Not only Lin Aike, but other actors and even staff in the crew received phone calls and messages from all directions.
——"Dude, are you following "Life Road" now? I heard that a wealthy book fan invested 10 million just to get the actor who plays Qin Heng in the show. Is this true?"
——"!!! Jimei, where are you? Why can't I get through to you on the phone? Go check Weibo! The beautiful lady you told me about last time, the one who invested in your production, has become a hot topic!"
——"Yes, now even the Weibo accounts of you leading actors have been found out. Your number of fans has been increasing. We must seize this opportunity. I have already bought the plane ticket and will fly over now to see if I can talk to Director Wan to give you more scenes. You are the male lead anyway, so it should be easier to negotiate."
——"Lao Gao, are you still working as an extra in the crew of "Life Road"? Is what is said in the trending search true?"
——"This drama has become popular before it's even aired. You're really lucky. I've discussed this with the company and secured a lot of publicity resources for you. Wang Zheng, you must shoot the drama well, okay? The second male lead in a hit drama is much more popular than the male lead in a flop. Many people can't wait for this kind of opportunity for ten or twenty years."
The content of these phone messages is basically to verify and congratulate, and many of them want to hear more inside information and come to inquire about the details.
Another example is Lin Aike's agent, who, after getting excited, quickly finds the right position and plans what to do next for his artists, and how to take advantage of the opportunity to get started.
For a moment, everyone was on the phone or listening to voice messages or replying to text messages, including Director Wan Bao. He was still immersed in joy when the phone rang one after another, forcing him to stop his tenor voice and switch to social mode.
Is that an exaggeration? Not at all.
You know, the hot search on Weibo #What is it like to be a rich fan of the original novel# has risen to ninth place and is still rising. The users who pay attention to this topic have turned into real traffic. It is visible to the naked eye that these spectators are either scattered or flocking to the crew members.
All the actors who were tagged by the official Weibo account were introduced to the public in this short period of time.
Sheng Quan came one by one, and basically the number of fans of every main actor in "Life Road" doubled, tripled or even increased.
As for the protagonist Yan Hui, there are naturally more. Before this, no one even knew his name, but now, his number of fans on Weibo is the highest in the entire crew.
Sheng Quan was not surprised, but 006 was extremely surprised! [Host! Your career is increasing! You don’t have to die! ]
Although he had known this would be the result, seeing 006 sincerely congratulating her, Sheng Quan also responded in a cooperative manner: [Yes, you can now watch the drama without any worries, right?]
006: [Hmm! The host is amazing! You can increase your career level so much in one day! When it reaches ten, I can give the host a phased reward~]
Sheng Quan's eyes lit up: [Phase-based rewards? Is it money?]
Her current financial situation is a bit embarrassing. In order to fight the first battle, almost all of her money was spent wisely, including shaping the image of a wealthy person. The effect is indeed obvious, and everyone she meets gives her the green light.
But only Sheng Quan herself knew that she stayed in a hotel that cost 188,000 yuan a night, drove a luxury car worth more than 20 million yuan, and spent 10 million yuan on the crew to film the movie, but she had no money in her pocket at all.
006 said with regret: [It is not time for cash back yet, the interim rewards can only be in kind]
Sheng Quan was not surprised. She had already figured out the reward method of the funding system. They were very generous in terms of physical items, but rather stingy in terms of money. She guessed that such a rule might be intended to allow the host to support the sponsored person wholeheartedly, because these physical items were not allowed to be resold. In order to obtain rebates, the host would naturally work hard to help the sponsored person achieve career success.
So those wishes are actually the wishes of book fans.
Sheng Quan quickly started to look forward to it again: [Can we know what the reward is now? ]
006: [Because it is a novice mission, the rewards are also very good. The host still needs to draw them by himself. This time, there are SSSSS-level rewards in the interim rewards. It would be great if the host could win them~]
It was not a violation to show the host the reward content in advance, so 006 happily showed Sheng Quan the reward content. Sheng Quan glanced at it and felt that he was really lucky: [It's exactly what I need now. What is Yan Hui's career value now? ]
006: [The first sponsored person’s career value: 8]
Sheng Quan: [Then you can start smoking in the next few days. Do you want to watch TV together? ]
006 is very happy: [Yes! I want to watch the one we watched together last time! ]
[Okay, I'll turn on the TV.]
Sheng Quan smiled. Although 006 was very good at making money, it was only less than a month old after all. Facing this simple, reliable, and always caring newborn system, she was always very easy to talk to.
