"Winter Sun" was released more than a month later with perfect results, high box office and high reputation. The myth that Li Lin's works are always excellent remains undefeated, and the value of several main actors has also risen.
Among them, Yun Yuexian, as the fourth male, has a strong sense of CP with Liang Zichen thanks to his several rival scenes. His popularity is second only to each other, even higher than the female lead.
Positive reviews on the Internet followed, and not only did the number of fans increase, but it was also said that work began to flow in abundantly, with many scripts and endorsements coming to him.
His interaction with Liang Zichen on Weibo did not stop even after the movie was taken off the shelves. It's obvious that they have a very good personal relationship, and their CP fans are crazy about them.
Even though the fans of both sides are sarcastic, especially Liang Zichen's fans, who openly or secretly say that their group is trying to ride on their own popularity, this cannot stop their enthusiasm.
Even marketing accounts started to speculate whether they fell in love during the drama or had some kind of ambiguous relationship, which was why they were still interacting after the promotion period. However, these comments quickly disappeared and no one knew who was behind them.
Zhou Yang told Qin Mingyuan all this gossip after work. He just listened to it and forgot about it. He didn't care about the subsequent development of these two protagonists at all.
He has now broken away from the story line of the original book. From now on, as long as they don't bother him, Qin Mingyuan doesn't care about their love, hatred, and grudges.
What concerned him even more was that Yun Pei had not contacted him for some time.
It’s not that they contacted each other very frequently before, but they would chat occasionally. Although the conversations were brief, they had accumulated a lot of chat records.
And now, their chat history still stopped at the last celebration party, when the other party asked him if he had arrived home safely. After he replied, there was no reply from the other party.
He has been busy with work recently and didn't think about this. When he thought about it today, he realized that they hadn't been in touch for so long.
Then he thought, since when did he start to care how long he hadn't contacted someone
His own growth experience destined him to be more independent than other children of the same age. He has been able to do things by himself without relying on others since he was a child.
My grandfather has a serious personality, and usually we can't talk much when we sit face to face with each other, let alone contact each other on the phone.
Not to mention the situation on his parents' side.
He doesn't like playing games like other children. The mobile phone in his pocket is almost a decoration and there is no need to take it out.
After he started working, all the calls and messages he received were work-related business calls.
When he first came to this world, it was Yun Yuexian who made him use his mobile phone frequently, the mess left by the original owner.
After receiving the message from him, Qin Mingyuan just felt impatient. It was a trouble for him. He didn't want to care about it, but he had to deal with it.
But... Yun Pei is a little different.
Qin Mingyuan was looking forward to and enjoying the contact with him. For the first time, he felt that occasionally chatting with others on the phone and sharing some small things was not a waste of time.
"Boss Qin?"
The increased volume brought Qin Mingyuan back to his senses. He looked over calmly, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that his expression was normal, Zhou Yang wondered if he had seen it wrong. Halfway through his work report, he always felt that his boss's eyes were a little straight, as if he was distracted.
He had nothing to say, and Qin Mingyuan's eyes dropped again, "Go on."
Maybe he really saw it wrong just now. Zhou Yang raised his hand to touch his nose and continued to report on his work.
At the end, he hesitated, glanced at his boss's face, and said, "The subsidiary is going to launch a new series of skin care products. I want to know if you have time to attend the press conference."
Qin Mingyuan's eyes fell on his face. From his expression, he knew that he had something else to say. "What else?"
"As the spokesperson for our brand, Mr. Yun Yuexian may be in attendance, and there will also be promotional shoots for new products later." Zhou Yang switched to a businesslike tone.
If he hadn't mentioned it, Qin Mingyuan would have almost forgotten that Yun Yuexian was the spokesperson for their subsidiary's cosmetics. Now he remembered that the first time he actually saw the protagonist of the novel was at the photo shoot for the promotional photos.
“How long has the subsidiary signed with him?”
Zhou Yang paused again and lowered his eyes. "Lifetime contract."
"What?" Even someone as calm as Qin Mingyuan showed a look of surprise at this moment.
Zhou Yang didn't dare to look him in the eye, and he wanted to cry but couldn't. "You drafted it yourself."
As God is my God, he also wanted to persuade the other party when they were drafting the contract, but the boss seemed to be drugged and was determined to give a big gift to the person he liked.
Qin Mingyuan couldn't help but raise his hand and press his forehead. For the first time, he sighed at the power of the protagonist's halo. The original body also left him with a huge trouble.
A lifelong endorsement contract. Even with Yun Yuexian’s net worth at the time, the endorsement fee would be at least in the hundreds of millions.
Not to mention that given how much the original body cares about him, he would definitely increase his endorsement fee.
Several hundred million is just a drop in the bucket for the huge Qin Group. Qin Mingyuan doesn't feel sorry for the money. The key is that he spent it on Yun Yuexian.
Moreover, he has to share the revenue from the sale of cosmetics every year. The money keeps flowing out, and the connection between us and him is difficult to break.
Even if he proposed to terminate the contract now, he would still have to pay a huge penalty.
