The straight man in the entertainment circle

Magic City, Tomato Station.

Everyone at Tomato Stage is also preparing for tonight’s Spring Festival Gala, and everyone seems very busy.

But the busiest thing is the program team of "Please Give Me a Meal". At the moment, they are all working hard in the office to redo the second episode of the program.

The reason for redoing it is because there was constant criticism on the Internet after the first episode was broadcast, and there were already instructions from above asking for rectification of the program!

If the second episode still wants to be broadcast as scheduled, it must present a program that satisfies the superiors early tomorrow morning.

Today, early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Han Fan, the director of the "Please Give Me a Meal" program, was called to the office by the director Wang Haiyang and was severely criticized.

"Look at the program you created, how much it is being criticized on the Internet! Such a good program idea, but you made it like this, I am so disappointed! Look at the rating of your program, 3.2 points, haha, Our Taiwan is at a record low, you are really good!"

Han Fan was criticized on the first day of the new year and was in a bad mood, but it was a fact that his show was criticized all over the Internet, so he could only accept the criticism honestly.

"Director, we must reflect on this."

Wang Haiyang was still angry: "On New Year's Day this year, I have to watch the Spring Festival Gala on the stage again. I didn't want to talk about you at first, but do you know that I just spoke out and your program was reported by many citizens. The second episode of the program has been sent back and we are asked to review it ourselves. We will submit it after reviewing it!”

Han Fan felt cold after hearing this. It will be broadcast tomorrow night. It is not a good thing to be beaten back by the superiors at this time.

"Director... I read the second issue, and there are no problems like the first issue..."

Han Fan felt that the problems in the first episode were simply the arrogance of the guests and the lack of consideration for the feelings of civilians in the game design of the program. However, in the second episode, he felt that these two problems were gone and the stories of several families were completely preserved.

"No problem? Haha... I really don't know what to say about you, Han Fan. I just watched it again. Apart from Lin Li's song and the stories about several families, what are the performances of the guests in this second episode? What's good about it?" Wang Haiyang looked like he hated iron. "The thing that netizens criticize the most now is that the guests take themselves too seriously and don't care about the feelings of ordinary people. If you look at the second issue, you'll still see Say it’s okay?”

Han Fan was silent. He had also watched the second episode after it was produced. The guests were quite arrogant throughout, so they couldn't all be cut out.

Besides, the program needs some topics, and some controversial aspects must be left out.

If there is any problem, it is that during the recording, all the conflicts between Lin Li and the other three guests were cut out. Firstly, to take into account the face of the three guests, and secondly, because Han Fan could not leave because Lin Li did not follow the script. I like Lin Li so much that I deliberately reduced the time Lin Li appeared on screen in the later stage. Of course, the most important thing is that Lin Li mentioned the problems between the guests and the program crew. If this is released, it will not add fuel to the fire.

Therefore, there are very few scenes of Lin Li in the second issue, but because of this, there are many places that make people a little confused when watching the second issue.

For example, during dinner, the guests originally went to the old bungalow and witnessed a proposal, but suddenly left and went to Ye Mingming's family for dinner, and the conflict in the middle was cut out.

Lin Li and the other third guest had disagreements almost throughout the whole process. After being cut out, it is normal for many places to look very abrupt.

Han Fan didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but now after being scolded by the station director, he also felt that there were indeed some problems in the second issue. The problem was that Lin Li had too many scenes!

"Director, I'm going to find someone to improve it right away," Han Fan said.

"I don't care what you do. If the second program you propose still fails to pass my review early tomorrow morning, there is no need to report it to the police. Just announce the postponement of your program!"

Han Fan was shocked. This meant he was giving up on his program.

"Director, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you."

Wang Haiyang corrected: "We must satisfy all the viewers!"

"Yes, yes, we must satisfy everyone."

"I'm busy, you go down!"

The biggest event on Tomato Channel today is naturally the online Spring Festival Gala.

Han Fan left the station director's office and started calling the staff of the program team in Shanghai one by one to ask them to work overtime.

…………

Jinling.

There was still half an hour before the Lychee Terrace Spring Festival Gala started. Lin Li was sitting in the lounge with nothing to do, so he had to turn on his mobile phone and read online news.

The hottest news on the Internet today is naturally the New Year greetings given by national leaders and the New Year weather across the country.

