Li Zhibai has had problems with several of his projects recently and has been put on hold.
Like "Pictures of the Gods", due to script problems, it seems that it is still far away from being launched.
There is also a show where the regular guests have signed a contract, but because the producer was reported, something went wrong, and everyone was on the verge of being put into trouble, and the show was immediately cancelled.
While it is obviously very popular, it feels a bit like a bad year.
Even Zhou Ping'an was wondering whether Li Zhibai was having Mercury retrograde recently and was not suitable for arranging work.
Of course, despite the murmurings, Zhou Ping'an still has a lot of work to do.
Nonsense, Li Zhibai is very popular right now. This year, he has both the popular fairy tale drama and "Idol Era", a variety show that maintains his daily popularity. In the first half of the idol rankings, he Directly ranking first, it is the No. 1 commercial value invested by hundreds of brands. In this case, Zhou Ping'an would never let Li Zhibai rest.
Li Zhibai himself didn’t want to rest.
He does not have much career ambition, but he still likes the work of an artist.
On this day, he took a job and was a flying guest on a talent show.
One is to perform on a stage, and the other is to exercise the right of a "special resurrection" as a flight judge.
This program is called "Star Fan".
The program team received him with very high standards.
The program was not recorded in Yuming, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation were all arranged to a very high standard.
When someone becomes famous, there is no need to ask for anything, someone will arrange it for you properly.
Li Zhibai has enjoyed the treatment of being famous for many years, but his recent popularity still makes him feel different.
He said to the crowd of three: I am recording a program outside today. If I don’t go back, if any of you go back, help me get a courier.
Lu Yanhe: OK, send it to me, I’ll be here.
Lu Yanhe asked again: What program did you record?
Li Zhibai: "Star Fan" is a talent show, just like ours back then.
Lu Yanhe: Oh~
Yan Liang: This is a show.
Li Zhibai: Do you know? Did they come to you too?
Yan Liang: I’ve found it. I’m going to be a flying guest in a later issue, but that’s not what I want to say.
Li Zhibai: What are you going to say?
Yan Liang: Wasn't there a video shot by a person named Li Xiaobin behind the "Green Apple Paradise" stage at our graduation party that was very popular? He also entered this draft.
Lu Yanhe: Is he the one who put on his father’s suit and his mother burst into tears when she saw it?
Yan Liang: Yes.
Yan Liang: After the news came out that he was going to participate in this show, it caused some discussion. Didn’t you see it?
Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe both said no.
After a while, Yan Liang sent a screenshot.
This is a screenshot of the results he just searched for "Li Xiaobin".
The above are some questions about Li Xiaobin’s participation in the show.
——Isn’t that video of his at that time just a hype?
——As soon as you see that you are a bit popular, do you want to debut as a star?
——Why would he participate in this kind of draft competition? Does he have any talent?
——Now I am beginning to doubt the authenticity of that video.
……
Li Zhibai couldn’t help but frown.
It can be said that these voices are more or less malicious.
As an entertainer, he is also familiar with this malevolent voice.
It’s just that because of their type of work, they have no choice but to always face such voices. Moreover, the more they face it, the less uncomfortable it becomes.
But Li Xiaobin is just a college student. He has never been an artist before and is not a public figure. Suddenly faced with such overwhelming accusations and doubts, he must have gone through a dark period.
Li Zhibai also searched for Li Xiaobin.
Now that the show has not been aired, the news about Li Xiaobin on the Internet is that he participated in "Star Fan".
Indeed, many people's attitude towards this matter is not very positive. Mainly because the timing was so coincidental, Li Xiaobin's video went viral on the Internet not long ago, and he himself also became popular, and soon after it was reported that he participated in the draft competition, people couldn't help but question his motives.
There are indeed many such people in reality. Hype, self-marketing, there have been a lot of examples of this in recent years.
Li Zhibai asked: Do you think this is hype?
Lu Yanhe said: It doesn’t look like it. I just searched for him on the Internet. Several of his classmates spoke for him in his school’s forum. Moreover, he doesn’t have any agency, and his family situation is very different. It's true, there's no way to hype it.
Li Zhibai: This is true.
