On How to Pick the Flowers of Gaoling [Entertainment Circle]

He said that he would definitely obey the company's arrangement, and then ended the call with Li Fei.

Lin Zhi put down the phone, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Zhuang Yingtang sitting at the dining table, holding the pad attentively and brushing.Zhuang Yingtang raised her head: "Hey, I'm afraid you're really going to get angry now."

Zhuang Yingtang has a small account on Weibo, which focuses on all kinds of front and backstage, marketing gossip in the entertainment industry, mainly for onlookers.As soon as he logged on to that account just now, he was sure that he was swiped by the domineering president Zhao Ritian before he finished scrolling through the homepage.He casually clicked one to enter, and what caught his eyes was Lin Zhi's masculine and handsome face with 360 degrees of no dead angle.The most popular comments are all very unreserved comments: "I miss the day!"

Zhuang Yingtang sneered disdainfully, the heart of the benefactor is not going to be successful, you really can only think about it.

Zhuang Yingtang half-jokingly said: "Maybe the promotion of "Guan Shan" is thanks to you. In the future, I might ask you to have an affair with someone. My movie is also popular."

Lin Zhi looked at Zhuang Yingtang at a loss, and when he heard the word "scandal", his expression was a little sad.Zhuang Yingtang laughed loudly: "Are you really serious? Don't worry, my publicity team is very old-fashioned. A promotional film is a publicity film, and I rarely touch actors—of course, actors are not allowed to use me to hype. Everyone in the circle knows me. of the rules."

When Zhuang Yingtang said this at the time, he never thought that the slap in the face would come so quickly - the next day, the official Weibo of Starlight Entertainment released a provocative draft, the main content of which was the bumpy road to stardom of their company's newcomer Lin Zhi, in which It took a long time to describe his debut work "Guanshan" in detail.

☆、Chapter 47

When Zhuang Yingtang received a call from the person in charge of the promotion of "Guanshan", he was cooking with Lin Zhi affectionately at home - Lin Zhi was in charge of cooking, Zhuang Yingtang was in charge of cheering, and the division of labor was harmonious and clear.Then Lin Zhi watched Zhuang Yingtang answer the phone, his smile gradually disappeared, and his face became ugly.

Something must have happened!Lin Zhi's heart became more and more anxious following the change of Zhuang Yingtang's face, and after finally waiting for Zhuang Yingtang to hang up the phone, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhuang Yingtang glanced at him, and said angrily: "Your entertainment boss, is there something wrong with his mind?"

Lin Zhi had only met their big boss once, so he couldn't help Zhuang Yingtang with this problem.Zhuang Yingtang saw his blank face, and immediately logged on to Weibo to find the newsletter issued by their company in the morning.Lin Zhi read it all at once, and immediately said eagerly to Zhuang Yingtang, "Director Zhuang, this isn't...I don't..."

He really didn't know how to explain, Zhuang Yingtang waved his hand wearily, interrupting him.He said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, I still know what you are like, and you have been with me all day these two days, I know you don't have time to deal with these moths. If it were someone else..." Zhuang Yingtang's face darkened Sishui: "Tell me about your company, isn't this helping you to cut your way out?"

The more Zhuang Yingtang thought about it, the more angry he became: "I don't think you should cooperate with others in the future. I can't tell if I can support you with your big boss's hard work!" A few circles: "Have you been working in your company for three years? Can you tell me that your company has not closed down yet, and which god do you worship?"

It was impossible for Lin Zhi to know about this, but fortunately Zhuang Yingtang was just mocking, not really interested in these gods, monsters and monsters.After venting, Zhuang Yingtang called the propaganda back and asked them to pretend that this had never happened, but she was still a little worried.He has been in this circle for so many years, and he knows that this matter will probably not die down just because he ignores it.

Starlight Entertainment's official blog doesn't have a total of six-figure fans, and it is estimated that most of them are bought.If they publish a press release for their own entertainment, no one will read it; but how can the big boss allow this to happen?He gritted his teeth and approved a large amount of funds, bought marketing and hot searches, and even rubbed the tags of "Guanshan" and "Surge in the Wind".

It is conceivable that in this way, the scope of dissemination of this article will be relatively wide.Fortunately, Lin Zhi's fate is good, and the fans are more organized and disciplined—maybe it's because they just entered the pit, and they don't have so much real feelings—their attitude is to retweet and congratulate, and they haven't done anything annoying.

However, this does not mean that the opponent will not make trouble.

