Pei Kai felt conflicted as he watched the messages popping up on Weibo.

He used to have a lot of followers on Weibo, but they gradually left.

Now, he has even more fans.

Shi Xi's message box dropped down from above.

Pei Kai: ?!

What did Professor Shi Xi want with him?!

Did I say something wrong just now?!

Shi Xi: [Don't pay attention to the comments online. As fans, they can be a bit aggressive sometimes. Just block or blacklist them.]

Pei Kai breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "[It was my fan's aggressive comments. I apologize for causing you trouble.]"

Shi Xi is his mentor.

Although it didn't last long.

Shi Xi: [It's okay, don't worry about it~ Also, record a video of the voice unlock and send it to the official Weibo account. They said they couldn't contact your manager, so they posted mine first.]

Pei Kai sighed, "Okay."

His agent has always ignored him, and he doesn't respond to any job offers or announcements that come his way.

Shi Xi: [By the way, I got a call to record "Endless Joy" on Friday. Did you get one too?]

Pei Kai: [No.]

"Joyful Endless" is a very popular variety show on Apple TV, and only very popular celebrities are invited to participate.

Shi Xi: [Huh? The production team said they invited you. Why don't you ask your agent?]

Pei Kai: [Okay, thank you, Professor Shi Xi.]

After the chat ended, Pei Kai went to ask his agent.

The agent snapped, "The fee they offered was too low, I turned it down!"

Pei Kai: "But I think it's good to have exposure, it doesn't matter if the money is a little less."

The agent retorted, "Are you an agent? Do you even know how to become famous in the entertainment industry?"

You think you'll become famous just because you played the male lead in a movie?

No way, really? You can't be that stupid, can you?

The movie's box office success is all thanks to Shi Xi, so who are you?

"With your blockhead like you, going on variety shows? You'll only be wasting your time chasing fans!"

Pei Kai pursed his lips, "So, what kind of announcements have been arranged for me?"

"Oh, a shopping mall is opening. You need to prepare a performance for it," the agent said.

“I don’t want to take this job. I want to go to ‘Joyful Endless’.” Pei Kai took a deep breath.

Agent: "You think you can have whatever you want? How naive of you!"

In the end, the agent still didn't agree to let Pei Kai go on "Happy Endless".

...

On the way to record "Endless Joy", Shi Xi was constantly reminded and instructed by Han Chuan.

Han Chuan: "Be careful to keep Lou Rui Cong from talking too much. If he does anything out of line, remember to stop him."

Lou Ruicong said with dissatisfaction, "Brother Han, I'm not a child. I know what to say!"

Seeing his hopeless state, Han Chuan said to Shi Xi, "If you can't be saved, just take care of yourself."

Han Chuan had very mixed feelings about Lou Rui Cong.

After filming wrapped up for "Energetic Girl", Han Chuan wanted to find scripts for the two of them.

Shi Xi has a good personality and many works, so many scripts come her way. Han Chuan just needs to take his time and choose the best one.

Lou Rui Cong offended many directors, and since many directors' friends were also directors, very few people invited Lou Rui Cong to their posts.

Even during his last audition, Lou Ruicong directly told the director, "Your script is terrible! Is this your first time directing?"

The director at the audition table turned pale. "Then you'll direct the film?"

Lou Ruicong didn't realize the sarcasm at all. "Okay, okay, give me the pen, I'll teach you how to revise it."

Ultimately, Lou Ruicong was asked to leave by the staff.

When Han Chuan found out about this, his head was throbbing. He asked him, "If you thought the script was bad, why didn't you say so before the audition?"

In that case, he wouldn't let Lou Rui Cong audition.

Lou Ruicong: "I think the script is pretty good, but I need to teach the director properly so that he can do even better."

Han Chuan: "You think you know more about filmmaking than other directors?"

Lou Ruicong didn't realize the irony at all. "I've never been a director, but if I were, I would definitely be better than him."

Han Chuan: ...

Give up on communication.

Shi Xi heard about Lou Rui Cong's glorious deeds from Zhu Lin.

Shi Xi could only give a thumbs up: awesome, ruthless.

Before entering the recording studio, Han Chuan lit a cigarette, his face showing signs of weariness.

Managing Lou Rui Cong is more tiring than managing anyone else.

He'll eventually lose all his connections to Lou Rui Cong.

*

The recording of "Endless Joy" takes place indoors, and the hosts are the Joy Family.

The hosts showed enthusiasm and welcome to Shi Xi and Lou Rui Cong.

The group that Shi Xi recorded with was a small girl group called Hua Xuewu.

"Because the three of us girls have the characters for flower, snow, and dance in our names, that's why we got this name."

Lou Ruicong couldn't help but ask, "Why not call it Snowflake Dance? It sounds much more catchy."

Host: "Snowflake dance, it sounds like a kind of dance."

Xiao Xue in "Flower Snow Dance" nodded, "I felt that snowflakes were too common, so I named myself Flower Snow Dance."

"It sounds like a tongue twister, you guys probably aren't very popular, right?" Lou Rui Cong said bluntly.

When the show aired, Lou Ruicong's words were directly used as a preview.

Lou Ruicong: "You guys probably aren't popular, right?"

The caption read in large print: "[Touching emotional intelligence!]"

Upon seeing Lou Ruicong's insightful statement, netizens immediately launched a concentrated attack on him.

[Some people aren't even famous themselves, yet they have the nerve to criticize others?]

[He's so obscure that nobody cares about him anymore, yet he criticizes others? This guy is really laughable.]

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