Du Ziqian, who found out that something was wrong, still pretended to be calm and didn’t show anything on the spot, and then asked his follower in private.
“Brother Du, that Bai Xinyan is really good at acting. You said that but it would be impossible for someone like him to go to Class B…” the follower said.
When Du Ziqian heard the words, he asked in a bad tone, “How good can he be?”
After taking a look at Du Ziqian, he cautiously said, “Just… better than those in the newcomer class… The last time Teacher He praised him for a long time and said that his level is at the top of the professional class.”
Seeing this, Du Ziqian naturally understood that he was also one of those who were compared in the newcomer class, but still a little unwilling to believe. “Tsk, He Wenhong praised him sincerely? What do you think of his acting skills, how much better than Zhou Han?”
“Yes, that’s right, Mr He was very excited. And we have all seen it, the acting is really powerful. He is a bit… stro, stronger than Zhou Han.” The follower knew that Du Ziqian definitely didn’t like to hear the truth that Bai Xinyan was much stronger than him, so he tried to tell about Bai Xinyan’s acting skills to a minimum. But even so, Du Ziqian’s face was terribly ugly.
He didn’t expect that the newcomer who seemed to bully would still rely on this kind of reliance. No wonder the people in the previous class said that Fang Xia had a good vision. He originally thought it was a good background because of Bai Xinyan’s background.
In this way, Bai Xinyan not only looked good with a background but also had the ability. In comparison, what did he use to fight against others? He was not even as good as Bai Xinyan!
Du Ziqian had a sense of crisis for Bai Xinyan, like Cheng Yaojin (程咬金), who came out halfway to snatch his glory. Now that it was more than just a sense of crisis, the other party could be said to have threatened him in all aspects. If this continued, it was estimated that his number one position in the newcomer of the actor would soon be unable to keep.
If he couldn’t keep this position, how could he be qualified to grab the best resources when he made his debut?
No, I have to find a way to pull this Bai Xinyan down!
Du Ziqian couldn’t help but have such an idea. However, after thinking about it, he found that he couldn’t move Bai Xinyan at all with his ability. The other party had He Wenhong as a teacher, he had a good relationship with Li Zhibai, and he was also protected by the chairman. The whole Xinghuan belonged to the other. What did he do as a young newcomer to attack Bai Xinyan who was guarded by the others?
Unable to deal with Bai Xinyan, Du Ziqian could only retreat and think of a second method: he made his debut in advance.
Xinghuan’s newcomer training period was at least two to three months, and the longest was nearly ten months (actually it translated ten years but how could that be so long!?). Generally speaking, after the agent’s planning and evaluation, it was considered that the newcomer had reached certain requirements before arranging a debut.
Du Ziqian had been training for several months, but according to the plan he discussed with Fang Xia, he was ready to make his official debut after he got a relatively high-quality role.
With Xinghuan’s resources and Fang Xia’s contacts, it was easy for Du Ziqian to accept the show. However, he was a newcomer after all. It was not so easy for him to accept a good role.
With Du Ziqian’s acting skills, the standard for his debut should be met, but he was high-spirited and wanted to have a good starting point, so he must take on a more powerful and promising role. It was just that such a role was not so easy to find. Du Ziqian was quite picky, so although he met the requirements for his debut, he hadn’t officially accepted the job.
Although Du Ziqian was two or three years older than Bai Xinyan, there was no need to worry for actors at the age of nineteen or twenty. Therefore, Du Ziqian originally felt that it would be no problem to wait a few more months for a good debut opportunity.
However, after Bai Xinyan appeared, Du Ziqian began to suspect that even if he could meet such an opportunity, whether it was from Xinghuan or Fang Xia, the resources would most likely fall on Bai Xinyan first without his share. If this was the case, then he was really at a loss. But this was the most likely scenario.
So in order to avoid such a thing, Du Ziqian felt that he might as well find a decent play first, and make his debut before Bai Xinyan. The other party had to train for at least two or three months. As long as he was ahead of him, he could accumulate some popularity, relationships, and qualifications then increased his bargaining chip. Otherwise, in the future, maybe he could only pick up the leftovers that Bai Xinyan didn’t want.
Although Fang Xia promised him that it would not affect his resources, Du Ziqian didn’t believe it at all. How could it not affect? Even when he thought that Bai Xinyan was taking the idol route, the resources would conflict with each other. Now he knew that the other party could also take the strength line which completely overlapped with his plan. In the future, unless the two people’s coffee positions were completely stratified, he was afraid that there was no time for conflict because it was said that they were still in the same agent.
After thinking carefully, Du Ziqian finally decided to give up his original plan and made his debut in advance. But even if it had to go ahead and couldn’t find a particularly good opportunity, Du Ziqian was unwilling to choose too many times. It just happened that he heard the news as soon as he had an idea.
Du Ziqian was good at managing to win over and had a good relationship with some of the small leaders of Xinghuan who he could contact. On this day, he heard a team leader from the marketing department complain casually, “Those guys at Strawberry Station are so stingy. They want us to pay the money but are reluctant to give a share. Even if we count on our artists to bring popularity to the show, there is a stupid little employee who doesn’t know if it is intentional or not, he actually said whether we could invite a film emperor. I laughed angrily, really.”