Lin Zhi is a newcomer, his fame has not yet risen, no one is Amway, no one is fired, not to mention the opponent, there are few black people; but after Starlight Entertainment published the draft, the opponent has sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. .

——There are many actors who have worked with Zhuang Yingtang, and not all of them are well-behaved and sensible. Many of them use Zhuang Yingtang's reputation to promote hype, and even try to stir up scandals with him.Zhuang Yingtang's attitude towards this kind of thing is to blackmail it. Of course, his public relations team will forcefully kill any hype in the cradle.

It was this group of people who were waiting to see Lin Zhi's jokes.

However, they waited all day, and the PR of "Guan Shan" seemed to be dead, and there was no movement at all.The people who didn't watch the play were disappointed and returned out of anger. They didn't dare to provoke Zhuang Yingtang, they could only blame Lin Zhi.

Thus, they began the dark history of Lin Zhi overnight.

Lin Zhi is a young rookie who has just debuted, so there is really nothing to expect.They wished they could have gone through his biography, only to find that Lin Zhi's background, education, and acting experience were all quite satisfactory, and the only thing that could be considered a black spot was probably that his debut work was not "Guan Shan".

——Three years ago, Lin Zhi acted in a TV series before he graduated, but due to various reasons, this TV series has not been broadcast until now.

This matter is nothing to the general public, but for the navy and gangsters who take money, such a small point can make a fuss.They generally believe that the reason why Zhuang Yingtang has not responded until now may be because the news lags behind during the Chinese New Year, and he doesn't know about it at all.Therefore, the most urgent task is to maintain the heat, as long as things become serious, they can always reach his ears.

——At this time, Zhuang Yingtang, who was considered ignorant by the outside world, was boarding his trumpet, closely watching every step of this matter; Lin Zhi, who was on the cusp of the storm, cut a plate of newly bought navel oranges, and sat at him Serve as a feeder.

"Hey, have you ever acted in such a drama?" Zhuang Yingtang, who eats melons, said with great interest, ""Legend of Yaochi", what are you acting in?"

Lin Zhi lowered his head in shame: "The horse of the Queen Mother of the West."

Zhuang Yingtang was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing out of joy.He gave Lin Zhi a malicious look: "The mount? Who is the Queen Mother of Xi, I'm a little jealous of her."

Lin Zhi didn't get Director Zhuang's veiled joke; in fact, he was always a little worried that Zhuang Yingtang might be unhappy, after all, he had just made it clear that he hated actors rubbing off on his movie hype.

Zhuang Yingtang's joke was cold for the first time. He puffed his cheeks very dissatisfied, and poked Lin Zhi's finger hard: "What are you worried about? Those people haven't been able to find out your real black spots until now, wait You will become popular in the future, and this kind of thing will happen everywhere. Can you do things tightly? If you are not careful, you will be caught in the wrong place immediately. The more popular you are, the more you will be hyped. You will never know. When and where did those blacks come out? What is this matter now?"

"I'm not angry with them." Lin Zhi finally gave Zhuang Yingtang a cautious look: "I, I'm just afraid that you will be unhappy."

Zhuang Yingtang was taken aback for a moment, and felt a little distressed.He folded his arms and nodded: "Of course I'm not happy."

Lin Zhi suddenly became nervous.

But I heard Zhuang Yingtang continue to say: "Your ruined economic company, which has more than failed to achieve success, terminate the contract with them quickly! Otherwise, they will piss me off sooner or later."

Lin Zhi was stunned, so it was because of this?

Zhuang Yingtang immediately put on a serious face: "Why, are you still reluctant? Are you still worried about not having enough money? If you don't have enough money, I can pay you, but if you don't want to..." He deliberately showed a fierce look, and said arrogantly: "I will pay you with the brokerage company. , you can only choose one!"

Lin Zhi laughed immediately, not to mention a brokerage company, even if he was given a statuette, he would still choose Zhuang Yingtang.He counted on his fingers: "My contract will expire in less than a year, and I promise not to renew my contract with them."

Only then did Zhuang Yingtang reluctantly feel satisfied: "Then I will find you a good manager. Xiao Longtao, if only you could meet me sooner, it would be great, you won't be wasted until now to become popular."

☆、Chapter 48

Zhuang Yingtang originally planned to deal with this matter coldly. Anyway, Lin Zhi is a little transparent now, and people's interest in him is limited after all. If there is no new information, it will be difficult to maintain the popularity.

Unexpectedly, at [-] o'clock in the evening, an entertainment marketing account that has always been relatively low-key suddenly posted a group of photos.

