I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 521 No One Can Replace Him

Jinli quickly received a call from Sui Lingfang.

Conversely, Chenxi Entertainment also noticed the concerns of these brands, and Sui Lingfang did not hide anything from her, telling her everything.

She believes Jinli can remain unaffected and stay rational.

Linking her career to the college entrance examination is also a major reason for Jinli's continued rise in popularity.

Jinli has never denied this.

She was worried that Jinli's poor college entrance exam results would cause Jinli's career to decline, and she even advised Jinli not to be too obviously tied to the company, or to tone it down.

However, Jinli rejected her suggestion.

Jinli's original words were: "I am both a celebrity and an independent individual. I have my own career and hobbies that I want to develop."

I am a celebrity, but I am also an ordinary person. I want to fight hard without regrets and fulfill my long-cherished wish.

Live-streaming learning is both my motivation and my pressure. I'm sharing the concept of lifelong learning with my viewers, and they're also keeping an eye on me, which I think is great.

"If my college entrance exam score is poor, it's the result of my revision. I will accept the final score calmly. I am just a human being, not a god, and I can't always do everything perfectly."

In dramas, I can be omnipotent, but in real life, I'm just an ordinary person. I embrace my shortcomings and let netizens know about them; I think that's a good thing.

Jinli said "That's good" twice, and Sui Lingfang understood her attitude.

In the entertainment industry, she has seen many cases of sudden fame, and she has also seen many artists follow the path of their predecessors to fame, cloning themselves step by step, and finally becoming a standardized, pre-made dish, replicating the previous person's explosive popularity.

There are already young artists in the industry who have followed this model to pursue acting careers, gradually producing a Best Actress award winner.

But Sui Lingfang trusted Jinli completely.

Because she knew that no matter how much young artists imitated Jinli, they could not replicate her success.

No artist can so openly and honestly reveal their shortcomings and imperfections.

No artist has the willpower to tie their college entrance exam scores to their acting career.

No celebrity would donate all their money to charity without hesitation.

No artist can compare to Jinli.

Jinli's current status is essentially the result of walking a tightrope.

Any single flaw in her can trigger a backlash.

On the phone.

Sui Lingfang said solemnly, "I mentioned to you before that during the time you were filming 'The Mediocre,' many brands extended invitations to you to collaborate on spring ready-to-wear clothing because of the huge success of the collaboration between you and Fanghua."

Jinli is resting and eating fruit.

Her agent had already obtained a schedule of her daily classes from the nutritionist and would call it precisely during her rest time.

Jinli hummed in agreement and said, "At the time, I said we could focus on endorsements and put collaborations on hold for a while, but we had to focus on quality."

Sui Lingfang: "Originally, more than a dozen brands were talking to me about co-branding with you. At first, the talks went very well, but when I contacted them today for further negotiations, I found that many brands were vague and some even canceled their cooperation with you directly."

I asked one of the managers I knew well, and found out that it was because you were about to take the college entrance exam, and the brand was worried that your grades would be very poor, which would ruin your career.

"All the collaborations we negotiated will have to be scrapped by then. The brands are worried that you'll cause a huge public relations crisis, so they'd rather wait until after your college entrance exams and when your results are out before discussing it again."

Jinli raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "I understand."

Sui Lingfang paused, then asked hesitantly, "Jinli, aren't you angry?"

Jinli countered, "Why should I be angry? The brand's concerns are very valid."

She is not an arrogant person.

I've always studied by doing practice problems on my own, occasionally taking a few sets of test papers from middle school.

Although the scores were all acceptable, who knows if these tests were deliberately made to be very easy?
Sui Lingfang was speechless, unsure of what to say.

If Jinli gets angry, she can comfort her.

Jinli's calm acceptance was within her expectations, but Sui Lingfang felt a little uneasy when she heard that Jinli didn't care.

Isn't Jinli a little too laid-back?
How could she be completely indifferent?
Does she no longer want to be an entertainer?
This appearance of being without desire or wants...

Wait, Jinli isn't really thinking of becoming a nun, is she?!

Sui Lingfang's heart jumped instantly, and she said in a serious tone, "Although you don't care, the company still has to make a statement to the outside world."

We will alert brands that are unclear on their collaboration plans, and if a collaboration doesn't progress further, we will reconsider working with those brands.