Du Ziqian was moved in his heart when he heard the words. Pretending to chat casually, he asked, “Oh, what kind of show is this so powerful that he directly wants to talk about the film emperor?”
The group leader sneered and waved his hand, “What kind of show, it’s just a reality show that I don’t know whether it’s going to die or not. The battle is pretty big, but there are more reality shows on the market these days. They talk about the film emperor before we work together, they don’t know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is (不知道天高地厚, it meant not understand things, here).”
“If they dare to speak about the film emperor, that battle really seems to be very big.” Du Ziqian said with a smile.
The team leader exclaimed “Alas!” and said, “Of course, it was scary to talk about investment. I didn’t want to expect Xinghuan to give them money. We also talked about the film emperor and the popular one here. If it weren’t for the effect of the project planning and evaluation, we would have driven this group of people who talked about official things early away.”
This project had nothing to do with Du Ziqian, a newcomer. The team leader didn’t think too much, just talking about an annoyance at work. Under the guidance of Du Ziqian’s calm and indifference, he said a lot of news. In the end, Du Ziqian roughly pieced together the appearance of this reality show. With Xinghuan investment, at least half of the guests would be the first-line broadcasters on Strawberry Satellite TV, which was one of the best ratings. The content planning team leader did not disclose it but it should be good. To sum it up, it could be said that it was a show with an amazing team.
There were indeed many reality shows that had flooded recently, but the audience’s interest in it had obviously not been disappeared. If this reality show was done well, it was conceivable that it would be a big explosion and the participating guests would basically gain the benefit. Moreover, reality shows could be said to be a powerful tool for sucking fans. There were no people who couldn’t get on the reality show and some of them even relied on reality shows to become popular.
Even if Du Ziqian hadn’t thought about taking the route of small fresh meat, he had always planned to make his acting debut. However, after hearing the news, he couldn’t help but become excited.
Although according to the group leader’s opinion, this show was obviously not something newcomers like Du Ziqian could get involved in, but Du Ziqian thought about it carefully. No matter how big the investment was, it was unlikely that this show would really use the first-line actors and artists who were not so famous. Although he might not be a pure newcomer, it was reasonable that Xinghuan had a popular front-line, they definitely hoped that the show could bring other people’s popularity. Judging from the way Xinghuan allocated resources, it was estimated that this other person who had the strength but was not very popular was possible. In other words, Du Ziqian might not really be out of play.
Xinghuan might not even consider some artists who had enough exposure but just couldn’t get up. Du Ziqian, as one of the top newcomers, had been evaluated well in all aspects. If he wanted to use it as a debut place, he could probably predict that the results should not be bad. In fact, it was actually a good choice. In addition, Fang Xia was also a gold medal agent and still had a position in Xinghuan. It might not be impossible to fight for it. Human effort was the decisive factor (事在人为).
Du Ziqian felt that it was impossible for him to find a better opportunity than this show in a short time. After a few days of consideration, he made up his mind and prepared to talk to Fang Xia.
At this moment, Li Zhibai just absent-mindedly turned over the plan his agent had just given him. He raised his eyebrows and said, “Professional reality show? Do you want me to go?”
“Yes, I want you to go.” Li Zhibai’s agent, Shao Ping (邵平), was an ordinary-looking gentleman. He pushed his glasses and said, “I looked at the plan. The quality of this reality show should be okay. I took it for your benefit.”
Li Zhibai curled his lips, “Didn’t you say that my true personality is not in line with the designed character and I can’t take this variety show so as not to show my stuff? Now it has become a good thing.”
Shao Ping said in an unchanging tone, “Yes, so I think you should almost change your personality to get closer to your true character. The noble prince’s personality designed for you before can’t last long if you haven’t improved your acting skills for ten years. Under the circumstances, it’s better to make good use of your essence to become a comedian, so that you can slow down to change.”
“……” Li Zhibai was also used to Shao Ping’s sarcasm to him. After hearing the words, he quickly countered as if nothing had happened, “Who said that I can’t stick to the noble prince character? The acting doesn’t matter. Isn’t the appearance guaranteed? It’s said that my face can definitely be beautiful for ten years. You have to worry about these extra thoughts. Is it menopause?”
Shao Ping suddenly sneered, “No matter what you look like, you will be regarded as a comedian when you are in an idol drama at the age of forty. And whether your true character is more like a noble prince or a comedian, you don’t have it yourself. Don’t you count AC yourself?” (你自己没有点AC数的么？, meant don’t you take yourself too high?)
“……” Li Zhibai already had a wealth of experience. Knowing that he couldn’t speak beyond Shao Ping, he immediately changed the subject. “So I have to participate in this reality show?”
Shao Ping pushed his glasses and said coldly, “Otherwise? Give me a reason for you not participating?”
“……” Reality shows were very tiring and there were cameras following you anytime, anywhere. You had to pay attention to your image with nervousness during the whole process and it was annoying to think about it. Li Zhibai thought about it, but he didn’t dare to speak directly to the indifferent agent. Instead, he asked roundly, “Brother Shao, why did the company designate me to go? Weren’t they all interested in competing on their own before?”
