You Don’t Understand The Pain Of Being Popular - Chapter 125

Ke Hai has been a little relaxed recently.

This is not the kind of “leisure” that can be rested, but because he really has nothing to do.

A few years ago, he also won the best actor award, and became popular with an excellent spy movie.

However, the entertainment industry is a place that changes quickly, and newcomers are constantly emerging, and everyone is scrambling to seize resources and popularity.

Ke Hai doesn’t know how to do that, he only knows how to take the route of strength—however, if he can’t get good resources, it’s still useless to have a whole body of strength.

After playing a few supporting roles and wasting away for a few years, Ke Hai has now completely become an outdated actor.

“Ke Hai! Why are you paralyzed on the sofa again?” The agent hurried in from the outside, with a rare surprise in his tone, “Don’t lie down, there is a variety show that invites you to be a mentor, pack up and get ready Bar.”

Three question marks slowly appeared on Ke Hai’s head.

He watched the manager walk back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and sat up from the sofa in a little confusion.

“Variety show instructor… invite me?”

Whose variety show will hire an outdated actor?

Ke Hai has indeed won the best actor trophy, and the roles he played were well-known to everyone, but he is a popular character and not a popular actor, and he does not have many fans.

Now, he has no enthusiasm at all. Young people probably have never heard of his name.

The agent rolled his eyes: “Why am I lying to you? It’s true, and the price offered by the other party is very generous.”

“This is a variety show for actors, and it adopts the form of live broadcast + recorded broadcast. It is said that Yao Bianliang and Wen Xuan will also participate.”

“I took a look at their requirements. The judges need to be familiar with the scripts of the short plays in the variety show, and give each actor a comment of more than 500 words. Therefore, if you want to be a paddling instructor in a variety show and just make a few comments, it shouldn’t be a problem. Very likely.”

“However, I think this regulation is very good, and it can reflect the professional level. If it’s other variety shows, most of them just brag about each other’s rainbow farts, and then pick one or two minor problems, then it’s meaningless gone.”

After the manager finished speaking, he hardly took a breath, and Ke Hai was stunned for a while.

He slowly came back to his senses: “What kind of variety show is this? Why haven’t I heard of it?”

The manager said: “The variety show is called “Actors Training Camp”. It was produced by Yao Bianliang and the Mo Group. It is expected to start recording soon.”

“Anyway, you don’t have anything to do recently, why don’t you take part in a variety show and show your face, maybe you can get new resources.”

Ke Hai also felt that this was a good opportunity.

Anyway, he’s gone now. Actors who are in the same situation as him, in order to gain exposure, even went to accompany runners in talent show variety shows, acting on the same stage with those traffic stars who have no acting skills.

However, Ke Hai has won the best actor award, so it is impossible to become a variety show contestant. However, there are many well-known directors and actors in China, and it is impossible for him to be a mentor in his turn.

So at a time like this, if there is a variety show that is willing to invite him to be a judge, it can be regarded as a high profile.

“So, I’m really lucky,” Ke Hai couldn’t help laughing, “It’s so cool, and there are variety shows willing to find me.”

As he spoke, he said to his manager, “Alright then, can you push me the WeChat account of the person in charge? I’ll chat with them.”

Since he was invited, of course he had to make serious preparations.

Although Ke Hai doesn’t pay much attention to variety shows, he has a general understanding of this type of shows.

For example, the fourth season of the recently popular “Good Drama PK Competition” is basically performed according to the script. When quarrels should occur and when topics should be created have already been clearly arranged.

As for whether a player can advance smoothly, it basically depends on whether the fans work hard enough and whether the capital to support him is strong enough. As for the player’s own strength, there is no big requirement.

If he wants to be a judge of a variety show, the first thing to do is not to do homework related to acting guidance, but to understand the complex interpersonal relationships in variety shows.

He must be clear about who invested in this variety show and which contestants they plan to make popular;

Which players have capital support behind them, and there are a lot of brainless fans who are chasing after them without thinking—these are people he can’t offend.

In the end, he had to figure out the script that the program group had arranged for them, and most of the words and deeds of the judges should follow the script.

Once you figure out these rules, basically there is no big problem.

The agent recommended the WeChat account of the person in charge to Ke Hai, and he immediately applied to add friends.

After a long wait, the other party finally approved his application.

[Today is going to be cooler too. I passed your friend application, come and chat with me! 】

Ke Hai stared at the ID and was silent for a moment.

—Why does this ID look unlucky?

[Today is going to be cool too: Hello, Mr. Ke, I am Yao Bianliang. Thank you for your willingness to come to our variety show to guide and shake hands]

Ke Hai was slightly taken aback, it was Yao Bianliang?

From this point of view, Yao Bianliang should be more than just a judge. I am afraid that she is also the leader behind this variety show and has full responsibility for this variety show.

