Lu Zishi was going crazy from the comments on the Internet. Ever since he knew that he was set up by the crew of "Li Meng", he sent his agent to ask about the situation. The project leader who was so kind to them now doesn't answer a single call, so their studio can only find other people to ask about the situation.
The result is that they originally ignored the request for clarification from the crew of "Li Meng", but now "Li Meng" has clarified by itself, and they don't want to engage in mutually beneficial marketing at all.
Lu Zishi's popularity has soared in recent years, and now he is the darling of several brands in the industry. Because of the impact of "Li Meng", his fans' complacency and the drafts bought by his studio, he has become a brand in the eyes of netizens. joke.
[Fans don’t take the blame, how many times did you call your brother before you read the marketing account that was first posted on Weibo?]
[Some of these marketing accounts are bound and cooperated with the studio, do you think they would post these Weibo without your brother's studio nodding? They are all big v, there is no need to rub your brother's traffic.]
[Are you saying that the crew is a fan? You didn't realize that the production team didn't have 24 hours from posting the silhouette picture to responding. If you say it's a fan, then you haven't seen that kind of running for half a year.]
[In the beginning, it was reported on the Internet that the protagonist of "Li Meng" is Lu Zishi, isn't he a big fan of Lu Zishi's family? At that time, the news of the casting of "Li Meng" hadn't come out yet, right?]
Lu Zishi had no choice but to ask the studio to issue a clarification statement, but he did not participate in "Li Meng", please do not misunderstand. However, the fans felt aggrieved in private, so he had to ask his assistant to explain to the fans: he had participated in the casting, but the role was taken away by someone, so he couldn't participate in it.
His fans were very angry at first, because the news of his participation in "Li Meng" came from the big fan, and the big fan said it was from the studio, but when he heard that he had participated in the casting but was not selected, he felt in his heart Immediately felt sorry for Lu Zishi.
"What's the matter with this crew?" Lu Zishi looked at the comments on the Internet and became more and more angry. He originally wanted to attract a wave of fans by relying on the popularity of "Li Meng", but now he not only lost a lot of fans, but was also said to be Price drop to engage in marketing.
"Huihua has changed bosses. The boss seems to be a rich second generation. He is quite rich. I guess the production crew thought they had some money, so they gained some confidence. However, with so many projects under Huihua, it may not be able to manage "Limeng". Hua's boss is very busy, so he may not be able to notice such a trivial matter, so you don't have to be afraid of offending the crew."
The agent said: "But it's okay, you will suffer if they do this, and then you can talk to other bosses in the capital, they will have to rely on other connections to pass the trial in the later stage of "Li Meng"."
The more Lu Zishi thought about it, the more angry he became: "Aren't they starring Zhang Qi, who robbed me of the role before? Since the crew doesn't give me face, we don't have to give them face. Just release the news that Zhang Qi is the lead actor. Zhang Qi used to There is also a black history, I don't believe that book fans don't spray them to death."
"This matter is because we underestimated the crew. We thought it would take at least a week or two for them to clarify. I didn't expect that they didn't want to take your traffic, but directly clarified the matter. The traces of marketing on our side have no time to suppress it." Agent There was silence for a while, "I asked the vice president, and he said that we can handle this matter as we see fit, and we can work on the matter of Li Meng's protagonist, at least to give you some relief. There is one more thing..."
Lu Zishi frowned: "What's the matter?"
The manager said: "Isn't RH's big devil holding a party next month? Mr. Wang said before that he would take you there to meet him. You have to find a way to win the big devil's favor. You don't have to worry about fashion resources in the second half of the year."
"The Great Demon King?" Lu Zishi knew about this, and Mr. Wang asked him to prepare, saying that all the big shots in the industry would appear at the party, and as long as he could catch the eyes of the big shots, it would be smooth sailing. "That resource that so many people are grabbing?"
"Let's put it this way, RH's cooperation depends on the eye, they don't choose people based on the popularity in the circle." The agent said: "But they have a place in the world, as long as you get on their boat, you can choose any big name in China in the future. , brands will also scramble to find you.”
"This family is so powerful?" Lu Zishi was a little moved when he heard this. He knew that there were many hidden rules in the industry.
