Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 98 Poaching
Zhang Jian has been feeling a bit depressed lately.

After divorcing Liu Bei and being in debt from a gambler, she finally wanted to get some agency fees and flatter the young yamen official, but she didn't expect her home to be raided.

Thinking of Liu Zeyu's sinister tone on the phone yesterday, I don't know if he can believe that I really didn't know about it beforehand.

Cai Yinong was also depressed.

She asked the company's publicity department to post a soft article on the blog about the project establishment of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", hoping to imitate the "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" directed by Big Beard to carry out a wave of casting hype, but she didn't expect that the fake would be slapped in the face by the real one.

She still couldn't believe that something could go wrong with second-generation endorsements like Huayi and Liu Zeyu.

In the official blog of Wenjie Culture, discovered by Tangren's publicity department, the contract document that officially confirmed the company's acquisition of the adaptation rights for "Chinese Paladin" was published, and an invitation for cooperation was extended to the majority of Chinese Paladin players, inviting fans to participate in the script creation.

This was of course also a hype-making preheating method arranged by Lu Kuan. In less than half a day, this blog post went viral, with countless fans of the game leaving comments under the blog, and some agencies also offered to recommend him as an actor.

Liu Bei was furious when she heard the news. She was surprised, but seemed to be accustomed to the shameless behavior of businessmen like her ex-husband. But after all, it was her own reputation that was ruined!
She had vowed to treat the adaptation rights as part of the deal with Lu Kuan, but she didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by her own people.

Lu Kuan almost missed the opportunity to produce "Legend of Sword and Fairy". Even if he achieved his goal in the end, it would have been a waste of so much money.

The girl from Beijing was very cool. She kicked open the door of her ex-husband's office with Zhang Ruoyun.

He glanced at the half-open small bedroom and said sarcastically, "Mr. Zhang, is it time for me to come? Do you want the person in the small bedroom to put on clothes first?"

"Beizi, what are you talking about? The child is still here!"

Zhang Jian stood up with a bitter face, pushed open the door of the small bedroom to prove his innocence, and then politely asked his ex-wife to sit down.

He is now in a difficult situation. He has offended the young yamen official and is also blamed by Liu Bei.

"Ruoyun, this is your credit, right?" Zhang Jian looked at his son helplessly while smoking.

The high school student nodded with a silly smile. He had already regarded this as a medal of honor and received Lu Kuan's praise on the phone.

"No matter how much defense you take, you can never prevent a thief from within your own home!"

Liu Bei got furious when he heard this. After all, this was a guy who didn't even use anesthesia when having eye surgery.

"Bullshit! You're the one who loses his way and has few followers! Ruoyun isn't a traitor, but you look like an old thief to me!"

Zhang Jian retorted, "Hey, Lu Kuan is just a small director. If he's offended, then so be it. We should not mess with this young master, as he's a ruthless man."

"Young director?" Liu Bei seemed to want to use words to vent her anger on her ex-husband today.

"A young director can whip out 1000 million to make a movie in the blink of an eye!"

"How could a young director bully people like Guojianglong Yinghuang and Nicholas Tse into that state?"

"With just one sentence, the young director can get Mei Yanfang to advertise for him and Jay Chou to help him out. Can you do that?"

Zhang Ruoyun looked at his father's bitter face, which looked like he was about to cry, and couldn't help but comfort him.

"Dad, don't be sad. Director Lu is a little god. It's normal that you can't compare to him."

Child, if you can speak, please speak more.

"Get lost! If you hadn't leaked the secret, wouldn't your father be so unlucky?"

Zhang Jian didn't dare to attack Liu Bei or the kid. He just raised his big hand like a palm-leaf fan, but when he saw Liu Bei staring at him with wide eyes, he put it down in disappointment.

Zhang Jian was a qualified businessman, and suddenly he had an idea: "Son, listen to me. When Lu Kuan comes, tell him that I deliberately leaked the information to you so that he can intercept it. Understand?"

"Wow! Director Zhang, you're really awesome! Are you trying to reverse Jiang Gan's plan to steal the book? You think everyone else is stupid, right?"

