Chapter 65: Agent, Yang Siwei (Please Collect, Please Recommend)

"Junior sister, want to go out and play?"

"No."

"Ah... were you unhappy last time?"

"No."

"Did I make you angry?"

"No."

"Then let's continue watching movies today."

"No."

At the Beijing Film Academy girls' dormitory, Jing Tian sat at her desk, her face flushed, her round toes constantly picking at her pink slippers.

It was too embarrassing; she had no face to see Beside Qi Hui Hui!

At this moment, Kan Qingzi suddenly leaned over, glanced at her from the side, and asked, "Girl, are you... in love?"

"What love?" Jing Tian's face turned even redder: "I'm not! Definitely not!"

Zhang Qianru stuck her head out from the top bunk, looked, and immediately chuckled: "You're in heat, yet you say you're not in love."

Topics between girls are sometimes much more open than those between boys.

"Shut up!" Jing Tian said, embarrassed and annoyed.

Shuangzi pushed the door open and instinctively glanced at the white Apple phone in Jing Tian's hand.

She wasn't interested in love or anything like that; she was more interested in this new phone.

"So rich..." Shuangzi couldn't help but mutter to herself. Why did she have a house and money? Was she being kept by someone?

In the residential compound, inside the house.

Seeing Jing Tian's message, Beside Qi Hui Hui breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Alright, for now, he didn't need to worry about that girl dragging him to act in "Warring States."

However, taking advantage of these two days, he needed to get the next step of work sorted out.

Otherwise, when Jing Tian came again, Beside Qi Hui Hui wouldn't know what excuse to use to refuse.

"Didn't Old Ling say he'd help me find an agent?" Beside Qi Hui Hui rubbed his chin: "Why is there still no news?"

East of the Imperial Capital, Chaoyang District.

Inside an office building, Wang Jinghua sat in her office handling documents; she was hailed as the number one agent in the country, with many things to keep her busy.

Knock, knock, knock~

At this moment, a knocking sound on the door rang out.

"Come in."

The door pushed open, and a somewhat plump young girl walked in quickly.

"Sister Hua." Yang Siwei sat in the chair before the desk and complained gloomily:

"Last night I called that Beside Qi Hui Hui, but he didn't answer."

"Not only did he not answer, he turned his phone off directly; there's no way to communicate."

"Why don't you just let me go back to Fan Bingbing's studio?"

Guiding newbies and such was too troublesome; she wanted to become someone like Sister Hua, but guiding newbies took time and was troublesome and laborious.

Most importantly, the result was uncertain; who knew if they could be guided successfully?

It was better to be at Bingbing Studio.

"You..." Wang Jinghua shook her head helplessly: "You have no future over there. To tell you the truth, Fan Bingbing's real agent isn't me, but that surnamed Mu."

Mu Xiaoguang, rumored to be a Taiwanese person from the same hometown as Fan Bingbing, with a net worth of 500 million, said to be helping Fan Bingbing wholeheartedly because they were from the same hometown.

Whether true or false, those who understand know.

However, Boss Mu indeed had excellent abilities.

Back then, Fan Bingbing was covered in black material; everything from being a mistress, being kept, to having a godfather were labels she couldn't wash off.

After Boss Mu took over, he created a new set of talking points for Fan Bingbing, such as "The greater the slander one can endure, the greater the praise one can withstand."

And that line: "I won't marry into a wealthy family; I am the wealthy family."

Not long after, Fan Bingbing gained a new title: Fan Ye.

In terms of image, she gradually began to lean towards androgyny and masculinity; the title of Fan Ye was at the height of its popularity for a time.

And Wang Jinghua, nominally Fan Bingbing's agent, actually how much influence she held, only the parties involved likely knew.

For Little Yang to open up a situation at Fan Bingbing's place and forge a different career path would be harder than leveling up a new account.

Listening to her boss's explanation, Little Yang fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Alright then." Yang Siwei said: "But I have a few questions, Sister Hua, can you explain clearly?"

"Go ahead."

Yang Siwei flipped through a document: "Is the revenue split between us and Beside Qi Hui Hui a bit off? Why is it fifty-fifty?"

