Chapter 164 Cooperation

"Actually, I could have a perfectly reasonable reason to participate in 'Future Star'."

"However, let's not mention that reason for now. We'll release it when the controversy surrounding my role as a special judge reaches its peak online."

"Huh? What reasonable excuse do you have? You've never even sung a song before..."

Mei Jie was a little confused when she heard Luo Jiayin's words, wondering what Luo Jiayin was up to.

President Wang also looked up from the pile of documents and stared at Luo Jia with interest. He wanted to know what interesting ideas Luo Jia could come up with, given his intelligence.

Luo Jiayin gave Sister Mei a mysterious smile: "Sister Mei, have you forgotten what I told you a few days ago?"

Mei blinked in confusion, unable to recall if Luo Jiayin had ever specifically mentioned anything about music to her before.

"Hey? Luo Jia, is this the studio you told me about a couple of days ago?"

Comrade Lao Wang, who was still observing, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered that Luo Jia had returned from an event at the Song Group not long ago and had hurriedly come to find him.

It's said that they used the name "Jiayi Studio" to conduct some kind of personnel selection and training program.

He was worried that President Wang might have some ulterior motives and misunderstand that Luo Jia wanted to start his own business privately, so he came to give him a heads-up.

Luo Jiayin hadn't expected that Old Wang's mind would work even faster than Sister Mei's this time.

She chuckled, "Exactly, exactly!"

Yu Jiu slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh my, that's right! At the charity gala of the Song Group the other day, Luo Jia spent all his savings on some kind of 'star-making project'!"

Sister Mei suddenly realized.

So that's what it was!

The "star-making project" that Song's Group was running was, to put it bluntly, a closed-door talent show. As an investor in the star-making project, Luo Jia naturally had the right to decide who would participate in the project.

Once the popularity of "The Future Child" reaches its peak and Luo Jia is thrust into the spotlight by public opinion, Jingting Entertainment can then release Luo Jia's "star-making plan".

It was announced that Loja wanted to find some players who performed well in the competition but were unfortunately eliminated, and bring them into his training camp.

This provides an extra layer of protection for the contestants of "The Future Child." Even if they are eliminated in the competition, they still have a chance to succeed if they perform well.

"You clever little devil, how come your mind works so fast!" Sister Mei smiled broadly, her mood instantly brightening.

"In that case, it's a win-win situation for Luo Jia, the production team, and even the contestants. Luo Jia should definitely be a special guest judge on 'The Future Child'!"

Upon hearing that Luo Jiayin and the others had already made a decision, President Wang immediately gave his approval.

Upon seeing this, Sister Mei immediately set about contacting the organizers of "The Future Child" to convey Luo Jiayin's message.

...

Luo Jiayin has basically finalized a series of upcoming events, and of course, Sega hasn't been idle these past few days either.

Thanks to Hayashi Heisei's efforts, Sega finally secured the rights to "The Invisible Dawn".

Lin Hei-cheng gave the other party a great deal of benefits this time, spending a lot of money and giving them a lot of say in the filming process.

Sega had only one requirement—the lead actor had to be chosen by Sega.

Seeing that Sega was quite "sincere," the other party readily agreed to transfer the film and television rights of "The Invisible Dawn" to Sega.

The moment the contract was signed, Lin Heping immediately arranged for someone to personally go to Jingting Entertainment to communicate with them, hoping that Luo Jia would play the role of "Zheng Chengyu" in the drama, and Gu Yishen would play the role of "Chu Chen".

In fact, considering the amount of screen time and the overall story structure of the script, the character "Zheng Chengyu" is practically the male lead of the entire show. Even the character "Chu Chen," played by Gu Yishen, doesn't have as much screen time as "Zheng Chengyu."

Since Gu Yishen became a sensation, Sega Entertainment, in an effort to maintain Gu Yishen's "prestige," has not given him any roles other than the male lead for a long time.

It's clear that Lin Ping went to great lengths to get Luo Jia involved, contributing both money and effort, and even giving up the male lead role.

Given the popularity of both Luo Jia and Gu Yishen, this collaboration in a dual-male lead drama could be a great opportunity for Luo Jia to further boost his popularity, especially if he is willing to take the role and performs well.

Lin Heisheng believed that from any perspective, neither Luo Jia nor Jingting Entertainment had any reason to refuse.

Everyone at Sega who knew about this thought so, including the agent who was arranged by Lin Heisei to go to Jingting Entertainment to discuss cooperation.

Although Lin Hei-cheng had instructed him before going to Jingting Entertainment that he must maintain a proper attitude upon arrival and not give off an arrogant impression, and should try to negotiate with them on an equal and cooperative basis.

However, while the agent verbally agreed, he secretly felt that Lin Heisei was making a mountain out of a molehill.

Everyone in the entertainment industry knows what kind of terrible company Jingting is.

It's just that we've been lucky these past few days, because of that ungrateful Luo Jia, who has managed to keep the company afloat thanks to this one artist.

But in his heart, Jingting was still that small, insignificant company that couldn't be brought to the table. It was an honor for Jingting that Sega was willing to cooperate with Jingting's artists!

If the people at Jingting Entertainment knew, they would be extremely grateful to Sega, after all, Sega is not some second-rate entertainment company, it's no exaggeration to say that it is the industry leader.

Sega's agent arrived at Jingting just as Sister Mei was negotiating with the organizers of "The Future Child" about having Luo Jia serve as a special guest judge on the show.

Luo Jia and Yu Jiu hadn't left yet; the two were still in President Wang's office discussing upcoming work matters.

When he arrived, he was received by Xiao Liu.

After clarifying the purpose of their visit, Xiao Liu asked Secretary Wu to report the situation to General Manager Wang. He then received instructions from General Manager Wang to bring the person directly to his office.

Xiao Liu politely led Sega's agent to the door of President Wang's office and gently knocked on the door.

After waiting for Mr. Wang's response, they opened the door and invited him in.

"Mr. Wang, this is Manager Sun from Sega Entertainment. He said he's here to discuss a collaboration with Jingting."

"Okay, I understand. You can go ahead and do your work."