Chapter 335 A Series of Plans
He Lan originally thought that Li Zhibai's matter might become a trending topic.
After all, both Li Zhibai as a person and this incident are very sensational, and as a topic, they should attract a lot of attention.
However, Helan waited for a long time but did not see any related topics.
I did a search and found that quite a few people are discussing this, but it's not appearing on any data rankings.
He Lan was a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, and upon seeing this situation, she immediately guessed what was going on.
It's likely that someone is pulling strings behind the scenes to suppress the hype surrounding this matter and deliberately prevent it from becoming a hot topic.
It's unclear whether it was Li Zhibai's family or the brand that intervened.
This is something that Li Zhibai's family and the brand probably don't want to escalate.
Fortunately, there's also news about Lu Yanhe, which has shifted everyone's attention to his undisclosed girlfriend.
From many people's perspective, Lu Yanhe is almost the perfect boyfriend. Everyone is curious about what kind of girl Lu Yanhe chose as his girlfriend.
Discussions arose.
Some busybodies even listed several highly suspicious individuals.
The three people most suspected include Song Linxin, who became famous for her cover of "Remembering" and also participated in "The Days of Youth" with Lu Yanhe; Xiao Yun, who collaborated with Lu Yanhe on "Phoenix Terrace" and also participated in "The Days of Youth" with Lu Yanhe; and Chen Siqi, who worked on a magazine with Lu Yanhe.
When Lu Yanhe saw this analysis post, he was completely stunned.
Chen Ziyan's words proved prophetic—Chen Siqi couldn't be kept in the dark.
Fortunately, Lu Yanhe is currently in Jose, so paparazzi haven't come here, nor have they been waiting at his hotel with their cameras and microphones. While these gossip stories are raging, Lu Yanhe is able to stay relatively quiet.
However, because this matter was made public, quite a few people came to him online to ask about the situation.
Jiang Yuqian, Huang Kairen, Zeng Qiao... almost everyone who had worked with them before came to inquire about the situation out of curiosity.
In the group chat for the show "The Days of Youth," it was like a bombshell, drawing everyone out for a heated discussion.
Song Linxin and Xiao Yun both said in the "Young Days" group that they were taking the fall for Lu Yanhe's girlfriend.
Because Lu Yanhe did not respond, they did not deny the matter immediately, fearing it would affect the pace of Lu Yanhe's response. They even asked him if he planned to reveal his girlfriend's identity.
Lu Yanhe thought about it and felt that there was no need to keep this a secret. Keeping it a secret would only make everyone more curious and make them even more eager to find out about it.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Lu Yanhe decided that he should take the initiative to respond.
He called Chen Siqi and got her permission, then called Chen Ziyan, but Chen Ziyan's phone was already busy.
Indeed, after such an incident, Chen Ziyan's phone must have been ringing off the hook.
Is Sister Ziyan at the hotel?
This time, Chen Ziyan came to Jose with him, but she didn't see him most of the time.
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However, Lu Yanhe was unaware that Chen Ziyan was angry.
She was angry with Vice President Ma.
Of course, this is on the premise that Vice President Ma got angry with Chen Ziyan because Lu Yanhe suddenly announced his relationship.
“Lu Yanhe is one of our company’s top artists. Why didn’t he tell the company beforehand about such a big thing as announcing his relationship?”
Chen Ziyan said, "Lu Yanhe said it on the spot without telling me in advance. But why should he tell the company in advance about announcing his relationship? He didn't do anything wrong."
"Didn't do anything wrong? Do you know how much of an impact it has on an artist like him who is on the rise, to suddenly announce that he is not single? Do you think he became famous very easily?" Vice President Ma said.
Chen Ziyan sneered, "Since when has Lu Yanhe's popularity been any of your business? Vice President Ma, get one thing straight, I am Lu Yanhe's agent, it has nothing to do with you, and it's not your place to lecture me."
Chen Ziyan couldn't be bothered to indulge Vice President Ma's temper.
She also realized that Vice President Ma's phone call must have had an ulterior motive.
Lu Yanhe is indeed a top artist at Xingyu Entertainment.
However, the new contract that Lu Yanhe signed with Xingyu clearly states that Chen Ziyan will be responsible for all of Lu Yanhe's work affairs, and no one else has the right to interfere. As a result, even though Lu Yanhe has been famous for so long, no one else at Xingyu has been able to interfere with Lu Yanhe's work arrangements.
Chen Ziyan knew that Vice President Ma and his group had long coveted Lu Yanhe's share of the pie.
