The landline phone on Ye Li's office desk suddenly rang.
Ye Li’s external contact method is mobile phone, which is generally only used by internal company personnel.
He didn't pay attention and was still looking at the data sheet when he pressed the answer button.
"Hello, this is Ye Li, what can I do for you?"
There was loud music, followed by footsteps, and then silence.
"It's me, Ye Li, I am the king's minister."
Ye Li snorted with an ambiguous tone and put down the report in his hand.
"Please ask your agent to contact me regarding any cooperation issues."
"Yeli, you know I don't have an agent right now."
"I really don't know. If you have anything to say, just tell me. I'm very busy here."
Wang Chen was silent on the other end, and seemed a little unhappy. After a while, when Ye Li became impatient and wanted to hang up, he spoke again.
"I broke up with you and now I want to sign a new contract with you. I agree to all the terms you wanted to add before, and we can also discuss the profit sharing."
Wang Chen’s previous agent was Ye Li.
He was a self-taught singer, and later joined Xingyao, which was considered to be on the right track as a singer. However, he was never very popular and changed several agents until he met Ye Li.
Ye Li saw that he had no talent in singing, but had a good appearance, so he changed his route, created a persona, and went the semi-idol route.
After that, he started to become famous, and it can be said that he became an overnight sensation. But after becoming famous, he started to get cocky and was dissatisfied with Ye Li's control and commission. He once discussed with Ye Li about cooperating with him in the form of a fixed salary, but was rejected by Ye Li, who wanted to terminate the contract with him at that time.
Later, Wang Chen fell in love with one woman after another. Ye Li had quarreled with him many times, but he refused to change.
Ye Li had been covering up for him until later when Wang Chen made his relationship public with a young model on the Internet. At this time, the conflict between him and Ye Li broke out completely. At this point, the two did not argue much, but reached a consensus and terminated the contract according to the contract.
Ye Li didn't pay much attention to Wang Chen after that, but he should have been quiet now, otherwise Wang Chen would not have been silent at all. At the beginning, Ye Li had seen Wang Chen on the hot searches several times, but they were all negative news.
Later I heard from several friends that his girlfriend became his new agent, and there was no news about him after that.
All of this was within Ye Li's expectations. Wang Chen was really popular at the time, and he had a tendency to become a top star.
But a lot of these rely on the resources and personality that Ye Li found for him. In terms of talent, he has some ability, but he is still not outstanding. There is no shortage of amazingly talented singers in the circle. In terms of looks, there are waves of young actors and actresses coming out every year, all of them are handsome men and beautiful women.
Furthermore, he gained popularity thanks to his girlfriend, so announcing his relationship would be tantamount to seeking death.
He became famous too quickly and his position was unstable. His love affair was very passionate, so he lost a lot of fans and never regained his popularity. But at least he was popular once and there was a wave of fans willing to pay for him. Although not as popular as before, he has established himself by relying on his past achievements and is now outside the third-rate.
There was a faint sound of music coming from Wang Chen's side, and it seemed that he was outside. Ye Li suspected that he had been drinking and his speech was a little incoherent.
"My agent was originally my cousin, but he was a traitor and treated me like a fool. He has now quit."
Ye Li remembered that when he first announced his relationship, the agent was still that little model, but she had nothing to do with Ye Li anymore.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wang Chen, I already have an artist on hand."
Everyone knows that Ye Li’s rule is to only bring one artist.
"I know that actor. I'm on a show with him now. To be honest, you've been with him for such a long time, but there hasn't been much splash. He's only starred in one movie since his debut. How much can he be paid? Your share is also much less than before, right? Hey, hey—"
Ye Li hung up the phone directly.
Wang Chen cursed and threw the phone away.
Things weren't going very smoothly for Gu Qingchi, but the show went quite smoothly, which was successful in another sense.
The next battle on stage was five days later.
During these five days, the production crew will shoot for two hours every day to check on the progress of each group without revealing the full content, which is actually to attract fans for the younger generations.
From Gu Qingchi's perspective, there are always the most viewers in the live broadcast room.
But in fact he really couldn't go on.
While other people's seniors have been imparting their experiences to the juniors, he has been learning how to sing and dance in a daze.
Let's not talk about dancing for now. He hasn't even gotten to this stage yet. The five members of the boy band were on microphones throughout the whole process, and the dance they performed was all street dance with an intense rhythm, but their breathing was still steady.
But Gu Qingchi hadn't added any dance moves yet, he was just practicing singing, and he didn't even sing well.
He couldn't sing at all. It was okay for him to play musical instruments, as he could do well through pure practice. But for Gu Qingchi, singing was something he could never do well no matter how many times he practiced. All was ruined as soon as he opened his mouth.
It can't be said to be unpleasant to this extent. Gu Qingchi's voice itself is not unpleasant. He just can't find the tune. No matter which part he sings, it's just flat.
"Senior, it's not like that. You have to go up and then slide down. There has to be an ups and downs."
