Chapter 53：

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In the luxurious room, Zhao Zhikai opened his eyes until the phone on the bedside table vibrated.

The woman lying beside him opened her eyes and looked, then turned over and continued to sleep. Zhao Zhikai put his clothes on and left the bed, opened the heavy curtains, and answered the phone of his confidant: "Hello, how is the situation?"

It was still dark in the distance of the city, and Zhao Zhikai's face became darker as he listened to it: "His Zhao Changshuo's hands are really long, and he has also discovered this project?"

After the confidant said a few words, Zhao Zhikai was so angry that his face turned black. Since Zhao Yao withdrew from the competition, Zhao Changshuo's speed has been getting faster and faster. The people he sent to Zhao Changshuo have been caught out one by one, and now even the projects under his men are being targeted by Zhao Changshuo.

Among the four members of the Zhao family, only Zhao Changshuo and Zhao Yao were outstanding. Zhao Zhikai originally wanted to help Zhao Qizhen go up, but he didn't expect that Zhao Qi was really a dou who couldn't help him. Caused a lot of trouble.

Blue veins appeared on Zhao Zhikai's hand holding the balcony rail. All of this out of control started when Zhao Yao quit the competition, as if everything went out of control from then on. He asked, "What has Zhao Yao been doing recently?"

The confidant said a few more words.

"You mean he set up a live broadcast platform in cooperation with the Pei family?" Zhao Zhikai frowned slightly, "Also, what is the current situation of the entertainment company he runs?"

Zhao Zhikai listened to his confidant's report in silence, and said briefly: "He Zhao Yao has caused me such a big trouble, and he just waved his hand and went to his own business? Didn't you say he was forming a team? You have it in your hands. If there is any free person, find a way to put one in."

Things are not so clever. He Zhao Yao just quit, Zhao Changshuo reacted so quickly?

Zhao Zhikai thought to himself that he had been very cautious in his planning these years. Zhao Yao had not been in contact with his core resources for two years after joining the group. How could Zhao Changshuo find out about his situation? This is either because there are ghosts under his hands, or because Zhao Yao knows far more things than he imagined, and then think about the relationship between Zhao Changshuo and Zhao Yao during this period of time.

Could it be that there is actually Zhao Yao's idea?

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The recording of the variety show feature film started, and before five o'clock, the resident guest Dai Ge got up.

"The others haven't woken up yet, let them fall asleep first." Brother Dai yawned and went to wash up in the yard. Their show didn't ask the guests to get up early, but the recording of the show started at four in the morning. Guests with big hearts will go straight to sleep until they wake up naturally, and there are also guests who get up early to get busy in order to earn shots.

The program team did not have strict requirements, but if you want to buy some fresh ingredients in this village, you can only get up early and go to the morning market to buy vegetables. The program group does not include food and drink, and it is all done by the guests themselves, so Dai Ge, as the eldest brother among the resident guests, can only say that he gets up and buys things by himself.

It was bright, and when he first arrived in the courtyard, he saw a figure standing in the corridor by the courtyard.

Brother Dai held the mouthwash cup and asked dumbly, "Brother Pei?"

Pei Mingzhan turned his head and nodded to him: "Morning."

Brother Dai was very strange. He didn't expect Pei Mingzhan to get up so early. After the two had a conversation, he asked, "Why did Brother Pei get up so early? It's better to sleep more when it's cold."

"I slept early yesterday, will you go to the market later?" Pei Mingzhan asked.

Brother Dai replied, "Yes, do you want to be together?"

"Let's go, buy some fresh ingredients." Pei Mingzhan nodded.

The program team gave specific funds, and the money was always managed by Dai Ge. As a domestic variety show artist, Brother Dai has encountered many problems. He knows that the program team gives specific funds for entertainment effects. The two of them were walking on the road for a while, and they met many villagers who went to the market. Dai brother came to the market twice and said: "The hawkers who come to the village to buy things sometimes have to travel several villages. It is early to come here. If If you don't rush to go there early, the good ones will be picked away, and the rest will be half good or not bad."

