"Mr. Wei, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Boss."

“…”

Early in the morning after the New Year's Day holiday, Wei Yang came to the company and was immediately greeted with joyful congratulations from the employees.

He couldn't help but joke, "Are you so happy to be back to work on New Year's Day?"

One female employee boldly responded: "I just want to go to work and see the boss, I am happy without a salary."

"Okay, the finance department will make a note that she will not be paid this month."

"Oh, Boss, I was wrong."

Wei Yang is mostly serious when he is with middle and senior management, but when he is not working, he is very easy-going with ordinary employees. He also likes to liven up the atmosphere and is very popular among employees.

However, although it was a joke when the female employee said she was willing to come and see Wei Yang even without any salary, it is indeed a new benefit for the female employees of Blue Whale.

Since the hit drama "My Love from the Star", his popularity has skyrocketed and he has become a top male star with countless female fans.

These female employees of Blue Whale are the ones closest to Wei Yang. After work, they can occasionally see their boss to relax, and their fans will envy them if they tell others about it.

It is said that all the female college students in Shanghai want to join Blue Whale, just for the handsome boss Wei Yang.

If you can go one step further and catch this rich man, you will get both the man and the money. I don't know how many girls will be tempted by it...

Not only do people outside think so, there are also many female employees within the company who hold this idea.

Feeling some fiery gazes, Wei Yang came to his office in a strange way and complained to Lei Chun who was waiting there.

"I feel like I am a bit like Tang Monk now. Any female demon who sees me would want to take a bite of me."

Lei Chun laughed. Wei Yang was handsome, but there were many handsome guys out there. Even if there were few who could compare to Wei Yang, they were not crushed.

After all, a man’s charm is not only about his face, other hard indicators are also crucial.

Having a good-looking appearance is nothing but a useless silver-coated wax spear tip.

But now that Wei Yang has become popular, in addition to his good looks and temperament, he has the added bonus of extremely high fame + status + money + talent. The filter halo around him is so thick that his charm has increased several times compared to before. He has become the coveted Tang Monk's meat.

After a few jokes, the two sat down and Lei Chun reported on his work, which was mainly about endorsements and invitations from film crews.

There is no need to say much about the former. Even though Wei Yang has accepted and negotiated for more than a dozen endorsements, there is still a steady stream of endorsements looking for him.

According to the team's estimates, if Wei Yang wants to achieve endorsement saturation under the premise of high threshold, he can take on about 30 endorsements.

But in fact, Wei Yang will not accept so many endorsements, because many endorsements are conflicting, and too many and too diverse endorsements will also affect other aspects.

So relatively speaking, the most ideal situation is to have a dozen endorsements. If you want to make more money, you should grit your teeth and get 20+.

This will relatively not affect other aspects of Wei Yang, and if there are other high-quality endorsements in the future, there will be room for further negotiations.

At the moment, Wei Yang means that he has enough endorsements.

Popular brands include Pepsi and KFC, high-end brands include Gucci and Mercedes-Benz, the Internet includes Sina Weibo, and there are also Canon cameras, Yanjing Beer, Clear shampoo, Gillette razors, etc.

Basically, they are all brands, their quality and reputation are guaranteed to a certain extent, and the prices they offer are also generous.

At present, he still has several types of endorsements in his hands, waiting to be sold at a good price. As for the remaining endorsements, Wei Yang will most likely not accept them for the time being unless they are particularly good.

The above-mentioned endorsements have brought Wei Yang at least 80 million in revenue.

The outside world estimates that Wei Yang is a multi-millionaire, but in fact, he is now a legitimate billionaire.

Of course, this income also indicates that Wei Yang’s income from commercial endorsements will decline sharply in the next 2 to 3 years, but this is enough.

Wei Yang does not rely solely on artists to make money, business and investment are his foundation.

Wei Yang’s weakness in the past was that his foundation was too weak, and he often couldn’t do anything. With this quick money, he can do more things.

Wei Yang already had a rough plan for the money, including injecting 20 million into Blue Whale, keeping some for himself, and investing the rest in Red Shark Gaming Company.

The people there have been almost recruited. They can’t make big productions, but ordinary games should be no problem.

Even before this, the project of a game with the same name as "My Love from the Star" had already begun. The theme was about love and development, and it also mixed with elements such as dress-up. As soon as Wei Yang's money arrived, production began immediately.

Wei Yang has been reluctant to accept outside game endorsements, on the one hand because he is cautious, and on the other hand he is keeping it for this game.

In addition to making games himself, Wei Yang also plans to invest in and acquire some game companies from the original time and space.

For example, some of the game companies that became famous in later generations, such as Sanqi Interactive Entertainment and MiHoYo, are now only in the start-up stage and have not even started to be established.

If Wei Yang had acted early, he could have jumped in and bought at the bottom, or even just taken over the whole thing and incorporated the team into Red Shark.

Especially miHoYo, this game company is simply a gold mine. "Genshin Impact" has earned billions of dollars in just two years, and several of the founders are still in school and have not even started their own businesses, so there is a lot of room for operation.

As mentioned before, Wei Yang was reborn too late, and he could no longer get involved in many industries, nor could he easily intervene in their layout.

