Chapter 284 Fan Economy

Gu Shuangbai didn’t realize that this was a poisonous cookie, but he was still unhappy. The only thing that made him unhappy was:

“Song Zhibai gave me something he didn’t want?”

The agent's body stiffened. Gu Shuangbai had not had an easy time in the past two years. The reason was actually very simple. Gu Shuangbai entered the entertainment industry as the second son of the Gu family. He debuted as the male lead in an idol drama and had participated in countless film and television dramas directed by big directors and big stars.

According to his inner thoughts, entering the entertainment industry with his identity is purely a dimensionality reduction attack, and he should be able to become a top superstar with any move.

According to Gu Shuangbai's development path two years ago, he was about to become a top star, but Song Zhibai suddenly appeared.

The entertainment industry has limited resources and traffic. If there are more of this person, there may be less of that person. Gu Shuangbai and Song Zhibai are both handsome men of the same type, but Song Zhibai is several levels more handsome than him.

After they had the same genre, they also filmed a martial arts film at the same time. Many of Gu Shuangbai's original fans directly quit and joined Song Zhibai's fan club.

After several rounds of snatching of commercial resources, the fans of the two groups started to fight each other.

Gu Shuangbai didn't pay much attention to Song Zhibai, the rising star, at first, but after learning that he was from Xu Youyou Entertainment Company, he became more and more angry, and now regards Song Zhibai as a thorn in his side.

When the agent heard this, he hurriedly comforted her, "Shuangbai, things in the entertainment industry are like a blessing in disguise. You may be disappointed today but successful tomorrow. Who can tell for sure?"

He thought his consolation was the right medicine, but he didn't expect Gu Shuangbai to stare at him with his eyes wide open: "What do you mean by 'the old man lost his horse'?"

Agent: ...I almost forgot that my artist is illiterate!

The agent gave a look to the female assistant beside him.

The female assistant lowered her voice to explain the meaning of the idiom "A blessing in disguise".

Gu Shuangbai refused to admit that he was illiterate, and said, "I have been studying abroad for many years."

The agent and the female assistant laughed together: "Yes, yes, yes. People abroad don't learn idioms. It's normal that you don't know this word."

As he was speaking, Gu Shuangbai's cell phone rang.

"My dear, your agent should have received a call. I had someone do some public relations with Steve's team for this resource. Now Director Steve has spoken. Although we haven't interviewed you yet, you are the first choice for this role."

The person who called was Gu Shuangbai's former agent and current girlfriend Wu Yue. Wu Yue is no longer the agent of any artist, but is nominally the deputy director of the company.

Gu Shuangbai dared to lose his temper with his agent and female assistant, but now he still had to rely on his girlfriend and pretend that the unpleasantness just now did not exist. Instead, he smiled and said, "Yueyue, I have seen too many people's warmth and coldness in the past year, but you are still the best to me."

Wu Yue was coaxed into a trance by Gu Shuangbai as usual, and continued, "Don't worry, dear. My father and I have told you that you are the most important artist in our company. The whole company revolves around you, and all the good resources are yours."

"Don't you want to be the spokesperson for top luxury brands? My mother's friend is now the Asia-Pacific director of brand A. My mother has been negotiating with her friend these days. It shouldn't be long before the PR team contacts you. By then, you will be the Asian ambassador of brand A."

A is the abbreviation of a top international luxury brand. Countless domestic celebrities have fought hard to become the Asian image ambassador, let alone the domestic image ambassador. Even many popular young actors and actresses can only get the title of domestic brand friend.

Gu Shuangbai just felt that he had finally heard good news today, and sweet words that made his ears blush kept coming out.

But after hanging up the phone, before he had time to be happy, his phone pushed a new message to him.

"Song Zhibai officially announced as the global spokesperson for S family."

The moment Gu Shuangbai saw the message, he wanted to smash his phone.

Although both are top global luxury brands, S is one level higher than A.

For luxury brands, the title of spokesperson is more important than that of image ambassador. More importantly, Song Zhibai was officially announced as the "global spokesperson". This is the first time that a top luxury brand has chosen a Chinese as its global spokesperson.

Just as Gu Shuangbai expected, the comment section of this news was filled with Song Zhibai's fans' enthusiasm.

He just hated why he was not the one who got such top-level luxury resources.

He has never had a strong sense of fashion expression, unlike Song Zhibai who has always been a darling of the fashion circle. Being able to become the Asian image ambassador of company A is actually a huge step forward for him in the fashion circle.

But human nature is always insatiable. Compared with Song Zhibai, Gu Shuangbai felt like a scavenger.

Unlike Song Zhibai's official announcement of top resources, which attracted heated discussions across the Internet, Gu Shuangbai's official announcement as the Asian image ambassador was like a drop of water merging into the ocean, without causing much waves.

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"The most important thing for you right now is to prepare for the audition with director Steve. Don't pay attention to the comments on the Internet. Netizens have been slapped in the face many times. As long as you produce good work, that is more important than anything else." The agent comforted Gu Shuangbai.

For Chinese actors, being able to appear in the works of top foreign directors is an extremely rare thing. Gu Shuangbai forced himself not to think about Song Zhibai and devoted himself to the audition.

But Director Steve, who was sitting in the interview seat, frowned as he watched Gu Shuangbai's superficial performance.

He turned around and asked the people around him in English: "How can such an ability be ranked in the top two in China? Are your audiences willing to tolerate him?"

The person he was questioning was Wu Yue's cousin, who is also the director of the agency. Hearing this, he smiled helplessly and said, "Our country attaches great importance to the fan economy. Gu's performance may not be the best, but his fans are very crazy and are very willing to pay for him. Five months ago, a movie of Gu's made 300 million yuan at the box office within a few days of its release thanks to the support of his fans."

What this person did not explain was that the movie in which Gu Shuangbai participated was also a big production by a top domestic director, and Gu Shuangbai's role in it was less than five minutes.

Director Steve didn't seem to do much background research on Gu Shuangbai, or he trusted the Wu family too much. When he heard this, he didn't doubt it. Instead, he looked at Gu Shuangbai seriously, as if he wanted to figure out what was so likable about this man in front of him.

But after watching it for a long time, he still didn't understand it, but he still felt sorry that Song Zhibai didn't agree to audition.

"Since fans in your country like him, I will accept him," Director Steve said helplessly.