Chapter 79 Chapter 79: Cheng Shuyi vs. Du Yisang
"What kind of performance is this?" Cheng Shuyi put the information in his hand on the table and sighed deeply. The other interviewers also sighed.
"Overall, it's not comparable to what we had this morning, but there are some good ones too."
"After all, they are young masters and young ladies, so the requirements cannot be too high."
"Anyway, I have my own resources and my family's support. If I spend money, it will eventually pay off."
Cheng Shuyi snorted, "If they spend a few hundred million, even a pig would become famous."
"What kind of person is this? This guy named Li Yishen cheated on over a dozen internet celebrities, went to bars, hooked up with young models, and even had his girlfriend get an abortion. If you let this kind of person in, just covering up his little shit would cost you dearly." Cheng Shuyi dug up the man's information and put it aside for those who were rejected. "What's going on? Didn't you guys do any background checks before?"
Several interviewers looked at each other, and one chuckled, "It's not because he's good-looking, but because he has the potential to be an entertainer. His family has connections in the entertainment industry, so they took him in."
It is impossible for the agency to know all the private matters such as a person's character and whether there is any scandal in his personal life during the first investigation. Otherwise, there would not be so many artists who originally wanted to work hard to become first-line artists and dare to date others, and refuse to break up no matter how the agency persuades them.
However, things like cheating and clubbing that were a big deal in the circle could be found out if one was willing to find out. Peers like Cheng Shuyi, who came from similar families, naturally had their own social circles. There were many WeChat groups among the rich second generation for gossip, food, drink and fun. This Li Yishen was always very active in organizing these groups, and those little things made a big fuss in the circle. Even though she had never met him, she was familiar with his name. She had heard about it countless times from others. How could such a person actually want to join them and debut as an artist?
Just now during the interview, a pair of peach blossom eyes glanced at her, and Cheng Shuyi's face turned cold on the spot.
In fact, to be fair, Li Yishen is indeed not bad, and his family is rich. He can just create a playboy and rich second-generation persona and be popular. He is not afraid of not attracting female fans. It doesn't matter even if those negative news are true. A strong public relations is simply irrelevant. He can send out some press releases, hire water armies, and let big fans spread rumors to show that this is malicious slander, which can hurt another group of fans. The circle already has a complete set of procedures for these, so they did not kick out such morally flawed people when they first screened.
However, Cheng Shuyi clearly couldn't stand this kind of person. After a few scoldings, she immediately threw the person's application away, not even offering a chance for compromise. The other interviewers still had to consider their future relationships within the industry, so who would dare to turn a blind eye to rejecting a rich second-generation kid? Only Miss Cheng had no fear of offending anyone.
"Who's next?" Cheng Shuyi asked casually as he flipped through the few remaining pages of materials.
"Du Yisang's turn," the interviewer sitting next to her suggested. They were well-informed about Du Yisang and Miss Cheng's feud, so they knew it was bound to be another one-sided crushing defeat. They exchanged knowing glances and remained silent. Who had Du Yisang been so blind as to confront Miss Cheng? And even thinking of trying to even the score was a foolish dream.
As expected, when he heard that the next one was Du Yisang, Cheng Shuyi raised an eyebrow and said, "Then let her in."
After Du Yisang arrived at the company, although she was very unhappy about meeting Shuyi on the way, she still felt a little comforted when she thought about officially signing the contract with Yunyi today. She felt a little better when she thought that she would be able to completely control this bitch in the future. However, after entering the office and chatting with President Zhu for a long time, the other party's attitude was a bit strange. He agreed to sign the contract last time, but today he kept making excuses and talking about useless things. When it came to the contract, he said that he had to pass the interviewer's round before he could sign it.
What was the logic? Yunyi was obviously aware of the interview today, but she was a rising star. How could she be any different from Shuyi, who had just met Mr. Cheng and still wanted an interview? Couldn't she just sign the contract? Why did she have to go through with the interview? But Mr. Zhu insisted on the interview, probably just to go through the motions. When the assistant called for Du Yisang, she had already left rather impatiently, so she didn't see Mr. Zhu's near-collapse of relief after he escorted her out.
As soon as Du Yisang pushed the door of the interview room, even though she was disdainful in her heart, she still maintained a sweet smile on her face, but her smile froze the moment she raised her eyes.
Behind a row of five interviewer tables, the person sitting in the middle had the face of the person she hated the most.
What's going on?! How could this woman be...the interviewer?
impossible!
Is she actually so arrogant and domineering that she can persuade Mr. Cheng to let her be the interviewer?
Judging from the expressions of the other interviewers, they were obviously helpless about this woman's arrogance and unable to refute her.
Du Yisang didn't realize at all that the other people were hiding their identities and looking through the documents with their heads down because they were afraid that if they started fighting on the spot, the scene would be too brutal and they might be silenced after seeing it.
