The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the second day of work at Yuexiang, two important guests arrived: Gu Changhui from Xinghui and Wei Moyao from Qixing.

Ma Li was sent by Xiaoyue to receive the two presidents.

"Assistant Matt, let's not beat around the bush. We are here to formally discuss cooperation matters with Yue Xiang Entertainment."

After all, Gu Changhui was older, and Wei Moyao did not object to him speaking up. Now they were one, with the same goal.

When Ma Li first heard Xiaoyue arrange for her to receive the guests, she was very nervous and lacked confidence. But when Xiaoyue said, "Go and talk with confidence, just say you are my special assistant and represent me with full authority. I will back you up, so what are you afraid of?"

So now Ma Li looked unusually calm and said with a smile: "Two CEOs, Xinghui and Qixing are also the leading large companies in China. It is our honor to cooperate with them. Then let's talk about how to cooperate in detail!"

Gu Changhui and Wei Moyao looked at each other, and Wei Moyao said: "Assistant Matt, there are mainly two aspects, one is the actor problem, and the other is the theater problem..."

Ma Li finally understood. Aren’t Xinghui and Qixing working too hard?

In order to cooperate with Yue Xiang, the actors actually do not ask for any remuneration. When the movie is released in the future, their theaters will only take 4% of the share. Isn't this a loss-making business?

While going to the bathroom, Ma Li called Xiaoyue.

"Boss Cheng, they said the selected actors don't want any pay, but the theater chain only wants 4%..."

Xiao Yue was confused when she heard this. Ma Li obviously didn't understand the entertainment industry. Did these two companies want money? No, they wanted the opportunity to work together and to enhance the actors' fame.

Xiaoyue told Ma Li all these twists and turns, and Ma Li instantly lost the feeling that she had made a profit.

As expected, none of these bosses are good people. It seems that Yuexiang got the advantage, but in fact he is at a loss.

Gu Changhui and Wei Moyao originally thought that there should be no problem in cooperating when they saw Ma Li's satisfied smile. However, when Ma Li came back from the bathroom, she looked completely different. Her smile was gone, and she returned to her previous coldness. She even calmly asked the theaters to give her only 3%, and she didn't seem worried at all that they wouldn't agree.

If these two people still don't understand what happened, they would be stupid. Ma Li had just been reminded by an expert.

Who else could this expert be? They all thought of one person, Ms. Cheng. Only she had such foresight!

In fact, the film pay is just a smokescreen. The focus is on the share of theaters. It is too harsh to cut it by one percentage point.

They were too embarrassed to tell anyone about the 3% share.

The two of them whispered for a few words and agreed to Ma Li's proposal, so Ma Li notified Jiang Pingsheng.

At present, Jiang Pingsheng is responsible for all contracts, big and small, of Yuexiang Entertainment. After all, he is a professional and there will be no loopholes in the contracts.

After seeing off Gu Changhui and Wei Moyao, Ma Li let out a long sigh. It was so damn hard for her to act so cool just now. However, judging from what Mr. Cheng said, she was too young and had little experience. Only by acting so cool could she control the situation.

Jiang Pingsheng sorted out the signed agreement and went upstairs to report to Xiaoyue.

Xiaoyue likes Jiang Pingsheng's attitude towards work. Every time she asks him to do something, he will do it well. He usually won't hang around her unless he has nothing to do. He knows his limits very well. It seems that if they are to hire another financial assistant, it would be better to hire someone older.

Ma Li is just too young and looks very rigid and steady, but that is just her performance. Her mind is still too naive. I guess she will be pretty good after a few years of training.

Xiaoyue looked at the contract that had just been signed and felt that things were going too smoothly. She thought it would take a few days of wrangling before the contract was signed, but she didn't expect Xinghui and Qixing to be so straightforward.

After handing the contract to Jiang Pingsheng, Xiaoyue called Wu Hao and told him about the cooperation with Xinghui and Qixing.

“Mr. Cheng, although the protagonists of our Avatar 2 are still Jake and Neytiri, we have added many new characters, such as their children, the leader of the island tribe, and the adopted spider. Although they are not the protagonists, they have added new highlights to the movie. So our casting is basically for these roles. What we want is acting skills, not which company they come from.”

