The straight man in the entertainment circle

Lin Li rejected Sister Hua, and when he returned to the classroom, he was naturally greeted by another round of questioning from his classmates.

Although Sister Hua was not well-known in everyone's mind, and no one knew about it, Lin Li was grateful for her favor for him, so he did not say that he had rejected her invitation to sign a contract.

Sister Hua was rejected by Lin Li. If word spread, Lin Li would be the one who was laughed at.

The students didn't say anything when they saw Lin Li, and they became even more imaginative.

That night, Leng Ying sent another text message asking Lin Li to think about it again. Lin Li thought about it again and refused.

For many people, the entertainment industry is a business, and profit comes first, but not for Lin Li. There are many things that he values ​​more than profit.

Maybe signing a contract with Sister Hua will bring countless benefits to Lin Li, and there will be countless resources, countless first-line programs and endorsements, but Lin Li probably also knows that Sister Hua can obtain these resources only by using her connections and The team has many entanglements of interests that they don’t understand and don’t want to understand.

But Lin Li knew that this kind of game was not his favorite.

What happened to second- and third-rate shows?

What happened to the online variety show?

Are you going to start looking down on others in the last show?

What’s wrong with not having any endorsements?

So what if there is no magazine cover?

You don’t have any of the things I have!

I have a system!

Hahaha!

I am a systematic person, so what if I don’t have resources? !

You are the biggest resource in the entertainment industry!

Take a look!

Early the next morning, Jiang Da called Lin Li and woke him up.

"Lin Li, all the snacks you purchased are here!"

Lin Li said: "When you're here, you're back to your back. Just don't let it expire. Why bother me so early? You brat, do you know what I gave up for these snacks?"

Although he said this, there was no regret in Lin Li's tone.

"How can it be expired? They are definitely good snacks. What are you talking about? What are you giving up? You are not asked to pay for it!" Jiang Da didn't understand at all.

Lin Li smiled and said, "It's okay."

"It's so exciting... Also, the venue for your birthday party has been decided. I will send you the address later and show you what the venue looks like."

"OK."

"Also, you have agreed to sing a song for your fans on your birthday in a few days. Is that okay with you? No problem, we will start promoting it. If we don't promote it, you will be embarrassed if you are not prepared."

"I'll go, if you don't tell me, I really forgot!" Lin Li suddenly remembered it. Jiang Da was about to speak, but Lin Li continued: "I haven't even prepared the song for the "I Am the Creator" finals!"

Jiang Da: "..."

Lin Li hung up the phone after saying that the "I am a Creator" finals competition will be recorded tomorrow, and Lin Li had to quickly compose the song and give it to Wang Tuo and the others.

As for which song to choose, Lin Li had an idea after chatting with Sister Hua in the car yesterday.

Because the finals of "I Am a Creator" are approaching, many people on the Internet have begun to discuss that the finals of "I am a Creator" are coming.

On the official Weibo of "I Am a Creator", a topic was posted: Do you think the finals of "I Am a Creator" will be won in the first half of the season or in the second half of the season.

Netizens’ discussions were also very enthusiastic.

"There is no doubt that the players in the first half of the season are more passionate and will win in the first half of the season."

"I think it's a tie at 2-2."

"The finals are determined by adding up the votes of players in the first and second half of the season. It is not one-on-one, and there is no 2-2 tie."

"I think the contestants in the second half of the season are more seasoned and their songs are more mature, so they will win in the second half of the season."

"Lin Li was too strong in the first half of the season, and Bai Jingyu was also good. I feel that we have a good chance of winning."

"Lin Li is only as strong as he was in "Anheqiao", or it was because of Hua Li's death. It's almost impossible to expect him to be that strong. He faced Xu Hanxing. Do you think Lin Li got it right?"

"I think Bai Jingyu will lose a lot against Zheng Luyin."

"Zheng Luyin's singing is so terrible. Bai Jingyu will definitely win. Bai Jingyu's songs are beautiful!"

