However, even though she knew that her days at Star Dream would not be easy, Qiao Yiyi still called Zhao Anna as soon as she left the company.
Zhao Anna was playing with her daughter. When she saw Qiao Yiyi's name on the caller ID, she guessed that she must have known that she was going to resign from the company.
"Hello, Yiyi."
"Sister Anna, the company said you resigned, what's the matter?"
It was just as she expected.
Zhao Anna glanced at her daughter who was kneeling on the small beach in the yard playing with building blocks, then stood up and walked into the hallway. While answering Qiao Yiyi's call, she kept an eye on her daughter's movements in the yard.
At this point, there was no need for her to hide it any longer, so she told Qiao Yiyi the truth: "The company is no longer the same company, and there is no need for me to stay here anymore."
"But this is too sudden." Qiao Yiyi stood up for Zhao Anna. "You've been in the company for so long and have contributed so much, and they treat you like this..."
Zhao Anna smiled bitterly. Indeed, she had followed Star Dream since its inception and witnessed it grow from a little-known entertainment company to its current state.
But there was no way. From the moment Qi Shaocheng parachuted into the company, she knew that her situation in the company was not easy, but she didn't expect him to be so ruthless.
Qiao Yiyi couldn't help feeling sad when she heard a slight sigh from the other end of the phone.
When had the extremely strong sister Anna in her heart ever been so depressed?
Facing the dazzling sunlight, Qiao Yiyi's tone became high-spirited and firm. "It's okay, Sister Anna. If things don't work out, just go it alone. You have the ability and connections. At worst, you can open your own agency and be your own boss. Isn't that better than working for someone else and having to rely on others for your approval?"
Zhao Anna was slightly stunned. Is this still the Buddhist and lazy artist in her family who only thinks about eating and waiting to die?
She smiled and said, "You do have a point."
Qiao Yiyi's eyes sparkled. "What are you waiting for? Get started! With your abilities, you'll soon become a rising star in the entertainment industry."
Although Qiao Yiyi doesn't care much about her own affairs, she is very enthusiastic when it comes to instigating others, as if it is not Zhao Anna but herself who wants to start the company.
But Zhao Anna said sadly, "I've thought about your suggestion, but I'm not strong enough yet. I've always been using the Star Dream Entertainment brand. You know, with the company's name, everything is easier to negotiate, and many people are willing to see you. But once you leave it, who will even look at you?"
She sighed again: "I haven't even officially left the company yet, and all the artists under me have already run away. If I really go out and work on my own, who will follow me?"
"Don't you still have me?" Qiao Yiyi said anxiously, forgetting for a moment that she was about to die. "It's just that my contract hasn't expired yet, otherwise I would definitely go with you."
Zhao Anna was surprised: "You didn't renew your contract with Xingmeng?"
"What's the point of renewing it?" Qiao Yiyi got angry when she thought of that gentlemanly scoundrel. "The conditions are so harsh. How selfless must I be to even think about working for him?"
Moreover, the contract with Star Dream is signed for ten years, and the renewal period starts from five years. She would only think of renewing the contract with them if her head was stuck in the door.
Zhao Anna's eyes moved slightly. She stared at the courtyard quietly and asked Qiao Yiyi: "If I go out to work alone, are you really willing to follow me?"
Qiao Yiyi: "That's not true, but you can't exploit me too much."
Zhao Anna smiled, a slight curve at the corner of her mouth. She said, "No, the conditions are easy to negotiate. You can even become a shareholder and become the boss."
"Haha, that's great."
"Yes." Zhao Anna nodded. "The announcement fee is 82%, you get 80 and I get 20%. We'll also get a share of the company's profits at the end of the year. We won't force you to accept announcements you don't want to take, and we won't exploit you."
The conditions were pretty good. Compared to the 70:30 split the company had exploited her for before, it was like a pie in the sky.
But she joked, "Sister Anna, you're talking as if you've already started a company."
Zhao Anna regained her calm expression and said, "It has indeed been registered. I'll officially open the business after I stay home with my daughter for a while."
Qiao Yiyi: “???”
She didn't react for a moment.
What is going on?
