Chapter 46: Jinjiang's only post, Brother Lu will not be fooled...
After understanding the internal situation of Xingyuan Entertainment, Lu Chiyuan began to plan. He held an online meeting with shareholders and proposed internal personnel changes.
Xingyuan Entertainment had long been forgotten in a corner where no one cared. The company headquarters had previously discussed whether to dissolve the company and move the existing team to other departments.
It's just that the discussion didn't go well and it ended in nothing for some reason.
Now that Lu Chiyuan mentioned it, they seemed to see the dawn of someone taking over the hot potato, and they hurriedly expressed their support for Lu Chiyuan's reforms.
However, before Lu Chiyuan could make any big move, Tang Song himself was exposed by his competitors for embezzling public funds. He and his direct leaders were caught up in a public opinion storm, and relevant departments intervened in the investigation.
Tang Song was considered a celebrity in the circle. When he got into trouble, many people began to cut ties with him, and Xingyuan Entertainment was greatly affected.
Just when everyone was discussing who would take Tang Song's position, Xu Chen was suddenly promoted to general manager without any warning and became the top leader of the company.
At the same time, the artist management director was transferred to the headquarters, and his job was temporarily taken over by Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen had accompanied Lu Chiyuan on an inspection before, and he expressed his interest in Tang Song's position in the meeting room, so the management was not surprised that he would be transferred here. They had even thought about how to trip up Jiang Chen, but they didn't expect Xu Chen to come at the last minute.
Xu Chen is different from Jiang Chen. Before he went to work as Lu Chiyuan's assistant, he was doing this. The little tricks of those people under him can't scare him.
And he controls the shares, even if it's only a few percent, he is still a shareholder.
With Xu Chen around, whether Jiang Chen does the job of artist management director is no longer the point.
Xu Chen's first three things to do as a new official were to inspect various departments, sit in on meetings, and bring management to meetings when he had nothing to do.
The management is almost looking miserable.
They used to have a leisurely life, they could come whenever they wanted, and had plenty of reasons not to come.
Now I go to work on time, work overtime occasionally, tidy up the internal affairs, and pick up the work.
Jiang Chen had been in the book for less than two months and had changed three jobs. Naturally, his adaptability became stronger and stronger. He worked non-stop for several days, changing back the work that the previous director had criticized randomly, and formulating development directions based on the characteristics of the artists.
Zou Xin’s talent is singing, and the singing variety show that Zhuang Ningyu had negotiated for him was returned to him.
It's time for Ling Qi to join the crew, and Jiang Chen asks Zhuang Ningyu to take him to audition for the dual male lead role in a fantasy film.
Jiang Chen's changes caused dissatisfaction among the original artists, and their agents soon came to Jiang Chen to argue.
"You don't have to come to me with such aggressive looks to argue. Song Min, I've seen his past performances. It's fine that he needs to adjust the sound when singing, but why does he need to take a break between singing? Did you accept this variety show for him specifically to perform? Are you telling fans that his current abilities are all packaged?"
Jiang Chen looked at Song Min's agent Zheng Bo and refuted with reason and evidence.
Zheng Bo knew Song Min's ability very well. He was not as good as the best but better than the worst. However, he did not work hard and wanted to go for the appearance route, thus constantly wasting his talent.
The variety show that Zhuang Ningyu negotiated has considerable traffic. Although it is related to singing, it does not require singing one song after another. As long as the post-production editing and sound adjustment are slightly polished, and Song Min shows his face more, who will care whether it is the original voice?
Zheng Bo was still hoping that Song Min could use this variety show to increase his popularity, but now Jiang Chen completely denied it. He blushed and said unhappily, "Assistant Jiang, I can see that you really want to make some achievements, but there is no need to deny the fruits of others' labor for your own sake. For this variety show, Song Min's schedule has been cleared. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"Is his schedule free later? That's even better, so I don't have to adjust his schedule. I've hired a professional team for him, you can take him to study for a week, and after a week, record a new song for me."
Song Min is still useful after some suppression, Jiang Chen didn't want to give up. But as an idol, he doesn't even have the most basic professional qualities, and it would be embarrassing to let him go now. It's better to strengthen management and let him continue to work after his ability is up to standard.
