The straight man in the entertainment circle

"Better Days" is gaining momentum. Although there are several strong movies waiting to be released in the future, it is obviously difficult to reach the level of "Better Days".

As long as nothing unexpected happens, the movie "Young You" will be a strong contender for the summer box office championship!

But...the accident soon came.

On the third day of the release of "Young You", all the film's creators traveled from Pengcheng to Xiangzhou.

Xiangzhou is a place where many people are famous and have many fans, so naturally a meeting must be held here.

When they came to Xiangzhou again and looked at the scenery outside the window, Lin Li and Wu Ruobing were filled with emotion.

"Back again." Wu Ruobing sighed as she sat next to Lin Li and looked out the window.

Lin Li had been to Xiangzhou several times this year, so he wasn't as impressed as Wu Ruobing.

"You can come here more often from now on." Lin Li said.

"Look, the new season of "The Voice" has begun!"

Ren Shixiu pointed to the huge poster at the bus stop outside the window and said.

The huge poster is a picture of ten players. Each person has their own name next to their avatar, and the broadcast date of the top 10 promotion competition is written on it.

"It's already in the top 10. I didn't even watch it this year."

Wu Ruobing said with some regret that she used to be a loyal fan of "The Voice" and never watched every episode.

"'The Voice' doesn't have Senior Brother Lin Li, what's so good about it?" Chen Qingqing said with a smile.

"Yeah, I watched the news and it seemed like the ratings were just average, not as strong as last year."

"There are too many drafts, and the audience is tired of it."

"But this year there is a contestant who sings well."

"Who?"

"It seems to be called Liu Lian."

"No matter how good it is, it can't be compared to our director Lin Li."

"Of course...there is no chance that anyone in the entire music world can dare to say that he can sing better than Director Lin Li, right?"

"Yes, I cried when Director Lin Li sang "Father" live."

"I cried too, it was really the first time!"

Speaking of "The Voice", the memories of Lin Li and Wu Ruobing also emerged.

Wu Ruobing and Lin Li shared some interesting stories with everyone in the car when they competed. Of course, they also mentioned a few names that Lin Li had almost forgotten.

Lu Xiang, Wang Zirui, Pan Ke...

A year later, Lin Li had forgotten some of the people he seemed to hate at the time.

Pan Ke, I no longer serve as a mentor on "The Voice" this season, and there are no auditions.

Last year, the conflict between her and Lin Li contributed to a lot of topics for the show, but later she did not cooperate with the recording of the show and completely offended Mango Channel. Her own reputation has been terrible since last year.

In addition to last year's "The Voice" and "Chinese Studies Conference" on Mango Channel, this year's "Longing for Life" and the New Year's Eve Party, Lin Li has contributed huge ratings.

This season's program team will also invite Lin Li to participate in the finals as a singing assistant. Naturally, Mango Channel will not use Pan Ke to make Lin Li disgusted.

Lu Xiang and Wang Zirui didn't do well in Tianyun. After releasing an album, they were almost never seen again. Even Mango Channel, which had a good relationship with Tianyun, couldn't see them anymore.

I don’t know whether Tianyun didn’t like them and gave all the resources to Tianyun’s first sister Wen Xin, or Mango TV knew about their grudges with Lin Li and deliberately didn’t use them in order to maintain a good relationship with Lin Li.

Maybe, a little bit of both.

To put it bluntly, Lin Li is now a first-line star, and those few are just insignificant small roles. Mango Channel naturally knows how to choose.

Especially this year, the new draft has started again. Some of the previous draft players, without their own representative works and insufficient strength, will soon be submerged.

This is the cruel survival rule of the entertainment industry.

"The invitation from "The Voice" has come, and you and Ruobing will be the guest stars in the final!"

Song Wenjie heard them talking about "The Voice" and just said so.

It is the custom of "The Voice" that in the later stages of the new season, some contestants from the previous season will be invited to assist in singing. This was also the case last year.

Lin Li was last year's champion, so he naturally had to make an appearance in this year's finals. Especially since Lin Li was so successful, Mango Channel naturally wanted to drag Lin Li to the stage to announce to the world that this is the person who will make it big in our program.

As for Wu Ruobing, who placed fourth last year, normally she would be a guest singer when she was ranked fifth or fourth, but Wu Ruobing was also invited to the final night. Naturally, it was because of Lin Li that the Mango Stage was raised. The treatment of Wu Ruobing.

In particular, Lin Li and Wu Ruobing were the most enviable couple in last year's show, and the show team definitely wanted them to appear together.

"When?" Lin Li asked.

"Our movie will be released in a month, so I have time to go."

Lin Li nodded and said, "Then agree."

