After putting the suitcase away, Lu Yanhe turned around and looked at Chen Ziyan, wondering if she had any other plans.
At this time, Chen Ziyan also hung up the phone.
She said, "I have a dinner appointment with Lei Shuangcheng, the producer of 'The Golden Age'. We'll meet up later tonight. You can rest first, and I'll get a room to rest. I've been driving for almost four hours and my back is sore."
Lu Yanhe immediately said, "Okay, Sister Ziyan, go and get some rest."
Chen Ziyan left.
Lu Yanhe was a little tired after sitting in the car for such a long time, so he lay on the bed for a while.
I just wanted to lie down for a while, but I fell asleep unexpectedly.
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Some people start taking a nap because they are tired, while others can't fall asleep.
Why weren't those photos published online?
This question has been lingering in Lin Suyang's mind for several days.
Li Zhibai has already obtained the photos, and he has confirmed this with the storage and access department.
Now that he had obtained them, Lin Suyang couldn't see any reason why Li Zhibai would not use these photos to retaliate against Ma Zhiyuan.
The two of them had been at odds for a long time, and the laser pen incident had just happened. Based on Lin Suyang's understanding of Li Zhibai, after the latter got the photo and knew that Ma Zhiyuan had a secret girlfriend, he would definitely expose it as soon as possible.
What went wrong?
During this period, Lin Suyang was not idle.
He talked to Qu Yousong, Wei Zhuoran, Jiang Bai and Chen Jing one by one, and they talked about what happened after Ma Zhiyuan left MX.
Lin Suyang wants to stabilize the morale of the troops and let everyone feel at ease staying in MX.
Ma Zhiyuan's departure was a good thing for MX. He wanted everyone to believe this.
We can't let this go on and on.
Lin Suyang turned on the computer in front of him and clicked on one of the documents about the subsequent development of MX.
This document was not made in the past few days. Since MX started to prepare, this document has been in his computer and has been continuously improved.
Lin Suyang was once full of ambition to make MX the most popular idol group, and he succeeded.
However, his documents can only clearly list the key tasks and plans for each stage, but cannot fully capture the changes in people.
For management companies, artists are the commodities they sell.
But for brokers, this is a product that changes and has its own ideas. If you want to control it and prevent it from escaping from your palm, you have to constantly improve yourself.
If he is Sun Wukong, you must cultivate yourself to become Tathagata Buddha. This is the relationship between an agent and an artist.
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Lu Yanhe was awakened by the buzzing sound of his cell phone.
I looked at the time and it was only four o'clock in the afternoon. I had been dozing for less than an hour.
The afternoon sun is still bright, dazzling even through the white gauze curtains.
He got up from the bed, sat at the head of the bed and picked up his cell phone.
The continuous vibration sound came from the group of three people.
Li Zhibai: Has Lao Lu arrived?
Li Zhibai: So boring.
Yan Liang: What are you doing? Aren't you doing a brand event?
Li Zhibai: It’s a brand event. I heard those people talking about all sorts of concepts and descriptions, and I thought it was nonsense and I didn’t want to listen.
Yan Liang: You are a close friend of the brand, please fulfill your job responsibilities well.
Li Zhibai: I’m standing here.
Yan Liang: And then you just kept your head down playing with your phone?
Li Zhibai: Anyway, no one is looking at me now. They are chatting and I am strolling here. They held an exhibition today, displaying their classic works from the past few decades.
Yan Liang: It sounds quite high-end.
Li Zhibai: It does look quite high-end, but I really find it boring.
Lu Yanhe typed and asked: What brand is this?
Li Zhibai: JP.
Lu Yanhe: Isn't this a jewelry company? When did you become a close friend of their brand?
Li Zhibai: Today, it was just announced.
Lu Yanhe: I was wondering why I had no impression of you, but don't jewelry brands usually look for female celebrities for brand collaborations? Why did you choose you?
Li Zhibai: How would I know, but there were quite a lot of fans at the scene.
Lu Yanhe: Then I understand.
Yan Liang: This is not good. Having business is not good.
Li Zhibai: That’s right, it’s good to make money.
Lu Yanhe: I just arrived at the hotel and took a nap when you woke me up.
Li Zhibai: How is the hotel environment?
Lu Yanhe said: It’s okay, just an ordinary hotel room, nothing special.
Li Zhibai: Tsk tsk, it seems your crew is not very nice to you. When I was filming "To the End of the World with You", they booked a luxury suite for me to live in.
Lu Yanhe: How can I compare with you? I'm not some big shot.
