Chapter 364： The main thing is self-confidence

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, 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, no matter what the murmur is, 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 Xianxia drama and "Idol Era", a variety show that maintains his daily popularity. In the first half of the idol rankings, he was directly ranked first. At the position, 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 even think about taking a 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.

The first is to perform on a stage, and the second is to exercise the right of "special resurrection" as a flight judge.

This program is called "Star Fan".

The program team also treated 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 popular, you don’t even need to ask for anything, someone will arrange it for you.

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 people: I am recording a program outside today and I am not going 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 program.

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 episode, 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 stage of "Green Apple Paradise" 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 aroused some discussion. Didn’t you see it?

Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe both said no.

After a while, Yan Liang sent a screenshot.

ˆ 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.

—The video he made at that time was just hype, right?

—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?

—I’m starting to doubt the authenticity of that video now.

…

Li Zhibai couldn't help but frown.

It can be said that these voices are more or less malicious.

As an artist, he is also familiar with this malicious voice.

It’s just that because of their type of work, they have no choice but to always face such voices. Moreover, if they face it more often, it will not be so uncomfortable.

But Li Xiaobin is a college student. He has never been an artist or a public figure before. Suddenly faced with such overwhelming accusations and doubts, he must have gone through a dark period.

Li Zhibai also searched for Li Xiaobin.

The show has not been aired yet, and 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. The situation at home is all real. How can there be any? The ability to hype.

Li Zhibai: That’s true.

Li Zhibai: Will he happen to 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. 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 deserves to be resurrected.

Lu Yanhe: Seconded.

Li Zhibai: Tsk, you said it lightly.

-

Li Xiaobin was indeed not very happy after participating in the talent show "Star Fan".

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 also 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.

Just participating in a show with so many people, he also received some controversy because of the popularity of his previous video.

Including people who play together.

Li Xiaobin himself has heard others talk 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, every class had one or two students who were given special attention by the class teacher - such students are either so good that no one can be jealous, or they are more or less ignored by others. Exclude.

Li Xiaobin can also vaguely feel everyone's rejection of him.

Especially when forming a team, almost no one wants to form a team with him.

-

“Li Xiaobin’s situation is indeed quite special.”

The staff member responsible for receiving Li Zhibai looked complicated when Li Zhibai asked him, and said, "How should I put it? Most of the people who come to participate in this show have not officially debuted, but in fact they are trainees." Li Xiaobin has no experience and training in all aspects. He was selected for this program purely because of the popularity brought by his previous video. "

“Isn’t this a singing talent show?”

"Yes, but "Idol Era" is too popular. Although we are doing a singing talent show, we still have to get closer to idols." The staff said, "Li Xiaobin is not very good in terms of overall strength. Apart from being good at singing, I have absolutely zero foundation in dancing, and forming a team basically requires a stage performance, so 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 a case of exclusion, it turns out there are other reasons as well.

-

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."

“Huh?” 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 male lead in "Rouge Button" and couldn't find anyone. Either he was not suitable or he refused to play the role. I discussed it with Bi Ge and if it didn't work out, I would have to ask you to play the role. "

Everyone in Lu Yanhe was stunned.

“Director, are you kidding me? Is this appropriate?”

Wang Zhong said: "We'll make you a little more mature, what do you think?"

Lu Yanhe didn’t dare to answer the conversation 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 and thought about this issue.

Wang Zhong: "Actually, in the script, Young Master Twelve is not a very old person. Your script did not highlight the characteristics of the two people being of similar age. In the old days, women in brothels were older than those who had just entered the brothel. It’s normal for men to be older.”

Lu Yanhe said: "Director, do you think Sister Bi Ge and I feel like we are in love when we stand together?"

Wang Zhong’s expression also became serious.

"I don't know. Maybe I won't know until you two get along and stand together." Wang Zhong said, "However, I have always felt that you and the Twelve Young Masters have similar temperaments. At first, I just thought that you and Chen Bige have similar temperaments. The age difference is a bit big, so there will be such a problem. Of course, my first choice is to find an actor of the same age as Chen Bige, but I can’t find it now and there is no way.”

