Chapter 194: "Love Apartment" has finished airing, "The Singer" Xu Lin can't stand it anymore
"Oh my god, this is breathtaking beauty!"

"I can't criticize this, this one is so beautiful!"

"So beautiful~ Even in the photos, you can still feel her red lips, white teeth and sweet smile."

"She has bright eyes, a charming face, a graceful figure, and a calm demeanor."

"Is this God's gift to me?"

"This is so beautiful, the eyes are so bright!"

"No wonder Cheng Cheng chose me. Cheng Cheng is good at discovering beauties!"

"Elves!"

"I think they look better than Anar and Taji!"

"I refuse to praise one over the other! But youth and beauty are real. A 28-year-old girl is more beautiful than any medical treatment or makeup can make her look!"

"Love it, love it! Being chosen by Cheng Cheng, this girl is going to soar to the sky! I want to invest in her, and I will be her fan when she becomes famous!"

"I just want to say, I love it so much!"

The media also focused their attention on this lucky person, trying their best to find out all the information about Nilukzi:
"Cheng Cheng's new artist Nilu Kezi made a brilliant debut, and won heavy resources in her first show. A bright future is expected!"

"Xinjiang girl Nilu Kezi officially announced that "The Great Detective" has become popular! Netizens: She has a fairy-like appearance!"

"It is said that she is better than Anar and looks like Taji. How beautiful is this Xinjiang beauty?"

"Another Xinjiang girl is so beautiful that she has become famous before her debut!"

"Ni Lukezi, a girl from Xinjiang province in "The Great Detective", has become famous, and her private photos have been exposed. Netizens: There is no one like her!"

"Having her eyes blocked by Nilukzi, can her looks really take over from Yan Gou'er?"

Another "Xinjiang Beauty" enters the entertainment industry, Nilu Kezi is praised as the next generation of Xinjiang goddess

"Who's the Detective" has not yet started airing, but Nilu Kezi has been pushed to the forefront just because of an official announcement and a photo.

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Fuhai City, the filming location of "The Great Detective".

Five permanent guests and three flying guests have gathered and are getting to know each other.

Also present were director Zhang Yibai, planners, cameramen, logistics personnel and others.

As a newcomer and a junior, it is natural to imagine the pressure Nilukzi felt when she was working with so many well-known stars for the first time. In order to integrate into the group as quickly as possible, she also prepared some small gifts to build closer relationships.

She stood up timidly, bowed respectfully, and then said:
"Hello, teachers. I am Nilu Kezi. You can call me Nilu~
It is my honor to work with so many famous teachers for the first time. I will try my best not to hold you back...

Also, I specially asked my father to send some yak jerky from home. This is a special delicacy where we are. Teachers can try it.

If there is anything I do not do well on the show in the future, please forgive me, teachers. I will work hard to learn! "

After she finished speaking, she found that the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle. Everyone was looking at her with strange eyes, as if they were looking at an alien.

Nilukzi was a little at a loss. She nervously clenched the bag of yak jerky, not knowing what was going on.

Zhang Zijie opened his mouth, and it was as if he saw himself when he first entered the entertainment industry - sincere, enthusiastic, polite, but reckless.

What is the entertainment industry?
It is a jungle where interests are intertwined.

The jungle is full of competition and calculation. Everyone is fighting and biting like wild beasts for resources and ecological niches.

If you want others to take care of you, you have to provide corresponding value.

This value can be money, relationships, exchanges, or even the body.

But the only thing that can’t be this worthless yak jerky.

Otherwise, why would they tolerate you, care for you, and teach you?
Just for this hundred yuan of yak beef?
No kidding, who needs this?!
There are some things that you can’t even say!

If you say it out loud, it means you have low emotional intelligence, if you say it out loud, it means you are ignorant, if you say it out loud, it means you have no vision!
This is very dangerous in the entertainment industry. Once you are labeled like this, no one will want to associate with you, because such people often have limited development in the entertainment industry.