Li Zhibai: "The Golden Age" is not a small crew. It's such a big drama, and you have to be careful about the knocking and searching. It seems that the producer is not a generous person.
Lu Yanhe: Speaking of which, I have to have dinner with the producer tonight. Sister Zi Yan has made an appointment with him.
Li Zhibai: This is the biggest advantage of having a reliable agent. When you go to a new place, he will take you to visit the boss first, and then you will have someone to protect you in the crew.
Lu Yanhe: I was a little scared. I didn’t know what to say in this kind of situation, and I didn’t know how to react.
Yan Liang: When you don’t know what to say, just laugh.
Li Zhibai: That’s right. Usually, in such occasions, I just meet him and leave everything else to Zhou Ping’an. I just do my own thing.
Yan Liang: Like you are doing now, secretly playing with your phone at work?
Li Zhibai: You care about more things than Zhou Ping'an.
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Just after he finished typing this sentence, someone suddenly came over and started talking to him.
"The suit you are wearing today is very handsome. Is it custom-made by Lord Fost?" A woman in a blue dress approached and smiled at Li Zhibai, holding a glass of champagne in her hand, her eyes fell on Li Zhibai.
Li Zhibai knew her, she was Chen Zhu, a senior executive of JP Jewelry.
The host just introduced it.
"Lord Fost?" Li Zhibai frowned in confusion. "Sorry, I don't know what brand this is. My agent borrowed it for me."
Chen Zhu laughed in surprise.
"Then don't you know that our JP Jewelry, like Lord Fost, belongs to the Huanjin Group and is actually one family?" Chen Zhu asked.
Li Zhibai shook his head hesitantly.
He was still confused and didn't know why she suddenly came to tell him this.
"Then do you know that your family's company is being acquired by Huan Jin?" Chen Zhu dropped a bombshell.
Li Zhibai was stunned.
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At 6 pm, the MX official account released a message, which immediately became a hot search topic:
In order to better promote Ma Zhiyuan's personal development, from today on, Ma Zhiyuan will withdraw from the MX group and continue to develop his acting career as an individual. Thank you Ma Zhiyuan for your contribution to the MX group and wish him all the best.
This news was pushed to everyone's mobile phones by major apps in the form of headline news.
To the outside world, this news came out of nowhere.
Many people even choose not to believe it at first.
However, the account that posted the message is a genuine MX combination certified account.
The fans of the MX group were shocked and couldn't recover for a long time.
But Ma Zhiyuan's fans started singing and dancing.
When Lu Yanhe received the message on his mobile phone, Ma Zhiyuan's fans had already pushed the entry #Congratulations to Ma Zhiyuan# to sixth place on the hot search list.
He didn't have time to think about it because he had already followed Chen Ziyan to the restaurant.
"Oh, Zi Yan, it's been a long time since we last met. Look at you, you look so radiant!"
A man in a blue stand-up collar short-sleeved shirt was waiting for them at the restaurant door. As soon as they met, he gave Chen Ziyan a warm hug.
Lu Yanhe knew without asking that this person was Lei Shuangcheng, the producer of "The Golden Age".
Lei Shuangcheng is 43 years old this year. He has been working with director Luo Yuzhong for almost 15 years. He is the producer of every project of Luo Yuzhong and the person who has the closest relationship with and whom he trusts the most.
Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Lei Shuangcheng and Chen Ziyan were also old acquaintances.
But think about it, with Chen Ziyan's experience, in this entertainment industry, apart from this group of newcomers, there are very few people Chen Ziyan doesn't know.
Chen Ziyan's face showed the same "flowery" smile that Lu Yanhe had just seen in the afternoon.
"You are already in your forties, but you still stare at other people's faces when you meet them. Be careful that your sister-in-law will get jealous." There was a hint of tenderness between Chen Ziyan's eyebrows.
Lei Shuangcheng said immediately: "Your sister-in-law trusts me. She knows that I have the intention but not the courage to do it."
Chen Ziyan turned around and beckoned Lu Yanhe with her hand, saying, "Yanhe, come here and say hello to your Uncle Lei."
Uncle Lei?!
Lu Yanhe's eyes almost popped out of his head.
Although Chen Ziyan said so, Lu Yanhe certainly didn't dare to really call Lei Shuangcheng Uncle Lei.
"Hello, I'm Lu Yanhe."
Lei Shuangcheng smiled and patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder, saying, "You're amazing, young man. You scored so high on the college entrance exam. I'll let my child learn from you later."
Lu Yanhe smiled and said no problem.
Chen Ziyan asked, "Are they here?"