She thought for a moment and then said, "At the same time, after you get your college entrance exam scores, your value will rise again."

Jinli sensed the importance in Fangjie's words and immediately echoed, "Okay, I have no problem!"

She smiled and comforted her, saying, "Sister Fang, don't worry too much about the brand's attitude. Let them worry about what they want, and we'll do what we want. As long as my fans don't give up on me, I will always have a market."

Sui Lingfang certainly understood this principle.

But she was just in a hurry!

With such a laid-back attitude from the artist, her manager has to constantly give her pep talks, making her worry that she might retire along with her.

Of all the celebrities she'd met, Jinli's attitude towards the entertainment industry was truly unique.

It was like a gentle breeze, ready to drift away at any moment.

Sui Lingfang suddenly thought of something and said, "Fanghua is quite bold. No major brand wants to be associated with you, but they suddenly came to us today, saying they want to collaborate with you to launch a winter ready-to-wear set."

Jinli asked curiously, "Are you still going for the new Chinese style? If it's winter, the suit should look really good."

Sui Lingfang: "It should be. Her family is going for a modern Chinese style. It's still in the design phase. I'll show it to you when it's finished."

Jinli thought for a moment and said, "Since they are so sincere, let's use the same contract as the first collaboration for the second one, and keep the revenue sharing the same."

Her previous collaboration with Fanghua on "Spring Blossoms" was a huge hit online, and its sales remain high even now.

Fanghua gained fame through this, allowing more fans to learn about her and become her brand ambassadors.

With a blockbuster product as a foundation, Jinli has the upper hand in price negotiations.

Sui Lingfang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's treat it as a generous gift. Fanghua thinks highly of you, so we'll return the favor."

But reality is just that strange.

Sui Lingfang relayed Jinli's attitude to Fanghua, expecting Fanghua to be overjoyed and quickly finalize the cooperation.

Unexpectedly, Fanghua's CEO personally called her and told her that Fanghua did not need to make concessions, and that Jinli should negotiate cooperation with them at the current market price, and that things should be done as they should be.

Sui Lingfang was surprised.

Is there really someone in this world who doesn't want to take advantage of others?
Something was wrong, very wrong. Fanghua's overly enthusiastic approach made her wary.

She first repeatedly notified the legal department to carefully review the contract and avoid any issues with certain clauses. She also told Zou Da to pay attention to recent public opinion.

Upon hearing this, Zou Da asked with some confusion, "Are you going to start guiding Jinli's college entrance exam results now? That's a bit too risky. Let's decide what to do next after we get her scores."

Sui Lingfang shook her head: "Jinli's score is highly uncertain. Although I have asked some teachers, they all believe that based on her current performance in live streaming, she should be able to get into a first-tier university."

But until the actual college entrance exam, no one can say for sure, especially since she didn't participate in the first or second mock exams; simply doing practice questions won't reveal her true level.

Zou Da was even more puzzled: "Then why are you asking me to pay attention to public opinion?"

A thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand. You mean I should pay attention to those posts on the internet that are stirring up trouble, and not let netizens create the impression that Jinli will achieve excellent results?"

Sui Lingfang hesitated for a moment before saying, "I've also had that thought."

Zou Da waved his hand: "You're worrying for nothing. I've been having the team keep an eye on these kinds of posts since last year. We report every single one we see, and now you see there aren't many people discussing them."

Sui Lingfang: "But that's not the point I'm making."

Thinking of Fanghua's attitude, she said uncertainly, "I feel that something good might happen to Jinli recently. You can monitor public opinion and help me check it out."

Zou Da looked puzzled: "What good thing could there be? Brands that originally wanted to come and discuss collaborations have all backed down. What kind of show can they possibly put on?"

He thought of something and joked, "Could it be that the media has discovered that Jinli is doing good deeds and has decided to disclose the amount of her annual donations?"
If that's true, then that's fantastic news! I've told Jinli long ago not to donate anonymously. Doing good deeds should be done openly and honestly, otherwise how will anyone know you're doing good?

Sui Lingfang originally shared the same idea as Zou Da.

Jinli is a public figure; why should she remain anonymous when doing good deeds?

But the longer she spent with Jinli, the more she understood.

Doing good deeds without asking for reward.

The more something is lacking, the more it is meant to be explained.

