Chapter 152: I've Been Your Big Brother for Three Years

Lu Yan He rested for more than ten minutes before packing his things, coming out of the rehearsal room, and going to find Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.

They were also taking classes in the company, in a rehearsal room on another floor.

He carried his schoolbag and walked through the corridor to wait for the elevator. Suddenly, that group of MX came together.

"Please make way! In a hurry!" MX's agent Lin Suyang led the way, shouting while coming over, looking in a hurry, not knowing where to go.

Besides Lu Yan He, there were other people in the company at the elevator entrance.

He followed others and moved to one side.

Lin Suyang led the MX people to stand at the elevator entrance. Seeing Lu Yan He from the corner of his eye, he was stunned.

As an agent of Star Entertainment, he of course knew about Lu Yan He's recent changes.

The person favored by Chen Ziyan.

Lin Suyang looked at it more, but didn't say anything.

It was Ma Zhiyuan of MX who saw Lu Yan He, and his face went straight, as if Lu Yan He owed him a lot of money, and he looked disdainful.

After the conflict in the restaurant last time, Lu Yan He and Ma Zhiyuan had not seen each other again.

Seeing Ma Zhiyuan now, Lu Yan He only had a "hehe" in his heart.

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

"Hmm, got the endorsement of that snack brand that is quite popular recently, what is it called? Snacks are a bit busy?"

"Seems to be this name."

In the company, whether an artist is popular or not depends on how many businesses they have in their hands.

Film and television resources are achieved by various reasons, while business is solid. Brands think you can bring goods, and there are many who come to the door. If they think your ability to bring goods is not good, there are few who come to the door.

MX entered the elevator first, and no one else entered this elevator.

Until the next elevator, Lu Yan He got on.

Lu Yan He came to the rehearsal room where Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were, and met Zhou Ping'an at the door.

Zhou Ping'an also saw him.

The eyes of the two met, and for a while, everything was complicated and could not be expressed in words.

In the end, Zhou Ping'an moved his eyes away, as if he didn't see Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He didn't go up to say hello either, standing silently in place, waiting for Li Zhibai and Yan Liang to come out.

After a while, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang came out.

Zhou Ping'an stopped them and said: "You guys stop getting mixed up with Lu Yan He. People have hugged big thighs now, and they don't necessarily want to play with you."

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were speechless.

Lu Yan He heard Zhou Ping'an's words, silently pursed his mouth, and because he didn't want to make Li Zhibai and Yan Liang embarrassed, he pretended not to hear.

Zhou Ping'an saw that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't speak, and continued: "Don't think I'm sowing discord. You are all peers, and there will be various competitions in the future."

Li Zhibai listened very impatiently and said: "Then Yan Liang, Chenghai, and I are also peers. We will also have various competitions in the future. Is it that we don't walk together either?"

Li Zhibai has never been very respectful to Zhou Ping'an, and Zhou Ping'an can't help him.

Zhou Ping'an was retorted by him and said: "How can this be the same? You are all artists I brought, and you can support each other."

Li Zhibai said: "We can also do it with Old Lu."

He tutted, impatiently waving his hand, "We have an appointment with someone tonight, let's go."

He greeted Yan Liang to leave.

Zhou Ping'an: "Who do you have an appointment with?"

Li Zhibai: "Do you still have to manage who we have an appointment with?"

Zhou Ping'an: "..."

He was a bit angry in his heart, but he really couldn't get angry at Li Zhibai.

There is a background at home, and he is popular himself, and he doesn't rely on Zhou Ping'an for anything. What can Zhou Ping'an say?

After people left, Chenghai came out.

Zhou Ping'an asked: "Do you know who they have an appointment with tonight?"

Chenghai said: "Chen Biqiu."

Zhou Ping'an: "Chen Biqiu? Then they didn't call you together?"

Zhou Ping'an was annoyed, "How can Li Zhibai be like this? Can't distinguish between near and far? Lu Yan He has changed agents, and he still called him. How can you not call him?"

Chenghai looked at him silently and said: "He called me, but you asked me to eat with you tonight, so I didn't go with them."