Sister Anna has her own company?
Didn’t she just...
A light bulb went off in Qiao Yiyi's head, and she realized belatedly that she had been tricked.
Zhao Anna told Qiao Yiyi that she had been preparing for some time and had also confirmed the partners, the biggest of which was He Yao Studio.
This is also the reason why she had more business dealings with He Yao and others some time ago.
He Yao has always wanted to go out on his own, and she also has this idea. Just when Qi Shaocheng came out to muddy the waters, they just went with the flow.
Now He Yao's studio is completely in her own hands and is no longer managed by Star Dream Entertainment. She has also established her own agency.
Although she doesn’t have many resources at the moment, she believes that as long as Yi Yi is willing to come, things will get better and better in the future.
But Zhao Anna knew very well that Qiao Yiyi was not very ambitious. She was the type who would take things one step at a time and would stay where she was forever if she didn't.
Moreover, during the contact process, she learned that several companies, even He Yao Studio, were interested in extending an olive branch after Yi Yi's contract with Xing Meng expired.
Zhao Anna had no choice but to take the initiative and use this self-torture tactic.
"Okay, Sister Anna, you tricked me!"
Qiao Yiyi didn't expect that she fell into Sister Anna's trap without paying attention.
A faint smile spread across Zhao Anna's lips. "Not really. I really want to invite you to join. So," she paused and asked tentatively, "what do you think?"
This is a dilemma.
Why do these leaders like to ask her this question?
Just now, Qiao Yiyi thought that she was about to lose her job and had adjusted her mindset to find another way out, but she didn't expect such a big change to happen in a blink of an eye.
This group of people did so many things behind her back.
She hesitated a little: "The conditions are pretty good, but..."
What about her gourmet food store? She really wanted to open her own small shop.
Zhao Anna seemed to be able to see through her thoughts and said earnestly, "I know you've always wanted to open a gourmet restaurant, but you need money to open a store, right? Later store maintenance, employee salaries, and so on, all require money. You can save up some money first, and then you can open whatever store you want, and as many as you want."
It has to be said that Zhao Anna's words made Qiao Yiyi waver.
Although she has paid off the compensation, she currently has no savings.
Mr. Qi has deducted so many of her notices, so it will probably be difficult for her to make money in the future.
However, she hesitantly told Zhao Anna: "My contract with Xingmeng still has more than a year left..."
If she terminates the contract at this time, she will have to pay compensation, and it will be a sky-high termination fee.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Anna listened and said indifferently: "It's okay, I can talk to Qi Shaocheng."
Qiao Yiyi was surprised: "Do you have a way to make me not pay the termination fee?"
Zhao Anna: "It's hard to say, but it's better to try than not to try. If it really doesn't work, you can only wait until your contract expires, but you must not run away with anyone by then."
Qiao Yiyi: "No, no."
Apart from Zhao Anna, which company would want her?
But things were really weird. She was facing the crisis of unemployment the moment before, and the next second, Zhao Anna told her that she had set up an agency and was trying to recruit her with favorable conditions.
The anger I had been holding back with Mr. Qi disappeared in an instant.
She just didn't expect that the gentlemanly villain would really do what he said. For the next period of time, she really didn't have any announcements.
But she was happy to be at ease and treated it as a holiday.
So during this time, Qiao Yiyi leisurely cooked and read at home, then went out to walk the dog, and posted some cooking and animal-related videos on video websites. Unexpectedly, she accumulated a group of fans who were not usually fans of celebrities.
This new group of fans is mostly young men and women with a certain level of social experience, as well as housewives, who are relatively rational and Buddhist. They were first attracted by her cooking videos, then found her animal science popularization interesting and helpful for children's learning. They followed her and planned to share the content of her videos with their own children.
It was not until they were introduced to her that they realized that this food and cute pet blogger was actually a female artist in the entertainment industry.
It was only because of Qi Shaocheng's suppression that Qiao Yiyi had barely appeared on screen recently. For entertainers in the entertainment industry, without exposure, there would be no topics, and without topics, there would be no popularity, and over time, they would fade away.
