Lin Chudong rolled her eyes, "Boss lady, am I a dog?"
Liang Yin crossed her arms, "I'm so angry! So what if you can do crosstalk? Dafei, you have to make fun of him next time you're on a show!"
Lin Chudong said, "Forget it, it's pointless to make fun of him, it affects my performance style."
Liang Yin took deep breaths in anger, Meng Xin was simply too hateful.
"This matter is not urgent, I'll go to Beijing in a few days and find an opportunity to settle accounts with him."
"Let's watch the show first."
The second episode of "Longing for the Countryside" aired.
The last episode garnered extremely high popularity, if the show's effect is even better this time, it will be a complete explosion.
"Welcome to the second episode of 'Longing for the Countryside,' exclusively sponsored by Audition Online."
The camera switched to a scene of them sleeping.
Cheng Huanhuan finished washing up, prepared to lie down, and said.
"Qiqi, are you tired from filming?"
"Yes, but I sleep well and can recover."
"Really? Even if you fall asleep quickly, sometimes you can't fall asleep if you stay up too late, right?"
Cheng Huanhuan was still talking when she realized Lin Qiqi was ignoring her. She turned around and saw that Lin Qiqi had already fallen asleep.
"Wow, my wife's sleep is unbeatable! Haha, she falls asleep so fast!"
"Sister Huan is stunned. No wonder Lin Qiqi is so beautiful, she sleeps so well."
"That's why they say beauty sleep is important; the more you sleep, the more beautiful you become, it's not a rumor."
"I find Sister Huan funnier and funnier now."
"Friday and Saturday are taken over by Sister Huan and Dafei."
"..."
A night passed, and the next morning, Lin Chudong was woken up by a phone call.
Seeing Lin Chudong's hair looking like a bird's nest, everyone burst out laughing.
This show is too real. Look at "Seaside Life" on the other side, Zhang Yiran wakes up with full makeup, it's just insulting the audience's intelligence.
He answered the phone, and another voice with a voice changer came through.
"Hello, this is Mushroom House."
"Dafei? We're having braised goose in an iron pot today."
Lin Chudong frowned immediately. "What are you braising in an iron pot?"
"Braised goose!"
"Sorry, my signal is bad. What are you braising?"
"Goose!!"
"I really can't hear you. Call me back later."
Hanging up, Lin Chudong immediately unplugged the phone.
"What kind of guest is this? He comes in and orders braised goose in an iron pot. Where am I supposed to get him a goose?"
"Old Tian, get up!"
He kicked Tian Yingxiong in the butt, and Tian Yingxiong got up groggily.
"I'm skipping class. Answer my attendance and bring me lunch. My lunch card is on the table..."
Lin Chudong was so angry he laughed. "Wake up, it's 2027!"
Tian Yingxiong sat up abruptly, also looking completely bewildered, with a very unique hairstyle.
"Dafei's really up to something, we all saw him pretending to be deaf and dumb."
"The guests must be furious. They heard 'iron pot stew,' but not 'goose.'"
"Tian Yingxiong's reaction is so real! Hearing Dafei call him, he thought he was in college!"
"He's obviously a slacker, never goes to class, just lets Dafei answer, haha."
"I suspect Tian Yingxiong is acting like me, it's exactly like my school life."
"..."
Finally, the two female guests appeared.
Su Yulin and Yang Han.
The scene switched to their photos, and they began to introduce themselves. Yang Han
, singer, third place winner of "I Am a Singer." Su Yulin
, drummer of Dafei's band, known as the "Cold-Faced Drummer Girl."
Upon seeing Su Yulin's appearance, the comments section immediately erupted.
"These two are finally in the same frame! It's so rare, it brings back so many memories!!!" "
Among the members of the Dafei Band, Su Yulin is the only one who's close to Dafei. There were even rumors that they were a couple before."
"Goddess Su has quite a few shows, I love her cool and aloof style. I wonder what kind of sparks they'll create together."
As soon as he saw the two beauties arrive, Tian Yingxiong immediately rushed out to fawn over them.
"Give me your luggage, I'll help you."
