The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

An hour later, except for those who were on business trips, all other directors of Tianyu Media Company arrived, and the board meeting began. For those who were out of town, the meeting was conducted via video link.

The president's assistant brought in piles of documents and distributed them to each director.

"The board meeting will begin now. First, please review the first artist group plan in your hands. If you have any questions, feel free to communicate. We will start voting in half an hour." Liu Zhonglei spoke first.

A group of directors began to look through the plan and found that it was actually written by Cheng Xingyue, and they all whispered to each other.

"Who is Cheng Xingyue? Is there such a person in our company's planning department?"

"Definitely not. Ask later."

Half an hour later, an elderly director said: "This plan is not only comprehensive but also highly feasible. It is very worth implementing! I agree!"

"This plan is not only innovative, but also practical and refreshing. If Tianyu implements it according to this, the future will be promising. I agree with it!"

One by one, the directors spoke up to affirm the feasibility of this plan and voted in favor of it.

In the end, all the directors present voted unanimously in favor of the bill, which satisfied the company's requirement of more than half of the votes being in favor.

Liu Zhonglei smiled. That was great. Although these directors didn’t own many shares, they were all veterans of Tianyu and they were all looking forward to the company’s future development.

Then they continued to look at the second plan together. They saw that it was also written by Cheng Xingyue. Finally, one of the directors couldn't help but asked, "President, is this Cheng Xingyue from our Tianyu? How come I have never heard of him?"

Liu Zhonglei laughed in his heart, and finally someone couldn't help but ask.

"Of course she is from Tianyu. You may not know her name, but you definitely know her other name."

When the directors heard this, they immediately understood that it was definitely not someone from the planning department. Only arrangers and artists sometimes did not use their real names.

"What's the other name? President, please stop keeping us in suspense!"

Then the other directors also urged Liu Zhonglei to speak quickly.

"Her name is Yue."

The directors were stunned. It sounded familiar. Who was it?

"Is it the arranger Yue?" a director asked uncertainly.

"I said it sounded familiar! The song 'Green Grass By the River', which won the first place on the Newcomer Chart last month, was arranged by Yue. And this month, 'A Curtain of Dreams', which has taken the first place on the Newcomer Chart, 'You, My Deskmate', which is second, and 'My Brother Sleeping on My Upper Bunk', which is fifth, were all arranged by her, right?!" The director was very proud after saying this, seeing how much I value the development of the company and how I understand it clearly.

"Yes, it's her." Liu Zhonglei nodded, confirming the answer.

"I didn't expect that she not only writes good songs, but also writes such good plans. She is a talent!"

"Okay, everyone, let's take a look at the draft plan."

Half an hour later, the second plan was passed unanimously by the directors present.

Liu Zhonglei smiled and said, "Then let's discuss how much equity to give Cheng Xingyue!"

All of a sudden, all the directors fell silent.

You have to know that they originally had very little equity, and all of them together only held 30%. It's not that they didn't want to get more equity, but Liu Zhonglei wouldn't let go!

The market value of Tianyu is nearly 300 billion. If you calculate how much one share of stock is worth, it is 3 billion, not 300,000, nor 30 million, but a full 3 billion!

Now we need to give Cheng Xingyue equity. Where the equity will come from is a big problem and no one dares to speak.

"Actually, I just want to inform you that the shares will come from me, and I will give her 5% of the shares. Do you have any objections?" Liu Zhonglei knew that this would be the case. These old guys would remain silent once their own interests were involved. It was not the time for voting just now.

"President, is this too much?" a director asked tentatively. After all, the shares were not his own, and asking more questions would be a bit ignorant.

"Do you think if Cheng Xingyue's two plans were to be obtained by Xinghui or Qixing, would they be willing to give up these shares?"

Xinghui and Qixing are both entertainment companies that are slightly inferior to Tianyu. They have always wanted to surpass Tianyu and become the leader in the entertainment industry. If they really get these two plans, they will definitely grab them desperately.

After all, whoever gets these two plans will not be surpassed by other companies in the next ten years, and that will be the only way to rise.

All the directors are aware of these principles. Now that everyone is on the same road as Tianyu, it is naturally impossible for them to give up the opportunity to appreciate their equity.

"They will give more..." the director said dryly.

That’s right, he will give more, so there is no problem with Liu Zhonglei giving so much to Cheng Xingyue.

In the end, no one objected.

And everyone also understood that Cheng Xingyue would be the third largest shareholder of the company in the future.

If you ask who is first and second, it goes without saying that it is the president and Liu Xinran.

This major event that happened on the 18th floor was not leaked at all, as if it had never happened, because the board of directors was truly united. This is also the main reason why Tianyu was not surpassed by Xinghui and Qixing.