Shao Ping said, “Of course, it’s because you are the most cost-effective one. The company invested in the show, take your first reality show to give a lot of heat, is there a problem? The production team would like to talk about the film emperor, but they can’t afford it. In the end, they can only choose you next. But you don’t have to be unhappy. There are still a few voluntarily wanting to go, but the production team doesn’t like it, so you are better than them.”
“……” Li Zhibai heard that he had to take the reality show. He could only sigh in his heart, opened the plan in his hand, and took a closer look.
“That’s right,” Shao Ping reminded him again, “This program is run by our Xinghuan, Youjia Entertainment, and Strawberry Satellite TV. The resident is basically our company and Youjia people. At present, it’s decided that each company will bring a popular front line with a newcomer.”
“Bring a newcomer?” Li Zhibai immediately raised his head, “Won’t you have to arrange a newcomer to fry me a scandal CP?”
Shao Ping gave him an angry look and said, “Of course not. Even if you want to change to a comedian, you have to go step by step. Moreover, when did the company unilaterally rub the heat and fry the scandal. I’m afraid that the newcomer won’t be hacked to death if they have a scandal with you. Do you think the others and company people are so stupid?”
Li Zhibai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he still couldn’t help but said worriedly, “Oh, even if you don’t know how to make a gossip, it’s a hard job to bring a newcomer. What if that person has a bad temper with me? Wouldn’t it be exhausting to pretend to be friends in front of the camera every day?”
When Li Zhibai said this, he suddenly remembered something and his eyes lit up.
“Eh, by the way, Brother Shao, can I participate in the selection of this newcomer’s candidate? If I don’t agree, can I change to another person? With my current coffee position, I can play a little bit like this, right?” Li Zhibai looked at Shao Ping eagerly.
Shao Ping didn’t feel good about it. “Is it okay to just let you choose whom to choose? Giving you as a noble person, do you really want to play a big name? The president will never do such a thing!”
Li Zhibai was reminded by Shao Ping’s words. Not only did he not dispel his thoughts, but he became more hopeful. He eagerly said to Shao Ping, “Brother Shao, you remind me! I do have a newcomer I want to appoint. I don’t worry about letting him come and won’t be able to get along with him on the show. And I guess the president will certainly agree to it!”
Shao Ping glanced suspiciously at Li Zhibai. He quickly remembered something and asked, “Are you trying to talk about the Bai Xinyan you just met?”
Shao Ping, as an agent, naturally knew about Li Zhibai and Bai Xinyan in class together. He also learned from his own artist that the two seemed to be familiar with each other very quickly. If it was Bai Xinyan, he heard that he was related to the chairman. It was estimated that there would be no objections from Xinghuan.
“Are you sure you can get along with the person? Don’t regret it when you are bullied.” Shao Ping thought Li Zhibai’s proposal was feasible, but he was a little worried. Li Zhibai looked fine, but in fact, he was a bit silly by nature. Bai Xinyan’s background was not small. Looking at some recent events, he was powerful. Now it felt good for two of them to be classmates. He was afraid that the other party would stab in the back when it involved interests.
Li Zhibai didn’t think so much about Shao Ping when he heard this. After thinking about Bai Xinyan’s usual performance, he felt that there was no possibility of being bullied at all.
After “giving up games and falling in love with learning” that day, he couldn’t help playing games again the next day. Originally, he wanted to avoid Bai Xinyan’s solo line, but he found that Bai Xinyan’s points had actually increased a lot, so he immediately forgot to his bad deeds of “leaving” the other party and went to find someone to ask the truth.
Therefore, the grudge Bai Xinyan made him feel that Bai Xinyan couldn’t win the debuff again, he said how his points were earned. Then, under Bai Xinyan’s show off like he did to Ding Qichen, who was not a believer in evil, he was able to experience the feeling of being carried away by his thighs.
From then on, Li Zhibai had been shameless and wanted to team up with Bai Xinyan. Although the thigh he wanted to hug was Yin Heng. However, when he tried to communicate with this demon, the other party was not only cold but also a little scary, so he could only choose to stick to Bai Xinyan. Anyway, Bai Xinyan didn’t want to lose everything. They would definitely play the games after calling Yin Heng and the other party basically come with just one call.
Thanks to his steadily rising game rank, even if Bai Xinyan did not share any knowledge to take care of their original physicals with him, Li Zhibai was still full of love for this new friend. Moreover, after a few days of familiarity, Li Zhibai found that Bai Xinyan’s temper was really soft. No matter how badly he played the game, he would not get angry or curse. Although he didn’t completely temper less, after all, Bai Xinyan was angry at him on the first day. But this little temper came and went fast, he never held grudges. Generally speaking, he could be said to be very honest and easy to talk to.
Moreover, Bai Xinyan seemed to be simpler than ordinary human beings at this age. He was obviously indifferent. In addition, being a demon, he didn’t think much of certain interests like ordinary humans, such as hollowing out their hearts and thinking about becoming popular. After all, demons had a lot of time and the idea of being famous was not very urgent. Therefore, Li Zhibai himself wasn’t worried like Shao Ping.
