Chapter 52 Chapter 52
Huang Zong, from Yuanyang Entertainment, was very unhappy about being forced to terminate the contract.
His agent cautiously said, “Mr. Huang, Sheng Yueqing being signed away isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He’s not of much value anyway…”
“Shut up!” Huang Zong roared, “I haven’t settled the score with you for the previous incident yet! You can’t even do your job properly! You didn’t even know that an artist under your management was poached by another company. The company would be better off raising a pig than you!”
The agent was scolded until he was drenched in sweat and didn’t dare retort.
Only after Huang Zong had finished scolding him, did the agent say, “Actually, Mr. Huang, it’s not that serious. Sheng Yueqing has so much negative news, it’s not that easy to clear his reputation. With his current image, it’s almost impossible to make money. Even if Manager Gu signed him, what’s the big deal? He’s just picking up trash… Surely he’s not doing charity?”
Huang Zong frowned, “What if he really is doing charity?”
The agent said, “Then isn’t that even better? As long as Sheng Yueqing appears on screen, people will remember that he bullied his teammates. We don’t have to do anything, he’ll continuously give us blood transfusions. Isn’t that a good thing?”
Huang Zong pondered for a moment, then hesitantly said, “Gu Xing Shi definitely won’t want to see this happen. The person behind him, 10086, is very mysterious, and I heard that he has a special relationship with someone from the Wen family…”
The agent immediately whispered a few words into his ear. Huang Zong’s eyes lit up, “That’s a good idea!”
After receiving his affirmation, the agent immediately contacted online water armies to spread rumors about Sheng Yueqing and Gu Xing Shi having a secret relationship.
In his opinion, even if Gu Xing Shi wanted to clear Sheng Yueqing’s name, it wouldn’t happen overnight. By then, the rumors would have already fermented.
Even if 10086 issued a denial, so what?
It’s difficult for people to prove they haven’t done something, and everyone knows that 10086 has a close relationship with Gu Xing Shi, so their position is inherently questionable.
Once the rumors spread, Gu Xing Shi would naturally be unable to refute them.
By then, they would naturally be able to cling to Sheng Yueqing. The more popular Sheng Yueqing becomes, the more nourishment he would bring them.
However, before he could rejoice for a while, he discovered that Gu Xing Shi had actually hired Adam to shoot professional photos for Sheng Yueqing.
Even though he had managed Sheng Yueqing for several years and thought he was immune to his good looks, even the agent was stunned by the photos for a while.
But then, he saw the comments below.
【Brother’s beauty directly controls me!】
【This face-value dog is already lying flat in the pit. Anyone who makes my treasure leave the entertainment industry, I will bite them to death!】
【I think there’s something wrong with that announcement. It’s not that I judge people by their appearance, but their appearance gap is really a bit big, right? Sheng Yueqing can attract a lot of people with just a finger snap, so why would he deceive and play with a trainee?】
The agent never expected that a set of photos could actually turn the tide of public opinion.
Thinking that this would affect his plan, his expression immediately became ferocious, and he immediately increased the number of water armies, even spreading rumors within the industry.
However, not long after, he saw a familiar and terrifying name appear on the hot search——10086.
He clicked on their Weibo, and his eyes went dark.
【Yuanyang Entertainment, a company that is good at raising evil spirits.】
【Want to get rich and become famous overnight? Come and learn how Yuanyang Entertainment's CEO raises evil spirits!】
【Only 998, a harmful evil spirit will come home with you!!】
【Raise one, and watch your rival's artist collapse and go to jail!!】
【Raise two, and watch your competitor's company go bankrupt!!】
【Raise three…】
【Yuanyang Entertainment, the real enemy of the domestic entertainment industry!!!】
The comments below immediately exploded.
