The straight man in the entertainment circle

Lin Li finished his meal in the evening and was about to take a rest when he suddenly received a call from Zhao Liren, the president of the Poetry Association.

"Lin Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why don't you come to our Poetry Association for a walk? You are the vice president of the Poetry Association." Zhao Liren smiled stiffly.

Lin Li laughed. He knew that the people in the Poetry Association probably didn't like him very much. He made the Poetry Association very upset at first. One group of people were imprisoned because of him, and another group of people were imprisoned because of Lin Li's poem. "Dead Water" was criticized quite badly, and I had to say goodbye to the comfortable days in the past.

However, the Poetry Association is indeed improving and has trained some young and energetic poets.

Now the image of the Poetry Association is slowly improving, so Lin Li no longer has the bad face towards the Poetry Association as before.

"I'll go take a look some other time when I have time," Lin Li said.

"Don't change the date. It's not the New Year. Our superior department of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles organizes a New Year's exchange meeting every year at this time. It's scheduled for tomorrow night. The address is at the Maple Bridge Hotel nearby. You must come."

Lin Li heard that Zhao Liren was obviously here to invite him, so he smiled and said, "I won't go, otherwise you won't have a good time."

"How can that be done? You are the representative of our Poetry Association and the vice-president. You must attend! Wherever your home is, I will pick you up tomorrow!"

Lin Li thought about it and realized that he was indeed fine tomorrow night. Seeing Zhao Liren was not being polite, but really inviting him to participate, so he said, "Okay, don't bother me. I'll check the time then. If nothing happens, I'll go by myself." ”

Zhao Liren smiled but did not hang up the phone.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Li asked.

Zhao Liren said: "There is indeed a little something..."

"Say it."

"It's just... Our Federation of Literary and Art Circles doesn't have a good reputation recently..."

"Blame me."

Lin Li said, let’s not talk about the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The Poetry Association declared at the end of last year that Lin Li was indeed responsible for the chaos. But if the Poetry Association has a bad reputation, it is not because of Lin Li, but because of Lou Haojie and the others.

Zhao Liren was startled when he heard what Lin Li said, and said quickly: "No, no, no, we are not doing well, and we are also working hard to improve. This is not our New Year's party, but we also want to take this opportunity to show it to netizens. Check out our new look..."

"Okay, I know, you're talking about business!" Lin Li was obviously impatient.

"Hey, okay, it's like this. We know that you have a big anchor named Ivory who often follows you for live broadcasts. What does the above mean? This time, can you bring that anchor named Ayu to live broadcast our evening party? This time we also invited some people from the calligraphy and painting association to come, and there will be some programs, which are said to be very exciting." Zhao Liren said with a smile.

Only then did Lin Li understand that Zhao Liren asked him to attend the party. Secondly, the main thing was to ask Lin Li to bring some popularity to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, so that they could show their skills in front of netizens and rectify the name of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

However, this may be just a superficial appearance. Their real purpose for asking Lin Li to take Ayu away may be that they just want to be in the limelight. They have not yet enjoyed the feeling of being admired by countless netizens.

"That's it?"

"That's it."

"Okay, let me contact her and see if she has time. If she has time, I will go with her," Lin Lida said.

Zhao Liren was overjoyed when he heard Lin Li agreed and said, "Okay, I won't disturb you anymore. See you tomorrow night."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Li contacted Ayu.

Ayu heard that there was a live broadcast and said hurriedly: "I have time! Boss Lin, you don't know that my position as the number one anchor of Ivory is no longer guaranteed recently. I was surpassed by that Satan. That Satan didn't know where to find a big devil." Helper, I’m so popular now, I’m just waiting for you to save me.”

Lin Li was a little amused and said, "Well... I know."

Ayu thought Lin Li was paying attention to her, so she was in a good mood and said, "Then I will go find you tomorrow night."

"okay."

After ending the call with Lin Li, Ayu started the live broadcast.