Xiao Yue understood what Wu Hao meant and said solemnly, "I understand what you said. When we cooperate with Xinghui and Qixing, we only allow actors from these two companies to participate, so they may not be selected. Besides, does our Avatar crew lack that little pay? Be confident, we are not short of money, just choose carefully, we only want the right ones, not the cheap ones, and we don't want the ones with big traffic."

Wu Hao perked up when he heard this. President Cheng was indeed rational and cared more about the quality of the movie.

"Boss Cheng, I understand. Don't worry, I promise to do as you ask."

After hanging up the phone, Xiaoyue picked up a pen and continued to draw the scene layout of "Avatar 2".

The character image had already been taken away by this guy Wu Hao.

Once people get busy, they will feel that time passes very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is already the 20th.

On this day, a major event happened, an event that shocked the entire China.

The official news reported that the Chinese government had reached an agreement with the United Nations and would gradually resume diplomatic relations and cooperate in various fields. The content of the first cooperation was explained, that is, the United Nations would send important leaders of the country and outstanding figures in the literary and art circles to China on February 1st for exchange and study for a month.

This news was like a huge rock hitting a calm lake, causing a thousand waves.

How could the Chinese people not be shocked? For a whole hundred years, no foreigner had ever set foot on Chinese territory, and the country was completely blocked from foreign countries’ understanding of China. Now, was it going to be slowly relaxed?

"Oh my god, I wonder if I can still see the legendary blonde and blue-eyed girl in my lifetime?"

"Don't they say foreigners look like monkeys?"

"I have been abroad. Their technology is not advanced, but their culture and musical instruments are very well developed. I went there to learn the accordion. As for appearance, children are very good-looking, but they become ugly when they grow up, especially married women. It's like blowing up a balloon. They instantly change from a slim girl to a greasy aunt. They always spray perfume on their bodies, trying to cover up the fishy smell with perfume."

"Fuck, the guy above, are you serious? I wanted to see if foreign girls are pretty, but you made me lose interest."

"You filthy men, shouldn't we be most concerned about who they are sending this time? Didn't we hear from that brother who has been abroad that they seem to be one step ahead of us in culture and musical instruments, otherwise China wouldn't send people abroad to study."

"Oh my god, after hearing what you said, I suddenly became worried. What if the United Nations deliberately sent people here to compete with us Chinese? If they lose, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our great country?"

"That's right. Losing face is a minor matter. What's more serious is affecting the negotiations between the Chinese government and the United Nations. You know, this is just the initial stage of cooperation."

"Damn it, why don't you send someone from the scientific field? I'll beat him until he pees and shits..."

Everyone actually started to feel a little panic, and this panic came from a lack of confidence in China's entertainment industry.

If Chinese people talk about technology with foreigners, they will probably be very confident. But if they talk about entertainment, it’s hard to say.

I have to say that the Chinese people are still very conscious. The topic instantly shifted from discussing the beauty of foreign girls to the diplomatic relations between China and the United Nations.

This situation was quickly captured by the Chinese authorities, who immediately reported this public change to the top leadership.

In a conference room in the Central Building of China, there were four old men sitting, among them was Nie Zheng, the Minister of Culture of China, who was also the youngest one.

"Xiao Nie, you have been in charge of China's entertainment industry for three years, and we have made a lot of progress. We can see that. But for the UN delegation, we have already obtained the list. Take a look."

Nie Zheng stood up, took the information respectfully, sat down and slowly read through it. The more he read, the more surprised he became.

The United Nations is coming with great force this time. The people sent include not only writers, pianists, poets, arrangers, singers, directors, actors, but also agents with hidden identities. Each of them is a top-notch figure abroad.

What does the United Nations want to do? It is obvious that it wants to severely defeat China in the cultural field so as to gain an advantage in future negotiations.

The United Nations must be thinking this way: "We may not be able to compete in military and technology, but we can win in culture."

After reading the information, Nie Zheng fell into deep thought. In the past year, China's entertainment industry has developed rapidly, at least much stronger than a year ago. It should not be difficult to select the right person to deal with it.

"I will arrange in advance the top talents in various fields to deal with this visiting group. No matter how to ensure an all-round victory, it should be possible to split the difference."

An old man with completely white hair nodded and said, "This is the result we want. We must not lose, or lose miserably."

The other two old men also nodded in agreement.

Nie Zheng stood up, saluted, and said loudly: "I guarantee to complete the mission."

Then, he took the document and left the office. He still had a lot of things to arrange and he absolutely could not lose face for China.