Cheng Shuyi didn't care how distorted Du Yisan's expression was. Although the other party's ferocious look of surprise at that moment did make her feel good for a moment, she still knocked on the table seriously: "Du Yisan, right? Please sit down."
Those who need to be interviewed still need to be interviewed.
"How come you are the interviewer?" Du Yisang almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth. The gentle and kind face that originally maintained his personality was long gone.
"Surprised? Too bad I'm the interviewer." Cheng Shuyi smiled, then changed his expression. "Please don't waste your time. Every minute of the interview is precious. If you don't want to join Yunyi, you can leave now."
Does this woman really think she can make the final decision on whether she joins or not? She comes here to be an interviewer for fun and really thinks she has the final say. The discussions behind her have been going on for months, and the only thing left is the final signature. Du Yisang is determined not to believe that a piece of paper can be used as a token of authority, so he turned his face away and wanted to leave on the spot, but seeing the other party's smiling face, as if he thinks it is very interesting to enjoy her angry look, he felt that he could not just leave like this and let someone get the upper hand in vain.
Du Yisang actually sat down on the chair, wanting to see what she could face.
"She's 25 years old, not a professional actor. Her past acting experience includes playing the second female lead in 'Gift Willow Smoke Returns' and the female lead in the yet-to-be-released film 'Wind Over Wangjiang City,' right?"
Du Yisang fiddled with her beautiful long nails, ignoring Cheng Shuyi completely. The interviewers next to her noticed the flames of war that had broken out and pretended not to hear anything.
"Your performance in "Giving Liu Yan Back" was pretty average... or rather, it received mostly negative reviews."
Du Yisang lazily raised his eyelids and sneered, "Two months ago, you were playing a passerby in the movie I starred in. It was just a promotional video. Now you, an unknown 18th-tier actor, dare to tell me how to act?"
"I can't say I'm giving you any advice, but we have plenty of acting experts here," Cheng Shuyi flipped open a thin bound notebook and handed it to her upside down. "Give it a try, and you'll know how good your acting is."
The S-level costume drama invested by Yunyi is about to start filming. The main creative team has been assembled and the casting will be open to the public soon. Because of her identity as an investor, Yunyi got the audition script in advance and plans to make a selection among the newly signed actors. The other interviewers have just told her that Zhou Yu'an and He Shu, who she had given special attention to in the morning, are both very good, and she plans to consider signing them even if there are no roles in this drama.
Du Yisang was clearly disdainful of the script Cheng Shuyi handed her, flipping through it casually and refusing to cooperate. The interviewer, who had to step in to help, seeing the tense atmosphere, suggested she try the role of the princess. Du Yisang didn't appreciate it at all, and finally walked out the door in a huff, presumably to complain to a high-ranking official she knew.
What's the point of complaining? The person who really has the say is sitting right here.
Everyone secretly complained as they watched Cheng Shuyi ruthlessly mark all the zeros in that column on the interview evaluation form. They knew that it would be difficult for Du Yisang to get into Yunyi this time.
Cheng Shuyi didn't care how furious Du Yisang would be when she found out she'd rejected the contract she'd thought was a sure thing. She'd even let it go and showed her the audition script. She couldn't blame anyone if she didn't try. Besides, she didn't really have the energy to think about Du Yisang. After the audition, she had to rush through a mountain of new work.
As a result, the originally agreed-upon joint interview with Director Jiang, leveraging the popularity of Cheng's promotional video, was ultimately changed to an online participation.
Jiang Yiyu was not idle either. Last time Cheng Shuze showed up at the dinner party, she didn't know what kind of warning he gave to that idiot who wanted to take advantage of her. I heard that he almost called 120 and was sent to the hospital after drinking too much. In short, it probably left a psychological trauma on him, and he would never dare to take advantage of others at a drinking party again.
Although Cheng Shuze didn't say anything that day, people with a keen eye would naturally notice that Mr. Cheng was undoubtedly actually standing up for Director Jiang. After looking at Director Jiang's photo and thinking about it for a long time, someone finally realized, wow, isn't this Mr. Cheng's ex-wife!
Suddenly, everyone was in chaos again. Some people openly or secretly pushed for investment because of the quality of the drama itself or for Mr. Cheng's sake. In short, there were no major problems with the investment in the web drama. However, when it was suddenly announced that the show would be scheduled for broadcast soon, Jiang Yiyu was shocked.
It shouldn't happen so quickly. She thought she would have to wait at least two or three months before there would be any news on the release date. Perhaps it was due to internal problems within the platform that their film was suddenly put on hold and ready to be released at any time.
Colleagues in the studio have been so anxious that they have been frantically editing behind-the-scenes footage these days.
Although a little bit was edited originally, everyone was slacking off and editing the rest in the past few days because they had plenty of time. Suddenly, we received the news that it would be broadcast soon. Everyone wished for eight more hands to come out and edit so that all the materials could be processed. After working overtime, we finally made all preparations before the official broadcast.
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