"Speaking of hard work, Zhuang Ningyu helped Zou Xin negotiate for this variety show. How much effort did you put in? I'm just returning the property to its original owner. Why are you so upset?"
Jiang Chen looked up. He thought Zheng Bo was a little ridiculous. He had snatched the project from Zhuang Ningyu. If he had contributed, it was probably because he had tried his best to please the former director.
Now that the former director has been transferred, all his efforts have gone to waste, and he is blaming Jiang Chen instead. How unreasonable.
"Assistant Jiang, there will be no problem if you return the job that Zhuang Ningyu negotiated for. The company needs a leader like you who can distinguish right from wrong."
Seeing Zheng Bo speechless, Duan Yi's agent Cheng Mo quickly changed his attitude. After complimenting Jiang Chen, he changed the subject and said, "But Duan Yi's script has nothing to do with Zhuang Ningyu. If you just transfer it to Ling Qi, it will be difficult for me to deal with it!"
Cheng Mo thought about it carefully. Duan Yi's acting skills were fine except that he spent money lavishly. He just lacked a script for the leading role. Although the play was about two male protagonists, the audition opportunity for the role with the most scenes was given to Duan Yi. With a little packaging, he would have no problem playing the first role.
To be on the safe side, Cheng Mo successfully put Duan Yi in touch with investors, thinking that everything was settled, but he did not expect that it was intercepted from within.
Jiang Chen opened the drawer, took out a new script and handed it to Cheng Mo, saying: "The roles that Duan Yi took on before received good responses. I have a more suitable script here. Why don't you take a look at this one?"
Jiang Chen remembered that in the original novel, Duan Yi ran away with the money, and the investor's capital chain was cut off, which led to the failure of the double male lead in the later stage, and the special effects were complained about a lot. The reason why it became popular was that the plot and acting made up for the gap.
Jiang Chen had no reason to let Duan Yi embezzle the money and let the crew suffer a blow. Money should be spent wisely.
Cheng Mo took two steps forward and took the script from Jiang Chen's hand. He flipped through it and couldn't hide his joy. This was a true leading male role, and it was a big production. It was several levels higher than that drama with two male leads.
The director had been hiding it before, and he didn't dare to make any plans. Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen gave it directly to Duan Yi now.
"Is this really translated by Duan?" Cheng Mo closed the script and asked again in disbelief.
Jiang Chen nodded. The drama was indeed a big production, but due to the subject matter, it was shelved for many years and never got promoted.
Duan Yi's character is a terrible thing. He spends money lavishly because he gambles on stones.
Cheng Mo helped him to connect with investors. He hooked up with the investors behind Cheng Mo's back on the crew and made the investors very happy. After gaining the trust of the investors, he cheated the investors' funds under the guise of film and television investment.
He took the money to gamble on stones, but lost everything. Seeing that the hole could not be filled, he simply fled abroad.
The original book doesn’t say what his final fate was, but I think it was probably not good.
Jiang Chen has now sent him to other crews, which has changed his trajectory, and it won't be that easy for him to succeed.
Cheng Mo couldn't help but feel happy, he just felt that this was a godsend, all the resentment he had before entering the office disappeared, now he saw Jiang Chen was satisfied with everything.
Jiang Chen is not like the previous director. He doesn't need to curry favor with others. He can allocate money reasonably according to needs, which saves them the trouble of studying how to give gifts.
After sending the two away, Jiang Chen leaned back in a chair and rested for a while. He heard his cell phone vibrate, so he picked it up and saw it was a message from Xu Chen.
Xu Chen: [Cry, baby, I have come here with you and suffered so much, shouldn’t you show some appreciation?]
Jiang Chen chuckled and said: [You are a shareholder, I am an employee, who is suffering? ]
Jiang Chen didn't hear Lu Chiyuan mention Xu Chen as a shareholder until after he came to the company. However, his shareholding ratio was very low, so he probably didn't think much of it and just wanted to have something new.
After Jiang Chen finished replying this sentence, he couldn't help but think of Lu Chiyuan.
Lu Chiyuan only transferred Xu Chen out and did not change his position. He is now just an agent.