Besides, when Xiaoyue was writing the proposal day and night for seven days, the China Writers Association had already posted a post on Weibo recommending "The Deer and the Cauldron", but everyone found that the author Lou Zhongyue had not reposted it yet, which was very unusual!

In the past, whenever the China Writers Association posted a recommendation, authors would repost it immediately. They were very active, which was very embarrassing!

Old Xing couldn't contact Xiaoyue no matter how hard he tried, and he became so anxious that his hair turned white.

He wanted to find her, but Lao Xing found that he didn't even know where she lived!

It was only after Xiaoyue went home and had a good sleep that she started checking messages on her mobile phone. When she saw Lao Xing's message, she remembered that she had promised to forward the message. She was so busy that she had forgotten about it at all.

"Sorry, I've been too busy lately and haven't looked at my phone. Also, my Weibo account is for work now, so it's not suitable for forwarding, please understand."

What else could Old Xing do? He could only repost the post using the official Weibo account of the martial arts section, and explain that Lou Zhongyue, the author of The Deer and the Cauldron, did not have a Weibo account, and apologize to everyone on his behalf.

Now the forum became lively again.

"I said Lou Zhongyue was an old man, but you didn't believe me. Now it's confirmed! Who doesn't have a Weibo account under the age of 40? Only older people don't have Weibo accounts. Also, have you noticed that Lou Zhongyue never replies to comments or private messages? I guess he doesn't know how to do that. The last thing is that the official blog of the martial arts section took six or seven days to repost the explanation, which indirectly proves that Lou Zhongyue may live in a remote area and it is difficult to find him. Lou Zhongyue, male, may be an old man who lives in seclusion. I said that, if you don't agree, come and argue."

What this person said made sense and was well-founded, and the book fans on the forum also agreed with this statement.

From then on, everyone in the literary world knew that Lou Zhongyue was an old man, and everyone should understand that he worked so hard to update his works and stop sending him private messages or making comments.

I can only say that this is a beautiful misunderstanding, and it is exactly what Xiaoyue wants.

Xiaoyue wrote for two consecutive days and finally finished "The Deer and the Cauldron".

Some people on the Internet have begun to predict whether Lou Zhongyue’s next work will still be a martial arts novel.

After all, Lou Zhongyue has established his position as the overlord of the martial arts genre through his two martial arts novels.

To be honest, Lou Zhongyue was too powerful, and writers from other sections really didn't want him to share their interests, so it caused a lot of uproar.

Xiaoyue was not in a hurry to write the next book because she was busy helping Qingge revise the arrangement.

Xiaoyue discovered that Brother Qing was a hard-working person, and his two recent arrangements were very creative and even had some spiritual touch.

"Brother Qing, our internship will be over in almost half a month. What are your plans?" Xiao Yue asked tentatively. After all, she still wanted to help him and see if he could sign a contract with Tianyu.

"There are only ten trainee arrangers left, and there are only Sister Ma and I left in our four groups. This arrangement assessment is actually just one of the three assessments. I heard that there will be a proposition-based arrangement assessment later, and I don't know how I will perform. My future is so uncertain!" Brother Qing sighed, still with dark circles under his eyes, which has almost become his personal characteristic.

"I think your last two arrangements were very good. I only slightly modified and polished them, which shows that you have great potential to become an arranger. I would like to recommend you to Sister Liu to join our three divisions. Of course, if you have other plans, just ignore what I said."

Qing Ge's eyes sparkled as he asked, "Do I really have a chance to enter the third department?"

"Well, as long as you want, I will recommend it. There is basically no problem." Xiao Yue said pertinently.

"Goddess Yue, thank you..." Brother Qing, a grown man, actually cried. He didn't cry in the previous two and a half months, when life was so hard and tiring. But now he actually cried in front of girls of the same age, crying like a child.

Xiaoyue silently handed him a tissue and let him cry enough!

However, Brother Qing did not feel ashamed because there was finally a rainbow after the storm.

Sure enough, when Xiaoyue recommended Qingge to Liu Xinran, she immediately agreed and asked Zhang Dongming to take her to handle the relevant procedures.

"Li Qing, you are so lucky. You met Yue Shen when she was in decline. She will be your best supporter in the future, so you must hold on to her tightly!" Zhang Dongming arranged Qing Ge's office, patted him on the shoulder, and said this with great sincerity.

"Yeah, thank you, team leader!" Brother Qing thanked gratefully.

"Don't call me team leader anymore. Just call me Brother Zhang or Brother Ming. We are all family now!"

"Okay, Brother Ming."