Chapter 610: Fortune favors the bold!

Sui Lingfang received a "no" from Jin Li and left with some regret.

But before leaving, she specifically asked: "Then, can the company use Ji Qinglian to stir up some buzz? Is that okay?"

Jin Li smiled: "Of course. If you weren't allowed to use her, why would she have come here?"

"She is using you, and you can use her too. At the very least, regarding the matter of switching agencies, she won't give any definitive answer."

Sui Lingfang swept away her previous regret, her eyes gleaming as she said: "If we can seize this wave of hype, Chenxi Entertainment's reputation will also greatly improve. Perhaps the company can scout even more high-quality artists."

Jin Li reminded her: "If an artist's potential is great, the company must build a good platform for them so they can shine. Don't always rely on artists to fight alone; my own story will always be an exception."

Sui Lingfang nodded solemnly: "I will discuss this further with the CEO."

After Sister Fang left, Ji Qinglian emerged from the room, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes.

"You're done talking with your manager?"

Jin Li raised an eyebrow: "Done. Do you want to guess what our topic was?"

Ji Qinglian shrugged: "No need to guess. Even with my toes, I could figure out it was about me. Is Chenxi Entertainment trying to scout me?"

Jin Li snapped her fingers: "Guessed right, but unfortunately, there's no prize."

She said helplessly: "Don't blame the company for being tempted; the news online is so convincing that they all think you want to switch agencies."

Ji Qinglian said thoughtfully: "Looking at it this way, since I've fooled Chenxi, I should be able to fool Tianding as well."

Jin Li specifically observed Ji Qinglian's expression. Because she stared for a bit too long, she saw her future fortune.

After seeing it, she couldn't help but sigh: The Captain is truly the Captain; her career path is always unconventional!

Ji Qinglian's career fortune can be described in five words:

Fortune favors the bold!

Every step she takes is like walking on the edge of a cliff.

But every single time, she manages to pull back from the brink, escaping before the building collapses, so she is never affected.

And because she walks on cliffs, she is actually taking shortcuts; every step she takes is a shortcut.

As long as Ji Qinglian continues to follow her own ideas, she will usher in her own great fortune within the next five years.

These five years will also be the years when her career drive is strongest.

Perhaps after that, she will try other careers and develop in other directions, but it is guaranteed that she will only retreat when she believes her career has reached its peak.

The biggest setback Ji Qinglian has encountered in her life was a few years ago, when Pink Girls was at its zenith and suddenly disbanded.

At that time, she thought about leaving the entertainment industry, but in the end, because she loved it, she chose to stay.

Jin Li has always felt that the Captain has a very firm will, with goals and ideas.

Now that she has seen the Captain's future fortune, she feels even more that her judgment was correct.

Her own sudden fame was a blessing from the heavens, but the Captain's popularity is the result of timing and personal effort.

Jin Li has always admired such people.

She suddenly reached out and held Ji Qinglian's hand, saying with a serious expression: "Captain, give me a few of your autographs."

Ji Qinglian:?

Jin Li: "When I'm lazy in the future and don't want to work, I'll sell your autographs. Believe me, your autographs will be very valuable in the future."

Ji Qinglian:...

"Open the internet, look at the news, then look at yourself in the mirror, and touch your conscience—does your conscience really not hurt?"

Tianding Entertainment continued their meeting today.

Yesterday, they thought of many PR plans, but all of them required Ji Qinglian's cooperation.

But now they cannot reach Ji Qinglian; her manager says her phone has been off, so none of the PR plans can be used.

During the meeting, someone suddenly had a whimsical idea: "Why don't we contact Chenxi Entertainment? If they really want Ji Qinglian, how about we trade with them?"

"They give us Jin Li, and we give them Ji Qinglian?"

As soon as this was said, it was met with looks of "are you an idiot" from colleagues.

"Do you think Chenxi is stupid enough to trade Jin Li for Ji Qinglian? Do you still not understand who made Chenxi popular?"

"Without Jin Li, Chenxi is nothing, and we wouldn't be here discussing this nervously."

"Is there a possibility that Chenxi wants Ji Qinglian but won't give up Jin Li either?"

This colleague was scolded into silence by the others.

Soon, work time arrived.

He Yan came to the meeting, skipped the small talk, and asked the PR department directly: "Regarding the public opinion online, have you come up with a PR plan?"