Zhang Li said to Wu Ruobing: "The notice is August 20, your birthday!"

Wu Ruobing wowed and said, "Go, it makes so much sense!"

Lin Li listened on the sidelines and suddenly thought of what birthday gift he should give Wu Ruobing.

When the car arrived at the hotel, it started to rain lightly.

Everyone took their luggage, got out of the car, and entered the hotel.

Chen Qingqing was looking at her phone along the way, when she called out to Lin Li.

"Senior Brother Lin..."

Lin Li was about to get out of the car when he heard Chen Qingqing calling him, so he gave way to others and walked back to his seat.

"What's wrong?" Lin Li asked.

Chen Qingqing smiled at Lin Li, patted the seat next to her and said, "Sit down."

Everyone knew that Chen Qingqing had something to say to Lin Li alone, so they all got out of the car.

Chen Qingqing looked out the window. Lin Li didn't bother to ask and sat down next to her.

Seeing that everyone had left and they were the only two people left in the car, Chen Qingqing looked at Lin Li and said, "Brother Lin, are we friends?"

Lin Li nodded and said, "Of course."

"good friend?"

Lin Li was stunned for a moment and said, "It should be okay."

"Then how do you define a good friend?" Chen Qingqing stared into Lin Li's eyes.

Lin Li was very curious as to why Chen Qingqing suddenly asked such a confusing question, but he still thought about it and said: "A good friend... should lend a helping hand when you are in the most difficult times, and stand up for you when you are wronged. When you are misunderstood, the person who believes in you unswervingly, even if they are thousands of miles apart, you can come to your side with just one word.”

The corners of Chen Qingqing's mouth raised slightly, and she twisted the pigtails at her temples.

"That said, you will also lend a helping hand to me when I am in the most difficult time, stand up for me when I am wronged, and unswervingly believe in me when I am misunderstood. Even if we are thousands of miles apart, I will tell you You can also run to me?"

Faced with Chen Qingqing's rhetorical question, Lin Li didn't know how to answer. He understood that this was true for his good friends, but when Chen Qingqing asked him so specifically whether he could treat her like this, Lin Li doubted whether he could really do it.

I met Chen Qingqing for two months on the show "Starting the Show", and we have been together for more than two months while filming a movie, and it has been four months since then. Chen Qingqing is good-looking, has acting skills, and is thoughtful, all of which Lin Li likes.

But Lin Li felt that he and Chen Qingqing seemed to be very familiar with each other, but at the same time they seemed a little strange. They were like good friends, but they seemed unable to see through each other.

"Why...why do you ask that? Is...what happened to you?"

Lin Li didn't know how to answer, so he asked instead.

Chen Qingqing did not answer Lin Li's question. She suddenly looked like she had done something wrong and asked cautiously.

"Senior Brother Lin...if I lied to you, will you forgive me?"

Lin Li asked in confusion: "What did you lie to me about?"

Neither of the two people answered the other's question directly, but asked the other's question in return.

Chen Qingqing did not answer Lin Li's question, but looked at the hazy hotel in the distance. Everyone else had already entered.

Chen Qingqing said thoughtfully: "Now... I think they all know it."

Lin Li became more and more curious and said, "What do you know?"

"Look at the hot searches." Chen Qingqing said.

Lin Li picked up his phone, opened Weibo, and looked at the hot searches.

No. 1 hot search: Chen Qingqing’s experience in being exposed! 【burst】

Lin Li has been in the entertainment industry for so long, so he naturally understands what peripheral means. When he saw this hot search, Lin Li's heart suddenly tightened!

He had a bad premonition when he saw Chen Qingqing on the show "Starting the Show". Even though he knew that Chen Qingqing was the most suitable candidate and she was very eager to star in his own movie, Lin Li still didn't make up his mind. Everything was finally echoed at this time!

My hunch was indeed not without reason!

Chen Qingqing’s dirt was still dug up!

The strange thing is that when he saw this hot search, Lin Li was not afraid of the movie implicating him, nor was he disappointed, but worried.

That's right, when Lin Li saw this hot search, the first thing that popped into his mind was that he was worried about Chen Qingqing!

Lin Li glanced at Chen Qingqing. She didn't seem as frustrated, at a loss, or even crying as he imagined.

Chen Qingqing was very calm. She just looked at Lin Li calmly, wanting to see his reaction.

Lin Li tried hard to control his emotions. He didn't want his expression to hurt Chen Qingqing.

Lin Li locked the phone and put it down.

But Lin Li's heart still jumped violently. After the revelation, Chen Qingqing was afraid that she would not be able to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry in the future. Even because she was already famous, she would be recognized when she went on the street. The final solution was to leave her country. .