Li Zhibai: Will he be among those eliminated by then? I went to record this show today, and I have a "special right to resurrect him." If I resurrect him, there will probably be a huge commotion on the Internet.
Yan Liang: That will definitely make a big noise.
Li Zhibai: If this happens, do you think I should exercise this right? They also have some connections with us, and when I use them, it will look like I am doing favoritism.
Yan Liang: If you still care about so much, just follow your own temper. Resurrect whoever you think is worthy of resurrecting.
Lu Yanhe: Seconded.
Li Zhibai: Tsk, you said it lightly.
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After Li Xiaobin participated in the talent show "Star Fan", his life was indeed not very happy.
Due to the requirements of the program team, once they started, their mobile phones were confiscated and they were unable to contact the outside world.
He didn't know how much discussion there was about his participation in this show on the Internet. Therefore, he really has not experienced the dark period that Li Zhibai mentioned.
It's just that he participated in a show with so many people, and he was somewhat controversial because of the popularity of his previous video.
Includes people who play together.
Li Xiaobin himself has heard others talking about him.
When the examiners who are responsible for giving them training and quizzes mention him, the first thing they think of will always be that video. Compared with most amateurs, he has innate popularity and publicity points, which naturally means that he will receive some special attention.
Although not everyone has participated in the competition, just like when I was in school, there were one or two students in each class who were given special attention by the class teacher - such students were either so good that no one would be jealous. , or be more or less excluded.
Li Xiaobin could also vaguely feel everyone's rejection of him.
Especially when forming a team, almost no one wants to form a team with him.
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“Li Xiaobin’s situation is indeed quite special.”
When the staff member responsible for receiving Li Zhibai heard Li Zhibai ask about him, his face showed With a complex look, he said: "How should I put it? Most of them come to participate in the competition." Those who joined this show have not officially debuted, but they all have experience as trainees and have received various trainings. Li Xiaobin has not. He was selected to join this show purely because of the popularity brought by his previous video. ”
"Isn't this a singing talent show?"
"Yes, but "Idol Era" is so popular. Although we are doing a singing talent show, we still have to get closer to idols. "The staff member said, "Li Xiaobin, on the one hand, His overall ability is not very good. Apart from being good at singing, he has no basic skills in dancing. Since forming a team basically requires a stage performance, people naturally don’t want to team up with him and don’t want to be held back.”
Li Zhibai suddenly understood.
It’s not just exclusion, it turns out there are other reasons.
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Lu Yanhe helped Li Zhibai get the express delivery, put it on the table, and hurried out.
Director Wang Zhong suddenly contacted him and asked him to meet.
Recently, Director Wang Zhong has been preparing for "Rouge Button" and has been in constant contact with him, often communicating on his mobile phone.
Lu Yanhe thought it was about the script.
As soon as they met, Wang Zhong said: "Yan He, I can only ask you to come to the rescue now."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned and looked at Wang Zhong at a loss, not understanding what he meant.
Wang Zhong said: "I searched all over for the leading actor in "Rouge Button" and couldn't find anyone. Either he was not suitable or he refused to play. I discussed it with Bi Ge. If it didn't work out, I had to do it. I asked you to act."
Everyone in Lu Yanhe was confused.
"Director, are you kidding me? Is this appropriate?"
Wang Zhong said: "We will make you look more mature, what do you think?"
Lu Yanhe didn't dare to answer the question at all.
He had not considered this possibility at all.
Wang Zhong said: "Otherwise, we will have to postpone this drama. We can't find suitable actors, and we will just make do with it."
Lu Yanhe lowered his head in silence, Think about this question.
Wang Zhong: "Actually, in the script, the Twelve Young Masters are not very old. Your script does not highlight the characteristics of the two people being of similar age. In the old days, women in brothels It is normal to be older than a man who has just entered a brothel.”
Lu Yanhe said: "Director, do you think Sister Bige and I feel like we are in love when we stand together?"
Wang Zhong's expression also became solemn.
“I don’t know. Maybe I won’t know until you two get involved and stand together.” Wang Zhong said, “But, I have always felt that you have a similar temperament to the Twelve Young Masters. I just think that the age difference between you and Chen Bige is a bit big, so my first choice is of course to find someone who is about the same age as Chen Bige. I can't find a fake actor now, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Lu Yanhe scratched his head, "Well, director, let's not make a decision yet. Sister Bige and I will put on the makeup of the characters first. Let’s do a trial shot and see what the effect is.”
