Chapter 45
Chapter 45
Having finished his merciless suppression of Lan Xu, Gu Yifan wiped his mouth and turned to look at the row of young people sitting next to him.
After saying that, he asked, "Are you all full?"
Jiang Mingyue had already put down her chopsticks and nodded on the spot: "I've already finished eating."
The other three young people also wisely put down their chopsticks.
Gu Yifan specifically instructed, "Don't pack up any of this food." After saying that, he didn't forget to glance at Lan Xu.
Jiang Mingyue finally realized that there was no rotating dish on the table—Gu Yifan's signature dishes were all placed on Jiang Mingyue's side, while Lan Xu's cousin's dishes were concentrated on Lan Xu's side. Neither group had touched the other's dishes from beginning to end.
The three boys sitting behind Jiang Mingyue visibly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed Gu Yifan out the door.
Only after getting into the van did Jiang Mingyue ask with a curious look, "Brother Gu, are all those things you said true?"
Gu Yifan hummed in agreement, his voice relaxing and slightly trembling, no longer as aggressive as he had been in front of Lan Xu: "Heh, how could it all be true? But I didn't lie either—think about it, did Sang Zhuo mess around before he entered the industry? So why does he suddenly like messing around now?"
Does this mean Sang Zhuo got sick from Xu Wenjia's manipulation and is now taking revenge on society? Or is there some other meaning?
Jiang Mingyue looked at Gu Yifan, who was already leaning back in his chair, eyes closed, resting.
Judging from his posture, Jiang Mingyue really couldn't figure out what Gu Yifan was thinking.
She tentatively asked, "So, Brother Gu, do you really want to sign Lan Xu or not?"
Gu Yifan hadn't had his eyes fixed, and his voice sounded tired as he whispered, "Of course I want it. Otherwise, why would I go through all this trouble? The money I paid for the studio staff today was out of my own pocket; the company doesn't reimburse me."
Jiang Mingyue silently reviewed all her experiences of the day, and an outrageous yet highly probable thought entered her mind.
Turning around, she asked Gu Yifan in surprise, "Did you invite Tong Xin to act alongside you, just to fool Lan Xu?"
Gu Yifan suddenly opened his eyes, sat up straight, and said to Jiang Mingyue, "Yes, Jiang Mingyue, the Second Young Master is right. You do really enjoy thinking."
For female celebrities in the industry, being thoughtful is not exactly a compliment.
Most of the time, this word means something like "having a cluttered mind" and "not taking the right path".
Jiang Mingyue was silent for a moment.
Fortunately, Gu Yifan was just relaying the information casually and did not intend to comment on Jiang Mingyue.
His next sentence steered the conversation back to the manager's situation, stating the facts: "Tong Xin is very good at mentoring newcomers, helping them navigate the mindset transition from 'ordinary person' to 'artist.' She's also very adept at discovering their potential and arranging focused training programs. But you have to understand, an agent's salary is tied to the income of their artists. Even with Tong Xin's exceptional talent, her income isn't ideal, and she's not highly regarded within GIGABYTE Entertainment."
Even if one sacrifices for ideals, one still hopes for some spiritual reward in life.
Tong Xin works at GIGABYTE Entertainment, which is her normal job. Of course, she hopes to earn a higher income and have better material conditions.
Since Gigabyte couldn't offer this to Tong Xin, it's only natural that Tong Xin would want to switch companies.
"President Fu and the Second Young Master have reviewed Tong Xin's resume and want to recruit her. We offered a high price, and Tong Xin naturally has to reciprocate—the three of them, along with Lan Xu, represent Tong Xin's sincerity."
So that's how it is.
No wonder Tong Xin, who is virtually unknown, has such an arrogant attitude.
"Enough of this useless talk, Miss Jiang, who plans to have someone climb the social ladder for you within two years, take a look at your new job. Go back and see which one you want to do, then send me a message."
A stack of work plans was stuffed into Jiang Mingyue's hands, and then she was taken home with these documents.
It's another test of choosing a new job.
It seems that Gu Yifan is really going to personally mentor her, otherwise he wouldn't be implementing a "celebrity-centric" approach to their relationship now.
After entering the room, Jiang Mingyue spread the documents out on the table and quickly flipped through them.
"There are actually three portions."
Gu Yifan is truly amazing; he managed to find her so many new jobs in such a short time.
She took off her shoes, put her bare feet on the floor to loosen her toes which had been confined by shoes all day, and began to read the notebook that had been chosen for her.
The fourth female lead in urban family dramas, urban medical dramas, and art films.
She flicked her finger and threw out the art film first.
Art films are certainly good, but the art films that China produces for international awards...
Ahem, Jiang Mingyue wasn't cursing, she genuinely thought that the themes presented in every art film were utterly bizarre.
To be pragmatic, the acting skills of actors in art films are far superior to those of actors in TV dramas. Even if Jiang Mingyue were to participate, it would be difficult for her to differentiate herself significantly from film actors in terms of acting skills.
This would not benefit Jiang Mingyue, who planned to use her "acting skills" to launch her career.
Moreover, she is currently in a period where she needs to increase her popularity, and she doesn't want to spend a lot of time participating in art films that she may not win, and even if she wins an award, she won't focus on promoting the art films that she promotes.
Therefore, the choice must be made among the remaining urban family dramas and urban medical dramas.
Jiang Mingyue looked at the two scripts, but she couldn't recognize what they were based on their titles.
Of course, this is normal. Before a script is published, it uses a provisional title, which is very different from the final title.
Since the names don't reveal the difference, then we'll differentiate them by type.
For Jiang Mingyue, although there are many medical dramas that have been poorly made, there are also many popular ones, and she is more interested in this genre.
She first opened the script for the urban medical drama that had been delivered, but after reading it, Jiang Mingyue speechlessly threw the script back on the table and grabbed the last urban family drama without hesitation.
She truly never expected that she would win such a big prize!
That medical drama is actually a classic example of a terrible professional drama that has been ridiculed for a full twenty years.
Jiang Mingyue sat on the bed, flipping through the script of a family drama, but her mind kept replaying the absurd and brainwashing plot of that medical drama.
—What was the screenwriter thinking? How could they have a male patient who is not handsome and whose family and personal circumstances are not outstanding repay the beautiful female doctor who successfully performed emergency surgery on him with his body?
Not to mention, in order to increase the emotional twists and turns in the drama, the script also arranged for the male lead to have a pair of extremely difficult parents.
When Jiang Mingyue first saw it, she wanted to ask the screenwriter—use your own brain and think about it, is this kind of plot reasonable?
A man who begs a woman to date him can't even win over her parents. How did he manage to push the romance forward when the female lead hadn't even fallen for him yet?
Is this what you call repaying a debt of gratitude?
That's more like a staged accident scam!
As for why Jiang Mingyue knows so much about this drama, it's because she's the villainous supporting character who stole the female lead's childhood sweetheart, the second male lead...
The reality for these children is heartbreaking.
Jiang Mingyue, furious, grabbed the script of the medical drama, threw it on the ground, stomped on it a few times, and then rolled around on the bed with a pillow in her arms.
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