They used to deliberately neglect and kick Lu Yanhe out, but now that they see him becoming famous and successful, they are all envious.
They might very well be trying to take this opportunity to interfere in Lu Yanhe's affairs.
Chen Ziyan was not about to let them succeed.
Chen Ziyan said, "Vice President Ma, when you terminated your contract with Lu Yanhe, I was the one who re-signed him. If you don't know what's written in the re-signed contract, ask someone from the HR department to check it. You have no right to interfere in Lu Yanhe's affairs."
Vice President Ma said angrily, "I don't care how the contract was signed, but Lu Yanhe is a contracted artist of our Xingyu Entertainment. I can't just stand by and watch you ruin such a popular actor!"
"I'll destroy it? Don't you look in the mirror and see how ugly your face is?" Chen Ziyan retorted sarcastically without any politeness. "You really are shameless to the extreme. How can you say such a thing!"
Vice President Ma was given a severe dressing-down by Chen Ziyan.
Having experienced Chen Ziyan's formidable nature firsthand, Vice President Ma wasn't foolish enough to engage in a verbal battle with her. Instead, he said, "You used to be arrogant because President Hong was backing you up, but do you think President Hong will still stand by your side this time? Don't think that no one has discovered what you've done, Chen Ziyan. No matter how good your personal relationship with President Hong is, if he finds out that you're secretly planning to start your own business, do you think President Hong will still protect you?"
After saying these words, Vice President Ma finally couldn't help but reveal the smugness in his tone that he had caught Chen Ziyan by the nose.
Chen Ziyan finally realized why Ma Zhongquan had changed his usual behavior and dared to challenge her like this.
So he thought he had something on her.
Chen Ziyan was so angry she laughed.
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To the people at Star Entertainment, Chen Ziyan was a truly remarkable person.
Although she doesn't hold any senior management position, she has a status that is no less than that of a senior executive.
What she does in the company is none of the authority to interfere or dictate, not even to the vice presidents.
She wanted to select three people from the company to mentor, so she simply picked them out, and no one else could object.
Vice President Ma took it upon herself to expel the person from the company. She said she could sign the contract and she could come back. Vice President Ma couldn't say anything about it.
In a way, Chen Ziyan is like the supreme elder of Xingyu Company.
Everyone respected her.
Newcomers, unaware of the situation, ask why Chen Ziyan enjoys such a superior position. Is it simply because she has managed several top female celebrities and is a top-tier figure in the agent circle?
An older person who knows a little about the inside story would say with a knowing and somewhat ambiguous expression, "Even if an agent is at the top, she's still just an agent. She has to be mindful of people's feelings and depend on them. How could she have several vice presidents in the company who respect her so much? Of course, it's because she has someone behind her that even those vice presidents can't afford to offend."
Chen Ziyan and Hong Qi, the CEO of Xingyu Entertainment, are indeed old acquaintances.
A few people at Star Entertainment know this.
For example, Vice President Ma.
However, no one knows what the relationship between Chen Ziyan and Hong Qi is.
Various speculations.
In any case, in Vice President Ma's eyes, Chen Ziyan was probably just Hong Qi's mistress or something, otherwise, Hong Qi wouldn't have taken such good care of Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan's special status in Xingyu Entertainment is simply due to Hong Qi's support.
Hong Qi doesn't really manage the company. He didn't start this agency to seriously manage celebrities. He just created it because one of his girlfriends was an artist. Unexpectedly, this unintentional venture has grown into one of the top agencies in the industry, which is quite surprising.
Chen Ziyan made outstanding contributions.
The older folks all say that Chen Ziyan herself didn't want to be a senior executive.
If she wanted to, Star Entertainment would probably have changed its surname to Chen long ago.
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Ma Zhongquan had always seen Chen Ziyan as a thorn in his side and wanted to get rid of her from the company. He had tried to sabotage Hong Qi countless times, but to no avail.
Ma Zhongquan also couldn't understand why Hong Qi liked and trusted Chen Ziyan so much, and why he never questioned her at all.
This time, Ma Zhongquan learned from others that Chen Ziyan was preparing to start her own agency and pursue her own career. He immediately perked up; he knew his opportunity had arrived.
He believed that even if Hong Qi liked Chen Ziyan very much, he would never accept a woman who had betrayed him.
However, the reason he didn't report to General Manager Hong immediately was to wait.
Firstly, we need to wait until Chen Ziyan's company has built up more infrastructure and has more evidence, so that Chen Ziyan won't make excuses to deny it later.
