Chapter 146: Future Plans
“Knock, knock.”
There was a knock on the door.
Lu Yanhe thought that Zhou Ping'an had returned and left something here, but when he looked, it turned out to be Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan did not tell Lu Yanhe in advance that she was coming, so Lu Yanhe was surprised.
"Sister Zi Yan, why did you come to see me?"
It’s still so early.
Chen Ziyan said, "I just heard the news last night. Zhou Ping'an will be accompanying Vice President Ma on a business trip at ten this morning. I figured he would definitely come to you early this morning with the formal termination agreement to sign. Tu Song happened to be back today, so I stopped by."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Sister Zi Yan, you are amazing. Zhou Pingan just left."
"Yes, we met at the elevator entrance as well," Chen Ziyan said. "Here's the new contract. Take a look at it and give it to me after you've signed it."
Chen Ziyan took out three identical contracts from her bag.
The contract was terminated just as the new one came in.
Chen Ziyan had already prepared this new contract for Lu Yanhe, but because she didn't want to affect Lu Yanhe's college entrance examination, she had never given it to Lu Yanhe. She sent it to him now so that he could connect seamlessly.
Lu Yanhe picked up the contract and nodded, "Thank you, Sister Ziyan."
"What are you planning to do these days?" Chen Ziyan asked.
"I don't know. I haven't thought about it before. Let's take a few days off first. Aren't we going to start learning acting soon?" Lu Yanhe said.
"Yeah." Chen Ziyan nodded. "If you have nothing to do these few days, you can watch more movies and TV shows to see how others act. If you can't act at first, just imitate them. You have a good understanding. The last audition gave us a big surprise. Slowly learn to understand the character's psychology."
"good."
Chen Ziyan: "I'm going on a business trip tonight and won't be back for three days. Call me if you have anything."
"good."
Chen Ziyan looked at Lu Yanhe and suddenly laughed.
"You're always so good and well-behaved, I'm a little uncomfortable with it." Chen Ziyan said, "I've never managed an artist as obedient as you."
Lu Yanhe was a little at a loss.
Being obedient...is that wrong?
Lu Yanhe just habitually doesn't express his emotions on non-principle issues.
"It's fine this way. Just be comfortable with yourself, but don't be so timid in front of me. I'm not an agent like Zhou Ping'an. You can always communicate with me if you have any opinions or ideas," Chen Ziyan said. "I've said that you'll listen to me on all work matters, but if you have your own ideas, you can tell me directly. I'll consider them. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't allow artists to have their own ideas. I just don't like those stubborn, opinionated artists who are unprofessional, incompetent, and always talking nonsense."
Lu Yanhe laughed.
"I'm not like that, Sister Zi Yan, don't worry."
"Okay, I've got the contract. Nothing else to do, so I'm leaving now." Chen Ziyan said, "Tu Song is back. If you're bored these next couple of days, you can ask him out to play. He doesn't have any work arrangements these days."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Leave."
After seeing Chen Ziyan off, Lu Yanhe picked up the contract and looked at it carefully.
Although he believed that Chen Ziyan would not cheat him, he still had to read each item carefully when it came to this kind of thing.
Chen Ziyan sent it to him specifically for him to read and sign before coming back to her. The same logic applies.
She had adopted an "you have to listen to me" attitude from the beginning, but she had never forced him to trust her 100% on these matters.
In fact, after reading the terms of the contract, Lu Yanhe was a little shocked.
Because the content of this contract is obviously very favorable to him.
First, the contract is five years, not the eight or ten years typically reserved for new artists. This alone is incredibly rare. Artists need time to develop. Of the five-year period, the first two or three years are spent nurturing you and boosting your popularity, leaving you with only two years to generate revenue for the company. While renewal is possible, it's not until you've achieved fame that negotiations become more complex, and the company loses control.
Secondly, the contract clearly stated that Lu Yanhe's profit-sharing ratio with the company would be 3:7, up from 2:8 before. There was also a new additional clause: if Lu Yanhe's revenue for the company exceeded 5 million yuan, this ratio would be adjusted to 4:6. If Lu Yanhe's annual revenue exceeded 5 million yuan, this ratio would be further adjusted to 5:5. Finally, if Lu Yanhe's revenue exceeded 10 million yuan, this ratio would be renegotiated.
