" Beep. Congratulations to the host for successfully repaying 8.89 million yuan. After the system's inspection, this sum of money was obtained through an irregular method and cannot trigger the main mission progress.”
Lu Bai was speechless.
He had repaid his debt, but not completely.
If he could not trigger the system's progress, he could not unlock new rewards. Therefore, only the group of debt collectors were happy about this wave of repayment. To Lu Bai, it was boring.
Most importantly, Lu Bai had been too busy just now and had forgotten to calculate the balance in his account. Although he threatened Hua Chenyu to bring a small change of 8,000 yuan, Lu Bai's balance was more than 8,000 yuan.
Adding up the two 8,000 yuan, the portion that exceeded 10,000 yuan had been forcefully used by the system to pay off debts, leaving Lu Bai with more than 6,000 yuan. Therefore, after some operations, the money on hand was actually reduced by 2,000 yuan, which made Lu Bai very speechless.
At this moment, the Weibo platform exploded because of a public apology letter.
The person who posted the apology letter was the top singer, Hua Chenyu. The content was as follows.
Previously, due to the bad guidance of someone in my team, the fishing wheel broke out and caused a huge negative impact on the musician, Teacher Lu Bai. I apologize deeply for this matter and hereby apologize to Teacher Lu Bai publicly. In addition, the temporary worker in my team involved in this matter has been fired. If necessary, the corresponding legal measures will be taken against him…
The incident between Lu Bai and Hua Chenyu had just happened not long ago. The internet had memories of it, so Hua Chenyu had disappeared for so long. Suddenly sending such a public apology letter immediately attracted the attention of countless netizens. Lu Bai and Hua Chenyu were once again pushed into the limelight.
Although Hua Chenyu's apology wasn't sincere, and he pushed all the blame to the so-called temporary worker of the team, he himself only took the blame of "not being strict with his subordinates". He played it down lightly and didn't care at all.
However, the entire internet knew what was going on. Hua Chenyu was just trying to save her dignity. After all, she was a big star. She couldn't apologize too embarrassedly.
Moreover, many netizens could not figure out why Hua Chenyu suddenly jumped out to apologize. The incident had clearly subsided, and after a while, no one would remember it. Hua Chenyu only needed to keep a low profile and wait for the cold treatment.
If you want to apologize, can't you apologize earlier?
Most importantly, it was not the first time that Hua Chenyu had clashed with people in the industry. However, this top-notch singer had a lot of resources and connections. His previous opponents had all been defeated by him, so he could only apologize to Hua Chenyu. This was the first time that Hua Chenyu had apologized to someone!
"Huh? Had Hua Chenyu turned over a new leaf?”
"F * ck, Lu Bai actually has such strength to be able to suppress Hua Chenyu? Didn't they say that he still owed 600 million?”
"Anyway, I don't believe that Hua Chenyu would suddenly admit defeat for no reason. There must be something behind this that we don't know.”
"However, Lu Bai is also a werewolf. He's even more ruthless than a ruthless person. How long has it been since he debuted?”
Other than these passersby who were watching the show, Lu Bai's fans were celebrating the new year. After all, Lu Bai's enemies were their enemies. Seeing Hua Chenyu bow down to Lu Bai in public was a victory for the fans.
"So Hua Chenyu is finally afraid of us, right?”
"Uh, it's probably because of something else. With our little ability, we can at most be considered as a support…"
"By the way, how much debt has Lu Xiaobai paid recently? Why hasn't he updated his Weibo?”
" It's very tiring to pay off debts. Not to mention Lu Xiaobai's 600 million yuan, I'm afraid of the 4,000 yuan I owe…"
" My heart aches for Lu Xiaobai for three seconds. Actually, Lu Xiaobai should start a livestream or something. Look at those livestreamers who bring goods. They earn more money. Just paying taxes alone is worth hundreds of millions…"
"Oh right! If Lu Xiaobai brought the goods, he would buy whatever he sold!”
"Me too! Sisters, let's leave a message and ask Xiao Bai to do a live broadcast to bring the goods. There are so many of us. Just buy casually and we'll probably be able to get him to exchange for most of the debt.”
"Agreed! Lu Xiaobai, hurry up and bring the goods!"
Lu Bai naturally saw the thousands of comments on Weibo.
However, the netizens only saw the thief eating meat, not the thief getting beaten up.
If a celebrity was successful, they would indeed earn money faster. It seemed to be much easier than writing songs, variety shows, and filming movies. Just sitting in front of the camera and blabbering a few words would earn them a lot of money.
However, why were the people who brought the goods only the middle and lower ranks of the entertainment industry? They did not have much resources in the industry and were only mediocre celebrities. Why were they not the top superstars?