The manager sneered and said, "As long as you get close to the boss of RH, how can you worry that no one will spend huge sums of money to cast you in a costume drama like "Li Meng"? If you can get on the resources of RH, you are destined to have the potential to become famous. At that time, they don't care what your aptitude is, as long as they can praise you, then you will definitely go smoothly."
Lu Zishi felt much better when he heard this, "Then I have to prepare well, and I'll ask Mr. Wang later what the RH guy likes."
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In the apartment, when Uncle Wang was delivering warm water to Zhao Yao, he found Zhao Yao sitting on the sofa in the study.
He lightly put down the water glass, "What's the matter, young master?"
Zhao Yao's mobile phone is displaying the information just forwarded to the mobile phone, "How long has Zhao Ruihong been back to China?"
"Second Miss has returned to China?" Uncle Wang was a little surprised.
Since Zhao Yao left the Zhao Group, he didn't take care of the affairs of the group anymore, people only stared at Zhao Zhikai and Zhao Qizhen, but never thought that Zhao Ruihong would return to China. In his memory, in his previous life, when Zhao Ruihong returned to China, he still appeared at his father's funeral, but that was the only time. Afterwards, the Zhao family was turned upside down. Those who were imprisoned were imprisoned, and those who abdicated were abdicated. Zhao Ruihong didn't come back to take a look.
Zhao Yao remembered that the last conversation with Zhao Ruihong was at his father's funeral. Zhao Ruihong came over and congratulated him in advance, and there was no conversation after that. In his previous life, after he took office, he sent someone to go abroad to look for Zhao Ruihong, and she lived a life of luxury and money, disdainful of everything in the country, and after following for a few years, he didn't send anyone to follow her again.
The last time I heard about Zhao Ruihong was that she was in a relationship with a celebrity in the foreign entertainment industry.
Among all the people in the Zhao family, she was the wisest. She got out early in this vortex of seizing power, and her ending was also the best.
If it wasn't for the photo of the person in charge of RH in the information sent by Chen Xi, Zhao Yao would not have remembered that it was Zhao Ruihong. Zhao Ruihong does have a company in operation, but it is her personal property and has nothing to do with the Zhao Group. It was only then that Zhao Yao remembered that in his previous life, he had indeed mentioned the RH industry in Zhao Ruihong's investigation materials, but he didn't pay attention at that time, and only remembered now.
Zhao Yao said: "The people I sent out didn't say anything about Zhao Ruihong, which means that she probably didn't come out of the old house much after returning to China, and Zhao Changshuo protected her quite a bit, so he probably suppressed the news."
Seeing that Zhao Yao's expression was wrong, Uncle Wang asked, "Isn't it a good thing for Second Miss to return to China?"
He knew that Zhao Yao didn't hate Zhao Ruihong, and it could even be said that among the four members of the Zhao family, the relationship between Zhao Yao and Zhao Ruihong was the most relaxed.
Zhao Ruihong has no other relationship with Zhao Yao, and it can even be said that she has nothing to do with the rest of the Zhao family. Zhao Yao didn't think so, because Zhao Ruihong didn't return to China during this critical period in his previous life, and he couldn't help thinking that he had overlooked some important point, which made Zhao Ruihong suddenly choose to return to China.
"If you want to put it this way, her return to China really has nothing to do with me, and it's a good thing." Zhao Yao frowned slightly: "But why she returned to China, I don't understand."
Uncle Wang felt that Zhao Yao was worrying too much, "Maybe the second lady wants to go back to China, or there are other reasons. Is the young master thinking too much?"
Zhao Ruihong is not interested in Zhao's authority at all, and even finds it annoying to step into the Zhao's group.
Zhao Yao pondered: "Maybe I'm thinking too much..."
Uncle Wang noticed that the young man's fingertips were rubbing his thumb all the time. These days, he discovered that the young master had this habit at some point, and he always made this small movement inadvertently when thinking about things.
Just when Zhao Yao was deep in thought, the doorbell rang suddenly.
Someone came to visit.
Uncle Wang nodded and said, "I'll go and have a look."