Naturally, no one wants to associate with someone who has no future.

Besides, giving beef jerky as a gift as soon as we met is not a good idea if it is made public. What do you think of us?

People in the entertainment industry all claim to be noble. They can't even put bowls in the refrigerator, let alone deliver agricultural products in person. If a first-line star did this, they could still accept it. First-line stars can do anything, but not Nilukzi. They just think Nilukzi is desecrating them!

At this moment, I don’t know how many people cursed her in their hearts as a country girl from Xinjiang, despised her background, and planned to distance themselves from her.

Zhang Zijie understood everyone's psychology like a mirror, and was about to speak up to help Nilukzi out of the predicament, but director Zhang Yibai spoke out before him.

He first thanked Nilukzi, then took the bag, took out a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth, chewing and praising:

"Not bad, it's delicious. This is the best beef jerky I've ever eaten."

He shared some with others: "Come, have a taste too!"

The atmosphere suddenly became lively. The three flying guests no longer looked down on it. They reached out to take a piece, put it in their mouths and praised it.

Li Xiang took one.

Shi Ning and Wen Ying also took one.

Zhang Zijie was the last one to get it.

Shi Ning praised: "I like to eat this kind of slightly spicy and moist food, Nilu, is this made by your family?"

Nilukzi said, "Yes, it was made by my father. My father is a chef, and the beef jerky he makes is delicious. This kind of beef jerky with moisture has a short shelf life, so I asked my father to vacuum pack it and send it to me."

"It's delicious." Shi Ning praised it highly. He ate one piece after another and asked, "Can you give me some more? I want to bring some to my wife."

Nilukzi became happy: "Of course."

Shi Ning's praise was truly from the bottom of his heart and was not false.

His family was not well off when he was a child, and his parents were farmers. He overcame all difficulties and was admitted to the top university in the country. After graduation, he joined CCTV.

As a person of good family background and having come from the bottom of society, he does not have any of the hypocrisy and frivolity that are common among entertainment stars.

But other people's focus was on the fact that Nilukzi's father was a cook.

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After the short meet-and-greet, the entire crew had dinner together again.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest for a while as the filming would officially begin in the afternoon.

On the way back to the hotel, Nilukzi asked in confusion, "Sister Cha, I said this morning that I would give them some beef jerky, why did they behave like that?"

Cha Ya, the agent of Shinhwa Media and a former subordinate brought in by Li Zhuo.

At present, in addition to Nilukzi, Chaya has two other artists under him, namely Lin Yin and Qi Hao.

Her rank is not low in the company's agent sequence. Once Nilukzi rises, she will be promoted to a gold medal agent.

Cha Ya said: "Because the rules of the entertainment industry are like this, you still have a lot to learn. The most basic gift units in the entertainment industry are brand-name watches, bags, and gold bars. If you give them beef jerky, they will think you look down on them. If it weren't for Director Zhang today, you would not be able to get off the stage, and you would have offended a lot of people invisibly."

Does this offend a lot of people?
Nilukzi was a little sad: "But this is not a gift, I just-"

"I know..." Chaya interrupted her, "I know you, Nilu, are very simple and kind, and you didn't give them gifts to ask for anything from them, but in the special circle of the entertainment industry, your good intentions will be misunderstood."

Nilukzi: "But I wanted to bring some beef jerky to President Cheng. He enjoyed it very much and didn't dislike it at all."

"Heh~", Chaya sneered.

Nilukzi asked in surprise: "Sister Cha, what's wrong?"