Ke Hai said politely: “Hello, Mr. Yao, I want to get a general understanding of the program rules and the script of the variety show, and prepare in advance.”

Ke Hai has been in the entertainment industry for many years anyway. Although he doesn’t like the unspoken rules of variety shows, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t know how to adapt them at all.

He went to a variety show as a judge and took the money. As long as the program team didn’t let him do anything unconscionable, he was willing to follow the relevant arrangements to a certain extent.

For example, everything is performed according to the script that has been prescribed long ago.

However, in the next second, Yao Bianliang broke all his psychological construction.

“There is no script,” Yao Bian said coolly, “Don’t worry, our variety show won’t have a script.”

Ke Hai was slightly taken aback.

These days, if a variety show doesn’t have a script, how can it be topical?

Ke Hai was a little uncertain. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked, “What does it mean that there is no script…?”

Yao Bianliang: “It means that you don’t need to make any preparations, and you can just play freely when the time comes.”

Ke Hai was silent.

You’re making me unable to answer the phone!

If the variety show gave him a script, at least he would have something in mind, so he wouldn’t panic too much.

But if he doesn’t have any scripts and just say “play freely”, then he will inevitably feel weak.

“What about the information about the variety show contestants?” Ke Hai asked, “Is there anything I should pay attention to about those contestants?”

Although Ke Hai’s words were more euphemistic, the meaning was already expressed very clearly.

Tell him quickly which artists you want to make popular in your variety shows. In case he will play on his own at will and accidentally disrupt the plan of the program group.

However, Yao Bianliang’s answer broke his inherent cognition again.

Yao Bianliang: “We haven’t prepared any information about the variety show contestants. Of course, if it’s convenient for Mr. Ke, it’s best not to go online to collect their information.”

“After all, we hope that the judges will not have preconceived notions when facing an actor, and can evaluate their acting skills more objectively.”

Ke Hai: “…”

In this world, there are such variety shows?

If it wasn’t because this was their private chat, he would almost have thought that Yao Bianliang was intentionally speaking in front of media reporters.

Ke Hai was at a loss for a moment. He didn’t know if it was because he had been away from the era for too long, so he couldn’t figure out what kind of tricks the current variety show wanted to play.

Could it be that this variety show does not intend to make some of the contestants popular, nor does it have any idea of ​​making stars, but simply let some actors compete on the same stage, and then select talents?

If this is the case, wouldn’t the investors lose all their money.

As if sensing his concerns, Yao Bianliang followed up and said, “Mr. Ke, don’t worry, we treat all 100 players equally. These players are either pure rookies or 18th-tier players.”

“You don’t need to pay too much attention when evaluating, just be realistic and realistic.”

She paused, and then said: “I’ll get someone to send you the rules of the variety show later on. You should understand this, and don’t worry about the rest.”

Ke Hai was in a very complicated mood.

He went back and read the conversation between the two over and over several times before confirming that he did not misunderstand what Yao Bianliang meant.

This is a variety show with no script, no inside story, and no false operations.

They have only one requirement for the judges – sincerity, high level, strong ability, and seeking truth from facts.

Ke Hai took a deep breath, and slowly replied to Yao Bianliang: “Okay, I understand.”

So, the next morning, when the manager came to Ke Hai’s place again, he was seen continuing to lie on the sofa.

“Ke Hai?” The agent was startled, “The variety show is expected to start airing next week, why are you still thinking about lying here?”

The broker hates iron for being weak.

He contacted the makeup artist overnight last night, planning to get Ke Hai a nice outfit.

As a result, I rushed over to take a look today, and my artist didn’t panic at all, and was still thinking about lying down and playing with her mobile phone.

The agent was speechless: “Didn’t the person in charge of the program tell you what to prepare?”

Ke Hai: “I told you.”

Agent: “Then what do you need to prepare?”

Ke Hai: “Oh, just understand the rules of variety shows.”

The manager was anxious: “And then?”

Ke Hai expressionless: “It’s gone.”

broker:”…”

The agent stood there silently, a little suspicious of life.

They are probably on a fake variety show, right?

———

Lu Group, headquarters.

Director Lu finally had a short break recently.

Some time ago, the project of “Best Music Producer” was hit hard and had to be interrupted. Even for the Lu Corporation, it is not so easy to settle.

All of Lu’s follow-up plans had to be re-adjusted and planned, and Director Lu had to work overtime overnight, knowing that he was only slightly relieved now.

Luckily…another project is going well.

Director Lu looked at the report email sent to him by his subordinates, with a slightly relaxed expression on his face.

Recently, they have cooperated with several manufacturers and launched a policy of ranking idols with the purchase of items, and successfully earned a huge amount of turnover.