Although Ayu has always followed Lin Li's live broadcast, since Ayu climbed to the top of the Ivory Live broadcast, her fans have also begun to increase.

Now when Lin Li is not on live broadcast, she will also start her own live broadcast, that is, singing and chatting with netizens.

Although his popularity is far less than when he was live broadcasting for Lin Li, his popularity is still in the top ten.

Ayu announced in the live broadcast room that Lin Li would be broadcast live tomorrow. Everyone in the live broadcast room became excited. It had indeed been a long time since they had seen Lin Li in Ayu's live broadcast room. They all expressed their expectation and would definitely come and watch tomorrow.

…………

Lin Li went to school the next day and had two classes.

The students next to me were discussing the game "Glory of Heroes" again.

"Have you read the announcement on the official website? The troop line mechanism was adjusted today. Athena will no longer be able to clear three lines of troops."

"Hey, I'm about to go up to the diamond. I can't play the sacrifice stream. I don't know that I can only go up to the diamond in the year of the monkey."

"Forget it, now all the matches are Athena, which affects the game experience too much."

"First it was the robot, then the old driver, and now it's Athena's turn. This big devil is really powerful. To play a hero, you have to cut him off."

"I wonder if Satan will call the big devil tonight."

"Satan said that if he gets one more place in the Weibo night rankings, he will call the big devil."

"By the way, I would have forgotten if you didn't tell me. I'm going to vote for Satan. This guy is the light of e-sports. 12 of the 13 finalists are from the entertainment industry. He is our e-sports representative. He is currently ranked It’s seventh, I must be in the top four!”

"Fourth place seems a bit much."

"Don't worry, this Weibo poll has continuous voting, and the number of votes will increase every day. The last day will be the day with the most votes. With this small gap, we can easily catch up."

"It's easy to put it simply. Others have the same number of fan votes."

…………

Lin Li listened to their chat and suddenly became curious about the Weibo night voting.

I was also shortlisted for three items, but I don’t know where my ranking is now.

Lin Li opened Weibo, entered the special page of Weibo Night, and looked at the current votes.

Weibo Music Newcomer of the Year is an award-winning spot. Lin Li was ranked second before, but now he is still ranked second. Bai Jingyu is still ranked first. Lin Li was shortlisted for three items, and the votes were divided. Bai Jingyu was shortlisted for this. One, so Lin Li is obviously not as good as Bai Jingyu in this one, but he is much better than other new music talents.

Weibo's annual hot topic artist, with two winning spots, Lin Li was ranked third before, but now he has moved up one place to second.

Ranking first is Hao Chang, one of the Four Little Flowers. It is said that last year he was searched sixty or seventy times. Of course, not all of them were in the top ten. Most of them were bought, but it cannot be denied that Hao Chang was searched. It is indeed quite controversial and topical.

There are four places to win Weibo Idol of the Year, but this award also has the largest number of finalists. There are 15 finalists in total, and most of them are first-line stars. Only Lin Li has been debuting for the shortest time.

Lin Li was ranked ninth before, but now he is ranked sixth. The increase has been a bit fierce. The number one ranking is still Leng Ying, who is far ahead of the number one.

After Lin Li finished reading, he took a look at Satan's situation.

Satan was shortlisted for Weibo Personality of the Year.

This award is one of the most important awards on Weibo Night. There are four winners and a total of 13 finalists. Satan is currently ranked seventh, with a small gap from sixth place.

There is still one week left. From this point of view, it is not easy for Satan to enter the top four, but it is not impossible.

Lin Li thought for a while, maybe he, the big devil, could help him.

But there is no time tonight, I have something to do tonight.

This matter is naturally an exchange party organized by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

After class in the afternoon, Lin Li met the well-dressed Ayu at the school gate. She was waiting for Lin Li with live broadcast equipment.

"Boss Lin!"

Ayu is a loyal guard, and the guards all like to call him Lin Li.