Shao Ping just reminded him that according to the current situation, it was a good choice for Bai Xinyan to participate in this show with Li Zhibai. After all, according to Li Zhibai, the two of them got along well, and Bai Xinyan’s conditions were also good. His acting skills were good and he had a good background. In the end, he would definitely not be totally unpopular and not drag Li Zhibai and the whole show. With the familiar person with him, Li Zhibai would be able to behave more naturally and maybe he could recruit less the black fans.
“I can help you ask, but don’t be too hopeful. Be mentally prepared first.” Shao Ping said this, but he felt that Li Zhibai knew it was possible to get what he wanted.
Sure enough, after he mentioned the matter to the relevant project leader, the other party seemed a bit embarrassed at first. After consulting Pres Zhao, he quickly gave Shao Ping a good answer, “Pres Zhao said he would ask him about it. If the other party agrees, there would be no problem.”
Li Zhibai, a popular frontline, had no right to refuse, but Bai Xinyan, a newcomer, did. Although it was a special situation, Shao Ping was more aware that this new friend of his own artist was not simple. But if you have a great friend, as long as the other person was not the kind of someone with evil intentions, they’re definitely good for you. Therefore, Shao Ping did not prevent Li Zhibai from interacting with Bai Xinyan, but encouraged him to become more familiar with each other and then judge whether Bai Xinyan was worthy of deep friendship through observation and some of Li Zhibai’s narrations.
However, this was something later. In short, after Shao Ping received the reply, Bai Xinyan’s agent, Fang Xia, also received a message from the project leader. “Pardon Bai Xinyan? This… is a candidate already confirmed?” Fang Xia, who was caught off guard by the news, asked in surprise.
Du Ziqian had just told her that she wanted to make a debut through this show. For this reason, the two had a big dispute. However, Du Ziqian finally persuaded Fang Xia and asked her to agree to get some information for him.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xia hadn’t inquired anything yet, and the details of the show and even the signing intention had already been in Fang Xia’s hands. However, this had nothing to do with Du Ziqian, but directly came to Bai Xinyan. The person in charge knew a little bit about Bai Xinyan’s background from Pres Zhao’s attitude, so he was more polite to Fang Xia, Bai Xinyan’s agent, and replied, “To tell you the truth, our company will have two artists. A newcomer and the front line artist. The frontline artist has already been set. As for the newcomer, as long as Bai Xinyan agrees, it is also set.”
Fang Xia was a little overwhelmed when she heard this, “This… I haven’t received any news before…” It sounded like Bai Xinyan was a direct priority? Wasn’t Du Ziqian’s matter completely out of play before he even started to try it?
The person in charge smiled and said, “Isn’t that good? You don’t need to worry about the artist.”
Fang Xia could only smile when she heard the words, but she couldn’t smile at all in her heart. “Then, that I will trouble you. I will ask Bai Xinyan what he wants and I will answer you as soon as possible.”
The person in charge nodded and before leaving, Fang Xia said, “By the way, regardless of Bai Xinyan’s answer or not, it will trouble you to keep this matter secret from others, okay? Otherwise, let others know, it’s not good for the project or Bai Xinyan. Actually, I don’t need to remind you of this, right?” The person in charge smiled and left.
Fang Xia looked at the information on the table, but her mind became confused.
Du Ziqian wanted this opportunity very much and she agreed to help him, but…
Fang Xia took a deep breath, picked up the phone to contact Bai Xinyan, but hesitated again when she was about to press the dial button.
Looking at this state, Bai Xinyan obviously would not be short of resources and maybe in the future, as long as it was the right resources, he would be the priority. But Du Ziqian was different.
Although she was not satisfied with Du Ziqian’s sudden desire to make his debut on a reality show but wanted him to act in a good play, Du Ziqian persuaded Fang Xia by analyzing his situation and Bai Xinyan’s threat to him. And now, in comparison with Bai Xinyan, Du Ziqian said that Bai Xinyan’s situation would suppress him from getting any good resources seemed to have become a reality. Fang Xia suddenly felt sorry for Du Ziqian again. After all, he was an artist whom she was particularly optimistic about and intended to bring with her heart. She was originally much more biased than Bai Xinyan, who made her disgusted from the beginning, and people had been more biased towards the weaker side. When Fang Xia thought about it, she felt that Du Ziqian was bullied by Bai Xinyan.
Or else… wait?
Fang Xia couldn’t directly transfer this opportunity from Bai Xinyan to Du Ziqian. After all, Du Ziqian did not have any favourable bargaining chips. It was normal to fight for it when the candidate was not determined. Now she knew that it had been determined to give it to Bai Xinyan. It was obviously inappropriate for her as Bai Xinyan’s agent to fight for other artists under her.
However, she still wanted to fight for Du Ziqian once. After all, this was dispensable for Bai Xinyan, but it was indispensable for Du Ziqian.
So wait a moment. Fang Xia finally put down the phone.