In order to help their idols hit the charts, fans have never been stingy with money. Therefore, it didn’t take long for those products that were on the shelves to be sold out.

After this battle, the capital flow of the Lu Group has picked up a bit, which can make up for some of the holes in Yuehui Entertainment.

Thinking of this, Dong Lu sighed softly.

Fortunately, although “Best Music Producer” was crushed by Yao Bianliang, the fourth season of “Good Drama PK Competition” is still going smoothly.

“Duk, Tuk, Tuk”

There was a knock on the door, and the assistant hurried in.

“Director Lu, the situation is not good…” the assistant pursed his lips, “Yao Bianliang and the others are planning to start a variety show of the entertainment type.”

Director Lu: “…”

Director Lu slowly turned his head, looked at the assistant, and said word by word: “What did you… just say?”

The assistant was worried: “They plan to start an acting variety show called “Actor Training Camp”. The preparation time for this variety show is not long, and it should be launched directly next week.”

Dong Lu fell silent.

He was still thinking for a second, fortunately, there was no trouble in the fourth season of “Good Drama PK Competition”, but he didn’t expect that trouble would come in the next second.

Yao Bianliang, Yao Bianliang again.

What is she going to do?

“Yao Bianliang is just an actor,” Lu Dong took a deep breath, “How could she get the funds to start a variety show?”

The assistant had a bitter face: “Yao Bianliang really doesn’t have that much money. But this time, she cooperated with Mo’s, and Mo Youqian invested a huge amount of money—as if he couldn’t wait to lose money.”

He paused, and added: “We didn’t know the inside story before, and we didn’t find out until now that there should be in-depth cooperation between Yao Bianliang and Mo Youqian.”

Dong Lu’s face darkened completely.

If it was just Yao Bianliang, he was confident that the other party would not be able to defeat Lu Shi.

But if there is a huge amount of funds as the backing, it is not necessarily so.

Director Lu carefully recalled the recent events, and quickly connected all the events together: “So, Yao Bianliang recruited artists for the studio with great fanfare, and it was also because of Mo’s capital as a shareholder?”

The assistant nodded: “That’s right.”

This is where the real concern lies.

The matter of Yao Bianliang’s studio has already spread in the industry, and this Arabian Nights-like rule has been regarded as a joke by many people in the industry and sneered at it.

There are also many directors, artists, and brokers who are quite annoyed by this, thinking that Yao Bianliang broke the industry rules and deliberately muddied the water.

However, this is not enough to cause capital to be too vigilant.

Yao Bianliang’s studio is just a small business, they don’t have many employees, and artists are even rarer, and this kind of operation mode is incompatible with the entire entertainment industry, and it is destined not to last long.

However, if a large amount of money enters the market, the situation is another matter.

Once such a model is widely popularized and a large number of excellent actors emerge, the market of bad money chasing good money will no longer be stable.

Audiences are not fools, and no one wants to skip a good TV series and watch a bad TV series produced on the assembly line.

At that time, other actors will face two choices—

Or wait to be compared to the new star, and finally be eliminated by the market.

Or just roll with other actors and work hard to improve your own strength.

And once the actors start to act hard, it is necessary to reduce their time for attending events and filming commercial endorsements.

However, well-produced explosive dramas are rare, and the risk is obviously much higher than that of production-line works.

This also means that the inherent mode of capital making money will be broken, and their cake will be moved.

But now, Yao Bianliang is not only recruiting people for the studio, but also plans to hold a variety show for actors, which undoubtedly confirms the above speculation.

Her plan is linked one after another, with clear thinking and clear goals, pointing directly at their capital!

Dong Lu’s eyes were dark, and he tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

Sure enough, he underestimated Yao Bianliang, an entertainer with no background in the entertainment industry, could do this.

According to his previous thinking, he originally planned to wait until he was free, and then take some small tricks to ruin Yao Bianliang’s reputation and completely withdraw from the entertainment circle.

But now it seems that he has to speed up this action.

Yao Bianliang must not be allowed to continue doing this!

“Notify me that there will be a meeting this afternoon,” Director Lu ordered, “Also, sort out a copy of the “Actor Training Camp” related information for me.”

The assistant also understood the seriousness of the matter and nodded immediately: “Understood, I’ll go right away.”

The variety show “Actor Training Camp” was not well-known in the first place. But because of the joining of Yao Bianliang and Wen Xuan, it quickly attracted a wave of discussions.

When the assistant opened Weibo, he successfully found the relevant entries.

#actor training camp new variety show strikes#

#Yao Bianliang actor training camp judges tutor#

#Actor training camp 100 contestants report#

#Interdi Entertainment Studio#

To his surprise, most of the 100 contestants in “Actors Training Camp” are in the state of “no such person” in the entertainment industry.