Lin Li approached Ayu and saw that she was very carefully dressed today. She had two big buns on her head and looked a little cute.

The two called a car and went to Maple Bridge Hotel.

Maple Bridge Hotel is not famous in Kyoto, but it is loved by the people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles because of its location.

Today, this place has been booked by a group of people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. There are more than ten round tables on the first floor and countless people are sitting there.

Literary and artistic creation naturally should be carried out after having had enough wine and food.

Although the Poetry Association initially announced that it would no longer hold dinner parties due to Lin Li's song "Dead Water", the Federation of Literary and Art Circles did not say so. The incident caused by Lin Li has not affected them yet. People from the Poetry Association are here for the banquet today. Doesn't it count? We took the initiative to have a dinner together, so several representative figures also came.

In addition to Zhao Liren, Chen Hualiang, Fang Yongjian, Ye Shengqiang and others also came.

People from the Poetry Association sat at the same table, and Lin Li arranged a seat for Ayu next to him.

Ye Shengqiang was the first to step forward and chat with Lin Li: "President Lin, long time no see. Is this... my girlfriend?"

Ye Shengqiang was the person who wrote a poem to flatter Lin Li during a dinner at the Poetry Association.

They didn't know that a host was invited to live broadcast today, so they didn't know who Ayu was.

"Friend." Lin Li said.

"Oh, hello! My name is Ye Shengqiang, director of the Poetry Association." Ye Shengqiang greeted Ayu.

"Hello, just call me Ayu."

Several other people also greeted Lin Li.

They were all middle-aged men, and they had nothing to talk about with young people like Lin Li Ayu. They exchanged pleasantries for a few words and then stopped talking.

However, after the people from the Poetry Association greeted each other, many people Lin Li didn't know came over.

Zhao Liren acted as an introducer and introduced Lin Li one by one.

"This is Chairman Sun of the Writers Association..."

"This is President Chen of the Art Association..."

"This is President Cao of the Calligraphy Association..."

…………

Lin Li didn't expect so many people to come, so he patiently greeted them, thinking that he would find a reason to leave after dinner.

Fortunately, in this environment, the literati and artists were all proud and would not approach Lin Li easily, which made Lin Li feel more at ease.

Not long after, Xu Taiyue, the vice president of the Federation of Humanities and Literature, who initiated the event, also came.

Xu Taiyue went to each table to chat for a while, then asked someone to bring the microphone, and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. Let me say a few words. I am very happy that everyone has come to our exchange party today. There are many new people in our team this year. Let’s eat first, and after eating, we’ll make friends through literature, and we all know each other, okay!”

Everyone applauded, the waiter in the restaurant began to serve the food, and everyone sat down to eat.

After eating for a while, the group of people began to toast to each table again.

Lin Li and Ayu didn't drink, so they drank some drinks and ate very little food.

Everyone in the Poetry Association knew that Lin Li didn't drink, and they were afraid of causing an accident if he drank too much like last time, so they restrained themselves from drinking.

This scene was seen by Xu Taiyue who was not far away, and he came forward and said: "Oh, alas, your table is wrong. Why don't you drink? President Zhao, I remember that you are a good drinker!"

Xu Taiyue is a typical northern man. He is tall and direct in speech. As he has been a leader for many years, his tone has become very commanding.

Zhao Liren smiled awkwardly and said, "I've been coughing lately, so drink less."

"That's no good. You have to drink something today. What's the recipe? I remember you can drink too. Quick, pour the wine. I respect you!"

Xu Taiyue is the vice president of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and their nominal leader. When the people from the Poetry Association heard what he said, they hurriedly said, "We should respect you."

After hearing what Xu Taiyue said, Fang Weijian opened the bottle and started pouring wine.

Of course Lin Li and Ayu were not defeated.

"You...why are you so ignorant? Why don't President Lin and this beauty fall down? Fall down, fall down!"

