I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 612, "My Mediocre and Unproductive Life," is coming soon, and will be renamed!

The box office for "Dawn" is booming again.

Originally, they were only leading the second place by 10 million in box office revenue, but after Jinli's interview video with China News Network came out...

The next day, the box office gap between "Dawn" and "Air Rescue Operation" widened to 5000 million!
The only ways netizens can support Jinli, besides buying the products she endorses, are by going to the movies and contributing a ticket.

This wave of events has been described by film industry insiders as: "When one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

"Damn it, they're only after Jinli!"

"She was just a supporting actress, but she carried the film's box office!"

"How can we fight like this? How about we have the male and female leads in the show announce some explosive news, like donating all their assets after they die?"

But it must be said that they only dared to think about this idea in their minds; they couldn't bring themselves to ask it aloud, otherwise it would be considered moral blackmail!
The production team of "Air Rescue Operation" originally hoped that "Dawn" would lose its potential by investing too much in promotion in the early stages and become weak in the later stages.

Then, thanks to the film's excellent quality and outstanding word-of-mouth, they were able to stage a comeback in the later stages, and still have a chance to catch up at the box office.

However, after Jinli's interview video came out, the perennial runner-up completely gave up on catching up.

Oh well, giving up isn't that hard _(:з」∠)_
Take a step back, and you'll find a vast and open sky.

At least they've secured second place, haven't they? The gap between them and third place is still quite large, so there's no need to worry about them being overtaken.

The online buzz about the golden pear lasted for a full week.

During this week, Jinli received two brand engagements, which had been scheduled long ago, but both had to be canceled on the spot.

The reason is that there were too many people at the scene, causing traffic congestion, which could easily lead to accidents.

Local traffic police contacted the brand urgently, and the brand had to cancel the event.

Unfortunately, Jinli attended both events, but had to leave before meeting her fans.

To make up for her fans, Jinli even filmed a video at the event to greet them.

Oh, and she also sang a song a cappella in the video. It was one of Pink Girls' group songs, "The Only One." The background of this song was written by all the members of Pink Girls specifically for their fans.

Their fans are everything to them.

"The starlight in the dark world accompanied me through my long period of wandering."

The summer treasured in my diary, you are the only candy in my hand.

The sole starlight pierced through the wall of confusion; even after the stage is over, the shouts remain etched in our hearts.
No matter how long the road to pursuing dreams is, you'll always be by my side.

......"

Jinli sang this song a cappella in the car. The enclosed space gave her voice natural reverberation, and she was also focused and attentive.

With her current form, she feels that even in a professional recording studio, she might not perform as well as she does now.

After she finished singing the song, she posted the video directly on her blog. There were no beauty filters or any editing; the main point was to show her sincerity and naturalness.

Neither of her assistants dared to speak while she was singing.

Jinli then said, "Okay, the video has been uploaded."

The two assistants breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Qin said regretfully, "I made so many preparations today, but I still couldn't meet my fans."

Xiao Cheng, who was driving, also said: "The organizers still underestimated the influence of Jinli. Although they had already implemented crowd control measures in the mall, especially today, you have to have a reservation code to enter."

It seemed like everything was going perfectly, but they hadn't anticipated that many fans who hadn't won a reservation code, while not entering the mall, would gather around it.

So the result is quite obvious.

Although the mall was relatively well-maintained, the surrounding area was already congested with traffic, so the event had to be canceled.

Chen Qin muttered, "It's been a week already, I thought the hype would die down a bit."

Jinli glanced at the comments from her fans on her blog. The comments were mostly praise and words of comfort. Although they didn't show it, she could sense that they were also very disappointed.

She put away her phone and thought, "Don't give me any more travel invitations for the next two weeks. I don't want them to get their hopes up for nothing. Reservation codes are hard to get, and some people even fly here specifically for this."

Chen Qin nodded and casually asked, "Are you going to hold a fan meeting?"

"A meet-and-greet?" Jinli was taken aback.

She hadn't heard it from Fang Jie, but she knew that the main actors of some hit movies or TV series would strike while the iron was hot and hold meet-and-greets or birthday parties.

However, these events usually require tickets, and only a minority of celebrities attend without paying admission.

In addition, the meet-and-greet is also a chance for fans to get up close and personal with celebrities. There are many activities, such as shaking hands, taking photos, and having conversations, so the ticket price is not low.

Tickets for some celebrity meet-and-greets are more expensive than tickets for their concerts.

Chen Qin: "I've been browsing the comments section of your blog lately and I've seen some fans asking if you have any plans to hold a meet-and-greet. They really want to see you up close."

