I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 348: The salty star and the lazy company (asking for monthly tickets)

“When the agent showed up with a new guy I’d never met, I knew it wasn’t going to be that simple.

That’s my kitchen. Why are newcomers so shameless nowadays that they treat my home like their own when they enter it? "

At noon, Qi Guan Mingzhu and Jinli had lunch together.

They were eating spicy hot pot in a private room. The restaurant was opened by a first-line celebrity and they attach great importance to confidentiality. There would be no paparazzi lurking around, so Qi Guan Mingzhu suggested drinking some wine.

Jinli thought about it and agreed, but she didn't drink, she just agreed to let Qi Guan Mingzhu drink.

While Jinli was concentrating on eating, Qi Guan Mingzhu drank three small glasses of white wine and two glasses of red wine without noticing.

Because of the mixed drinks and the fact that he didn't drink often, Qi Guan Mingzhu successfully got himself drunk and then started the drunk complaining mode.

Jinli was helpless and didn't know how to save the situation. She simply removed all the wine on the table, replaced it with Sprite, and then ate the spicy hot pot slowly.

Qi Guan Mingzhu, who was drunk, didn't know that what he was drinking was Sprite. The more he drank, the angrier he became. The grievances and frustration in his heart surged up in his mind, and he started cursing.

“I just don’t understand. Even if a company wants to bring in new people, it has to be gradual, right?

I'm a first-tier star, at least give me a second-tier or third-tier star, not an unknown eighteenth-tier star who just signed a contract!"

Jinli agreed: "Yeah."

Qi Guan Mingzhu: "It would be fine if she asked me to lead it, but she even had the wild idea to set her sights on "Leisurely Slow Life". Is this kind of popular variety show something a newcomer can participate in? Many first-line stars want to be on it but can't, why does she think a newcomer can be on it?"

Jinli agreed: "Yes, yes."

Qi Guan Mingzhu: "I have been in the industry for so many years, and Century Entertainment's level of shamelessness and ruthlessness is comparable to the top five entertainment companies!"

Jinli agreed: "Yes, yes."

Qi Guan Mingzhu: "Imperialism is determined to destroy us! I must stand up bravely and create a clear and bright world! Rise up, people who don't want to be slaves! Give us our..."

Jinli put down her bowl and chopsticks, walked to Qi Guan Mingzhu, patted her trembling body, and stroked her back.

Qi Guan Mingzhu's mood finally improved a little, and a hint of clarity returned to his eyes.

Jinli glanced at her. She just cursed and drank a glass of Sprite. She drank quite a lot. She should have sobered up a little, right?
Jinli asked: "Are you feeling better?"

Qi Guan Mingzhu said in a muffled voice, lowered her head, and buried it in the pillow in her arms, "Much better."

Jinli: "Are you happy?"

Qi Guan Mingzhu: "Well, I feel much better now that I've said it."

Jinli was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Have you thought it over? Are you sure it's not an impulse and you won't regret it in the future? I don't want you to make such an important decision when you're drunk."

Qi Guan Mingzhu was silent for a long time this time. Jinli sat back opposite her and continued to eat the spicy hot pot.

Ten minutes later, Qi Guan Mingzhu seemed to come back to her senses from a dream, still with a slightly dazed look: "I've made up my mind, let's do this, I want to terminate my contract with Century Entertainment."

Jinli: "Now that you've made up your mind, what are you going to do? Your contract doesn't expire until March next year, and it's still September, so there's still half a year."

Qi Guan Mingzhu said with hatred: "I want them to pay the price!"

Jinli held her forehead with her hand: "...Wake up, you are not still drunk, I would not have let you drink if I had known, who knew you would become like this after drinking."

Looking back on the past, she had never seen Pearl drunk. At that time, she could drink quite well.

It was just a few glasses and she fell down so easily. It seems that she hasn't touched alcohol much in recent years.

That’s right, if there is not much pressure, who would like cigarettes and alcohol?

After switching jobs to a new company, there is no need for socializing at all. The new company is eager to pamper all the Pink Girls members.

In addition, due to the restrictions of the contract terms, even though their popularity has declined since then, no one dared to criticize them.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. As long as you are still in the company, you will never let the company become poor.

Qi Guan Mingzhu was silent for a long time, and then whispered, "I can't stay here any longer. I have been unhappy since I became famous last year."

She stared at the spicy hot pot in front of her, but her thoughts drifted far away.

“When I first changed jobs to Century Entertainment, the company also had this kind of situation, but because I had just changed jobs and didn’t want to fall out so quickly, I just endured it.

But just half a year later, my popularity dropped drastically, the quality of the invitations I received was very poor, and I didn't make much money. I started to get angry and said that at worst we could just part ways. The company was afraid that I would leave, so they stopped paying any attention to me.

