Chapter 241 People's joys and sorrows are not the same (asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets!)
"Brother Fan, your place has really become a popular check-in spot! As soon as we got in the car, the driver kept introducing the courtyard we longed for. How much money did you spend on advertising?"
"But Brother Fan, your B&B is really popular. I saw it at the gate just now. There are still many people taking photos and checking in at this time."
It is now 11 o'clock in the evening. After receiving a call from Li Xiaodong, Lin Fan walked out of the courtyard he had been waiting for and found Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang wearing baseball caps and masks on their faces at a street corner three hundred meters away from the B&B.
Being a star is indeed very troublesome. Even if you are a popular idol who is not well-known, you are afraid of being discovered by fans.
The three people who had reunited after a long separation punched each other without any courtesy. After a few pleasantries, Lin Fan led the two of them into the longed courtyard through the side door.
“Where is the money for advertising?”
Lin Fan complained that he only shot short videos and posted them online, and never used advertisements that cost money.
It’s not that I don’t want to use it, it’s mainly because I don’t have the money!
However, even without spending any money, so many people still consciously recommended it to tourists. Lin Fan felt that this could only be because his homestay was too popular. After all, he spent so much money on decoration.
Li Xiaodong was dissatisfied: "Brother Fan, your unintentional self-boasting is the most deserving of a beating!"
Learn about Versailles literature? Lin Fan laughed: "Okay, let's change the subject! What program are you recording? How did it get to this point? I remember you said on the phone that the program started recording in the morning. It must have been recorded for a whole day, right?"
Lu Bingyang sighed: "Don't mention it, it's not just in the morning, the recording started at 3 am!"
Li Xiaodong also complained: "Brother Fan, we took a flight last night and arrived at Huahai Island after 12 o'clock. Not long after we fell asleep, we were woken up by the production team. This is not the most tiring thing. The most tiring thing is that we didn't have more than half an hour to rest properly throughout the whole day!"
It's a one-stop process! Such a high-intensity outdoor variety show is really too much for most people to handle.
Lin Fan seemed to be thinking: "For such a high-intensity shoot, it is best to confirm whether you can bear it. If you are uncomfortable or unable to do it, you should negotiate with the production team directly. Don't be stubborn for a while. Once something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."
Lai Siu-tung didn't care much: "What could possibly happen? The production crew wouldn't dare joke about the safety of the guests. Besides, the public hates it when guests get hurt. They will try to portray themselves as hardworking and persevering. Other guests also have some prejudices against artists like us who debuted as idols. We don't even have time to show off. If we really complain to the production crew, we'll probably be discredited once the show is over."
There is nothing that can be done about this. In the past, someone ruined the idol's reputation, which led to the public's dissatisfaction with this small group of people, and evolved into a collective prejudice against this type of people.
If the popularity of Li Xiaodong and others continued to rise, it wouldn't have been affected much, but their popularity has been declining.
Lin Fan just reminded: "Anyway, you guys can do whatever you want. If you really can't accept it, just refuse. Your life is more important."
"All right."
Li Xiaodong knew that Lin Fan meant well, so he accepted the favor. But after thinking for a moment, he added, "My life is more important, and my face is more important too! If my handsome face gets hurt, my fans will be so sad, so I must protect my face and not let it get hurt at all!"
Lu Bingyang was speechless and pushed him: "Let's go!"
The three of them walked into the longed-for yard, laughing and joking.
The side door led directly to the backyard, and Lin Fan took them directly into the restaurant. As soon as they entered, Li Xiaodong and Lu Bingyang were stunned by the table full of dishes!
"Brother Fan! You are so kind!"
Li Xiaodong found a seat without any hesitation, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, "Huh? It's still hot? Which hotel did you book from? It's quite delicious!"
Lin Fan smiled and said, "What to drink?"
“Cold beer!”
Lu Bingyang helped Lin Fan get the beer out of the refrigerator. "White beer won't work. Both of us combined are no match for you."