But Qiao Yiyi didn't care. If she was out of favor, she was out of favor. This just proved that she was not suitable for the entertainment industry. It was just a bit unfair to Sister Anna, because she had to sign a completely unpopular artist.
After spending some leisure time at home, Baomei suddenly asked her to pack up and prepare to join the group.
Qiao Yiyi was puzzled: "Isn't it already over? Why would anyone still want me to film a movie?"
Baomei said, "It's Director Wu, the great film director Wu Daorong, who specifically asked you to come over."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yiyi was so shocked that she sat up from the bed.
I had heard from Mr. Qi before that director Wu Daorong was planning to shoot a new movie and she was originally scheduled to play the role, but Qi Shaocheng turned it down and recommended another female artist from the company.
The female artist was none other than Chi Wei.
Qiao Yiyi had just seen news on Weibo a few days ago that Director Wu's adventure disaster film "Polar" was about to start filming and the crew was about to head to the filming location. Why was there a sudden actor change at this time? Even though it was a small, unknown role.
Baomei didn't know what was going on, but since Director Wu personally asked for the person, it must be a good thing.
As Qi Shaocheng said before, being able to star in Director Wu's movie will add a lot of gold to your resume.
Qiao Yiyi has been in the industry for many years, but she has only a handful of works to show off, the most of which is the TV series "Phoenix Road" filmed by Director Xie this year.
She won't get far in the entertainment industry relying solely on variety shows and endorsements.
With a lot of doubts in her mind, Qiao Yiyi packed her luggage and went to the airport.
Director Wu also follows a principle when making films, which is to make them as realistic as possible. If a scene in a movie can be found in reality, he will never use special effects.
Therefore, Wu Daorong's films are always of high quality, with engaging plots and realistic scenes. In addition, the actors he invites are all of the highest caliber actors and actresses. When the audience hears that the director is Wu Daorong, they will unanimously give him movie tickets.
The choice of filming location is just like the name of the movie, it is really chosen in the polar region with harsh conditions and freezing cold weather.
Because it is located in the far north, the crew specifically told Qiao Yiyi to bring more thick clothes, as it is not convenient to purchase them there.
So Qiao Yiyi carried two large suitcases, and her brown bear attributes were used to perfection.
When Chi Wei learned that her role had been replaced, especially when that person was Qiao Yiyi, she was so angry that she smashed her favorite vase at home.
After finally calming down a bit, I still couldn't swallow this anger.
She took out her suitcase, found a good angle to take a photo with it, and then posted it to her fan group, saying to her fans: "I'm sorry, my dears, I may miss this polar trip and won't be able to share the polar scenery with you."
The fans in the group were immediately blown away.
iWei asked her what happened.
Chi Wei made a sighing expression: "Nothing, I just withdrew from the filming of "Polar" for some reasons."
iWei people: "How could this happen! What happened? Our Weiwei waited so long and finally got a good script, why is it not being filmed?"
Chi Wei sighed, "I can only blame myself for being useless and unable to keep up with the pace of the entertainment industry. I thought that as long as I worked hard to hone my acting skills, I didn't expect that I would still be unable to withstand the reality."
After saying this, she posted a positive emoticon package that read "Brave Vivi, not afraid of difficulties", and advised fans not to feel sad for her. It's gone, and she will calm down and continue to wait for the next good script.
Just consider this as a training for her.
But her followers couldn't stand it. They posted emojis and comments saying "I feel sorry for her" and "Hug her", and then went to dig into the crew of "Polar".
When they found out that Qiao Yiyi had joined the crew, they understood that it was Qiao Yiyi who had taken away their role as the steaming cook.
Chi Wei's fans have always hated Qiao Yiyi. They used to think that Qiao Yiyi would be more caring towards Weiwei because they were fellow sisters. Unexpectedly, not only did she not do that, but during the last recording of "My Dream Town", she even teamed up with outsiders to deliberately make things difficult for Weiwei, not only making her cry, but also eliminating her.
They had never settled this account, but they didn't expect that the shameless woman Qiao Yiyi would snatch their role of Vivi again this time.