From then on, the company no longer forced me to take notices I didn’t like. Even if they wanted to make money later, they would only bother me once every one or two months. I helped as much as I could when I was free, so overall my life was pretty leisurely.”

If you can endure the days, then just endure it.

She is not a girl who has never been involved in housework. Although she comes from a well-off family, the company relies on her alone to make money, and her team also needs her. She will not be so willful and only care about herself.

There is a saying that goes, behind a famous star, it is actually the star’s team that puts in the hard work.

Celebrities are just external images packaged and created by the team, so the opinions of celebrities are sometimes very weak in the team.

Because this kind of star represents not only himself, but also the team of dozens of people behind him. Everyone shares the benefits and they form a cooperative community.

For example, there are some notices that celebrities cannot just refuse to accept if they don’t want to.

His team also needs to make a living, so if the benefits are right, then they have no choice but to go. The team forces the star to go. It is impossible for the star to make a lot of money while the team behind him has nothing.

For many announcements and activities, it is not up to the stars to decide on their own, but rather it is a discussion among dozens of people in the team to decide whether to accept or not.

There are very few stars who can have the final say. If there is, it means that the star has already become popular and can have traffic even without the hype of the team, and the team behind the operation is dispensable.

Jinli is one of them.

In this regard, Marchday can't compare to her.

Marchday’s current success is inseparable from the team’s hype and operation, which is also the disadvantage of traffic stars.

Traffic is the key to success or failure.

Qi Guan Mingzhu said in a hoarse voice: "Sometimes I feel that I am under a lot of pressure, but the company did not accept many variety shows and endorsements for me without my permission, so I turned a blind eye.

But since I was re-evaluated as a first-tier star last year and became completely popular again, Century Entertainment has changed. They have been accepting more and more notices for me without my permission. Now they want me to train new people and take my resources away from them... They are so greedy!"

Jinli said in a deep voice: "You are famous, and the benefits you can bring are greater, far more than the period of lying flat. Century Entertainment is counting on you to make money, so it is impossible not to exploit you."

Interests are the fundamental contradiction. If we can't resolve this problem, we will never be able to reach an agreement with Century Entertainment.

But the saddest thing is that we know the problem but cannot solve it.

I can't tell the company...

"You should earn less money so that I can have more rest!"

Company: Ah, it feels like being hit by a car.

Jinli did not let Qi Guan Mingzhu continue to communicate with the company. She knew that Zhenzhu was not a tolerant person and was afraid that she had communicated with the company a long time ago, but the company did not take it seriously.

Jinli asked: "What do you want from the company?"

Qi Guan Mingzhu: "Less money means less work! Sacrifice yourself for me! Lie down first!"

Jinli smiled: "What an easy-to-achieve condition, why don't you just quit the circle." Qiguan Mingzhu: ...

Jinli personally scalded a piece of beef, put it into Zhenzhu's bowl with a serving chopstick, and said slowly:

"Let me introduce you to Chenxi Entertainment. You can also look for Mengmeng later and talk to her. Her situation is different from mine, and she is closer to you."

Qi Guan Mingzhu the little chicken pecked at the rice and nodded, as devoutly as if it was eating the food fed by a big boss.

"The company Chenxi Entertainment is rich, very rich. The boss who invested in it is rich and is a financial venture capitalist. Chenxi Entertainment is just a project he founded in his spare time.

Our company is only considered second-tier among the companies he holds shares in. It makes a profit, but not much, so it is not valued by the boss. "

Qi Guan Mingzhu's eyes lit up: "This background sounds very strong."

Jinli: "Yes, it is very strong. In this era, the rich are the masters. People who borrow money have to beg for repayment. Having money is a powerful capital. But——"

She changed the subject and said, "In the entertainment industry, it's not enough to just have money. You need connections to have resources. Where do connections come from?"

Qi Guan Mingzhu's alcohol-filled brain was still a little dazed, wondering: "Yeah, where did it come from?"

Jinli was speechless: "You have to give money to people, then you will naturally have connections."

Qi Guan Mingzhu clapped his hands: "Yes, yes, we have to give money!"

Jinli no longer expected her to be able to think, and continued: "But Chenxi Entertainment doesn't really manage its connections because it doesn't want to give money.

The company suffered losses every year. It only waited until I finally made a comeback and got promoted to a first-tier company, getting rid of the embarrassing position of negative assets. Only then did the company open several new departments and recruit dozens of people.

Therefore, Chenxi Entertainment will never give money to others. They would rather spend money to open the way and get admission tickets than to build relationships with others. "

Spending money to pave the way is targeting the incident, and we are not targeting the person but the matter.

I have given you the money, so you must let me do this!

——This is the attitude of Chenxi Entertainment.

But if you try to build relationships with people, it will be a never-ending bottomless pit.

