Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 58: Born to be an agent, Wang Jinghua is eager to find talent

Wang Jinghua is one of the earliest agents in mainland China to enter the artist management industry.

Even at that time, there was no concept of agents in the mainland. Instead, there were "hole heads" who were similar to intermediaries, who helped artists arrange performances and took money from them.

Its complete rise in this industry is inseparable from the help of Chen Daoming.

It was because of her role as the agent of Chen Daoming, who was already very popular at the time, that Wang Jinghua became famous in the industry. After subsequent development, she gradually signed well-known artists such as You Yong, Hu Jun, Xia Yu, and Liu Wei.

In 2000, Wang Jinghua wanted to seek a bigger breakthrough and cooperated with the capital-rich Huayi.

So, she brought her artists to join Huayi and served as the head of Huayi's artist brokerage business.

Afterwards, Wong Jinghua used Huayi's resources to sign Hong Kong celebrities such as Liang Jiahui, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Jialing, while also actively signing and training new talents.

For example, Fan Xiaopang, after terminating his contract with Qiong Yao's company, was introduced to Wang Jing by Ren Quan and Li Bingbing, whom he met during filming, and has been hanging out with Wang Jing ever since.

Tong Dawei came to the screen later than Fan. He was noticed by Wang Jinghua after he starred in the Haiyan drama "Jade Guanyin", and was then recruited by her.

In addition, Wang Jinghua has also signed many other newcomers, such as Zhu Yuchen, who just graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, and a young model named Yang Xue, etc.

Tong Dawei felt that Yan Li had good conditions and potential, and since he wanted to make friends with him, he recommended him to Wang Jinghua, who was crazy about expanding his territory.

If the matchmaking is successful!

Yan Li got close to Guan Yue and asked her for a big favor so that he could ask her for help in winning back Guan Yue.

Wang Jinghua has got a great general, and he can be considered to have made a contribution in recommending him, and maybe he can even get some benefits.

Kill two birds with one stone!
However, what Tong Dawei did not expect was that Yan Li was not very enthusiastic about this matter. Even though he reported the name of Wang Jinghua, he was not interested.

On the other hand, Wang Jinghua acted out of character and asked him several times whether he had made an appointment with Yan Li. Finally, she simply called Yan Li herself.

Tong Dawei felt very uncomfortable after seeing this.

He was originally introduced by a "noble person" and starred in the Haiyan drama, so he was spotted and signed by Wang Jinghua.

Yan Li is still unknown and has not participated in any important film or television works. Why does it feel like Sister Hua cares about him more than before?

...

After all, he is a well-known big shot in the industry. Wang Jinghua personally called to invite him, so Yan Li couldn't refuse and finally agreed to meet him.

A hot pot restaurant in Dongcheng

Wang Jinghua was a little late and came in to apologize first: "I'm sorry, there was something wrong with an artist just now, and I dealt with it in time, so I was delayed for a while."

"It's okay, we just arrived not long ago."

Tong Dawei introduced both parties, and Wang Jinghua shook hands warmly and politely, and began to praise him.

"After I heard Dawei tell me about you, I've been very curious about you and wanted to see what you look like. Today, I saw that you are indeed a handsome young man with great potential."

"You are too kind. I praise you so much. I hope you are not disappointed."

Yan Li has always believed that everyone should support a beautiful woman. Since Wang Jinghua took the initiative to show her friendliness, he was not stingy with his compliments and kept showering Wang Jinghua with words of admiration and respect.

After a while of business compliments, Wang Jinghua's eyes became brighter and brighter as she looked at Yan Li.

Afterwards, everyone sat down to eat. As expected of an agent, Wang Jinghua was particularly good at taking care of people, and was considerate and caring.

Yan Li glanced at Tong Dawei a few times, but the latter didn't seem surprised. It was obviously Wang Jinghua's usual behavior.

"Come, Xiaoyan, try this beef. It's from a calf from Meng Province. It's tender, but be careful with the heat when you eat it."

Wang Jinghua picked up a few slices of beef for Yan Li, and after seeing him thank her and eat them and express his appreciation, she smiled kindly and asked in a casual manner.