Zhou Ping'an was stunned, reacted, isn't he coming over now just to pick up Chenghai?

"..." Zhou Ping'an said again, "Then he doesn't know how to tell me earlier?! How can he not know how to call me?!"

Chenghai didn't speak.

Speechless.

Li Zhibai drove, taking Yan Liang and Lu Yan He to the restaurant.

"Zhou Ping'an's heart is really smaller than a needle tip," Li Zhibai complained, "Acting like a big master in front of me, damn, I want to call whoever I want, Chen Biqiu called me, not him."

Lu Yan He: "Zhou Ping'an's heart is small, not for a day or two, no need to be angry."

Li Zhibai: "A big man, his heart is so small, and he sows discord, it's really disgusting."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang smiled at each other.

They lived under the same roof with Li Zhibai for three years and knew that Li Zhibai was most annoyed by this problem of Zhou Ping'an.

When Lu Yan He was still under Zhou Ping'an, Zhou Ping'an often told them such things, don't get close to other people, they are all competitors, not friends, etc.

Whenever they had a good relationship with someone, Zhou Ping'an would pop up and emphasize the "competitor theory."

Lu Yan He said: "Zhou Ping'an said these things, maybe it's just because he is afraid that you don't trust him and believe in others."

"He doesn't look at his own style, speechless, who can trust him," Li Zhibai said. "If he hadn't been my agent from the beginning, I really wouldn't want to pay attention to him."

Lu Yan He: "Endure it now, in the company, it is difficult to find an agent better than him, and others may not be willing to accept it. Everyone works under the same company, it is easy to offend people."

"Who said no, otherwise I would have left long ago," Li Zhibai complained.

After jumping out of the Fengzhi combination, Lu Yan He looked back at them, feeling that Zhou Ping'an, the agent, was indeed unqualified.

Li Zhibai and Chenghai are all eating their old capital, while Yan Liang, Tu Song, and others slowly passed their popularity and disappeared.

It is one thing that they have no performance stage, can't he let them transform early?

From the audition scene of "Golden Age," everyone has acting talent, and I don't see him contacting acting opportunities for everyone.

All are recording programs and running commercial performances.

No wonder everyone's popularity is getting lower and lower, and the heat is getting lower and lower.

However, among the three people Zhou Ping'an brought now, Chenghai and Yan Liang have no background, and there is no channel to change agents. The only way is Li Zhibai.

For Li Zhibai, changing or not changing agents makes little difference.

The bottleneck of his further development in his acting career is that he is too lazy, not that the agent is not powerful.

In terms of popularity alone, he is not low at all.

Otherwise, Chen Biqiu would not have taken the initiative to invite him to dinner.

"Alas, Zhibai, long time no see, even more handsome," Chen Biqiu greeted Li Zhibai enthusiastically as soon as they met, and patted his shoulder.

This enthusiasm is as if the two are really good friends.

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang knew that the two had a grudge at the beginning, because of Chen Biqiu's editing, which led to Li Zhibai being chased and scolded by the fans of another artist for a long time.

Li Zhibai saw a woman in a white T-shirt beside Chen Biqiu and looked at her more.

"Let me introduce you, Li Zhenzhen, program producer, just returned from South Korea," Chen Biqiu said. "She was my assistant director before. This time she came back, she is preparing to make a program, wants to invite you to be a resident, so she entrusted me to matchmake."

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

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

"Lu Yan He, Yan Liang, my two teammates, but our combination has disbanded," Li Zhibai also introduced them, "We live together, so we came to eat together."

Chen Biqiu looked at Lu Yan He and smiled, saying: "Know, won two banners for seeing justice and doing justice, the light of the mainstream. I heard that you were preparing for the college entrance exam before, we sent you program invitations, but they were all rejected."

Lu Yan He said: "Now that the exam is over, I hope the two directors will take care of me."

Chen Biqiu nodded.

"My agent is Chen Ziyan now. If there are work invitations, please find her," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Biqiu opened his eyes in surprise.

"You changed agents? Not Zhou Ping'an?"