Lu Yanhe scratched his head and said, "Well, director, let's not make a decision yet. Sister Bi Ge and I will put on the makeup of the characters and test shoot a section to see the effect. What do you think?"

Wang Zhong heard the words and said, "Okay."

-

Then, Xin Zixing found out about it.

Xin Zixing had great supernatural powers, and within two hours he called Lu Yanhe and asked them if such a thing had happened.

Lu Yanhe said yes.

He didn't even bother to ask Xin Zixing how he knew.

Xin Zixing immediately said: "Well, Yan He, how about we just make 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 styling must be kept secret."

"What I mean is, don't try to shoot with the characters in the movie, but shoot this." Xin Zixing said, "It can still achieve the effect you want, and it can also receive the audience's response. What do you think about the feedback from you and Chen Bige playing the lovers? You guys tried filming in private, but you couldn’t get any feedback from the audience.”

Lu Yanhe was enlightened by Xin Zixing's reminder.

Yes, he collaborated with Chen Bige. One of his biggest worries was whether the audience would accept the combination of him and Chen Bige.

The trial 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 role of lovers, they could also see how everyone would accept it first.

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 there is anything you need me to do, you can tell me at any time. I will contact the brands that are willing to sponsor, and I will definitely make it into a big high-quality short film without losing your value. ”

“Okay.” Lu Yanhe hung up the phone and contacted Wang Zhong and Chen Bige. Unexpectedly, their attitudes were quite positive and supportive.

“That’s fine.” Even Wang Zhong said, “Well, I’ll write the script for this short film and direct it too.”

“Okay.” Of course Lu Yanhe was happy.

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 got wind of it.

"Seventeenth Floor" is currently on the air, and the male and female protagonists have never been together.

Everyone knows how much attention their first collaboration after "Seventeen Floors" will receive. In addition, it is directed by Xin Zixing—the woman who launched "City Travels" and is still quite famous in the industry.

-

Li Zhibai didn't expect that during the recording of today's program, he would meet Chen Ziliang on a different road.

 Chen Ziliang is also today’s flight judge.

Of course, Chen Ziliang cannot compete with him now.

No matter what aspect, Li Zhibai is now far ahead of Chen Ziliang.

Chen Ziliang himself is also troubled.

The film "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 in 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 have hope for the movie anymore.

Too rubbish.

In order to maintain his popularity, he has to think of various ways 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 that he had to sacrifice his own salary to fight for.

There must be exposure, otherwise, he will really fade away little by little 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 again, at present, only 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.

Even if he were asked to do it, he couldn't do it.

Two people met in the corridor. No 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.

-

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. Why don't you ask your assistant and them to go out first?"

 Chen Ziliang was surprised when he heard this, but 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.

"Um?"

-

"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.

"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 and said, "If we want them to advance, let them perform better than others. Are you giving them a backdoor now?"

“Also, it’s not…”

"This matter is off the table. 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 program.

“Li Zhibai refused firmly.” He said with some uneasiness.

This matter didn't go well, and he was afraid that the producer would be angry with him.

Who knows, the producer nodded as if he had already guessed the result.

“With his temper, it’s normal for him to refuse.”

“You don’t mind?”

“Why do you mind? Can I drive him away?” The producer curled his lips, “We are begging people to come to our show.”

The director in charge murmured in his heart: Then why did you ask me to bother asking him?

At this time, the director in charge of Chen Ziliang arrived.

“There shouldn’t be any problems with Chen Ziliang, right?” the producer asked.

“I nodded happily.” The other party smiled.

The producer also laughed.

-

At 11 o'clock in the evening, after Lu Yanhe finished reading, he saw that Li Zhibai posted no less than ten messages in the group complaining about the program "Star Fan".

 Lu Yanhe found out after reading it that it turned out that there was a "royal family" being protected in "Xingxing Fan". It happened that because of one of the "royal families" being protected, Li Xiaobin, who had no background, was eliminated.

Li Zhibai was originally muttering before recording this show, if Li Xiaobin was really eliminated, he should use this "resurrection right" to avoid suspicion, but the key point is that the "royal family" who was promoted is nothing compared to Li Xiaobin The performance quality of a level, just like this, was rejected by a group of "pretending to be blind" judges, 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 two people who were asked by the program team to "recommend" them?