Then he turned to Zhang Ruoyun and said, "Don't bother with your father. You have made a good impression on Lu Kuan now. He will definitely take care of you in the future."

The female secretary knocked on the door and came in: "Mr. Zhang, the guests have arrived."

Zhang Jian, a man of insight, immediately stood up and ordered, "Come in!"

Lu Kuan walked in with a smile, greeted a few people and sat down leisurely, not treating himself as an outsider at all. "Everyone, please sit down! You're welcome!"

Zhang Jian looked miserable in front of his ex-wife and son, but now he couldn't lose the bearing of a Beijing director.

"Congratulations, Director Lu! This 'Chinese Paladin' is indeed a great script. It's a shame it doesn't fit our company's style. Without further ado, let me congratulate you on the huge success of the TV series!"

Liu Bei rolled his eyes and was still trying to save face.

She said quickly, "Director Lu, I did a bad job on this matter. I didn't expect so many problems to arise. Can you see if there is anything I can do? Or I can compensate you for the expenses."

Lu Kuan actually looked at this Beijing girl with new eyes, which was quite refreshing.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "You two, I do have an unwelcome request. I'd like you to mediate."

Without waiting for the two to ask, he immediately said, "Teacher Liu, do you still remember the female assistant named Yang Siwei who accompanied Teacher Liu and Ruoyun to discuss the deal with me last time?"

Liu Bei didn't expect that he would mention Yang Siwei, who was an unknown intern assistant under Wang Jinhua.

"Director Lu, just speak frankly."

"Oh, that's right. My company is planning to set up an agency department, but we don't have many people available right now, so I'd like to ask her to come and help."

Of course, Yang Siwei had not yet grown into a business elite like those in later generations, but it was not a problem to let her grow up with the young Concubine Liu Yi.

After the events of the wrap party that night, not only did the pace of eroding Cheng Jingfei's shares need to be accelerated, but the "de-Liu Xiaoliization" of Liu Yifei's career was also imminent.

Few of the family members who acted as agents ended up with anything good.

Liu Bei and Zhang Jian exchanged a glance, each revealing clear doubt. Liu Bei said, "No problem, it's just a small matter."

"It's just that the kid is just an intern and still in college. Don't let him delay your work any longer."

Lu Kuan waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, the company has just been established, there's not much to do."

Then he smiled at Zhang Jian and said, "Director Zhang, I heard that your father is a famous surveying and mapping expert and designer. I have something I would like to ask you for help."

"please say."

"I want to buy a courtyard house in Beijing, but I don't know much about it. I'd like to ask Director Zhang to introduce someone who knows the business well and can give me advice on everything from buying and selling to decorating and handling paperwork."

Zhang Jian had been in the real estate business before, so he agreed readily.

Lu Kuan was invited by Liu Bei to "apologize" early in the morning. Now that his purpose was achieved, he stood up and said goodbye.

Before leaving, he smiled at Zhang Ruoyun and encouraged her, "Study hard for the Beijing Film Academy entrance exam and hone your acting skills. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Yes, Director!" Zhang Ruoyun stood up excitedly to see him off.

Zhang Jian watched the young director walk away, laughed dryly, and asked, "Beizi, you said he came here today just for this?"

"I don't understand it. It's really weird." Liu Bei also shook his head.

When Yang Siwei was a junior at Communication University of China, he volunteered to join Wang Jinhua's team and arranged a "birthday celebration" episode at an event where Kong Wei and Fan Bingbing were on the same stage.

Despite the organizer's disagreement, she forced someone to serve a three-layer cake, allowing the little-known Kong Wei to surpass Fan Bingbing in subsequent reports and become famous.

People in the circle joke that agents bring stars and make themselves famous.

As for her later works, such as creating the wealthy persona of Fan Bingbing and Fan Ye, and handling the crisis public relations of Fan Bingbing and Wang Xueqi, they all reflect the professional qualities of an agent and she is a talent that can be cultivated.

Lu Kuan was planning to recruit both her and Lu Yao to the company to enrich the artist management team.

In particular, the young Yang Siwei, who is about the same age as Liu Yifei, is very suitable for gradual training to replace non-professional home-based brokers.

(End of this chapter)