Zhuang Yingtang recognized it at a glance, this group of photos should be the scene of him and Lin Zhi at Yingfeng Ski Resort not long ago.He is reserved and more restrained in public, so the photo didn't capture much substance.It's just that the person who made the picture was too scheming, he only chose ambiguous angles, and then adjusted the order, so that all the judges couldn't stop.

Moreover, Zhuang Yingtang's valuable limited skis and the watch in his hand were marked with eye-catching red circles.

The blogger's ridicule mainly revolves around the watch.

"Our photographer's level is limited, and this picture is too blurry. But if the watch in the hands of this mysterious gentleman is not A-quality, at least it will cost six figures. Anyone who can afford a six-figure watch Quite a few, but how many people have bought a six-figure watch and still wear it casually for skiing? Anyway, as far as poor bloggers are concerned, it is reluctant to lose a zero.”

The skis are more clearly photographed, and many people recognize them.Most of the comments are lamenting "difficult to buy" and "expensive". As for the use? "Then it must be kept at home!"

This mysterious man must be a rich man!

No wonder Lin Zhi was able to appear in Zhuang Yingtang's play, it turned out that there was someone behind him.

Lin Zhi and his benefactor were dumbfounded, it was too bad luck to be photographed even if they went skiing like this.Anyway, both of them don't believe that there will be someone who specially stays there to secretly take pictures. His little transparency is no different from amateurs, and no one will watch it if he takes pictures.

As for Zhuang Yingtang, he was watched, but who would dare to risk his life and release him?Even if the front face is photographed, you have to choose a blurry angle to force the "mysterious figure".

But when this group of photos came out, people talked about Lin Zhi instead of the mysterious benefactor behind Lin Zhi.That's no ordinary benefactor, that's the shocking benefactor who made Xiao Qing'er appear in Zhuang Yingtang's movie!Ordinary investors and shareholders are not easy to deal with. Director Zhuang himself is a shareholder of the Zhuang family, and he has never sold anyone's face after his debut for many years; so who is this person this time?

There are very few people who really have friendship with Zhuang Yingtang. After counting, there are only two or three kittens, and that one doesn't look like that.In the end, someone said something surprising: "This Lin Zhi, can't be Director Zhuang's sister-in-law?"

This comment was immediately praised as a hot topic, and Zhuang Yingtang, who was watching the gossip, almost fainted from anger.

...In short, the final result of this matter is the same as Zhuang Yingtang expected - after all, compared to a little transparency, the love and hatred of the rich and powerful are more attractive.

The dealer's population is simple and low-key, and has never been expected.It's a rare thing, can they not be excited?All of a sudden, countless so-called friends, acquaintances, and neighbors sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, sharing the gossip they didn't know was true or false.

In the early hours of the morning, Zhuang Zhaoyue called angrily: "You are making a movie, why did you cause so much controversy? That Lin or something, who the hell is he! I have never seen him before, and now something like this is happening. How can I explain it to your sister-in-law!"

Zhuang Yingtang said in a daze, "There must be a minimum level of trust between husband and wife. I think my sister-in-law is much better than you in this regard—at least she didn't call to harass me in the middle of the night."

Zhuang Zhaoyue: "..." Raising my younger brother does not raise a piece of barbecued pork, I really want to beat this little bastard to death.

But the fire was almost reaching the house, and now Zhuang Yingtang couldn't pretend to be dead any more.He got up, held an emergency meeting with the public relations and publicity of "Guan Shan" overnight, and discussed a public relations charter.The next day, Guan Shan's publicity work started ahead of schedule, and the official blog released a set of shooting highlights, which made everyone laugh.

The editing is quite meaningful, Lin Zhi has plenty of laughs and a good performance in it, which is very popular.At least many people think that his acting skills are good enough after watching it, and it may not be really tricky to be able to make director Zhuang's movie.

A few days later, Du Xinyu mentioned in a variety show that the new drama "Surge of Wind and Clouds" is currently on the air, and the host naturally asked about Lin Zhi.Du Xiyu laughed immediately: "Xiao Lin seems to be really popular, I heard he was popular a few days ago?"

Under the curious gaze of the host and the audience, Du Xiyu said: "I also have a relationship with Xiao Lin. At that time, he had just finished filming Director Zhuang's movie. Director Zhuang came to have dinner with us, and he helped Director Zhuang drive. Everyone knows, I have always had a good relationship with Zhuang Yingtang, and he said he would introduce a new person to me. Do you believe Zhuang Yingtang's vision?"

A scream erupted from below: "Letter!"

