Chapter 41: Famous and yet not famous
"tasty."
Song Ge picked up the bun that fell on the plate, blew on it, took a big bite, and her little mouth was immediately filled with oil.
"If you like this filling, we can take turns eating it."
Lin Zhixing looked at Hanhan's silly face with smiling eyes, smiled and shook his head, took out a tissue from his pocket, tore out a piece, and reached out to wipe the oil stains from the corner of her mouth.
"Uh-huh."
Song Ge lowered her hot face and nodded slightly.
“Crack…”
Um, what's that sound?
Lin Zhixing vaguely heard the sound of a wooden stick breaking. He glanced in the direction of the sound and saw that the disposable chopsticks in Liu Hao's hand were broken by him with one hand.
When our eyes met...
Liu Hao snorted coldly, threw away the broken chopsticks, picked up the mobile phone on the table, stood up and left. He only took one bite of the steamed buns.
Lin Zhixing looked at his lost back and shrugged.
That’s right, it’s right to leave. How can you compare with the relationship you’ve cultivated since childhood? “The relationship between childhood sweethearts is still better!”
Innocent Dong Chen, holding his chin and looking at the two people feeding each other, said with a smile: "Although I don't have a childhood sweetheart, I had a good buddy when I was a child. I really miss him now."
Ji Yuting raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Really? Why have I never heard you say that?"
Dong Chen looked up and recalled: "We both grew up in the hutong and had a very good relationship. Thinking back, we were so happy. We had no pressure and ran around the hutong naked all day. I think I was 6 years old and he was 21."
"Ah? Are you still in touch now?"
"There has been no contact since he went in."
"puff!"
Lin Zhixing almost spit out a mouthful of bun.
I raised my head and glanced at Song Ge sitting across the table. She was nibbling a bun with her head down, grinning foolishly from time to time. I wonder what she was thinking about.
Ji Yu frowned, not quite understanding what was said, and turned to ask, "By the way, Brother Lin, did you check your phone today?"
Lin Zhixing chewed a bun and shook his head, saying vaguely, "No, what's wrong?"
Ji Yu pointed at the phone on the table and explained, "The program team will have a live broadcast at noon today. It will mainly interview the chief director Ji Lei and film the contestants' daily lives. The contestants from Class 1 and Class 2 will all appear on camera, especially those who performed well in the last episode. They may also have to answer questions from netizens."
Lin Zhixing couldn't help but complain after hearing this, "Normally there are cameras everywhere, and filming and recording are not enough, so they even do live broadcasts. How troublesome!"
"Alas, there is nothing we can do. It is not up to us."
Ji Yu pursed her lips and said, "But I think this is a good opportunity to increase my popularity. After all, this show is very popular. After dinner, I need to think carefully about how to introduce myself."
Dong Chen looked at his girlfriend thinking seriously and said with a smile: "Baby, I'm not good at talking, so you should do the talking during the interview."
"OK."
Ji Yu smiled and nodded, then suddenly remembered something and turned around to ask curiously, "Brother Lin, I want to ask you something. You guys are so popular online, have any music companies contacted you to sign a contract?"
Lin Zhixing nodded. "I was contacted at the end of the second season, but I rejected it. Have you contacted the music company you signed with now?"
Ji Yu pursed his lips and said, "We had several companies contact us after the last issue, but we didn't sign because we thought the company was too small and the resources were not enough. Unexpectedly, Haisen Records also came to us, but the conditions they offered were a bit too bad."
Heisen records?
Lin Zhixing thought it sounded familiar and asked, "Is Haisen Records the same company that produced the Sunshine Boys?"
Ji Yu nodded. "Yes, we are both attracted by this company, but the contract is a little hard to accept."
Lin Zhixing asked curiously: "What kind of contract did you get?"
Ji Yu sighed and explained, "In short, it's very difficult to make money. You have to pay back the money the company spent on training you first. I don't know how long it will take. Only after you pay it back will you get a share of the money. We get 20% and the company gets 80%."
This is very normal. There are some music auditions on the earth where you have the potential to be popular. If you don't sign a contract, you will be eliminated early.
