Chapter 204: Plan for Yourself Early

When Lu Yan He received Li Zhenzhen's call, he was a bit dazed. He had been busy with *Jump Up* these days and almost forgot that he was an artist.

Li Zhenzhen wanted to meet him to

Lu Yan He certainly had time. Aside from the gala recording in August, he had no other work on his hands right now.

In reality, there were quite a few jobs inviting Lu Yan He, but because of his image as a "straight-A student" and "Zhenhua freshman," Chen Ziyan did not want to take on so much work just to earn that quick money. Therefore, she was very cautious in choosing his work content, which also made this summer vacation exceptionally relaxed for Lu Yan He.

Otherwise, where would he have found so much time to work on "Jump Up"?

Li Zhenzhen scheduled a time when Lu Yan He, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang were all free to chat with the three of them together.

Li Zhenzhen came to the Star Entertainment office building to meet them.

In this weather that was hot to the extreme, the air conditioning in the building was very sufficient; coming in from outside, one would feel a sense of relief like returning from a desert.

The three of them walked in together and immediately captured everyone's gaze.

Especially Lu Yan He, whose momentum had been very strong lately, with a posture of taking a roundabout path to success through his college entrance exam scores and literary reputation.

They arrived at the conference room on the fifth floor.

Chen Ziyan and Zhou Ping'an were already there.

The two were chatting, but stopped when they saw the artists approaching.

Li Zhenzhen had not arrived yet.

"Little Lu has been very busy lately," Zhou Ping'an said, eyeing him with a smile. "You didn't even rest after filming; you're recording a documentary and making a magazine yourself."

Lu Yan He felt quite relieved looking at Zhou Ping'an now.

He smiled. "It's summer vacation, finding something to do for myself."

Zhou Ping'an: "Ziyan, I really feel inferior in front of you, having the courage to support your artist in doing these things. If Li Zhibai and Yan Liang wanted to do these things, I really wouldn't dare to agree, fearing it would be a waste of time and invite criticism once it's out."

Before Chen Ziyan and Lu Yan He could speak, Li Zhibai drooped his eyelids and said, "Don't worry. If you add up all the idol artists in the whole country, only Old Lu has the ability and the confidence to do this. We don't have the capability even if we wanted to. No culture is just no culture. Yan He, what was it you said before? Oh, right, 'Summer insects cannot speak of ice.'"

Chen Ziyan burst out laughing.

Zhou Ping'an's expression changed, and he glared at Li Zhibai.

This brat, undermining him!

Li Zhibai shrugged without a care and asked, "Hasn't Li Zhenzhen come yet?"

"Here, here!" A voice ran in along with the sound of the door being pushed open.

Li Zhenzhen hurried in, clutching a laptop and carrying a canvas bag on her back.

"Sorry, kept you waiting!"

"Traffic was a bit jammed, right?" Chen Ziyan stood up, went to get a bottle of mineral water for Li Zhenzhen, and placed it in front of her. "We just arrived, too."

It was 2:30 PM, exactly the time they had agreed upon.

Li Zhenzhen was not late.

Li Zhenzhen asked, "Can I show a PPT here? I made one."

"Yes," Chen Ziyan nodded with a smile. "Just connect your laptop directly, right?"

"Mm."

After some busy work, it was finally set up.

Chen Ziyan said, "PD Li, we're all ready, you can start directly."

"Okay, then I'll start," Li Zhenzhen said. "Coming here today, there are a few things to communicate with everyone. The first is the recording time. We are prepared to divide the recording into three sessions. The first recording is from August 20th to 24th. This time has been confirmed with everyone, and there are no schedule conflicts. The second is set for September 21st to 25th. The third is from October 3rd to October 11th."

"Mm."

The times had been communicated in advance, so there was no problem.

Li Zhenzhen continued: "The second thing to communicate today is our recording format. Let me first tell you about our overall format, which is mainly based on cohabitation records and behind-the-scenes interviews. We have written a main plot script for the cohabitation life, but this script only tells everyone what to do each day. How to do it specifically and what stories will happen depends on your most authentic selves. Unlike similar programs, I will not provide any performance scripts here."

