I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 22: Outspoken?

Shen Liang is telling the truth!
What traffic people sell is actually themselves, not their works. The works are just additional products...

This is fundamentally different from the previous star-making model...

In the past, to create a star, you first had to have a work...

"Super Girl" opened up a new path - a group of people became famous while still competing!
This idea has been borrowed by various capitals: it is extremely easy for capital to use its powerful driving force to cultivate some stars.

With the help of the Internet, we find that it is too difficult to cultivate a star that is acceptable to the general public - there are many stars debuting every year, but in the end there are only a few who can be truly recognized by everyone!
Why not find another way and generate traffic!

Because the achievements, fame and fortune gained from traffic are not or do not need to be obtained through public recognition.

Just grab the fans...

This idea has promoted idols, who can sing and act...

The first to suffer were the film and television industry...

Before, it was just a non-mainstream youth film, but later on, it almost all got involved in mainstream resources!
They play music...

The path is the same...

Media resources are limited!

When they occupy the media resources, then... others will naturally not get as much attention...

Xue Zhiqian was able to become popular again by doing variety shows under such circumstances...

It’s not easy!
Of course, the premise is that there is a work...

"Actor", "Gentleman", "Ugly", "Accident", "What Do You Want From Me", "Just Right" are all pretty good...

This topic is difficult to expand, so Shen Liang continued, "Musicians are different from actors. Actors have acting skills and luck, and they may become popular with just one work, but singers...there is no original stage in the mainland, and all music variety shows are covers!"

"I can understand this. The producers of variety shows may not know much about music, but they must understand the market. Songs that are already popular will definitely attract more attention than songs that are not yet popular. If you promote something that has never existed before, how can you guarantee that anyone will watch it?"

"Another point is the requirements of the agency. For example, Mao Buyi complained to me a while ago that he had to go to commercial performances every day, and every time he went to a place, he had to sing "Xiaochou"... He almost vomited from singing!"

Xue Zhiqian immediately interrupted: "How do you persuade him?"

Shen Liang chuckled: "I advised him to sing whenever he can... After all, he can earn tens of thousands from a commercial performance, which is much more than what he earned as a nurse... I advised him to save money to buy a house and release a new album... As long as the new song is more popular than "Xiaochou", then he can change to another song!"

"That's difficult... Don't you have to do commercial performances?"

"I'm recording an EP. Also, I've accepted a role in a drama. Even if the company wants to pressure me, they have to consider the actual situation..."

"Have you accepted a role? A movie or a TV series?"

"The movie is called The Wandering Earth, and I play the leading actor..."

"The Wandering Earth?"

"Liu Cixin's original work... let's not talk about this anymore, let's move on to the next topic!"

"Okay, Xuefu," Wang Han returned the topic: "Who do you want to talk about the next proposal?"

Xuefu looked at the crowd below the stage and finally decided to follow the character setting and nominated Qianfeng - Qianfeng and Xuefu were a hot couple...

Qian Feng immediately stood up and made a proposal about being blocked...

A lot of people talked about the reasons why they blocked others, such as "selling things in the circle of friends" and so on, and then... the topic turned to WeChat friends, and many people said that they had more than a thousand friends on WeChat...

Wang Han said, "When the number of friends in the circle of friends reached more than 100, I felt a little scared and wanted to delete all the meaningless ones..."

Just as he was summarizing, Xue Zhiqian interrupted: "I know someone who doesn't like to add friends... Shen Liang!" "How many friends does Shen Liang have on WeChat?"

Shen Liang took out his cell phone: "Less than two hundred..."

Xue Zhiqian continued, "When he participated in that program before, he only added Mao Buyi and Ma Boqian, but he didn't add anyone else!"

"Why? Do you look down on them?"

"That's right!" Shen Liang nodded: "Most of the contestants on that show don't need to continue dating... When I chat with them, I feel that their minds are empty..."

"What if they want to add you on WeChat?"

"No, I don't want to give it to you... My WeChat friends are just people I can chat with..."

"But you added Yang Mi, not Hua Chenyu!"

"Sister Mi said she would take me to act with her... I used to be in the same company as Hua Chenyu, both from Tianyu. I didn't join any of the Super Boys from that company, except Bai Jugang... Brother Xiaobai is quite interesting... As for the others, I guess they don't like me either!"

"why?"

"The first time I met them, they were showing off in front of me, but I ignored them..."

Qian Feng interrupted: "I've heard that Shen Liang refused to obey the company's discipline..."

Shen Liang simply laid it out: "Their manager asked me to write a song for them to sing, but I turned around and left... I was quite conceited at the time, and I thought the songs I wrote were valuable. Either you paid me enough, or you had an outstanding voice that could impress me... Their manager even went to complain to my boss, saying that he wanted to ban me..."

"Has it been banned?"

"No... Why did she ban me? My agent is Ma Hao..."

Tian Yuan was surprised: "Director Ma?"

Wang Han explained to the audience: "Ma Hao is the director of Super Girl and Happy Boy... a very powerful woman!"

"Sister Ma was very supportive of me. When my EP was released, I had no time to promote it because I was taking final exams. She didn't force me. Later, she even arranged for me to appear on Day Day Up and Big Camp. However, I was on Big Camp with a few top young stars. Since I'm not popular, the production team directly edited out the clip of me singing. If you search now, you can still see my clip... I only said five sentences in the whole show, just a background!"

Xue Zhiqian acted distressed: "Wow... so pitiful!"

Shen Liang waved his hands, looking nonchalant: "It's already very good. Although it's just a background board, at least there are five lines, and I participated in the whole recording. I can't cut it out even if I want to... I remember when "The Disguiser" went to promote, Wang Kai and Jin Dong almost didn't get to appear on the screen!"

Yang Di was surprised: "Wow! You dare to say that!"

"Isn't this the truth? Why can't we talk about what actually happened?"

Wang Han quickly tried to smooth things over: "This also shows that "Big Camp" is very popular..."

……

After the recording was over, Wang Han treated everyone to a meal.

In the makeup removal room, Chen Jiadong found Shen Liang and asked directly: "Don't you want to be on "Big Camp"?"

Shen Liang looked innocent: "…What's wrong?"

"You openly complained about "Big Camp" on the show..."

Shen Liang smiled and explained: "I was just trying to make Wang Han happy..."

"I don't know whether Brother Han is happy or not, but I know the production team of "Base Camp" is definitely not happy!"

"It's not a big deal. There are so many factions within Hunan TV... We have also taken sides!"

(End of this chapter)