The Eye of the Storm

Chapter 1

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As of ten o'clock in the morning, the keyword "Huang Qianshi drug addiction" has been ranked first in the real-time hot search list for eight consecutive hours.

As the official media continued to broadcast relevant news, the denunciation of Huang Qianshi on the Internet continued unabated, and a huge wave of noise swept through everything about Huang Qianshi.

In the commercial building on the East Third Ring Road, Huang Qianshi’s huge light luxury watch advertisement was taken down overnight; more than a dozen merchants scrambled to draw a line with Huang Qianshi and announced the termination of endorsement contracts; the popular variety show Huang Qianshi participated in also It was announced early in the morning that this week's program was postponed due to special circumstances.

All the partners who are involved with Huang Qianshi are in a hurry to issue announcements, in order to maximize the timely stop loss.

Along with Huang Qianshi's Weibo, he was under siege by public opinion, and the official blog of the movie "Darkest Choice" starring him - just officially released the second finalized trailer at 8 o'clock last night, and the supporting copy of the trailer is also It's hot: "I invite you to come along and witness the darkest choice".

The most liked comment was: "No, no [goodbye]", followed by a neat row of waxing, which seemed to add a bit of irony to the mix.

Lomon Media—the “unlucky” film producer and largest investor in the mouths of tens of millions of netizens—has remained silent from top to bottom, waiting for the company’s top management to issue the latest order.

"Come on here." The girl in charge of the front desk saw the figure flashing outside the door with sharp eyes, and hurriedly rubbed the person sitting next to her with her elbow. The girl who was reading the hot discussion on Weibo immediately put down her phone when she heard the words.

The induction door opened slowly, and the two receptionists stood up well-trained: "Mr. Cao."

The man who stepped into the induction door responded with a perfunctory "um". He was about twenty-five or six years old, his hair was a little messy from the wind, he was wearing a baggy dark blue hooded sweater and black ripped jeans, his steps were full of undetermined youthful breath, and he couldn't see the slightest bit from his body." total" look.

"Did Zeng Ran come?" Cao Ye walked over, swiped his finger on the pad screen at the front desk, and flipped through the morning visitor registration records.

"It's been half an hour," said the receptionist, "waiting for you in the conference room."

"Well, what about Xu Anqiao?"

"Also in the conference room, came here at seven in the morning..."

"Okay, it's just in time." Cao Ye turned to leave, the two receptionists looked at each other, and before they could make eye contact, they both shuddered when they heard a "pop" - Cao Ye turned back again , and a palm landed heavily on the marble table in the front desk.

"Hey, what's the matter?" He was a head taller than them, resting his palms on the table, leaning his upper body to look at them, "It's like this, when I came in, I thought the company was going to go bankrupt. Be happy, eh? "

The two girls were stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly hesitantly.

Cao Ye didn't stop, staring at them: "Come on, have a laugh."

The two girls raised their heads and saw the expression on Cao Ye's face that was half joking and half serious. It was hard to tell what the mood of this young and vigorous Boss was right now. One of them pulled the corner of his mouth, barely showing a smile.

"You." Cao Ye raised his chin and motioned for another receptionist.

The other person also quickly forced a smile.

Only then did Cao Ye leave contentedly, and said, "Hey, that's right."

Cheng Duan, who was sitting on the edge of the desk, was the director of the publicity department of Lomon Media. He was looking down at the public opinion report just sent by his subordinates. The figure, hurriedly trotted to meet him: "It's coming, you can really hold your breath!"

"Didn't the police announcement just come out?" Cao Ye kept walking towards the conference room, "How is it, has the announcement about changing corners made?"

"I sent it. I found someone to prepare the copy in the middle of the night last night, and I just waited for the official announcement to come out and click to send. This is the public opinion report that just came out. Can you take a look at it?" Cheng Duan said, and handed the mobile phone to him. .

Cao Ye waved his hand and said in a lazy tone, "I'm too lazy to read the words, tell me."

"Actually, it's nothing, except that we were blind before, that is to say that we are doing well now, and there are still many people who are guessing which actor will be hired as a substitute... By the way, I don't know which grandson leaked the 1 billion gambling agreement. , so a group of people came out to light wax for us."

Hearing this, Cao Ye's face changed slightly, his brows furrowed: "Who leaked it?"

"We have already found someone to investigate from the source of the news, but there is no news yet." Cheng Duan and Cao Ye worked together for two years and figured out his bottom line of tolerance early in the morning.

With that said, the two walked to the door of the conference room.

Through the glass door, you can feel the smoky atmosphere in the conference room. It has been less than an hour, and the ashtray on the table has accumulated several cigarette butts and full of ashes. The two people sitting in the room were anxious, and when they saw Cao Ye coming over, they both stood up.

"You also come in and have a meeting together." Cao Ye said to Cheng Duan, holding the door handle and pushing in. Before half a foot in, Xu Anqiao already rushed over, grabbed his arm, and began to pour out his regrets like a bean: "Mr. Cao, I blame me for this, I blamed me for recommending Huang Qianshi at that time. When I came to play this role, I just thought that Huang Qianshi's acting skills were good, and the audience was also good, and who would think that this kind of thing would happen after the film was finished..."

