Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 260 Exposed
Li Qiutang thought about buying a building and renting it to the company, but on the one hand, he had to prepare money for the two companies in China and the United States, and he couldn't afford to buy a building too much at once; on the other hand, Autumn Pictures was not large in scale, and it would be a waste to buy a building now.

So Li Qiutang still chose to rent a house. He looked at many office buildings in the past few weeks.

You don't know until you see it. It's shocking to see that the office rent in Yanjing has increased dramatically, more than 30% compared to when I first started my business.

In the end, Li Qiutang did not choose an office building that was too far away. He rented three floors in Chaoyang, in the Yansha business district, and signed a three-year contract. It took more than a month to decorate and arrange the office. He then found a time for the company to move there as a whole.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something, but the new office building of Autumn Pictures is very close to Berna’s headquarters, only a 15-minute drive away.

When the film company moved to a new address in the fall, a vice president of Bernardo came to congratulate them and said that the two families would be neighbors in the future and should visit each other more often.

Li Qiutang said, "I actually saw the Merrill Lynch Building, it's right next to you, but then it got too crowded, so I gave up."

Vice President Bernard also expressed his regret and said a few polite words, and the matter was over.

As for what to do with the three-story commercial villa vacated by Autumn Pictures that had not yet expired, Red Star House said it would be a waste to leave it empty and there was still more than a year before the lease expired, so they moved in without hesitation.

Red Star House has stayed at its original location for so many years, and the new management wants to change the office environment and start over.

Li Qiutang naturally agreed.

After the reorganization of the management of Red Star House, they are no longer idle and want to produce some results to show their boss.

Both the production and distribution are done by Autumn Pictures, so Red Star House has set its sights on another piece of meat in the entertainment industry - artist management.

In fact, Red Star House and Autumn Pictures are on par with each other in status, as both are subsidiaries of Haitang International.

Since Autumn Pictures can produce films, Red Star House has a unique advantage in artist management. We are sister companies, so it’s not too much for me to put two people in your film.

But Red Star House's ambitions were rejected by Li Qiutang.

His original intention for acquiring Red Star House was Liu Yifei. In order to justify himself, he did not want to expand Red Star House. However, with the introduction of Boss Zhang's investment and the reorganization of the management, Red Star House wanted to do business. Although this was out of his plan, he did not object.

But why do you have to be an artist agent when there are so many other careers to pursue?
There is a natural conflict between artist management and production, and he doesn't want to spend time balancing the relationship between Red Star House and Autumn in the future.

But Red Star House could not be stopped from doing its work, so Li Qiutang came to Red Star House, which was rare, to hold a business meeting with the management.

He once again emphasized that the company is not allowed to do agency business for other artists except Liu Yifei, but he also promised everyone that he would expand business for Red Star House.

Is it so easy to be the chairman? You have to have decision-making power, balance the internal relationships of the company, and expand the business for them.

It is said that the chairman is the company's biggest salesperson.

In fact, Red Star House is not completely inactive. Part of the marketing and publicity work of "The Beauty Inside" was done by Red Star House, and it was quite professional.

Li Qiutang supports the work of Red Star House. Red Star House can be developed into a professional film and television publicity and marketing company. This business is very profitable!
Li Qiutang spent three days meeting with Red Star House, and together they sorted out the major business segments of Red Star House.

Afterwards, Li Qiutang went to meet the crew of "Pifu". He had agreed with the crew that the filming would start in two weeks, and now he was going to meet the actors.

While Li Qiutang was busy with "The Ordinary Man", Liu Yifei was notified to go back to Red Star House as the company had some procedures that required her to go there in person to handle.

The last time Liu Yifei returned to Red Star House was three years ago, so it was natural for her to go to the old site of Red Star House.

The building is empty! The signs have been taken down.

My company is gone?!

Liu Yifei reacted and called her colleagues at the company, only to find out that Red Star House had moved to the former villa of Autumn Pictures.

Liu Yifei’s brain is a little insufficient, how could it be such a coincidence?