Zhao Yao leaned back slightly. Zhao Ruihong's return to China did not pose any threat to him. If it was in his previous life, he might be very happy. Of the four members of the Zhao family, Zhao Changshuo was basically brought up by his father when he was a child, while Zhao Ruihong stayed in the old house for a long time. At that time, Zhao Yao's mother was still there, and as the mistress, she also shouldered the responsibility of taking care of Zhao Ruihong, so when she was young, Zhao Yao had the best relationship with this second sister.
When she was young with almost no playmates, Zhao Ruihong was one of the rare people who thought about taking care of this little kid. Later, as they grew up, the relationship between the two gradually became estranged. When Zhao Ruihong was studying in boarding schools, she rarely went back to the old house to stay. The rumors that Zhao Yao heard the most were the rumors about her wanton publicity in school. She lived like a fire, and she was also vigorous.
So when he won the Zhao Group, the cold congratulations that Zhao Ruihong said to him at the funeral made him feel that the relationship between the two had really gone far.
Uncle Wang came over after a while, "Master, it's the young master who is here."
Zhao Changshuo is here
Zhao Yao was a little surprised, "What is he here for?"
It was exactly half past eight in the evening.
Zhao Changshuo had just finished working overtime. Instead of asking his secretary to make an appointment with Zhao Yao's assistant in advance, he took the initiative to come to the door. During this period of time, he knew that Zhao Yao basically stayed at home, and the bodyguard sent to protect Zhao Yao told him that Zhao Yao would only go out on weekends, and basically stayed at home at other times.
So Zhao Yao is usually at home, and Zhao Changshuo roughly understands it. His third younger brother really cultivated himself after quitting the Zhao Group. The two had disputes over business before. At that time, Zhao Yao was high-spirited and even a bit serious and paranoid. He was a real workaholic.
Before Zhao Changshuo thought that he came out to re-establish his own career, but after observing this period of time, he found that if Zhao Yao was for the cause, it would be too Buddhist. Based on Zhao Changshuo's understanding of Zhao Yao, Zhao Yao should have his own plans and plans during this period, either contacting the contacts in the new circle, or setting up a territory to start planning his career.
However, there were none of these. Even the crisis of public opinion that broke out in Huihua before, most of the cases were handed over to Huihua's Chen Department.
"How is your foot recovering now?" Zhao Changshuo saw Zhao Yao come out.
Uncle Wang quickly came over to make tea, Zhao Yao sat down on the other side, and said simply: "It's almost done, why are you here at this hour?"
"Have you heard about my father?" Zhao Changshuo didn't talk nonsense, but got straight to the point.
"Just say it directly." Zhao Yao also guessed that Zhao Changshuo's coming here must have something to do with the Zhao family, and during this time Zhao Zhikai and Zhao Qizhen's actions have also been serious, so it is not difficult to guess the reason why Zhao Changshuo came here, he is now a bright face If Zhao Changshuo's camp is on the map, then the next period of time may not be peaceful.
"Zhao Zhikai's recent hand has reached out to the project that Dad invested heavily in before. Originally, this project was managed by his trusted confidant. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when his father went abroad." Zhao Changshuo said: "His original plan was to Zhao Qizhen was pushed to be a puppet, but Dad's condition deteriorated so quickly that he couldn't bear it."
"Zhao Zhikai never intended to use Zhao Qizhen. Their mother and son are just objects Zhao Zhikai uses." Zhao Yao frowned slightly, thinking of the results of the previous investigation by EV, "His hand still couldn't reach his father, so during this period of time he finally You may be the one to do it, and the easiest and quickest way is still the same as before, start with the project under your hand, and even dig a hole for you."
In this critical period, the effect caused by a little wind and grass is far greater than before, and it is even possible to even resist with the top management of the group. Zhao Yao remembered Zhao Zhikai's methods of dealing with him in his previous life, and it is not impossible for those methods to be used on Zhao Changshuo, "You'd better be careful with the people around you, including the old man who has been with you for a long time. You must understand this matter Know clearly whether Zhao Zhikai's goal is based on your project or the foundation of the group, if it's the former, then it's easy to deal with, if it's the latter, you will face more mess in the future."
Hearing what he said, Zhao Changshuo hesitated and asked, "Do you know something?"