Zhou Ping'an immediately frowned and said, "Then will we be allowed to review the segments broadcast on the show?"

"When we signed the contract, it was said that we should try our best to maintain communication, but the final editing rights remain with our production team. We must ensure the effect of the program," Li Zhenzhen said directly. "We will absolutely not deliberately expose and highlight an artist's shortcomings. It's written in everyone's contract that if malicious editing leads to damage to an artist's reputation, it counts as our breach of contract. Therefore, please also give us some space for content creation. This is also the key point I want to make. Zhibai, Yan He, Yan Liang, a program that leans towards life recording will inevitably expose some of your shortcomings, or even if they aren't shortcomings, just certain traits, it will make many viewers dislike you. This is an unavoidable thing."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"However, a program like 'Young Days' is meant to present such a state, a relatively authentic state. I invited you to the show because I believe that through this program, everyone will like you," Li Zhenzhen said. "I won't deliberately find an artist who isn't suitable for this program to come on and expose their own flaws and be cyberbullied by everyone. That is not my original intention. In fact, you all know that anyone will have people who dislike or hate them. The key lies in what kind of impression we can give to the majority of people."

Li Zhibai: "Doesn't matter. Anyway, there are plenty of people online who curse me, a few more doesn't matter."

Li Zhibai's "let it rot" mentality was evident.

Zhou Ping'an immediately glared at him. "Take it seriously! PD Li already said that she invited you on this show because she believes that through this show, more people can like you."

Li Zhibai: "Whatever. Like or dislike, I've let it go. Anyway, there are always people who like me and always people who don't."

Zhou Ping'an was trembling with anger, but Li Zhibai was just like this; you couldn't change him even if you told him ten thousand times.

"Who else is coming to record this show?" Zhou Ping'an asked.

Li Zhenzhen said, "It has to be kept secret for now. We hope to create the most authentic recording environment for the artists. Before cohabiting, you won't know who the others are. Of course, you three already know."

Zhou Ping'an: "If you do it this way, we can't make any preparations in advance."

Li Zhenzhen just smiled and said nothing.

In the middle, Zhou Ping'an went outside to answer a call, and Chen Ziyan followed closely behind, so they just took a break.

Li Zhenzhen chatted with them about what they had been doing lately, and was surprised to learn that Lu Yan He was making a magazine.

"Actually, it's not a magazine anymore, it's a Mook," Lu Yan He explained.

"It's just that I didn't expect you to do this," Li Zhenzhen said. "Many publishing houses and related websites don't do this anymore because it's a losing business. Even big writers rarely do themed books. How did you suddenly think of doing this?"

"Maybe because I like it myself," Lu Yan He said. "Also, I chatted with my classmates and we all had a magazine dream."

"I guess many students have had this dream. Kids read fewer magazines now. In our time, we could see a dozen magazines in class every week, and everyone would pass them around," Li Zhenzhen asked. "However, the one you're doing is a Mook, right?"

"Mm." Lu Yan He nodded.

Li Zhenzhen: "You're quite impressive, Little Lu, getting it done in a month from having the idea to implementation."

"I took advantage of being an artist."

"Don't say it like that. Everyone has their own family, school, and profession. No one can do things without the convenience brought by these factors," Li Zhenzhen said. "Don't separate yourself from being an artist. Didn't Li Zhibai say it too? Among so many artists, you're the only one who can do this."

"He's just praising me randomly, don't mind him," Lu Yan He said.

Li Zhibai immediately said, "I'm praising you for real, but can you stop forcing me to write articles? I really don't have that level."

"It's my first time making a book, you must support me," Lu Yan He said, leaving no room for doubt.

Li Zhibai sighed.

Yan Liang laughed.

Lu Yan He: "I believe in you, Brother Bai."

"Heh, you only call me brother at times like this, you dog."

"Okay, Dog Brother of the dog," Lu Yan He retorted without changing his expression. Even if he had to face the consequence of losing eight hundred to kill a thousand, he had to prioritize killing the enemy at this moment.

Li Zhibai: "Damn."

Li Zhenzhen laughed happily and said, "With the way you guys interact, how could you not be liked by the audience?"

"Don't," Li Zhibai said immediately. "I'd rather not have this kind of liking."