When entering the market, Dai brother saw a familiar figure in his sharp eyes. He saw a soymilk stall in the distance. Mr. Zhao and his housekeeper stood in front of the soymilk stall, as if they were buying fried dough sticks. They are recording a program here, and it is not easy to go up and say hello in such a situation, but there are already staff members near Mr. Zhao, ready to respond to emergencies.

Brother Dai intends to avoid Mr. Zhao and go to the other side.

"I haven't eaten breakfast yet." Pei Mingzhan stopped.

"Ah?" Brother Dai was stunned, but quickly realized that they got up early in the morning, and the first two episodes still relied on instant noodles to survive. After Pei Mingzhan said this, the hot aroma of the soy milk stall over there was really refreshing. Can't walk away.

When the staff of the director team got up early in the morning and were busy, they heard that President Zhao was going to watch the recording today. As a result, just after the recording started, there was news that President Zhao planned to go to the market for a walk. So the director was exhausted. On the one hand, he let the recording work continue, and on the other hand, he asked the staff to pay attention to Mr. Zhao, so that if something went wrong, he could solve it in time.

So when President Zhao and Film Emperor Pei appeared in the recorded surveillance video, the director's heart was in his throat, and he hurriedly used the walkie-talkie to ask, "What's going on?"

The staff over there said, "Mr. Zhao is buying soy milk..."

The director asked again, "Why did Brother Pei pass by!"

The staff said, "Brother Pei and Brother Dai are hungry."

director:"…"

Zhao Yao originally bought breakfast with Uncle Wang, and the proprietress of the soymilk shop habitually made it into a dine-in meal, and asked the little girl at home to serve it on the small table on the side. This is the first time Zhao Yao has eaten in this kind of small shop. The tables and chairs are not high, and he can only bend his legs in a small place when he sits down. There was still boiled eggs in the hot soy milk. He sat down with Uncle Wang when people from the program group from a distance came over.

Oh yes, they're recording a show in the morning.

Zhao Yao's point of view could just see the situation in the market, but Pei Mingzhan walked over with another person, looking like he was going to buy breakfast.

Dai brother was still thinking about funding on the way over. The program group didn't give much money, just enough to buy some meat and vegetables. At other times, when they went to the fields to do farm work, the villagers in the fields would give them some special products. These rules and program groups didn't say it clearly, it's up to them to do it or not, but if you buy some breakfast now, the money for groceries will be less.

Although the breakfast for two is not worth much, it is also ten yuan.

When Pei Mingzhan saw Zhao Yao, he nodded and greeted him, and asked bluntly, "Can I eat rice?"

Zhao Yao held the soy milk bowl in his hand, does Pei Mingzhan know that he is recording a show?

Uncle Wang looked at Zhao Yao's face, and then ordered two more breakfasts with the proprietress.

Zhao Yao said, "Sit down."

Pei Mingzhan sat down unceremoniously.

The small table was crowded with four people, and Brother Dai was suddenly brought into this weird atmosphere.

For this small breakfast table, one is their big-name guest in this issue, and the other is the gold master father provided by the program team. Brother Dai looked at the hot soy milk brought by the proprietress, and suddenly felt that the smell was not fragrant. He always felt that he had to say a few words to ease the atmosphere, but no one at the table said a word, and started to eat breakfast.

Brother Dai was incompetent, so he could only look to the director team in the distance for help.

The director avoided his gaze, and slightly bent his fist to give him a cheering gesture.

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Chen Xi happened to be talking about Yao Bai when he was at work. Two days ago, he learned that Mr. Zhao was investing in another, and also planned to form a new team. Now he is looking for suitable candidates. He also looked at the list that Yao Bai sent over. Some let the headhunter look at them, and some were not very easy to dig.

"This team really should have done it sooner. Mr. Zhao himself is a reckless person, but he has also invested in more and more projects." Chen Xi was still a little bit knowledgeable about these things.

The two discussed the team's affairs for a while, and Chen Xi just remembered something, "The filming of "Li Meng" is almost done, is it okay to promote it during this time?"

Because of Mr. Zhao, Huihua Culture's investment in "Limeng" has increased a lot, and now the company is particularly concerned about the situation of this project, and several meetings have mentioned "Limeng".