After watching TV with 006 for about two hours, Sheng Quan was about to go out for dinner when there was a knock on the door. After being allowed in, Yu Xiangwan pushed the door open and walked in:
"Mr. Sheng, I have compiled a list of senior administrative managers who have submitted their resumes to us, but most of them do not meet the requirements."
Sheng Quan took it and took a look. Either the conditions proposed were ridiculously high, or they completely treated their company as a complete rookie and made up stories without any sincerity. She was not angry, but just threw the document aside: "It seems that they don't think Xingmang has a good development."
Yu Xiangwan's brows showed some anger. He didn't like seeing others belittle Sheng Quan: "They are blind."
Sheng Quan smiled and patted his shoulder: "Alright, alright, I'm not angry, why are you angry? It's normal for them to be like this. After all, we are just a shell company now. We don't have people or resources, and we haven't even decided on an office building. Which capable and talented senior administrative manager is willing to work for me? Not to mention them, even ordinary employees, no one would be willing to do this."
Yu Xiangwan said solemnly: "Whether there is this or not, I will follow President Sheng."
Sheng Quan: “…”
Oh yeah, I forgot about his stubborn loyalty.
"Okay, don't worry about that. You know what's most important for entertainers in the entertainment industry to succeed, right?"
Yu Xiangwan thought for a second: "Resources."
This was indeed the only answer he could give. Although it was cruel, it was indeed the truth.
Before Sheng Quan entered society, he thought that the most important things to succeed in the entertainment industry were acting skills, appearance, figure, etc.
In fact, looking at all industries, ability really speaks for itself. Just like Sheng Quan, in her previous life, both her parents had passed away and her family was poor, but this did not prevent her from working her way up to management level. Although she paid the price, she successfully completed the class leap.
Isn't the reason because of ability? Unfortunately, this is not the case in the entertainment industry.
In this highly competitive place, there are a lot of people with good acting skills, a lot of people with good looks, and it is not uncommon to find people who are both good-looking and have good acting skills. But if you have this trait, you need to show it so that others will notice it, right?
How can you demonstrate your acting skills by yourself if no one asks you to film? If you film and then edit out your scenes, can the audience discover your superb acting skills through a few small clips? Even more likely, there won’t be even a few small clips, and only your face will be revealed once, and half of it.
Appearance is easier to explain. Since you are not the protagonist, how can you overshadow the protagonist? Actors with good looks have no resources and will only be asked to play ugly roles. It is considered good to appear without makeup. Some even directly put on ugly makeup and apply black powder.
Sheng Quan used to hate this kind of "rule". As a viewer, she would explode every time she saw an actor with no acting skills but good looks playing a role in a drama adapted from her favorite novel.
She doesn't know what other fans of the original novel think, but she herself is not opposed to the novel being adapted into a TV series or movie. She also wants to see grand scenes, lingering emotions, and the clash of looks, but those who ruin the original work don't even try to film it like this.
Thinking of this, Sheng Quan gritted his teeth and glanced at the script of "The Road of Life" on the side, and then his mood calmed down.
That’s right~ She herself is the ‘rule’ now.
Moreover, her beautiful hair has returned. 006 is really thoughtful. The body he created for her with his willpower is not only the same as her own, but also adjusted her age to 23. Although she was already losing her hair due to staying up late at the age of 23, after her early bedtimes and early rises as well as maintenance of her hair, Sheng Quan's hair is now black and shiny.
Touching his smooth and silky hair, Sheng Quan was in a good mood and confirmed Yu Xiangwan's opinion: "So don't worry about it now. We already have the resources, and there will be smart people who want to take a gamble and come to us."
At least in the eyes of others, Sheng Quan, who was able to give 10 million to the crew and had Yan Hui, a new celebrity under her, already had real resources. The popularity and traffic she possessed seemed illusory, but in this circle, they could be transformed into various resources at any time.
Yu Xiangwan understood Sheng Quan's meaning immediately: "Yes, do we still need to look for an office building?"
"No."
Sheng Quan smiled: "Compared to renting an office building, we can make a better choice."
*** Sheng Quan's "lavish spending" did not attract the attention of his peers. After all, they could afford 10 million, and Yan Hui, the newcomer who had just become famous, was also commonplace to them.
What's more, although the competition in this circle is fierce, that is for the artists. Companies still value harmony and making money. Everyone just wants to make money, not risk their lives, so it's not that difficult to smile at each other.
