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On his way to the airport, his former manager, Chen Jiantian, received many phone calls, mostly from executives at PolyGram Records.

The purpose of these senior executives' urgent phone calls was singular: to urge the Red Star Production Company to place an order for restocking as soon as possible.

"Single Love Song" is a bestseller in Taiwan!

In just four hours, all the tapes and CDs in major sales outlets were sold out. The four major chain record stores in Taiwan, Rose Records, Popular Records, Chia Chia Records and Ho Yu Records, collectively requested PolyGram to replenish 700,000 albums.

So, without a second thought, Chen Jiantian urgently transferred 45 albums originally intended for sale in Hong Kong and mainland China to Taiwan…

Sitting in the car, looking at Chen Jiantian's excited face, Wang Fei was still a little skeptical.

Indeed, Jiang Nan's new album "Single Love Songs" is quite successful. Whether in Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, or even in places with large Chinese populations such as Singapore and Malaysia, PolyGram Records sends songs from the album to the charts.

Basically, if you send in a few songs, a few of them will make it onto the charts.

Songs such as "Single Love Song", "Walking Nine Times on Zhongxiao East Road", and "The First Tear" have consistently ranked in the top 5 on various music charts.

Even so, the album's sales shouldn't be this outrageous. 40 copies sold out in just 4 hours. It seems... it seems like you can't even brag like that!

But now…

Standing in the airport terminal, looking at Zhang Yibai's distorted face and incessant chatter, Wang Fei believed it!

Last year, a niche media outlet in Taiwan conducted a conservative poll, randomly sampling 15000 people and asking them if they were gay or bisexual. The results were somewhat surprising: this niche group accounted for 1.9%, while the total population of Taiwan is 2100 million.

In other words, the conservative estimate for this population on Taiwan Island is 40.

Now, with Cai Kangyong and Guan Jinpeng, two representative figures of this niche group, making a bold call in the newspapers, it's entirely possible that they will sell out Jiangnan's new album.

Others… Wang Fei might not know!

She knew about Leslie Cheung, her new mahjong friend.

This morning, Tang Hede called me and said, "Afei, your boyfriend Jiangnan's latest album, Ah Zong and I bought 20 cassette tapes and 40 CDs, and distributed them to our friends and staff."

At the time, Wang Fei thought that Leslie Cheung was simply supporting Jiangnan in this way because he admired her talent, but she never expected that the real reason was this.

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"Sister Kuan..."

"Um?"

"Do you have paper and a pen in your bag?"

"have!"

Paper and pen are essential for agents when they go out on business, as they need to record details of business collaborations at any time. How could Chiu Li-kuan not have them?!

However, when she handed over the paper and pen, she asked a question with a smile.

"Are you trying to calculate the revenue from this album for Jiangnan?"

"hey-hey…"

Wang Fei smiled without saying a word, took the paper and pen, sat down in the seat next to her, and began to calculate, writing and muttering to herself at the same time.

"In Taiwan, Jiangnan's singing royalties are 10 yuan; the total royalties for all the lyrics and music (writing all the lyrics and music for the entire album by herself) are 4 yuan per album."

This means that the pre-tax royalty for each book in Jiangnan is 18 yuan.

According to the agreement he signed with Chen Jiantian, the brokerage company would take a 30% commission…

"Don't bother calculating!"

Chen Jiaying came over to take a look and then snatched the paper and pen from Wang Fei's hand.

"Based on sales of 150 million copies in Taiwan, after deducting taxes and agent commissions, Jiang Nan himself will receive 1327 million NTD, which is equivalent to RMB 309 million."

At this point, Chen Jiaying became very curious. She looked up at Jiangnan, who was standing in the terminal hall talking to Chen Jiantian and Zhang Yibai, and asked in a low voice:

"Afei, you two are just boyfriend and girlfriend. Are you already planning to let him manage your money?"

"No, what are you thinking about, Mom?"

When asked so directly by her agent, Wang Fei blushed and hesitated for a moment before whispering, "I bought a courtyard house in Heizhima Hutong. It's over 400 square meters and the decoration is quite exquisite."

I want Jiangnan to live with me.

Then this brat said that he's still a student and can't stay overnight off-campus often. But, as far as I know, many students from well-off families at the Central Academy of Drama rent apartments in Nanluoguxiang for rehearsals and to live with their girlfriends.

"So?" At this moment, Qiu Likuan also blinked his gossipy eyes and came over.

"So I think Jiangnan is a chauvinist who doesn't want to live in a woman's house or spend a woman's money."

"That's ambitious!" Chen Jiaying gave a thumbs up.

"That's how a man should be!" Qiu Likuan exclaimed with a broad smile.

"So I thought, why not just sell No. 13 Heizhima Hutong to Jiangnan? I bought it for 52, so I'll sell it to him for 52."

Then I stayed at his house!

"Uh..." Chen Jiaying was a little confused.

It has to be said, Wang Fei's thought process is amazing!

"Hmm..." Qiu Likuan glanced at Wang Fei and shook his head.