"It's not bad, the movie will be finished in about a month, and the official blog is also releasing materials on a regular basis." Yao Bai said that this is strange, "It's just that Shiyang Pictures has been too quiet during this time, which makes me think a little bit. I don't understand, you said that they tried so hard to make trouble when the movie was not filmed, but now they don't move at all during the critical period, they wouldn't be really cowardly, would they?"

Chen Xi said, "I'm also wondering about this. I'll ask someone to help you later."

"Do you have enough manpower?" Yao Bai knew that Chen Xi had been worried about manpower before.

"President Zhao has poached the entire company. Am I not enough staff?" Chen Xi said, "I don't know if this person is familiar to you. He used to be the vice president of Xingchen Culture. He just came here two days ago to take over. As for the project, he is familiar with things in the circle, and if there is no problem with you, I will ask him to help you."

Yao Bai didn't belong to this circle after all, and some dirty tricks in the entertainment circle are hard to guard against. Chen Xi also has this in mind, "This way, you will also have time to work on Mr. Zhao's team."

"Well, I heard that you changed Zhang Qi's agent?" Yao Bai said.

"Isn't Xiao Liu who brought Ji Heyu over there?" Chen Xi thought of Ji Heyu that Zhao Yao really had foresight. Before, Xiao Ji was considered a gifted child, but after studying systematically during this period, he sang. The level has improved significantly, and he has gained super popularity in the variety show "Sound", and directly won the second place.

Although he couldn't match the number of votes for the first place, his popularity did not decrease but increased after leaving "The Voice". Many invitations were sent to Huihua, and his popularity rose to the middle and front row of Huihua's contracted artists. The report sent by the secretary was in a good mood, I don't know how many values.

But these things were placed in front of Mr. Zhao, and Mr. Zhao still said [ok].

Yao Bai nodded: "Yes, Xiaoji is too hot now."

The two were talking when the outside secretary walked in and hurriedly said, "Mr. Chen, something happened, and the project we voted for Melon TV was returned."

Chen Xi glanced at Yao Bai after hearing this, and the two immediately understood the matter, "Ask who retired? Check with Shiyang Films."

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In the variety show recording, the director was a little worried. In their original plan, this part of the recording should be able to cut out a lot of material. As a result, because Emperor Pei talked to Mr. Zhao from time to time, it involved Mr. Zhao's picture that could not be used. The lens is only half usable.

Mr. Zhao also came to buy vegetables in the morning. The director wondered why the overbearing president of the family was interested in buying vegetables. He saw that Mr. Zhao's accompanying butler was very particular about grocery shopping. From the beginning to the end of the market, he bought a lot of things. . For this reason, Brother Dai and Shadow Emperor Pei also occasionally met Mr. Zhao in the market from time to time. They said a few words of kung fu, and it took half an hour to buy a dish, and it took an hour to shoot at the end.

Brother Dai is also in a complicated mood. Didn't he say that the relationship between Shadow Emperor Pei and President Zhao was normal? How come the two of them can't get in the middle of a sentence when they're talking.

The director had to remind Pei Mingzhan: "Brother Pei, although our show doesn't have so many rules, we must give us some material for post-editing."

Pei Mingzhan was puzzled: "Didn't you shoot for a long time in the morning? It's useless at all?"

"No, I did a lot of filming, but Mr. Zhao's camera can't be used." The director was so worried about losing his hair that the leader came to inspect, and it was the first time that things that were filmed in a variety show were included in his filming experience. The key point is that this leader is still a master who is not easy to speculate, and it is even more difficult to deal with.

Pei Mingzhan smiled: "This place is also small, I was negligent. But you can also discuss this issue with Mr. Zhao, others are very good at talking, one or two shots are not a big problem, just cut the part of our conversation. All right."

The director had to ask the staff to ask Mr. Zhao, and he finally felt relieved when he got a reply that made them look at it.

After returning to the hotel, the other guests also got up. Cooking was originally done by a young man among the resident guests. His cooking was average, but he was much better than other guests who had never been in the kitchen. But as soon as he arrived at the homestay today, Pei Mingzhan took over the cooking job and let others do other work.