Yang Han smiled and handed the luggage to Tian Yingxiong.
Su Yulin shook her head and said coldly, "No need."
Su Yulin wasn't deliberately aloof, she just had a cold face, and when she wasn't expressionless, she looked like she was angry, making people keep their distance.
Lin Chudong and the others came out, and Su Yulin asked ,
"Where's Da'e?"
Lin Chudong picked at his ear, "Huh? My ears don't seem to be working very well, I can't hear what you're saying?"
Su Yulin walked up to him, put her hands next to his ears, and shouted.
"My! Big! Goose!!"
Lin Chudong exclaimed helplessly. "Yes, yes, yes, quickly discuss with the production team how many bananas one goose needs!" Director
Sun's voice came over, "This time you need to exchange pineapples for it..."
The rules were similar to the previous episode, where the celebrities did farm work and then exchanged it for food.
Yang Han had a very good personality, like a gentle older sister, while Su Yulin was like a spoiled little sister, always bickering with Lin Chudong, but whenever she made a request, Lin Chudong would pretend not to hear, which annoyed her quite a bit.
The program effect was still quite good; these celebrities were all very down-to-earth and had no airs at all.
After everyone finished their work, they put a huge pile of pineapples on the ground, all panting.
Lin Qiqi said, "There are so many pineapples, I don't want to give them to the production team."
Lin Chudong said, "Don't want to give them? Then you don't have to." Lin
Qiqi was stunned, "Don't give them? Then the goose will be gone?"
Lin Chudong said, "Watch me."
Lin Chudong got up, went in front of the camera, and negotiated with Sun Xuan behind the camera.
"The pineapple's right here. We don't need the goose anymore, give me some sea cucumbers instead."
"Sure."
Sun Xuan got Lin Chudong a few bags of sealed, frozen sea cucumbers.
Then, he took the sea cucumbers and walked over to Su Yulin.
"Is it okay to eat sea cucumbers?"
Su Yulin glared at him. "No, I want the goose."
"Alright."
Lin Chudong walked over to the production crew and said,
"I don't want the sea cucumbers, give me the goose instead."
"Okay."
The production crew took a goose that had been gutted and plucked and handed it to him.
"Bring the pineapple over."
Lin Chudong was taken aback. "
Bring me pineapple? What pineapple?" Sun Xuan said, "The pineapple for the goose?"
Lin Chudong looked innocent. "I traded the goose for the sea cucumbers, why should I give you pineapple?"
Sun Xuan said, "Aren't you going to pay for the sea cucumbers?"
"I didn't eat the sea cucumbers, why should I pay?"
Sun Xuan: ? ?
The camera switched to Sun Xuan and gave the director a close-up.
Sun Xuan's bewildered expression immediately made everyone laugh.
"Logic genius, he's completely baffled the director!"
"Haha, amazing, Dafei's logic has me completely confused."
"Getting a free goose, this show is called Dafei and the production team's battle of wits."
"I've learned Dafei's trick, I won't pay for meals anymore."
"..."
Lin Chudong and the others didn't say a word and immediately stewed the goose.
An hour later, a pot of fragrant stewed goose was ready, looking and smelling delicious, you could almost smell the aroma through the screen.
Lin Qiqi held up a goose leg, "Sister Song, do you want some? No, you can't have any!"
Seeing them eating so smoothly, Sun Xuan said.
"How about this, I can give you a chance to play a game. If you can complete the task, you can keep the pineapple until tomorrow."
Everyone immediately became interested, "What kind of game?" "
A telephone game, each person has thirty seconds, as long as you can pass the message correctly, this goose is yours. Now, give everyone an earphone." Everyone
sat in a row, back to back, and started the game.
Su Yulin was the first, and got a classic line from a movie. "If apologies were enough, what would we need the police for?"
Lin Chudong said to Lin Chudong, who was wearing headphones. " Looking at Su Yulin's lip movements, Lin Chudong quickly guessed what she meant thanks to their years of tacit understanding. He then took off his headphones and turned around .
He gestured and spoke to Tian Yingxiong, who was wearing headphones. "Apologize." Tian Yingxiong nodded. "Apologize." Lin Chudong was taken aback. "An apology is enough?"
