Nepotism

Autumn in city b was supposed to be a very long season, and the climate in the inland temperate zone originally meant that spring and autumn lasted longer.

But time is passing by bit by bit, Qi Lan feels that it is only a blink of an eye, autumn is coming to an end, and the bitter early winter makes people feel a little cold even at home.

It was at this time that Qi Lan received a call from Cheng Song, and the content was related to the show Tang Lin had mentioned, Treasure Song.

Qi Lan's self-made album has been recorded and is just waiting to be released. After all the work is over, Cheng Song and Qi Lan haven't seen each other for some days. Now I hear the other party's excited voice from the phone, Qi Lan It still feels quite fresh.

"Sister Qi Lan, the producer of the collection of songs contacted me. They want to invite you to be a guest on the show." Cheng Song was a little excited. Even though the TV crew has been in contact with the staff of the crew up and down, there is a world of difference between them. At that time, Cheng Song was just Qi Lan's assistant, and he mostly did errands and miscellaneous things, but now he is still an assistant in name , but because Qi Lan didn't have a serious manager, so his assistant also acted as a manager temporarily. At Cheng Song's age, such an experience is really rare, and he couldn't help being excited.

Of course Qi Lan could understand Cheng Song's mood.

After Tang Lin told herself about the show, Qi Lan had been waiting for it, but what she didn't expect was that the action of the collection was so fast. Just after the end of this autumn, it had already put the shooting on the schedule.

How the collection of songs was finally done atv, the reasons for this are unknown to others, but people in the entertainment industry are a little curious about what the situation will be, whether the new program format and the new media platform will achieve each other or sink together , everyone will wait and see.

On the day of meeting with the program team, Cheng Song came to Champs to pick up Qi Lan.

Qi Lan wore ordinary clothes, a pure off-white thin cotton jacket, a pair of washed white jeans, and a baseball cap on her head, and she went straight out the door.

Cheng Song originally wanted to ask if this was a little too informal, but after thinking about it, the director of the program group of the collection of songs emphasized that everything is true when communicating with him, and did not make any requirements for the artist's dress, so Cheng Song shut his mouth and followed Qi Lan.

Cheng Song drove Qi Lan to the ATV headquarters.

The headquarters of ATV is located in the new urban area of ​​City B. The wide road is bustling with traffic and crowds. On the seemingly empty road, a tall brick-red building broke into the sight of the two of them.

ATV has a vigorous and resolute female director, this is the office building designed by her after ATV turned from loss to profit in her hands.

The appearance is simple and neat, straight up and down, without any extra decorations and tricks, just like this director.

It's not the first time for Qi Lan to go to the TV station, but it's the first time for her to come to an ATV. She stood against the sun, with the brim of her hat blocking the sun. She carefully looked at the appearance of the ATV, and Cheng Song led the way to the inside of the ATV. .

Qi Lan originally thought that the program team invited her to the ATV to give some simple explanations to all the guests participating in the program before the program was recorded. Unexpectedly, when he came to a recording studio, Cheng Song was blocked Outside, Qi Lan was ushered in by the program crew alone.

The inside was very empty, with a solid-colored background wall, and a man wearing glasses was behind a table. He waved at Qi Lan and signaled him to come here.

Qi Lan walked over and sat down in front of the other party.

"Hi Qi Lan, this is the collection program group." The director greeted Qi Lan with a smile.

Not only the person in front of him, but also other crew members in the studio, all nodded towards Qi Lan in a friendly manner.

Qi Lan showed a friendly smile and said hello to everyone.

"You must feel a little strange, why did you invite you here." The director laughed.

Qi Lan saw the red recording light of the camera. It has been a long time since she appeared in front of the camera with her original appearance. Qi Lan was a little nervous for no reason.

The director seemed to be aware of Qi Lan's emotions, and said with a smile, "We interviewed many artists, and more than ten of them recommended the same song to us."

As he spoke, the director made a fool of himself, and snapped his fingers pretentiously. In the empty studio, a familiar melody sounded.

"Ah, it's this one." Qi Lan was stunned.

"That's right, it's the song Don't Have Any Harm." The director smiled, "Can you tell us about your experience?"

"Me?" Qi Lan was a little surprised. She had experienced a lot in these years, but she really didn't know what to say when she was asked to start from the beginning.

"Why did you choose to become a singer?"

This seems to be a good question and beginning. Qi Lan was silent for a moment, and said to the front: "Becoming a singer is my dream all along. I have been working hard towards this goal since I was a student."

The conversation that followed went much smoother, and Qi Lan felt that she seemed to have matured a lot.

In the past, she would never talk about her experience in front of the camera in such a calm manner. If it was good, it would be fine. Revealing her own hardships would always give Qi Lan the illusion of showing weakness. She is not good at doing this. Even if you gnaw your teeth along the way, you have to swallow it with blood, and you will never let people see your wounds.

