhen and Chen Biqiu.

-

After saying goodbye, Li Zhenzhen and Chen Biqiu did not leave directly, but went to a nearby bar.

"Li Zhibai doesn't seem to be very interested." Chen Biqiu said, "What do you think about it?"

Li Zhenzhen pondered for a moment and said: "I like Li Zhibai's character very much. I still hope to make him a permanent guest, but I really can't invite him and have no choice but to look at other people."

Chen Biqiu: "I thought at first that he would not be happy to be observed by you for a few days. He has a very bad temper, and as you know, he comes from a good family, has no shortage of resources, is very popular, is a bit proud of himself, and doesn't buy much. Don’t let Zhou Pingan make the decision when it comes to other people’s accounts. In fact, Zhou Pingan can’t force him to do the work he doesn’t want to do.”

"It's this kind of character that makes me think the show needs a person like this." Li Zhenzhen said, "Brother Qiu, you know, the production cost of this kind of show is not high, and I don't have to make a big hit." program, I am just very interested in this topic and have always wanted to do such a program, but if the guests do not make me want to shoot, I will not be able to devote 100% of my passion to this program.”

"You have to remember that you are just a director of a variety show, not an authorial director. Even if you are an authorial director, you are still responsible for the investors." Chen Biqiu advised, "If the show is really not popular, If you don’t accumulate a certain number of fans, you will definitely not be able to continue the series. To you, Li Zhibai is an artist with a very suitable personality, but to me, he is a popular artist paid for by investors, brands and platforms. He Come and participate, this show will have a sponsor.”

Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I know."

Chen Biqiu: "Among the seven guests you are planning to invite, Li Zhibai's popularity is ranked first. If he can't invite him, you must invite someone with equal popularity. Otherwise, your program may not be able to succeed." Start shooting."

"But if the guests are not suitable, no matter how popular they are, the show will be ineffective and there will be no chemical reaction."

"I trust your judgment, but you have to know that if you don't have popular artists, you won't be able to film your show. How can you talk about effects and chemical reactions?" Chen Biqiu said.

Li Zhenzhen was silent.

Chen Biqiu: "Didn't Li Zhibai refuse you to follow him and observe him these days? You contact him and observe him first. He has a bad temper and no culture. You talk to him about his ideals and programs. Understand, he may not even understand, so it’s better to play the emotional card and let him get familiar with you, and then he will be embarrassed to refuse again. "

Li Zhenzhen: "..."

She really didn't want to use this method.

But Chen Biqiu is her leader in the variety show industry, and she has always trusted him.

If he hadn't made the connection and given her the role of producer for this show, she wouldn't have been able to get the green light for this show.

Do you really want to do this?

Li Zhenzhen was caught in a dilemma.

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"Li Zhenzhen doesn't look like a variety show director, but more like a freshly graduated college student."

On this side, Li Zhibai also commented on Li Zhenzhen.

"I have only seen such strong idealism in female college students who have just graduated. This is the first time someone has talked about a program with me and talked about so many ideas and themes." Li Zhibai said, "Others are bragging to me. This is How much investment is there in this program, how much attention does the platform attach to it, how much investment resources will be injected into it, how luxurious the guest lineup of this program is, and how popular it will be when it is broadcast in the future. She actually spent the whole night talking about the attitudes and lifestyles of young people. , saying that he is trying to make more people understand young people through this program, my God, I don’t understand it myself.”

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang laughed at the same time.

"But I think this program is quite interesting. It's not hard and I can make money easily." Yan Liang said.

Li Zhibai's sentence "I'm not short of money" was about to come out of his throat, but he swallowed it back.

"Well, the main reason is that this show sounds a bit weird and dangerous. I'm usually lazy and irritable. Recording a show like this would reveal my nature too much. I'll probably be chased and scolded on the Internet." He himself was also worried.

"You just said that you can accept having your shortcomings exposed on the show."

"How can I admit it in front of them?" Li Zhibai confidently admitted that he had just lied. "She is also interesting. Who wants to expose her shortcomings?"

What came to his mind, he added, "It's fine if I record a program like this with you guys. How about I be a little more happy and record it with some strangers? I'm not interested."

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone rang suddenly.

"Hey, it's Li Zhenzhen."

They even exchanged contact information with each other just now.

Li Zhibai answered the phone.

"PD Li, is there anything else?"

Li Zhenzhen said: "Zhi Bai, how about I come over tomorrow? Let's try to get in touch with each other for a few days. I can observe what you are really like in life, and you can also get to know me better? I am very sincere and want to invite you to record." For this show, no matter what your final decision is, let’s get to know each other first, do you think that’s okay?”

Li Zhibai frowned subconsciously and wanted to refuse.

But they spoke so sincerely that he was too embarrassed to refuse.

"Well, that's okay? But I really don't have much to understand. I'm just a very lazy person."

Li Zhenzhen: "Look, you are the only person I know who dares to admit that he is a lazy person to the first time we meet."

Li Zhibai reacted for a while to the relationship of "people of people".

"Okay, then come if you want."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhibai was very surprised.

"I told her that I didn't want to record it, why is she still pestering me?"

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High popularity is the killer of artists.

When an artist is popular, it seems that he has a "pass" wherever he goes.

Li Zhibai has received all kinds of warm treatment, and Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang are used to it.

They actually benefited a lot from it.

Just like this time, he met Chen Biqiu and Li Zhenzhen, and added their contact information.

Li Zhibai was sought after by them to be invited to their show, and Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were not so popular, so they suffered "cold treatment", which is really a very normal thing.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang are used to and understand this matter.

Lu Yanhe was about to move out, but Li Zhibai said, "Since Li Zhenzhen wants to observe my real life, you should not leave for the next two days. If you leave, I have to adapt to your living environment."

Lu Yanhe was speechless and said, "My leaving will affect you in any way? Do you need to adapt?"

Li Zhibai chuckled and said, "What a heartless thing to say. I have been your big brother for three years, and I usually take care of you."

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang chuckled at the same time.