These two contents guarantee Lu Yanhe's great rights and interests.
Lu Yanhe only turned nineteen this year, and in five years he would be twenty-four. He was still in the prime of his career, and his bargaining power for contract renewals would be at an advantage. The additional profit-sharing clause guaranteed Lu Yanhe's future profits after he became famous.
There are many other very favorable conditions for Lu Yanhe, including providing him with an assistant and a nanny car during his work, and even two physical examinations a year.
Lu Yanhe was stunned when he saw the physical examination item. He really didn't think that he could enjoy such humane service.
After reading it, Lu Yanhe had nothing to say. He was even embarrassed to ask Li Zhibaijia's legal department to help him look at the contract.
Li Zhi would be jealous every time he saw it.
Lu Yanhe knew very well that he was able to get such a contract because of Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan has a high status and great authority in Star Entertainment, which is why she can offer such a generous contract to the artists under her.
Even if Zhou Ping'an is not a bad person, he does not have this authority.
-
What to do?
When this problem was put in front of Lu Yanhe, he himself had not thought of it.
Having experienced how crazy the summer after the college entrance examination was, he now didn't have the urge to vent all the pent-up frustration and hardship.
Before, I had a very focused goal every day which was to prepare for the exam, but now that the exam is over, I have nothing to do.
Lu Yanhe sorted out all his study materials and originally wanted to throw them away, but he was reluctant to do so.
Something that I have worked hard to save for a year.
He found a cardboard box to put it in, and looked around his room again. It was really... "bare walls", with nothing in it.
The original body had no money and lived a tight life, so he didn't buy anything. After he came here, he also broke one dollar into two and spent it frugally, which is why he has a small savings now.
Let’s go buy something first.
Lu Yanhe thought.
The company provided them with laptops in each room, so he definitely couldn't take them away, and Zhou Ping'an certainly wouldn't be willing to let him take them away. It was important for him to buy a laptop for himself first, after all, he still had to continue the live broadcast later.
Then, buy a few novels and read them. This is something you can livestream. I've been studying through livestreams before, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to swap textbooks for novels or other books. Reading more is always good for you. Lu Yanhe was able to get into a 985 university before, and he was able to perform consistently this time. He was influenced by traditional education, and the concept of "reading more" was deeply ingrained in his mind.
Chen Ziyan also said that as an artist, in the end it all depends on one’s character and how long one’s own qualities can be maintained.
Reading may not necessarily make him famous forever, but if he has knowledge in his head, he will have no worries.
Isn’t it true that the old saying goes, Books contain beautiful women and golden houses.
Lu Yanhe decided what he wanted to buy and prepared to go out. But before leaving, he remembered what Chen Ziyan said and contacted Tu Song.
"I'm going to buy a laptop and some books. Do you want to come with me?"
Tu Song was very surprised to receive his call, and it seemed that he didn't know that Lu Yanhe would sign under Chen Ziyan later.
But since it was the first time Lu Yanhe took the initiative to ask him out, he had nothing to do, so he agreed.
The two of them went out under the scorching June sun. Although the temperature had not yet reached its peak, it was still hot enough to make people sweat.
"How did you do in the exam this time?" Tu Song asked.
Lu Yanhe felt that he didn't really want to ask, he was just saying it casually.
"It's okay. It depends on what score you get in the end." He said, "You changed your agent in the past few months. I think you are much happier now, right?"
"Yeah." Tu Song's eyes lit up when he talked about this. "It's much better now. I'm already preparing to record my first single! It's an OST for a TV series!"
Lu Yanhe knew that Tu Song was determined to be a singer. He didn't want to act, record variety shows, or be a comedian. He was the one who loved singing the most in the Fengzhi group. Now he had the opportunity to sing his own single, even if it was just an OST, he was very happy.
"Congratulations! You can finally be a serious singer." Lu Yanhe said.
Tu Song said: "Sister Zi Yan is much better than Zhou Ping'an. I wasted more than two years under Zhou Ping'an."
As he was speaking, he suddenly remembered something and stopped talking.
He had heard that Zhou Ping'an was planning to terminate Lu Yanhe's contract.
Tu Song felt a little embarrassed, feeling that what he had just said was like showing off to Lu Yanhe.
He really didn't mean that!
Tu Song wanted to apologize to Lu Yanhe, but he didn't know what to say.
