Chapter 153 I have been your big brother for three years
Lu Yanhe rested for ten minutes before packing up his things and came out of the rehearsal room to find Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
The two of them are also taking classes in the company, in the rehearsal room on the other floor.
He walked through the corridor with his schoolbag on his back and waited for the elevator. Suddenly, the MX group came together.
"Please give way! In a hurry!" MX's manager Lin Suyang took the lead, shouting as he came over, looking at the people in a hurry, not knowing where they were going.
In addition to Lu Yanhe, there were other people from the company at the elevator door.
He followed the others and stepped aside.
Lin Suyang and MX and others were standing at the door of the elevator. When they saw Lu Yanhe out of the corner of their eyes, they were startled.
As Xingyu’s agent, he is certainly aware of Lu Yanhe’s recent changes.
The person who is favored by Chen Ziyan.
Lin Suyang took another look and said nothing.
When Ma Zhiyuan from MX saw Lu Yanhe, his face straightened up, as if Lu Yanhe owed him a lot of money, and he looked disdainful.
After the last conflict in the restaurant, Lu Yanhe and Ma Zhiyuan had not seen each other again.
Now that he saw Ma Zhiyuan, Lu Yanhe only said "haha" in his heart.
“MX is really popular right now.” Lu Yanhe heard someone whispering behind him, “It seems like they got another endorsement.”
"Well, I got the endorsement of that snack brand that is very popular recently. What is it called? Is the snack a little busy?"
"It seems to be the name."
In the company, measure an artist Whether it is popular or not depends on how much business he has in hand.
There are various reasons for the promotion of film and television resources, but business is real. Brands think that you can bring goods, and more people will come to your door. If they think that your ability to bring goods is not good, fewer people will come to your door.
MX entered the elevator first, and no one entered the elevator in this batch.
Lu Yanhe waited until the next elevator to get on.
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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 eyes of the two people met, and for a moment, there were all kinds of complex things that cannot be expressed in words.
In the end, Zhou Ping'an looked away, as if he hadn't seen Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe did not come forward to say hello, but stood silently, waiting for Li Zhibai and Yan Liang to come out.
After a while, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang came out.
Zhou Ping'an grabbed them and said, "Don't get involved with Lu Yanhe anymore. They are now on your lap, and they may not be happy to play with you."
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were speechless.
When Lu Yanhe heard Zhou Pingan's words, he silently pursed his lips. Because he didn't want to embarrass Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, he pretended not to hear them.
Seeing that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were both silent, Zhou Ping'an continued, "Don't think I'm trying to sow discord. You are all peers, and there will be all kinds of competition in the future."
Li Zhibai sounded very impatient and said : "Then Yan Liang and Cheng Hai and I are still the same age. We will inevitably compete in the future, so why don't we go together?"
Li Zhibai's attitude towards Zhou Ping'an has never been very respectful. Ping An can't do anything to him.
Zhou Ping'an was retorted by him and said: "How can this be the same? You are all artists under my guidance, and you can support each other."
Li Zhibai said: "We can go with Lao Lu."
He clicked his tongue and waved his hand impatiently, "We have an appointment tonight, let's go."
He waved to Yan Liang to leave.
Zhou Ping'an: "Who did you make an appointment with?"
Li Zhibai: "You still want to care about who we made an appointment with?"
Zhou Ping'an: "..."
He was a little angry in his heart, but he really couldn't express it to Li Zhibai.
He has a good background in his family and is famous himself. Zhou Ping'an doesn't rely on him for anything. What else can Zhou Ping'an say?
After the others left, Chenghai came out.
Zhou Ping'an asked: "Do you know who they made an appointment with tonight?"
Cheng Hai said: "Chen Biqiu."
Zhou Pingan: "Chen Biqiu? Then they didn't ask you to come with them?"
Zhou Pingan looked annoyed, "How could Li Zhibai do this? Can't tell the distance? Recently or something? Lu Yanhe has changed his agent, and he still called him, how could you not call him? ?”
Chenghai glanced at him silently and said, “He called me, but you didn’t ask me to go to dinner with you tonight, so I didn’t go with them.”< br>
Zhou Ping'an was stunned for a moment, then he realized that if he came here now, wouldn't he just pick up Chenghai?
"..." Zhou Pingan said again, "Then he didn't know to tell me earlier?! Why didn't he know to call me?!"
Cheng Hai didn't say anything.
Speechless.
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Li Zhibai drove and took Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe to the hotel.
"Zhou Ping'an is really smarter than the tip of a needle." Li Zhibai complained, "Why are you pretending to be an uncle in front of me? Damn, I called whoever I wanted. Chen Biqiu called me, not him."
Lu Yanhe: "Zhou Pingxin There is no need to be angry if you are small-minded."
