Chapter 38 038 The Agent Finally
Chapter Thirty-Eight
[GVM was indeed scouting Lin Yuan—a chance encounter on set.]
[Wow, blonde hair! Even though the image quality is blurry, it's definitely blonde, right? The hair looks very soft.]
Sangzi expressed her excitement.
The latest Reuters photos!
On the left of the photo is Li Mobei, and on the other side is Lin Yuan. At this moment, whether they are taking a break or something, the two are so bored by the roadside that they are kicking pebbles.
Sang Zi also noticed that Lin Yuan's outfit had a white fur trim around the collar. Although it wasn't exactly outlandish, didn't he feel hot in this season?
Sangzi had seen the news on the forum that Lin Yuan was going to cooperate with GVM, but she didn't quite believe it. She was used to Lin Yuan's ability to disappear at any time, so she was not used to the sudden news.
[Kobayashi doesn't have an agent yet, right? She doesn't even have an assistant. It seems like hiring an agent would make things much easier.]
[Perhaps it's a case of "once bitten, twice shy"?]
A comment in the building caught Sangzi's attention. Judging from the other person's words, was there some inside story about Lin Yuan not having an agent?
She waited in the thread for a while, and sure enough, someone explained the whole story.
[Note this: This is Lin Yuan's former manager before his company went bankrupt, and this is Xie Yu's manager at DA Entertainment. What connections do you make?]
Sang Zi: "!"
She just heard about it!
No wonder... Lin Yuan has to fight alone now, and he doesn't have any decent resources at hand.
"Heart's Desire" was invited by Tian Yi, "Thousand Mountains" was auditioned, and "Hot" was found by the director. If Lin Yuan had an agency, his career could have taken another step forward, right?
[Ugh, how could Xie Yu have the nerve to play the victim before? He even stole Lin Yuan's manager!]
All I can say is that it's fortunate Lin Yuan gained recognition through "A Thousand Mountains," and more people are speaking up for him on the forum. In the past, all you forum members would see were Xie Yu's fans fiercely criticizing Lin Yuan.
Sangzi deeply felt this.
After becoming a fan of Lin Yuan, she would search for discussion posts related to Lin Yuan on the forum. The recent ones were okay, but the ones from two or three years ago—almost the entire thread was occupied by Xie Yu's fans, and then the thread completely went off track.
Recently, there have been more posts praising "A Thousand Mountains" and sharing posts about "Tomorrow's Tomorrow".
[I regret knowing Lin Yuan so late. Will he still participate in the "Tomorrow's Tomorrow" tour this year? The ticketing platform is already up and running, but I don't know if Lin Yuan will come.]
[+1+1.]
Every time Sangzi comes across a post like this, she feels glad that she became a fan of the show "Tomorrow's Tomorrow".
Lin Yuan is absolutely amazing.
To be honest, Sangzi has been very busy lately.
She checks the box office of "Thousand Mountains" every day—the movie has been online for a month, and the daily box office is still over 10 million yuan. It will see a small increase on the weekend, and the total box office is approaching 900 million yuan.
Whether the final box office will reach 1 billion is hard to say, but this is already the best result for director Qin Panyun to date.
If it weren't for the excellent box office performance of "Thousand Mountains", the GVM probably wouldn't have facilitated the filming of a duo movie between Li Mobei and Lin Yuan.
After all, there is a significant difference in their status.
Then, pay attention to materials related to Lin Yuan, such as the roadshow for "Thousand Mountains" and magazine photoshoots.
Although she can't compare to other celebrities, Lin Yuan's schedule is now much busier than when she first became a fan.
For her, this meant receiving the latest Lin Yuan energy replenishment every day.
Extremely happy.
...
The magazine cover is still being shot.
Lin Yuan and Li Mobei both came from the roadshow of "Thousand Mountains". He rode in Li Mobei's car, while Li Mobei's agent drove.
Lin Yuan doesn't usually drive; he takes a taxi when there are events. Recently, there have been many events related to "Thousand Mountains," so he has to get up early in the morning and go home late at night, leaving him with no energy to drive.
"You still haven't decided on an agent?" Li Mobei asked.
If Lin Yuan intended to focus on film, Li Mobei would be willing to lend him his agent, but Lin Yuan's career path was clearly different from his.
"Soon." Lin Yuan waved his phone. "I'm hiring."
“You said the same thing last time.”
He, Zhan Heng, and Hua Lin all intend to bring Lin Yuan into their company. After the release of "Thousand Mountains", no one will be able to ignore Lin Yuan's potential.
However, Lin Yuan is the kind of person with his own ideas, and Li Mobei felt that he might not like an agent who restricts him too much.
Lin Yuan wasn't a newcomer who signed a contract with a company to sell himself to a company right after his debut. His previous company went bankrupt, and he made a name for himself. Whoever signed him would make a pure profit, without even needing to pay a training fee.
"This time it'll be really fast."
Just as Li Mobei had guessed, Lin Yuan wanted more freedom.
Big companies have their advantages, but his current situation isn't so bad.
He needs an agent, not necessarily someone who can bring him great resources (these days, many good opportunities flop), but someone who can identify good opportunities, give him enough autonomy, and help him manage offers.
Lin Yuan felt that this requirement was not high, but... only a few agents could meet it.
Moreover, given Lin Yuan's requirements, he needed an agent who was temporarily free, but there were already few agents out there, and even fewer professional ones.
Lin Yuan has recently identified quite a few scammers.
However, perhaps he was lucky, Lin Yuan really did meet a suitable agent these past two days.