Lei Shuangcheng said: "Not yet. You made an appointment with them at 7 o'clock, how could they arrive now?"
"Don't you think I'd like to chat with you and reminisce about the past?" Chen Ziyan glared at Lei Shuangcheng.
She turned to Lu Yanhe and said, "Yanhe, go in first. Your uncle Lei and I will have a cup of tea in the teahouse next door."
Next to this restaurant is a tea house.
A specially chosen place.
Lei Shuangcheng: "Stop, what Uncle Lei? I'm not that old yet, just call me Brother Lei."
Lu Yanhe readily followed suit and called him Brother Lei.
Chen Ziyan curled her lips and said, "You're already so old, and you're still calling me Brother Lei."
Lu Yanhe smiled harmlessly.
"How old am I? I'm just over forty?" Lei Shuangcheng said, "Okay, Xiao Lu, you go in first. We'll come over later to the Fengchun box."
Lu Yanhe nodded and went into the restaurant first.
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"It's been a while since we last met."
Lei Shuangcheng personally brought a cup of tea he had brewed to Chen Ziyan.
"There are some things that, even if I want to escape, I can't." Chen Ziyan shook her head. "So, why should I leave this place where I have struggled for so many years? This place belongs to me, and I belong here too."
"You're suited to being a manager, that's been proven long ago. I don't understand why you keep trying, bringing someone up, then taking a break like you've accomplished your mission, only to come back after a year or two." Lei Shuangcheng shook his head. "But are you sure you want to start with new talent? It'll probably take them another four or five years from entering the industry to becoming a top talent. Once they're stable at the top, it's up to fate before they can strive for higher positions. Why don't you continue to manage the artists you already had?"
"Everyone already has their own fixed team and staff, so why should I get involved?" said Chen Ziyan.
Lei Shuangcheng: "If you're willing to continue to manage them, I think someone among them will definitely be willing to let you continue to be their agent. I heard that Shang Yongzhou is in contact with director Jin Zhiyan's new play. Did you make the connection?"
"How come you are so well-informed?" Chen Ziyan couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Lei Shuangcheng: "Shang Yongzhou said it himself. It's a pity that you broke up with him too early."
"He's already one of the top actors in the country, so why would I regret it?" Chen Ziyan shook her head. "Even if I kept him company, it wouldn't be any better than it is now."
From the perspective of career development, Shang Yongzhou has reached the peak of his career and will not be able to reach a higher position.
Lei Shuangcheng laughed.
"Isn't that your charm? You've made a top-tier actor always think of you and never forget you." He said, "Lu Yanhe, Tu Song, Wen Minglan, among these three, who will make it to this point in the end? Do you have any idea?"
Chen Ziyan shook her head. "No, it all depends on their own development."
"I see you have some preference for Lu Yanhe."
"It's just that he doesn't have any support behind him, so I paid a little more attention to him." Chen Ziyan said, "He's just a kid, and it's his first time filming, so you should also pay more attention to him."
"Do I need you to tell me that? How could I not take care of your artist?" Lei Shuangcheng's tone seemed to show some surprise that Chen Ziyan spoke so politely.
Chen Ziyan: "Maybe it's because I'm old, I always automatically have the mentality of an old mother towards young people."
"You should really find a suitable man to marry and become a real old mother."
"I—" Chen Ziyan shook her head. "Forget it. My identity is dishonorable, so I shouldn't pass this dishonor on to the next generation."
"What are you talking about!" Lei Shuangcheng was furious. "Who dares to say that your identity is dishonorable? What does the affairs of the previous generation have to do with you? You are always like this, belittling yourself. There are obviously many men who are attracted to you."
Seeing that he was angry, Chen Ziyan also smiled.
"Okay, I won't say any more. You're the same. Once the project starts, you can't go home for several months. You should think more about your sister-in-law and children, and don't just think about giving them money. You can't support your wife and children without money, but you can't keep your wife and children just because you have money."
"I have a very close relationship with my wife and children," Lei Shuangcheng said immediately. "I'm telling you, I'm not exaggerating. I've never met a more responsible man than me."
Chen Ziyan: "I know, that's why I dare to ask you for help, Brother Lei. You are righteous, loyal, and good to your friends. Everyone in the circle knows it."
"What do you want me to do for you?" Lei Shuangcheng asked.
"Let Tu Song sing an OST for this drama." Chen Ziyan smiled brightly and charmingly, but without any ambiguity between men and women. Instead, she was generous and frank.
Lei Shuangcheng nodded readily, "It's just a small matter, okay."