Tian Yingxiong said. "An apology is enough." Lin Chudong immediately said, "Do you have any songs in there? " Tian Yingxiong nodded. "Yes, I have songs." Lin Chudong immediately laughed. "Songs? You can hear that? You're cheating!"
Tian Yingxiong also laughed. "There really are songs!"
The staff burst out laughing. These two were hilarious.
Lin Chudong stood up, ready to tear this cheating guy apart, but Su Yulin pulled him down. "We're on the same team, bro!"
Lin Chudong said. "Oh right, right, hurry up and pass it on. If apologies were enough, what would we need the police for!"
Tian Yingxiong turned around and looked at Cheng Huanhuan. "If apologies were enough, what would we need the police for!"
Cheng Huanhuan said helplessly. "I'm really bad at lying, I actually heard it too." Immediately, the whole room burst into laughter again.
Dafei and the others laughed along, and even the staff couldn't hold back their laughter, squatting on the ground and getting caught on camera.
Lin Qiqi was even lying in the shade, clutching her stomach and laughing. Cheng Huanhuan said, "I turned the volume up to the maximum, but I still heard it."
"Hahaha, this is hilarious! 'You Have a Song,' Tian Yingxiong and Dafei are so funny."
"This episode is definitely going to be a classic variety show moment. Dafei has another masterpiece, 'Do You Have a Song in There?'"
"Sister Huan is so honest. These people can make even the most mundane games so fun." "Dafei, do your family know how mischievous you are?"
"This is much more interesting than 'Seaside Life' next door."
"Does anyone still watch 'Seaside Life'? What kind of show is that?" "…" It's not the criticism that's scary, it's the lack of viewers.
"Seaside Life" has completely died out; there are almost no comments on that show. Only when Julian Lee appeared did some die-hard fans call him "brother."
The ratings have probably already dropped below 1; all the viewers have gone to watch "Back to Field."
The second episode concluded perfectly.
At Beijing TV,
Sun Xuan excitedly slapped his thigh upon seeing the ratings.
"Dafei is truly amazing!"
Zhao Meizhu whispered beside him.
"You should quickly discuss the next program with Dafei, lest he run out of time!"
Sun Xuan was taken aback. "It's only the second episode, what's the rush?"
Zhao Meizhu said, "This is a Beijing TV program. If it becomes popular, it might be given to someone else. Do you think you can keep it forever?"
Sun Xuan frowned slightly, suddenly realizing his wife's words made sense.
"Hmm, I'll talk to Dafei about it later."
"Invite him over, I'll cook him something delicious." Zhao Meizhu's attitude towards Dafei wasn't very good last time, so she needed to find an opportunity to apologize.
Director Huang walked out of her office, beaming. She had been waiting for the ratings before leaving work.
The second episode maintained a 3 rating, first in its time slot, while the neighboring Hunan TV only had 0.8—they weren't even in the same league.
"Xiao Sun, this program is great, you're very capable,"
Sun Xuan said. "You flatter me, boss, it's just good luck," Director
Huang said. "This program is now the station's top variety show, all thanks to you. How about it, why don't you stay and develop your career at our Beijing station?"
Sun Xuan said. "I'll follow the leader's arrangements, Beijing station is good too."
Sun Xuan was just being polite; of course, he wouldn't stay at Beijing station.
Firstly, people always strive for better opportunities. If he wanted to stay at a local station, he wouldn't have transferred from Shanghai in the first place.
Secondly, Beijing station wasn't very welcoming to him; they were reluctant to agree to this or that, so he couldn't fully utilize his abilities, and there was no future for him staying there.
Director Huang exchanged a few pleasantries with him, just being polite and testing the waters.
After this program aired, Huang Tianran felt much more confident.
...
Zhang Yiran looked at the ratings the station sent her, her face extremely ugly, and she vented her anger in her office.
Zhang Yina was making call after call, explaining to the sponsors until her lips were practically worn out.
After hanging up, both sisters were in low spirits.
"What did Li Zhilin say?"