【Wow!! Is this true!! Is there really such a vicious company!!】
【I remember the big top-star collapse incident before. Wasn’t it after cooperating with an artist from Yuanyang Entertainment that things went wrong?】
【Ah ah ah ah, my idol had a bit of a similar style to Yuanyang’s artist before, and after attending an event together, things have been going downhill. First, his role was snatched, then he was injured during filming. The fan group even joked at the time, asking if he had offended something, and telling him to go to a temple to pray. I didn’t expect it to be true!】
【Anonymous reply: My previous company competed with Yuanyang for a project, and not long after winning that project, we went bankrupt. Our company was doing pretty well before, and suddenly it wasn’t. My colleagues and I were still discussing what to draw for the year-end lottery, and the next second we were notified to leave with N+1. We were all dumbfounded…】
【Wow! This description sounds like xx, reply upstairs with a secret code, white house. Anyway, after this incident happened, the whole industry was shocked, it was really sudden, and there was no reason at all, it suddenly went downhill.】
【I think I know which company you’re talking about, it’s such a pity…】
【I’ve been sensitive to these things since I was a child. Before, our company had a cooperation with Yuanyang. When we went to a meeting, I felt really uncomfortable when I went in, and the meeting couldn’t continue, I could only ask for leave and go to the hospital. Fortunately, it didn’t work out because of some things later, otherwise, our company would probably be in danger…】
【I’m getting goosebumps, my back is cold now, aren’t these people afraid of retribution?】
【Over, over, I passed by this company the day before yesterday!! I beg you, where should I go to pray?】
…
Many companies that had cooperated with or competed with Yuanyang Entertainment were sweating profusely.
Manager Li: “I said why our company has been so unlucky recently! It was this old boy’s fault!!”
The angrier he got, the more he ordered the cancellation of all cooperation with Yuanyang, never to cooperate again!
Manager Zhang: “The fortune teller said I’m afflicted with villains, it turns out it’s him! No wonder I’ve been playing outside for so many years without any problems, but as soon as I cooperated with him, my wife found out…”
“Quickly throw away everything that that disaster star sent. Isn’t there another company for that cooperation project? Let’s choose them, even if the conditions are a bit worse, the most important thing is safety!”
Manager X: “Our company was reported last time, it must be related to him! We must retaliate!”
Manager Y: “Ever since he came to our company last time, our company’s cleaner who’s worked for twenty years resigned!!!”
When Huang Zong saw the comments online, he was shocked and angry, but also felt guilty.
He was shocked because he did raise evil spirits, but this matter was so secretive that besides one or two confidants, no one knew about it.
Where did 10086 find out about this!
He was angry because the matter was getting bigger and bigger, and many unrelated things were also pinned on his head.
“What?! Manager Li canceled the cooperation! Hurry up and explain… what! He blocked me?!”
“I spit! That Zhang guy’s promiscuity got him caught, what does it have to do with me!!”
“Are these people crazy!! They’re putting all the dirty things on my head!”
“What? I’ve been reported?? Who reported it!!”
In just one hour, Huang Zong experienced a cliff-like drop.
The previously agreed-upon cooperations were cancelled one after another, competitor companies gloated over his misfortune, saying “We never do such immoral things like raising evil spirits” and snatched their clients, and he was also reported from head to toe.
The whole company was in chaos.
Huang Zong was overwhelmed, and finally understood what it meant to be truly unable to refute the accusations.
He suddenly regretted it.
He now truly understood how terrifying Manager Gu was. He shouldn’t have offended him in the first place!
At this time, someone suddenly commented below: 【Doesn’t this company also suck the blood of its own people? I remember Sheng Yueqing, before his debut, was called the most anticipated newcomer in the domestic entertainment industry, but after his debut, he was surrounded by negative news. It looks like his luck was sucked away…】
Not long after, this comment was pushed to the top, it turned out that 10086 replied below: 【Sheng Yueqing, the saddest blood bag in history.】
The netizens were immediately in an uproar, and those with sharp eyes began to look for clues.
