Chapter 19

The sky is blue, the hot sun shines on the green branches and leaves, and the morning mist evaporates quickly.

It is rush hour, and the business center is bustling with people, dressed in bright clothes and walking hurriedly. In the corner of the coffee shop on the first floor, the verdant green apples are hanging down with green leaves, and the soothing piano sounds relax people's tense nerves.

The young man leans on the soft sofa, his long legs half open, and he is somewhat cramped under the table and chair, unable to fully straighten. He holds a beige pillow in his arms, and the dark red sweater around his waist is slightly rolled up, revealing half a finger's width of clean white skin.

The red heat, passion, and burning feeling, collided with the young man's lazy, unrestrained, and naturally passionate eyebrows and eyes, creating a fierce spark.

It was impossible to look away, and one could only be attracted by him.

Cheng Bingyu's hands were shaking a little, her eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, and she was so excited that she could hardly speak. She had a hunch that this new series would be a hit! A huge hit!!!

"Xia Yan, let's sign the contract now, immediately, and right away." Cheng Bingyu took a deep breath, took out the contract she had prepared in advance, and raised the original endorsement fee of 5 million in her mind to 10 million.

It was almost comparable to a first-line star.

"I know you still have a variety show to shoot, and you are very busy at work. We will work overtime today to shoot the promotional poster. As for the advertisement..."

A normal advertisement is about 30 seconds.

It would take 3-7 days to shoot, and one day would definitely not be enough. Although they could wait until Xia Yan's variety show was over before shooting, Cheng Bingyu couldn't wait to promote the new spokesperson to the outside world.

She thought for a moment and added, "Let's first shoot a simple advertisement of about ten seconds and release it as a pilot, and then shoot a formal promotional film."

It is very common in the industry to shoot several different types of advertisements for the same product and the same spokesperson.

Cheng Bingyu's proposal was not abrupt.

The young man looked down at the contract and said nothing.

The contract was in duplicate and stamped with the official seal. The penalty column clearly stated that if the brand image was damaged due to the spokesperson, three times the penalty would be required.

It was only 10 million more than his total net worth.

There was once a salary of 600 million a month in front of him... Xia Yan looked at the system panel in his mind. Since tasks three and six were not completed,

task seven was always in a waiting state.

That is to say, after he was completely blacklisted online, there was at least one task to be completed.

If he needed money at that time... He was already having a headache! But according to the original owner's personality, he would never give up the big pie in his mouth.

Xia Yan rubbed his temples, and under the urging gaze of the agent, he gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this endorsement fee too high?"

"According to the general market, the endorsement fee should only be 5 million."

"The extra 5 million is to thank me for saving your daughter?" The young man raised his head, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyebrows. It was obviously his own objection, but he turned to question, "Is my worth less than 10 million?"

Deliberately picking faults.

He is professional.

Normally, if someone talks to him like this, Cheng Bingyu will definitely "politely" ask him to get out, but the young man in front of him... that justified pride and self-confidence, with a hint of rebellion in his eyebrows, and arrogant, but it is hard to dislike him.

What can a big cat do wrong?

It must be humans who are wrong.

"No, you misunderstood." Cheng Bingyu laughed, "Business is business, and private is private. I increased the price to 10 million because I think you are worthy. I even think you can directly become the spokesperson for Beaufort in China."

Spokespersons are also divided into various levels.

The worst is the brand friend, who has no endorsement fee, but only free publicity by the star. The next is the brand ambassador, single product endorsement, series endorsement, full line endorsement, Chinese region endorsement... The top is the global spokesperson.

Xia Yan, a third-tier star, directly jumped five times and became the spokesperson for the series. After the news got out, it is estimated that some people in the circle were jealous.

At this point, Cheng Bingyu felt it was a pity.

Beaufort's brand concept is comfort, freedom, enthusiasm, exploration, and living a different self.

Xia Yan has a sense of detachment from the world, lazy but not decadent, romantic but calm, and an inexplicable strong desire for life, a passionate flame burning in his heart. It

perfectly fits Beaufort's brand concept.

It is simply a spokesperson tailor-made for them.

Xia Yan didn't know what she was thinking, but he felt a little scalp numb at the woman's increasingly passionate gaze.

Speaking of his personality, it can be traced back to his previous life. Which office animal doesn't want to slack off?

As long as you complete your work well and occasionally slack off, it's okay as long as you don't get caught by your boss. Romantic... Those are the peach blossom eyes that are born with. Whoever you look at seems to be flirting, and there is no way to change it.