Du Xiyu shook his head: "You face control! Let me tell you that Zhuang Yingtang's aesthetics in certain aspects are really horrible." After laughing enough, he continued: "But in terms of actor selection If there was no choice, of course I was happy and made an appointment with Kobayashi for an audition on the spot. It turned out that the young man’s skills are really solid! What? What’s the best way? Isn’t "Rising Wind and Clouds" currently on the air, you are so curious, Why don't you go home and catch up with my drama?"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhuang Yingtang went to host a dinner as usual.Speaking of the Lantern Festival dinner, it has been held since the first year of Zhuang Yingtang's debut, and it has continued until now.Zhuang Yingtang does not invite many people every year, and there are only two criteria, one is a big coffee, and the other is good friendship-of course, as far as he is concerned, these two criteria usually coincide.

At first, it was because of his wealth and status, and the bosses all came to support him because of his elder brother's face; now, Zhuang Yingtang's dinner party is really hard to get a ticket, and everyone is proud to receive his invitation.

This can be regarded as a high-profile event. The reporters will not be invited, and the security is strict. They will definitely not be able to take pictures of the inside of the banquet.However, it is still possible to pat people outside the venue, so there are quite a few reporters who stay outside the hotel every year.

This year's invitations were sent out, and the people invited were all thinking about which companion to take with them that would be decent and a gift, but director Zhuang was thinking about what clothes to wear for his companion.

"I said, why don't you even have a formal suit? Didn't you need to wear it?" Zhuang Yingtang pinched her nose and went through Lin Zhi's closet twice before finally giving up.

Lin Zhi thought for a while: "Yes!"

Then Zhuang Yingtang watched him dig out a treasure from the bottom of the cabinet from the deepest part of the cabinet.

Good-looking is good-looking, but it looks a little familiar... Zhuang Yingtang murmured in his heart.

Lin Zhi blinked shyly: "This, this is what you gave me..."

Zhuang Yingtang: "..." He finally remembered that this was at the finale banquet of "Guan Shan". He saw that Lin Zhi had no clothes to wear, so he urgently asked Cheng Ke to order it.

Seeing Lin Zhi holding the baby in that dress, he couldn't help but get angry: "This one is not allowed to be taken out in the future! Who will wear the same dress twice at an event?"

☆、Chapter 49

Then Zhuang Yingtang took Lin Zhi to buy clothes

He didn't shy away from it, and he didn't care whether he would be photographed or not.Anyway, those blind people on the Internet can even make up such absurd claims that Lin Zhi is his sister-in-law. Could there be anything worse than this?

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yingtang felt a little sad again.Why can't these people open their brains a little more reliably?Is it because he, as an artist, needs to be discriminated against in the financial market?

In case—he meant in case—in the future, Lin Zhi would become a regular, their faces would hurt so much.

However, their trip this time did not cause any disturbances. The reporters who had been beaten like chicken blood two days ago seemed to have suddenly lost their sight collectively.Zhuang Yingtang, who had already made sufficient preparations, was a little bored. He and Lin Zhi went to the shopping mall he often went to. Only a few shopping guide girls looked at Lin Zhi in surprise and screamed: "Are you Zhao Ritian? You, you Can you sign it for me?"

Finally someone who knows the goods, Zhuang Yingtang thought proudly, he simply stopped at this store, and teasingly said to a few excited shopping guides: "Go and help Zhao Ritian choose a suit."

Oh my god, Zhao Ritian's friend looks even more Long Aotian than him!The shopping guides blushed so much that they quickly gave Lin Zhi the main item of the season.

It's so handsome!Sure enough, black suits Zhao Ritian very well, calm, majestic, and stylish!But Long Aotian was not satisfied, he pondered for a while: "It's better to get the white one, the white one looks younger."

In fact, the one who looks good in a white suit is Zhuang Yingtang, who is very personable and the flower of Gaoling.But ever since he had a lover who was six years younger than him, he seemed to be afraid that others would laugh at him for pretending to be tender, and subconsciously chose those old-fashioned colors for his clothes.

Lin Zhi is tall and has a good figure, he is a natural hanger on clothes.Sure enough, he doesn't look bad in white, Zhuang Yingtang nodded slightly: "Just this one, the shirt goes with it..." He rolled his eyes: "How about the pink one?"

He looked at Lin Zhi's gradually petrified expression, and smiled wickedly: "Why, you doubt me?"

Lin Zhi dared not speak out, but shook his head like a wave.

Only then was Zhuang Yingtang satisfied: "Go ahead, change it up and show me."