Wang Zhong heard this and said, “Okay.”
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Then, Xin Zixing found out about it.
Xin Zixing has great supernatural powers, and within two hours he called Lu Yanhe and asked them if this was the case.
Lu Yanhe said yes.
He didn't even bother to ask Xin Zixing how he knew.
Xin Zixing immediately said: "Let's do this, Yan He, how about making it a plan of ours? You are here to try out the makeup and see how it feels, so why not make a short film for you and Chen Bige with the theme of the Republic of China."
“Huh?” Lu Yanhe was stunned, “Sister Zi Xing, our styles must be kept secret.”
“I mean, you guys Don’t try out the characters in the movie, but shoot this one,” Xin Zixing said, “It can still achieve the effect you want, and it can also receive feedback from the audience on you and Chen Bige’s roles as lovers. , what do you think? You guys tried filming privately and didn't get feedback from the audience."
Lu Yanhe was a little enlightened by Xin Zixing's reminder.
Yes, he is working with Chen Bige. One of his biggest worries is whether the audience will accept the combination of him and Chen Bige.
The test shooting was just for them to see how they felt, but if they could directly use the Republic of China as the theme and have him and Chen Bige shoot a short film in which they played the roles of lovers, they could first see how well everyone would accept it.
Lu Yanhe thinks Xin Zixing’s idea is a good one.
"I'll go talk to the director and Sister Bi Ge and see if they are willing."
"Okay." Xin Zixing said, "If you need me to do anything, you can do it anytime." Tell me, I will contact the brands that are willing to sponsor Brand, definitely turn it into a high-quality short film without sacrificing your value."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and contacted Wang Zhong and Chen Bige. Unexpectedly, they both The attitude turned out to be quite positive and supportive.
“That’s fine.” Even Wang Zhong said so, “Let’s do this, I will write the script of this short film and I will also direct it.”
“Okay.” Of course Lu Yanhe willing.
So, what was originally a test shoot turned into the planning of a leaf vein network.
Xin Zixing contacted several brands.
After learning that this short film stars Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige, many brands came to know about it.
"Seventeenth Floor" is currently on the air, and the male and female protagonists have never been together.
Everyone knows how much attention they will get when they collaborate for the first time after "Seventeen Floors". In addition, it is Xin Zixing who is the director - the woman who launched "City Travels", who is very popular in the industry. Still quite famous.
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Li Zhibai did not expect that during today’s recording of the program, he would meet Chen Ziliang on the wrong road.
Chen Ziliang is also today’s flight judge.
Of course, Chen Ziliang can't compete with him now.
No matter what aspect, Li Zhibai is now far ahead of Chen Ziliang.
Chen Ziliang himself is also troubled.
The movie "Nineteen Years of Crime" has been completed. It was originally a big deal and it took a lot of effort to grab the opportunity, but now it is a mess.
Chen Ziliang didn't even watch the samples. Just the scenes shot on location made him feel desperate and he didn't dare to hold out hope for the movie.
Too rubbish.
In order to maintain his popularity, he has to try every means to stay exposed.
For programs like "Star Model", the program team used to spend a lot of money to beg him to come, but now it was an opportunity for him to lower his salary to fight for it.
There must be exposure, otherwise, he will really fade away bit by bit and be forgotten.
Fortunately, there will be a second season of "Six" later.
Chen Ziliang now has high hopes for this drama.
Whether he can turn over and return to the top of the mountain, currently, this drama has the best hope.
How could he be in a good mood when he met Li Zhibai under such circumstances.
Although Li Zhibai is more popular than him now, he is still a little older and does not need to be respectful to Li Zhibai.
If he were really asked to do this, he wouldn't be able to do it.
When two people met in the corridor, neither one took the initiative to say hello. They glanced at each other silently, then tacitly pretended not to see anything and passed each other by.
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Chen Ziliang entered the rest room. Not long after, his director came over and discussed the script with him.
