self-awareness

a year ago.

"A reality show? Do you think it is necessary for Li Mingchuan to participate in a reality show? No!" The man sitting on the black leather sofa threw the planning book in his hand on the coffee table with a look of disgust.

Behind him, there is a huge men's cologne advertisement of a luxury brand hanging on the entire wall. The camera is shot from a bird's-eye view. The water is soaked and wrapped around his well-defined body. His legs are extremely slender, and there is no trace of fat on his body. The wet hair is slightly scattered on his forehead. A pair of deep eyes are releasing high-frequency voltage to the camera. It's obviously wanton and sexy, but it gives people a texture that doesn't dare to be profane.

Looking carefully, the eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as the man sitting on the sofa.

Li Mingchuan's refusal was straightforward and direct, and Gu Biao sat on the director's huge desk with his arms folded, looking at her baby money tree, feeling a little headache.

Indeed, Li Mingchuan doesn't need to rely on participating in reality shows to gain popularity and attract fans. The advantages of reality shows making a lot of money and making money quickly are not attractive to him at all.The luxury brand v has spent a lot of money in the Asian market in recent years, and its brand spokespersons have always locked in the first-line popular superstars in the circle. A v pictorial has almost become a weathervane to test the popularity of the annual artist, and it is also a symbol of the star's worth. effort.

However, Gu Biao has never understood what it means to quit despite difficulties, "Ming Chuan, the producer of "Running Wild" is an old friend of mine. He has come to ask me many times. You are willing to go, they fully match your schedule, and your movie will be released at the end of the year, so it will not do you any harm to keep the topic high at this time, I have already agreed, I will call Xiao Chai later to discuss your schedule."

Gu Biao is Li Mingchuan's current female boss, the director of Chengxing Media, and his former manager.

Gu Biao is a girl and a boy, and he is easy to mix in the circle. Two years ago, he set up his own studio and dug Li Mingchuan under his banner.

Although Li Mingchuan has always followed the aggressive and cool style of painting on the screen image, he is actually very nostalgic. He was brought up by Gu Biao since his debut. Gu Biao's initial experience in opening a studio After a very difficult period, Li Mingchuan resolutely rejected the original brokerage company's intention to renew the contract at that time, joined Gu Biao's team, and helped Gu Biao through the most difficult period of reclamation.

Li Mingchuan debuted at the age of 19. The two have worked together for ten years. They have a clear understanding of each other's temperament, and they have a consensus on where the bottom line is. What jobs can be accepted and what jobs must not be accepted. The two have a tacit understanding Yes, disputes rarely occur, which is one of the reasons why Li Mingchuan is willing to work with Gu Biao, but this time is an exception.

Li Mingchuan got up, and said two words to the female boss: "Push it off."

Gu Biao's forehead twitched, watching Li Mingchuan leave without looking back, but there was nothing he could do.

Li Mingchuan opened the door of the director's office, and it happened that his assistant Chai Bing was standing outside the door. Seeing Li Mingchuan head on, Chai Bing subconsciously shivered.

Seeing that Li Mingchuan didn't move, Chai Bing straightened his back, "Brother Li! Mr. Gu, I'm here."

Gu Biao went straight to the point: "You came just in time, I'm discussing with Ming Chuan about being on the show, come over and talk about it together."

Chai Bing observed his words and knew that the timing of his arrival was very delicate, so he responded at the door: "Mr. Gu, I just had a phone call with the director team of "Running Wild", and they said that the program team has lost all their money this time. The lineup is extremely strong... Brother Li, are you leaving?"

Li Mingchuan's ears moved, and he looked condescendingly at Chai Bing, who was shorter than him, "Xiao Chai, did I agree to go on the show? Who asked you to contact their director team?"

Chai Bing shuddered again, looking to Gu Biao for help.

Gu Biao came over to pull Li Mingchuan back into the house, and closed the door behind him, "Mingchuan, come here and listen to who is on the show before making a decision. Don't underestimate these reality shows. How many artists just rely on participating in reality shows to whitewash themselves? Let passers-by turn to fans, old stars can go viral again, and newcomers can also take the opportunity to attract popularity and fans, no matter what your opinion of this kind of program is, it is indeed the current trend."

Li Mingchuan didn't care, but he glanced at the document in Chai Bing's hand, "Whoever wants to go, I won't go anyway."

Gu Biao smiled, and asked Chai Bing again: "Have you heard of anyone going on the show?"