The i Weis were very dissatisfied. They were kind-hearted people, but that didn't mean they were easy to bully. They immediately started to attack Qiao Yiyi, saying that Qiao Yiyi was stealing Chi Wei's role.
[How could a vase who has no acting skills, no works, and relies on fancy things to attract attention every day, snatch Chi Wei's role!]
Chi Wei has been diligently honing her acting skills and had prepared for this shoot for a long time. She even wore less clothing to acclimate to the freezing weather, and yet, she was robbed.
They didn't dare to challenge Director Wu Daorong, so they started with the acting skills and the atmosphere of the entertainment industry.
I don't understand movies these days anymore. Do you think hiring a popular artist can boost the box office?
[If this is true, I will be the first to boycott this movie and will definitely not watch it.]
[I won't watch it either. One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. I hope Director Wu will open his eyes and take better care of himself in the future.]
Qiao Yiyi was suddenly attacked and her fans were confused.
Their Sister Yiyi has been so unpopular recently, but she is still labeled as a "traffic artist". I really want to thank this group of people for praising her.
However, when they heard that Qiao Yiyi was going to film Director Wu's movie, they were also happy.
The girls treated them as outsiders and didn't even tell them that they were making the movie.
In Qiao Yiyi's fan group, Baomei immediately explained to everyone: "I hope everyone will not be misled by the rhythm. Sister Yiyi did not steal Chi Wei's role at all. That role originally belonged to Sister Yiyi, but later the company gave it to Chi Wei. But I don't know what happened and it went back to Sister Yiyi."
When the Yiyi birds heard this, they suddenly realized what was going on and said that Qiao Yiyi would never do such a thing.
Now she is being blamed by Chi Wei and her group of green tea bitches.
They immediately launched an anti-black campaign online, but it had little effect. Netizens had already formed a preconceived notion, and iWei and others were too pitiful to play the victim.
And everyone doesn’t understand why Star Dream Entertainment gave the role that should have belonged to Qiao Yiyi to Chi Wei. Even if that’s true, isn’t it because her acting skills are not good?
Qiao Yiyi previously gained a lot of fans by appearing in several variety shows and helping the police solve cases.
But because of Qi Shaocheng's deliberate suppression recently and his rare appearances, some passers-by fans have gradually lost their enthusiasm and are no longer as passionate as they were at the beginning, and they easily follow the rhythm.
Jiang Yu is one of the actresses who starred in the movie "Polar". Although she is young, she is a movie star and her parents have connections in the film industry.
I met Chi Wei on a weekly variety show on National Satellite TV. One was promoting a movie and the other was promoting a drama.
When Jiang Yu was playing games, the button of her shirt accidentally broke off. Chi Wei immediately took off her clothes to block some of the inquiring eyes and the rumors on the Internet that she was deliberately showing off her figure.
After that, the two became good friends.
Jiang Yu felt that Chi Wei was very sincere. In the entertainment industry, there were very few people who truly cared about others. Most people approached her for her status and background, but Chi Wei was not like that.
Jiang Yu was on her way to the airport. After seeing the comments online, she immediately sent a message to ask Chi Wei what was going on.
Chi Wei sent a cute cat emoji and said, "It's nothing, I just can't go to the polar regions with you."
Then he told Jiang Yu to take good care of herself over there, as the weather was cold, so she should bring more clothes and remember to bring the calming tea he had sent her.
"You have trouble sleeping, don't forget to drink this. There's also brown sugar and a heat pack. If you have your period, stick one on your stomach so it won't feel so uncomfortable."
Jiang Yu was very touched that Chi Wei still thought of her first even in such a situation.
She knew that ever since the movie she acted in with He Yao, Chi Wei had been said to have relied on her childhood brilliance and had lost her spiritual energy when she grew up.
After that, he has been quietly honing his acting skills and improving himself.
I waited so long for a good script, but I didn't expect something like this to go wrong.
Qiao Yiyi, right?
Jiang Yu searched Qiao Yiyi's Weibo and flipped through the pictures in her album. Finally, her eyes locked on a selfie from a death-like angle that Qiao Yiyi had posted at the request of a fan. She couldn't help but sneer, "That's it?"
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