The biggest commotion in the entertainment industry was naturally last night's CCTV Spring Festival Gala program, such as the songs sung by Jin Xuan, Leng Ying and others, the performance of crosstalk actors Guan De and Yu Qian's first appearance in the Spring Festival Gala, and the secrets of magician Li Qing's magic etc.

However, among the news about these heavyweights, the news that others sing for money and I sing for life will be unveiled tonight is still hot.

Because the CCTV Spring Festival Gala has ended, the highlight tonight naturally falls on the Spring Festival Galas of major satellite TV stations.

The highlights of the Spring Festival Gala on local channels are very single every year. It is just about which satellite TV has a stronger lineup, and for many years, Mango Channel has been the standout.

However, there has been a change this year. Because others want money to sing, I want to sing for my life to be unveiled at the Lychee Channel Spring Festival Gala. This can be regarded as the first new program to appear in the history of any TV station, so that netizens are even more looking forward to tonight's Spring Festival Gala on Lychee Channel. .

A "celebrity" with more than five million fans, a "big villain" who has fooled everyone, will reveal his true face on the Spring Festival Gala.

This novelty and this expectation put great pressure on Mango TV, which has been alone for so many years.

The Lychee Channel Spring Festival Gala almost broke Mango Channel's position as the leader for so many years with the unveiling of a mysterious guest.

The top management of Mango TV was very anxious when they saw this situation, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Other satellite TV stations are even more envious.

The Spring Festival Gala starts in half an hour, and the Lychee Stage is already full of spectators.

Lin Li was watching the news on his phone when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside. Lin Li thought it was Yu Hui coming. He thought that tonight, as the assistant director, Yu Hui would have to watch everywhere, so he might not have so much free time.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door.

"Hello, is anyone here?"

There was a middle-aged man's voice outside, but it was obviously not Yu Hui's.

Although it was a question, it could be heard that the person outside was very confident that there was someone in the lounge.

Lin Li thought to himself that someone had found out where he was hiding. The backstage of "The Masked Singer" was not small, and there were many lounges. This person came straight to his room, obviously knowing that he was in there.

Knowing his whereabouts so quickly, it seemed that there were a lot of eyes and ears on the TV station, and Lin Liao wanted to see who it was.

Before Lin Li took off his makeup, he looked at himself in the mirror. He still looked like an ordinary person.

Thinking that there were no flaws, Lin Li changed Zhou Shen's voice and said, "You know everything, come in."

The door to the lounge was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a fat body but sharp features came in.

This person is none other than Zhou Xiaodong, the vice president of Xingcan Entertainment.

Xingcan and Lychee Terrace have an inextricable cooperative relationship, and Zhou Xiaodong's interpersonal relationship at Lychee Terrace is naturally not ordinary. Yuhui refused to tell him who this mysterious guest was, so he naturally did not give up because of this. Today he found Taiwan. The friend inside kept staring at Yu Hui, and finally realized that Yu Hui had brought someone in, and he quickly rushed over.

Zhou Xiaodong entered the lounge and found an unknown person sitting inside. He was a little confused. Although he said that not everyone in the entertainment industry would recognize him, some slightly famous people still knew about it, but how could this person know him? I have no impression at all. Could it be that he is just a newbie?

Moreover, the voice of the person in front of him was completely unfamiliar to Zhou Xiaodong, and he suddenly became even more confused.

"What's up?"

Lin Li saw this man coming in and staring at him a little distracted. He knew that he didn't recognize him and was searching his mind for who he was, so he asked.

Only then did Zhou Xiaodong come back to his senses and said with a smile: "Oh, hello, my name is Zhou Xiaodong. I am the vice president of Xingcan Entertainment. Nice to meet you. What should I call you?"

Lin Li did not answer and said, "Don't be so anxious, you will know in a few hours."

Lin Li was now using Zhou Shen's voice. Zhou Xiaodong couldn't tell who it was. He looked at Lin Li's face again and concluded that this mysterious guest was a newcomer.

"Haha, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. I think you must know our Xingcan. We are a first-class entertainment company in China and very powerful. I just want to ask you if you are willing to join our Xingcan company. ?”

Ever since he came in, Lin Li knew what his intentions were. As expected, he was here to recruit him.

"I have a brokerage company." Lin Li said.

Zhou Xiaodong naturally knows that he must have a management company, but if he is a newcomer, the management company he signs with will definitely not treat him well. This is the same for newcomers in the industry, and this is their opportunity to poach Xingcan.

