This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 164 Withdrawal
The next day at noon, Xu Feng got up lazily. As soon as he picked up his mobile phone, he saw the message sent by Cheng Luan.

"It's business, it's business. I'll send you the specific information. And I also heard that Zhou Yanliu had a little friction with the production team of this variety show because she leaked the information privately."

"Call me when you wake up and I'll have someone contact you."

Xu Feng typed a line of words in a daze: "Wake up."

Cheng Luan replied immediately: "Okay, they should call you later."

Within a few minutes, Xu Feng received a contact from the "My Home Court" program crew.

The timing is just right, perfectly offset from the winner's group finals of "Singer".

As a long, slow-paced variety show with frequently changing guests, "Singer" still has some time before the finals.

The discussion between the production team and Xu Feng was quite pleasant - Cheng Luan had already helped negotiate most of the details, and all he had to do was to confirm the pay and then wait for the contract to come down.

Director He Chen was in a good mood: "Teacher Xu Feng is a straightforward person, so let's confirm it!"

"Wait a minute!" Xu Feng suddenly stopped the other party, "You haven't told me specifically yet, what do you want me to do?"

He Chen: "What?"

Xu Feng patiently explained to the client: "You asked me to be on the variety show. What exactly do you want me to accomplish? This needs to be explained in detail."

What specifically needs to be accomplished?
Do you speak Chinese?
Since you have been brought onto the variety show, what else can you do? Isn't it just to cooperate sincerely with your teammates, lead your students well, and win the ultimate victory?
What else could there be...

Considering that the other party was a well-known person with strange behavior, He Chen thought about it for a moment and suddenly had an idea.

First of all, their program team does not only make money through ratings. If conditions permit, they will of course allow artists from the brokerage companies they cooperate with to have more appearances.

Sometimes, even their own artists will come to participate.

But singing is something that is meant to be performed for others to listen to, after all, so there is no way that the shady dealings can be too serious - especially after Xu Feng made a big fuss on "The God of Tomorrow's Singer", such shady dealings have become much less common.

It cannot be said that it can be completely eliminated, but when the program crew wants to do this kind of thing, they will always have some concerns. Will they accidentally become the "God of Tomorrow's Singer" program crew? Will they accidentally offend Xu Feng No. 2?

No matter how shady the situation is, it must be backed by strength.

But... it seems that maybe we can start with Xu Feng?
It just so happened that the member of the "Tomorrow's God of Singing" program team who was regarded as a negative example but happened to come to serve as the advisory team also hoped that they would put more pressure on Xu Feng.

“Well, since Teacher Xu Feng said so, I will be shameless?”

That's great. If you don't have the nerve to do that, I'll have to have the nerve to ask you to make some requests.

Xu Feng: "You say."

"It's like this. We have a very good rookie with great potential. When the groups are divided, she may be assigned to you. I hope you can take good care of her... We hope she can get a top five result in the end."

"Very specific requirements, good." Xu Feng changed his posture, "Anything else?"

He Chen was a little confused: "Is there any other way?!"

This is not a question of whether it still exists or not!
Do you really think you are a superman in the entertainment industry?
"We can provide everything. You just need to pay a little extra service fee." Xu Feng persuaded, "I guarantee you will have a completely different experience."

The last show will take that long no matter what.

The more additional items you have, the more money you can make per unit time.

Just like selling a car, the most expensive part is the options.

How much money can you make from a naked car?

How much money could be made from the last variety show? It must be that more customized services were needed to make money!

Moreover, when it comes to customized services, it’s fine if you don’t start. But once you start, the follow-up will be a bottomless pit.

Once people who have enjoyed customized services return to standard services, they will have severe withdrawal reactions.

Sure enough, a customized service has arrived. He Chen's psychological defense has been broken, and he is no longer pretending: "Well, there is one more thing... Teacher Xu Feng, can you guide a singer for a while?"

"No problem." Xu Feng was a little surprised. "Why don't we just talk to the higher-ups?"