【An insider said, he was clearly isolated by his teammates, but the news made it seem like he was bullying his teammates. His teammates were the ones who started it first, but it became him beating people…】
【I found Sheng Yueqing’s material before his debut. What a spirited child, but in the following years his eyes became less and less bright, alas…】
【I really like Sheng Yueqing’s appearance, but every time I want to become his fan, something always happens. Now that I think about it, it’s terrifying】
【I carefully searched Sheng Yueqing’s negative news, gosh, almost all of them were released by his own company, but his reputation with other artists is quite good, emmmmmm… it’s really subtle】
【I said why Yuanyang Entertainment had to expose its own artist before, it turned out that they were used to sucking blood, no wonder Sheng Yueqing wanted to run away】
【Wuwuwuwu, why is my beautiful baby so miserable! Heartbreaking】
…
Everyone at Yuanyang Entertainment was stunned.
This was the first time they had seen such a hardcore whitewashing method!
There’s too much negative news, so you can’t prove you didn’t do it, right?
OK, then don’t fall into the trap of self-proof.
Directly expose the company that slandered him, and let them prove themselves innocent.
Before Yuanyang Entertainment clears its name, any negative news about Sheng Yueqing will be considered to be their bloodsucking.
This tactic of cutting off the root is amazing.
Sheng Yueqing watched the comments online, completely dumbfounded.
He believed that Gu Xing Shi could clear his name, but he didn’t expect it to be so fast!
It hadn’t even been 12 hours since he signed the contract!
From the moment Gu Xing Shi called him, every second felt surreal.
Because he had been in this circle, he knew how difficult it was to achieve any of these things.
However, not only did Gu Xing Shi succeed, he did so with ease.
He didn’t know how much effort he put into it.
His heart was filled with heartache and admiration, and the next day when he entered the company, this emotion reached its peak.
Looking at the small, dilapidated room and the old, dim decoration, he was shocked.
He thought of Manager Gu hiring such a good lawyer for him, spending so much money renting a studio, and hiring Adam to take photos. This money could have been spent on the company and Manager Gu’s personal enjoyment, yet he sacrificed himself to help him.
Gu Xing Shi misunderstood his shock and coughed lightly, trying to save face, “Actually, our company isn’t poor.”
He pointed to the valuable equipment and said, with a hint of pride, “This mixing console, professional equipment, costs at least one million. And this pair of speakers, they’re already out of production, the estimated price…”
However, the more he said, the more heartache Sheng Yueqing felt.
Even Yuanyang Entertainment, that garbage company, occupied a whole floor! Those company CEOs didn’t understand anything, yet they could live in mansions, drive luxury cars, and spend money lavishly.
But their Manager Gu, wholeheartedly dedicated to them, spent all his money on cultivating them, while he himself could only live in such a small room.
That’s so unfair!!
Originally, Gu Xing Shi and Sheng Yueqing had planned to focus on the fashion industry, and then later guest star in one or two film and television dramas, gradually improving their professional skills.
But now Sheng Yueqing changed his mind.
This route would be very comfortable for him, but how much money would Manager Gu lose!
Manager Gu is such a good boss, how rare he is in the entertainment industry!
It’s such great luck that he was able to enter Le Shi!
Should he become complacent and be a salted fish under Manager Gu's protection?!
Should he watch as Manager Gu has to stand humbly in the corner at the CEO’s gathering?
Thinking of this, he felt a pain in his heart that made it hard to breathe.
No!
As Manager Gu’s only fan, he would never allow such a thing to happen!
What other CEOs have, our Manager Gu must have!
What other CEOs don’t have, our Manager Gu must also have!!
Sheng Yueqing’s heart was filled with fighting spirit, “Manager Gu!”
Gu Xing Shi was startled by the fiery light in his eyes, “Wh… what is it?”
Sheng Yueqing: “I think my schedule is a bit too light, I can take on more work, and acting classes, singing and dancing classes… the saying goes, the more skills you have, the better. Maybe they’ll come in handy someday…”
Gu Xing Shi: “??? ”
Wait a minute, why are you suddenly becoming so hardworking like your senior brothers!!
What happened!
Take it easy!!
Your boss doesn’t want to dominate the entertainment industry!