After explaining the routine process, the director in charge suddenly glanced at several other people in the room and said, "Ziliang, I have something else to say to you, otherwise you have to let me know first. Assistant, can they go out for a moment?”
When Chen Ziliang heard this, although he was surprised, he still nodded and asked his assistants to go out first.
The director in charge then smiled and said, "Ziliang, there are two of the people competing today who I would like you to take care of."
Chen Ziliang was stunned.
“Huh?”
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"Care?" Li Zhibai's face changed, and his eyes became sharp instantly, "What do you mean?"
The director sitting opposite Li Zhibai was stunned when he saw Li Zhibai's look in his eyes. Stunned.
"Well, Zhibai, that's it. These two players are both people we signed, and everyone still hopes that they can advance."
Li Zhibai frowned tightly. Said: "If we want them to advance, then let them perform better than others. Are you giving them a backdoor now?"
"Yeah, it's not..."
"This matter is out of the question. You don't have to tell me. I won't agree." Li Zhibai refused forcefully.
Seeing Li Zhibai's attitude, the director in charge opened his mouth, but did not continue speaking.
He left Li Zhibai's lounge and went to find the producer of the show.
"Li Zhibai refused firmly." He said with some uneasiness.
This matter didn't go well, and he was afraid that the producer would take his anger out on him.
Who knew, but the producer nodded as if he had already guessed the result.
“With his temper, it’s normal to refuse.”
“You don’t mind?”
“How can I mind? Can I still drive him away? The producer curled his lips and said, "We are begging people to come to our show."
The director in charge muttered in his heart: Then why do you want me to bother asking him?
At this time, the director in charge of Chen Ziliang came.
"There shouldn't be any problems with Chen Ziliang, right?" the producer asked.
"I nodded happily." The other party smiled.
The producer also laughed.
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At eleven o'clock in the evening, after Lu Yanhe finished reading, he saw Li Zhibai posting no less than ten messages in the group complaining about the program "Star Fan".
After reading it, Lu Yanhe found out that there was a "royal family" being protected in "Star Fan". It happened that because of one of the "royal families" being protected, Li Xiaobin, who had no background, was eliminated.
Before recording this show, Li Zhibai was still muttering, if Li Xiaobin was really eliminated, should he use this "resurrection right" to avoid suspicion, but the key is that the "royal family" who advanced and Li Xiaobin In comparison, the performance quality was not at the same level. Just like that, he was rejected for promotion by a group of judges who "pretended to be blind", which made Li Zhibai angry.
He couldn't say anything yet.
What can I say.
There are so many people on the entire program team, and their joints have basically been opened up. Could it be that he jumped out at this time to talk about the fact that the program team asked him to "recommend" certain two people?
Li Zhibai is impulsive, but he is not a newcomer who really dares to say anything. There are too many things like this in the entertainment industry. If Li Zhibai knows everything and reveals everything, he will be blocked by everyone immediately. Zhou Ping'an didn't need to nag him about this, he could understand it himself.
However, if Li Zhibai is allowed to stand by and watch Li Xiaobin being eliminated, that would not be Li Zhibai's character.
So, when he finally used his resurrection power, he resurrected Li Xiaobin without hesitation.
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"I estimate that when this episode of my program is broadcast, many people will attack me." Li Zhibai is also quite self-aware, "After all, I have not avoided suspicion."
Lu Yanhe smiled, " Are there not enough people attacking you? Are you still afraid of being attacked? No shame, whatever others say."
"Yan He is right, everyone in the country knows your temper," Yan Liang said, "According to what you said, that royal family's performance is terrible. No, but he advanced, he is the one who will be scolded.”
Li Zhibai sighed, "Think about it now, when we participated in the draft, the environment was much fairer than now. At least at that time, we were just ordinary people who didn't sign with a company, unlike now, like Li Xiaobin. Without the support of a company, you can basically count it with one slap. "
Lu Yanhe said: "Those who want to stand out will come up no matter what. The entertainment industry has never been a place where artists can be liked by the audience through capital games. The audience likes them. If you don’t like it, you just don’t like it. This is the greatest fairness.”
"You're right." Li Zhibai picked up the wine glass and said, "Click one."