Seeing him hesitating and wanting to say something, Lu Yanhe became more certain that Tu Song still didn't know that Chen Ziyan had become his agent.
Since Chen Ziyan didn't say anything, Lu Yanhe didn't stop mentioning it.
"It's okay. I hate Zhou Ping'an too." Lu Yanhe said, "Don't worry, I won't go to Zhou Ping'an to complain."
"Who cares about him now?" Tu Song breathed a sigh of relief and pursed his lips. "I ran into him this morning. Was he here to see you?"
"No, Yan Liang and Li Zhibai are going to fly somewhere else today, so he came to give them some instructions." Lu Yanhe said.
"It's no surprise that Zhou Ping'an chose Cheng Hai, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang," Tu Song said. "The two most popular and the most obedient."
Tu Song was talking about what Zhou Ping'an had said before, that only three people would be left in the Fengzhi group to continue leading the group.
Lu Yanhe asked: "Then... the other two people, who?"
"I don't plan to be an artist anymore." Tu Song said, "Brother Ming is going to apply to a university overseas, and Xiaoshan is going home and said he's planning to open a store."
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Have you all given up?
This surprised Lu Yanhe.
Tu Song said, "Actually, if they stay, they just need to change agents. Even if Zhou Pingan doesn't want to take them, there will definitely be other agents willing to take them. Even if they don't do anything, the company will still give them a subsidy of 3,000 yuan per month. This is much better than the newcomers who have signed contracts now."
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he doesn't want to waste any more time."
Not everyone is like Lu Yanhe, with no way out.
You can apply to a university abroad or open a shop, both of which can be supported by your family, and you may not mind the monthly subsidy of 3,000 yuan.
They see no hope for development in the entertainment industry, and while they are still young, they can completely choose a different path.
Tu Song asked again: "When will the filming of 'The Golden Age' be started?"
Lu Yanhe said, "It will be filmed next month."
Tu Song asked: "Are you planning to be an actor in the future?"
"I don't know. Let's wait and see." Lu Yanhe said, "I have to go to college later, so I can't focus on this like you do."
Tu Song is different. He did not go to college.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both went to performing arts universities, but Tu Song didn't even go to a performing arts university.
I heard before that he always wanted to apply to a music college, but Zhou Ping'an didn't seem very happy about it.
I don’t know if he still has such thoughts now.
If so, Chen Ziyan wouldn't disagree, right?
Lu Yanhe chatted with Tu Song, bought a laptop according to his idea, and went to the bookstore for a stroll.
Tu Song followed him to the bookstore and was a little surprised.
"It turns out you really love reading." Tu Song sighed.
It seems that Tu Song also thought that Lu Yanhe was just pretending before.
The college entrance examination results have not come out yet, and basically no one knows that Lu Yanhe is a real academic master.
Lu Yanhe didn't explain. He picked up a few books in the literature and art area and prepared to check out.
"Lu Yanhe?!" A somewhat surprised voice sounded.
Lin Miaomiao stood behind Lu Yanhe, holding a plastic-covered book in her hands, her eyes shining.
"Are you here to buy books too?" Lin Miaomiao asked in surprise, looking at the books in Lu Yanhe's hand.
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe was also surprised to see Lin Miaomiao, and smiled. "I just finished my exam yesterday, so I came to take a look today."
Since the two of them added each other as friends, Lu Yanhe occasionally chatted with Lin Miaomiao a few times. He found that although she spoke bluntly and a little thoughtlessly, she was actually a very real and lively person.
He is still in his second year of high school - oh, no, after this summer vacation, he will be a senior.
Come to think of it, I was fooled by her before and really thought she was the host.
Lin Miaomiao asked, "How did you do on the exam? I watched your live broadcast yesterday. I just clicked on it and you went offline. I don't even know what you said."
This is because we went in too late and didn’t catch up with the hot weather.
Lu Yanhe said, "The test went okay. I didn't estimate my score, but I felt I performed well. I didn't encounter any particularly tricky or weird questions."
"As soon as you finish the exam, the real test questions will be sent to our group." Lin Miaomiao showed a headache expression, "Our homeroom teacher is a test king."
"I'm responsible for you." Lu Yanhe said.
Lin Miaomiao sighed, "You've made it. I still have another year to go. Senior year of high school, it's so hard just thinking about it."