Brother Dai asked curiously, "Brother Pei, can you still cook?"

Thinking about the background of Pei Yingdi's net worth, he has been paid continuously for the past few years since his debut, and I heard that he still has a background to support him. Such a person can actually cook.

"Not many, but it's okay." Pei Mingzhan glanced at the artists standing in the yard. "The ingredients don't seem to be enough for so many people. Is there another way to get them?"

"Well, yes, we'll go to the field to help in a while and come back with some ingredients." Brother Dai asked, "Brother Pei, what other ingredients do you probably need, just tell us later."

Pei Mingzhan simply replied.

Although the weather is cold, the sun is still a bit big today. Before departure, a guest was repairing makeup. Brother Dai thought that he might not be back in time when he went to the field, so he explained to the assistant: "If Brother Pei has any needs, please call and tell me."

After finishing speaking, he explained, "I know you are a fan of Brother Pei. After the show is over, I will go and ask you for an autograph. Don't disturb others during the recording."

The assistant glanced at Pei Mingzhan who was busy in the kitchen, and nodded.

The people who stayed in the homestay were Pei Mingzhan and Yang Mumu. Yang Mumu was the only girl among the guests, and it was not very good to let other girls work in the field, so she was left in the kitchen to help Pei Mingzhan wash the dishes or something. . Yang Mumu has also been in the kitchen more or less, washing vegetables is a bit easy, and the two of them will soon be in charge of lunch for a few people.

"Brother Pei, are the dishes ready to be put here?" Yang Mumu put the things down.

Pei Mingzhan responded and asked her to rest first.

Yang Mumu saw Pei Mingzhan with smooth knife skills next to her, thinking that the man now is really at home, and she didn't stand beside her, so she just found a place to sit and rest. The yard outside the kitchen is not big or small. There are still many products from the employer. She moved a stool to a shady place. When she was about to play with her mobile phone, she noticed someone sneaking at the door of the kitchen.

Because it is still recording, the staff here occasionally moves around, but under normal circumstances, it will not affect the normal shooting of variety shows. What's more, for a slow show like "Leisure", under normal circumstances, there is no need for staff to remind you. Except for the cameras placed everywhere to record the situation of the homestay, the rest is that the guests will follow the camera when they go out.

Yang Mumu identified it carefully, and the person standing on the side of the kitchen didn't look like a staff member, but more like an outsider. She looked at it for a while, and when the man showed a little profile, she remembered that this man seemed to be Brother Dai's assistant.

When a group of people were talking in the living room last night, the assistant often walked around, and she was somewhat impressed.

Yang Mumu paused for a while, wouldn't she?

Pei Mingzhan came out when he was halfway through. When he saw Yang Mumu sitting in the yard, he asked her to go to the kitchen to watch some soup, "I'll go next door to borrow some sauce, there's no more here."

Yang Mumu nodded and said yes, Yu Guang glanced at the ingredients on the kitchen cabinet, thinking that Pei brother had to make a big meal to use the ingredients that the show team did not prepare, but thinking about it was a bit unreasonable, this show team did not have it. the ingredients, will the next-door neighbor still have it?

The director sitting behind the monitor was also puzzled, turned his head and asked the staff, "Is there not enough materials for us?"

In order to give the guests a chance to play, the staff basically found all the ingredients available on the market, "It should be Qi... What ingredients does Brother Pei want?"

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When Uncle Wang was cooking, Zhao Yao went to the place where the director's team was located. The staff gave him a careful introduction to the various behind-the-scenes work, and briefly explained the links in the show. Zhao Yao was a bit of a man when he mentioned several links. Impressed, he asked, "Why aren't these two games set up?"

The staff was a little embarrassed: "Originally, our show was leisurely enough. The director was afraid that the game would take up too many shots, which would affect the positioning of the program by putting the cart before the horse."

Zhao Yao briefly recalled how he saw this show in his next life, and said simply: "I know your show positioning is a problem, but our own show is a low-consumption type, and the game setting does not need to be as large as other variety shows. You can think about it. The way to simplify the details of the game, try to make it a feature of our program."

The staff was a little confused, so they asked, "Is that so?"