But now Qi Lan understands that those unnecessary bravados are just wishful thinking, and the people who really care about you are actually well aware of your situation, and they didn't say anything but just to protect the little bit of pitiful you left. self-esteem.

It has been five years since I made my debut, and the song "Don't Worry" was already two or three years ago. It is not that difficult to admit my failure.

"You think you are a failure?" the director asked doubtfully.

In fact, Qi Lan's grades can't be said to be that bad. If her works are really substandard, as she said, she is a loser, then there will not be so many artists today, and I don't even know who this person is. , so coincidentally recommended her works.

Qi Lan smiled, the other party had attributed everything to the problems of the times for her, such sympathy really made people want to laugh and cry.

Qi Lan once thought this way too. She felt that she was born in the wrong age. If it had been a few years in the morning or a few years in the evening, the situation might have been different.

"Attributing the result to force majeure is a sign of admitting defeat. I don't think I wanted to give up when I failed before. It's just that only when people recognize their current situation can they redefine their goals and priorities. Music It is the love of my life, and I will never let it go." Qi Lan's eyes were firm.

The director was slightly taken aback, he quickly came back to his senses, and began to talk about the next process. In the follow-up conversation, the two even talked about many sensitive topics, including the issue of the termination of the contract with Tianyi, and the time to switch to a small company , and from there to get out of the house.

Qi Lan didn't shy away from it at all, as long as the other party asked, Qi Lan would tell the truth.

The original intention of the collection of songs was to make a real and warm show, but the guest in front of him was a little too honest, and even the director couldn't help being a little moved.

At the end of today's interview, the director laughed and said, "I kind of know why your former agency was so tolerant of you."

Compared with other artists who jumped jobs or went solo and terminated their contracts, Qi Lan's resistance should be said to be the least, almost negligible, there is no suppression, no exclusion, like a couple who broke up peacefully, everyone gets together and breaks up.

Probably everyone will feel a little bit unbearable when facing this stubborn, frank and real girl, the director thought.

Of course, Qi Lan couldn't know the inner thoughts of the director, "I am also very grateful to them, tolerance is the most difficult thing."

The camcorder's red light went off.

Qi Lan knew that today's recording was over.

She thought that Collected Songs was a singing show, but she didn't expect it to be a talk show.

Qi Lan stood up, looked at the busy program crew in front of her and said, "Sorry, excuse me, may I ask a question?"

After hearing this, the director nodded quickly and said, "Of course."

"Will the show give me the chance to sing on stage?"

The director laughed, this is really a sound idiot.

"Of course." He stretched out his hand generously, "Your song is the one recommended by everyone. The flow of the program has not yet been fully determined. If the TV station has enough time to broadcast, there may be other arrangements. Honestly, I can't wait."

Qi Lan has been busy these days, the choreographer and director of the collection of songs contacted Cheng Song, saying that they wanted to follow Qi Lan's daily itinerary.

Cheng Song felt that this was a good opportunity. Through the lens of the program group, he would show the audience the hardships of Qi Lan's persistence all the way, and maybe he could get unexpected gains.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to take advantage of the opportunity to sell badly.

Of course, this is just Cheng Song's secret thought, and it is absolutely impossible for Qi Lan to understand it, so when Cheng Song asked Qi Lan to ask the production team, he just said that the other party wanted to take a picture of the current situation of the singer.

Although I know that I can't replace all the current singers, at least Qi Lan can be regarded as a typical example among the young singers who are struggling to survive.

Qi Lan agreed very readily, and the next day the director and cameraman of the program group got into Cheng Song's car and followed him to the Champs Elysees community where Qi Lan was located.

"This is it?" The director sat in the car, watching the environment of the community from a distance.

Cheng Song nodded.

After waiting for a while, a few people saw Qi Lan coming towards this side wrapped in a thick coat and scarf. There was also a young girl walking with her. Both of them wrapped themselves warmly, looking very top-heavy. cute.

The director and the cameraman looked at each other, and they both saw through each other's thoughts.

Qi Lan really doesn't look like an artist at all.

After getting in the car, the camera was always on.

With the interview a few days ago, Qi Lan gradually got used to this situation.

There are fixed cameras installed on all four sides of Cheng Song's car, and one cameraman holds a handheld camera in his hand.

Qi Lan was obviously more interested in the car camera and beckoned there.

Ordinary artists pay more attention to angles. They observe the position of the camera just to make themselves more photogenic. Qi Lan is much simpler, purely out of curiosity.

Along the way, everyone chatted one after another.

"Wouldn't it be inconvenient to live in such an ordinary community?" asked the director.

Generally speaking, the residence is a symbol of an artist's status. Even a small artist who is not well-known is willing to choose a place where some rich artists and businessmen gather.

Most of the contacts there are people in the industry, and maybe you can encounter so-called opportunities when you walk in the community.

But the community where Qi Lan lives is obviously too ordinary.

Qi Lan smiled, she never felt any inconvenience.

On the contrary, she felt that she had made the right decision in choosing this place.

At least she got a good neighbor.