The Secret of Second Marriage

Director Zhang Zhiwei still looks stunning and elegant, and she's still brainwashing and motivating her employees.

She said, "I hope that none of my employees will complain about being tired or working hard. If you complain about being tired, you can't do this job, so you should go home as soon as possible!"

I believe that every actor and staff member who works with me will thank me in the end.

Although I am strict with you and demand that you work hard, it is to hone your acting skills and abilities. The entertainment industry is a very realistic place.

So many actors are waiting to film in Hengdian every day!

You will be eliminated if you don't work hard enough!

Zhang Zhiwei truly lives up to her reputation as a strong woman, constantly spouting motivational platitudes and demanding KPIs.

Unfortunately, none of the many actors she signed have made it to the top tier.

She was holding a morning meeting with the actors when she saw me. She paused for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Man, I didn't expect that the show you filmed before would actually air on CCTV. I heard the ratings were very high when it premiered."

I saw that your topic and its trending status have already made it onto Weibo.

Everyone says you're a great actor, but I haven't even had a chance to congratulate you yet!

I threw the termination agreement on the table in front of her and said, "I'm here today to terminate my contract, right?"

"You're already terminating your contract as soon as you become famous, isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

Director Zhang Zhiwei frowned and said unhappily.

"Our contract was only for six months, just a trial period, and it will expire soon."

I emphasized each word: "I've wanted to terminate my contract with you for a long time. During this period, the company has deducted 90% of the money I earned from filming, endorsements, and gigs. I only received a few thousand yuan. Consider it my first tuition fee for entering the entertainment industry."

"You can terminate the contract, but you must compensate our company with 100 million!"

Director Zhang was taken aback, seemingly realizing that I wasn't as easily fooled as before, so he started threatening me, which was really disgusting.

"Alright, then let's hire a lawyer to handle the lawsuit. Since I came to you today, I must have done a lot of preparation beforehand. I know better than you how to fight the case!"

I say.

After I finished speaking, I didn't want to get entangled with this so-called director anymore, so I turned around and prepared to leave.

Zhang Zhiwei glanced at the agency contract, gritting her teeth. When she signed me, I was just a newcomer, and a middle-aged actress, already over 30. In her mind, I had absolutely no value.

So she only signed a six-month contract with me, and the contract included a clause stating that the two parties had a cooperative relationship, not an economic contract, and that the contract would expire after six months, at which point both parties would have the right to terminate it.

That's what attracted me to sign the contract. If it were really a contract of servitude, I definitely wouldn't have signed it.

Seeing that he couldn't win the case, Director Zhang pulled me aside into his office and had his assistant make me a cup of coffee.

Her attitude towards me changed 180 degrees, and she became the warm and affectionate older sister she used to be, saying very understandingly, "Man, no matter what, I'm the one who brought you into this industry."

I'm practically your former employer. I know you've been wronged at the company lately, but that's something every new employee goes through.

Your drama is doing very well now, and you have good acting skills. You could develop your career as a middle-aged, accomplished actress. How about this, I'll give you the opportunity to choose.

"We'll renew the contract. If you're not satisfied with this agent, I can help you change them, and we can also adjust the profit-sharing ratio to something you're happy with, okay?"

I fell silent again; I no longer trusted the woman in front of me at all.

I had been holding back for a long time, and only now that the show has aired and I've gained some fame have some powerful figures come and overturn things.

Seeing that I was still not satisfied, the director, in order to keep me, had someone call over my previous agent, Xie Xue, and slapped her three times in front of me, yelling at her: "Back then, I told you to take good care of Man, but you looked down on people and went to fawn over that Xia Weiwei every day."

You abandoned the comic book and ignored it, but the other person had backbone and went to auditions one by one. Now the TV series they made is already a hit this year, trending on more than a dozen hot searches.

Go apologize to them!

"Ms. Jiang, it was indeed my fault before."

Although Xie Xue was very unconvinced, she still gritted her teeth and said to me, "Please don't hold a grudge. Don't terminate your contract with the company. Don't worry, our company will definitely give you plenty of resources and attention. From now on, we'll treat you as the company's top female employee, okay?"