Li Zhibai: "It's so fucking disgusting for a grown man to be so small-minded and sow discord."
Lu Yanhe. He looked at Yan Liang and smiled.
They have lived with Li Zhibai under the same roof for three years, and they know that Li Zhibai is most annoyed by Zhou Ping'an.
When Lu Yanhe was still working under Zhou Pingan, Zhou Pingan often told them this, don't get close to others, they are all competitors, not friends, etc.
Whenever they have a good relationship with someone, Zhou Pingan will appear and emphasize the "competitor theory."
Lu Yanhe said: "Zhou Pingan said these things, maybe because he is afraid that you will not trust him and trust others."
"He did not look at his own behavior and was speechless. "Who can trust him?" Li Zhibai said, "If it wasn't him from the beginning. As my agent, I really don’t want to deal with him.”
Lu Yanhe: “Just bear with me now. It’s hard to find a better agent than him in the company, and they may not be willing to do it.” Yes, they all work for the same company, so it’s easy to offend people.”
"Who says it's not the case? Otherwise, we would have left early." Li Zhibai complained.
After jumping out of the Fengzhi group, Lu Yanhe looked back at them and felt that Zhou Pingan, the manager, was indeed unqualified.
Li Zhibai and Cheng Hai are resting on their laurels, while Yan Liang, Tu Song and others are slowly fading away and disappearing.
It’s one thing that they don’t have a performance stage, but why not let them transform earlier?
Judging from the audition scene of "Golden Age", everyone is quite talented in acting, and he didn't see him contacting everyone for acting opportunities.
They are all recording programs and performing commercials.
No wonder everyone’s popularity is getting lower and lower, and the popularity 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 there is no way to change agents. The only one who has a way is Li Zhibai.
For Li Zhibai, it doesn’t make much difference 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 incompetent.
In terms of popularity alone, he 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. He looks even more handsome." Chen Biqiu greeted Li Zhibai enthusiastically as soon as they met and patted him on the shoulder.
This warm connection makes the two of them really good friends.
However, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang knew that the two had a grudge at the beginning. Because of Chen Biqiu's editing, Li Zhibai was chased and scolded by another artist's fans for a long time.
Li Zhibai saw a woman wearing a white T-shirt next to Chen Biqiu and took another look at her.
"Let me introduce to you, Li Zhenzhen, the program producer, has just returned from South Korea." Chen Biqiu said, "I have been my assistant director before. This time I came back to prepare a program. I want to invite Since you are the resident, you asked me to help you.”
Li Zhibai looked at Li Zhenzhen, “Hello, PD Li.”
Li Zhenzhen smiled and looked at Li Zhibai. Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were beside them.
"Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang are two of my teammates, but our group has been disbanded." Li Zhibai also introduced them, "We live together, so we came to eat together."
Chen Biqiu looked at Lu Yanhe, smiled and said, "I know, I took two I heard that you were preparing for the college entrance examination, and we sent you program invitations, but they were all rejected."
Lu Yanhe said: "Now that the exam is over, I have the opportunity to invite two directors. Please take care of me.”
Chen Biqiu nodded.
"My current agent is Chen Ziyan. If you have a job offer, please contact her." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Biqiu opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Have you changed your agent? Isn't it Zhou Pingan?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, pointing at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, "Their agent is still Zhou Pingan, I I changed my agent.”
Chen Biqiu was surprised when he heard what Lu Yanhe said.
On the one hand, Chen Biqiu was surprised that Lu Yanhe changed his agent. On the other hand, he was surprised that Lu Yanhe's agent was changed to Chen Ziyan.
At first, he thought the name was familiar, but he soon realized, isn't this the famous legendary agent? !
Chen Biqiu heard that Chen Ziyan was back to bring in new people, but he didn’t know who it was. Variety shows are based on the nature of immediate income. They are not like platforms. Because they are optimistic about a certain artist, they place bets in advance, find this person to film several movies, and then slowly launch them online. As long as one of them becomes a hit, the others will The drama follows the blood.
So, he didn’t ask who the newcomer Chen Ziyan was bringing.
A few people exchanged pleasantries and sat down.
After some exchanges, Lu Yanhe realized that tonight's dinner was mainly to connect with Li Zhibai for Li Zhenzhen's new show.
After figuring it out, Li Zhibai said: "Director Chen, of course I am very willing to join this show, but it is not up to me whether I can join a show. I still have to let Zhou Pingan nod. "
"Of course I will let him nod," Chen Biqiu said with a smile, "The main thing is you. I really specifically asked me to invite you out, just because I want to talk to you about the theme of this show face to face, and have a face-to-face communication. As you know, there are various program formats on the market now, with all kinds of themes, and everyone is preparing During the show, various concepts are hyped, but whether a show is good or not is not determined by light. Just relying on a concept is enough, but the show still needs to be good-looking. She really has high expectations for this show. Every resident guest is carefully selected by her. You must see it with your own eyes to confirm that you personally His true character, rather than going back to being a character in a show.”