Those A-list celebrities were obviously more popular, and if they started a live broadcast, it would definitely be more popular. However, no one really did it. It was not that they were too busy and did not have time, but because there was a drawback to bringing goods. It was an act of draining the pond to catch the fish.
If it was writing songs, doing variety shows, filming movies, or television dramas, they might not be able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time, but they could continue to accumulate fame and strength. Every successful work could increase the positive popularity of an artist.
On the contrary, those small celebrities who did live broadcasts and brought goods were doing the opposite, consuming popularity in exchange for money. The audience bought your goods because of your face. Sometimes, it was not because they really needed it. In essence, it was a kind of star-chasing consumption.
And this kind of spending couldn't last long. Buying things for the sake of face once or twice, but after a long time, the audience would get tired of it, and you wouldn't have any face to speak of.
Not to mention that the quality of the goods was uneven under the model of carrying goods. Because there were many categories, it was difficult to achieve 100% quality control. Once there was a problem with the quality of the goods, the audience would not find trouble with the manufacturer. They would put the blame on the star who carried the goods!
In this way, when these celebrities who brought goods used up all the popularity they had since their debut in order to make money, they would not be able to get any jobs even if they wanted to return to the entertainment industry. It was not a problem to say that they were draining the pond to catch fish.
Furthermore, most of the entertainment industry insiders held a disdainful view of the newly emerging live-streaming. There was even a publicly recognized rule. If a B-list celebrity ran to bring goods, their status would immediately drop to a C-list celebrity. If a C-list celebrity brought goods, it was equivalent to quitting the industry. No one would use you in the future.
Therefore, those who really ran out to bring goods were basically artists who could not survive in the industry. If they could not get any jobs, they might as well give up and use their last bit of popularity and reputation to exchange for some retirement money to spend…
The most typical one was Teacher Pan Zi from 'Friends of Pan Ga'. Although he used to be a clown in the skit world, relying on being slandered and self-slandering to win the audience's laughter, he had been around for a long time and had accumulated some popularity. He could barely be called an old artist.
On the other hand, after he went to sell alcohol, he had indeed earned a lot of money, but he had lost all his face. He was already a few decades older, but he was called Pan Zi by netizens every day. He no longer had any face to speak of. The Spring Festival Gala that he used to rely on to make a living would no longer have a chance to appear.
Therefore, while internet celebrities could do it, celebrities could not do it unless they gave up on treatment and did not want to recover.
Although Lu Bai was under immense pressure due to the debt of 600 million yuan and wanted to pay it off as soon as possible and get the system reward, his ultimate goal in the entertainment industry was not just to pay off his debt. As long as he wanted to continue developing, he could not touch such a self-degrading thing.
Of course, this was only for those who were blinded by greed and focused on money. If it was a public welfare project such as poverty relief and agriculture, it was not included.
At night, in a mansion in the Imperial Capital, Yang Xiaomi was wearing a nightgown and lying on the sofa of the mansion while looking at her phone. Unfortunately, no one could appreciate her graceful figure. The mansion was empty and lonely.
After reading about Hua Chenyu apologizing to Lu Bai online, Yang Xiaomi had already guessed what was going on.
To be able to make such a vengeful top-class person lower his head, it seemed like Lu Bai had some fatal weakness on the other party. This could be seen from Zhang Bichen's reaction on the day of recording the theme song of Three Lives Three Lives.
It had to be said that Lu Bai, who was only 20 years old, was the most mysterious and amazing man that Yang Xiaomi had seen in the industry over the years. If Lu Bai could continue to develop at this speed without any accidents, his future achievements and status would probably be something that even Boss Yang would look up to…
At the thought of this, Yang Xiaomi's cold poker face appeared in her mind again. Many complicated emotions were mixed in her heart, making her unable to understand it for a moment.
At this moment, her other phone rang. It was her assistant. It was already night time and not working hours, so the assistant must have something important to report.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Ah, Sister Mi, it's like this. Didn't you agree to participate in the show 'The Son of Tomorrow' as a judge? The production team called just now and wanted to ask if you could help them contact Teacher Lu Bai and let him be a special guest or something in the first episode of the show. You said before that as long as it's anything related to Teacher Lu Bai, you have to be informed immediately, so..."
Yang Xiaomi was stunned when she heard this, but she immediately understood the purpose of the program team.
One had to know that among the four judges appointed by the Tomorrow's Child, one of them was Hua Chenyu, who had just apologized on the Internet. The production team obviously valued the recent popularity on the Internet and wanted Lu Bai to be a flying guest for the first episode.
In this way, Lu Bai and Hua Chenyu would meet again on the show's set. It was easy to imagine how popular they would be. If the first episode was explosive enough, the new variety show would be completely opened up.
That was why the production team wanted to ask Boss Yang to be the middleman.
"Alright, tell them I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee whether Teacher Lu Bai will agree or not.”
"Alright, Sister Mi..."
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