Lu Chiyuan meant to let him adapt first, and if he could get the hang of it and stabilize, then make changes. Before that, he could go back.
Xu Chen and Lu Chiyuan have other intentions, but Jiang Chen thinks it's okay. As a man without a future, he doesn't want to think about the future for now. He still likes to stay with Lu Chiyuan.
You have to know that since he came to this world, he hasn't been away from Lu Chiyuan for such a long time. He hasn't seen anyone for several days, and he is still a little uncomfortable.
Jiang Chen swiped his phone and found Lu Chiyuan's contact. He organized his words in his mind for a long time and finally sent a message: [Are you there?]
Jiang Chen glanced at his phone. Lu Chiyuan should be busy at this time. He didn't expect the other party to reply to him immediately. Just as he was about to put down the phone, he saw the message pop up.
Lu Chiyuan: [Xingyuan Entertainment is connected to the Internet?]
Before Jiang Chen came to Xingyuan Entertainment, Lu Chiyuan told him to contact him if he had any questions, but Jiang Chen felt good and thought there was nothing he needed Lu Chiyuan's help with, so he just kept working hard and didn't contact him.
Looking at the words Lu Chiyuan sent at this moment, Jiang Chen laughed at first, and then he could taste a hint of resentment while laughing. Lu Chiyuan's subtext was why he took so long to contact him.
Jiang Chen seemed to be able to see Lu Chiyuan frowning through the phone, and quickly explained that he was busy with work and reported his work progress to him.
With Xu Chen's support, Jiang Chen's work went smoothly.
The department's internal report was coming to an end, but because Lu Chiyuan was looking at his phone, the department manager thought that since it was a rare opportunity for him to sit in, there must be instructions, so he did not adjourn the meeting.
Lu Chiyuan looked at the series of work reports on his phone with a frown on his face. In addition to work, did Jiang Chen have anything else he wanted to talk to him about?
Lu Chiyuan put away his phone and did not reply to Jiang Chen immediately. He saw that the meeting was over and others were waiting for him to express his opinion, so he stood up and left the meeting room first.
After walking all the way back to the office, Lu Chiyuan took out his mobile phone to see if Jiang Chen had sent him anything else.
In the end, the message still stayed on work. Lu Chiyuan's eyes dimmed and he replied to Jiang Chen with a period.
Okay, he gets it.
Jiang Chen blinked at the period. Was he satisfied or dissatisfied? He looked through his report. It was perfect, with no omissions.
Jiang Chen didn’t understand: [Cat confusedjpg.]
After a while, Lu Chiyuan replied again: [Well done]
There is no period this time.
Jiang Chen stared at these four words and laughed for a long time. He felt that Lu Chiyuan was weird. But he didn't ask more. Things here were over, and he could go back to Huanyu to check in tomorrow.
We’ll talk about it when we meet.
Jiang Chen was about to put away his phone when a 1 popped up in the upper left corner. He clicked it and saw it was Xu Chen.
Xu Chen: [I don’t care. I’ve prepared the yacht for this week’s island tour. Just bring yourself along.]
He also attached a photo of a yacht: [Just the four of us, no one else.]
Jiang Chen admired his initiative. Since the other two had agreed, there was no need for him to be hypocritical with Xu Chen.
Jiang Chen: [Okay, let’s go!]
Xu Chen: [I know Bao is the best. Now Lu Chiyuan has no reason to reject me.]
Jiang Chen: [Ah?]
Jiang Chen looked through the previous messages. Xu Chen did mention four people. He thought he had contacted them all, but he didn't expect that he was tricked into joining first and then found the other two.
Jiang Chen: [You are not cheating on both sides, right?]
Xu Chen: [How is that possible? Of course I’m using you to catch Lu Chiyuan!]
Xu Chen did not hide his bad taste. Ever since he discovered that using Jiang Chen as an excuse could allow him to communicate with Lu Chiyuan efficiently and quickly, he learned a new beauty trap.
Jiang Chen raised his mouth helplessly and replied: [Brother Lu will not be fooled...]
Before Jiang Chen could finish his words, Xu Chen's message came first.
Xu Chen: [Done!]
Jiang Chen paused and silently deleted the words he had just typed.
Okay, he took that back.
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