Cao Ye was speechless for a while by him, but he still paused patiently, stood at the door and listened to him telling his story, and finally looked at him with a half-smile, and asked leisurely: " So Producer Xu is planning to make up for the mistakes and help me fill the one-billion-dollar vacancy, right?"

Xu Anqiao suddenly stopped and looked at Cao Ye in a speechless manner. There was no anger on Cao Ye's face, and there seemed to be a mocking smile in the corner of his eyes. Xu Anqiao sneered and said, "You are joking, how can I make up for it..."

Cao Ye laughed, but his tone was not polite: "Then it's boring for you to say these words." He took his arm out of Xu Anqiao's hand, walked to the conference round table, and turned the swivel chair halfway with the back of the chair. Circle, sit up: "Okay, if you have the ability to predict such a prophet, what kind of producer do you want to be? Go to Wutai Mountain to be a Daxian and tell people's fortunes." After speaking, looking up, Zeng Ran is also a pair of He looked at him with a shy brow and drooping eyes. Cao Ye pointed at him and warned, "The complaint will be spared."

Zeng Ran is the director of "The Darkest Choice". He was born in underground movies. A few years ago, because of a CULT film that hit the ground, he was touted by fans as Quentin among the new generation of domestic directors - of course. , this name has attracted a lot of scolding for him. He has a dull personality, has always been quiet, and seems to have released all his passion into the movie. At this moment, he sat back quietly: "But this morning, all three invitations from Producer Xu have been rejected..."

Cao Ye had a hangover last night, and this morning he was called out again by Cheng Duan's phone call. He leaned back in the chair, touched the cigarette case from the table, and didn't ask who it was. He took one out and put it in his mouth. Hearing these words, he looked up at Zeng Ran and asked vaguely: "Huh? Who are you dating?"

Xu Anqiao took his own lighter and lit him close: "I asked everything I could think of, but now only three people have responded, all of them are rejection letters."

Cao Ye took a deep breath of his cigarette, exhaled the smoke and laughed at the same time: "The efficiency is good, I thought you were patronizing Ku Da Qiu Shen all morning, but I didn't expect the film contract to be sent out, let's talk about it, now it's for the rejection letter. Who are those three people?"

"Let me talk about the high hopes first," Xu Anqiao dragged a swivel chair and sat next to Cao Ye, reporting to him the results of the morning, "Zhao Qian is still interested in this film, but his agent said, He has a TV series that is about to start next week. It will be half a year after the filming is finished. Director Zeng is running for the award. If he waits for him, he will have to wait until the next year to participate in the competition. Then we will release this first after winning the award. Tactics are likely to be disrupted."

"No wait," Cao Ye simply denied, "he's not suitable."

"Ouch, ancestor," Xu Anqiao saw his unequivocal posture, guessed what he was thinking, and coaxed him as a child, "You have to lower your psychological expectations. Although Zhao Qian mainly focuses on TV dramas, he has a good audience base, and he has a good audience. Having obtained the Vision Emperor, this aptitude can already be listed in the first-tier candidates."

Cao Ye asked eagerly, "Who else is there?"

"Yan Jia, is this the right person? Like Huang Qianshi, a Hong Kong star, he was nominated for Best Actor nomination last year, and his age is also the same... But his manager rejected it completely, and there was no drama."

"How did you refuse?"

"The wording is quite euphemistic, but the general meaning is that Yan Jia is constantly making film appointments, so there is no need to pick up this leftover..."

Cao Ye sneered: "His agent didn't say that when he was fighting for "Echo" last year."

"Who said it wasn't." Xu Anqiao reluctantly agreed.

"And one more? Didn't you just say that you sent three invitations? Since we started with the one with the greatest hope, the one with the least hope will also listen to it."

"There is another person, we made an appointment with the idea of trying it out, and it was not unexpected, but it was also rejected," Xu Anqiao said, "Liang Sizhe."

"Huh? Liang Sizhe?" Cao Ye laughed when he heard it, "You guys really dare to think and do it." After that, he paused thoughtfully, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's no good for him to refuse. Strange, Yan Jia's refusal should be used by him."

"It should be said that his agent Xu Yunchu refused." Xu Anqiao added.

Cao Ye didn't take this sentence seriously: "What's the difference?"

"The difference is huge," Xu Anqiao pulled the swivel chair closer to Cao Ye, "Everyone in the circle knows that although Xu Yunchu is Liang Sizhe's manager, she can't be Liang Sizhe's boss. Thinking of bypassing Xu Yunchu and sending the script directly to Liang Sizhe for a try? I heard that he attaches great importance to the script and the characters when picking films. Our character is relatively rare in the domestic market, maybe he will be interested, but I am friendly with Liang Sizhe. It's not deep, he may not read the script after the script is sent, otherwise you..."

Cao Ye shook his head with a smile before he finished listening, flicked the cigarette ash, and looked at Xu Anqiao: "I ask you, even Yan Jia has to ask back, why did he come to pick up this leftover, Liang Sizhe has so many movie stars beside him, and why? Do you want to consider this backup role?"

