Become famous another day

Chapter 153 I have been your big brother for three years
Lu Yanhe rested for ten minutes, then packed 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! We're 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 stood at the elevator door with MX and others. When he saw Lu Yanhe out of the corner of his eye, he was stunned.

As Star Entertainment's agent, he certainly knew about Lu Yanhe's recent changes.

The person who is favored by Chen Ziyan.

Lin Suyang took another look and said nothing.

On the other hand, when MX's Ma Zhiyuan 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 seeing Ma Zhiyuan, Lu Yanhe could only say "hehe" in his heart.

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

"Well, you got the endorsement of that snack brand that is very popular recently. What is it called? Are you a little busy with snacks?"

"It seems to be the name."

In the company, the measure of whether an artist is popular is how much business he has on hand.

There are various reasons for film and television resources, but business is real. If brands think you can bring goods, more people will come to you. If they think you are not good at bringing goods, fewer people will come to you.

MX entered the elevator first, and no one entered the elevator in this batch.

Lu Yanhe waited until the next elevator to get on.
-
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, there were all sorts of complex things that were beyond 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. Now that I have you, I 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 of the same age, and there will be all kinds of competition in the future."

Li Zhibai sounded very impatient and said, "Then Yan Liang and Cheng Hai, I and I are still the same age. We will inevitably compete in the future, so why don't we go together?"

Li Zhibai has never been very respectful towards Zhou Pingan, and Zhou Pingan 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. You can support each other."

Li Zhibai said: "We can do it 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 date?"

Li Zhibai: "You still want to care about who we have an appointment with?"

Zhou Pingan: "..."

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 have anything to do with him. What else can Zhou Ping'an say?

After everyone 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 Ping'an looked annoyed, "How could Li Zhibai do this? Can't tell the difference between far and near? 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."

Zhou Ping'an was stunned for a moment, then realized, wasn't he coming here to pick up Cheng Hai?

"..." Zhou Ping'an added, "Then he didn't know to tell me earlier?! Why didn't he know to call me?!"

Chenghai said nothing.

Speechless.
-
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 Ping'an is not petty, so there is no need to be angry."

Li Zhibai: "A grown man can be so small-minded and sow discord. It's really fucking disgusting."

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other and smiled.

They had lived with Li Zhibai under the same roof for three years, and they knew that Li Zhibai was 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 Ping'an said these things probably because he was afraid that you wouldn't trust him and would trust others."

"He didn't look at his own behavior and was speechless. Who could trust him?" Li Zhibai said, "If he hadn't been my agent from the beginning, I really wouldn't want to deal with him."

Lu Yanhe: "Just be patient for now. It's hard to find a better agent than him in the company, and they may not be willing to accept him. They all work under 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 leaving the Fengzhi group, Lu Yanhe looked back at them and felt that Zhou Ping'an, the manager, was indeed unqualified.

Li Zhibai and Cheng Hai are resting on their laurels, while Yan Liang, Tu Song and others slowly fade away and disappear.

It's one thing that they don't have a performance stage, so 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 currently under Zhou Ping'an's care, Cheng Hai and Yan Liang have no background, and there is no way to change agents. The only one who has a solution 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.
-
"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 you, Li Zhenzhen, the program producer, just came back from South Korea." Chen Biqiu said, "I was my assistant director before. This time I came back to prepare a program. I want you to be a permanent resident. I was asked to pull the strings."

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

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

"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 won the banner of bravery twice, the light of the mainstream. I heard that you were preparing for the college entrance examination. We sent you program invitations, but they were all rejected."

Lu Yanhe said: "Now that the exam is over, I would like to ask the two directors to take care of me if I have the opportunity."

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 Ping'an anymore?"

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded and pointed at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, "Their agent is still Zhou Ping'an. I changed my agent."

Chen Biqiu was surprised when he heard Lu Yanhe's words.

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.

Therefore, he did not 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 finding 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, "It's mainly you. You really asked me to invite you out. I just want to talk to you about the theme of this show and have a face-to-face communication with you. You also know that there are various program formats and various themes on the market now. Everyone is hyping various concepts when preparing for the program. However, whether a program is good or not depends not only on one concept. Yes, the show still needs to be good. 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 your true personality in private. And It’s not about going back and becoming a character in a 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 be effective. 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. Li Zhenzhen's new program is not a flagship program series, but it is necessary to judge whether he is suitable for this program. His first reaction "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 on him, or that he was prejudiced against him, but showed a kind of pure stubbornness. Li Zhibai The resentment slowly receded.

Li Zhibai said: "I have two days off and no work. You want to eat, drink and have fun with me, that is, with me, Lao Lu and Yan Liang."

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

The director of a variety show is so serious, which makes Li Zhibai and others find it strange.

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 variety show with the theme of young people living together and living a slow life. This type of program has actually popped up in China a lot, but in fact most of them are pseudo-slow variety shows. There are still many traditional variety show forms in it. I 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. Cohabitation life includes room allocation, preparation of three meals a day, daily leisure and entertainment, and various themed activities. Chatting, in fact, we will also invite some of our friends to come to this program to participate in cohabitation life, and through this kind of social interaction, we will explore the understanding of life among today’s young people.”

Listening to Li Zhenzhen speak, you can feel that she is a person who should be somewhat sensitive and observant in life.

To be precise, she even has some humanistic ideals in the show.

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? That's not my style."

"The style of the entire show is a slow variety show, with a 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 express their feelings through you seven You are living together with a young person to observe their lifestyle and attitude towards life. This is also a program for the audience to observe you."

Li Zhibai thought for a while and said, "I have nothing to do with it, but Zhou Ping'an may not agree, right? Every time I record a program, he will definitely ask the program management to provide a script, and I will never allow any dirty material to appear. My appearance on this show should expose a lot of shortcomings, and he will definitely not be able to accept it."

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

Li Zhibai shrugged, "I don't care, I never like to be a perfect person."

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

"Well, I don't know yet whether I want to record this show." Li Zhibai said bluntly, "It sounds very unsuitable for me."

Li Zhenzhen looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, and suddenly asked: "Then you live with these two, right?"

"Living together? I... forget it, we just live 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, "Frankly speaking, it's hard to find a real character like yours in the entertainment industry nowadays." , 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 and become a variety show version of Friends. , once a year, everyone has known each other through this program 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 program and visit your house. Accommodation, 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 saying that I'm under a lot of pressure? 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 you can." Li Zhenzhen said, "In many mature and well-known series, there are many regular guests. I really don’t want to see such a thing happen when I leave in a certain season, but if it does happen one day, of course I hope to get together and break up. In fact, you don’t need to worry about these things, we are only talking about the first season.”

Li Zhibai said: "I need 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.
-
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. Even if he says that Zhou Pingan makes the decision when it comes to other people's accounts, in fact Zhou Pingan can't force him to do the work that he's not willing 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 such themes 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 [-]% 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 why not 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.
-
"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 we want to use this program to let more people understand young people, 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 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.

"Oh, 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.

"Uh, 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 reflected on the "people's people" relationship 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?"
-
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 leave, I have to get used to you leaving." living environment."

Lu Yanhe was speechless and said, "I'm leaving. How will it affect you? Do you need to adapt to it?"

Li Zhibai snorted and said, "This is quite heartless. After all, I have been your big brother for three years. I usually take care of you more."

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang chuckled at the same time.

(End of this chapter)