Hopeless.

They're completely trapped.

He loved her even more deeply than when he first fell in love with Dou Wei.

The three people, each lost in their own thoughts, were sitting at their seats when Jiang Nan and Chen Jiantian walked over from a distance. Zhang Yibai, who had been furious just moments before, left satisfied.

"How was this matter handled?"

Upon seeing Jiang Nan approaching, Wang Fei, like a happy little bird, stood up from her seat and went to greet him.

"You'll have to ask Boss Chen about this!"

Holding Wang Fei's hand, Jiang Nan smiled and prepared to push the luggage. They were about to board the plane and couldn't afford to waste any more time.

"What else can we do but agree to his conditions?" Seeing that Jiang Nan was pushing the interpretation of the situation onto him, Chen Jiantian smiled somewhat helplessly.

"Our album got a huge advantage, but Zhang Yibai took the blame. Now, many people in the industry think he's gay."

Zhang Yibai also said that last night, he simply went to a bar for a drink, and a burly man grabbed his neck and kissed him on the cheek.

"Hahaha..." Wang Fei smiled brightly.

"so what?"

"Therefore, Zhang Yibai will basically be in charge of producing all the music videos that Red Star Production Company will shoot in the future. In addition, I will compensate him with 15000 yuan."

Chen Jiantian wanted to continue the conversation, but his phone rang. As soon as he pressed the answer button, he heard someone shout from the receiver:

"Boss Chen, hurry up and restock!"

If the album "Single Love Song" doesn't sell enough for me, I'll go to mainland China and smash up your Red Star Production Company.

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Hong Kong

Xu Ke Film Studio

Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng have been sitting in the office for a full three hours since 12:30 pm.

During that time, the two chatted for a while, but then they each smoked, drank tea, and looked out the window. Even when Wang Zuxian came and brought them the United Daily News from Taiwan, the two of them didn't care to even glance at it.

When I was in Beijing, I thought Jiangnan's album would be a big hit. After all, the quality of the songs is there. Not to mention Taiwan, even in Hong Kong, students walking on the street would occasionally shout out a line.

"A passionate and devoted lover"

Heartless and ruthless people

Come give me scars…

But to their utter surprise, Jiangnan's new album became such a bestseller in Taiwan, selling out its entire stock of 400,000 copies within just four hours of going on sale.

Upon hearing this news, the staff at PolyGram Records went crazy, constantly calling Chen Jiantian, the owner of Red Star Production Company, asking him to restock.

Such impressive sales figures are unparalleled. Even the Four Heavenly Kings, currently being hyped by Hong Kong media, and even during Wang Jie's heyday or the rivalry between Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung, their albums never achieved such terrifying sales records.

Previously, Xu Ke Film Studio could sign contracts with Jiang Nan in the same way they treated Zhao Wenzhuo, with a per-film salary of around tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

And now?

Andy Lau's salary was HK$800 million, Lai Ming's was HK$140 million, Kwok Fu-cheng's was HK$100 million, and Cheung Suet-yu's was HK$150 million.

and so…

Chen Jiaying and Qiu Likuan's asking price of HK$150 million for Jiangnan is not too outrageous, after all, there is room for negotiation on this price.

"Mr. Xu, how about HK$120 million?"

"Let's set the fee for a single film at HK$120 million, but we need to sign three films." Tsui Hark finally made up his mind.

They insisted on taking advantage of Jiangnan's recent rise to fame to film several martial arts movies with him, so that he could completely replace Li Lianjie, that traitor.

As luck would have it, just as the two finalized Jiangnan's fee, Jiangnan walked in from outside, followed by Chen Jiaying and Qiu Likuan.

Upon seeing them, Shi Nansheng, who was very efficient, didn't waste any words and directly took out the contract from the drawer and placed it on his desk.

"The fee for a single film is 1.2 million yuan. Xu Ke Film Studio wants to sign a contract with Jiang Nan for three films. The first film is 'Huang Feihong: The Dragon City Annihilation.' If you are willing, we will sign the contract."

If that's not the case, I'll find someone else.

"Um…"

Jiangnan, who had just arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland, remained silent.

In my past life, I was a musician working behind the scenes and knew nothing about the film and television industry, so now, I'll leave the professional work to the professionals.

Anyway, these two wouldn't betray me because of Wang Fei.

"Um…"

Chen Jiaying and Qiu Likuan remained silent, communicating only with their eyes.

Is that okay?

"I think it's a good idea!"

"Three movie offers?"

"None of us know if the first one will flop!"

After exchanging words for about 5 minutes, Chen Jiaying finally nodded toward Jiangnan.

Seeing this, Jiangnan didn't waste any words, took over the three contracts, and quickly signed them.

After signing and pressing his fingerprint, he was about to politely say that he would be grateful for their help from now on, but before he could even extend his hand, a staff member rushed in in a panic.

"Director Xu, President Shi, something terrible has happened."

"The prop boat our crew made was burned down at the Lamma Island pier."