The PR department staff were all silent.

He Yan looked at the deputy director at the front, his expression ugly: "You are a veteran employee of the company, having experienced so many serious PR crises, yet now even you can't think of a solution?"

The deputy director couldn't help but say: "CEO, we cannot reach Ji Qinglian; we only know she is at Chenxi Entertainment. So I thought we could have the company approach Chenxi, and then have Chenxi approach Ji Qinglian to get her to come out and talk to us."

He Yan flared up: "Why approach Chenxi Entertainment? Tianding cannot lower its head like that!"

"If Ji Qinglian really wants to switch agencies, wouldn't approaching Chenxi now just be offering our faces for them to slap?"

"The company feeds so many people, yet you are all useless. Do you deserve your salaries..."

In all fairness, He Yan's thinking was also correct.

There is a game of chess between companies.

If Ji Qinglian really wanted to switch agencies, Tianding approaching Chenxi to talk would only be self-humiliation.

But now Ji Qinglian's attitude is unclear, and the fact that she is unwilling to come out to clarify and won't answer any calls is an attitude in itself.

Under these circumstances, Tianding Entertainment cannot gamble that they can gain the upper hand through corporate negotiations.

After He Yan's outburst, his mind suddenly cleared a bit. He thought of something and asked: "Ji Qinglian can't hide at Chenxi forever. Doesn't she have any announcements lately? Don't brands want her to participate in activities? I remember she had plenty of resources."

The deputy director of the PR department said calmly: "We checked Ji Qinglian's schedule and found that for the next half month, her schedule is blank."

He Yan said with an ambiguous tone: "You mean she deliberately cleared her schedule for half a month just to negotiate a contract with Chenxi?"

Deputy Director: "CEO, why don't you take a look at Ji Qinglian's schedule?"

He couldn't say anything more.

He Yan frowned, glancing at the deputy director with dissatisfaction. This person felt increasingly useless to him; he didn't want to do anything and couldn't solve anything.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a suitable candidate on hand, he would have replaced him long ago.

The deputy director handed a form to the assistant, who didn't even look at it and handed it directly to the CEO.

He Yan looked down, his eyes becoming even more confused.

These were Ji Qinglian's announcements, but for the next half month, it wasn't that Ji Qinglian wasn't going to do them; the announcements originally scheduled for her had all been taken by other artists in the company.

He Yan said in a deep voice: "So what is this? Don't tell me all her announcements were snatched. She is a first-tier star, an artist the company focuses on cultivating. Who would dare snatch her announcements?"

The deputy director said: "CEO, this was arranged by the management department; I am not clear on this side."

Before long, Ming Yingyue was called in.

Before entering, her expression was calm.

Half an hour later, when she came out, her eyes were slightly red.

The deputy director watched the whole thing.

Originally, he thought he would receive notice of Ming Yingyue's contract termination the next day, but Ming Yingyue was still sitting at her desk just fine. The deputy director knew that He Yan had been fooled.

Tsk, heroes have trouble passing the beauty test; young people are so easy to fool!

As for what would happen to Tianding in the future, or what it would become, the deputy director didn't think about it anymore.

He had worked hard for the company before but didn't get any credit. Even though he was a deputy, he did all the work of a full director and was still scolded by his superior every day.

The deputy director took a deep breath; he had endured enough.

Two days later, Tianding Entertainment still hadn't reached Ji Qinglian, and the outside world was still speculating about her relationship with Tianding, while the deputy director submitted his resignation to the company.

When He Yan saw the "Resignation Letter" on the table, he didn't even open it and said directly: "Hand over your work today, and don't come to the company tomorrow."

Resigning wasn't as difficult as imagined, the deputy director mocked himself in his heart.

But the CEO was even more cold and ruthless than imagined.

Ji Qinglian was living very comfortably at Chenxi Entertainment, but Jin Li had to start working.

The days of staying in the company without having to run announcements were great; although it consumed some brain cells, life was very comfortable.

Now that most of the announcements were confirmed, Jin Li had to go out to run them.

Besides the previous interviews and helping out at Meng Meng's place, the first stop after the college entrance exam results came out was to help promote "Dawn."

Actors have an obligation to promote the film for the production team, but Jin Li's announcement was different; "Dawn" specifically paid Jin Li.