Li Zhenzhen clicked. Nodding, he continued: "I hope that the artists and guests can show their true side in the show. The more real things are, the more effective they are, and fake things are always less interesting."
Li Zhibai looked at her curiously and asked: "Then what do you want to know about me?"
"This cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Have you been working in the past few days? If you are OK, I would like to spend a few days with you to see how you usually look. Only by deeply understanding your personality can I know who you are. Is it suitable to appear in our show?" Li Zhenzhen said seriously.
Li Zhibai is very popular now. Generally, if you want to hire him for a program, you need to pay a lot of money. This new program of Li Zhenzhen is not a flagship program series, but you still have to judge whether he is suitable for this program. program, his first reaction was "Are you serious?", he felt a little unhappy in his heart, but Li Zhenzhen's expression looked too pure. It wasn't that he looked down upon him, or that he was prejudiced against him. It revealed a kind of pure stubbornness. Li Zhibai's expression looked too pure. The aversion slowly receded.
Li Zhibai said: "I have two days off and no work. You want to watch me eat, drink and have fun with me, Lao Lu and Yan Liang."
" That's fine." Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I just wanted to see your true self."
It was strange for a director of a variety show to be so serious.
Chen Biqiu laughed and explained: "Zhenzhen has always had such a serious character, but she is very talented. She has written many of my program copywritings and has received numerous praises. This time when she comes back from studying in South Korea, she is going to do the writing. A story about young people living together and living a slow life. There are actually quite a few themed variety shows popping up in China, but most of them are pseudo-slow variety shows, with a lot of traditional variety shows in them, so they don’t dare to really slow down.”
Li Zhenzhen nodded and said, "I think Seven young people are invited to participate in this program and live together. Cohabitation life includes the allocation of rooms, the preparation of three meals a day, daily leisure and entertainment, and chats on various topics. In fact, we will also invite Some of our friends came to this program to participate in cohabitation life, and through this kind of social interaction, we discussed the understanding of life among young people today.”
You can feel it when you listen to Li Zhenzhen’s words. She is a person who should be somewhat sensitive and observant in life.
To be precise, she even has some humanistic ideals in the program.
Chen Biqiu seems not to be interested in this.
He is a typical variety show director who shoots whatever the audience likes to watch.
After hearing this, Li Zhibai scratched his head and said: "Why do I think the format of this program is quite artistic? I am not in this style."
"The style of the entire program is a slow variety show A little bit, with a more humanistic and warm atmosphere, but in fact, I hope that people of all kinds of personalities can have it." Li Zhenzhen said, "You can understand that the audience will come to know each other through the cohabitation life of you seven young people. Observe the lifestyle and life of young people This is also a program for the audience to observe your attitude toward life."
Li Zhibai thought for a while and said, "I don't mind, but Zhou Ping'an may not agree to it every time I record the show, right? , he will definitely ask the show company to provide a script, and he will never allow me to appear in any dirty material. My appearance in this show will expose a lot of shortcomings, and he will definitely not be able to accept it."
"You. Can you accept it?" Li Zhenzhen asked suddenly.
Li Zhibai shrugged his shoulders, "I don't care, I have never liked being a perfect person."
Li Zhenzhen said: "Then let's 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 sounds very uncomfortable to me. Together."
Li Zhenzhen looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang and suddenly asked: "So you and these two are living together?"
"Let's forget it. Living in the same house, why use such disgusting words?” Li Zhibai complained, “Aren’t these words used to describe the relationship between men and women?”
Li Zhenzhen laughed.
"That's not what you said. In fact, this is what this show means. It's just that the people you live with are replaced by six other people." Li Zhenzhen said, "With such a real character like yours, frankly speaking, now It’s hard to find artists in the entertainment industry. Many people have upright personalities, but they are actually rude. I don’t want to find some artists I don’t like to appear in this show. I hope this show can continue for a long time. , made into a variety show version of Friends. Once a year, everyone has known each other through this show since they were young, and then witnessed 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 show. "We will visit and stay in your house. The key is, are you willing to spend so much time trying a new program model?"
Li Zhibai took a deep breath.
"What are you saying makes me so stressed? Then I won't want to record this show anymore, and I still have to be tied to this show, right?"