Lin Zhixing nodded after listening and kindly advised: "Open your eyes, don't rush to sign just because the company is big. Many companies sign 100 artists, but only spend money to train 2, and ignore the remaining 98, and wait until they can't afford it anymore and terminate the contract with the company, and earn the penalty fee."
Dong Chen and Ji Yu looked at each other and nodded, "Okay, we will take it seriously."
…
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It’s ten o’clock in the morning, and there’s still an hour left before the live interview.
Lin Zhixing had just been notified by the staff to meet with the chief director Ji Lei half an hour before the live interview.
There was nothing to do while waiting, so Lin Zhixing took out his mobile phone and started checking Weibo again.
This may be a common mentality. When something becomes popular, people always want to see how netizens talk about them.
I didn’t expect that after just two minutes of scrolling through Weibo, I saw something disgusting.
"The Most Dazzling National Style" is much more popular than "Above the Moon". Those rappers are out again to seek a sense of presence.
"Oh yeah, stay. Can you remove the rap element from your next song?"
"Practice more, your rap is really bad!"
The one who took the lead in cursing was the rapper named "Zhao Fan", who was the one who cursed the most harshly in the last song "Above the Moon".
However, what made Lin Zhixing happy this time was that some netizens helped him fight back against them.
"The rap you guys sing is garbage, even dogs won't listen!"
"Hey, you're out again when things get hot? Are you born in the Year of the Dog?"
“@Fengqiwutong, come up with an awesome rap song to give them a slap in the face!”
Is this the power of fans? Lin Zhixing looked at the voices of support for him and raised his lips.
Comfortable!
…
“Boom, boom, boom!”
Lin Zhixing arrived at the director's office on time and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"Hello, Director Ji!"
Lin Zhixing pushed the door open and greeted Ji Lei who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
"Hey, Xiaolin is here, come and sit down!"
Ji Lei smiled and pointed to the sofa beside him, then pushed a cup of tea over to him.
"good."
After Lin Zhixing sat down, he politely took a sip of tea. He didn't sleep well last night and didn't dare to drink too much. Now he got closer and looked at Ji Lei carefully.
I am somewhat different from the one on the poster. In the poster, I am a man in a suit and tie with a serious face. Now I am dressed in a sporty style, with a big vest, shorts, and sneakers. I have a stylish beard and look very amiable when I smile.
Ji Lei looked Lin Zhixing up and down and nodded with satisfaction, "Young people are full of energy and vigor."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Lin Zhixing replied with a smile.
"Are you used to living in the dormitory? Are you enjoying the food in the cafeteria?"
"It's good. The program team arranged everything very well."
"good."
Ji Lei smiled and patted Lin Zhixing on the shoulder. "Xiao Lin, if you need any help, just come and find me. You and your partner are the guarantee of the show's ratings. I will definitely treat you well."
What on earth did he want to talk to me about? Why didn’t he get to the point for so long?
"thank you."
Lin Zhixing hadn't thought of a self-introduction yet, and he had no patience left. He smiled and asked bluntly, "Director Ji, who are you looking for?"
"Oh, that's it."
Ji Lei smiled and held up two fingers: "There are two things in total. The first thing is that at one o'clock this afternoon, Professor Wang Cong wants to see you and your partner."
Lin Zhixing asked curiously, "What does Mr. Wang want to talk to us about?"
"He admires you guys very much, and he might want to talk to you about cooperation."
Ji Lei didn't say much, "The second thing is, I hope you and your partner can open a Weibo account while the popularity is high now, and increase your fans during the live broadcast. When you have more fans in the future, you can also help promote the program."
"Oh, sure."
It's mutually beneficial, Lin Zhixing nodded. He had planned to open it a long time ago, but he wanted to wait for Song Ge to open it together. It would be nice to gain some fans through this show.
"oops."
Lin Zhixing suddenly slapped his thigh and said regretfully, "I should have changed my nickname earlier. It's definitely too late to use my real name now."
Ji Lei took a sip of tea, smiled and shook his head.
"I just searched it. Oh yeah brother, Oh yeah brother number 1, Oh yeah brother number 2, Oh yeah brother himself... There are a lot of nicknames like this, but no one uses Lin Zhixing."
Lin Zhixing: “???”
Fans, are you polite? (End of this chapter)
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