However, the staff of Red Star House did not know that Li Qiutang had been hiding this matter from Liu Yifei, and they explained the matter clearly in just a few words.

Li Qiutang bought the Red Star House, and now the biggest boss of the Red Star House is Li Qiutang.

Although Chen Jinfei is still the chairman, he does not care about Red Star House as before. The current general manager of Red Star House was transferred from Autumn Pictures.

After hearing this, Liu Yifei felt very complicated and couldn't explain it.

She was a little angry, thinking that her boyfriend had hidden such a big thing from her. She also thought that Li Qiutang was a little crazy for doing this and didn't believe her.

But she was not that angry, and even understood why Li Qiutang did this, and that this matter should indeed be kept secret from her.

But no matter what, she still felt a little uncomfortable. After finishing her work and signing the documents in the company, Liu Yifei went to Li Qiutang's apartment that night.

No matter how long she waited, it didn't come. While waiting, Liu Yifei thought about it over and over again.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, but Li Qiutang never came back, and no one got angry even when Liu Yifei was angry.

When I think about it again, I’m not that angry. But when I think about it again, I’m angry again.

Finally, after Liu Yifei took two naps, Li Qiutang came back.

Get ready to get angry! I must have a fight with him today! This is what Liu Yifei had planned early in the morning.

She would yell, but she wouldn't argue.

How to start a quarrel?
"If you're tired, go in and sleep." Li Qiutang took off his coat and went to pour himself a drink of water. "Don't you have to accompany your mother today?"

"My mother went to see a performance abroad."

“What performances should I watch abroad?”

"When an international dance troupe was on tour and they didn't come to China, she went out to watch it."

Why do I say all this to him? Didn’t we agree to have a fight? Damn it, I can’t even have a fight with him when I see him.

But if she doesn't explain things clearly to him, she will get so angry that she will get breast nodules.

So she gritted her teeth, stamped her feet, and said seriously: "Why didn't you tell me that you acquired Red Star House!"

Don't start with anything, just ask!
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yifei started to get excited.

"If I hadn't returned to the company today to sign the documents, I wouldn't have known about this. Why did you hide it from me?"

Li Qiutang tried to get away with it with a playful smile: "I didn't hide it from you, and you didn't ask. If you had gone to the company earlier, you would have known it earlier."

"Stop smiling at me. You just don't believe me. You also think the rumors outside are true." Liu Yifei felt aggrieved when talking about this.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you really care about those things, I won't chase you."

"Then why did you acquire Red Star House? You still don't trust me."

"I knew you would think so." Now it wasn't a quarrel, but a little conflicted. "I'm your boyfriend, it's only natural for me to buy a legitimate one, and your mother agrees with me doing this."

"My mother knows too?"

"It was your mother who arranged for me to meet Chen Jinfei."

Now Liu Yifei felt even more aggrieved. Her godfather, biological mother and boyfriend, the three people closest to her, had kept it a secret from her.

"You just don't believe me."

"I believe you." Li Qiutang sat over and tried to hug Liu Yifei, but she slapped her hand away. "My acquisition of Red Star House has no impact on you. You are still an artist of Red Star House, and the contract is the same as when you were a child. Chen Jinfei is still your godfather. Nothing has changed. In fact, the new team is more professional and better than before."

Nothing has changed, but...

Liu Yifei couldn't convince Li Qiutang, but she felt it was not right for her boyfriend to do this without telling her.

Li Qiutang certainly knew that Liu Yifei had renewed her contract with Red Star House without telling him, but he didn't want to talk about it at this time.

Liu Yifei was speechless and had to take action. She beat Li Qiutang all over and cursed him, "You deserve to die." Then she grabbed Li Qiutang's arm and bit it hard to vent her anger.

It hurts!

Liu Yifei asked Li Qiutang to promise not to hide anything from her or lie to her.

Li Qiutang agreed, but she also wanted her to promise: "Don't be so petty in the future. If you have something to say, just talk to me nicely. Don't just give me the cold shoulder."

Liu Yifei responded softly, but it turned out to be her fault.

(End of this chapter)