"You're overthinking. I'm just giving you some advice based on my experience working with Zhao Zhikai in the past few years. He can do anything when he's in a hurry." Zhao Yao said lightly, "Don't forget, he How many years ahead of you are in the group, even as early as when his father was still in the group, he started to plan, didn't a person like him leave his hole card in advance?"
Zhao Changshuo's face suddenly became serious when he heard the words, this was indeed his latent worry, but now Zhao Yao pointed out all these to him. I don't know if it's his illusion, but every time Zhao Yao talks to him, it doesn't look like a simple conversation, but instead lures him to think about deeper or unexpected issues, not like a peer at all.
Zhao Changshuo: "I see."
"The development speed of the Zhao family in these years is far slower than before. You may need to think about this issue in advance." Zhao Yao said so much. If Zhao Changshuo could solve these problems a few years earlier in this life, maybe the Zhao family would be brought back to life under his hands.
Zhao Changshuo expressed his doubts: "Every time I come here, you can surprise me."
"Oh, I didn't say these words for nothing." Zhao Yao saw that Zhao Changshuo's eyes were too serious, and changed the subject: "I heard that the closure of Xingchen Culture has been decided within the group, and you gave me a few projects before. Thank you, I want to ask you for some more people this time."
Zhao Changshuo finally felt relieved when he heard this: "Tell me, I don't have enough manpower and I'll ask the secretary to call you."
Zhao Yao recalled Chen Xi complaining about his agent a while ago. Previously, Xingchen's past team only filled in the original vacancies, and some people have already moved to other positions. It seems that the most shortage of Huihua is the problem of There is a lack of capable agents, "I heard that several agents in Xingchen Culture are planning to switch jobs to other companies. It's a pity that Huihua is short of manpower recently. I want to take a small route from you. Ask those people if they are willing to change jobs. Come to my Huihua side."
"Just this little thing?" Zhao Changshuo also knew about this problem. The person in charge of Xingchen also said about the problem of staff deployment in the later stage. Some would be transferred back to work in the group, some would be transferred back to other companies, and some would want to seek employment elsewhere. At once. He thought that giving Zhao Yao the project and team was enough to solve Zhao Yao's troubles at the beginning of his business, but now that Zhao Yao made this request, it is conceivable that Huihua Culture is expanding faster than he imagined.
Zhao Changshuo said: "No problem, I will ask the secretary to contact them in advance, and if they are willing, I will ask them to contact your assistant."
Zhao Yao found that Zhao Changshuo has become very talkative recently, "Thank you very much."
"A few directors from Xingchen may also have to leave." Zhao Changshuo felt that a few managers were still a trivial matter. What Zhao Yao said gave him a lot of vigilance, and he said by the way: "Do you Huihua lack directors?"
Zhao Yao looked at him unexpectedly: "Que."
Zhao Changshuo nodded: "Okay."
Hearing this, Zhao Yao suddenly realized that the background of Xingchen might be even better than he imagined. When he started to pay attention to entertainment projects in his previous life, the entertainment companies under the Zhao Group had almost dispersed. He didn’t expect that there were still so many talent.
Then he asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Two of the management posts plan to transfer to other subsidiaries." Zhao Changshuo noticed Zhao Yao's serious gaze while speaking, so he had to change his words: "I'll ask the secretary to ask."
Zhao Yao was still looking at him.
Zhao Changshuo was silent for a while, and said after a while: "There is also public relations..."
…
Zhao Yao and Zhao Changshuo asked and answered each other, and they almost got a clear picture of the inside of Xingchen Culture, and Zhao Changshuo originally only recommended a few agents, and later recommended to Zhao Yao the talents who were originally planned to be transferred to other companies. . After the two of them finished chatting, Zhao Changshuo even felt a trance feeling like he was being tricked by Zhao Yao unconsciously.
Before leaving, Zhao Changshuo cast a slightly sad look when he saw that Zhao Yao was about to speak.
Zhao Yao didn't realize it at all, and just said: "Has Second Sister returned to China?"
"Yeah." Zhao Changshuo paused, "I don't know if you haven't been back to the old house for a while, she lives in the old house."
Zhao Yao thought for a while.
Zhao Changshuo added: "The current period is special, so I have been suppressing the news of her return to China. Although she has no interest in the group, but the timing of her return coincides with it. If someone who cares notices her, it will be troublesome."