Games are extremely profitable and have strong cash flow, and can even complement and collaborate with Wei Yang's main business of film and television, and will be an important part of Wei Yang's industrial portfolio in the future.

Although Wei Yang has never done investment, he still remembers some ways to make money in the future.

For example, which stocks are valuable, which industries or companies have more prospects, which outlets can support investment, or buy something to keep...

With the help of Sky Eye and precise investment, if operated well, the returns may even be no less than that of Red Shark Company.

Wei Yang never thought of becoming the richest man, nor did he want to expand his business and become a business tycoon.

However, it is impossible to completely get rid of capital by relying solely on the film and television industry, so he has to get more money from other places and maintain his independence as much as possible.

Wei Yang didn't plan to make too much trouble. If he could run these companies well, it would be enough for him to achieve financial freedom.

Even if the rebirth benefits are gone in the future, he can retire calmly and enjoy a simple and boring life...

Only Wei Yang himself knew all this, and many people didn’t even know that Wei Yang had several companies outside.

Including his confidant Lei Chun, he only knew that Wei Yang had made some business arrangements outside, but he did not know the specific details.

After talking about endorsements, Lei Chun also talked about script invitations. The outside world also knows that Wei Yang has his own projects and he probably won’t easily take on TV dramas, so most of them are movies.

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Most commercial films have second, third and supporting roles, which is not surprising. No matter how popular a TV series is, it is still a different world in the movie.

Huang Xiaoming had previously become the top young actor in mainland China, but he still played supporting roles to Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in commercial films.

Some small and medium-budget films in the mainland have invited Wei Yang to be the male lead, but the quality of the scripts is somewhat uneven, and some of them are art films.

"'Guan Yin Shan'? Director Li Yu, the one who filmed 'Apple', Fan...'s good friend?"

Lei Chun glanced at him calmly, wondering why the boss was so familiar with the movie "Apple", and even had a hint of regret in his eyes.

Wei Yang had no idea what Lei Chun was thinking, otherwise he would have definitely accused him of slander.

What regrets does he have? He has personally experienced the plot of "Apple", some of which are even more exciting than the movie plot.

Lei Chun introduced: "It is said that Bingbing was the one who brought you together. She and the film crew wanted you to work with her again, which would be more talked about."

"How much is the pay?"

"Not high. It was originally a low-budget film, about 12 million yuan. Bingbing received zero pay + investment."

"Tsk tsk, this is for the prize."

Wei Yang understood, but he was not very interested in this movie. The pay was aside, the key point was -

"With my acting skills, it's hard for me to win awards for art films."

Wei Yang makes no secret of his acting skills, he even has some knowledge of them, and he is more than capable of acting in an idol drama, and is also good enough for TV dramas.

However, most actors who star in art films aim to win awards, which places very high professional demands on the actors.

Wei Yang can act, but he doesn't think he has the ability to win an award. Moreover, winning an award is sometimes not just about ability. It is useless if you don't have enough connections and influence from all parties.

Many crews thought that they could use awards to tempt top star Wei Yang to join. After all, as a professional actor, no matter what, they all have the dream of becoming the best actor or actress.

Wei Yang did think about ascending to the throne and becoming emperor one day, but he did not have any obsession with this.

"Guan Yin Shan" is obviously a movie to promote Fan Xiaopang, so she naturally actively runs around, but it doesn't help much for Wei Yang. If Boss Wei is free, he can help, but he really doesn't have the free time right now.

"Let's put the movie on hold for now. For now, we should focus on our company's business. If there is a chance in the future, our company will produce its own movies."

The invitations did not particularly interest Wei Yang, nor did he have much interest in entering the film market. He planned to continue to work on the small screen, and only consider the big screen after he got Blue Whale fully on track.

Lei Chun felt a little regretful. In the circle, movie actors are automatically given a higher rank, and it was a pity that Wei Yang did not rush in while the fire was burning.

But then again, Wei Yang is not an ordinary artist. He always has to make trade-offs between personal development and company development, and we cannot apply the experiences of other artists to him.

As Wei Yang was the boss, Lei Chun couldn't really control him too much. Wei Yang made many decisions on his own, and he was just a supporting role.

However, compared with other artists in the company, Lei Chun, the director of the artist management department, still has a very prestigious position.

After talking about Wei Yang, he took the opportunity to report on his work as an artist during this period.

Currently, in addition to Wei Yang, Blue Whale has a total of four contracted artists, Zhao Ji, Zhao Liying, Li Jiahang and Lin Gengxin.

This junior from Shanghai Theatre Academy signed with Blue Whale at the same time as Li Jiahang, and he was confirmed to be the male lead in "Hello, Old Times".

Wei Yang still has an impression of this young man. He is handsome, has a good personality, and doesn't have any obvious flaws. He is still worth praising.

When Blue Whale expands its business in the future, it is impossible for Wei Yang to be the only male lead. Li Jiahang does not have enough idol temperament, and Lin Gengxin is a good substitute for Wei Yang.

In addition to the four artists mentioned above, Lei Chun is also stepping up his search for the female lead of "Eastern Palace". Based on the scope defined by Wei Yang, the candidate has been found and the contract will be officially signed before the Spring Festival.

After the initial accumulation in 2009, 2010 is destined to be the starting point for Blue Whale to make great strides in both film and television production and artist management…

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(End of this chapter)