"Lin Li is the strongest, no refutation is allowed!"

"In front of Xu Hanxing, Lin Li is nothing!"

"Sun Yunhan and Sang Li compete, I think they can win."

"You can win a hair. If you hadn't taken advantage of Lin Li's popularity, would Sun Yunhan have made it to the finals?"

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It didn't take long after the Weibo post "I am a Creator" was voted on to start a scolding war between the singer's fans in the first half of the season and the second half of the season.

Fans of all schools feel that the opposing singers are not as good as their idols. Among them, Lin Li was the most popular in the first half of the season, and Xu Hanxing had the most fans in the second half of the season. The mutual dislike, ridicule and abuse between their fans were naturally the most vicious. .

"Xu Hanxing has been among the top three original singers in the mainland for more than ten years. How can he be compared to a young boy like Lin Li?"

"Isn't it that mainland original singers are too good? If they are included among Hong Kong and Taiwan original singers, they will compete for the top ten! If you remove the word "original", they probably won't even make it into the top twenty!"

"Now that Lin Li has appeared, your Xu Hanxing should just stay back a little bit."

"Xu Hanxing is my idol. I have grown up listening to his songs since I was a child. I have never heard of Lin Li."

"That's right. The good songs Xu Hanxing wrote in the past ten years are as good as the good songs Lin Li wrote in half a year, haha."

"Isn't Lin Li just a draft champion? What's there to be proud of? Our boss has been in the industry for so many years and he has won so many honors!"

"That's right, is Lin Li very famous? I don't think he has any big-name endorsements, nor has he appeared in any magazines. Are you embarrassed to compare with Xu Hanxing?"

"Isn't Xu Hanxing awesome? He's also on the same show as Lin Li. What's so stinky about him!"

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Lin Li was speechless after watching it. He himself still liked Xu Hanxing, but once he faced Xu Hanxing on the show, the fans automatically became hostile.

And once the quarrel started, it got out of hand. All kinds of comparisons came out. At first it was about singing skills, and then they started comparing their looks, their status, their friends in the entertainment industry, and all kinds of honors and resources.

In short, after a comparison, Lin Li has advantages and disadvantages, but generally speaking, Lin Li is not as good as Xu Hanxing. After all, he has been in the music industry for more than ten years, but Lin Li's advantage is that he has only debuted for half a year. He can compete with Xu Hanxing in the music industry. It is a great affirmation to be compared to a singer who has been on the front line of originality for more than ten years.

There were a lot of quarrels online, and they didn't stop until the recording of "I Am the Creator" started on Thursday.

Early on Thursday morning, Lin Li and Song Wenjie went to the Youku headquarters building.

"I Am a Creator" is a self-produced online variety show by Youku, which has given Youku a taste of the benefits. This is the finals, and Youku naturally attaches great importance to it and hopes to achieve greater success.

The Youku Building also specially laid out a red carpet of more than 20 meters today, with sponsors' brands placed around it.

Lin Li and other eight singers walked off the red carpet one by one under the guidance of the program staff, and then entered the Youku Building and went to the lounge.

There are eight seats in the lounge, facing each other. There are names on the seats. The four players from the first half of the season and the four players from the second half of the season sit opposite each other according to their previous rankings.

Opposite Lin Li is Xu Hanxing, opposite Bai Jingyu is Zheng Luyin, opposite Sun Yunhan is Sang Li, and opposite Zeng Ye is Tang Sha.

Since this was the finals, everyone came very early. It was still more than half an hour before the recording started. Everyone greeted each other for a while and then started chatting.

The four people in the first half of the season were obviously the same as the four in the second half of the season. They were not very familiar with the singers from another division. After greeting them politely, they started chatting with the familiar people.

Sun Yunhan walked up to Lin Li first and said with a smile: "Lin Li, I heard that after the first half of the season, you went to save the ratings of cultural programs?"