Jaya said:
“Can you compare President Cheng with them?
They don't deserve it, you know?! Mr. Cheng is a real star, so he never cares about this. On the contrary, this is what he hates the most and wants to smash the most! But what about these stars? As the saying goes, the more you lack something, the more you want to prove it. Because they are not noble, they have to pretend to be noble; because they are nothing in front of the real powerful, so they have to work harder to prove that they are different from the masses and draw a clear line with the masses. In their eyes, those who open companies are noble, and those who open restaurants are lowly; those who order people around are noble, and those who work hard are lowly; those who know all kinds of famous brands are noble, and those who can distinguish between grains are lowly; this is them!"

Nilukzi's 18-year-old cognition was greatly shocked. She was stunned and said in disbelief: "So they are this kind of people?"

Chaya said: "It's like this overall, so you can't have too high expectations on them, but everyone is an independent individual, so you can't generalize. You need to analyze each person specifically, and not everyone is like this."

Nilukzi lowered her head, revealing a guilty look: "Sister Cha, did I do something wrong today?"

Chaya looked at her pitiful appearance and asked with a smile: "What did you do wrong?"

Nilukzi: "Give them some beef jerky."

"Why do you think I didn't stop you?" Chaya said with a smile, "It was to let you see their true colors and give you the most vivid lesson in entering the entertainment industry. How about it, what did you learn?"

Nilukzi: "The entertainment industry is not as simple as I thought. I still have a lot to learn."

"It's not this. This also exists, but it's not the most important one." Chaya shook her head.

Nilukzi raised her head: "Sister Cha, what is the most important thing?" Chaya: "The most important thing is that as an artist of Shinhwa Company, as long as Shinhwa Company does not fall, as long as you are willing, as long as it complies with the company's rules and regulations, you can do whatever you like. What bullshit rules of the entertainment industry, what bullshit hypocrisy, and pretense, today you can feed them beef jerky, tomorrow you can feed them earthworms! Look at them, they are so hypocritical, but they still eat beef jerky, don’t they? Anyone who disagrees can try it! Anyone who doesn’t like it can keep it to themselves! This is our Shinhwa’s support for our own artists! This was decided from the first day you joined Shinhwa!"

A surge of boiling blood suddenly ignited in Nilukzi's chest, burning the little girl's face red.

-

In the next few days, "Star Detective" began recording. As a highly anticipated project, it naturally received a lot of attention, and reports came in from time to time.

The MV of "Fantasy" is almost finished. Because so many scenes are required, Cheng Cheng, Wen Lian, Yan Gou'er, and the filming team have traveled to many places across the country to shoot.

"The Killer Is Not So Calm" has been completed and is currently being edited. However, this time Cheng Cheng did not participate in the editing, but handed it over to the company's editor. The company's editor also needs to be trained, and Cheng Cheng is only responsible for the final review.

"Wulin Waijia" has only been half-filmed, and it will probably take until next year to complete the entire filming.

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" was finally approved after three reviews, and as many as eight bloody and violent scenes were forced to be deleted.

On August 8, "Love Apartment" finally came to its finale after a month-long broadcast period.

The final episode had a viewership rating of 4.71% and an audience share of 16.13%. Although this result is slightly lower than the 5.01% viewership rating and 17.23% audience share of "Chinese Paladin ", it cannot conceal the success of "Love Apartment" itself.

After all, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4.5" has Cheng Cheng and Yan Gou'er, and a production cost of up to million, while "Love Apartment" only has Wen Lian, and the production cost is only tens of millions.

But despite this, the result is shocking enough.

The broadcast of two consecutive TV series with ratings above 4.5% directly fired the first shot for Shinhwa Media to enter the TV series field, proving Shinhwa Media's keen insight into market trends and accurate grasp of audience needs, reflecting Cheng Cheng's ability to create high-quality long scripts, and enhancing Shinhwa Media's position in the industry.

In just one year, Shinhwa Media has rapidly risen from a startup company to become a leader in the industry, attracting attention from both inside and outside the industry.

After the last episode of "Love Apartment" was aired, the audience was reluctant to let it go and called out to Cheng Cheng on social media.

"The first season has ended like this??? It's totally not good enough! @ChengCheng please release the second season as soon as possible!"