Jinli thought for a moment and said, "I'm not opposed to holding a meet-and-greet, but I probably won't charge for it. Even if I do, I'll donate all the proceeds to charity. You can talk to Sister Fang and see how to arrange it."

Since she can't get out, having her fans come over is also a viable option.

"By the way, if we're going to hold this event, we should make sure the venue is large and that the surrounding transportation is convenient."

Chen Qin suddenly thought of something, her eyes sparkling.

"Sister Jinli, if we're going to book a big venue, why not hold a concert? I just heard you sing a cappella and I thought it sounded really good. Plus, I've already included the Pink Girls song list."

Jinli saw the expression on her face and instantly understood what she wanted to do, saying with a half-smile:

"The Pink Girls only released ten main songs, which is not enough to support a complete concert."

Putting aside the fact that the copyright ownership of these ten songs is unclear, the fact that I have to sing the whole two hours of the concert is too much for my stamina.

Even if I invited Pearl and Mengmeng to sing, I still couldn't handle it, so don't even think about it.

Chen Qin whispered, "Besides Sister Mengmeng and Sister Zhenzhu, aren't there other teammates?"

Jinli said slowly, "You want to collect all the dragons, right?"

Chen Qin's eyes lit up instantly, like a 24-watt light bulb, and she nodded frantically.

Jinli smiled slightly: "I have no problem, but I have to ask the other teammates what they think. Nana is currently filming and doesn't have time to come, while Tongtong is busy recording a wilderness variety show."

We talked about our concert ideas before, and Tongtong said she hadn't practiced dancing in a long time and had completely forgotten the moves, so it would feel strange to do them now.

Jinli shrugged: "If the company can persuade these two, I'm willing to participate as well."

Chen Qin's gaze dimmed.

It's precisely because these two members are so difficult to win over that they wanted Jinli to step in.

However, what Chen Qin didn't know was that the Pink Girls had already reached a consensus that they wouldn't bring everyone together for hype just to generate traffic.

The reason is simple: they all have their own careers and are past the age of pursuing massive online traffic. They still need to pursue their careers, but they treat them as a retirement profession because of their passion for them.

They know how good their relationship is; there's no need to flaunt their deep friendship to the outside world.

While being a celebrity is a profession that involves facing the public, it doesn't mean that artists have to lay bare everything about themselves and expose it to the public without reservation.

Admittedly, celebrities with this mindset won't be overwhelmed by rumors or driven to a mental breakdown by relentless paparazzi, but none of the members of Pink Girls are celebrities with this kind of personality.

Jinli and the others are quite protective of their privacy.

Maintaining personal space allows for more comfortable rest and enables one to go further in life.

However, since everyone here works for a company, it wasn't appropriate to be so obvious in rejecting the offer, so they all tacitly agreed not to talk about it.

If another company brings it up, then the companies should communicate with each other first.

Often, before the news even reaches the artists' ears, the negotiations between the companies fall apart. Of the ten announcements Jinli has heard of that wanted to bring together pink-clad girls, eight were rejected by the companies first.

Back at Chenxi Entertainment, Jinli was called to a meeting by Sister Fang.

Before the meeting even started, she had already gotten two pieces of gossip from Sister Fang.

The first piece of gossip: Fangfei launched a major internal purge, seemingly starting the day after she attended her personal learning sharing session, and initiated an internal investigation.

Sui Lingfang was able to get this gossip because a person in charge at Fangfei took the initiative to tell her. Other companies only knew that Fangfei was reorganizing internally, but they didn't know the specifics.

When this matter was brought up, Sui Lingfang looked at Jinli with a complicated expression.

According to the person in charge, Mr. Dai used Jinli's learning sharing session as a reason to bring down all the people in the faction who wanted Jinli to hold many sharing sessions.

The reason given was that their ideas no longer aligned with the company's development philosophy.

It's hard to say that this wasn't intentional.

After all, Dai Xueling was still very young when she became the group's president. Although the group was her own family business, she was still somewhat unpopular because she was too young.

Even though Fangfei's performance has reached new highs every year in recent years, which is enough to prove that Dai Xueling has a good eye and her customized solutions are also very impressive, there are still a group of old-fashioned people in the company who do not agree with her and are always causing trouble.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, President Dai swiftly purged his rivals.

Sui Lingfang did not believe that Jinli was completely unaware of this matter; the two of them must have communicated privately.

She couldn't help but sigh. Unbeknownst to her, Jinli's connections had become so powerful that they could be used as weapons.

