I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 12 The Youngest Singer in the Chinese Entertainment Industry

"How about it?"

— "What's up?"

Guo Zihao had a curious expression.

"You and Song Youyou!"

"Did it work?"

Xu Kong shook his head and said nothing.

"Don't worry, she is the nation's first love after all. It would be strange if she was that easy to woo."

After hearing Guo Zihao's comfort, Xu Kong didn't know what to say for a moment.

When he left Song Youyou's crew, he was almost covered in cold sweat.

If he hadn't calmed her down in the end, he would have been really afraid that Song Youyou would suddenly announce their relationship on Weibo one day.

But even so, this is a hidden bomb.

Xu Kong decided to avoid meeting Song Youyou as much as possible in the future.

The other person is young and ignorant, and he might fall in love with someone else one day. This is the best outcome.

Xu Kong still couldn't resist the girl's passionate love.

"This is the script for the variety show that will be recorded tomorrow."

"Take a quick look. The guest lineup is quite impressive. Don't say the wrong thing."

Before Guo Zihao left, he handed Xu Kong a paper document.

"Star Forum", an interview-style variety show, will invite some celebrities in the circle to participate. Everyone sits together to eat and drink, and talk about some so-called secrets in the circle, but most of them are scripts designed by the program team.

The stars and the program crew know what really shouldn’t be said.

The same goes for Xu Kong. There is almost nothing explosive in his script.

Including the colleagues complained about on the show, they were all fabricated and fictitious. They were hot topics enough that the gossip media might make wild guesses, but they did not name any names, so no one would take them personally.

It is relatively friendly.

Xu Kong has only been in the industry for a short time and his foundation is not solid.

But there are also advantages, which is that it is not so easy for his personal image to collapse, and people will not find too much negative information that can have a huge impact on him.

The only thing that was criticized the most was his poor business ability.

After taking a look at the guest list of this program, Xu Kong was actually quite familiar with several of the regular guests.

For example, Bai Ziyang, one of the main hosts of Mango TV, and Lu Bo, who has completely transformed from an actor to a variety show star and can record more than ten or twenty variety shows a year.
Xu Kong had met these people once before when he participated in some programs. The only one he was not familiar with was probably Su Zhi.

Although she is young, only 25 years old, she has quite a lot of experience in the entertainment industry. She is also the youngest singing queen in Chinese history.

When Xu Kong was only in junior high school, Su Zhi, who became famous overnight through a music talent show, had already become famous all over the country.

In the following year, the first album released many hit singles and won various domestic awards including the Golden Melody Award.

Of course, Su Zhi hasn't had any hit new songs in the past few years. Although her status is still one of the top singers in the country, her presence is not very high.

Xu Kong guessed that the reason why the other party participated in this program was probably to promote his new song or new album.

Because Su Zhi has not participated in variety shows very often in recent years, she must have come with a purpose.

The host of "Star Forum" is Bai Ziyang, but it is not a program produced by Mango TV.

It is an online variety show from Penguin Video, so the recording location is in Beijing.

A few years ago, online variety shows were almost at the bottom of the contempt chain for variety shows in the circle.

But in recent years, with the emergence of a series of hit variety shows on platforms such as Penguin Video and Kiwi, celebrities have begun to no longer reject the idea of ​​recording online variety shows.

The guest lineup has changed from some third- and fourth-tier artists and even ordinary people at the beginning to now easily inviting top stars like Xu Kong. The main reason is that the program team is rich and powerful, and it is difficult for people to refuse them.

Xu Kong was able to receive nearly one million yuan in announcement fees just for recording this episode of the show.

“Remember, talk less and listen more.”

When arriving at the recording site of the program, Guo Zihao spoke and gave instructions for the umpteenth time.

Unlike Xu Kong who only had a vague understanding of the program, Guo Zihao had done very detailed background research on the program.

A pure talk show is the easiest place for a top star like Xu Kong to say the wrong thing.

Bai Ziyang, a host with a long history in the industry, is almost famous for his sharp words.

Among the guests who participated in this program before, some fell into the question trap designed by the other party.

Although the program team had prepared the script long ago, no one could guarantee that no unexpected situations would occur.

"understood."

Xu Kong didn't care too much about it. It was just a variety show, and he was confident that he could handle it.

After finishing the makeup, the program finally entered the formal recording stage.

Bai Ziyang was giving the relevant opening remarks and introducing several guests present.

Although the recording was conducted in a recording studio, the setting was quite warm. The guests gathered around a round table, eating shabu-shabu mutton and a tempting roast duck.

A few people ate slowly and started chatting.

These are all topics related to the script.

Xu Kong would interject a few words from time to time, but he would never steal the show's attention. He tried his best to maintain a certain presence without causing offence among the audience.

For a traffic star like him, without much work to support him, there is no need to force himself to create show effects when participating in shows, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes.

In comparison, Xu Kong discovered that the person who spoke the least was Su Zhi. It was obvious that she was not interested in the topics given by the program team at all.

"Xu Kong, I remember you wrote a new song some time ago?"

"I think it's called 'Best Friends'. I listened to it several times and I really like it!"

“Can you tell us how you wrote this song?”

"I see that many netizens are curious about the song's creative background."

Bai Ziyang suddenly called Xu Kong. Although this was not the first time, the previous ones were mostly trivial matters, but this time it attracted the attention of other guests on the scene.

Even Su Zhi looked at him curiously.

Xu Kong's expression didn't change much, but he knew clearly that there was no such problem in the script he got.

If it were the original owner, or other artists who have not been in the industry for long, they would definitely jump into this trap-filled question.

But Xu Kong would definitely not fulfill Bai Ziyang's wish.

“I have always agreed with one point of view.”

"That's the moment a song is written and sent out, it no longer belongs to the person who wrote it."

"Anyone can hear their own story in the song. I've also seen many netizens say that they felt a resonance with the song "Best Friend", so I won't add to it."

There are almost no major loopholes in Xu Kong's words.

He knew that Bai Ziyang brought up this matter specifically because he wanted to dig out some secrets about his and Ren Yicheng's past.

After hearing Xu Kong's explanation, Bai Ziyang was obviously dissatisfied.

But as a respectable man, he did not deliberately continue to ask questions, but naturally started talking about other topics.

(End of this chapter)