Zeng Ye and Bai Jingyu also gathered around. They still knew that Lin Li participated in the "Chinese Studies Conference" and won the championship.

"It's not about salvation. It's a new show. I just couldn't stand some of the people on it, so I just tried to get rid of them."

Zeng Ye exclaimed: "You are so awesome, I don't know any of that knowledge."

"If you don't know anything about it, it means you haven't studied hard." Lin Lida said.

Zeng Ye: "..."

Zeng Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, Zeng Ye had a good impression of Lin Li because of the advice Lin Li gave him. He even went to watch Lin Li's show and admired Lin Li from the bottom of his heart. But this guy can choke people to death just by talking. .

After hearing this, Sun Yunhan pulled Zeng Ye and smiled and said, "I'm just like you."

Bai Jingyu also smiled and said, "In front of Lin Li, we are all students who have not learned well."

Sun Yunhan said: "Okay, we are in the same camp today, please don't fight among us."

Bai Jingyu said to Sun Yunhan: "Yunhan, I heard that you will release an album in two days?"

"Well, it's set for December 10th. You guys have to support me then."

Lin Li was stunned. December 10th was his birthday.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely support you. I'll buy a hundred of them!" Bai Jingyu said with a smile.

Zeng Ye said: "Then I will also buy a hundred."

Sun Yunhan was very happy and said, "I will remember it. You are not allowed to go back on your word."

"Certainly not."

"Do not worry."

Sun Yunhan looked at Lin Li and asked, "Lin Li, what about you?"

On the show, Sun Yunhan took Lin Li's album and asked for Lin Li's autograph. Lin Li said that she would buy albums if they came out in the future, but Sun Yunhan never forgot it.

"Me? I'll just buy it," Lin Li said.

"Looking at your reluctance, I just want to ask, how many did you buy?"

Lin Li was stunned and said, "One piece."

Sun Yunhan pouted in dissatisfaction and said a little squeamishly: "You are too stingy, Zeng Ye and Bai Jingyu both have a hundred."

"Why buy so many? Aren't they all the same?" Lin Li was confused.

Sun Yunhan sighed and said with a wry smile: "This is a human relationship in the entertainment industry. Isn't our friendship worth 100 albums?"

Lin Li said: "What does the favor in the entertainment industry have to do with Lin Li and me?"

Sun Yunhan: "..."

Zeng Ye and Bai Jingyu also laughed after hearing this.

Sun Yunhan sighed and laughed at himself: "Hey, it's over. I can't even promote it like this. I don't know when these 80,000 albums will be sold out."

Zeng Ye said enviously: "80,000 copies. I only sold 60,000 copies at that time, and they haven't been sold out yet."

Zeng Ye also released an album the year she debuted, but that was because she wrote the lyrics and music herself. Otherwise, given the level of attention she received from Tianyun, I'm afraid there wouldn't be an album released to this day.

Lin Li was shocked. He was also the eighth in the first season of "The Voice". Although he was not famous, he had not sold 60,000 albums. Lin Li was really surprised that the recording industry is so depressed nowadays.

"I really envy Lin Li and Bai Jingyu. Your albums are selling so well, which makes our sales so meager." Sun Yunhan said with envy.

Bai Jingyu said: "Don't compare me with Lin Li. Lin Li's album has now sold 600,000, while mine only sold 450,000."

Lin Li was stunned for a moment. He and his mother had talked last week. At that time, his album had only sold 500,000 yuan. Why did Bai Jingyu say 600,000 yuan?

Sun Yunhan said to Lin Li again: "Lin Li, your album is selling so well, why don't you be more generous!"

"Bai Jingyu, are you remembering it wrong? My album only sold 500,000, not 600,000."

Bai Jingyu smiled and said, "How little do you care about your album sales? I looked at the latest official data. Although my memory can't compare with yours, I can still recognize the numbers."