Fang Weijian was stunned for a moment in embarrassment. He looked at Zhao Liren and then at Lin Li, wondering whether he should fall down.

"I don't drink, and neither does she." Lin Li said.

Ayu said from the side: "Let's have a drink."

Xu Taiyue smiled and said: "President Lin, what kind of man is this man if he doesn't drink? Besides, if you know how to drink and socialize in the entertainment industry, it will be of great benefit in the future. You can't drink now. You can learn slowly and it's all through practice."

Xu Taiyue said to Fang Wei Jian and said, "Quick, pour it for you, President Lin!"

Fang Weijian bowed and prepared to pour wine for Lin Li.

Lin Li covered the glass of wine with one hand and said, "President Xu, you can be a man even if you don't drink. You can also pour me wine. If I don't drink, don't respect me. If you do, I'll drink some drinks at most."

Lin Li wasn't really a teetotaler, he just didn't like this kind of wine table culture. What's more, Xu Taiyue's words about what a man is if he doesn't drink made Lin Li even more disgusted.

Xu Taiyue was stunned and glanced at Lin Li. He was a little angry, but he had heard about Lin Li's reputation as a thorny person and didn't say anything.

"Then let this beauty drink some!" Xu Taiyue said.

Ayu said: "No, I won't drink."

Xu Taiyue was a little unhappy now. At this time, another group of people came. This group of people smelled of alcohol and had red cheeks. They seemed to have drank a lot.

"Come on, come on, President Zhao, I respect you!"

Zhao Liren hurriedly picked up the wine glass and said, "Director Zhou, I've done it, you can do whatever you want."

The director named Zhou finished his drink and poured another glass. He picked up the wine bottle on the Poetry Association table and poured a glass of wine. Then he scanned around and saw Lin Li.

"Hey, big star, come on, let's have a drink. I haven't had a drink with a star yet."

Before Lin Li could react, the director surnamed Zhou drank.

Lin Li didn't recognize him and said, "I just said, I don't know how to drink. If you propose a toast, I can only drink some drinks."

The director surnamed Zhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "How can that be okay? I drank it all, and you have to drink it too. How can you drink it with the drink? That's for women to drink."

Lin Li heard what he said and sneered: "Then I can't drink."

Zhao Liren hurriedly tried to smooth things over and said, "We, President Lin, are really not good at drinking. Why don't we have some drinks? Just have some drinks."

The director surnamed Zhou was obviously a little drunk. Lin Lizhong refused to give him face, so he naturally became angry and said: "Why, big stars look down on people, right? People like us don't deserve you to drink, right?"

Lin Li sat on the chair and said calmly: "I won't drink any more drinks now!"

Lin Li didn't know him. He ran over and drank the wine by himself, forcing himself to drink. How could there be such a reason in the world? Hundreds of people at this table were all paying tribute to him in this way. No matter how good he was at drinking, he still had to lie down. Down!

What's more, Lin Li really doesn't drink liquor. When he graduated from high school, he only drank two bottles of beer with his classmates.

The scene was very embarrassing. The director surnamed Zhou did not expect that Lin Li would not give him face, and he suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Huh, isn't he just a star? What's so great about it! In our eyes, a star is an actor!"

Zhao Liren and several other people from the Poetry Association came up and said, "Lin Li is the vice president of the Poetry Association. He is not here as a celebrity, but as one of our own."

"Huh, President? He has ruined the reputation of your Poetry Association so much that we are also embarrassed. You actually let him be the vice president?"

Now Xu Taiyue spoke. After all, it was the Federation of Literary and Art Circles' intention to make Lin Li the vice president of the Poetry Association, but Director Zhou vented his dissatisfaction just now.

"That's enough, Director Zhou, you've drunk too much, go back!"

The people in the Poetry Association were not very happy after hearing what Director Zhou just said, and no one paid any attention to him.

The director named Zhou muttered a few words and was persuaded to leave by the others.