Du Ziqian, who found out that something was wrong, still pretended to be calm and didn’t show anything on the spot, and then asked his follower in private.
“Brother Du, that Bai Xinyan is really good at acting. You said that but it would be impossible for someone like him to go to Class B…” the follower said.
When Du Ziqian heard the words, he asked in a bad tone, “How good can he be?”
After taking a look at Du Ziqian, he cautiously said, “Just… better than those in the newcomer class… The last time Teacher He praised him for a long time and said that his level is at the top of the professional class.”
Seeing this, Du Ziqian naturally understood that he was also one of those who were compared in the newcomer class, but still a little unwilling to believe. “Tsk, He Wenhong praised him sincerely? What do you think of his acting skills, how much better than Zhou Han?”
“Yes, that’s right, Mr He was very excited. And we have all seen it, the acting is really powerful. He is a bit… stro, stronger than Zhou Han.” The follower knew that Du Ziqian definitely didn’t like to hear the truth that Bai Xinyan was much stronger than him, so he tried to tell about Bai Xinyan’s acting skills to a minimum. But even so, Du Ziqian’s face was terribly ugly.
He didn’t expect that the newcomer who seemed to bully would still rely on this kind of reliance. No wonder the people in the previous class said that Fang Xia had a good vision. He originally thought it was a good background because of Bai Xinyan’s background.
In this way, Bai Xinyan not only looked good with a background but also had the ability. In comparison, what did he use to fight against others? He was not even as good as Bai Xinyan!
Du Ziqian had a sense of crisis for Bai Xinyan, like Cheng Yaojin (程咬金), who came out halfway to snatch his glory. Now that it was more than just a sense of crisis, the other party could be said to have threatened him in all aspects. If this continued, it was estimated that his number one position in the newcomer of the actor would soon be unable to keep.
If he couldn’t keep this position, how could he be qualified to grab the best resources when he made his debut?
No, I have to find a way to pull this Bai Xinyan down!
Du Ziqian couldn’t help but have such an idea. However, after thinking about it, he found that he couldn’t move Bai Xinyan at all with his ability. The other party had He Wenhong as a teacher, he had a good relationship with Li Zhibai, and he was also protected by the chairman. The whole Xinghuan belonged to the other. What did he do as a young newcomer to attack Bai Xinyan who was guarded by the others?
Unable to deal with Bai Xinyan, Du Ziqian could only retreat and think of a second method: he made his debut in advance.
Xinghuan’s newcomer training period was at least two to three months, and the longest was nearly ten months (actually it translated ten years but how could that be so long!?). Generally speaking, after the agent’s planning and evaluation, it was considered that the newcomer had reached certain requirements before arranging a debut.
Du Ziqian had been training for several months, but according to the plan he discussed with Fang Xia, he was ready to make his official debut after he got a relatively high-quality role.
With Xinghuan’s resources and Fang Xia’s contacts, it was easy for Du Ziqian to accept the show. However, he was a newcomer after all. It was not so easy for him to accept a good role.
With Du Ziqian’s acting skills, the standard for his debut should be met, but he was high-spirited and wanted to have a good starting point, so he must take on a more powerful and promising role. It was just that such a role was not so easy to find. Du Ziqian was quite picky, so although he met the requirements for his debut, he hadn’t officially accepted the job.
Although Du Ziqian was two or three years older than Bai Xinyan, there was no need to worry for actors at the age of nineteen or twenty. Therefore, Du Ziqian originally felt that it would be no problem to wait a few more months for a good debut opportunity.
However, after Bai Xinyan appeared, Du Ziqian began to suspect that even if he could meet such an opportunity, whether it was from Xinghuan or Fang Xia, the resources would most likely fall on Bai Xinyan first without his share. If this was the case, then he was really at a loss. But this was the most likely scenario.
So in order to avoid such a thing, Du Ziqian felt that he might as well find a decent play first, and make his debut before Bai Xinyan. The other party had to train for at least two or three months. As long as he was ahead of him, he could accumulate some popularity, relationships, and qualifications then increased his bargaining chip. Otherwise, in the future, maybe he could only pick up the leftovers that Bai Xinyan didn’t want.
Although Fang Xia promised him that it would not affect his resources, Du Ziqian didn’t believe it at all. How could it not affect? Even when he thought that Bai Xinyan was taking the idol route, the resources would conflict with each other. Now he knew that the other party could also take the strength line which completely overlapped with his plan. In the future, unless the two people’s coffee positions were completely stratified, he was afraid that there was no time for conflict because it was said that they were still in the same agent.
After thinking carefully, Du Ziqian finally decided to give up his original plan and made his debut in advance. But even if it had to go ahead and couldn’t find a particularly good opportunity, Du Ziqian was unwilling to choose too many times. It just happened that he heard the news as soon as he had an idea.
Du Ziqian was good at managing to win over and had a good relationship with some of the small leaders of Xinghuan who he could contact. On this day, he heard a team leader from the marketing department complain casually, “Those guys at Strawberry Station are so stingy. They want us to pay the money but are reluctant to give a share. Even if we count on our artists to bring popularity to the show, there is a stupid little employee who doesn’t know if it is intentional or not, he actually said whether we could invite a film emperor. I laughed angrily, really.”