You want to bring people and talk about it separately?
"No, no, no, not the students." He Chen's tone became a little more serious. "It's the instructors... Teacher Xu Feng should have also seen the news in the past two days. For our show this time, the instructors are also divided into groups."

The mentor...also needs to be guided?
Your variety show is quite interesting.

Xu Feng was a little stunned: "You mean, the mentor who is teaming up with me is not very strong?"

He Chen was a little embarrassed: "Uh, that, the state has not recovered very well, but the potential is still great!"

Why does this person speak so directly?
"Well, it's not impossible." Xu Feng thought for a moment and agreed. "How about this, you send the singer's specific information to the company, and we will issue an evaluation report. Based on this report, we will decide the final payment amount. How about that?"

What status has not recovered, what potential is good, I know it's pure nonsense as soon as I hear it.

The specific charges cannot be determined by what the other party says, but rather by the singer’s previous performance and what works he has produced.

"No problem." He Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "By the way, let Teacher Xu Feng know. Zhou Yanliu will also be on the variety show this time. And based on the information I've learned, I'm afraid she's targeting you."

"Your students and teammates are at the bottom on paper, but Zhou Yanliu's arrangement... This involves a confidentiality agreement, so I can't tell you, but you also understand, Teacher Xu Feng."

To be honest, He Chen had considered not notifying Xu Feng, and not selling enough so-called "services". He could force ordinary teammates on Xu Feng and let him play the snake game by himself.

But considering that Xu Feng dared to sing out of tune and in a bad way on an international variety show like "Singer", he felt that he couldn't be so perfunctory.

What if Xu Feng starts directly?
What if Xu Feng announces his withdrawal from the competition on the spot, just like he did on the stage of “The God of Tomorrow”?
Others may not dare to do this, but Xu Feng certainly does.

Besides, they have no grudge against Xu Feng, so why do they have to make enemies with him?
Everyone knows that Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan are now one and the same. To offend Xu Feng is equivalent to offending Lin Shenghuan, who is known as the most powerful queen in history.

No one would do such a stupid thing without a big enough benefit.

So, instead of saying nothing and waiting for Xu Feng to turn against them on stage, it would be better to just make things clear.

Don’t you, Xu Feng, claim that you can do anything because you have money?
Then it should be possible to give you some teammates who are not so good, right? This can also put off the higher-ups and the consulting team and perfectly meet their requirements.

In the end, if Xu Feng couldn't handle the pressure and failed miserably, then it would have nothing to do with their program crew - they had all told Xu Feng everything, and Xu Feng agreed to it. If he failed in the end, they can only say that Xu Feng took on a job he didn't have the skills to do.

In the end, if Xu Feng still does things as usual, taking money and killing people, then He Chen will also have to explain to his superiors and partners - the weakest partner and the worst students have been arranged, but Zhou Yanliu still can't beat Xu Feng, who can be blamed?

The program team itself doesn't even need any shady dealings, just fair and impartial ratings will be enough.

No matter who wins, they will have an explanation.

And the cost of all this is just a tiny additional service fee.

This is the art of compromise!

I have to say that it’s quite pleasant to work with Xu Feng... If it were another guest, he would have turned hostile long ago when he heard that he was going to be deliberately assigned a weak partner and a weak student, right?
Who can be like Xu Feng, who not only does not get angry but also sounds quite happy?

"Understood, no problem. You guys can keep in touch anytime and wait for the company's quotation." Xu Feng got two additional services and was extremely happy. "It's just that my partner and students are not good enough. I still have to rush to the top five. It's a small matter."

"Well... although these personnel arrangements have been decided internally, they still need to be put on the show. Teacher Xu Feng must not tell anyone in advance."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

After initially discussing the work content, the program team quickly began to plan the detailed shooting work and rules according to the arrangement.

The official personnel announcement was also quickly posted online.

……

The warm-up dynamics of the "My Home Court" program team immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

"Teacher Xu Feng, is this a seamless transition?"

