I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 190 First Day Results (Part 33) ()

Shen Liang has watched "13 Invitations"...

Compared with programs with strong personal appeal, such as "Round Table", "Xiao Shuo", and "Wu Xiaobo Channel", the public does not have a strong sense of identity with the main guest Xu Zhiyuan...

"13 Invitations" is very similar to "锵锵三人行" in essence.

Dou Wentao and Xu Zhiyuan would both express their confusion to the guests, but compared to Dou, Xu seemed less good at chatting with the guests.

So, his performance was silent and embarrassed!

It seems like Xu Zhiyuan wants to change the subject, but the interviewee doesn’t really want to talk about it…

Therefore, the program basically presents Xu Zhiyuan running around the guests, sometimes in an S shape and sometimes in a B shape.

If you keep the attitude of being a public intellectual, you will easily die in chatting and easily fail in flirting with girls...

But...he is sincere!
His questions are all accusatory and aggressive, and often consist of long, complicated sentences with an interrogative nature. He desires a sincere communication and is honest.

To explain, Xu Zhiyuan belongs to the traditional sense of public intellectuals: intellectuals, cultural figures, who feel that they are out of tune with the world and are full of criticism of society. Of course, his criticism is directed at the whole world and the entire era...

He is not the kind of public intellectual who receives money from who knows where to say some stupid things, or who makes innuendos and stirs up trouble...

The real public intellectuals are a group of people who think they are noble and aloof, and they definitely would not be willing to make that kind of money...

Shen Liang was surprised after watching "13 Invitations": I have never seen such an unprofessional program...

During the interview, Xu Zhiyuan would suddenly lean back in his chair, with his chin supported by one hand, as if he was lost in thought, but at the same time he looked at the guest with a joking expression.

There was a silence that followed, and the air was filled with awkwardness.

It's obvious, "Stop pretending and tell the truth, okay?"

When communicating with such people, it is important to be honest!
Shen Liang was fully prepared, but was still confused by Xu Zhiyuan's first question.

He actually asked, "As an idol with such high public attention, are you worried about becoming outdated?"

Shen Liang was stunned for a while before answering: "I'm fine..."

"So if you insist on live streaming, do you worry that your fans will abandon you?"

“There are concerns about this… but it’s more of a way to relax…”

"Relax?"

"Yes, I can chat with netizens about many topics and share my daily life in the live broadcast room..."

"You don't mind being labeled as an internet celebrity?"

Shen Liang shook his head: "I really don't mind this. Internet celebrities are not inferior to others... Celebrities are not necessarily so noble. There are countless celebrities who have fallen from grace..."

Xu Zhiyuan smiled and asked, "Do you think it's fair that many internet celebrities with low education have high incomes?"

Shen Liang asked back: "Do you think it is fair that some people can enjoy a life, wealth, or rights that most people cannot enjoy in their entire lives right from birth?"

“This is luck…”

"The popularity of internet celebrities is mostly due to luck. Lottery sales are worth hundreds of billions every year, but only a few dozen people win the first prize. The same is true for internet celebrities. It is obviously unfair to compare the high incomes of the top celebrities with the low incomes in other fields.

No internet celebrity can easily make money by lying down... This view is just like your view that studying is useless..."

Xu Zhiyuan nodded and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be so clear-headed!"

“This is not some profound theory. The reason why this topic has become so popular is mainly because of those self-media outlets looking for trouble…”

……

It seems that Xu Zhiyuan is very curious about Shen Liang, but the questions he asks are very childish...

For example, 'How do you view your fan base? Have you ever thought about managing them?'

"I think fans are a group of friends you never meet. They may understand you better than you do... but some crazy fans are really scary!" "Scary?"

"Think about it, you're a normal man, being chased by a strange woman in a car and blocked in a hotel, someone screaming and jumping on you, and even saying online that whoever dares to slander me, I'll kill him... It's really disturbing!"

"What should I do?"

"I can only persuade them kindly... After all, they are the ones who provide you with food and clothing..." After a pause, Shen Liang added: "As long as you are a person, knowing that there is a group of people working hard for you, how can you not be moved? You are not heartless, right?

The contribution referred to here is not just superficial financial contribution.

A lot of it is action-oriented.

For example, doing charity in the name of fans or idols, or gathering blessings from fans all over the world to celebrate their birthday, which will move people.

The kind that cannot be repaid... But I must emphasize, where is the camera? Oh, here..." Shen Liang said to the camera: 'Some people like me, and some people hate me! I am not RMB, how can I be loved by everyone? There is no need to quarrel with others just because they don't like me... Half of the money that celebrities make is earned by being scolded...'

"You're such a happy person!"

"I have to open it. I became famous too quickly and my number of fans has skyrocketed... I went to a roadshow this morning and a bunch of people were asking about me. They didn't care about the movie at all..."

"Movie?" Xu Zhiyuan immediately realized something - the promotion of this film: "Time Travel Cohabitation?"

"Um…"

"I watched the behind-the-scenes of this movie and heard that you were not the first choice?"

"Yes... I guess I'm not even among the candidates... Director Su Lun wanted to choose Liu Haoran, but he's too expensive; Producer Xu Zheng found Teacher Lei Jiaying, who felt that my age was not suitable, so he recommended me..."

"Then why do you think they used you?"

"The image is suitable, the price is cheap... they don't have any better choice! There are not many who are more popular than me, and they are generally very expensive... the main point is the cost-effectiveness!"

Xu Zhiyuan casually asked, "Did you also recommend Jing Tian?"

“…No,” Shen Liang shook his head: “The one I recommended couldn’t perform, so Teacher Xu Zheng found Jing Tian…”

“Who did you recommend?”

"Yang Mi...we met on The Next Generation of Idols!"

"She doesn't have time?"

"Actually, if we squeeze in, we still have time, but her agency's conditions are too harsh. If she wants to act, she must replace the male lead and use their people..."

Xu Zhiyuan was surprised: "Replace the male lead? Use their people, that's not right, isn't the male lead you?"

Shen Liang shrugged: "Yes, just replace me. Teacher Xu Zheng disagrees... Let's just drop this matter..."

Xu Zhiyuan nodded, then took out his phone and checked: "The current box office of "Time Travel Cohabitation" is... 4600 million, and the reputation is very good..."

“…What time is it?”

“It’s almost 10 o’clock…”

Shen Liang let out a long sigh: "There is still one show left... I estimate that today's box office will exceed 5000 million..."

“Everyone is praising this movie… Wow, Douban scored 7.4 points!”

"...7.4?" Shen Liang was surprised. He took the phone from Xu Zhiyuan and glanced at it. The Douban score was indeed 7.4...

By the way, I took a look at the top comment, which was a negative one: It was really embarrassing, rolling eyes the whole time, low from the inside out, the time-space paradox setting was completely reduced to a fig leaf for this contrived and clichéd script...

Followed by three good reviews...

Seeing this, Shen Liang understood: "Let's go, let's go eat!"

"You saw this bad review, and you don't care?"

(End of this chapter)