Du Ziqian was moved in his heart when he heard the words. Pretending to chat casually, he asked, “Oh, what kind of show is this so powerful that he directly wants to talk about the film emperor?”
The group leader sneered and waved his hand, “What kind of show, it’s just a reality show that I don’t know whether it’s going to die or not. The battle is pretty big, but there are more reality shows on the market these days. They talk about the film emperor before we work together, they don’t know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is (不知道天高地厚, it meant not understand things, here).”
“If they dare to speak about the film emperor, that battle really seems to be very big.” Du Ziqian said with a smile.
The team leader exclaimed “Alas!” and said, “Of course, it was scary to talk about investment. I didn’t want to expect Xinghuan to give them money. We also talked about the film emperor and the popular one here. If it weren’t for the effect of the project planning and evaluation, we would have driven this group of people who talked about official things early away.”
This project had nothing to do with Du Ziqian, a newcomer. The team leader didn’t think too much, just talking about an annoyance at work. Under the guidance of Du Ziqian’s calm and indifference, he said a lot of news. In the end, Du Ziqian roughly pieced together the appearance of this reality show. With Xinghuan investment, at least half of the guests would be the first-line broadcasters on Strawberry Satellite TV, which was one of the best ratings. The content planning team leader did not disclose it but it should be good. To sum it up, it could be said that it was a show with an amazing team.
There were indeed many reality shows that had flooded recently, but the audience’s interest in it had obviously not been disappeared. If this reality show was done well, it was conceivable that it would be a big explosion and the participating guests would basically gain the benefit. Moreover, reality shows could be said to be a powerful tool for sucking fans. There were no people who couldn’t get on the reality show and some of them even relied on reality shows to become popular.
Even if Du Ziqian hadn’t thought about taking the route of small fresh meat, he had always planned to make his acting debut. However, after hearing the news, he couldn’t help but become excited.
Although according to the group leader’s opinion, this show was obviously not something newcomers like Du Ziqian could get involved in, but Du Ziqian thought about it carefully. No matter how big the investment was, it was unlikely that this show would really use the first-line actors and artists who were not so famous. Although he might not be a pure newcomer, it was reasonable that Xinghuan had a popular front-line, they definitely hoped that the show could bring other people’s popularity. Judging from the way Xinghuan allocated resources, it was estimated that this other person who had the strength but was not very popular was possible. In other words, Du Ziqian might not really be out of play.
Xinghuan might not even consider some artists who had enough exposure but just couldn’t get up. Du Ziqian, as one of the top newcomers, had been evaluated well in all aspects. If he wanted to use it as a debut place, he could probably predict that the results should not be bad. In fact, it was actually a good choice. In addition, Fang Xia was also a gold medal agent and still had a position in Xinghuan. It might not be impossible to fight for it. Human effort was the decisive factor (事在人为).
Du Ziqian felt that it was impossible for him to find a better opportunity than this show in a short time. After a few days of consideration, he made up his mind and prepared to talk to Fang Xia.
At this moment, Li Zhibai just absent-mindedly turned over the plan his agent had just given him. He raised his eyebrows and said, “Professional reality show? Do you want me to go?”
“Yes, I want you to go.” Li Zhibai’s agent, Shao Ping (邵平), was an ordinary-looking gentleman. He pushed his glasses and said, “I looked at the plan. The quality of this reality show should be okay. I took it for your benefit.”
Li Zhibai curled his lips, “Didn’t you say that my true personality is not in line with the designed character and I can’t take this variety show so as not to show my stuff? Now it has become a good thing.”
Shao Ping said in an unchanging tone, “Yes, so I think you should almost change your personality to get closer to your true character. The noble prince’s personality designed for you before can’t last long if you haven’t improved your acting skills for ten years. Under the circumstances, it’s better to make good use of your essence to become a comedian, so that you can slow down to change.”
“……” Li Zhibai was also used to Shao Ping’s sarcasm to him. After hearing the words, he quickly countered as if nothing had happened, “Who said that I can’t stick to the noble prince character? The acting doesn’t matter. Isn’t the appearance guaranteed? It’s said that my face can definitely be beautiful for ten years. You have to worry about these extra thoughts. Is it menopause?”
Shao Ping suddenly sneered, “No matter what you look like, you will be regarded as a comedian when you are in an idol drama at the age of forty. And whether your true character is more like a noble prince or a comedian, you don’t have it yourself. Don’t you count AC yourself?” (你自己没有点AC数的么？, meant don’t you take yourself too high?)
“……” Li Zhibai already had a wealth of experience. Knowing that he couldn’t speak beyond Shao Ping, he immediately changed the subject. “So I have to participate in this reality show?”
Shao Ping pushed his glasses and said coldly, “Otherwise? Give me a reason for you not participating?”
“……” Reality shows were very tiring and there were cameras following you anytime, anywhere. You had to pay attention to your image with nervousness during the whole process and it was annoying to think about it. Li Zhibai thought about it, but he didn’t dare to speak directly to the indifferent agent. Instead, he asked roundly, “Brother Shao, why did the company designate me to go? Weren’t they all interested in competing on their own before?”