This one wants to pay, that one wants to pay, and the other one also wants money... Everyone wants to get in on the action, and it's too much, it's better not to give anything.

Jinli briefly described the company's situation and frankly said, "In fact, it's mainly because the boss didn't see Chenxi Entertainment as his own retreat, so he didn't run it carefully. This company is just muddling along from top to bottom.

If you want to make your company bigger and stronger, obtain the latest first-hand information in the circle, and bring back high-quality resources from time to time, you must build connections.

It is because they don’t take it seriously that they don’t manage the business with all their heart. They just get by day by day, since they can make money anyway.”

Even though Chenxi Entertainment is now a hot second-tier company, it has established several new departments and recruited dozens of people.

But Jinli often goes to the company and knows that the company is only testing the waters in terms of investment and is quite conservative in terms of artist affairs.

Seeing that He Yixuan, a senior second-tier star, has never been promoted to a first-tier star, and no money has been spent on resources for her, the best she has done is to exchange resources with other companies...

From this we can see that Chenxi Entertainment actually has no ambition.

In other companies, artists rely on the company to provide resources and then be promoted to the top.

Chenxi Entertainment, on the other hand, hopes that the artists will become popular and bring resources to the company, that is, rely on personal ability to be promoted to the first-tier.

It’s not that Chenxi Entertainment’s model is bad, it’s just that it doesn’t fit in with the business strategy of large companies.

Jinli distinguishes between public and private matters and sees things very clearly.

Although Sister Fang is very capable, she is powerless when she meets a company that does not take the initiative to build relationships and compete for resources.

Although this model cannot achieve great success, it will not result in losses.

You really won’t lose.

The resources are all attracted by the stars through their popularity, strength and luck. The company has hardly paid anything, so how could it possibly lose money?

Qi Guan Mingzhu said quietly: "This company is pretty good. It's my dream company. I just don't like to take too many notices."

Jinli glanced at her and said ruthlessly: "But you can't be too lazy, Mengmeng is the best example.

She is more of a nobody than you, but her popularity has also risen to the top. She has a lot of notices, and Sister Fang will ask her to participate from time to time, and won’t let her stay away for a long time. "

Qi Guan Mingzhu whispered again: "I want to go through Mengmeng's schedule, which is already very easy, okay? She is really too lazy, ah, I really want to be her..."

Jinli chuckled, stretched out her hand and said to her, "Then I welcome you to join Chenxi Entertainment in advance."

Qi Guan Mingzhu did not shake hands with her, but stretched out his hands and clapped them, and a crisp and pleasant clapping sound was heard in the room.

After eating the spicy hot pot, Jinli and Qi Guanmingzhu got into the car driven by Xiao Cheng and returned to their respective apartments.

In the car, Jinli sent a message to Sui Lingfang.

[You can take the initiative to talk to her and discuss the contract]
Sui Lingfang: [Ahhh, Jinli, I love you!!!]
Jinli: [disdain.jpg]
Sui Lingfang: [By the way, Fangfei has already finalized the shooting plan and wants you to go over the day after tomorrow to shoot. I’ll forward the request to you.

Shooting theme: Show yourself, criticize rumors, and explore another side that you have never seen before

Filming location: Fangfei Headquarters
Shooting makeup and hair requirements: sweet style, sports style, actor drama style, idol style
[…]
Jinli looked at the long list of makeup and hair requirements and felt that it was not something that could be completed in one day.

Jinli: [How many days does Fangfei plan to shoot?]
Sui Lingfang: [Three days]
Jinli: [OK]
At the same time, Sui Lingfang also found the script in her mailbox - "My Life of Mediocre and Insignificant".

Sui Lingfang asked her assistant to print out the script, then gave a copy to each team member, then picked up her phone and walked out.

She wanted to call Qi Guan Mingzhu as soon as possible.

But it was Jinli who answered the phone.

The moment they heard each other's voices, they recognized each other.

Jinli said helplessly: "Sister Fang, Zhenzhu is drunk and is sleeping. Leave her a message and she will call you when she wakes up."

Sui Lingfang laughed: "Okay, okay, Jinli, thank you so much this time, I thank you on behalf of the company!"

Jinli said mischievously: "It's okay, just remember to give me more of the year-end bonus."

Sui Lingfang chatted with Jinli for a few more words, hung up the phone and returned to the office.

The rest of the team had already started reading the script, so she asked casually, "How do you feel about the first episode?"

Member A: "It's dramatic."

Member B: "The emotional conflict is overwhelming."

Member C: “It’s kind of funny.”

Member D: "Let me take a look."

Sui Lingfang also opened the script and started reading it. After several seconds, she realized and said, "That's not right. Why do I hear you guys speak highly of this script?"

Member F said: "It has a kind of magical power that makes people addicted."

Update coming!