Zhang Yina asked. "Their boss doesn't care at all. They didn't invest in the show; they just took the money, paid the appearance fees, and then walked away."
"The betting agreement is our business. In my opinion, the show should be canceled. Occupying prime time, it's losing money the longer it airs."
Zhang Yiran was extremely aggrieved. Her variety show debut had been such a disaster!
She'd been easily crushed by Dafei!
She couldn't swallow this insult!
But she couldn't just throw money away to spite Dafei; who would turn down money?
"Then let's cancel it. Let's sever ties with Shen Jianbin and the others. We'll pay our share, they'll pay theirs."
Zhang Yina nodded. If they were already losing money, who cared about Shen Jianbin anymore?
...
"Seaside Life" announced its cancellation.
The show was so badly cancelled that its cancellation barely caused a stir.
Only Li Zhilin's fans complained a little, resulting in only a few dozen comments.
Shen Jianbin sat in his office, smoking until late.
He glanced at his watch; it was almost ten.
Sun Jie walked in and said,
"Brother Bin, aren't you leaving yet?"
Shen Jianbin replied, "I'll stay a little longer."
"Oh, then I'm off work, bye-bye, Brother Bin."
Sun Jie left without a care in the world.
Shen Jianbin propped his feet up on the windowsill, leaned back in his office chair, and felt a sudden sense of powerlessness amidst the swirling smoke.
Sun Jie was just a lackey; he didn't own a single share in the company, so his problems didn't affect him. Sun Jie could go home as usual, while Shen Jianbin was the only one worrying.
He genuinely missed the days when Da Fei was around.
Back then, although Da Fei didn't participate in any activities, the two of them could still discuss things when trouble arose.
Now, he was alone, and while he certainly held sway in the company, it didn't feel as good.
Sometimes, business partners really are important.
Shen Jianbin felt a bit nauseous from smoking, so he took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Lin Chudong.
"Are you at the company?"
"Yes, what's up?"
Shen Jianbin didn't reply, but simply pushed open the door and went upstairs.
...
Liangyin Media.
Lin Chudong and Liang Yin were in the office looking at reports. "Audition Online" hadn't been greatly affected.
This episode had a lot of soft advertising, and Cheng Huanhuan played the game several times, resulting in a staggering 50,000 new active users today.
With good advertising and a high-quality game, the conversion rate for recharges was naturally high.
Seeing Shen Jianbin walk in, the two were somewhat surprised.
"Busy?" Shen Jianbin smiled awkwardly.
Lin Chudong said, "You must have fallen into a cigarette pit, you smell so much smoke?"
Shen Jianbin sat down and said, "Sigh, I have some worries, is it convenient to talk privately?"
Liang Yin frowned. Dafei had been tricked by him before, and although Dafei wouldn't be tricked again now, this guy was too cunning, so they still had to be wary of him.
Lin Chudong said, "She's my partner. We discuss everything. Just tell me what you need."
Shen Jianbin suddenly felt a pang of sadness and regret, but it was too late.
"I want to borrow some money from you."
Lin Chudong and Liang Yin exchanged a surprised glance.
"What's wrong? You need to borrow money? You haven't been gambling, have you?"
Shen Jianbin smiled bitterly. "No, I invested a lot of money in 'Seaside Life,' and even spent money promoting a few internet celebrities. I lost it all."
He never expected that he would one day come to Dafei to borrow money.
Actually, given Dafei's personality, he probably wouldn't lend him money, but he wanted to try anyway.
This feeling was like making peace with his past self.
"I want to borrow five million. Don't worry, everything will be done through proper channels. If you can't pay it back, my company will give it to you,"
Lin Chudong said with a faint smile.
"Impossible." "
I'll give you one million. You can terminate your contract with Yu Lin early, and you won't have to pay back that one million. Nothing else is negotiable
," Shen Jianbin gritted his teeth. "Three million, and I'll terminate her contract immediately,"
Lin Chudong said. "Then forget it. I'll wait two months."
One million to get Su Yu Lin to terminate her contract was Lin Chudong's bottom line.
Her contract only had two months left, and Su Yu Lin couldn't possibly renew it with Shen Jianbin now. She would automatically leave the company when the contract expired.