"If you can get through this, you'll find freedom." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Keep going."
Tu Song walked over with a copy of "The World of Music".
He looked at Lu Yanhe curiously, then at Lin Miaomiao, and suddenly his face froze. "Are you Lin Miaomiao?"
Lin Miaomiao looked at Tu Song doubtfully and asked, "Do you know me?"
"Uh, I've met him once." Tu Song nodded, "My aunt took me to your father's birthday party."
When Lin Miaomiao heard this, her expression changed instantly.
She subconsciously glanced at Lu Yanhe, then said, "You've got the wrong person. I've never seen you before."
"Your name isn't Lin Miaomiao?" Tu Song asked back, "Isn't your father Lin Desheng from Northern Lights Video?"
“…”
Lu Yanhe looked at Lin Miaomiao's face and saw that she was in an inexplicable tangle and hesitation.
She seemed reluctant to admit that she was Lin Desheng's daughter.
But judging from Tu Song's reaction, he doesn't seem to be a vicious person, so why is he so afraid?
Lin Miaomiao suddenly glanced at Lu Yanhe again and said, "I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Lu Yanhe and Tu Song were both confused and didn't know what was wrong with her.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but ask Tu Song: "What's going on?"
"I was going to ask you something," Tu Song said, "how do you know her?"
Lu Yanhe said: "I ran into her last time when I was recording a program. She said she was the host of the live broadcast of the program and even interviewed me during the live broadcast."
"Well, she's probably just having fun. Do you know who she is?"
"Just now I heard you say that she is Lin Desheng's daughter? Who is Lin Desheng?"
"You must know the Northern Lights video, right?" Tu Song asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Of course, we know that it is one of the largest online video platforms.
Tu Song said: "The CEO of Northern Lights Video."
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Boss?
Tu Song said, "This Miss Lin is like a proud peacock outside. The time I saw her, many people were courting her, but she ignored them. I didn't expect you to be able to chat and laugh with her."
"Uh, I don't know who she is either." Lu Yanhe reacted. No wonder she had spoken so bossily when they first met. She was clearly a spoiled little girl at home. No wonder she dragged people in to interview him, pretending to be the host, and no one stopped her. They were all playing along with her. Wasn't that right? She was the Princess of Aurora Video.
Tu Song looked at Lu Yanhe thoughtfully and said, "She looks at you differently."
"I haven't met her many times."
"But she's happy to talk to you and smiles so happily," Tu Song said. "If you've seen how she treats others, you'll understand why I say that."
Lu Yanhe asked in surprise, "Is it really that exaggerated?"
"More than that." Tu Song said, "She's like that. To put it nicely, she's reserved. To put it bluntly, she's arrogant. But even so, there are still many people around her. Everyone wants to please her. After all, she's Mr. Lin's only child."
This chance encounter finally allowed Lu Yanhe to know Lin Miaomiao's identity.
On the one hand, he was surprised, and on the other hand, he felt as if he had suddenly realized something. All the previous clues were now connected together.
He only knew that Lin Miaomiao's family must be very rich, but he didn't know that she came from such a prominent family.
Today, the most powerful video platforms in China are all backed by large groups with strong capital support. The amount of resources at their disposal to run a video platform is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Especially for artists like Lu Yanhe.
But Lu Yanhe didn't have any other thoughts.
Get in touch with the Northern Lights video through Lin Miaomiao?
Of course it would be great if there is an opportunity, but there is no need to force it if there is no opportunity.
Lu Yanhe now feels that his whole life has been renewed. He has a feeling that as long as he works hard, he can achieve anything through his own efforts.
-
When I came back, it was almost noon.
The two of them went to a small restaurant at the entrance of the community to eat some rice before going back.
In the afternoon, Lu Yanhe thought that he couldn't just sit there doing nothing all the time.
Especially in the next few years, if nothing unexpected happens, he will have to study while balancing his acting career, so his time will be very tight.
He planned to make a plan for himself and write down what he was going to do next.
Including the things he knew before he traveled through time.
Novels, music, movies and TV dramas... these all only exist in his memory. If he doesn't write them down as much as possible while he still remembers them, his memory will become more and more vague, and there will be fewer and fewer things that can be reproduced.
Lu Yanhe eliminated the novel first.