"You have to create a certain sense of expectation for the audience, and also give the audience a general impression of our show. When it is broadcast for one or two episodes, the audience may find the show a little interesting, but when you ask them to talk about the details of the show, they will A concrete impression is missing."

Zhao Yao explained: "For example, in competitive variety shows, the audience will look forward to their special game sessions, and food shows will look forward to its distinctive dishes in each episode. A project like "Leisure" that is positioned in rural life, a In the first few episodes, you can say that you will bring the audience to experience the feeling of the countryside, but after the same material is filmed, the audience will get tired of it, and what will you use to compete with the same type of variety show?"

After hearing this, the staff conveyed this to the director. The director had mixed feelings, "Is this really what Mr. Zhao said?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhao also asks you to pay more attention to these. Mr. Zhao said that although the show can rely on the guests to make a name for itself, the long-term development still depends on the show itself. Let us do the show well." The staff asked after finishing. : "Director, what do you mean by Mr. Zhao?"

The director tapped him lightly with the script in his hand, "You're stupid, Mr. Zhao has already talked to us about the future, why don't you do it well?"

The staff were taken aback.

"General leaders look at this, either to give you a vague answer to let you speculate on the holy will, or to give you an answer in a few days." The director was originally worried, but he finally let go of what Mr. Zhao said. , "How can a leader come to talk to you about development? Generally speaking, they want to make a show seriously. Zhao always cares about this show, so he talks so much."

There are many rumors about Mr. Zhao in Huihua. Some people say that he is easy to talk, and some people think that he is too mysterious... Knowing that Mr. Zhao is coming to see the project, he can only inquire about the situation, but in the eyes of more people, Mr. Zhao He is a person who is not easy to get along with, because he does not spend more than two days in the company every month, and his attitude towards projects is calm and decisive. In short, he is very flustered after hearing it, so he chose to do it when Mr. Zhao came here. A small welcome party.

As a result, when he invited Mr. Zhao, he was also rejected by Mr. Zhao.

The failure to speculate on the Holy Intent may be faced with Mr. Zhao's overall feeling about the entire show. He panicked for a long time, and as a result, Mr. Zhao said these words, and his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

"Has President Zhao gone back?" the director asked.

The staff said: "Mr. Zhao said that he doesn't need to take care of other things, let us do it according to the plan."

When Zhao Yao came out of the program group's room just now, he met Pei Mingzhan, who was followed by a video camera, which seemed to have come out temporarily. Zhao Yao avoided him a little, and the two of them didn't say hello to each other. When Pei Mingzhan walked into Zhao Yao's homestay, Zhao Yao, who was following behind, frowned.

After returning to the B&B, Zhao Yao didn't say hello to Pei Mingzhan directly. When he saw that he was leaving with Uncle Wang's small bottle of sauce and some other ingredients, he walked to the kitchen and asked suspiciously, "Pei Mingzhan came here. doing what?"

"Get some sauces and ingredients." Uncle Wang explained as usual: "Don't you like the little pickles made by Mr. Pei? When I was talking to Mr. Pei yesterday, he said that he would make more and deliver it when he was free today, but the show The group didn't prepare the ingredients he wanted, so he came to me to get it."

Zhao Yao thought to himself, how did Pei Mingzhan know that Uncle Wang had sauce?

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When Pei Mingzhan returned to the B&B, two of the guests who went to work in the field came back to get things, and were recording some commercials there with the sponsor's products. Standing at the door of the kitchen, Yang Mumu said when Pei Mingzhan came back, "I'm not very good at reading, I think the soup is almost ready."

Pei Mingzhan nodded, walked in and put the sauce on the table.

Yang Mumu glanced at the bottle curiously, "Huh? Brother Pei, don't we have this kind of sauce?"

Pei Mingzhan tilted his head, "Really? I didn't find it when I just looked for it."

Yang Mumu took out the sauce from the back of the ingredient shelf, "It's too much inside, no wonder you didn't see it."

"That's right, Brother Pei." Yang Mumu originally planned to go out, and then saw Brother Dai's assistant sneaking into the homestay, "Did you know Brother Dai's assistant? I think he's a bit strange."