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded, pointing to Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, "Their agent is still Zhou Ping'an, I changed agents."

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

On one hand, Chen Biqiu was surprised that Lu Yan He had changed agents, and on the other hand, he was surprised that Lu Yan He's agent had become Chen Ziyan.

At first, he just felt that the name was a bit familiar, and quickly reacted, isn't this the famous legendary agent?!

Chen Biqiu had heard of Chen Ziyan returning to bring newcomers, but didn't know who it was.

Variety shows are of the nature of looking at immediate benefits, and will not be like platform parties, because they fancy an artist, bet in advance, find this person to shoot several plays and hoard them, slowly go online, as long as one of them explodes, other plays will follow and make a lot of money.

Therefore, he didn't go to inquire about who the newcomer brought by Chen Ziyan was.

Several people exchanged pleasantries and sat down.

After an exchange, Lu Yan He knew that the dinner tonight was mainly to matchmake Li Zhibai for Li Zhenzhen's new program.

After figuring it out, Li Zhibai said: "Director Chen, of course I am very willing to join this program, but whether I can join a program is not up to me, it still depends on Zhou Ping'an nodding."

"I will of course let him nod on that side," Chen Biqiu said with a smile. "Mainly you, Zhenzhen specifically requested me to invite you out, just want to chat with you face to face about the theme of this program. You also know that there are all kinds of program forms on the market, all kinds of themes, everyone is shouting all kinds of concepts when preparing programs, but whether a program is good-looking or not is not just relying on a concept, the program still needs to be good-looking. Zhenzhen has high expectations for this program, and every resident guest is carefully selected by her. She must see it with her own eyes to confirm your real personality in private, rather than going back to do a character setting in the program."

Li Zhenzhen nodded and took the conversation: "I hope that artist guests can show their true side in the program. The truer things are, the easier it is to have effects. Fake things are always less interesting."

Li Zhibai looked at her curiously and asked: "Then what do you want to know about me?"

"This is not something that can be explained in a few words. Do you have any work in the past few days? If you are OK, I want to follow you for a few days to see what you look like normally. Only by deeply understanding your personality will I know if you are suitable for our program," Li Zhenzhen said very seriously.

Li Zhibai is very popular now, and general programs need to spend a lot of remuneration to invite him. Li Zhenzhen's new program is not an ace program series, and she even wants to judge whether he is suitable for this program. His first reaction was "Are you serious?", and he was somewhat unhappy in his heart, but Li Zhenzhen's expression looked too pure, not looking down on him, or having prejudice against him, revealing a pure stubbornness, Li Zhibai's disgust psychology slowly retreated.

Li Zhibai said: "I am resting these two days, and I have no work. If you want to follow me, it is to see me eating, drinking, and playing with Old Lu and Yan Liang."

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

A variety show director is still so serious, making Li Zhibai and others feel strange.

Chen Biqiu laughed and explained: "Zhenzhen has always been such a serious personality, but she is very talented. Many of my program scripts are written by her, and the reviews are countless. This time, after returning from further studies in South Korea, she is preparing to operate a variety show with the theme of young people living together and slow life. This type of program has actually emerged quite a lot in China, but in fact, most of them are pseudo-slow variety shows, and they still put a lot of traditional variety show forms inside, and they dare not really slow down."

Li Zhenzhen nodded and said: "I want to invite seven young people to participate in this program, live together, living together includes room allocation, preparation of three meals a day, leisure and entertainment, and chats on various themes. In fact, some friends of everyone will be invited to participate in the living together life. Through such social interaction, we explore young people's understanding of life."

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

To be precise, she even has some humanistic ideals in making programs.

Chen Biqiu is obviously not this type.

He is a typical variety show director who shoots whatever the audience likes to watch.

Li Zhibai listened and scratched his head, saying: "Why do I feel that this program form is quite literary? I am not this style."

"The style of the whole program is a bit slow variety, with a bit of humanistic and warm atmosphere, but in fact, I hope that people of all personalities can have it," Li Zhenzhen said. "You can understand it as, the audience observes young people's lifestyle and life attitude through the living together life of you seven young people. This is also an observation program of the audience for you."