"I heard from Dawei that you arranged for your girlfriend to be the female lead in a martial arts drama?"

"It's my ex-girlfriend."

Yan Li emphasized this, then said, "But we're still friends and have a good relationship. It just so happened that she was a good fit, and I had some influence with the producer, so I helped push her."

"You're being a bit modest. Dawei told me that."

Wang Jinghua made no secret of her admiration. "If it weren't for you, your...classmate, a complete newcomer, the chances of directly taking on the female lead would be too slim." "At such a young age, you were able to rely on the limited resources at hand to gradually win over a veteran producer. That's amazing."

Yan Li knew the inside story, but he remained low-key: "It was a lot of luck."

"No, luck is also earned through strength."

Wang Jinghua's eyes were gleaming, and her true intentions were finally revealed: "Xiao Yan, are you interested in working as my agent?"

"what?"

Tong Dawei, who was eating next to him, was a little dumbfounded. Wasn't he a contracted artist? How did he become an agent?

Yan Li was not surprised. After all, he had already found out from the system, so he was not very interested in Tong Dawei's previous invitation.

If Wang Jinghua wanted to sign him as an artist, Yan Li would not say whether he agreed or not, but would at least meet him and listen to the terms.

But he really had no interest in being their agent.

Yan Li didn't hesitate and refused directly: "Sorry, Sister Hua, I still prefer acting."

"Xiao Yan, don't rush to refuse. Let me explain it to you slowly."

Wang Jinghua was a little surprised by Yan Li's calmness, but she had expected his rejection.

Yan Li was a good actor, so how could he move behind the scenes just because of a single sentence? So Wang Jinghua was not discouraged after being flatly rejected by him, but instead persuaded him patiently.

"You believe in Sister Hua's judgment. Compared to being an actor, you are born to be an agent..."

At the beginning, after learning from Tong Dawei about Yan Liyun's experience in getting Dong Xuan to become the heroine, Wang Jinghua became quite interested in it.

Afterwards, Wang Jinghua began to inquire about Yan Li.

As the top agent in mainland China, there is no need to say much about Wang Jinghua's connections.

The Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties is okay, Gao Qunshu, Jiang Shan, and Sun Honglei in Conquer are all in Beijing, and she has more or less connections with them.

Cheng Lidong of "Cornucopia" and Fan Xiaotian and Meng Ji of Funa, Wang Jinghua was able to squeeze his artist Fan Xiaopang into their crew, needless to say their friendship.

After asking around, most people spoke highly of it, and several even praised it highly.

Now, Wang Jinghua really has a love for talent.

However, what she loved was not Yan Li's talent as an actor, but his other "talents".

Very versatile and sociable!
Be sharp-eyed and well-informed!
He values friendship and loyalty, and has a good reputation!
Dare to think and act, have ideas and execution!
"..."

Wang Jinghua really thinks it’s a pity that Yan Li is an actor.

And as for herself, she has no shortage of artists, but she really lacks talents like Yan Li who can stand on their own and even become her right-hand man.

"Xiao Yan, I really care about you, and I won't play games with you. When you come, you will be treated as my official agent."

"You can manage artists individually, with a base salary and commission. If the performance is good, the commission ratio and bonus can be negotiated."

"I'll also try my best to take care of the artists I'm bringing in. Bingbing has worked with you before, so you're probably familiar with each other. I can let you bring her in, and as for Dawei, I'll also decide to let you bring him in."

"I'll share all my connections, resources, and channels with you. I'll even coordinate a few good projects for you privately to help you break new ground."

"By the way, isn't your girlfriend new? She can also sign with our company and you can bring her up yourself."

"..."

Wang Jinghua is really eager to recruit talents and has promised many conditions. For a newcomer in the industry, she is very sincere.

Unfortunately, Yan Li is not an ordinary newcomer!

Even if Yan Li will be involved in some behind-the-scenes work in the future besides being an actor, he doesn't want to be an agent who spends all day around the artists, asking about their well-being, having a limited status and being restricted in every way.

At the same time, Yan Li was not very interested in working for others, otherwise he would feel sorry for the intelligence system God had given him...

(End of this chapter)