Shao Ping said, “Of course, it’s because you are the most cost-effective one. The company invested in the show, take your first reality show to give a lot of heat, is there a problem? The production team would like to talk about the film emperor, but they can’t afford it. In the end, they can only choose you next. But you don’t have to be unhappy. There are still a few voluntarily wanting to go, but the production team doesn’t like it, so you are better than them.”
“……” Li Zhibai heard that he had to take the reality show. He could only sigh in his heart, opened the plan in his hand, and took a closer look.
“That’s right,” Shao Ping reminded him again, “This program is run by our Xinghuan, Youjia Entertainment, and Strawberry Satellite TV. The resident is basically our company and Youjia people. At present, it’s decided that each company will bring a popular front line with a newcomer.”
“Bring a newcomer?” Li Zhibai immediately raised his head, “Won’t you have to arrange a newcomer to fry me a scandal CP?”
Shao Ping gave him an angry look and said, “Of course not. Even if you want to change to a comedian, you have to go step by step. Moreover, when did the company unilaterally rub the heat and fry the scandal. I’m afraid that the newcomer won’t be hacked to death if they have a scandal with you. Do you think the others and company people are so stupid?”
Li Zhibai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he still couldn’t help but said worriedly, “Oh, even if you don’t know how to make a gossip, it’s a hard job to bring a newcomer. What if that person has a bad temper with me? Wouldn’t it be exhausting to pretend to be friends in front of the camera every day?”
When Li Zhibai said this, he suddenly remembered something and his eyes lit up.
“Eh, by the way, Brother Shao, can I participate in the selection of this newcomer’s candidate? If I don’t agree, can I change to another person? With my current coffee position, I can play a little bit like this, right?” Li Zhibai looked at Shao Ping eagerly.
Shao Ping didn’t feel good about it. “Is it okay to just let you choose whom to choose? Giving you as a noble person, do you really want to play a big name? The president will never do such a thing!”
Li Zhibai was reminded by Shao Ping’s words. Not only did he not dispel his thoughts, but he became more hopeful. He eagerly said to Shao Ping, “Brother Shao, you remind me! I do have a newcomer I want to appoint. I don’t worry about letting him come and won’t be able to get along with him on the show. And I guess the president will certainly agree to it!”
Shao Ping glanced suspiciously at Li Zhibai. He quickly remembered something and asked, “Are you trying to talk about the Bai Xinyan you just met?”
Shao Ping, as an agent, naturally knew about Li Zhibai and Bai Xinyan in class together. He also learned from his own artist that the two seemed to be familiar with each other very quickly. If it was Bai Xinyan, he heard that he was related to the chairman. It was estimated that there would be no objections from Xinghuan.
“Are you sure you can get along with the person? Don’t regret it when you are bullied.” Shao Ping thought Li Zhibai’s proposal was feasible, but he was a little worried. Li Zhibai looked fine, but in fact, he was a bit silly by nature. Bai Xinyan’s background was not small. Looking at some recent events, he was powerful. Now it felt good for two of them to be classmates. He was afraid that the other party would stab in the back when it involved interests.
Li Zhibai didn’t think so much about Shao Ping when he heard this. After thinking about Bai Xinyan’s usual performance, he felt that there was no possibility of being bullied at all.
After “giving up games and falling in love with learning” that day, he couldn’t help playing games again the next day. Originally, he wanted to avoid Bai Xinyan’s solo line, but he found that Bai Xinyan’s points had actually increased a lot, so he immediately forgot to his bad deeds of “leaving” the other party and went to find someone to ask the truth.
Therefore, the grudge Bai Xinyan made him feel that Bai Xinyan couldn’t win the debuff again, he said how his points were earned. Then, under Bai Xinyan’s show off like he did to Ding Qichen, who was not a believer in evil, he was able to experience the feeling of being carried away by his thighs.
From then on, Li Zhibai had been shameless and wanted to team up with Bai Xinyan. Although the thigh he wanted to hug was Yin Heng. However, when he tried to communicate with this demon, the other party was not only cold but also a little scary, so he could only choose to stick to Bai Xinyan. Anyway, Bai Xinyan didn’t want to lose everything. They would definitely play the games after calling Yin Heng and the other party basically come with just one call.
Thanks to his steadily rising game rank, even if Bai Xinyan did not share any knowledge to take care of their original physicals with him, Li Zhibai was still full of love for this new friend. Moreover, after a few days of familiarity, Li Zhibai found that Bai Xinyan’s temper was really soft. No matter how badly he played the game, he would not get angry or curse. Although he didn’t completely temper less, after all, Bai Xinyan was angry at him on the first day. But this little temper came and went fast, he never held grudges. Generally speaking, he could be said to be very honest and easy to talk to.
Moreover, Bai Xinyan seemed to be simpler than ordinary human beings at this age. He was obviously indifferent. In addition, being a demon, he didn’t think much of certain interests like ordinary humans, such as hollowing out their hearts and thinking about becoming popular. After all, demons had a lot of time and the idea of being famous was not very urgent. Therefore, Li Zhibai himself wasn’t worried like Shao Ping.