Li Zhibai thought for a while and said: "I don't have anything, but Zhou Ping'an may not agree, right? Every time I record a program, he must require the program party to provide a script, and absolutely does not allow me to have any black material. If I appear in this program, I should expose quite a few shortcomings. He definitely can't accept it."

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

Li Zhibai shrugged his shoulders, "I don't care, I have never liked to be a perfect person."

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

"Uh, I don't know if I want to record this program yet," Li Zhibai said bluntly. "It sounds like it doesn't suit me at all."

Li Zhenzhen looked at Lu Yan He and Yan Liang and suddenly asked: "Then you are living together with these two?"

"Living together? I... count it, it's just living in a house, why use such a disgusting word." Li Zhibai complained, "Aren't these words used to describe the relationship between men and women?"

Li Zhenzhen laughed.

"It's not like that. In fact, this program means this, but the person living with you has been replaced by six other people," Li Zhenzhen said. "Your true personality, frankly, is hard to find in the entertainment industry now. Many people set up a straightforward character, but in fact, they are impolite. I don't want to find some artists I don't like to appear in this program. I hope this program can be done for a long time and made into a variety show version of Friends, meeting once a year. Everyone knows each other through this program when they are young, and then witness growth and development together, including Yan Liang and Lu Yan He. As your good friends, they can also participate in the recording of the program, go to your house to visit and stay. The key is, are you willing to take so much time to try a new program mode?"

Li Zhibai took a deep breath.

"You said this makes me feel so much pressure? It won't be that I don't want to record this program later, and I have to be tied to this program?"

"There is a gathering and there is a scattering. I just put forward a vision I have for this program. If you want to leave later, of course you can," Li Zhenzhen said. "In many mature and well-known series programs, there is no lack of resident guests leaving in a certain season. I really don't want to see such things happen, but if there is such a day, I of course hope to gather and scatter well. In fact, you don't need to worry about these things. We are just discussing the first season now."

Li Zhibai said: "I have to consider it. To be honest, the theme of this program doesn't attract me. Living with a group of strangers, I feel that there are too many troubles."

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 didn't leave directly, but went to a nearby clear bar again.

"Li Zhibai's interest doesn't seem to be great," Chen Biqiu said. "What do you consider?"

Li Zhenzhen pondered for a moment and said: "I like Li Zhibai's personality very much. I still hope to have him as a resident guest, but if I really can't invite him, there is no way, I can only look at others."

Chen Biqiu: "I thought he would not be willing to be observed by you for a few days at first. He has a big temper, and you also know that his family situation is good, he doesn't lack resources, his popularity is also high, he has a bit of pride, and he doesn't buy others' accounts. Don't look at him saying Zhou Ping'an makes the decision, in fact, he doesn't want to do the work, Zhou Ping'an can't force him."

"It is because of such a personality that I feel that the program needs such a person," Li Zhenzhen said. "Brother Qiu, you know, the production cost of such a program is not high, and I don't have to make a big red and purple program. I am just very interested in such a theme, and I have always wanted to do such a program, but if the guest doesn't make me have the desire to shoot, I can't put 100% passion into this program."

"You have to remember, you are just a variety show director, not an author-type director. Even if you are an author-type director, you still have to be responsible to the investors," Chen Biqiu persuaded. "If the program is really not popular and has not accumulated a certain number of fans, it will definitely not be able to be serialized. For you, Li Zhibai is an artist with a very suitable personality, but for me, he is a popular artist who pays for investors, brand parties, and platform parties. He participates, and this program has a gold master."

Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I know."

Chen Biqiu: "Among the seven guests you are preparing to invite, Li Zhibai's popularity is in the first tier. If he can't be invited, you must invite one with popularity equivalent to him, otherwise, your program may not be able to start shooting."

"But if the guest is not suitable, no matter how high the popularity is, the program will have no effect and no chemical reaction."

"I believe in your judgment, but you have to know, if there is no popular artist, your program can't even be shot, talk about effects and chemical reactions?" Chen Biqiu said.

