Chapter 205 Start planning for yourself early
When Lu Yanhe received Li Zhenzhen's call, he was somewhat dazed. He had been so busy with "Jump Up" these past few days that he had almost forgotten that he was an artist.
Li Zhenzhen wanted to meet with him to discuss the production of the program "The Days of Youth".
Lu Yanhe certainly has time. Aside from the recording of the gala in August, he has no other work at the moment.
In fact, Lu Yanhe received quite a few job offers, but because of his image as a "top student" and a "freshman at Zhenhua University," Chen Ziyan didn't want to give him so many jobs just to make quick money. Therefore, Chen Ziyan was very careful in choosing the types of jobs, which made Lu Yanhe's summer vacation exceptionally easy.
Otherwise, where would he find so much time to make "Jump Up"?
Li Zhenzhen arranged a time when Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang were all available to chat with them.
Li Zhenzhen came to Xingyu's company building to meet with them.
In this extremely hot weather, the air conditioning in the building is very strong, and coming in from outside gives you a sense of relief, like returning from the desert.
The three of them came in together and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Lu Yanhe, in particular, has recently gained immense popularity, seemingly relying on his college entrance examination scores and artistic reputation to achieve success indirectly.
They went to the conference room on the fifth floor.
Chen Ziyan and Zhou Pingan are already here.
The two people were chatting when they saw the celebrities approaching and stopped talking.
Li Zhenzhen hasn't arrived yet.
“Xiao Lu has been very active lately.” Zhou Ping’an looked him up and down with a smile and said, “He didn’t rest after finishing filming. He recorded a documentary and started making his own magazine.”
Looking at Zhou Ping'an now, Lu Yanhe felt quite relieved.
He smiled and said, "It's summer vacation, so I'm looking for something to do."
Zhou Ping'an: "Ziyan, I am truly ashamed in front of you. You have the courage to support your artists in doing these things. If Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were to do these things, I really wouldn't dare to agree. I'm afraid it would be a waste of time, and the result would only invite criticism."
Before Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe could speak, Li Zhibai's eyelids drooped and he said, "Don't worry, among all the idol artists in the country, only Lao Lu has the ability and confidence to do this. We don't have that kind of ability even if we wanted to. No culture is no culture. Yanhe, what did you say before? Oh, right, you can't talk about ice with a summer insect."
Chen Ziyan burst out laughing.
Zhou Ping'an's expression changed, and he glared at Li Zhibai.
That brat, he's sabotaging him!
Li Zhi shrugged nonchalantly and asked, "Li Zhenzhen hasn't arrived yet?"
"Coming, coming!" A voice rushed in as the door was pushed open.
Li Zhenzhen rushed in, carrying a laptop and a canvas bag.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"
"There must have been some traffic on the way." Chen Ziyan got up, went to get a bottle of mineral water for Li Zhenzhen, and placed it in front of her. "We just arrived too."
It's 2:30 PM now, which is exactly the time they agreed to meet.
Li Zhenzhen was not late either.
Li Zhenzhen asked, "Can I put a PowerPoint presentation here? I made one."
"Sure," Chen Ziyan nodded with a smile. "You can just connect it to your laptop, right?"
"Um."
After a lot of work, it's finally done.
Chen Ziyan said, "PD Li, we're all ready, you can start now."
“Okay, then I’ll begin,” Li Zhenzhen said. “There are a few things I need to discuss with everyone today. The first is the recording schedule. We plan to record in three separate sessions. The first recording will be from August 20th to 24th. We’ve confirmed these dates with everyone beforehand, and there are no scheduling conflicts. The second recording will be from September 21st to 25th. The third recording will be from October 3rd to October 7th.”
"Um."
The timing was discussed in advance, so there's no problem.
Li Zhenzhen continued, "The second thing we need to discuss today is the recording format. Let me first tell you about the overall format. It mainly consists of two forms: cohabitation documentary and behind-the-scenes interviews. We have written a script to advance the main storyline of cohabitation life. However, this script only tells you what to do every day, how to do it, and what stories will happen. It all depends on your most authentic selves. Unlike similar programs, I will not provide any performance scripts."