"When we get together, we break up. , I just put forward my idea for this show, if you want to leave later, of course it is okay," Li Zhenzhen said, "In many mature and well-known series, there are many regular guests who leave in a certain season. I really don't want to see such a thing happen, but if such a day comes, of course I hope to have a good time together. In fact, you don't There are things to worry about and we’re only talking about the first season.”
Li Zhibai said: "I want to think about it. To be honest, the theme of this show does not appeal to me. Living with a group of strangers is too much trouble for me."
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.
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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 I still hope to be able to make him a regular guest, but I really can’t invite him, and I don’t have any The only way is 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 also very popular, is a bit proud of himself, and doesn’t really buy into other people’s opinions. Even if he insists that Zhou Pingan makes the decision, in fact, Zhou Pingan can’t force him to do a job that he doesn’t want to do.”
“It’s this kind of character that makes me think we need such a person in the show.” Li Zhenzhen said, "Brother Qiu, you know, the production funds for this kind of program It's not high, and I don't have to make a popular show. I'm just very interested in this topic and have always wanted to do such a show. But if the guests don't make me want to shoot, it won't work. I can’t put 100% of my passion into the show.”
"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 amount of fans, you definitely won’t be able to serialize it. Go on, 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. Only if he comes to participate, this show has a sponsor. "
Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I know."
Chen Biqiu: "Among the seven guests you are planning to invite, Li Zhibai is ranked first in popularity. If he cannot invite him, he must invite someone with equal popularity. Otherwise, your The show may not be able to start filming.”
“But if the guests are not compatible. If it's appropriate, no matter how popular the show is, it won't be effective and there will be no chemical reaction."
"I trust your judgment, but you have to know that if you don't have a popular artist, your show won't be successful. , what effects and chemical reactions are you talking about?" Chen Biqiu said.
Li Zhenzhen was silent.
Chen Biqiu: "Didn't Li Zhibai refuse you to follow him and observe him these days? Contact him and observe him first. He has a bad temper and no culture. You can follow him. He may not understand what he talks about his ideals and understanding of the program. It is 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 is really not happy 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 is in a dilemma.
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“Li Zhenzhen does not look like a director of a variety show, but more like a freshly graduated college student.”
On this side, Li Zhibai also commented on Li Zhenzhen.
“I only see such strong idealism in those female college students who have just graduated. This is the first time someone talks to me about a program and talks about so many ideas and themes.” Li Zhibai said, “Others have They are bragging to me about how much investment there is in this program, how much attention the platform attaches to it, and how much investment it will inject. resources, how luxurious the guest lineup of this show is, and how popular it will be after it is broadcast. She has been talking about young people’s attitudes and lifestyles all night, saying that she will try to let more people understand young people through this show. 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 dangerous. I am usually lazy and irritable. Recording a show like this would reveal my true nature too much. I will probably be chased and scolded on the Internet." He himself was also worried.
"You just said that you can accept the exposure of shortcomings 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 is willing to expose herself?" Shortcomings."
What did he think of, and he said: "If it's okay to record a show like this with you, then I would be more happy to record it with some strangers? I'm not interested." br>
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 keep in touch for a few days and I can observe your life. You want to know more about me? I am very sincere in asking you to record this show. No matter what your final decision is, let us get to know each other first. Do you think that’s okay?” br>
Li Zhibai frowned subconsciously and wanted to refuse.
But he said it so sincerely, and he was really embarrassed to say no.
"Uh, that's okay? But I really don't have much to know, I'm just a very lazy person."
Li Zhenzhen: "Look, you are one of the people I know. , the only person who dares to admit to the person he meets for the first time that he is a lazy person."
Li Zhibai reflected on the relationship of "people's people" for a while.
"Okay, then you can come if you want."
After hanging up the phone, Li Zhibai was very surprised.
“I told her I didn’t want to record anymore, why is she still pestering me?”
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High popularity is an artist’s trump card.
A popular artist seems to carry a "pass" wherever he goes.
Li Zhibai received all kinds of warm and preferential treatment, and both Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were used to it.
In fact, they also benefited a lot from it.
Just like this time, I met Chen Biqiu and Li Zhenzhen, and also added their contact information.
Li Zhibai was sought after by them and wanted to be invited to their show. Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were not so popular, so they received a "cold reception". This is really normal.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang are both used to it and understand it.
Lu Yanhe was ready to move out, but Li Zhibai said: "Since Li Zhenzhen wants to observe what my life is really like, you should not leave for the next two days. If you want to leave, I will still You have to adapt to the living environment where you are going.”
Lu Yanhe was speechless and said: "I'm leaving, what impact will it have on you? Do you need to adapt to it?"
Li Zhibai snorted and said, "These words are quite heartless. After all, I have been fooled by you." My three-year brother, I will take care of you more."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang chuckled at the same time.
(End of this chapter)