Jinli considered the donation as something casual and not a big deal, so there was no need to make a big fuss about it.

This is similar to how billionaires travel by private jet.

Because private jets are their usual mode of transportation, they don't specifically emphasize to people that they are private jets.

She had seen a news article circulating online before.

A rich second-generation posted a photo of his pet cat on a plane on his WeChat Moments. Another frugal rich first-generation commented and asked him, "Can pets be brought on airplanes?"

The rich kid replied, "I'm not sure, this is my private jet."

However, when this rich kid posted the pictures, he didn't emphasize at all that it was a private jet.

This is what others see as ordinary.

Because it is so common, it never needs to be emphasized separately.

Sui Lingfang snapped out of her daze and said, "It's not about that, it's something else. Fanghua is being too enthusiastic towards Jinli and won't even let us offer any discounts. I feel like something's not right."

Zou Da said with some skepticism, "I'll try to find some well-known gossip groups in the industry these next few days and infiltrate them to see if I can get any information."

Hard work pays off.

In just one day, Zou Da deciphered Jin Li's information from a cryptic leaked post.

[Sister Yu has amazing resources. She can maintain her popularity just by live streaming, and she's even been noticed by a luxury brand, who's going to launch an advertising campaign for their summer ready-to-wear collection!]

1L: [Which brand?]

2L: [Sister Yu has very few luxury brand endorsements; the only clothing-related endorsement is FF.]

3L: [6. Did FF's score plummet after Sister Lei Yu released her score?]

4L: [Doesn't this prove that Sister Yu's live stream is genuine? If it were a show, it would have been exposed during the college entrance exam. But FF still believes in Sister Yu, amazing!]

5L: [I still firmly believe she's putting on a show. Her health was so poor before, how could she possibly have the energy to do two things well!]

6L: [Heh, just you wait, after the college entrance exam scores come out, Sister Yu's myth will be shattered!]

……

This gossip post was forwarded to Sui Lingfang by Zou Da, who had already guessed it and deciphered it quickly as well.

Sui Lingfang was a little confused.

"Fangfei didn't contact me about Jinli's summer advertisement, so how did they find out?"

Zou Da speculated: "It might be an insider from Fangfei who leaked the information. This forum has many half-truths and half-fake professionals hanging around. It's a well-known gossip hub."

Some celebrities' questionable character is exposed here beforehand. Even some paparazzi in the industry stalk gossip here.

Sui Lingfang's eyes suddenly flickered, and she asked mysteriously, "Were there any reports in the posts about A-list male celebrities being kept by investors?"

Zou Da laughed: "The investor was arrested for breaking the law, and the films he invested in were dug up by netizens. So many first- and second-tier celebrities have been analyzed by netizens, but no one knows if it's true or not."

It's impossible that he's kept all the male celebrities he's worked with as mistresses, right?

Sui Lingfang said with some regret, "That's true. These people are also victims. Who would be foolish enough to jump out and admit it? They can only be left to rotten gossip."

Fangfei waited for several days, but still no news came out.

On the contrary, Fanghua's internal staff stood firmly by Jinli's side and signed a winter ready-to-wear collaboration with her without stopping.

The news caused an uproar among other brands.

"Has Fanghua gone mad? Signing a cooperation agreement with Jinli at this time, did Jinli's team offer a lot of concessions?"

In the president's office of "Modern Women," the president asked, puzzled.

The assistant was equally puzzled. "No, Fanghua revealed the information themselves. In this collaboration, they offered an even greater discount of 5% compared to last time."

The president scoffed dismissively, "I didn't expect Fanghua to be a gambler too. Are they so sure Jinli can achieve a good result?"

But soon, his brows furrowed.

Even gamblers need to make their bets worthwhile.

Compared to the last time, a 5% discount is normal, given the previous success of the product. So, this isn't a gamble for Fanghua.

Strange.

What were they thinking? Were they betting that Jinli's college entrance exam results would be phenomenal?
To be honest, he doesn't believe that artists can achieve great success. They have to work and study at the same time, where do they find the energy to do so much?
Although she was inwardly disdainful, the modern female CEO pondered for a moment before saying:
"Go contact Jinli's agent. We'd also like to collaborate with Jinli. Can we discuss it?"

The assistant was stunned.

Mr. President, your face changes faster than a Sichuan opera!