Dai Xueling owes Jinli a favor in this matter, which she will definitely have to repay in the future.

Jinli's eyes flickered slightly after hearing this.

She had a vague feeling about this before, but she wasn't sure. She never expected it to be true.

Jinli said thoughtfully, "President Dai gave me several sets of haute couture clothes before, but now it seems that it's not enough."

With a hint of a smile in her voice, she didn't continue the topic but asked curiously, "Sister Fang, what about the second melon?"

Sui Lingfang chuckled, "The second piece of gossip is quite interesting. There are problems within Tianding Entertainment. The artists have split into several factions and are fighting each other openly and secretly within the company!"

Jinli became interested: "They're really fighting? How are they fighting? Will the captain be alright?"

Sui Lingfang: "Ji Qinglian is fine. She should be the biggest beneficiary of this struggle. The higher-ups at Tianding Entertainment and the internal factions don't want her to leave."

Ji Qinglian stayed at Chenxi Entertainment for more than half a month before leaving last week.

Even Sui Lingfang found it strange at the time. Why did Ji Qinglian stay at the company all the time and not go anywhere? Did she not have any work commitments?
After inquiring, I learned that Tianding had arbitrarily reassigned her schedule to other top-tier artists.

Without a word of warning, her resources were divided up without her knowledge.

She was very dissatisfied with Tianding Entertainment's approach, so she took advantage of the time when she had no work to do to go out and relax.

It's a pity we couldn't poach them; otherwise, this would have been the perfect opportunity to do so.

Once Tianding Entertainment realizes what's happening and coaxes Ji Qinglian back, they'll probably treat her like royalty.

The same is true.

After returning to Tianding Entertainment last week, she soon officially announced that she would be the national spokesperson for the main product lines of two top luxury brands.

It's worth noting that she didn't have much buzz this summer, so the fact that she was able to announce two endorsements in a row definitely shows that Tianding is putting in a lot of effort.

Sui Lingfang said, "The most intense factional fighting within Tianding right now is between young artists and veteran artists. It is said that veteran artists are frequently intercepting the schedules of young artists, and when this is reported to the company's senior management, there is no response."

The young artists couldn't stand it, and the company remained indifferent, so they simply started to fight amongst themselves.

Young artists accept gigs privately without informing their agents, thus preventing the company from assigning them to other veteran artists. However, this also exacerbates conflicts with the company.

The company held several meetings with them to talk to them about the issue, explaining that accepting gigs privately was a breach of contract and that if the company wanted to sue them, they would win every time.

As a result, several top-tier teams are clamoring to terminate their contracts with Tianding. Now, all the major entertainment companies in the industry know about this and are eager to see how Tianding will ultimately handle the situation.

Jinli raised an eyebrow. "They want to poach people?"

Sui Lingfang shook her head with a wry smile: "We've all had this idea, but we haven't put it into action."

Tianding Entertainment set their breach of contract penalties too high. These penalties are one of the company's competitive advantages; unless the contract expires automatically, no one dares to poach Tianding's artists.

After chatting about two pieces of gossip, the other members of the team arrived, and they immediately began their discussion.

The first question is about Jinli's next project: will she continue making movies or choose to film a leading TV series as a transition?

Jinli listened to their conversation without offering any opinion.

Ultimately, nothing she says matters; the key is to read the script. If the script isn't good, she won't film anything.

However, if you determine the direction first and look for scripts in the main field, you can still find some good scripts, which is more accurate than searching for a needle in a haystack.

Therefore, she doesn't object to them deciding on their main focus first; for her, it doesn't matter whether it's movies or TV series.

After two hours of discussion, the meeting ended, and everyone went home on time.

But Jinli couldn't rest immediately, so Sui Lingfang stopped her and brought up "My Mediocre and Unproductive Life" with her.

A hint of a smile flashed across Fang Jie's eyes: "I received a phone call in the middle of the meeting, do you remember?"

Jinli nodded.

Fangjie kept everyone in suspense: "Want to guess what kind of phone call it is?"

Jinli blinked: "Anyway, it's not a promotional event or endorsement, and you seem pretty happy."

Sui Lingfang relaxed her brows and eyes: "That's right, because your next movie is about to be released!"

Ye Weijie had already edited the footage and submitted it for review. His superiors asked him to change the name, and he came up with one today. He discussed his idea with me, and I thought it was a good name, so we settled on it.

Jinli understood: "My Mediocre and Unproductive Life? What do you want to change it to?"

Sui Lingfang: "The Ordinary Road!"