"It doesn't matter. You can terminate the contract. We Xingcan will pay the liquidated damages, and the contract we give you will definitely be better than the previous one." Zhou Xiaodong was very confident.

Lin Li smiled and said: "First, you may not be able to pay the liquidated damages, and even if you really can afford it, you may not be willing to pay it for me. Second, I don't think the contract you gave me will be better than my current contract." OK."

Zhou Xiaodong naturally didn't believe it, thinking that this mysterious man was trying to raise the price. However, no matter how greedy he was when facing a newcomer, he still had a temper, and Du Xingcan could still afford it.

"You can come and listen." Zhou Xiaodong said.

"Liquidated damages of 500 million!" Lin Lida said.

Zhou Xiaodong was stunned. Even if the King and Queen breach the contract, there is no liquidated damages of hundreds of millions. It depends on how the contract is signed. This mysterious guest looks like a little-known figure. There is no way he can have liquidated damages of up to 500 million.

"Haha, don't worry. The company is afraid that you will run away, so it says so much. In fact, it will not pay so much at all. Unreasonable liquidated damages are not supported by the law."

Zhou Xiaodong was even quite happy at this time, thinking that this mysterious man was really a kid, and his company would probably be able to bluff him with just a little bluff. If such a person were to be recruited into his company, it would be easy to control him.

"In the entertainment industry, profit is the most important thing. The contract we give you will definitely be better than the one you have now. You have to look forward. It will also be of great benefit to your future development."

Zhou Xiaodong came up with the rules of survival in the entertainment industry, hoping that the mysterious guest would give up the unrealistic ideas in his mind.

"This is the second point I want to make. My contract is 30-70..."

When Lin Li said this, Zhou Xiaodong immediately interjected: "We are opening at 60-40. If you want, we can open at 50-50. This is much better than the 300-70 you are currently at."

"I'm talking about seven for me and three for the company," Lin Lida said.

Zhou Xiaodong: "..."

Excluding some expenses for promoting and packaging artists, there is basically no money to be made. Unless the appearance fee is king-level, there is a possibility of making a profit.

"impossible……"

Zhou Xiaodong began to suspect that this mysterious man was fooling him, just to raise his worth.

Lin Li ignored his question and continued: "My contract also stipulates that I can terminate the contract whenever I want to. Within half a month of my written request to terminate the contract, the company must terminate the contract with me unconditionally without any compensation." question."

Zhou Xiaodong opened his eyes wide: "Hey, didn't you just say liquidated damages of 500 million!"

Lin Li said: "This is not part of the contract. I don't have liquidated damages. I asked for so much liquidated damages myself."

Zhou Xiaodong laughed after hearing this and said, "How can there be such a person who still needs to pay more compensation?"

"I am such a person. If it was clearly written in the contract how much liquidated damages would be required for breach of contract, I would probably die and not sign the contract. When someone found me, they did not ask for liquidated damages at all and were prepared to pay compensation on me. I only agreed to lose 500 million. Although I haven't asked him to lose money now, but in my case, if he is willing to lose 500 million for me, then I will also be willing to pay him 500 million." Lin Li said calmly and calmly.

"If you are really willing to pay the liquidated damages and the contract is better, I can consider it."

Zhou Xiaodong put away his smile. He felt that the person in front of him was a little out of his mind.

In other words, if this person hadn't lied to himself, the mysterious guest in front of him and the boss who signed the contract with him were both mentally ill.

A liquidated damages of 500 million yuan, a profit share of 70% to 30%, and the right to terminate the contract for free at any time and at any time, Xingcan cannot agree to any of these, let alone agree to all three together, and a better contract must be given.

There is no such thing in the entire entertainment industry!

Zhou Xiaodong felt that his brain was not broken yet, so he confirmed again: "Are you serious about all this?"

"Of course, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here."

Zhou Xiaodong sneered, and then sighed. The thoughts of this mysterious guest were indeed incomprehensible to ordinary people.

"It seems I'm the one who interrupted you. Take your leave."

Zhou Xiaodong stood up and left. When he walked to the door, something suddenly occurred to him. He couldn't help but turn around and asked, "Can you tell me who you are? I'm really curious."

Lin Li smiled calmly and said in his own voice: "You will know in a few hours."

Zhou Xiaodong was shocked and felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.