Lin Li remembered that last week his mother said Bai Jingyu's album sold only 430,000, and now he said 450,000. Think about it, this week he sold another 20,000 albums, and this week, he sold 100,000 albums? !

If he had just released an album and sold 100,000 copies in a week, Lin Li would still think it was credible. However, his album has been out for several months and there are still such sales, which makes Lin Li a little surprised.

"Lin Li is so awesome. This album is going to break records." Sun Yunhan said, "I would be satisfied with your sales volume in one week."

"Yeah, I have one-tenth of Lin Li's album sales and it makes me laugh." Zeng Ye said.

Lin Li found that he had unknowingly become the envy of some people who were not doing well in the entertainment industry. So he was doing well, right?

But Lin Li immediately remembered what Sister Hua said. He said he was doing well now, but in the eyes of those who were really doing well, he still couldn't be on the stage. He didn't have any first-line endorsements or programs, so he said he was doing well. No, there are many people who envy their achievements.

While a few people were chatting, a few people from the second half of the season came over.

When Xu Hanxing heard what they were talking about, he smiled and interjected: "Lin Li's first album is very good, Bai Jingyu is also very good, Sun Yunhan is also about to release, right? I think it's not bad, Zeng Ye will do it in the future The album must be the same, it’s really scary.”

Bai Jingyu said: "Brother Xu, we can't compare with you. Your highest album sold 2.2 million."

Xu Hanxing shook his head and said: "That wasn't my first album either. My first album was far worse than yours, and it was more than ten years ago. The record industry is different from what it is now. Now everyone listens online, not in person. The album can no longer be sold, and my current album cost is only four to five million."

Sun Yunhan smiled and said: "Why do I suddenly feel that this is showing off."

Zeng echoed: "I think so too."

Sang Li laughed at the side and said: "Seeing them, I think the situation of the music world 20 years ago and the struggle for supremacy may be repeated soon, right?"

The Zhang-Sun Competition was a comprehensive musical competition in the 1990s between two superstars, Zhang Jing and Sun Yulong, who competed for the supreme position in the music world.

At that time, the two of them could be said to have monopolized all the awards in the music industry and pushed the music industry to glory. Later, there were the Four Heavenly Kings, Fang Fei and others.

Some of their old songs have been in the top ten of the classic old song lists on major music platforms, and have remained unwavering for more than ten years.

The albums they have released now can sell about 2 million copies. Among singers, except for the new generation Leng Ying and the queen Zhou Lingling, almost no one can match them.

Sang Li's words naturally meant that Lin Li and Bai Jingyu would be as limitless as Zhang Jing and Sun Yulong in the future.

"Lin Bai competes for hegemony, haha, I'm really looking forward to it." Zheng Luyin also said.

Bai Jingyu said hurriedly: "I'm still far behind those two seniors, but Lin Li has a chance."

Xu Hanxing said: "Don't be modest. I heard that Sister Hua wants to sign you. If you do, your future is bright."

Xu Hanxing's words made the scene quiet for a while, and Bai Jingyu said with some excitement: "Brother Xu, please stop teasing me, I don't have that blessing!"

Xu Hanxing was stunned for a moment, seeing that Bai Jingyu seemed to have not received the news yet, he smiled and said: "I heard that I can't be sure, but we all know your strength."

"Bai Jingyu, why don't you tell us if you've already signed it? I'm telling you, if it's true, you must treat me." Zeng Ye teased Bai Jingyu excitedly.

Sun Yunhan smiled and said: "If it's true, I don't want your treat, just buy me 100 more albums!"

Bai Jingyu said: "If it is true, I can buy a thousand of them. Brother Xu also said that there is no shadow."

Lin Li was silent on the side. Everyone thought that Lin Li felt a little disappointed after hearing that Bai Jingyu had won Sister Hua's favor. After all, Lin Li was better than Bai Jingyu in album sales, and his performance in "I Am the Creator" was no worse than Bai Jingyu's. , if Bai Jingyu was signed by Sister Hua but not Lin Li, Lin Li would inevitably fall behind.

