Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

"That's right. You're very popular right now, enough to be a lead actor, but the company might give you minor supporting roles to use your popularity to support the show and promote other artists. Gradually, your popularity will be completely depleted in one show after another."

Hu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "I actually considered this issue a long time ago. After all, artists who have signed management contracts are like family, while those with other contracts are a layer away. It's understandable that the company won't promote me as much. They run a company, not a charity, so of course their goal is to make money and generate profits."

"You're at the peak of your popularity right now, are you content to play a supporting role?" Song Tianrui asked her.

“I have my reasons. I have never acted before and have no experience. They are arranging various supporting roles for me. Isn’t that also letting me try different roles and hone my acting skills?” Hu Xiaoxiao smiled freely. “They use me as a supporting role, and I use them to practice. It’s fair that we each get what we need.”

Song Tianrui then took out another contract and said, "Don't forget, you also gave up advertising revenue. You've given up so much profit; are you willing to accept that?"

His answer was Hu Xiaoxiao's ambitious reply: "I'm willing. Because what I want is greater."

Finally, after discussing the contract terms with Song Tianrui, Hu Xiaoxiao decided to add a clause to the contract to maximize her own interests: she should have the right to choose which dramas to work on.

Since the role is for practice, she can't just play any role. She can't just play whatever the company assigns her. Hu Xiaoxiao has to decide whether the role is challenging for her before she can consider taking it.

She must have the right to decide.

She can play a supporting role and give up some benefits, but she has to exchange them for something of equal value.

The same applies to advertising agency contracts. She can give the company a commission, but she must have the decision-making power regarding what advertisements to shoot. She can't just accept any random advertisements assigned to her and have to shoot them.

With the contract in hand, Hu Xiaoxiao returned to the TV station, found Charlie again, and added her demands.

The contract wasn't significantly altered; only this one requirement was added, which Charlie could decide for himself. This is because other artists also have the right to choose their shows on per-episode contracts.

The same applies to advertising agency contracts. Except for complete newcomers who have no choice, companies generally respect the opinions of artists who are even slightly established. That said, no newcomer gets so many advertising deals at once, especially from major brands, like Hu Xiaoxiao.

Since Hu Xiaoxiao has already discovered it, he might as well add her.

Seeing that Hu Xiaoxiao was not easily fooled, and to avoid Hu Xiaoxiao developing resentment and becoming passive in the future, Charlie simply became more generous and said, "Your main task this year is to organize events. As for the number of episodes, I'll be more lenient with you this year. Film as many as you can. Even if you don't complete the task, it won't be considered a breach of contract."

Hu Xiaoxiao readily agreed, saying, "Add this clause to the contract."

After this experience, she realized that verbal communication is useless; only a written agreement has legal effect.

After the contracts were agreed upon, Charlie instructed the HR manager to contact Hu Xiaoxiao, reprint the contracts, and sign them.

After checking, Hu Xiaoxiao signed her name.

From this moment forward, Hu Xiaoxiao has officially signed a contract with Baogang Television.

As soon as Lu Sheng received the news, he immediately contacted Luo Gui, the candy tycoon. Luo Gui was very quick and didn't want to bother two people at once. He directly commissioned the advertising department of the TV station to produce an advertisement for Luo's Wafer Biscuits and asked him to review the proposal within three days.

As for money, that's not a problem.

Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng's previous frustration vanished, replaced by a broad smile.

After securing this advertising deal, I not only received an advertising fee but also an advertising production fee. Receiving two payments at once is like getting something for nothing.

No, it's not just two portions, it's three portions.

After the advertisement is produced, Luo Ji will also place ads on TV, and this is the real big order!

Lu Sheng's spirits lifted, and he immediately called the advertising director, instructing the entire advertising department to work overtime to produce the plan as soon as possible.

They also asked relevant staff to prepare a plan regarding how much Hu Xiaoxiao should charge for endorsing Luo Ji and filming commercials.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Sheng called Pan Rou and Hong Yulan again to discuss the advertising.

The advertising department worked overtime to produce the proposal and personally delivered it to Luo's. Luo Gui had them revise it several times, and although he felt there were still some shortcomings, he didn't care because time was running out.

So, after only a few days of rest, Hu Xiaoxiao was notified to shoot an advertisement for Luo Ji Wafer Biscuits.

Because she is also a spokesperson, she needs to take still photos for promotional purposes.

Luo Ji's wafer biscuit advertisement needs to be made in two sets: one is the regular promotional content, and the other is a special New Year's edition.

The usual approach revolves around Hu Xiaoxiao's fan dance in the semi-finals. That fan dance left a deep impression on the audience, was entertaining, and effectively highlighted Hu Xiaoxiao's identity, leveraging her popularity as the newly crowned Miss Hong Kong.

The advertising venue was also chosen to be the performance stage during the semi-finals.

Hu Xiaoxiao changed into the sportswear she wore for the performance that day, took the fan given to her by the staff, and performed for the director a few times.

After watching, the director was still eager for more and asked, "Xiaoxiao, besides the moves you've performed on stage, do you have any other tricks?"

"Yes." Back then, Hu Xiaoxiao put in a lot of effort for the stage effect, learning many sword techniques from movies and TV dramas and switching to fan techniques. However, because her performance time was limited and she needed to adapt to the background music, many of them were cut.

"Perform it for me right now, show me everything you know."

"no problem."

The two fans spun in Hu Xiaoxiao's hands in a dazzling display. With a change of movement, she began to rotate them inwards, and then, with a skillful flick of her wrist, she tossed the two fans into the air, where they spun in a beautiful circle before landing steadily in her hand.

With a swift, clean swishing motion, it retracted; with another swift, clean swishing motion, it opened and closed repeatedly.

The spinning, tossing, and waving motions are astounding.

"Great! Excellent!" Luo Gui, who had arrived at some point and had been watching for an unknown amount of time, was the first to shout his approval after Hu Xiaoxiao's performance.

He initially felt that the proposal from the advertising department was not quite right, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. Given the tight deadline, he was thinking of just making do with it for now.

Now that he's here and has seen Hu Xiaoxiao's wonderful performance, Luo Gui feels that if these elements were applied to an advertisement, how could it be anything but perfect? ​​It would be absolutely flawless.

The director was also amazed. "That's it! Yes, wait a minute, do it like this first, then like this, and then like this..."

Hu Xiaoxiao understood and performed step by step according to the director's requirements.