"What's wrong? Senior Brother Lin was frightened by the hot search?" Chen Qingqing asked.

Lin Li had met Chen Qingqing in the detention center. Both Lin Li and Chen Qingqing knew about this, but after so long, neither of them talked about this experience, as if it didn't exist at all.

But Lin Li had a knot in his heart from then on.

It was also because of this knot that for so long, Lin Li always felt that there was an unbreakable barrier between him and Chen Qingqing, making him unable to truly get close.

"Not really..."

Facing Chen Qingqing's question, Lin Li began to answer directly for the first time.

"There are only two of us here. Why don't you tell me how you ended up in the detention center?"

Chen Qingqing was stunned. She didn't expect Lin Li to suddenly mention the incident in the detention center.

"Senior Brother Lin...why do you ask this question?"

Lin Li glanced at Chen Qingqing, who was looking at him expectantly with pure eyes open.

Lin Li felt that Chen Qingqing didn't look like that kind of person. He believed in his intuition, but Lin Li couldn't convince himself. If this was not the case, Chen Qingqing had entered the police station with a group of girls who had fallen into trouble, and what was the hot search topic now? What's going on?

Chen Qingqing saw Lin Li's unspeakable expression and instantly understood: "Ah... Senior Brother Lin... you... you don't think I was caught doing peripheral work at that time, do you?"

Lin Li sighed and said, "When you entered the police station, there was a group of girls who were taken in with you."

When Lin Li said this, he naturally acknowledged what Chen Qingqing had just asked.

Chen Qingqing was stunned for a moment and said, "Really? I almost forgot. What a coincidence..."

Chen Qingqing's voice suddenly stopped. She stared at Lin Li closely, looking a little excited.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Chen Qingqing muttered and repeated, then recalled and sorted it out, and suddenly laughed.

"So, Senior Brother Lin, you have been so cold towards me because you thought I had done that kind of thing. It was also because of this that you said in the show that I was not suitable for the entertainment industry and asked me to quit. Sai, it was because of this that you refused to allow me to play Chen Nian, right?"

Chen Qingqing's smile puzzled Lin Li. Now that her story has become a hot topic, she can still laugh.

Although what Chen Qingqing said was right, Lin Li did have a grudge against Chen Qingqing because of this incident, so he always kept some distance from Chen Qingqing, but it doesn't matter at all now.

"It's not important anymore." Lin Li said.

Chen Qingqing said: "No, this is very important."

Lin Li asked in confusion: "Why is it important?"

"Because this means that your coldness and alienation towards me is due to misunderstanding, not because you really hate me!" Chen Qingqing still smiled happily.

"Misunderstand?"

Lin Li's heart tightened. He had always hoped that this was a misunderstanding, but he could never figure out where the misunderstanding was.

Chen Qingqing didn't seem to hear Lin Li's doubts, but suddenly became sad. She said, "Brother Lin, how can you miss me so much?"

Seeing her sad look, Lin Li suddenly didn't know what to say.

Chen Qingqing digested it for a while, then turned from sadness to joy and said: "Actually, I don't blame you. After all, we didn't know each other at that time, and I was so proactive. It's normal for you to misunderstand me."

Lin Li thought to himself that Chen Qingqing was very good at making excuses for others, and she had already thought of this for herself.

Although Chen Qingqing was good at acting, Lin Li saw that Chen Qingqing's current behavior did not seem to be due to acting.

Have you really misunderstood Chen Qingqing?

"Then...this hot search..." Lin Li hesitated.

Chen Qingqing received Lin Li's message. She looked at Lin Li and said seriously: "Brother Lin, I said I didn't do it. Do you believe it?"

Looking at Chen Qingqing's bright eyes and her innocent and expectant look, Lin Li suddenly felt joyful.

There was no reason for this joy, but Lin Li seemed to let go of his grudge instantly and became much more relaxed.

But then, the joy in Lin Li's heart was washed away by deep sadness.

If it is true that Chen Qingqing has never done it, then wouldn’t this hot search be a basin of sewage for Chen Qingqing?

For an artist who survives in the entertainment industry, many things do not depend on whether you have done it or not, but whether others think you have done it or not.

It was raining lightly outside, and Lin Li and Chen Qingqing looked at each other for a long time in the car.

Lin Li suddenly spoke and said, "I told you, we are good friends. Good friends will believe in you unswervingly."

When Chen Qingqing heard what Lin Li said, she smiled sweetly and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother Lin, I will prove it to you."

After Chen Qingqing finished speaking, she looked at the sky outside the window: "Those who want to harm you, I will also teach them a lesson!"