No matter how lively the outside world's discussion of Li Yichen is, in addition to going to a driving school to learn to drive, he still lives a life from home to TV station, almost two points and one line.

In mid-December, Li Yichen participated in the recording of the first episode of "The Masked Singer", because he is the host, so he is one of the few people who knows the true identity of the first singer of this show.

But because of the confidentiality agreement, he couldn't tell anyone, and he had to hold it until the singer was replaced by another challenger.

"The first singer is actually the captain of an idol group!"

Li Yichen's heart was secretly shocked.

Sure enough, as long as the contestants wear special masks to hide their identities, regardless of age, gender, occupation, or seniority, they can compete only by singing, and any outcome can happen.

A week later, the first episode of "The Masked Singer" was broadcast, and it became an instant hit, triggering heated discussions among the audience, and everyone was speculating about who would become the singer in the end.

At the end of December, Li Yichen participated in the script seminar of "My Love from the Star", met with all the actors in the crew for the first time, and also cooperated with the actors' script study, and revised some unreasonable dialogues on the spot.

In the busy, the year slips away, and the new year arrives.

On January 2, Li Yichen finally received his year-end bonus.

A whole million!

plus the income from appearing in variety shows this year, endorsement income, and so on.

His total after-tax income this year is nearly two million!

Li Yichen looked at the balance of the bank account and thought that he had not woken up.

After washing his face with cold water, he opened his pay slip and looked at it carefully.

The starring fee of "Love Hunter" is 50,000, 40,000 after tax, 666,600 project dividends, and 460,300 after tax.

The performance fee of "Cabin in the Woods" is also 50,000 yuan, 40,000 yuan after tax, 200,000 yuan in project dividends, and 143,000 yuan after tax.

The endorsement fee for "One Day Classroom" is 120,000 yuan, and 88,600 yuan after tax.

The starring fee of "Sister Over Flowers" is 180,000, 129,400 after tax, 300,000 project dividends, and 211,000 after tax.

The performance fee of "Island Cabin" is 550,000 yuan, 381,000 yuan after tax, because the program is on the air, and the project dividend will not be paid until the beginning of next year.

There is also a host subsidy of 50,000 yuan for the East Film Award, 40,000 yuan after tax, 200,000 yuan for traffic subsidies, and 143,000 yuan after tax.

The annual salary plus bonus is almost 100,000.

Finally, there is the after-tax income of 143,000 received from hosting an issue of "The Masked Singer".

Over the course of a year, Li Yichen's pre-tax income was as much as 2.6 million.

He never thought that one day, he would pay more than 700,000 yuan just to pay taxes.

Get rich, this is a rich.

"Dongchuan Dad, I love you!"

In the next week, the corners of Li Yichen's mouth never went down, and he was happy all day long, and when he worked, the energy in his body seemed to be endless.

"Xiao Chen, when it comes to dinner, what do you think of?"

In mid-January, Wang Gaoming suddenly invited Li Yichen to the small square outside the TV station and asked with a smile.

Li Yichen saw the cameras around him and finally stopped laughing.

"Did the show start recording?"

Li Yichen asked cautiously.

"yes, I'm really sorry I forgot to tell you when the show was recorded."

Although Wang Gaoming said so, Li Yichen didn't feel any sincerity in his apology.

"So what Director Wang told me before, the variety show that explores folk cuisine, is it just dinner?"

"That's right, since ancient times, the folk have produced masters, and the same is true for food, which is hidden in the folk."

Wang Gaoming said seriously, anyway, as long as it is not exposed, what he said is right.

Even if it is debunked, as long as he doesn't admit it, what he said is still right.

"Our show is called "Please Give Me a Meal", as the name suggests, it is to visit people's homes at dinner time, eat with them, talk about the shortcomings of parents, and feel the meaning of happiness from ordinary daily life......

“……”

What is the meaning of happiness......

This can't help but remind Li Yichen of the days of picking mushrooms and wild fruits during the recording of "Cabin in the Woods".

"So the program team has already arranged a place for dinner, and I'll just go over and eat it, right?"

Li Yichen said cautiously.

"No, no, no, random, random visits......"

Wang Gaoming shook his index finger: "From six to eight o'clock in the evening, during the two-hour dinner time, you have to go to the street by yourself and knock on the door......

"Begging?!"

Li Yichen exclaimed.

Sure enough, this variety show is not so simple.

"How can you say begging......"

Wang Gaoming smiled dryly: "Rubbing rice, it's rubbing rice......"

Li Yichen was completely dumbfounded, regardless of whether it was begging or rubbing rice, it didn't all mean the same thing.

He just imagined in his mind that he was knocking on a stranger's door, licking his face and asking for food, and he shivered with embarrassment.

"No, Director Wang, can this variety show work? If no one is willing to accept my rubbing, will they have to stay in a stalemate? This variety show is definitely going to end! ”

Li Yichen brought out his set of "show end theory" again.

"Don't worry, in order for the show not to end, we have formulated a whole set of rules."

After speaking, Wang Gaoming clapped his hands, and the two staff members behind him took out a small blackboard and put it in front of Li Yichen.

These are the rules of this show:

First, the rice is carried out in an area, and the target of the rice must be the residents of the area.

Second, the time for dinner is between 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening, if you still don't get dinner after the time, then you can retreat and go to the convenience store in the designated area, and use the funds given by the program team to invite a customer to have dinner together, but the invited customer must also be a resident of the area.

Thirdly, within the specified time, the invitation of passers-by can be accepted, but the passer-by must be residents of the area.

Fourth, when you come to eat in the area, the owner must be present, agree to the invitation and be on camera, and you can only join when the owner is ready to eat or is eating, if the owner refuses to be invited, refuses to be on camera, or has already eaten dinner, you cannot skip the meal.

Fifth, you can't book a meal before 6 p.m., and if you have a snack from a passerby, you can only eat it if the mission is successful or if the mission fails.

Sixth, if the invitation is rejected, you can't ask about the house again in the future, and similarly, if you succeed in a family, you can still ask in the future. ”

Wang Gaoming finished reading the six rules of rubbing rice, and gave Li Yichen a period of time to digest the rules before continuing.

"We still have a very important quest item for you first."

"What props? Money? ”

Li Yichen was slightly looking forward to it.

I saw Wang Gaoming take a long-handled soup spoon from the staff behind him, and then handed it to Li Yichen.

"Take it, this is the cutlery you will have for dinner tonight."

“……”

Li Yichen stared at the soup spoon in his hand and was speechless for a long time.