Novels are entirely text, often reaching tens or even hundreds of thousands of words, which is still considered a small amount.
He only remembered the plot, and it would be impossible for him to reproduce a novel now.
However, good stories and good ideas can be written down first. If there is a chance in the future, you can ask someone else to adapt them into scripts. For example, the most famous detective novels by Agatha Christie, whether it is "Murder on the Orient Train" or "Death on the Nile", the criminal tricks can actually be interpreted into a new novel story - as long as it is confirmed that similar tricks have never appeared in the world.
The same is true for film and television dramas. He can only write down good stories and good ideas first for later use.
The only thing that can be reproduced quickly now is songs.
It's a pity that he doesn't understand music scores. Speaking of which, can he learn some music this summer, at least so that he can learn the basics and write down the melody in his mind?
Since he couldn't do it now, he would hum each song one by one and record them on his mobile phone so that he wouldn't forget them in the future.
After completing these plans, Lu Yanhe began to think about what else he could do.
This time and space is also developing, and things like e-commerce and online payment methods have also developed.
After thinking for a long time, Lu Yanhe discovered that the space available for him to display his abilities as a time traveler was actually very small, and it was basically concentrated in the field of content creation - only this field was too dependent on personal creative thinking rather than the development process of society, so it was difficult for similar works to appear.
There's nothing we can do about that.
The first is to record and reproduce, and the second is to find ways to improve your abilities.
Just like Lu Yanhe could sing many songs, but because he couldn't compose music, he couldn't write the sheet music himself and had to ask Chen Siqi for help. He also knew many successful film and television drama stories and novels, but he didn't have the ability to write them into scripts or novels, so for the time being he could only sigh in despair.
Want to learn how to write a novel? Or a screenplay?
These abilities must be learned.
Lu Yanhe made several plans for himself.
This summer, in addition to taking acting classes to improve his acting skills and joining the crew to film, he also has to learn basic musical notation, improve his writing skills, and start learning how to write stories.
After listing the plans one by one, Lu Yanhe felt more and more at ease.
He found himself actually afraid that he would have nothing to do.
Before traveling through time, he had never felt this way.
Changed.
Noticing the change in himself, he was momentarily bewildered.
No matter how actively you try to integrate into this world, you still cannot change the fact that you are an outsider.
No matter what, I am always haunted by a sense of unease and instinctively want to make myself stronger so that I can face any unfavorable situations that may arise in the future.
The phone vibrated.
Lu Yanhe came back to his senses and picked up his phone.
Lin Miaomiao sent a message: Did your friend tell you who I am?
Lu Yanhe: Yeah.
Lin Miaomiao: You...don’t expect me to help you. Although my father is Lin Desheng, I can’t say anything.
Lu Yanhe: “…”
The familiar Lin Miaomiao, who was sharp-tongued the moment she spoke, is back.
He said: I don't expect you to be able to help me.
Lin Miaomiao: That’s good.
Lu Yanhe didn't know whether Lin Miaomiao was really out of her mind and spoke without considering other people's feelings, or whether she said this just to make it clear that he wanted to be frank. But since he had known Lin Miaomiao for a long time when he first met her, he was not very angry.
At first, I thought the girl was lucky not to be put in a sack and beaten.
Lin Miaomiao added: Actually, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s that I really can’t help. My dad will never look at anyone more just because he pleases me.
Lu Yanhe sighed and replied: Don’t think too much about it, I really don’t care about this matter.
The main reason was that he felt that he was not really familiar with her.
We only met a few times in total, and we couldn't even be called friends.
If he hadn't met her outside the hospital that time and been comforted by her by accident, he wouldn't even feel close to her.
Now there is only a little bit.
At this moment, someone suddenly @ him in the class group, and a prompt popped up on his phone.
He used to dislike the noise, so he set the class group message notification to do not disturb mode.
He clicked on it and saw that everyone was calling for a gathering tonight.
While the college entrance examination results have not yet come out, I am counting the number of people who can attend the party tonight.
Lu Yanhe replied, "I can."
After a while, Linyu sent the booked place to the group.
She said: This restaurant has a large private room. The screen in the middle can be removed and three tables can be placed there, which can seat about forty people. Teacher Liu said that there is still about a thousand yuan of class funds that have not been used up, and asked me to go to her to get it when the class has activities. It can be used for dinner today.
Everyone responded.