I just want to make some money, retire early and enjoy life!
However, Sheng Yueqing had already arranged everything perfectly and quickly began to put it into action.
Gu Xing Shi couldn’t help but cover his face: Will this company end up with only one salted fish, me!
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In the following period of time, Sheng Yueqing started working frantically, which made Gu Xing Shi nervous. His job became forcing Sheng Yueqing to rest every day.
And every time this happened, Sheng Yueqing would look at him with an expression he couldn’t understand.
Gu Xing Shi worriedly asked the system:【System, did Xiao Qing encounter something recently?】
System:【No.】
Gu Xing Shi:【Don’t you think his gaze at me recently is a little strange?】
System:【It’s okay, it’s just a mother fan’s basic operation.】
Gu Xing Shi:【What fan?！！】
Until one day, when he returned to the company, he saw the brand-new decoration and almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.
After asking, he found out that it was bought by Sheng Yueqing.
Gu Xing Shi suddenly understood.
It seems that the company was too shabby, even his own artist couldn’t stand it.
He had planned to sell the company after a year and enjoy his wealth and freedom, so all the furniture was makeshift. A chair with a broken leg, repaired and repaired could still be used.
But now more than a year had passed, and his mentality had changed.
Since he had signed these few artists, he had to be responsible.
Now that they are all somewhat famous in the entertainment industry, the company’s environment is indeed not worthy of them.
Gu Xing Shi looked at the money in the account.
Although they didn’t have many artists, each one is of high quality and has good earning ability. Plus, the company doesn’t have much expenditure, and the account is actually quite wealthy.
At least renting an office building is easy.
Thinking of this, Gu Xing Shi found a real estate agent, explained his requirements, and the agent immediately sent several office buildings for him to choose from.
They all looked good in the introduction, so Gu Xing Shi decided to go and see them in person.
However, as soon as he walked into the first office building, he heard the system say:【Host, this building is no good. Do you remember the company you exposed before? It’s in this building, and it’s on the floor you’re looking at! And the boss has studied Sanda!】
Gu Xing Shi paused and said to the agent nonchalantly, “Let’s change to another one.”
The agent smiled and asked, “Mr. Gu, is there anything you’re not satisfied with?”
Gu Xing Shi: “…There’s killing intent.”
The agent: “??? ”
For the second one, Gu Xing Shi looked around and was quite satisfied.
This place was previously rented by a film and television production company, and everything was brand new, which could save him some renovation money.
He was about to ask about the price when the system spoke again:【Host, big melon! Do you know why this company moved out?】
Gu Xing Shi:【Why?】
System:【This company is the producer of the S-level project that was cancelled recently. The reason why it was cancelled is because the second male lead of that project actually slept his way up, from the producer to the screenwriter, and even the lighting director. He forcibly added the second male lead’s scenes to the level of a dual male lead, and then tried to sleep with the publicist, planning to surpass the male lead in the press releases. Unexpectedly, he was discovered, and the producer, screenwriter, and director fought among themselves, and directly cancelled the project.】
Gu Xing Shi: “…”
He silently swallowed the words about asking the price, “Let’s change to another one.”
The agent’s smile could no longer be maintained, “Mr. Gu, what are you not satisfied with this time?”
Gu Xing Shi: “…It’s not auspicious.”
The agent: “??? ”
He looked at several places in the morning, but none of them worked out.
Gu Xing Shi was also helpless. There were melons everywhere, he couldn’t move in peace.
When he was feeling depressed, he received a call from Sun Hongfei.
Since taking over the task given by Wen Yue, Sun Hongfei had devoted himself to the new project. When he finally got a clue, he heard rumors that Manager Gu and his newly signed artist were having an affair.
Sun Hongfei immediately saw that it was the work of water armies, and after searching for connections, he found out that the source was actually from Yuanyang Entertainment.
Good for you, Yuanyang Entertainment, so vicious!
Do you think this love security guard can’t wield a knife!!