"You can't say that. After all, your father has a kindness to him... If you communicated directly with him, I think he would still give this face, at least he would take a look at the script, right? Maybe... "

"Oh, it turned out to be trying to beat my father's idea," Cao Ye refused succinctly, "Don't talk about it."

Xu Anqiao still wanted to say something, but caught a glimpse of Cheng Duan who was opposite him and made a color on him at this time. Looking at Cao Ye's usual condescending expression, he also took a few points. He suddenly realized that he might have said something wrong, and kept silent. .

The conference room fell silent for a while, and Cheng Duan just wanted to speak to ease the atmosphere, but when he heard Cao Ye speak out, compared with the previous lazy tone, he seemed to be a different person: "Producer Xu, I think you may have some cognition. Misunderstanding, my father may have great affection for Liang Sizhe, but that has nothing to do with me at all."

Xu Anqiao obviously didn't get used to Cao Ye's serious speech. He was stunned at first, followed by sweat oozing from the tip of his nose, scolding himself for not being thorough. He is an old man in this circle. From sitting up as an artist assistant, he climbed all the way to the status of a well-known producer in the industry, relying on his ability to observe words and emotions. .

His scalp was a little numb, and he was just about to open his mouth to help himself, but Cao Ye took a step to let him down, leaned forward with his elbows on his thighs, and regained his sloppy attitude. Tone: "Besides, with such a big man, he is a substitute casually, and he is still a supporting role. Do you think he is shameless?"

Xu Anqiao immediately climbed down the pole, nodded hastily and said, "Yes, yes."

Cao Ye pondered for a moment, then turned his eyes to Zeng Ran, who had been silent for a while: "Who does Director Zeng want?"

Zeng Ran was worrying about the reshoots, and lowered his head a little, when he heard Cao Ye mentioning himself, he raised his head and was stunned.

Cao Ye didn't rush him and waited patiently for him to speak. He has seen the pilot version of "Darkest Choice" and has a good impression of Zeng Ran.

The god Zeng Ran was gone by accident, and he didn't even realize that Xu Anqiao's cold sweat had started and disappeared. Only vaguely heard them mention Liang Sizhe, but didn't pay much attention to the specific content of the conversation, and it was inconvenient to say that he had just slipped away.

Cao Ye only thought he had an idea but didn't dare to speak. He slowed down his tone and gently encouraged: "If Director Zeng has an idea, feel free to mention it, I will try my best to be satisfied."

Zeng Ran raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose, as if he was a little embarrassed.

The corner of Xu Anqiao's mouth twitched, thinking that Director Zeng was too ignorant to wink. He even dared to mention Liang Sizhe when he talked about it. I was afraid that Cao Ye's face would be even worse.

Unexpectedly, Cao Ye laughed out loud when he heard the words this time. He shook his head while laughing, and stopped after laughing for a while, again in a mocking tone: "Please come to Liang Sizhe for the supplementary shooting... Director Xiao Zeng , you really dare to think about it."

That is the corner that the well-known director Cao Xiuyuan holds in his heart.

When he smiled, Zeng Ran also laughed. That joke was just a daydream.

Cao Ye dragged the ashtray to extinguish the cigarette, stood up, raised his arms and stretched: "think about it again, it's not so urgent. Cheng Duan, you let the company work together, and everyone will screen out a few candidates. "

The terminal should say "OK".

"This conference room is reserved for you today. I'm going to have a meeting with several other investors. If I don't go, my family's ancestral grave will be digged up by them. Director Xiao Zeng, please come with me, it involves reshoots. You know things better than I do."

"Oh, good." Zeng Ran stood up and walked out behind Cao Ye.

"By the way, Cheng Duan, Huang Qianshi's side," Cao Ye walked out of the conference room, closing the door, and then pointed his head in and said, "Remember to ask the legal affairs to be tougher, pay as much as you need to, and don't be soft-hearted."

"I know," Cheng Duan made a clear gesture, "I know it."

As soon as Cao Ye left, Xu Anqiao breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his voice and asked Cheng Duan, "What's the situation? I just broke into a cold sweat."

Cheng Duan looked at him and smiled: "Didn't you see it? You've touched the scales."

"What kind of inverse scales? Mr. Cao is always laughing and laughing. I really didn't see any inverse scales in him."

"Really? But he only has two scales, Cao Xiuyuan and Liang Sizhe, on his body. You are very comprehensive."

Xu Anqiao suddenly became curious: "Mr. Cao had a holiday with Liang Sizhe? Did they cooperate?"

"If you ask me about this, I can't explain it clearly. As far as I know, I should have never cooperated. As for the festival, I'm just guessing. Don't worry too much. You know Cao Ye. When he turned around, he forgot about it and wouldn't take it to heart."

Hearing what he said, Xu Anqiao nodded, relieved a little, and said nothing.

"Let's get down to business first," Cheng Duan picked up the phone, "I'll call a few people over and have a meeting in the morning."

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