Secondly, they wanted to see if they could snatch a piece of the pie from Chen Ziyan.
Lu Yanhe is now such a hot commodity that everyone wants a piece of him.
Ma Zhongquan had been eyeing it for a long time.
To be honest, he regretted it a long time ago.
If Ma Zhongquan had known that Lu Yanhe would become this famous, he would never have agreed to help Lu Yanhe leave the entertainment industry.
It's too late to regret it now, no matter how many times you regret it.
Lu Yanhe was chosen at a glance by Chen Ziyan, a woman with a keen eye.
Ma Zhongquan thought to himself that by using this incident as a threat, he could probably get something out of Chen Ziyan.
That way, there's a safety net—who knows if Hong Qi will eventually find out about this, but he really won't mind and will still trust Chen Ziyan completely.
Ma Zhongquan felt that this was not entirely impossible.
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At the Jose Film Festival, Lu Yanhe finally had another public event scheduled: to attend the Chinese Film Forum hosted by the Jose Film Festival.
This forum was organized by Aurora Video, so they also sent a special invitation to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe's biggest fear when attending this forum was that someone would ask him about his girlfriend.
Therefore, Lu Yanhe was still somewhat anxious.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to control the degree of this.
Sister Ziyan hasn't replied to him yet.
As soon as Lu Yanhe appeared at the start of the forum, cheers from many Chinese journalists could be heard.
This is Lu Yanhe's first public appearance since acknowledging his relationship.
Other foreign journalists were puzzled by the Chinese journalists' excitement towards Lu Yanhe, not understanding why.
Actually, they didn't know that this was because Lu Yanhe had told them some explosive news.
This time, Lu Yanhe's Weibo crashed twice in a row due to rumors about him and his admission of a relationship, which in turn proves the size of his fan base and how popular he is.
Lu Yanhe participated in this forum, mainly listening.
But everyone else wanted him to talk more.
Lu Yanhe felt that among these people, it was really not appropriate for him to say too much, lest he appear too arrogant.
On the contrary, Wang Zhong was very happy to say: "I am very happy to be able to meet Yan He in Jose this time. We only worked together for one night on 'Three Mountains' before. I really hope to have more opportunities to work with Yan He in the future."
"Director Wang, will you cast Yan He in your next film?" the host immediately asked.
Wang Zhong said, "I will be working with Yan He on my next project."
After he finished speaking, he smiled slightly at everyone.
He directed, and Lu Yanhe wrote the script; this was also a collaboration.
However, it's clear that no one thought in that direction at all.
Everyone subconsciously assumed that Wang Zhong's next project would be a collaboration with Lu Yanhe, and that he would definitely cast Lu Yanhe in the film.
The host immediately asked, "What's your next project? Could you tell us a bit more about it? I'm sure everyone is eager to know what kind of project you and Yan He will be working on next. Will it be something like 'Three Mountains'?"
Wang Zhong shook his head.
"This time it's a little different, but I won't spoil how," he said with a smile. "I'll leave you with some surprises and suspense."
After Wang Zhong finished speaking, Lu Yanhe said, "Yes, everyone will know how Director Wang and I will cooperate later."
The fact that the two of them were speaking in riddles in public made many people feel frustrated.
What I hate most is people who set traps for others but don't respond promptly.
However, this is also news that has attracted a lot of attention in the film industry.
After all, it was Wang Zhong's new project after winning Best Director at the Xituer Film Festival, and it was also Lu Yanhe's new project.
If the two collaborate again, can they create another film like "Three Mountains" that wins international awards?
This time, "Three Mountains" also had two limited screenings at the Jose Film Festival, and the feedback was very positive.
Everyone is eager to know whether this film will achieve good results in the subsequent awards.
Reporters kept pressing for details about the next project Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe would be working on together.
Lu Yanhe, of course, could only keep quiet.
As a result, just one day after the news broke, Aurora Video announced that it would hold a press conference the next day to announce a major follow-up plan for Aurora Video.
I don't know how the news got out.
Many people already knew in advance that this major plan was related to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe suddenly appeared on several trending topics, making people dizzy.
People unfamiliar with the entertainment industry are often puzzled when they see Lu Yanhe appearing in various search terms: Just how amazing is this guy? His relationships are the subject of gossip, his new film receives a lot of attention with just one announcement, and he even has a major collaboration plan with a leading video platform like Aurora Video.
It sounds incredibly absurd.
(End of this chapter)
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