And people with social phobia, facing strangers, habitually keep a cold face, so that in the end, no matter how panicked they are, they can calm down and think about countermeasures.

Otherwise, after a year of time travel, his character would have been exposed.

Perhaps because he died in a car accident and experienced darkness and pain, he understood the preciousness of life better than ordinary people, and he worked diligently as a cannon fodder just for the sake of resurrection.

The complex experience made Xia Yan complex.

Everyone who met him would be attracted to him unconsciously, for good or bad.

Xia Yan: "?"

The more Cheng Bingyu looked at Xia Yan, the more she felt sorry for him. She hesitated and her face changed again and again. In the end, she couldn't help it and walked aside to make a phone call.

The distance between the two sides was a bit far, and Xia Yan and Wang Dazhuang could only hear a few scattered words.

"Impossible..." "Just..." "Even if Liang Ting..." "..." "...Bring him over to have a look..."

Wang Dazhuang was almost dying of anxiety, for fear that the duck in his mouth would fly away.

“My little ancestor, can’t you be a little more polite?”

A trace of guilt flashed across the young man’s eyes, but he said firmly: “This concerns my dignity. I will not eat food that is given away in vain.”

“……”

“…………”

Wang Dazhuang rolled his eyes in anger: "When the "Heartbeat" live broadcast, you were justified in wanting to eat the soft rice of "A Er", why didn't you know your dignity at that time?"

Xia Yan silently looked away.

"You used to be quite obedient in accepting endorsements, why now..." Wang Dazhuang changed the subject, his face gradually terrified, "Do you want to quit the circle?"

"No."

"I'm not affected by the online insults."

"I don't care about this."

"That's right, anyway, your reputation was only good in the first year of your debut, and you have been insulted since then." Wang Dazhuang nodded, "I guess you are used to it."

Xia Yan is really the artist who is least affected by public opinion that Wang Dazhuang has ever seen.

He even occasionally saw Xia Yan secretly opening a small account to like the people who insulted him.

It's just... an operation that he doesn't understand.

While the two were chatting, Cheng Bingyu came back from a phone call, and she dropped a landmine as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Let's not sign the contract yet."

Wang Dazhuang was stunned and panicked

. Xia Yan was also stunned and happy.

This shows that people's joys and sorrows are not the same.

"I just called the board of directors and wanted Xia Yan to become the spokesperson for Beaufort in China. After my persuasion, they finally agreed and suggested to see the person first."

"If it goes well, congratulations, Xia Yan." The woman smiled and said, "The whole imperial capital will be covered with your advertisements."

"..."

Xia Yan's eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

*

The experience after that was magical.

The young man ran around with the woman in a daze, facing the camera without any beauty filter from time to time, and met many high-level executives he didn't know.

They used all kinds of words to praise his looks and temperament.

A group of people discussed it for a long time.

It is a very risky thing to hire an artist with black material to become the spokesperson for the central China region, but Xia Yan's temperament really makes people not want to give up.

Fortunately, Beaufort's brand concept includes exploration.

Explore the unknown and take bold risks.

In the end, in the hand-to-hand voting, Xia Yan got the position of spokesperson with an incredible approval rate. Of course, Beaufort is not a fool and is only willing to sign a one-year contract.

The endorsement fee is 30 million, and the compensation is five times.

Xia Yan was numb when he held the new contract.

From a debt of 10 million in the future to a debt of 130 million in the future, it only took three hours.

Wang Dazhuang was still shouting happily: "Yanyan, you are going to be famous."

"..."

*

Tan Jiatong is 35 years old this year and is a regular photographer of Beaufort. She is good at taking portraits, handling light and shadow and details, and digging out the different beauty of models.

Last night, she received a notice that the spokesperson of the "Fun" series will go to the studio to shoot promotional photos today.

"Fun" is Beaufort's latest trendy series.

It focuses on the young market, with bold colors and irregular cutting, which makes people's eyes bright, but this series is very picky.

If you are not careful, you will change from a "trendy person" to a "country bumpkin".

In order to shoot better, Tan Jiatong stayed up late the day before to do homework and watched Xia Yan's variety shows and TV series at twice the speed.

I have to admit that Xia Yan is very beautiful. It's not that he is as soft as a woman. On the contrary, he has a gorgeous, extravagant, and thorny wildness.

It fits the "trendy play" series, that's right.

But... he is not the only artist with this style in the circle. Although he is not as good-looking as him, he doesn't have as much black material as him! It's

too risky to let Xia Yan be the spokesperson.