Zhou Ping'an frowned immediately and said, "Will the segments that will be broadcast on the show be reviewed by us first?"
"When we signed the contract, we agreed that we would try our best to communicate, but the final editing rights would still be in the hands of our production team. We must ensure the quality of the program," Li Zhenzhen said directly. "We will absolutely not deliberately expose or highlight an artist's shortcomings. It is written in everyone's contract that if there is malicious editing that damages an artist's reputation, it will be considered a breach of contract on our part. So, please give us some space for content creation. This is the key point I want to make. Zhi Bai, Yan He, Yan Liang, a program that focuses on recording life will inevitably expose some of your shortcomings, or even if they are not shortcomings, but just certain characteristics, many viewers will dislike you. This is unavoidable."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“However, the purpose of a show like ‘The Days of Youth’ is to present 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 will not deliberately find an artist who is not suitable for this show to expose their shortcomings and be cyberbullied by everyone. That is not my original intention. In fact, as you all know, everyone will have people who dislike or hate them. The key is what kind of impression we can give to the majority of people.”
Li Zhibai: "It doesn't matter. There are already a lot of people cursing me online, so a few more won't make a difference."
Li Zhibai's "giving up" mentality was evident in his words.
Zhou Ping'an immediately glared at him, "Seriously! PD Li said that she invited you to this show because she believes that you can become more popular through this program."
Li Zhibai: "Whatever. Whether you like it or not, I'm fine with it. There will always be people who like it and people who don't."
Zhou Ping'an was so angry he was trembling, but Li Zhibai was just like that, no matter how many times you talked to him, you couldn't change him.
"Who else is coming to record this program?" Zhou Pingan asked.
Li Zhenzhen said, "We need to keep it a secret for now. We hope to create the most authentic recording environment for the artists. Before living together, they don't know who each other is. Of course, the three of you already know."
Zhou Ping'an: "If you do this, we won't be able to make any preparations in advance."
Li Zhenzhen just smiled and remained silent.
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In the middle of the call, Zhou Ping'an went outside to answer a phone call, and Chen Ziyan followed closely behind, so they decided to take a short break.
Li Zhenzhen chatted with the others about what they had been up to lately, and was surprised to learn that Lu Yanhe was working on a magazine.
“Actually, it’s no longer a magazine, it’s a Mook book,” Lu Yanhe explained.
“I really 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 proposition. Even big-name authors rarely do themed books anymore. How did you suddenly come up with this idea?”
"Maybe it's because I like it," Lu Yanhe said. "I also got along well with my classmates; we all have a dream of making a magazine."
“I reckon many students have had this dream. Kids these days read fewer magazines. Back in our day, we could see more than a dozen magazines in class every week, and everyone would pass them around,” Li Zhenzhen asked. “But what you’re making is a Mook, right?”
"Mm." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Li Zhenzhen: "You're pretty amazing, Xiao Lu. You got it all done in just one month, from having the idea to putting it into practice."
"They took advantage of the fact that I'm a celebrity."
“That’s not how it works. Everyone has their own family, school, and career. No one can do anything without the convenience that these factors bring,” Li Zhenzhen said. “You don’t need to separate the artist from you. Li Zhibai also said that out of so many artists, you are the only one who can do this.”
“He’s just exaggerating, ignore him,” Lu Yanhe said.
Li Zhibai immediately said, "I really mean it when I praise you, but could you please stop forcing me to write articles? I really don't have that level of skill."
"This is my first time publishing a book, you must support me." Lu Yanhe said firmly.
Li Zhibai sighed.
Yan Liang laughed.
Lu Yanhe: "I believe you, Brother Bai."
"Ha, this is the only time you'll call me brother, you bastard."
"Okay, you dog-brain." Lu Yanhe retorted without changing his expression. Even if he had to suffer heavy losses, he had to prioritize killing the enemy first.
Li Zhibai: "Grass."
Li Zhenzhen laughed heartily and said, "With your way of getting along, how could the audience not like you?"
“No way,” Li Zhibai said immediately. “I’d rather not have this kind of affection.”
Yan Liang: "I don't want to join them at all."