"You'd better release the entire second season before this time next year, Cheng Cheng, don't make me beg you!"

“Shit, the first season was awesome!”

"Okay, okay, the first season of 36 episodes doesn't seem to be a slog at all. If the current pace is stable, it will hopefully become a masterpiece!"

"Just watched the whole series, it was awesome."

"Wen Lian is in such good shape and has such a pretty face, hurry up and shoot the second season!"

"I can't live without Hu Yifei and Zeng Xiaoxian anymore, hurry up and make love 2!"

There is also a question on Zhihu: "How do you evaluate the TV series "Love Apartment"? "

[Thank you for the invitation.]

Let’s set the tone first: One of the two greatest sitcoms in the history of Tianxia (the other being “Double Time Ballad”).

All the scenes so far are the pinnacle of Tianxia sitcom history.

No matter where you start, there is a laugh every few minutes, and the sense of substitution is completely stress-free. I have watched it several times, and many plots are so familiar that I can describe them in full:

"It's not a software problem, you should change your monitor! (LISA comments on Zeng Xiaoxian's face)", "Let's split it 50-50, let's make it clear first, who is 5?", "When your mother gave birth to you, she must have thrown you away and raised the placenta."

Famous memes and lines make me laugh every minute!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a milestone in Tianxia sitcoms.]
[1The jokes are well-written, and some are classics.

2 When the jokes are told, you won't have that feeling of "background laughter is playing, why don't I want to laugh? Is my sense of humor wrong?" as in other sitcoms.

3. Preaching is not pretentious.

The only domestic sitcom that is better than Love Apartment is Double Time Ballad, and that’s in the first thirty episodes.]
[Have you noticed that there are almost no urban love comedies in the TV drama market in Tianxia! Although this type of drama has always been the most popular and has the largest market.

why?
Because urban light comedy has the highest requirements for screenwriters among all drama genres, it requires extremely strong screenwriter skills to be filmed.

A good urban romantic comedy does not need, nor does it care whether or not stars are involved. It can create stars on its own, so Cheng Cheng boldly uses so many newcomers.

Unfortunately, in the domestic TV drama circle, screenwriters are the least valued, lowest-ranked, worst-paid, and least powerful roles. Under this general environment, it is naturally impossible to produce the urban romantic comedies that the market craves.

However, there is such a weirdo. Cheng Cheng is not only a screenwriter, but also a director, an investor and a producer. Most importantly, he is one of the top screenwriters!
Therefore, we can see that there is only one seedling growing in thousands of hectares of land!
No matter how much we praise Cheng Cheng, it is not enough, and no matter how much we praise Love Apartment, it is not enough!"

[Comedy yet heartfelt, dramatic yet realistic;
The process of watching it will make you unable to stop, and the moment it ends will make you reluctant to leave.

Although the seven people in the play are separated from us by a real and virtual distance, we still feel that they are around us. They and we are "friends" in another sense. ]
“It’s funny when it should be funny, and touching when it should be touching. No matter how many times you watch it, there are many things worth digging into. Although they are all connected by small stories, they also witnessed the growth of the protagonist and taught me a lot. It is funny and profound at the same time.”

"My favorite comedy, bar none, is the one where I spend more than half of the episode banging my head on the table laughing."

"Love Apartment" ended its broadcast amid rave reviews.

On August 8, the Douban score of "Love Apartment" stabilized, with 26 people rating it at 22.

This is 0.9 points higher than the previous life, which is a fairly reasonable score, based on the fact that there is no plagiarism controversy, better localization, expanded and refined script, and all-original music.

The main actors in the drama have also gained varying degrees of popularity.

Wen Lian alone occupied the two peaks in the history of Tianxia sitcoms and returned to the throne of the national queen.

Zhang Zijie became an overnight sensation.

Wang Hong became an overnight sensation.