"Don't you want to play with the Queen Sister for a while longer?"

"What do you know? As long as there is an order, the dean will definitely work hard... Didn't you see that his IP address has changed?"

"This time it's different. Xu Feng was invited as a mentor."

"Tsk tsk, once upon a time Xu Feng was just a nobody who could only shout "thank you teacher" on the stage and listen to the teacher's lecture obediently, but now he has transformed into a teacher."

"Yeah... Zhou Yanliu, who used to be on the same level as Xiao Yue, is now on the same level as him."

"...No matter how miserable my sister Xiao Yue is, she shouldn't be compared with this zombie. That's too much!"

"I'm curious about what it will be like to have Xu Feng as a mentor. This show is different from "God of Tomorrow's Singer". The mentors really have to guide the students, not just be there as a scoring machine."

"A good singer may not necessarily be a good mentor. This is going to be interesting."

"I'm really curious. To be honest, someone with such high talent like Xu Feng may not be suitable to be a mentor, because many things that seem to be natural to him are not the case at all in the eyes of others."

"I totally agree. When I asked the top students math problems in school, the most common response I got was 'Isn't it obvious at a glance?' It's better to ask the teacher."

"Yes, the professors of vocal music are definitely better at teaching people than these singers... We can wait and see how many geniuses Xu Feng can reveal."

“I hope the production team can give the dean a similar opponent, so he won’t have to carry the burden all day long.”

Netizens are heatedly discussing what might happen in "My Home Court".

At the same time, in a certain agency, a singer who was short and thin with a slightly pale face was sitting in his room, looking at this update and the message sent by his agent, feeling uneasy.

"Sister Fan, I think... why don't I just go on stage as a student? With this lineup of mentors, I, I'm not very good at it..."

It would be fine if she was just a mentor in a second-tier music variety show, but her name is really out of place in this variety show with Xu Feng, Zhou Yanliu, and all the popular first-tier singers.

"No." The agent next to him rejected it coldly, "The trainees for this variety show are all pure amateurs in the true sense. You don't meet the requirements at all."

"But……"

"Bai Yao! The company spent a lot of money to find you from a poor area and support your education. It's not to listen to your complaints or to do charity." The agent's tone became even colder. "Either prove your worth, or go back to your old life."

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with a simple life, but the entertainment industry will give you a lot of opportunities."

The little girl was a little desperate, but she could only grit her teeth and agree: "Okay, I'm sorry Sister Fan."

For the sake of performance, the company and the agent were forcing Bai Yao to do something, not giving her much room to develop... As a result, she had to face these vicious people right from the start, and her future was really bleak.

The agent's tone relaxed a little: "Don't worry, the company won't let you fight against the strong with your own strength. We have arranged a very capable partner for you. All you have to do is not hold them back."

Bai Yao looked up: "Sister Fan, who is it?"

The agent opened his mouth slightly: "Xu Feng."

Bai Yao was extremely surprised: "Xu Feng!"

However, the agent did not look very happy. When he saw Bai Yao's expression, his brows furrowed.

She knew that Bai Yao had been targeting Xu Feng recently, and even had a tendency to treat him as an idol.

They all debuted late in their careers and chose to enter the entertainment industry when they were in the most difficult times. Xu Feng is a successful example.

"He and you are just partners. Xu Feng is a very unruly person. He will definitely cause trouble in the future. You are not allowed to have too much involvement with him outside of the show." The agent obviously didn't like Xu Feng very much. "He is involved with the queen of pop, gets in the same car with his fans without any concealment, has no respect for his seniors, and always talks about money... You should have less contact with him."

"You can learn from him how to sing and write songs, but you must not learn his behavior, and don't have too much private contact with him, otherwise he will explode and splatter your blood, understand?"

"Always remember that you are a star and as a public figure, you cannot act arbitrarily."

Bai Yao held back a lot of "buts", but under the cold eyes of her agent, she could only nod in the end: "Okay..."

(End of this chapter)