In the evening, when Bai Qiquan was still having dinner, at Lu Ban's house.

"You said you hired so many people and paid so much money, why bother?"

Qin Tiantian said as he ate the pan-fried dumplings he had packed and took a sip of iced Coke.

The evening news was playing on TV, and on the table were some food bought from the back streets of Jiangcheng University, including fried skewers, barbecue, pan-fried dumplings, porridge, wraps, wontons, etc.

If Feng Yu saw this, he would definitely be disgusted with Lu Ban for eating greasy food from roadside vendors every day.

But Feng Yu couldn't see it anyway.

Lu Ban put down his phone. He had just sent a WeChat message to Feng Yu to confirm that the other party was not in Jiangcheng.

Only then did he boldly pick up a skewer of grilled lamb and take a bite.

The fat is sizzling and the aroma of animal fat permeates between the lips and teeth. The mutton is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Paired with spices, cumin, and chili powder, the exotic flavor spreads in the mouth.

This feeling is like the first night living alone outside when my parents force me to go to bed and get up early and have three meals a day without fried chicken, carbonated drinks, barbecue and various snacks at home and the normal life suddenly ends.

"tasty."

Lu Ban sighed and looked at Qin Tiantian again.

"I am creating more jobs for society and solving the human resources crisis caused by the current cold winter in the film and television industry."

"Fuck, don't you know why the film and television industry has a cold winter?"

Qin Tiantian curled his lips.

"Is it because of me?"

Lu Ban was confused.

"Isn't it?"

Qin Tiantian was filled with indignation.

"It's all because your movies are so popular. One is OK, but both are of high quality and profitable. All the film and television companies have realized that they need to improve their production standards so that audiences will buy them. So now everyone is spending money to recruit people."

"Hmm? Shouldn't that mean that there should be a strong demand for jobs?"

Lu Ban felt very strange.

"Everyone who is hired must have skills, whether they are actors or others. In the past, the circle was large, there was a lot of money, and there were many idlers. Now the circle has shrunk, and many idlers have no jobs."

Qin Tiantian suddenly felt that he might be more familiar with the film and television industry than Lu Ban.

After all, she was once a small idol and a contracted artist of a legitimate entertainment company.

If the project hadn't failed and her contract hadn't restricted her from showing her face in commercial performances, Qin Tiantian wouldn't have made her debut as a virtual anchor.

However, compared to the past when I had to rehearse and perform on stage every day, and had to always pay attention to my words and actions, and then live the life of a small idol who not many people remembered, now I have hundreds of thousands of fans and can earn several times the previous income by just slacking off and playing games every day. Life is pretty good.

But, but!

Now the film and television circles have been involuted due to Lu Ban. Many people can’t find jobs, and some female celebrities with small traffic have started live streaming directly.

Some of them are quite normal, just broadcasting some vlogs of daily life, some are not so normal, they like to make coquettish poses and do some weird things.

There are also some who can sing, and they just put on a skin and debuted as virtual anchors. They start with live singing that lasts for several hours, which makes anchors like Qin Tiantian, whose singing is just a show effect and whose liveliness is more about performance, very passive.

Some classmates may ask, weren’t you just a little idol jumping around in the past, why can’t you sing better than others?

In this regard, Qin Tiantian could only say that if her singing was really that good, she would not have been just a little idol back then, she would have appeared on various singing variety shows and become a big star.

"Isn't it good that the bastards don't have jobs?"

Lu Ban expressed his confusion.

"In the industry, the survival of the fittest is the norm. In the past, everyone's skills were very low, so there were many people who took advantage of the situation to make money. Now that the tide has receded, isn't it clear who is taking advantage of the situation?"

"?"

Qin Tiantian always felt that Lu Ban was hinting at him.

"Don't read too much into it. Even though you slack off every day, your live broadcasts are only good for show, you can't sing, you're terrible at playing games, you don't have any talent, and even you look like a junior high school student, but I'm not talking about you."

Lu Ban explained.

"So you're talking about me!"

Qin Tiantian jumped up.

"No, no, you are the spokesperson for our company. Think about it, when Silent Media's movie is released, everyone will associate the movie with you. So many people across the country and the world have watched this movie, so your fans will increase hundreds or thousands of times."

Lu Ban gave kind and persuasive advice.

"It sounds good... Wait, doesn't your company only make horror movies? Then I am associated with horror movies. I'm afraid that children won't even be able to cry when they see me in the future."

Qin Tiantian reacted.

"By the way, I made some clips earlier, would you like to try them?"

Lu Ban suddenly said.

"Go away, I don't want to be a guinea pig!"

Qin Tiantian refused immediately.

"It's not scary. I've transformed myself this time. It's a commercial blockbuster."

Lu Ban spoke like a devil who was tempting others to fall.

"No, no, no, when did you take the photo? I remember you went to a mental hospital some time ago."

Qin Tiantian took a sip of fruit yogurt and wiped the white milk stains left at the corners of his mouth with a tissue.

"Actually, I traveled to another world and made a movie about my experiences there."

Lu Ban spoke the truth.

"...You take me for a fool."

Qin Tiantian rolled his eyes at Lu Ban.

Although Lu Ban's filming speed was indeed fast, and it was almost impossible to feel that he disappeared for half a year after a shot as shown in those movie documentaries, Qin Tiantian still had common sense.

"It's not scary this time. It's all at the level of a special effects blockbuster. Don't worry."

Lu Ban persuaded again.

He mainly wanted to see whether the scene of the devil's tide would cause ordinary people a similar sense of fear as if they were actually there. You know, although in the picture, Lu Ban could be said to be the strongest in the world, without a doubt, but if the immersive sense of shock was missing, it would lack the flavor.

"Then wait until after dinner and I'll get my shark pillow."

Qin Tiantian reluctantly agreed.

As for why he wanted to hug the shark pillow, Lu Ban didn't quite understand. It might be some special way to gain a sense of security.

The most important thing for people living in this world is a sense of security.

Most human behaviors can be seen as behaviors that seek to gain a sense of security.

For example, making money, buying a house, getting married, having children, and immersing oneself in a virtual world to escape reality.

Maybe Qin Tiantian also has some special hobby for sharks.

After the meal, the two cleaned up the lunch boxes and threw away the garbage at the end of the garbage sorting period. Lu Ban accompanied Qin Tiantian to her house to retrieve the shark pillow.

After sitting in the living room and waiting for a while, Qin Tiantian saw Lu Ban plug the hard drive into the TV.

I clicked on a folder called "New Folder 02", which contained several files.

Lu Ban clicked on another video file called "Sample Modifications".

I turned down a few lights and the TV screen lit up.