Lin Yin became an overnight sensation.

Jiang Jun is going further and further in playing the role of a fool.

Wenxiao jumped from the third line to the second line.

Qi Hao joined the protagonist group for the first time and proved his ability.

Meng Cai won unanimous praise from the audience.

Several leading actors have been offered various endorsements, advertisements, and activities, but Lin Yin has a sense of crisis:
Wen Lian needs no introduction. She is the second oldest sister in the company and has no shortage of resources. Zhang Zijie took over Cheng's new variety show "Celebrity Detective". Wang Hong played the leading role in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

It seems that she is the only one who has no plans at the moment.

She can't live off the role of Lin Wanyu for the rest of her life.

She thought: Should I ask Director Cheng?

But would it be too abrupt to ask so directly? What if Director Cheng doesn't like her?

For a moment, she was confused.

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August 8th is Friday again, and the third episode of "Singer 29" has been updated.

In this episode, Xu Lin sang "Period" written for her by Cheng Cheng, and barely surpassed Goodmans to win the first place in the competition, with Goodmans condescending to second place.

Although Xu Lin continued to make great progress in this episode and firmly held the first place, netizens have already realized that Xu Lin is becoming increasingly alone, because in the third competition, Xiangjiang Satellite TV invited another first-line foreign singer, and the Tianxia singer was eliminated again.

Currently, there are only three Tianxia people on the singer program, namely Xu Lin, Zhan Fang, and Huang Ying. The number of foreigners has exceeded that of Tianxia people.

Moreover, Xu Lin's victory over Goodmans was extremely difficult, with only a very small margin of victory.

On September 9, in the fourth episode of "The Singer 5", Huang Ying was eliminated. Only two Tianxia people were left on the singer stage, and the remaining five were all foreigners. Netizens thought that Xiangjiang Satellite TV had gone crazy and all the singers invited were Grammy-level singers, who either had excellent singing skills or were extremely popular.

In this episode, although Xu Lin sang "Against the Light" (originally sung by Stefanie Sun) written for her by Cheng Cheng, she still lost to Goodmans and only came in second place.

Netizens’ calls for Cheng Cheng to appear on “The Singer” are once again becoming increasingly popular.

On September 9, in the fifth episode of "Singer 12", veteran Tianxia singer Zhan Fang was also eliminated, leaving only Xu Lin on the singer stage.

In this show, Xu Lin sang "Invisible Wings" and barely got second place, but the situation is already precarious. She might be eliminated in the next episode. Then the singers on the stage will be all foreigners, and then it will be a big mess.

The entire network didn’t expect that Xiangjiang TV would do something so crazy and big!

But it is undeniable that the popularity of "The Singer 2022" is indeed getting higher day by day, and the national sentiment of netizens has been completely aroused. Correspondingly, the argument that the Tianxia music scene is not good has reappeared, and it is huge.

Even the officials couldn't sit still and started to make appointments.

Netizens also called on Cheng Cheng to stop sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and quickly save Xu Lin and save the Tianxia music scene! Now is not the time when a few good songs can solve the problem! It's your turn!

Xiangjiang TV is very satisfied with its masterpiece:

Oh, can't you get the traffic of Xiangjiang TV without getting involved? Then let me see, how can you break this situation? !

But Cheng Cheng really didn't have time. Good news came from Jiang Wang. He had teamed up with Tianying Group and reached a cooperation agreement with Neon, Peninsula, and Tyrande:

On October 10, "Those Years" was released simultaneously in Tianxia, ​​Neon, Bandao, and Tailande. However, the three countries made the same request, which was to invite the crew of "Those Years" to their country for a roadshow promotion.

The first stop is the Peninsula.

Before leaving, Cheng Cheng spent 3 points and drew the provincial song "Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies" of GD Province in his previous life, and gave it to Xi Xiang, asking him to go on "Singer 2022" and wait for his good news.

(End of this chapter)