The five men in the boy band surrounded Gu Qingchi, and one person finished speaking before another.
Gu Qingchi looked at the paper with lyrics in front of him, took a deep breath, and sang it again very seriously.
The people surrounding him were originally full of expectations, but when he finished singing, they became visibly discouraged.
The comments were all gloating.
[I am really so happy. This is the source of my happiness these days. I am not a hater, but I really want to diss it, and then I can get passers-by to say “You can do it if you can”. I can really do this. ]
[The KTV microphone master said that he is more confident than ever about his singing skills. ]
[Hahaha, the five little ones: No change at all, but I don’t know how to speak.]
[Hahahaha, this is too difficult for my brother. How could you do this? Hahaha, to be honest, I am here to criticize the production team for randomly matching our brother. Hahaha, God knows what I have been through. I am sorry, brother, but I really want to hahaha.]
[My Chi Chi: I understand the reason, but my tongue doesn’t obey me. ]
[Even passers-by had a lot of fun watching this, and I am looking forward to the next dance lesson. ]
On Gu Qingchi's side, a few people were in a stalemate for a while, and finally, someone cautiously put forward a suggestion.
"How about we reduce the lyrics for our seniors?"
The other four people all responded in unison, nodding their heads vigorously and speaking very tactfully.
"Senior, I'm sorry, I hope we can show more, so I'll have to put up with you first."
"Yes, we value the teachings of our predecessors more, so let's put this aside for now."
Gu Qingchi also breathed a sigh of relief. He had been under a lot of pressure these days.
Several people reached a consensus, tacitly skipped this part, and began to modify the lyrics.
But Gu Qingchi still looked quite depressed and a little nervous. It might be because he was too frustrated by the first half. He felt that he was not good enough for the following dance part. In his life, Gu Qingchi had only learned radio gymnastics and Latin not long ago.
When learning Latin, the company gave Gu Qingchi ample time to study, and the teacher also taught him step by step.
These trainees all have a solid foundation and can learn to dance quickly; they can usually master the basic moves in just one lesson.
It would take Gu Qingchi a week to learn radio gymnastics, which made him feel uneasy.
[It was as if I saw myself taking the exam. ]
[Hahaha, my brother has the words "no hope in life" written on his face. Let him go. My brother is just a weak, innocent and pitiful actor.]
[Why does my brother have to endure all this? I'm sorry, hahaha, I really can't bear it anymore. Don't worry, brother. No matter what, I will keep the ticket for you.]
After the lyrics were revised and the practice came to an end, Gu Qingchi was picked up by Xiaoke, the photographer also left, and the five of them lay down in the dance practice room.
After a while, the door was opened and a woman poked her head in.
"Hey, what's going on? They're all like they haven't been watered. Is it because the senior is hard to talk to or what?"
The entertainment industry takes seniority very seriously, and whoever is more popular is the boss. Trainees are at a disadvantage in every aspect.
There are indeed a few big-name seniors who are only friendly with these trainees during the few hours when the camera is filming. It is hard to say at other times, and ignoring them is considered good enough.
"No, Senior Gu is very easy to talk to. Even if the photographer is not here, he practices with us for a long time every day and listens to everything we say. But he is an actor after all, and he has no foundation before. Moreover, he can't catch the tune when singing."
“We thought, we should cut out the part about Senior Gu and leave only a little bit, and finally we kept one line of lyrics.”
"I'm sorry, Sister Wang. I messed up. If only I had been more careful."
Sister Wang almost laughed out loud.
"What messed up, you guys, you still don't know what this show is about, don't delete it, why delete it, do you really think others will look at your professional ability?"
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't sing well. As long as he can attract the most attention and get others to vote for your program, the purpose of choosing a senior will be achieved. You are lucky. Now the other groups are jealous of you."
"You guys deleted all the lyrics and only left one line. Then he won't even need to say anything. His fans will be able to drown you with their spit."
After a while, Sister Wang finished listening to the audio and pondered for a moment.
"Let's delete it."
Pan Xiaocheng knocked on the door.
Xie Luyu was wearing headphones. When he heard Pan Xiaocheng coming, he immediately turned off his phone.
"What's wrong? You scared me."
"It's that show. I didn't watch it carefully before. Should I withdraw first? The next episode will say that the schedule is not right."
"Why would you withdraw? I've already accepted it. It's not good to go back on your word. I have nothing to do."
Pan Xiaocheng didn't say anything, closed the door and left. Only then did Xie Luyu turn on his phone again and put on his headphones.
He is watching a video, and it can be seen that it is the interface of a live broadcast software. Now the live broadcast has ended and the one playing is a recorded broadcast.
The barrage was all turned off. In the screen, Gu Qingchi was wearing big headphones and holding a paper. He looked serious. He opened his mouth and started singing. He sang very seriously, but he sang the same tune throughout.
But Xie Luyu listened to it once and again.
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