And once the famous singer Hua Jie signs Bai Jingyu, then Bai Jingyu's future goal will be kings and queens like Leng Ying and Zhou Lingling. Lin Li will naturally be unable to catch up. The so-called Lin Bai hegemony seems to be out of sight.

Seeing that Lin Li seemed a little disappointed, Sun Yunhan quickly changed the topic and asked Xu Hanxing, "Brother Xu, which magazine is on the New Year's cover?"

Magazines related to the entertainment industry can be roughly divided into entertainment magazines and fashion magazines. Generally speaking, fashion magazines are of higher quality than entertainment magazines.

It's already December, and many magazines have already started looking for candidates for their new year's issue covers.

There are many magazines in the entertainment industry ranging from third-tier to first-tier. These magazines look for celebrities to shoot covers every month. In ordinary months, these magazines really don’t pick people very much. Maybe they will directly look for them to shoot covers based on who is popular or popular. , but when it comes to the new year cover, no one of the magazines dares to mess around. The new year cover is the time for the magazine industry to show its strength to all the stars, so the new year covers of these magazines are actually very photographed. Careful, and the stars chosen are all big names!

Because of this, it can be said that celebrities who can appear on the cover of a magazine have been recognized by the magazine.

This is also something that countless celebrities can show off, and many brokerage companies will compete from it.

Everyone listened to Sun Yunhan asking Xu Hanxing about opening the new year's seal, and everyone calmed down and looked at Xu Hanxing.

Xu Hanxing said: "There are two families talking."

"Wow, Brother Xu is so awesome. There are two families, but we don't have one here." Sun Yunhan praised.

Xu Hanxing smiled and said: "My magazines are not first-tier magazines, at most two second-tier magazines. Nowadays, magazines like small fresh meat. We are old, and I think Lin Li and Bai Jingyu have a lot."

Everyone suddenly turned their attention to Lin Li and Bai Jingyu.

Bai Jingyu said: "I'm just a family, just new friends."

After Bai Jingyu finished speaking, everyone looked at Lin Li.

Lin Li smiled and said, "Look at what I'm doing, I don't have it."

Everyone didn't believe it and said, "Lin Li, there's no way you don't have it, right?"

Lin Li said: "It's true not."

Everyone fell silent when they saw that Lin Li didn't seem to be joking.

I thought it was probably because Lin Li didn't have a good reputation in the entertainment industry. Many magazines paid great attention to the reputation of celebrities when selecting cover characters, and the same was true for endorsements. Although Lin Li was popular, he also had many unscrupulous characters.

Sun Yunhan smiled and said: "It's only the beginning of the month, there will definitely be more in the future, maybe it's still a front line."

The others smiled. There were not many first-tier magazines in the entertainment industry, and the celebrities who could be included in them had to be famous. Xu Hanxing hadn't even been in a first-tier magazine, so Lin Li was probably a little behind.

But fame comes second. Countless pairs of eyes are staring at the first-tier magazines' opening year covers. In addition to the artist's fame, the company's connections and group operation capabilities must be stronger than others.

Lin Li didn't say anything after listening to Sun Yunhan's consolation. Lin Li wasn't very keen on appearing on any magazine covers, and he also knew that many celebrities had public relations teams for front-line magazine covers and big-name endorsements.

only……

Lin Li didn't like rushing to ask for these things.

Perhaps these things are resources that people in the entertainment industry value very much, symbols of their status, proof of popularity, and everything that is glamorous under the spotlight.

But these are not that important to Lin Li. What is suitable for him and what he likes are the most important. Those vanities are the sky gardens in the entertainment industry, which everyone envy, but Lin Li is just a weed growing stubbornly in the wild.

Lin Li doesn't need a hanging garden, what he needs is the vast sky and earth.