Last time, Lin Fan managed to get Li Yingqi and Tu Jingyi drunk by himself without batting an eyelid. Lu Bingyang remembered this incident clearly. It would be better not to seek trouble from Brother Fan.
With a "pop", Li Xiaodong opened the can directly: "Come on, come on, take one! I wish the three of us will become more and more popular and have a bright future!"
Lin Fan and Lu Bingyang clinked glasses with him and drank a big sip each. The cold beer slid down their throats into their stomachs. The cool and refreshing feeling seemed to take away all the fatigue of the whole day in an instant, making them feel much better.
"Come on, come on, eat more food while it's hot!"
"I've been tired all day, and I can finally sit down and have a good meal!"
"This braised pork is really delicious! It melts in your mouth and you don't feel greasy at all!" Li Xiaodong stuffed his mouth full of meat and his words were a little unclear. "What kind of dish is this? It smells so good!"
Lin Fan introduced them to Lai Siu-tung one by one: "This is squirrel mandarin fish, which requires very high knife skills. This is Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which requires a thick brown soup, thick but not greasy, rotten but not rotten, and has an endless aftertaste. This is Wensi tofu..."
"Brother Fan, this table of dishes is simply amazing! I thought these legendary dishes just looked good, but I didn't expect them to be so delicious!"
Lu Bingyang also praised, "I still want to lose weight, stop me now!"
The three of them ate and drank for a while, which satisfied their stomachs a little, and then they were in the mood to reminisce about the past.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Brother Fan, I thought your statement about opening a B&B was just an excuse, but I didn't expect that after you left the factory, you would actually open a B&B."
The key is that it was successfully opened and business was booming. It made news every now and then. Li Xiaodong was really a little envious.
Lu Bingyang smiled and said, "In fact, I have also thought about what I can do if I stop being an idol, but I found that I don't know what I can do. Apart from singing and dancing, I don't seem to know anything else.
Unlike Lai Siu-tung, who can go home and inherit billions of dollars even if he stops being an idol, this evil second generation of capitalists!"
Lin Fan smiled: "Then just keep singing and dancing until you can't sing or dance anymore!"
"That's right! I'll keep singing and dancing until I can't sing or dance anymore!"
Li Xiaodong muttered: "Hey, hey, hey! Even you discriminate against me!"
Although Lai Siu-tung's identity as a second-generation rich man prevents him from having to experience the fickleness of human nature like those idols who quickly fade into obscurity in this circle, it also makes him suffer from prejudice.
Why do they come out to make money when their family is so rich? They are exploited by the capitalists during the day, and then they are exploited by the capitalists' sons when they return home at night, etc.
Lin Fan understood the hatred towards the rich.
Not only the public, but many artists also did not regard Lai Siu-tung as an artist. They just thought that he came out to have fun on a whim, and when he had enough fun, he would go back to inherit the family property. This also made it much more difficult for Lai Siu-tung to develop resources than for other artists.
After all, when selecting artists, resources also need to consider whether the artists can continue to bring sufficient benefits to themselves. Artists who are just entertaining themselves are always less reliable than professional artists.
Although Lai Siu-tung has always emphasized that he is not playing around, no one believes him. After all, the money you earn in the entertainment industry is not as much as the inheritance you get when you go home. You can obviously rely on your father for a living, so why do you want to work for others? Lin Fan couldn't figure it out. If it were him, he would definitely go home and inherit the family property, and would never work for others! I can only say that I am not a rich second-generation, so I can't understand Lai Siu-tung's feelings.
Lying down, what a joy! How did Mr. Lu Xun say that people's joys and sorrows are different.
If you were to write about a movie, which one would you prefer? Is it better to start with a movie first, or a variety show later? I'm a bit confused.
I'm asking for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets every day~Everyone seems to be not very happy recently~Why are the subscriptions increasing so fast, but the monthly tickets and recommendation tickets have been lukewarm?
(End of this chapter)