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 knew everything and revealed everything, he would 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.

-

“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 and said, "Are there not enough people attacking you? Are you still afraid of being attacked? As long as you have a clear conscience when exercising your right to resurrection, it doesn't matter what others say."

"That's right, Yan He is right. People all over the country know your temper." Yan Liang said, "According to what you said, that royal family's performance was terrible, but he advanced, he is the one who will be scolded. Talent is right.”

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, who didn't. The company’s support can be counted with one hand.”

Lu Yanhe said: "Those who want to stand out will come out no matter what. The entertainment industry has never been a place where artists can be liked by the audience by relying on capital games. If the audience likes it, they like it, and if they don't like it, they don't like it. This is The greatest fairness.”

"You're right." Li Zhibai picked up the wine glass and said, "Clink one."

The three of them were chatting, laughing, playing with skewers and drinking wine.

The wind blows gently at night in summer, still like a heat wave, but the heat has faded away a bit, making it not as unbearable as during the day.

Li Zhibai asked Lu Yanhe: "Are you going to join the group soon?"

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I will join the group in two weeks."

“I don’t know what the next film will be about.” Li Zhibai curled his lips, “It feels like it’s almost obsolete now that “Pictures of the Gods” is like this.”

Hearing this, Lu Yanhe asked: "Didn't Zhou Ping'an help you contact other dramas?"

"I'm looking for a job. He's very demanding right now. Unless it's a top-notch production, he won't accept a role that doesn't involve a leading male lead." Li Zhibai said, "He would rather let me take on more commercial performances and record some programs. "

Lu Yanhe: “What he did is also right.”

"Um."

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 surprised, "Did you just receive the book?"

"Yeah." Yan Liang nodded, "Actually, I really want to act in both scripts. One is a big production, and I'm looking for a second male lead. The heroine is going to be Xu Yiren. It's a costume detective comedy, and the other one is a detective comedy. It’s a smaller production, a workplace drama with a bank background, but it’s a male lead, the scripts are both very good, and I like both the characters, so there’s no competition. If I could, I’d like to act in both dramas, but I just can’t The filming schedules of the two dramas coincide and I can only choose one. If it were you, which one would you choose? "

Li Zhibai did not hesitate and said: "Since I like both scripts, of course I should choose the one I choose. The role in the bank script is definitely more important. The costume detective one may make you a lot more youthful." Female fans, it should be a drama with a focus on ancient puppets, right?”

"Yes." Yan Liang nodded, "Zhou Ping'an was also worried that the workplace drama with a bank background would be biased toward a serious drama, and it would focus on the career line. Although the script is good, it may not be well received."

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? A play with great 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 criteria for you to select the drama."

“Is it the movie you were talking about?”

“No, it’s what I mentioned to you before, a fairy-themed drama, a real fairy-theme, not a fairy-love theme.” Lu Yanhe said.

Li Zhibai showed a look of surprise.

Yan Liang couldn't help but said in shock: "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, many, many, many, many. That's why I dare to say that when you choose a play, just pick the one you really like and don't worry about whether it will be popular or not. The scripts I have prepared for you will definitely be popular." ”

“How generous.” Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows, “Are you really being rude and immodest when you speak now?”

Lu Yanhe lowered his head and smiled.

“The main thing is self-confidence.”

-

Five days later, Wang Zhong took out the shooting script for the short film.

As soon as Lu Yanhe read the script, I felt the strong flavor of Wang Chong.

The story is very simple. It tells the story of a young man who secretly fell in love with the lady next door in the Republic of China. Her man died in the war and became a widow, but her man’s boss, a murderous warlord, forced her to marry him. She was a concubine in the house. 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 him tell stories about silently falling in love with her until he leaned against the wall and fell into a deep sleep. go. 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 artistic conception 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 the wife he likes in order to prevent her from being forced to marry a cruel warlord.

The woman fulfills the boy's wish, but it is just a dream. When you wake up from the dream, you still have to go back.

A night of dew, a night of dreams.

No one can leave everything behind and leave. (End of chapter)