A writer has arrived in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Signing Mao Xiaotong was a spur-of-the-moment decision by Su Liu. His main purpose in becoming an artist manager was to use his own people as much as possible in his film and television projects.

In that case, actors of all styles—male, female, painted-face, old man, and clown—must be included. If the actor and the role are a good match, the performance will be much more effective.

For example, a strikingly beautiful woman like Dilraba Dilmurat naturally creates a sense of distance when playing a down-on-her-luck girl burdened by heavy family pressure in "Knives Out." To portray the character convincingly, both her appearance and acting skills require extra effort.

Mao Xiaotong's sweet style is exactly what the company needs right now. After all, Tian Xiwei is still just a kid and not up to the task.

Su Liu had actually considered signing Zhao Liying, but the latter is quite popular now, so it wouldn't be cost-effective for Fusu Culture.

Moreover, she herself is probably considering independence at this time, so it's unlikely she'll sign with them.

"What?" Chen Zhixi glanced at Xiao Liu's hurried departure. "You've taken a liking to her?"

"What do you mean by 'I've taken a liking to her'? I'm attracted to her potential as an actress!" Su Liu argued vehemently.

Li Fei, acting as if it were none of his business, quipped, "No need to explain, it's fine if you really like someone."

Hmph! These old women are all gossipy old hags.

On the other side, after Mao Xiaotong left the meeting room, the man who accompanied her came up to her with an expectant look on his face.

"How is it?"

She carefully recalled Su Liu and the others' attitudes, and hesitated before saying, "They should be... alright."

"That's great, don't worry, it will definitely work."

"I hope so."

As the two were walking out, Xiao Liu quickly chased after them, calling out, "Miss Mao."

Mao Xiaotong turned around, looking at the...little...little girl in front of her with a puzzled expression?

Seeing the other person's blank expression, Xiao Liu quickly introduced himself: "I'm Teacher Su's assistant. Oh, the one sitting in the middle inside."

"Oh, hello, hello." Mao Xiaotong suddenly realized, her heart beating a little faster. Sending my assistant to find me at this time... could it be...?

"Miss Mao, there are too many people here. Let's find somewhere to talk slowly."

Xiao Liu led Mao Xiaotong to the next room. Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man following closely behind. Xiao Liu frowned and asked in an unfriendly tone, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The man, with a slick and glib manner, chuckled and said, "I'm Xiaotong's boyfriend, and I'm here with her for the audition."

"Hmm?" Xiao Liu's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them. Seeing the awkward smile on Mao Xiaotong's face, he didn't say anything more. He simply pushed open the door to the empty small conference room next door.

As soon as he entered, Xiao Liu sat down in a chair with an air of superiority and gestured to Mao Xiaotong, "Sit down."

He then cut to the chase, asking, "Ms. Mao, do you currently have a talent agency?"

Mao Xiaotong was taken aback. "Not yet." Since her debut, she has always signed an independent agreement with the production team.

It's not that no agencies have approached her, but she hasn't been able to sign a contract due to relationship issues.

"That's great!" Xiao Liu mimicked Su Liu's undeniable confidence, waving her hand, "Sign with our company!"

Mao Xiaotong was caught off guard by the sudden invitation and didn't know what to say.

"that......"

"Oh, my surname is Liu."

"Ms. Liu, I don't know the name of your company yet."

"Revival Culture, the guy sitting inside is our boss. By the way, our company is the main producer of this movie."

As Xiao Liu spoke, he observed Mao Xiaotong's reaction. Sure enough, once this title was revealed, it carried a different weight. It was quite obvious that she was somewhat tempted.

However, before Mao Xiaotong could speak, the man next to her spoke first.

He leaned forward, his tone urgent, "Does that mean if Xiaotong signs with your company, you'll get the lead role?"

Xiao Liu curled her lip, gave him a disdainful look, and said to Mao Xiaotong in a flat tone, "That's not up to me. I'm just an assistant. But since Teacher Su thinks highly of you, she certainly won't treat you unfairly."

"Can I... take a look at the contract first?" Mao Xiaotong asked cautiously.

"No problem, let's add each other on WeChat, and I'll send you the contract template to take a look."

Xiao Liu promptly sent her the contract template from his phone, and she sat down and began to read it carefully.

At this moment, Xiao Liu noticed that the man started making some subtle moves. Using the table as cover, he gently tugged at Mao Xiaotong's sleeve, giving her frantic signals with his eyes, clearly wanting to pull her outside to whisper to her.

"Um..." Mao Xiaotong couldn't refuse the man and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Miss Liu, I'm going to the restroom."

Xiao Liu crossed his arms and watched coldly from the sidelines.

After a while, no one knew what the two of them were saying outside. In any case, when they returned, Mao Xiaotong's expression was somewhat unnatural.

Just as Xiao Liu was about to ask, the man spoke up in a hurry, adopting the demeanor of a negotiation expert, "Assistant Liu, as long as your company can give us the male and female leads, Xiao Tong can sign the contract immediately."

Upon hearing this, Mao Xiaotong's expression immediately changed drastically. "Chen Xiang, what are you saying?!"

Xiao Liu sat motionless, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

So this bastard's name is Chen Xiang.

She sneered inwardly. She had seen greedy people, but never anyone this stupid.

Xiao Liu stood up, patted off non-existent wrinkles on his clothes, glanced past Chen Xiang who was still putting on an act, and looked directly at Mao Xiaotong.

"Miss Mao, please think it over yourself, and let me know when you've made up your mind."

Having said that, she didn't bother with further words and swiftly pushed open the door to leave. But halfway there, she suddenly remembered something, paused, and turned back to deliver another blow.

"Oh, by the way, if you sign a contract, the company won't interfere with your love life, but—"

As she said this, her eyes revealed undisguised contempt, and she swept her gaze over the man. "But at least raise your standards a little, don't just pick up any trash you can find."

Xiao Liu seemed to have inherited Li Fei's true teachings, exuding an air of disdain from the bottom of his being, which was extremely offensive.

Chen Xiang's face instantly turned a deep purplish-red, and he was so angry that he jumped up and down. But before he could retaliate, Xiao Liu had already slammed the door shut, leaving him with only a cold back view.

After she left, Mao Xiaotong could no longer contain herself and immediately burst into a tirade, "Chen Xiang, are you out of your mind? You just blurt out about wanting the male and female leads? Who do you think you are?!"

Chen Xiang was taken aback by the shout, then retorted guiltily, "I'm doing this for our future too. Humph, people in small companies just have no manners."

He recalled the disdainful look in Xiao Liu's eyes before he left, and felt a burning pain on his face.

Mao Xiaotong's eyes were red. She had finally found a management company that didn't mind her love life and offered to sign her, but this guy ruined it all.

She immediately took out her phone and quickly typed on it.

"Assistant Liu, I'm very sorry to have taken up your time. I'm very willing to join Fuxing Culture. That suggestion was just his personal nonsense and doesn't represent me. If possible, I'd like to sign a contract with you as soon as possible."

Click to send.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xiang immediately came over and reached out to snatch the phone. "Xiao Tong, what are you doing? You still want to sign? They look down on us, have some backbone, okay?"

Mao Xiaotong flung his hand away with a force that surprised even herself.

"What do you know? They approached me because they thought highly of my performance. If you hadn't been yelling nonsense without thinking, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"

Chen Xiang never expected that Mao Xiaotong, who was usually so docile, would get so angry. He stood there stunned, gritting his teeth as he squeezed out a sentence: "I'm yelling? Fine, then you can go be your leading lady, I won't cause you any more trouble."

After saying that, he angrily kicked the chair next to him and slammed the door shut as he left.