But Qin Mingyuan knew with just a thought that the contract drafted by the original body must be an unequal treaty, well, unequal to himself.
In this situation, there would definitely not be such a rule. He closed his eyes and pressed his forehead, feeling the feeling of a heart attack for the first time.
"Boss Qin, although the contract has been drafted, it has not been signed yet."
Qin Mingyuan paused, opened his eyes, and his assistant was looking at him innocently.
Feeling the boss's sharp murderous intent, Zhou Yang's forehead began to sweat. He quickly explained, "It's like this. This lifetime contract is one of the birthday gifts you planned to give to Mr. Yun Yuexian. You wanted to give him a surprise, so you didn't tell him before. Before the filming, you only signed an ordinary endorsement contract as a cover. You wanted to give this contract to him in person that day."
But no one expected that before that day came, "Qin Mingyuan" would be replaced by someone else.
Seeing that the boss was silent, Zhou Yang continued, "You didn't bring the contract that day. I should have reminded you, but I still felt it was inappropriate. I didn't remind you out of selfishness. You didn't mention it again afterwards, and you forgot about it because you were busy..."
His voice became weaker and weaker because of his guilty conscience, and finally he simply bowed and said, "I'm sorry, it's my fault for not doing my job!"
He bent over and waited for a long time but no one spoke. His heart was pounding. Would his career end because of this mistake
"Zhou Yang."
A bland voice entered his ears. Zhou Yang shuddered and looked up cautiously, only to meet his boss's surprisingly gentle face.
For the first time, Qin Mingyuan felt satisfied with this assistant and forgave him for his heavy breathing just now. "Your bonus this year can be doubled."
Zhou Yang was stunned, stunned by this unexpected surprise. "Go and bring me the contract." Qin Mingyuan didn't give him time to calm down, he raised his chin and ordered him to do it.
Zhou Yang, who felt that he had escaped a disaster, was very proactive. He quickly found the outrageous contract from where the documents were stored and brought it in and placed it on his desk.
Qin Mingyuan quickly read the contract and showed an expression of "as expected". The original body lived up to his "expectations". This contract almost made people think that Yun Yuexian was the party A, and all the terms were based on his interests first.
"What was the contract that the subsidiary signed with him at that time?"
Zhou Yang said: "According to Yun Yuexian's status at the time and the market conditions, the ordinary contract signed is for one year, and it will expire at the end of January next year."
There were less than three months left, and Qin Mingyuan tapped his fingers on the table. If they took the initiative to terminate the contract, they would have to pay a penalty, which would be a few million at most, but he didn't like doing business at a loss.
"Notify the subsidiaries to postpone the launch of new products and wait for notification from me." Perhaps they will be able to find a new spokesperson soon.
Yun Yuexian has been acting so high-profile recently, completely forgetting the lesson from last time, for fear that others don't know that there is something going on between him and Liang Zichen.
This is different from the book. In the book, he was relatively low-key during this period. Qin Mingyuan felt that this might have something to do with himself.
He was stimulated by his own indifference and wanted to grab something quickly, fearing that he would end up with nothing.
The main characters in the book got engaged on New Year's Eve, but afterwards they began to face strong opposition from Gao Qing. In addition to a reduction in their work, a series of scandals were exposed about them, which damaged their image and caused a period of career decline.
Qin Mingyuan looked at the current situation and felt that perhaps there was no need to wait until that time.
Given Gao Qing's personality, she would not allow him to act so recklessly again and again. This time, she might even want to crush him to death.
The help Liang Zichen could give him was very limited. After all, even he himself had not completely freed himself from his mother's control.
Zhou Yang received his instructions and was about to go out, but was stopped by his boss again.
"Put this in the shredder." Qin Mingyuan picked up the contract that he didn't want to look at again and handed it to him.
Zhou Yang took his things and went out, and the office became quiet.
Qin Mingyuan glanced at the mobile phone next to him, thought about it and decided not to touch it. He took the document that had not been approved and opened it.
As if to satisfy some unconscious expectation of his, the quiet cell phone rang at this time. It was not a message, but a call.
Qin Mingyuan was a little surprised to see the note displayed above. He and Yun Pei mostly communicated by sending messages to each other, and rarely called each other. Maybe... the other party also felt that they had not been in touch for a while, so he was a little more enthusiastic
Qin Mingyuan's lips unconsciously showed a little smile, and he pressed the answer button and put it to his ear, "Hello?"
"Qin Mingyuan..."
The voice coming from the other end of the phone was a little hoarse, with a not-so-distinct nasal tone, and the emotion revealed when calling his name was as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.
The faint smile on Qin Mingyuan's face disappeared completely. He stood up from his office chair, walked to the French window, and whispered, "What's wrong?"
After he asked the question, there was no sound for a long time. He waited patiently without asking any further questions.
There was silence on both sides, and only the sound of each other's shallow breathing could be heard through the receiver of the mobile phone.
"Can I... ask you for a favor?"
Finally, a voice came to his ears again. Qin Mingyuan said without any hesitation, "Okay."
There was silence on the phone for a long time before he said, "Are you free now? I'll come find you. I want to talk to you in person about this."
(End of this chapter)