According to logic, by convention, it should have been seventy-thirty.

The agency gets seventy, the artist gets thirty.

Moreover, the contract term wasn't long, just three years.

Wang Jinghua took off her glasses and asked: "Do you remember who recommended him?"

"Ling Xiaosu."

"Do you know what identity Ling Xiaosu holds?"

"His grandfather was a third-generation director, from Yan'an." Yang Siwei was confused: "But that was so long ago?"

Wang Jinghua chuckled and said, "His grandfather once had two assistant directors working under him: one was Tian Zhuangzhuang from the Beijing Film Academy."

"The other surnamed Chen directed 'Farewell My Concubine'."

Hearing this, Xiao Yang raised her hand and asked somewhat timidly, "I understand the surname Chen; it's Chen Kaige, right?"

"But isn't this Tian Zhuangzang just part of the education system?"

Wang Jinghua glanced at her and said, "Old Tian's father was the first director of the Beijing Film Studio and participated in its founding, just like Xiao Ling's grandfather, both coming out of Yan'an."

"Old Tian's mother played Jiang Jie and was one of the twenty-two stars of New China, also from Yan'an."

"His grandfather also had a cinematographer under him who arrived at the Olympics just two years ago... yes, it was Zhang Yimou."

"Back then, Old Zhang was at the Xi'an Film Studio, had a good relationship with Xiao Ling's father who was a cinematographer, and was also a colleague of Xiao Ling's mother who was a director."

Listening to these somewhat intricate relationships, Xiao Yang scratched her head, but she wasn't truly foolish and quickly understood.

"So, this is about human connections and social etiquette, right?" Xiao Yang tapped the document in her hand: "You're good, I'm good, everyone is good."

Wang Jinghua nodded: "The entertainment industry is just like this; it's not about fighting and killing, but about human connections and social etiquette."

"Understood." Yang Siwei nodded: "I will contact him right away; I will take good care of him."

After speaking, Yang Siwei stood up and left to get back to work.

Actually, she also knew that Beside Qi Hui Hui was not the kind of newcomer who had just graduated from school; he had acted in 'The Disguiser' and won a Magnolia Award. Although it wasn't a heavyweight award, it was still quite good.

Moreover, he already had a leading male role in his portfolio.

Such a person was definitely a super potential stock.

But... Yang Siwei had previously been Fan Bingbing's assistant agent, having seen enough of Fan Bingbing's style; asking her to manage a newcomer again created a psychological gap that was not ordinary.

She wasn't used to it; this was very normal.

Beep~ Beep~ Beep~

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Beside Qi Hui Hui..." Yang Siwei sighed with relief; this time the call connected quickly.

Half an hour later, the two met at a small coffee shop.

Yang Siwei's original intention was to go to Starbucks, but Beside Qi Hui Hui dared not go there.

That place even dared to kick out police officers; let alone him, Qi someone, just a small actor?

So, Beside Qi Hui Hui randomly found a coffee shop; after all, there were plenty of those in the Imperial Capital.

"Hello." Beside Qi Hui Hui smiled and greeted.

She had introduced herself over the phone; her name was Yang Siwei. If he remembered correctly, in a few years she would have many powerful artists under her.

For example, Zhu Yawen, and the director Li Jun whom Beside Qi Hui Hui had met before; the drama 'Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou Don't Believe in Tears' was acted by Zhu Yawen.

Under Yang Siwei's public relations efforts, Zhu Yawen gained the nickname 'Walking Hormone' and became famous overnight.

"Hello, very glad to meet you." Yang Siwei was also sizing up Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Just like in the photos, he was very handsome, with sharp and layered facial features.

Even though she had seen many handsome men, Yang Siwei had to admit that Beside Qi Hui Hui was quite excellent in terms of appearance.

Just this point alone meant life had already won half the battle.

Of course, the other half is the watershed of life: amniotic fluid!

"I think you also know my purpose; let's get straight to the point." Yang Siwei chuckled and took out the document:

"Let me introduce our agency services to you; if you have any questions, feel free to raise them."

"I will do my best to answer them."

Beside Qi Hui Hui nodded: "Let me look at the contract first..."