Chapter 287: Clear Water Leads to No Fish
"I also know that there are many people in the industry who are clean and hardworking... but they are not just lucky... I don't have their luck, and I want to get more, so I follow the rules of the industry... It wasn't until the stars started to clean up the artists that I seemed to realize that there are still so many people who stick to their original intentions?! I have been making excuses for my greed."
"But I really can't accept it! I've finally sacrificed so much to get to where I am today, am I going to give up just like that?" Li Manman said frankly, "It feels like I'm trying hard to adapt to the rules, even to the point of blackening myself to achieve my goal, but in the end you tell me that I need someone who is pure and flawless?"
She found it a little ridiculous.
"Even those who stayed behind are not necessarily innocent. Who doesn't have something wrong? It's just a matter of whether it's been exposed or not. Many things don't involve the law, but only morality. Since they have the courage to stay, why can't I?"
"Yueqing, I've been struggling recently between the two choices of leaving decisively and staying shamelessly... I really don't know which choice to make? In short, if you want me to leave Director Yang, or even return all the benefits I've gained over the years, I'm willing! But if you want me to just leave the identity I've maintained for many years... I really..."
She gritted her teeth and pinched the weeds in her palm fiercely, splashing her hands with grass juice: "I won't give up!"
Yan Yueqing listened patiently and nodded: "I understand."
Li Manman hung her head in dismay: "You can scold me, call me shameless, call me ungrateful."
"No." Yan Yueqing shook her head. "Since you want to be an artist so much, just stay."
"Ah?" Li Manman seemed to be hallucinating. "You actually encouraged me to stay? I thought... I thought you would look down on me for being a mistress..."
"This kind of thing is not for me to judge. It's best if you have a clear conscience."
Li Manman said something very right - this circle is inherently dark.
With the intervention of messy capital, people in the circle are frantically dividing up the huge cake floating on the water. Even though they know they will get wet and dirty if they go into the water, countless people still rush forward one after another.
Some people do it voluntarily, some are forced, and it is difficult to simply distinguish who is right and who is wrong.
For example, Mr. Yang and Li Manman, from the outside world's perspective, Li Manman is a third party. But Mr. Yang and his wife are playing their own games, and the main parties don't mind, so it doesn't make sense for others to comment.
Unless it affects core interests, Mrs. Yang will not care how many women Mr. Yang has outside.
Anyway, if it’s not Li Manman, it will be someone else!
It sounds extremely destructive and quite surprising, but it is the truth - to stay clean in such a murky water, you need not only great courage but also some luck.
For example, Zeng Pao and Jia Hui, they were innocent, but they were dragged into it by people like Jin Kai, and were forced to become drug addicts. Until now, they are still receiving injections from Mr. Bai Zhu every day to help them quit drugs, and their lives are miserable.
If I have to describe it, the entertainment industry in the past was like a time of chaos. Except for the lucky few chosen by God, everyone else would do things against their will in order to survive.
Therefore, Li Manman’s situation is not a special case!
After acquiring Zhongxing, Jiang Chuanning also discussed this matter with her.
He said: "Xiao Xing, it is easy to create rules, but it is very difficult to change them, especially when a group of people have adapted to the rules. If you want to break them, you will encounter endless difficulties and obstacles."
"It's not just China. Even in Hollywood abroad, the problem of capital resource allocation is very chaotic. It's easy to ask artists to abide by the law, but it's unrealistic to expect them to be perfect and unable to find any faults!"
"Plus, you didn't select the artists from scratch. Of the hundreds of artists, it would be good if you could keep half of them after the drug test! Among these half, what have they done in the past? Whether they have any moral problems is difficult to judge. If these things are exposed, netizens will not buy it either. Have you considered how to deal with them?"
Yan Yueqing thought about it for a long time and found this situation helpless and funny.
But what Teacher Jiang said is quite right.
Besides, they can change the stars, but can they expect all the directors and producers they will work with in the future to be as spotless as Director Tang?
Impossible!
If we clean everything up, there will be no one left among the stars.
Since it is impossible to completely remove it, there is only one way left -
Clear out the illegal ones, remove the hidden dangers, and give the remaining ones who have made mistakes but are willing to correct them another chance. When the time is right, let these people step back from the front of the stage, or sign contracts with other studios, so that they can continue to work in a different environment.
After all, you can realize your dream, but you also have to pay the price for what you have done in the past.
There are many ways to be an artist forever, but you can't stay in the increasingly strict star group forever.
As long as it does not involve legal issues, Yan Yueqing is willing to give some new ways out to those who truly repent.
Then he said frankly: "You just couldn't understand why the stars let everyone who stayed behind compete fairly and start from the beginning this time. Do you understand now?"
"Ah?" Li Manman was stunned. "Is there any... any connection?"
"Because Boss Jiang discussed this topic with Director Tang a long time ago. Drug tests can probably screen out a group of people, and a tough style of doing things can also scare off a group of people. But are the people who stay in the end necessarily clean from beginning to end?"
Yan Yueqing looked at Li Manman and said slowly, "If we want to be completely clean, not to mention the artists, even many colleagues in various departments of the company will have to resign. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. The plan of Boss Jiang and Director Tang is only to eliminate the artists who violated the law! After all, if they are exposed, not only will the related works and endorsements have to be removed from the shelves, but they will also have to pay Party A liquidated damages, which will have a huge impact on the company's image!"
"I'm not saying this to endorse the choice you made, because I know very well that many people, even if they were in the same situation as you, would not make the same choice. But do people really not have a chance to start over? The answer is no. As long as you are willing to move in a good direction, the things that have gotten you into trouble before are really not that important."
Li Manman's eyes suddenly turned red. She sniffed and lowered her eyelashes in a hurry: "Thank you... Thank you for telling me this... I know I was wrong, and I am willing to change!"
Yan Yueqing patted her shoulder and said, "The stars have given all of you who stayed here a chance. The resources are equal, the opportunities are even, and it all depends on your own strength! Director Tang said that not everyone is clean, so everyone should start over. In the future, work will be divided according to everyone's performance, and even positions will be transferred. What you want is entirely up to you."
Li Manman wiped away her tears: "Okay, I understand! I understand everything!"
(End of this chapter)
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