So, he unceremoniously stepped on them secretly, making the already shaky Yuanyang Entertainment even worse.
But revenge is revenge, the focus is still on Manager Gu and Manager Wen.
These two are busy people, they rarely see each other, and if someone with ulterior motives provokes them, wouldn’t it be precarious?
Therefore, it’s not enough to have a project, he also has to think of a way.
Then he heard Gu Xing Shi complaining that he wanted to move the company, but couldn’t find a suitable office building.
Sun Hongfei’s eyes lit up immediately.
The Tiancheng Building Phase II next door had just been put into use, and some floors were available for rent, but the news hadn’t been released yet.
He also knew this news because of his good relationships within the company.
Manager Gu, needless to say, must have been told by Manager Wen.
He mentioned this now, wasn’t he hinting at him!
So Sun Hongfei enthusiastically invited Gu Xing Shi to come over, chose the best floor, and personally took him for a tour.
As soon as Gu Xing Shi walked in, his eyes lit up.
This was the most satisfying one he had seen today. Although the decoration and location were expensive, Xiao Gu Zong has money now, so he can be willful.
Thinking of this, he quickly asked the system again:【System, there should be no melons in this building, right?】
System:【…Yes.】
Although he felt that the system’s pause was a little suspicious, it shouldn’t harm him, so Gu Xing Shi put aside this doubt and readily asked about the rent.
The leasing manager was about to speak when Sun Hongfei pulled his sleeve.
Before Gu Xing Shi came, Sun Hongfei had already found him and insisted on giving him the most favorable price.
The leasing manager had also heard the rumors, but he was half-believing.
But Sun Hongfei’s rocket-like promotion in the past year, especially his recent rise in status with Manager Wen, made people think more.
In the end, the leasing manager thought that even if he was giving Sun Hongfei face, he would give him a discount.
Gu Xing Shi was surprised.
This price is much cheaper than he expected.
Seeing Gu Xing Shi’s surprised expression, Sun Hongfei also realized that he was too obvious, so he quickly made amends, “Actually, Manager Wen always teaches us that we should respect and treat talents well, money is a small matter.”
In one sentence, he didn’t reveal his intentions, but subtly praised Manager Gu.
Sun Hongfei was very satisfied with his wit.
Gu Xing Shi: “…Manager Wen is really a man who does great things.”
After signing the contract, Sun Hongfei sent Gu Xing Shi away. As soon as they walked out, they met Wen Yue leading a group of people.
Wen Yue didn’t expect to meet Gu Xing Shi here, and his footsteps paused.
But the few people behind him had already seen Gu Xing Shi.
“Manager Gu, what a coincidence!”
“Manager Gu is also here to visit?”
These are well-known production companies and studios in the circle. Although they don’t have as many resources as the big companies, they have achieved excellence in their respective fields, almost covering all aspects of television and film production.
Wen Yue knew that he entered the industry late, although he had money, he lacked the foundation.
Therefore, he took a different approach and planned to integrate these people together to make this place the film and television center of the entire city.
However, these people have their own concerns, and things have come to a standstill.
Gu Xing Shi didn’t know about their awkwardness and directly replied, “I’ve finished visiting, I’ve already rented it.”
Everyone: “!!!”
Wen Yue couldn’t help but look at Gu Xing Shi.
Someone couldn’t help but ask, “Manager Gu, why did you choose to rent here?”
Gu Xing Shi paused for a moment, “Safe, auspicious.”
Everyone: “!!!”
Now everyone knows that Gu Xing Shi’s mysterious 10086 identity is likely to be a high-ranking official.
Since he said so, isn’t it equivalent to the state guaranteeing it!
So, one person immediately stood up, “Manager Wen, why don’t we discuss the matter of moving the studio in detail…”
Then other people, as if stimulated, scrambled to sign contracts.
The leasing manager was dumbfounded.
Only Sun Hongfei had a look of everything under control: He knew that Manager Gu came here to rent a house today, there must be a reason, ah, he really loves Manager Wen deeply!