"You too, I heard that you often go out on weekends, so you should pay more attention to safety." Zhao Changshuo hesitated for a while after finishing speaking: "There are many capable people around Pei Er, you two should pay more attention when traveling, although the Pei family has solved the problem of people. , but it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net. His side may not be safe, so you should be careful."
Zhao Yao nodded, hesitated for a while and asked the question he cared about: "Did the second sister say why she returned to China?"
Zhao Changshuo was a little surprised, because Zhao Yao seemed to care about Zhao Ruihong. He recalled Zhao Ruihong's wording, and could only say: "I asked her this question, and she told me that at the time..."
"She came back to China to eat melons."
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Pei Mingzhan didn't have a variety show arrangement in the near future, but because the box office of "Jianghu" is getting higher and higher, and the voices of online fans are getting louder, the agent has to convey the fans' wishes. In his original plan, after the release of "Jianghu", his commercial activities should have ended, and the rest is the follow-up promotion of unbroadcast works, and these do not conflict with his current plan.
Pei Mingzhan's fans probably also know that he is gradually withdrawing from the entertainment industry. Although he didn't say it clearly, it is a lie if the fans say that he is not sad. Seeing that he was working very late these days, the agent made the proposal with a touch of discussion: "I promised you not to arrange a job for you before, but your retirement is mainly to work for the new company. You also said that it is possible to continue filming after the company stabilizes."
"There's no need to quit the circle. Although there's no way to film during this time, it's okay to have a variety show with flying guests, right?" the agent said: "Just treat it as a reward to the fans, and the timing can also be discussed .”
Pei Mingzhan has been devoting more and more time to work recently, coupled with the fact that weekends have been vacated in the plan, he is used to this kind of high-intensity work arrangement, "Next month, what invitations are there?"
As soon as the agent heard that there was something interesting, he immediately said: "I have received a lot of them so far. I have excluded some that you are not interested in. The rest are two variety show guests who are trained as actors, and a variety show for travel and leisure. These are all It is suitable for you, and the requirements of the program are not very high. The leisure life program is a bit different from the cultural tourism programs I have been to before, and the rhythm is relatively slow, so you can spend a few days in the next month to relax."
He also has his own selfishness. Pei Mingzhan's work attitude is too serious, but he doesn't really have much time to rest.
Pei Mingzhan paused slightly when he heard the words, "Then send me the specific content by email, and I'll look at it later."
It was getting late, the manager finished speaking and planned to leave: "By the way, you should rest early during this time, you are no younger than a young man who just graduated, learn from Mr. Zhao to maintain health, don't regret it when you get old... "In the middle of his speech, he saw that Pei Mingzhan was already packing up the documents, obviously planning to leave work.
The manager asked curiously, "Mr. Zhao's name is too easy to use, isn't it?"
Pei Mingzhan locked the important documents, picked up the suit jacket on the back of the chair and planned to go out, "You reminded me."
broker:"?"
Pei Mingzhan held the coat in one hand, and quickly found a contact through the list with the other, "I forgot to call today."
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After Zhao Changshuo was sent away, the apartment was suddenly quiet.
Zhao Yao had a bit of a headache. After talking to Uncle Wang, he went back to the bedroom to rest. He lay on the bed with his eyes open, unable to control his brain and began to think about things. Reason told him that he didn't need to think about these things at all now, and even said that these things had nothing to do with him, but Zhao Yao couldn't control his thinking problems, the more he couldn't figure out things, the more he would go crazy Think down.
Forget it, he told himself.
In the next moment, he began to speculate on the reason why Zhao Ruihong returned to China, thinking about what extreme measures Zhao Zhikai would take in a disadvantaged state... It was difficult to stop thinking from the beginning, his forehead was aching, and he opened the bedside table and took out the doctor's prescription. Drink the medicine you gave me earlier with the cold water on the table.
At this time, the mobile phone not far away suddenly rang, and Zhao Yao's face was not very good, but when he saw the contacts on the mobile phone screen, he suddenly felt a trance feeling of leaving in a high-level thinking.
It's Pei Mingzhan's call.
The author has something to say:
Zhao Yao: Is there any more
Zhao Changshuo: ... Yes.
Chen Xi who is in the office: Huh?