The three of them chatted and laughed, picking up the skewers and drinking wine.
The wind blows gently in the summer night, still like a heat wave, but the heat has faded away a bit, so it is not as unbearable as during the day.
Li Zhibai asked Lu Yanhe: "Are you going to join the group soon?"
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "You will join the group in two weeks."
"I still don't know what the next movie will be about." Li Zhibai curled his lips, ""Pictures of the Gods" is now like this, it feels almost obsolete."
Hearing this, Lu Yanhe asked: "Then Didn’t Zhou Ping’an help you contact other dramas?”
“I’m choosing, he’s asking now. "It's quite high. Unless it's a top-notch production, I won't take on a role that doesn't involve a big male lead," Li Zhibai said, "He would rather let me take on more commercial roles and record some shows."
Lu Yanhe. : "What he did is also right."
"Yes."
Yan Liang: "Actually, I want to ask you two for your opinions. I have two scripts here, but I can't decide which one to play."
"Huh?" Li Zhibai was a little confused. Surprised, "Is this the book I just received?"
"Yes." Yan Liang nodded, "Actually, I like both books. I want to act in one of the major productions, and I'm looking for a second male lead, and I'm looking for Xu Yiren as the female lead. It's a costume detective comedy, and the other one is a smaller production, a workplace drama with a bank background, but it's a one-time drama. The male lead, the scripts are both very good, and I like both the characters. There is no competition. If possible, I would like both of these dramas. However, the shooting schedules of the two dramas coincided with each other, so I could only choose one. If it were you, which one would you choose?"
Li Zhibai said without hesitation: "Since both scripts are available, If you like it, then of course you should choose the one. The role in the bank script is definitely more important. The costume detective one is pretty good. It will get you a lot more young female fans, right? "
"Yes." Yan Liang nodded, "Zhou Ping'an is also worried about the workplace drama with a banking background. , and it is based on the career line. Although the script is good, it may not be popular. ”
Li Zhibai immediately said: "Are you afraid of being popular and not being a hit? Anyway, you have "Six" in hand, and there is no lack of exposure at all. Why not take advantage of the sequel of "Six" to make some movies so that the industry can really see what you are doing? "It's a show with strong actors."
Lu Yanhe also nodded and said, "I also think what Li Zhibai said makes sense. I have the same opinion as him."
He added: "Besides, I also have a very good script for you to act in later. In terms of popularity and popularity, I don't think it should be the key criterion for you to choose the drama."
"That's what you said. That movie? "
"No, it's a fairy-themed drama as I mentioned to you before. It's a real fairy-tale theme, not a fairy-tale love story."
Li Zhibai showed a look of surprise.
Yan Liang couldn't help being shocked and said: "Yan He, you are really exaggerating. How many scripts do you have on hand to prepare?"
Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "There are many, many, many, that's why I dare to say that when you choose a movie, just choose the one you really like and do it well. Now, don’t worry about whether it’s popular or not. The scripts I’ve prepared for you will definitely be popular.”
“How generous.” Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows. You're not polite, aren't you?"
Lu Yanhe lowered his head and smiled.
"The main thing is self-confidence."
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Five days later, Wang Zhong took out the shooting script of the short film.
As soon as Lu Yanhe read the script, he felt a strong sense of Wang Zhong.
The story is very simple. It tells about the background of the Republic of China. A young man secretly fell in love with the lady next door. Her man died in the war and became a widow, and her man’s boss was a murderous man. The warlord forced her to marry him as a concubine. The young man was so impulsive that he eloped with her one night. The woman followed him all night and stayed in an ancient temple. She listened to his stories about silently falling in love with her. He leaned against the wall and fell into a deep sleep. Before dawn, the woman got up, covered the boy with her cloak, went back alone, and married the warlord.
There isn’t much storytelling, it’s all about mood and atmosphere.
But Lu Yanhe entered the story as soon as he finished reading.
A story without antecedents and consequences. One night, a young man impulsively elopes with his wife to prevent her from being forced to marry a cruel warlord.
The woman has the boy's heart, but she only treats it as a dream. When she wakes up from the dream, she still wants to go back.
A night of dew, a night of dreams.
No one can leave everything behind and walk away. (End of this chapter)