He didn't need to spend three million in two months; it wasn't urgent.
Shen Jianbin thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Then forget it. I'll think of another way,"
Shen Jianbin turned and went downstairs.
Liang Yin patted Lin Chudong's shoulder and said.
"I guess he regrets how he treated you back then,"
Lin Chudong smiled faintly. "There's no going back."
"What if he can't keep going? Should we really buy them out?"
Lin Chudong asked. "Sure, he has a few employees who I used to work with quite well. We'll buy them if it's cheap."
"We can also get those songs back; after all, they're my hard work,"
Liang Yin nodded.
When Dafei first moved in, he said downstairs that he wanted to buy the Dafei Band. Back then, it sounded like a boast.
But now, it seems like it's already in the works.
...
The next morning, Cheng Huanhuan called, saying she wanted to help endorse the game for free.
Lin Chudong thought, "Sister Huanhuan is really shrewd; she knows that if he becomes famous, she'll help him out.
" Liang Yin asked, "What about the photoshoot? Should we have her come?"
Lin Chudong said, "I'll go. I'll see how to take the photos. I'll take one with her."
Lin Chudong's main purpose for going to Beijing this time was to take photos with Cheng Huanhuan, and another thing was to listen to a crosstalk performance.
Meng Xin had been so disgusting to him online, he certainly wouldn't let it go so easily; he'd find a chance to get revenge.
Having booked the tickets, Lin Chudong arrived in Beijing.
He and Cheng Huanhuan first took two sets of photos, then headed straight to Da Xin Crosstalk Theater.
They bought two tickets online using someone else's ID to avoid being caught.
Da Xin Crosstalk Theater had a good location; the street was quite bustling, with only two crosstalk theaters:
Da Xin and Caotai Crosstalk.
Rivals are rivals, and these two were fierce competitors, originally evenly matched.
However, since Meng Xin and Yu Hong appeared on "I Am a Comedian," the situation had become one-sided.
Lin Chudong and Cheng Huanhuan, wearing masks and sunglasses, entered the theater and sat at the back.
The theater wasn't small, holding about two or three hundred people. Tickets were eighty yuan each, three hundred for the front rows; this show must have made a good profit.
Cheng Huanhuan said, "No wonder they don't go on TV. Opening a small theater here would be good."
Lin Chudong said in a low voice, "That depends on how well you speak. If you don't speak well, it's impossible for it to be full every day."
If the attendance rate is high, opening a small theater is certainly good.
But who can guarantee that it will be full every day?
When the time came, the theater was packed.
Yu Hong and Meng Xin went on stage and gave an opening speech.
Yu Hong said, "I don't know if you guys have been watching variety shows lately. I really can't stand them. Now, they just find a few celebrities, have them do some work in the fields, and that's considered a variety show? If that's allowed, then I can be on it too."
Meng Xin said, "You don't seem qualified to be on it."
Yu Hong said, "Why don't I qualify?"
Meng Xin said, "If you want to be on it, you have to be kicked out of the band first."
Immediately, the audience laughed.
These two had made fun of Da Fei more than once or twice, and the audience understood.
They weren't Da Fei's haters, but they just heard them say this so often that they naturally believed it and found it quite funny.
Lin Chudong sat in the back, a cold glint in his eyes.
...
A makeshift crosstalk theater.
Two middle-aged men stood on the stage, performing energetically.
There was only one audience member in the audience.
This audience member sat in the front row, looking somewhat embarrassed.
It was his first time renting out an entire theater to watch a crosstalk performance. The two mainstays of the theater
, the lead comedian Tang Wen and the supporting comedian Zuo Quan, both looked frustrated on stage.
Tang Wen sighed repeatedly as he spoke.
Many performers claim to be dedicated, saying they'll perform even with just one audience member.
But when there's actually only one audience member, the feeling is completely different. Tang Wen said a couple of sentences, then couldn't continue, and the performance stopped abruptly.
The audience member stood up and said, "Excuse me, I have something to do, I'll be leaving now."
After the audience member left, the entire theater was completely empty.
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