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When Zhou Pingan returned after making the call, his expression suddenly turned grim.
Li Zhibai asked in the group chat while holding his phone: What's wrong with him?
Yan Liang: I don't know, I don't know what happened.
Li Zhibai: What tragic news did you receive?
A moment later, Lu Yanhe sent a screenshot to the group.
It's a trending topic.
#Ma Zhiyuan brought a sexy woman home late at night and didn't leave all night#
Li Zhibai: ? ? ?
Yan Liang: ? ? ?
Lu Yanhe: No wonder Zhou Ping'an's face is so dark; it's already trending at number one.
Li Zhibai: Ma Zhiyuan is really bold; he took them all back with him.
Yan Liang: I wonder what Brother Ping An is feeling.
Li Zhibai: I estimate there are about 10,000 volcanoes erupting.
Li Zhibai: I probably won't be able to stay any longer and will have to leave.
Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, Zhou Ping'an suddenly interrupted everyone and said, "I have some things to take care of here, you guys talk first."
Chen Ziyan remained calm and showed no reaction, indicating that she probably already knew what had happened.
After Zhou Ping'an left in a hurry, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Li Zhenzhen was the only one who didn't see the news online.
She immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Ziyan said, "Ma Zhiyuan is trending on social media, and he's dealing with it."
Li Zhenzhen was a little surprised. She took out her phone and glanced at it before realizing what had happened.
"Why is Ma Zhiyuan getting so much negative news lately?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
Li Zhibai said, "Heaven will make someone perish, and it will make them go mad."
Li Zhenzhen asked, "Shall we continue our discussion?"
Chen Ziyan said, "Let's continue. We can't waste his time. PD Li, please continue."
“Okay.” Li Zhenzhen nodded. “Continuing from what I was saying, in this program, everyone should try not to treat it as a recording. Nowadays, audiences really dislike celebrities who act pretentious or aloof on the show. No matter what kind of personality someone has, they will have their audience, but people who are not honest will be rejected by everyone, especially in life observation variety shows.”
Chen Ziyan said, "But there are many popular idols in this program. As you know, their fans are relatively crazy and it is easy to cause disputes online. Has the production team made any preparations in this regard? If there are no contingency plans, the program may become a mess. This also includes Xiao Lu's fans. The production team needs to communicate with all the artists and reach a consensus on this matter."
Li Zhenzhen nodded, "I've made a note of this, and I'll communicate with each artist's team about it."
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The meeting lasted all afternoon, ending at 5:30 p.m. Chen Ziyan invited Li Zhenzhen to have lunch with her, and also brought three young people along.
While Chen Ziyan was driving, everyone else went online to gossip about Ma Zhiyuan.
A top influencer is a top influencer; the popularity of this event makes it seem like the entire internet is discussing it.
Lu Yanhe's homepage is filled with discussions about this matter.
This includes leaf vein networks.
Lu Yanhe originally thought that people on a place like Yemai.com wouldn't pay much attention to this matter, but literary youths also love gossip and gossip.
What everyone is most curious about is the identity of this girl; is she Ma Zhiyuan's girlfriend?
The topic has been trending for almost four hours, but neither Ma Zhiyuan nor Xingyu has made any response.
The fact that they haven't responded for so long basically confirms that the matter is true and not a misunderstanding; they are simply considering a public relations strategy.
Li Zhenzhen was scrolling through the news online and was somewhat surprised. She said, "Ma Zhiyuan's fan club has announced its disbandment."
"So fast?" Yan Liang asked in shock.
“Wouldn’t Ma Zhiyuan be crying his eyes out in the bathroom?” Li Zhibai mocked. “All he has are his fans, and now they’ve abandoned him. How pathetic.”
Chen Ziyan was driving, not looking at her phone, but listening to their conversation.
She said, "Don't just watch others make fools of themselves. Remember this: being an idol is like this. If one of you is gone, the other will be gone. If you have a girl you like in the future, you can't expose her, otherwise many fans will leave. Idols can become famous very easily, but they can also fade away easily. It's a young person's game. It's okay if you do it when you're young, but you can't do it for a lifetime. You have to plan for yourselves early."
(End of this chapter)
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