These players may have played some small supporting roles, and have played two or three cameo roles in a certain movie; they may also be pure newcomers who have just entered the circle and have not yet had a better opportunity.

However, it is also difficult for variety shows to be full of unpopular newcomers. So in this variety show, there are also a few slightly famous starlets, and there are even actors who were eliminated from the “Good Drama PK Competition”.

Of course, in any case, compared with the luxurious lineup of “Good Drama PK Competition”, this configuration is not enough at all.

The only ones who are somewhat famous are Yao Bianliang and Wen Xuan.

After the assistant sorted out all the materials, he couldn’t help but fell into deep thought.

Just such a variety show, is it really possible to pose a threat to “Good Drama PK Competition”?

…

On the other side, Director Lu was not idle either.

He received a call from the chairman of another company in the entertainment industry.

“Mr. Lu, let’s stop playing around.” Mr. Han was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a dull voice, “I think you should have heard about Yao Bianliang’s commotion, right?”

Although Dong Lu was not at ease in his heart, he still didn’t have much emotional ups and downs on his face, making it impossible to feel his inner activities.

“Yeah.” He nodded.

“Let’s work together,” Han Dong said, “I have already reached an agreement with Aihui Entertainment and Kings Entertainment. Yao Bianliang and Mo’s Group are going to disrupt the whole circle, and we can’t let it go.”

Lu Dong tapped the table with his fingers, but did not answer.

Director Han emphasized his tone: “Yao Bianliang has already broken too many rules in the industry! She herself is a special case in the entertainment circle—of course, it’s just a special case, and we can tolerate it. But if there are such a large number of “special cases” into the Field, can we still sit back and relax?”

“Dong Lu probably doesn’t know yet, Yao Bianliang’s new variety show not only doesn’t require fans to hit the charts, but also prohibits all forms of data swiping—the fan circle culture that has been cultivated over the years cannot be broken by her, right? “

Most of the star chasing girls are students, and they are not very old.

Their thoughts are immature, and they are the group that are most easily agitated. With a little influence, they can get used to paying for star chasing and being cut off by capital—and this habit is likely to last until they reach adulthood.

This is a long-term profitable process, and they must not give up this cake.

Director Lu was silent for a while: “Is Director Han worrying too much? This is just a variety show.”

“This is an omen,” Han Dong said in a serious tone, “Once a variety show is successful, it is equivalent to a beginning. There may be more and more similar variety shows in the future, and there will be endless troubles.”

Judging from the current situation, after the long-term operation of capital, fans are willing to work hard every day to make rankings for their idols, support and support their idols, and download more than ten apps on their mobile phones, just to vote for their idols.

However, if conditions permit, who is willing to work so hard to chase stars?

In front of the fans, it was actually a difficult multiple-choice question.

Either grit your teeth and persevere, so that the idol can get a better future.

Either lie flat and let other fans work hard—that way, your idol will be compared to others, and he will not be able to obtain good resources, and it will even be difficult for him to debut.

But if one day, the new model is promoted, things will be different.

When popularity and traffic are no longer linked to resources, it means that no matter how hard fans try, it is impossible to help idols.

Idols can only rely on their own efforts and strength to obtain corresponding resources.

Not only can fans not spend money to send their idols to debut, but if they swipe data and engage in false sales, they will also be judged as fraudulent and deceitful, which will affect the future of idols.

In this way, who would do thankless things?

And now, entertainment companies not only make money from fans, but also throw a lot of heavy work to fans.

For example, anti-gangsters and publicity, these tasks should have been the work of the marketing department, but now they are distributed to fans in large numbers.

Fans are white workers, free labor.

If the fans go on strike, not only will they lose Party A, but they will also lose free labor.

Director Lu closed his eyes, and finally said slowly: “You are right. This kind of danger… should be nipped in the bud.”

He paused: “This Friday, let’s have a video conference—all the companies involved in this operation together.”

After hanging up the call, Director Lu’s face sank like water, and several plans were quickly skipped in his mind.

There is no doubt that this will be an unprecedented suppression.

The capital of the entire entertainment industry is Yao Bianliang’s enemy.

“Director Lu, we don’t have to worry too much,” the assistant said cautiously while standing by, “Actually, I don’t think Yao Bianliang is necessarily such a big threat.”

As he spoke, he paused: “According to the current situation, all the contestants in the variety show are 18-line small and transparent, and the variety show probably won’t carry out marketing hype, and even they won’t design a detailed script.”

“So, even if they spend a lot of money, they may not necessarily be able to get better heat.”

“Even without our targeting, this kind of project may not be successful.

The assistant’s analysis made sense.

However, after several somersaults on Yao Bianliang, Lu Dong did not dare to take it lightly.

“I hope so.” Lu Dong whispered.

If Yao Bianliang has no other tricks, I believe that this variety show can only face the fate of hitting the street.