Tan Jiatong was suspicious and waited for more than three hours, but Xia Yan didn't come. When she was about to go crazy, someone ran over to pass the message.

It said that Xia Yan was promoted to the spokesperson of Beaufort in Central China.

Tan Jiatong looked dazed: "???"

Are the senior executives of the company mentally normal?

She was not the only one who was shocked. Now all the insiders who received the news pinched themselves hard, fearing that they were not awake yet.

As soon as Xia Yan stepped into the studio, it was like Tang Monk stepping into the Pansi Cave. A group of people stared at him without blinking.

"..."

Calm down, don't panic.

The young man's eyelashes trembled twice, and he nodded silently to everyone as a greeting.

Everyone: "..."

Slender body, perfect face, cold and seductive expression, complex and mysterious temperament.

They had obviously seen Xia Yan countless times in videos, but when they really saw him in person, they found that some beauty really could not be recorded by the camera.

No wonder...

No wonder the top management chose him.

If it were me, I would choose him too. Countless people said silently in their hearts, who can refuse his beauty?

Makeup artists and stylists rushed up, waving their tools, wishing to use their lifelong skills to leave their own colors on him.

But she was afraid that her clumsy hands would ruin his beauty.

Tan Jiatong took out the camera and was debugging it.

Basically, all lenses would slightly distort the portrait. She patiently changed lenses one by one, looking for the most suitable one for Xia Yan.

Inspiration kept coming.

Tan Jiatong was very excited. She had a hunch that she was about to shoot the most beautiful film in her life.

For someone who loves photography, it was a dream come true.

Forty-five minutes later, in the studio.

Countless pairs of eyes were fixed on the door of the locker room. With the sound of the door being pushed open, a young man walked out.

Soft black hair, smooth white skin, and a hint of yellow-green eyeliner at the end of the eye, which echoed the light yellow and dark green jacket on his body.

The inner wear was simple white, but a small piece of delicate fallen leaves fell on his chest.

Gray-green pants and sneakers of the same color as the jacket.

The extremely bold color combination was like an autumn forest, beautiful and free, and the young man was the fruit formed by all the efforts of the forest. Indistinctly, it seemed as if one could smell the ripe fragrance, tempting to pick it.

"Mumble."

Someone swallowed and broke the silence.

The studio was suddenly bustling with people crowding around the young man, praising him. Just being lightly glanced at by his eyes was like being electrocuted, and their bodies went numb.

In the end, it was Tan Jiatong, who had the highest status, who stopped her colleagues. Under her command, Xia Yan stood in the middle of the stage, where the lights were the brightest.

The contract had been signed, and he couldn't break it. He might as well cooperate with the other party, finish the work early and leave. He would be back to "Ai Xin Dao" tomorrow, and he still had to activate his mobile phone number tonight.

Besides, his reputation would be exposed tomorrow, so Beaufort would naturally not be stupid enough to release the promotional photos.

These photos were destined to be buried in the dark bottom of the computer.

Xia Yan's acting skills had long been honed to perfection, and no matter what the photographer asked for, he could do it perfectly.

The styles changed one after another, each with a different flavor. Tan Jiatong became more and more excited, praising the young man non-stop.

Even when the director in charge of the commercial came to arrest her, she was reluctant to let go: "I haven't finished shooting yet."

"How many sets of clothes have you shot?"

"Ten or twelve."

"Aren't twelve sets enough for publicity?" The director was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "We are also in a hurry here. The board of directors said that we must shoot a ten-second small commercial today, preferably on location."

After speaking, the man looked at his watch: "It's half past five now. If we don't leave now, it will be dark."

Tan Jiatong said frustratedly: "Can't Xia Yan stay for two more days?"

"He has a variety show tomorrow."

"Director." Someone stretched out his hand weakly, "It seems that Teacher Xia is really free tomorrow."

Tan Jiatong: "?"

Director: "?"

Xia Yan himself also had a question mark on his face.

"Eight minutes ago, the director of Heartbeat posted a microblog saying that due to some reasons, the filming of the show will be suspended for three days."

Xia Yan looked at the agent: "What's going on?"

Wang Dazhuang had just returned from a phone call outside, his face was indescribable, and he said: "The damn investor is unreasonable. It was clearly agreed that the couple who won the first place in the swimming obstacle race would get the endorsement, but after Tu Xi won, he gave the endorsement to Fang Xihua, who won the second place."

At this point, the man glanced at Xia Yan in embarrassment.

The young man blinked and hesitated: "Could it be... related to me?"