Chapter 1 Beating

Chapter 1 Beating

A streak of purple lightning tore through the night sky, and the originally bustling South City was left with only the sound of raging wind and rain.

There hasn't been such heavy rain for many years, and the mighty momentum seems to flood the sky and the earth.

Chu Yunshu stood in the hotel room with his eyes downcast. The closed glass windows blocked out the noise of the rainy night, and instead heard the angry voice of his agent Zhou Yan: "Do you know how good an opportunity this is? As long as you follow Lin Yang, you will have whatever resources you want in the future?"

"Even if you are the fourth male lead in this drama, with just one word from him, your role can be increased to more than the second male lead. I really don't know what you are thinking."

In this circle, if a newcomer with no background wants to stand out and get resources, it’s impossible without making sacrifices.

Although Lin Yang, the president of the Lin Group, is in his early forties, he has always taken good care of himself and looks only about thirty years old.

Apart from being a little shorter, he is much better than those fat and big-eared employers who are in their fifties.

There are countless people in the circle who want to get into Lin Yang's bed, but Chu Yunshu is different. Even though Lin Yang took a fancy to him, he didn't know how to cherish him, serve him well, and get more resources from Lin Yang. Instead, he beat him up.

Zhou Yan was woken up in the middle of the night and was so angry: "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

“I just want to film well.”

Chu Yunshu lowered his head, staring at the carpet under his feet. There was a stain on it, like a drop of coffee.

In fact, it was not very obvious, but now that Chu Yunshu was staring at it, that tiny point was infinitely magnified, making him feel that the whole room was dirty.

"Just want to film well?"

His almost naive idea made Zhou Yan laugh: "Yunshu, you have no education and no experience, why do you think the company signed you?"

Chu Yunshu didn't say anything, nor did he look at Zhou Yan who was sitting on the sofa.

Zhou Yan didn't beat around the bush and said bluntly: "Because of your face and your figure."

If we talk about the appearance of Yaoshi Entertainment, Chu Yunshu ranks second and no one can rank first.

Her beautiful face is delicate but not feminine, and her sparkling fox eyes seem to bring thousands of peach blossoms to the sky when she blinks, which is very charming and captivating, but her look is quite cold.

The strong contrast is not abrupt at all, and even makes people feel excited.

With her straight nose, moist lips and fair skin, Chu Yunshu can truly be described as beautiful.

Coupled with his height of 180cm and perfect body proportions of thin waist, round hips and long legs, when Zhou Yan saw him for the first time, he knew that as long as he was willing to give it his all, he would definitely be successful in this circle.

Therefore, even though Chu Yunshu did not have a high level of education and had no acting experience, Zhou Yan still took great pains to help him get an audition opportunity for the fourth male lead in the TV series "Hegemony" adapted from a popular IP.

The character of the fourth male lead, Xiao Jin, in this drama is a hidden master. In the original novel, she is a fairy-like beauty.

But in his later years, for the sake of his country and family, he resolutely entered the world and was full of chivalry. He is a perfect hero in the hearts of many readers.

When the news of the adaptation came out, almost all male artists preferred Xiao Jin, and many of them found marketing accounts to release the news of possible appearances, wanting to see the reactions of book fans.

But without exception, they were strongly opposed by book fans. In their opinion, no one could present Xiao Jin's beauty.

Even Hao Yifeng, a recognized beauty in the entertainment industry, was not spared.

Book fans think that Hao Yifeng looks good, but he doesn’t have Zhou Jin’s domineering aura.

I have to say that this role is more difficult to portray than the male lead or the second male lead. He needs to be so beautiful that he is not of this world, but he also needs to have the strength to look down on others and the arrogance to look down on the world. It is really a contradiction.

But if it is really well portrayed, it will definitely make you famous overnight.

That's why so many people are eager to try, but unfortunately, no one can meet this requirement yet.

The director team was also very worried about this.

Nowadays, Zhou Jin is more popular than the first and second male leads, so you can imagine how difficult the casting was.

Zhou Yan took a lot of effort to send Chu Yunshu's photo to the casting director. Although he knew that with Chu Yunshu's appearance, it would not be difficult to get an audition opportunity, he did not expect Chu Yunshu to pass the audition so easily.

When the makeup test photos came out a few days ago, Zhou Yan was quite stunning. He is also a fan of the book "Hegemony". Although not to the point of fanaticism, he does know the characters in the book.

In his opinion, judging from appearance alone, Chu Yunshu was exactly like Zhou Jin.

The popularity of "Hegemony" is so high that in order to prevent the crew from being affected by the outside world, all makeup test photos, including the subsequent readings and filming, are required to be kept confidential.

Otherwise, Chu Yunshu probably wouldn't have needed to join the crew, as that set of makeup photos alone would have been enough to attract a lot of attention.

Zhou Yan has made preparations for Chu Yunshu to become a big hit. He has even prepared the related publicity and marketing copy and is just waiting for the show to be aired.

After learning that Chu Yunshu was favored by Lin Yang, the president of Lin Group, the investor of this drama, he was delighted for several days.

He is about to produce a top-tier star.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yan had just had a sweet dream for two days when he was called by Lin Yang’s assistant on that thunderstorm when no one wanted to go out.

This ancestor Chu Yunshu not only rejected Lin Yang, but also beat him up.

Chu Yunshu clenched his fists at his sides. He didn't say anything, nor did he look at Zhou Yan. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Zhou Yan suddenly became furious at the lukewarm attitude and spoke more bluntly: "Let me be frank. With your qualifications, if you want to stay in the entertainment industry safely without making any sacrifices, you are dreaming."

"You're lucky to be favored by Lin Yang. At least he's not greasy, and he's willing to spend money on resources. He doesn't have any torturous habits in bed."

"Look at Xue Yu, he's about the same age as you, but he ended up sleeping with Mr. Zhang just for resources."

"He has several notebooks now, and his Weibo followers have reached six figures. How about you?"

Xue Yu is also a contracted artist of Yaoshi Entertainment. He is about the same age as Chu Yunshu. He has acted in several web dramas before. Compared with Chu Yunshu, he is quite famous.

Originally he thought that signing with a legitimate entertainment company would allow for better development, but unexpectedly the resources were completely insufficient. After sitting on the bench for several months, Xue Yu was called in for a "talk" by the company's senior executive Zhang Shide, and after that his resources began to improve.

Zhang Shide was a man in his fifties and looked quite kind, so Chu Yunshu did not think much about it. He just thought that Zhang Shide did not want Xue Yu to be buried and wanted to give the young man a chance.

Now it seems that he thought too simply.

"Let me tell you this. It was you that Mr. Zhang first took a fancy to. However, you are not an ordinary person. The company is very optimistic about your development, so he didn't touch you easily."

Zhou Yan stood up, walked in front of Chu Yunshu, and raised his hand to touch his face.

This face is really heart-warming.

Chu Yunshu's eyes, which had originally been emotionless, suddenly became extremely sharp. When Zhou Yan's hand was about to touch his face, he pushed Zhou Yan's hand away with great force.

"Don't touch me!" He shouted loudly, full of disgust.

Zhou Yan's entire right arm instantly became numb, and the back of his hand felt burning with pain.

He was completely stunned. Chu Yunshu, who was always gentle and obedient, actually had such a bad temper... and strength.

"You actually hit me?" It took Zhou Yan a while to react. He was actually beaten by the new guy under his command.

Having been a manager for so long, this was the first time Zhou Yan suffered such "humiliation". How could he endure it? After he came to his senses, he raised his hand and slapped Chu Yunshu.

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