Shao Ping just reminded him that according to the current situation, it was a good choice for Bai Xinyan to participate in this show with Li Zhibai. After all, according to Li Zhibai, the two of them got along well, and Bai Xinyan’s conditions were also good. His acting skills were good and he had a good background. In the end, he would definitely not be totally unpopular and not drag Li Zhibai and the whole show. With the familiar person with him, Li Zhibai would be able to behave more naturally and maybe he could recruit less the black fans.
“I can help you ask, but don’t be too hopeful. Be mentally prepared first.” Shao Ping said this, but he felt that Li Zhibai knew it was possible to get what he wanted.
Sure enough, after he mentioned the matter to the relevant project leader, the other party seemed a bit embarrassed at first. After consulting Pres Zhao, he quickly gave Shao Ping a good answer, “Pres Zhao said he would ask him about it. If the other party agrees, there would be no problem.”
Li Zhibai, a popular frontline, had no right to refuse, but Bai Xinyan, a newcomer, did. Although it was a special situation, Shao Ping was more aware that this new friend of his own artist was not simple. But if you have a great friend, as long as the other person was not the kind of someone with evil intentions, they’re definitely good for you. Therefore, Shao Ping did not prevent Li Zhibai from interacting with Bai Xinyan, but encouraged him to become more familiar with each other and then judge whether Bai Xinyan was worthy of deep friendship through observation and some of Li Zhibai’s narrations.
However, this was something later. In short, after Shao Ping received the reply, Bai Xinyan’s agent, Fang Xia, also received a message from the project leader. “Pardon Bai Xinyan? This… is a candidate already confirmed?” Fang Xia, who was caught off guard by the news, asked in surprise.
Du Ziqian had just told her that she wanted to make a debut through this show. For this reason, the two had a big dispute. However, Du Ziqian finally persuaded Fang Xia and asked her to agree to get some information for him.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xia hadn’t inquired anything yet, and the details of the show and even the signing intention had already been in Fang Xia’s hands. However, this had nothing to do with Du Ziqian, but directly came to Bai Xinyan. The person in charge knew a little bit about Bai Xinyan’s background from Pres Zhao’s attitude, so he was more polite to Fang Xia, Bai Xinyan’s agent, and replied, “To tell you the truth, our company will have two artists. A newcomer and the front line artist. The frontline artist has already been set. As for the newcomer, as long as Bai Xinyan agrees, it is also set.”
Fang Xia was a little overwhelmed when she heard this, “This… I haven’t received any news before…” It sounded like Bai Xinyan was a direct priority? Wasn’t Du Ziqian’s matter completely out of play before he even started to try it?
The person in charge smiled and said, “Isn’t that good? You don’t need to worry about the artist.”
Fang Xia could only smile when she heard the words, but she couldn’t smile at all in her heart. “Then, that I will trouble you. I will ask Bai Xinyan what he wants and I will answer you as soon as possible.”
The person in charge nodded and before leaving, Fang Xia said, “By the way, regardless of Bai Xinyan’s answer or not, it will trouble you to keep this matter secret from others, okay? Otherwise, let others know, it’s not good for the project or Bai Xinyan. Actually, I don’t need to remind you of this, right?” The person in charge smiled and left.
Fang Xia looked at the information on the table, but her mind became confused.
Du Ziqian wanted this opportunity very much and she agreed to help him, but…
Fang Xia took a deep breath, picked up the phone to contact Bai Xinyan, but hesitated again when she was about to press the dial button.
Looking at this state, Bai Xinyan obviously would not be short of resources and maybe in the future, as long as it was the right resources, he would be the priority. But Du Ziqian was different.
Although she was not satisfied with Du Ziqian’s sudden desire to make his debut on a reality show but wanted him to act in a good play, Du Ziqian persuaded Fang Xia by analyzing his situation and Bai Xinyan’s threat to him. And now, in comparison with Bai Xinyan, Du Ziqian said that Bai Xinyan’s situation would suppress him from getting any good resources seemed to have become a reality. Fang Xia suddenly felt sorry for Du Ziqian again. After all, he was an artist whom she was particularly optimistic about and intended to bring with her heart. She was originally much more biased than Bai Xinyan, who made her disgusted from the beginning, and people had been more biased towards the weaker side. When Fang Xia thought about it, she felt that Du Ziqian was bullied by Bai Xinyan.
Or else… wait?
Fang Xia couldn’t directly transfer this opportunity from Bai Xinyan to Du Ziqian. After all, Du Ziqian did not have any favourable bargaining chips. It was normal to fight for it when the candidate was not determined. Now she knew that it had been determined to give it to Bai Xinyan. It was obviously inappropriate for her as Bai Xinyan’s agent to fight for other artists under her.
However, she still wanted to fight for Du Ziqian once. After all, this was dispensable for Bai Xinyan, but it was indispensable for Du Ziqian.
So wait a moment. Fang Xia finally put down the phone.