Instead of immediately launching into a smooth-talking pitch and telling Lin Yuan that they would turn him into a top star, the other party analyzed Lin Yuan's current situation.
Lin Yuan found that some of the other party's ideas coincided with his own, so he asked for the other party's contact information and discussed things in detail with them on WeChat.
When Lin Yuan asked which agency the other person had previously worked for, the other person quietly replied, "DA Entertainment."
Lin Yuan: "..."
All right.
At that time, Lin Yuan had already planned to sign with him, but after replying to "DA Entertainment", the other party told him that it was okay if Lin Yuan did not want to sign with him.
After all, he did work as an agent at DA Entertainment, although he wasn't in charge of Xie Yu.
...
That's exactly what Feng Zeng thought.
Sure enough, after he replied to the message from his former company, Lin Yuan stopped responding.
"Thousand Mountains" made Gu Yilou a household name, and people in the industry probably realized that Lin Yuan is the kind of all-rounder who can sing, dance and act, and signing him would definitely be a good deal.
Lin Yuan did face criticism and a lot of haters in the early stages, but everyone knows that 90% of his haters are Xie Yu's fans.
It was normal that Lin Yuan couldn't beat Xie Yu at that time.
But now, Xie Yu has repeatedly failed, while Lin Yuan has gained a wave of sympathy.
It doesn't matter who came in eighth place on "Tomorrow's Star". What matters is who the audience believes.
Xie Yu was popular before, and it was only natural for Xie Yu to debut in Wink, since Lin Yuan had no say in the matter anyway.
Things are different now.
Even Feng Zeng saw a video by a certain analyst on his homepage, such as "Wink's Debut Night: A Variety of Contestants" and "On How Much of Lin Yuan's Footage Was Cut"... Xie Yu's approach is no longer effective.
Netizens even complained that Xie Yu was playing the victim too much—he successfully debuted, Lin Yuan's company went bankrupt and he lost his manager, so no one would dare to turn around and criticize Lin Yuan, right?
But Xie Yu had the nerve to do that.
It can be said that DA Entertainment's evil deeds against Lin Yuan are too numerous to count.
It's normal for an agent from DA Entertainment to be rejected.
Feng sighed. He had been invited out to dinner by a friend tonight, but he hadn't even eaten a few bites of food before he had already sighed countless times.
“Why don’t you just quit?” your friend said. “People know you’ve become an agent, and they all think you’re living the high life, owning a big house, and riding on the coattails of celebrities. Who knows how many weirdos you’ve actually encountered?”
“What can I do?” Feng Zeng counted on his fingers. “I have to pay social security, I still have twelve years left on my mortgage, and my child needs to go to school. If I didn’t have any integrity, I would have put all the artists’ autographs on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace) to sell.”
“I just couldn’t take it anymore. If I could have continued to endure it, I wouldn’t have chosen to resign recently,” Feng Zeng said. “I don’t want to mention those disgusting things.”
The resources he painstakingly found were snatched up by his own colleagues, not by outsiders.
The artists he mentored, as soon as they showed any signs of rising in popularity, were noticed by other people in the company.
Feng once admitted that his inability to socialize was due to his lack of ability.
However, he often felt that he didn't fit in with the atmosphere of DA Entertainment. He felt that actors should focus on making good films first and then gradually find opportunities to establish themselves in the entertainment industry.
Although acting is a profession that relies on youth, aren't there people who can make a living from youth to old age?
As for DA Entertainment, perhaps because of Xie Yu's successful precedent, they usually package people up and send them to talent shows to gain exposure. Those who are good-looking will act, while those who are not good-looking will go on variety shows and do live streams. Once the hype dies down, they will leave them at home and send another batch of newcomers to repeat the same route.
Those who were abandoned and stayed at home doing nothing found it hard to tolerate an ordinary life. They either lived a life of debauchery or caused trouble outside. According to Feng Zeng, some of them even had a mountain of debt.
“Perhaps my thinking is too outdated,” Feng Zeng said.
“Indeed,” my friend remarked. “These days, it’s considered impressive if a celebrity stays popular for three years.”
"Maybe it's because I also dream of becoming an actor."
Feng was formally trained in acting and had acted in films and television dramas in his early years, but he never became famous and eventually moved behind the scenes.
He prefers the pure kind of stars, singers who sing well and actors who act well. He feels that the current entertainment industry is full of puppets and tools.
First, they promote them aggressively, and if they don't become famous, they discard them. Anyway, there are plenty of young people who want to become famous, and they keep popping up one after another.
After drinking a bit, Feng Zeng was also a little dizzy: "If all else fails, I'll just go sell insurance tomorrow."
"I'll try selling it at DA Entertainment. Maybe they'll take pity on me and buy a few more tickets."
Just as his friend was about to say something, Feng Zeng's WeChat suddenly rang.
"It's a call to collect phone bills." Feng Zeng casually picked up his phone, but the next moment, his eyes widened, and he held the phone closer, as if trying to decipher the words on it.
"What's wrong?" her friend asked curiously.
"It seems like I... won't be unemployed for the time being." Feng Zeng's voice was tinged with excitement.
"He chose me."
—At the moment when he felt he had lost all hope.
Along with Lin Yuan's message came a message from one of his former colleagues, who offered tentative concern: "If you can't sign a suitable artist, how about I introduce one to you? It'll be tough, but you can borrow some of my resources."
A few hours ago, Feng would have been angry and furious to receive this message, but now he's not angry at all: "Then I'll leave it to you."
From now on, remind the other person once a day.
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