Chai Bing nodded vigorously, "The ones who have been finalized are all first-tier A cafes like Sun Yu and Reqinna, as well as my goddess Lin Weiwei, and the figure skating champion Chen Xiang. The overall standard is quite high, and the least popular one may be That Ye Tang is gone, I don't know how he got in."

Li Mingchuan's hand to grab the water glass froze in the air.

Gu Biao picked his eyes, but he grasped another important point, "Even Chen Xiang has come here."

Chai Bing nodded, "It is said that he has the most attention now. As soon as the program group released the news, the discussions on Weibo immediately reached hundreds of thousands, more than several artists, but he has always been regarded as half of the circle. Now athletes are vying for jobs as artists, it is serious to be a celebrity to make money, so this time he officially stepped into the entertainment industry?"

Gu Biao: "Taking advantage of the popularity right now and still having something to fish for, it will be difficult to reinvent the wheel after this heat."

When the two were gossiping about Chen Xiang, no one noticed that Li Mingchuan's face was stiff for a moment just now.

After Gu Biao went through the list, he looked at Li Mingchuan and asked, "Mingchuan, what do you think?"

Li Mingchuan looked at the directory that Chai Bing inquired, and that person's name was clearly on it.

"Will Ye Tang go?"

Chai Bing really wanted to say that big brother, please don't miss the point, that Chen Xiang is the most popular rival you should pay attention to, but he still replied: "Yes, the director team said they don't want Ye Tang, and they think it will lower the level of the cast. Last time, the negative/negative/new/news of his father's severing the father-son relationship was so big, and then the movie hit the street, and after he was given the title of 'box office killer', no one wanted to look for him again, but I don't know What kind of tricks did his agency use to get people in, the chief director is quite dissatisfied."

Gu Biao sighed: "Ye Tang is a good actor, with aura, it's a pity."

Chai Bing: "Yeah, now that the star has lost his favorability, isn't he waiting to be sprayed to death? I think he wants to use the opportunity of being on the show to clean up his whitewashing."

Gu Biao: "There is nothing wrong with him taking a gamble. If the reality show is used well, it may be able to make a beautiful turnaround."

Chai Bingzhi played drums beside him: "Yeah, brother Li, you see you don't open Weibo, and there are almost no opportunities to interact with fans except for the fan meeting once a year. It's good to keep a sense of mystery, but now the circle The artists who are more popular here are those artists who have become fans on Weibo, how good it is for you to take advantage of this opportunity to increase your favorability!"

Li Mingchuan looked at Chai Bing, "You mean I don't have enough affection?"

Chai Bing choked, hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head, not daring to speak again.

Gu Biao did catch something, she stared at the cast list for a while, and finally remembered something, "Ming Chuan, did this Ye Tang work as your assistant before his debut?"

Some brokerage companies in the circle do have the habit of asking their reserve artists to work as assistants for artists who have already debuted before their debut. This not only saves costs, but also allows them to train in the circle earlier, so it will be easier for them to get started in the future.

Li Mingchuan signed under Xingyu Media before. Gu Biao remembered that when he left Xingyu to start the company, there was a period of time when this boy named Ye Tang followed Li Mingchuan. She had met him a few times, vaguely I'm a bit impressed.

Chai Bing looked suspicious: "Is it true? Ye Tang used to be Brother Li's assistant? Then can I debut in the future?"

Li Mingchuan ignored Chai Bing's fantasies, and nodded towards Gu Biao, thinking that Ye Tang was not only my assistant?

Two days later, the headlines of the entertainment pages of major portals published the news that "National male god Li Mingchuan joined the new season of "Runaway".

When the news on this side made waves on Weibo and made it to the top of the hot search list, Li Mingchuan was sitting by the swimming pool in his backyard basking in the sun.

Tan Chen is Li Mingchuan's childhood friend. He just came back from the United States last month. At the moment, he is lying sprawled on the sun lounger next to Li Mingchuan, looking through the sunglasses at the younger sister who is having a barbecue by the pool.

Tan Chen took a sip of the fruit juice, "Chuan'er, it's more important for you to be on a reality show than the global financial crisis, and the headlines are all about you, what do you think? Didn't you look down on this kind of show before?" ?”

The sunshine in early summer is not too harsh, Li Mingchuan squinted his eyes comfortably, "There is no special reason."

Tan Chen: "I heard that kid Ye Tang is also going to appear on the reality show you went to?"

Li Mingchuan: "Yes."

Tan Chen: "He didn't chase you, did he?"

Li Mingchuan: "?"

Tan Chen: "Didn't he always have a crush on you when he was a child? Forgot? Didn't we find out that he hid a bunch of your photos?"