Li Zhenzhen was silent.

Chen Biqiu: "Li Zhibai didn't refuse you to observe him for a few days, right? You contact him, observe him first, that stinky temper of his, and no culture. If you talk to him about ideals and understanding of the program, he may not understand. It is better to play the emotional card, let him get familiar with you, and then he will be embarrassed to refuse again."

Li Zhenzhen: "..."

She really doesn't want to use this means.

But Chen Biqiu is her guide in the variety show industry, and she has always trusted him.

If it weren't for his matchmaking and acting as the producer for this program, she wouldn't have been able to get the green light for this program.

Do you really want to do this?

Li Zhenzhen fell into entanglement.

"Li Zhenzhen doesn't look like a variety show director, but like a college student who just graduated."

On this side, Li Zhibai also commented on Li Zhenzhen.

"I only saw such strong idealism in those female college students who just graduated. For the first time, someone talked to me about programs, talked about so many ideas and themes," Li Zhibai said. "Others are bragging to me about how big the investment in this program is, how much the platform party attaches importance to it, how much investment resources will be injected, how luxurious the guest lineup of this program is, and how popular it will be after broadcast. Tonight, she was actually talking about young people's life attitude and way, saying that she wanted to try to let more people understand young people through this program. My God, I don't even understand it myself."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang laughed at the same time.

"But I think this program is quite interesting, and it's not hard, just earn money easily," Yan Liang said.

Li Zhibai's "I don't lack money" was about to pop out of his throat, but he swallowed it back.

"Alas, it's mainly that this program sounds a bit dangerous. I am lazy and irritable, recording such a program is too revealing of my nature, I guess I will be chased and scolded on the Internet." He is also worried himself.

"You just said you could accept exposing shortcomings in the program."

"How can I admit it in front of them?" Li Zhibai righteously admitted that he lied just now, "She is also interesting, who wants to expose their shortcomings."

Thinking of something, he said again: "If I record such a program with you, it's fine, then I'm slightly willing. Recording with a group of strangers? I'm not interested."

As soon as the voice fell, his phone suddenly rang.

"Yo, it's Li Zhenzhen."

They just exchanged contact information.

Li Zhibai answered the phone.

"Li PD, is there anything else?"

Li Zhenzhen said: "Zhibai, why don't I come over tomorrow, let's try to contact for a few days, I will observe your real appearance in life, and you will understand me more? I am very sincere to invite you to record this program. No matter what your final decision is, let's get familiar with each other first, do you think it is okay?"

Li Zhibai frowned subconsciously, wanting to refuse.

But people spoke so earnestly, he was really embarrassed to say the words of refusal.

"Uh, then okay? But I really have nothing to understand, I am just a very lazy person."

Li Zhenzhen: "Look, you are the only person I know who dares to admit to someone you meet for the first time that you are a lazy person."

Li Zhibai reacted for a long time to the relationship of "person's person."

"Okay, then come if you want."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhibai was very strange.

"I already told her I didn't want to record, why is she still pestering me?"

High popularity is the killer of artists.

An artist is popular, no matter where he goes, it seems to carry a "pass."

Li Zhibai received various enthusiastic treatments, and Lu Yan He and Yan Liang were already used to it.

They actually benefited quite a bit from it too.

Just like this time, knowing Chen Biqiu and Li Zhenzhen, and also added their contact information.

Li Zhibai was chased and praised to be invited to their program, Lu Yan He and Yan Liang were not so popular, so they suffered "cold reception," which is really too normal a thing.

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang are used to it and understand this matter.

Lu Yan He was originally ready to move out, but Li Zhibai said: "Since that Li Zhenzhen wants to observe my real appearance in life, you don't leave for these two days. If you leave, I have to adapt to the living environment you left."

Lu Yan He was speechless, saying: "If I leave, can it affect you? Still need you to adapt specially?"

Li Zhibai tutted, saying: "This is heartless, I have been your big brother for three years, and I usually take care of you."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang hehe at the same time. ===== CHAPTER 153 =====