The shopping guide ladies looked at Lin Zhi who was being rubbed by others, not only did not feel disobedient, but felt... So the real Zhao Ritian is so cute!

After changing into the pink shirt, Zhuang Yingtang smiled and said, "Like Hello Kitty." Then he showed mercy and asked him to change into a retro turtleneck sweater: "Okay, let's use this one."

However, when paying the bill, the pink shirt was not left behind, and Lin Zhi was terrified to see it.

It was Long Aotian who swiped the card, and the shopping guide ladies immediately abandoned the new idol Zhao Ritian, and praised Long Aotian's extraordinary taste without any psychological barriers.Sure enough, Long Aotian was happy, and asked them to wear the same black dress as Zhao Ritian.

Lin Zhi immediately turned from worry to joy, this is a couple outfit, it can even be used as a wedding dress if rounded up!

In a blink of an eye, it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.The banquet was scheduled for seven o'clock in the evening, Zhuang Yingtang came three hours in advance, and took Lin Zhi to the hotel that he had booked earlier in the morning.As the host, he had to confirm the dishes and see how the banquet hall was getting ready. Most importantly, he planned to bring Lin Zhi to welcome the guests at the hotel entrance.

Lin Zhi was the only male companion he brought to the Lantern Festival for so many years, this topic can be discussed for at least a week!He intends to give those reporters who are stationed a headline, and it depends on who is quick.

At 06:30, Zhuang Yingtang and Lin Zhi were wearing the same suit and stood at the hotel entrance on time.They nodded to each of the invited guests, and Zhuang Yingtang introduced them to Lin Zhi one by one.Zhuang Yingtang's guests were all from the circle, not many knew Lin Zhi, but there were quite a few who watched the farce a few days ago.At first I thought it was just a unilateral hype by a small company, but in the end it was able to cause the boss of the banker to skyrocket the popularity, and it can only make people sigh "how bold and prolific a person is", but who would have thought that this little actor would actually have a relationship with Zhuang Yingtang relation!

And judging by the situation, she definitely can't be a little sister-in-law...

It's only February, and even with a little wind it's bone-chillingly cold.Lin Zhi stood in the direction the wind was blowing from, and every once in a while he would move forward, covering half of Zhuang Yingtang's body.Although it was not very useful in reality, Zhuang Yingtang saw his intention clearly and felt warm in his heart.

Although there were some media accusing Lin Zhi of stealing the spotlight that night in order to attract attention, the eyes of the public were discerning—seeing the appearance of Xiao Longtao trying to protect Director Zhuang from the cold wind, this is clearly love!

Although the banquet started at seven o'clock, all the guests arrived early without exception, so Zhuang Yingtang didn't freeze outside for a long time.However, Lin Zhi still felt distressed.It's only three times outside, the male god wears so little, how can he bear it!

They took the same elevator up the stairs as the last guests.In addition to Zhuang Yingtang and Lin Zhi, there is also a famous screenwriter in his 50s, two producers, and a senior director who is two circles bigger than Du Xiyu.This elevator is limited to seven people, but because of the senior director, six people are packed to the brim.

Lin Zhi and Zhuang Yingtang stood in the innermost corner, taking advantage of the inconspicuous position, Lin Zhi grabbed Zhuang Yingtang's hand and secretly put it into his arms...

Through a thin layer of shirt, the familiar warm body seems to have substance.Zhuang Yingtang felt that his whole body became hot quickly, so hot that the tips of his ears were a little red.He had always been reserved, and it was the first time he had been in public with Lin Zhi like this. Apart from his shyness, he was also a little bit excited like cheating.

The banquet hall is on the fourteenth floor, and it arrived in the blink of an eye.Several guests came out in a file, and the screenwriter closest to Zhuang Yingtang was two steps behind, looked at Zhuang Yingtang's red ears with a smile, and sighed jokingly: "Take care of your body, look at how little you wear, How dare you stand in the freezing wind!"

Zhuang Yingtang smiled: "In order to be beautiful, you have to sacrifice a little."

The screenwriter laughed loudly: "But you young people are in good health. Look at how long you have only been here, and you have recovered."

Zhuang Yingtang looked at her flushed face from the brightly reflective decorative paintings on both sides of the corridor, her face showed embarrassment, but the two blushes didn't show the master any face, and she bared her teeth and claws like crazy.

The senior looked at his rapidly turning red face. He was a little suspicious at first, but he quickly found a reasonable explanation: "The temperature inside this high-rise building is too high, which does not conform to the laws of nature at all..."