Not many people in the entertainment industry pay attention to Sheng Quan. Ten million is not enough for them to watch the trending searches in their busy schedules. More people searching for information about Sheng Quan are small companies with limited registered capital, some artistes who want to become the "second Yan Hui", and at most some directors who want to get investment.
The person who was most concerned about Shengquan at this time was Yan Hui's previous employer.
That’s right, it was the Huafan Entertainment Company that had suppressed him for ten years.
They have completely forgotten that Yan Hui once belonged to their company. In the past ten years, this small but successful entertainment company has changed several people. Even the original boss is no longer a shareholder. Who would still remember the name Yan Hui?
If the public was not searching for information about Yan Hui, and a bunch of talented netizens had not found Hua Fan's name, they would not even know that this matter was related to them.
The first thing Hua Fan thought of was to take advantage of the popularity.
The popularity of this incident has passed through several hands. Three days have passed since it first became a hot topic, and netizens are still actively and enthusiastically discussing and digging up new information. Some of the book fan group members released screenshots again, and some of the luxury car that Sheng Quan drove to eat Jianbing when he first met Yan Hui was photographed and posted on WeChat Moments. Now that this incident has become popular, they have taken screenshots again to show that they were at the scene, etc.
Only a fool would not take such a good opportunity to catch the attention.
Fortunately, the big boss who holds the largest stake was relatively sober at this time. He asked a key point: Yan Hui has good looks and temperament. Why did such a good seedling disappear in their company for ten years? Uh... This is a good question.
After a round of inquiries, things became awkward.
The management team no longer wanted to take advantage of the popularity, and only focused on one thing: "Will he bear a grudge against our company? Should we take the initiative to clear up the misunderstanding? He is in the limelight now, if he says something to the media..."
It is not wrong to say that the misunderstanding was resolved. After all, it was not them who suppressed Yan Hui in the first place. The only name of the company is still Huafan, and everything else has been changed one after another. If Yan Hui holds a grudge against Huafan because of what happened before, then in their view it is completely an unprovoked disaster.
The big boss was very tough. This company was indeed small, but he had more than one company and was a veteran in the industry. He was more stable than the people under him: "What is there to say? Don't mention that there is only a young girl who spent 10 million behind him. Even if he has a company behind him, this kind of thing is well known to each other. There is no need to say more."
He asked his assistant, "Where does that Miss Sheng come from?"
The assistant tried his best to check, but this was not a TV series. He quickly checked and all kinds of information about so-and-so were laid out on the table. In such a short time, he could only find out things that were obvious, and he had to pay someone to check.
But the good news is that the money will be reimbursed.
"This Miss Sheng is Sheng Quan, 23 years old. She seems to have returned from abroad. She has been staying in the top floor suite of the Junyue Hotel since she came back. She has booked it for half a year. I can't find out anything else about her."
As he spoke, he smacked his lips in his heart. The Junyue Hotel was famously expensive. Miss Sheng had booked a penthouse suite for half a year, which was over 30 million. Even his boss wasn't that cool.
"LaCrosse Hotel." The big boss narrowed his eyes. "It seems that her family does have some background. Young people like to enjoy themselves and like to show off. There is no need to be afraid of anything. After all, she is just looking for something new. I guess she will find it boring after playing for a while and doesn't want to play in this circle anymore."
Seeing that the boss was so confident, the management felt relieved.
Yes, their big boss has been in the entertainment industry for decades and can be considered an old veteran. He has seen all kinds of storms. In the eyes of others, the young rich people who spend money lavishly are just children who like to show off in his eyes.
The big boss finished speaking steadily, picked up the teacup and was about to drink, but at this moment the assistant's phone was buzzing. He glanced at the big boss and saw him waving his hand, then he took out his own phone to check the message.
When he saw this, his expression changed.
Without even bothering to put away his phone, he strode to the big boss's desk and whispered in his ear, "Boss Wang, the person who entrusted me to check Miss Sheng's information just sent me a message that the Huaxing Building in Magic City was transferred to Miss Sheng's name yesterday."
The big boss paused while holding the teacup: "The Huaxing Building in Magic City?"
"Yes."
"Is it the one with the extremely expensive rent, the Huaxing Building in the Magic City?"
"Yes, it's this building. We also rented half a floor there."
The big boss continued to hold up the teacup, took a sip slowly, then slowly put it down, and then slowly stood up.
The assistant quickly followed: "Boss Wang, where are you going?"
——"Go see Miss Sheng."
——"I think you are right. If there is a misunderstanding, it must be resolved."
(End of this chapter)