This was because Sui Lingfang had the foresight to know that "Dawn" would be released in the summer, so she approached the production team in advance to sign a supplementary clause.

If Jin Li's grades were excellent, or if she performed very poorly, she wouldn't have to participate in the production team's promotion.

As for the former, if the grades were excellent, there was no need to waste time on "Dawn."

As for the latter, it was to prevent netizens from having the opportunity to abuse Jin Li.

The production team had considered various risks at the time, so they signed this supplementary agreement with Jin Li.

Although everyone didn't agree on the threshold for excellent grades, Jin Li's score made it impossible to lie and say it wasn't good, so Jin Li returning to the production team for promotion was paid for by the production team.

Of course, the production team was also very happy to pay.

After all, there were plenty of announcement providers who wanted to pay, but Jin Li wouldn't take them.

Before leaving the company, Sister Fang specifically instructed her: "There are many paparazzi outside the company, but the company has already given them a heads-up. If you accept a half-hour interview, they won't make things difficult for you."

"If you encounter questions you don't want to answer, just say you're not sure and talk about it next time. If the paparazzi show malice toward you, you don't even need to say anything; the other peers will drive them away, as others are waiting for your interview to save their day!"

Sister Fang gave her a notebook with the questions the paparazzi would ask, so she could be mentally prepared, and each question was accompanied by answers provided by the company's PR department.

She didn't have to say them exactly; it was just to give her a reference.

The company had done enough, and Jin Li said earnestly: "Thank you all."

Sui Lingfang smiled, patted her shoulder, and said with feigned ease: "You are the company's cash cow; if the company isn't good to you, who would it be good to?"

But only Jin Li knew that even for a cash cow, there is a difference between being attentive and not.

Back when she hadn't returned to popularity, Sister Fang had also organized all the questions and recommended answers for her like this.

After Jin Li got the draft, she flipped through it for a while. The company had originally planned for a half-hour break, but she felt the questions were very simple, so after having a bottom line in her heart, she went out directly.

Down to the first floor, the reporters were all gathered in one place.

"Jin Li!"

"Jin Li, look here!"

"Jin Li, having scored such a high score, how do you feel?"

Jin Li smiled at the reporters and took one of the topics: "It's been so many days; isn't it too late for you to come and interview me about my thoughts now?"

The reporters said in unison: "Not late, not late!"

"Netizens were saying you didn't say anything!"

"They also want to hear what you have to say!"

Jin Li walked to the designated interview spot while answering: "Very happy, very happy. I never thought I could get such good grades."

"I just answered the questions at my usual pace. I was confident in what I knew and wouldn't lose points on, but some questions were very difficult, and I wasn't sure if I got them right."

A reporter asked curiously: "Math was very difficult this time. What was your math score?"

Jin Li didn't reveal the specific score, only saying: "Math was the lowest among all my subjects, but I was lucky. I guessed the same type of questions and had targeted practice on papers, so the score wasn't pulled down too much."

The reporter suddenly realized: so it was guessing questions!

Many experts on the internet dug up Jin Li's old videos, looked at her problem-solving ideas, and looked at her problem-solving techniques, all thinking her math was weak.

It might be that the scores of the other subjects were too high, so the comprehensive average score was pulled up.

But now that Jin Li revealed she guessed some questions, the previous speculation was wrong instead.

They said so, how could Jin Li's other subjects be almost full marks!

"Jin Li, I am asking this question on behalf of your fans. Your fans want to make a movie for you, editing the videos of you sprinting for the college entrance exam into a film, and there are also some other film and television clips of you. They want to get your authorization."

Jin Li said in surprise: "They want to edit a movie for me?"

The reporter nodded: "Many people have this idea."

Jin Li said without hesitation: "That's definitely okay! I authorize them for free. If they want authorization for other videos, I will help them solve it. Go ahead and do it!"

She specifically turned her head to look at her assistant: "You call Sister Fang later and mention this to her."

This question passed, and the reporter continued to ask the next question.

"Did you and Gu Cheng agree to take the college entrance exam together? Have you exchanged ideas on learning in private?"

Jin Li said without thinking: "It wasn't agreed upon. I only knew he was also going to take the college entrance exam just before it. We have exchanged ideas on learning."

She paused, her eyes full of smiles, like stars twinkling.

"I have always wanted Gu Cheng's brain; he is so smart that it makes me jealous." ===== CHAPTER 611 =====