Yan Liang: "I don't want to be included among them at all."

Zhou Ping'an returned from his call, his face suddenly looking ugly.

Li Zhibai took his phone and asked in the group: What's wrong with him?

Yan Liang: Don't know, don't know what happened.

Li Zhibai: Did he receive some tragic news?

After a moment, Lu Yan He sent a screenshot to the group.

It was a trending topic.

#Ma Zhiyuan brings sexy beauty home late at night, doesn't come out all night#

Li Zhibai:???

Yan Liang:???

Lu Yan He: No wonder Zhou Ping'an's face is so dark, it's already number one on the hot search.

Li Zhibai: Ma Zhiyuan is bold, bringing her straight back.

Yan Liang: Don't know what Brother Ping'an's mood is.

Li Zhibai: Probably ten thousand volcanoes erupting.

Li Zhibai: Might not be able to stay and will leave soon.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, Zhou Ping'an suddenly interrupted everyone and said, "I have something to deal with here, you guys keep chatting."

Chen Ziyan's expression was calm, with no reaction; she must have known what happened long ago.

After Zhou Ping'an hurried away, everyone looked at each other.

Li Zhenzhen was the only one who hadn't seen the news online.

She immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Ziyan said, "Ma Zhiyuan is on the hot search, he went to handle it."

Li Zhenzhen was a bit surprised, took out her phone and glanced at it, only then knowing what had happened.

"Why are there so many negative news about Ma Zhiyuan lately?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

Li Zhibai said, "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad."

Li Zhenzhen asked, "Shall we continue the discussion?"

Chen Ziyan said, "Let's continue. His leaving shouldn't delay our time. PD Li, please continue."

"Okay," Li Zhenzhen nodded. "Continuing from just now, I'll keep going. In this program, everyone should try not to treat it as recording a show. Current viewers really dislike artists acting pretentious or putting on airs in shows. Whatever personality you have, it has its audience, but people who aren't sincere will be resisted by everyone. This is especially true for life observation variety shows."

Chen Ziyan said, "But there are many popular idols in this program. You also know that their fans are relatively crazy and easily trigger disputes online. Does the production team have preparations for this? If a contingency plan isn't made well in this regard, the program might be turned into a mess by then. This also includes Little Lu's fans. This aspect requires the production team to communicate well with all artist parties and reach a consensus."

Li Zhenzhen nodded. "I've noted this down and will communicate with every artist's team."

The communication meeting lasted all afternoon, and it wasn't until 5:30 that it ended. Chen Ziyan invited Li Zhenzhen to eat together and brought the three young men along.

While Chen Ziyan was driving, the others went online to eat the melon of Ma Zhiyuan.

A top-tier star is a top-tier star; the explosion of this incident made it feel like the whole internet was discussing it.

Lu Yan He's homepage was full of discussions about this.

Including the Ye Mai website as well.

Lu Yan He originally thought that in a place like Ye Mai, people wouldn't pay so much attention to this, but literary youths also love gossip and eating melons.

What everyone was most curious about was the identity of this girl, whether she was Ma Zhiyuan's girlfriend.

The hot search had been up for almost four hours, but neither Ma Zhiyuan nor Star Entertainment had made any response.

Not responding for such a long time basically confirmed that the incident itself was true, not a misunderstanding; they were just thinking about public relations strategies now.

Li Zhenzhen was scrolling through the news online, somewhat surprised, and said, "Ma Zhiyuan's fan club has announced its dissolution."

"So fast?" Yan Liang asked in shock.

"Then wouldn't Ma Zhiyuan cry to death in the bathroom?" Li Zhibai mocked. "All he has is his fans, and now even his fans have abandoned him. So pathetic."

Chen Ziyan was driving and didn't look at her phone, only listening to their discussion.

She said, "Don't just watch others' jokes, keep it in mind. Being an idol artist is like this; when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold. In the future, if you have a girl you like, you can't expose it, otherwise, it will cause many fans to unfollow. Idol artists are indeed easy to get popular, but also easy to burn out. This is a youth-based job; it's fine to eat it while you're young, but you can't eat it for a lifetime. You have to plan for yourself early."