ATAMMDO 29

Chapter 29- Personal Experience

 

The sun was about to go down when they left the racecourse. The white clouds on the horizon turned into fiery red clouds. With that, the scenery turned more spectacular than ever.

 

Zhou Beiwang wanted to invite Qin Lu and Jiang Liu Cheng to dinner. He had already made a reservation for the restaurant.

 

Qin Lu didn’t go. He still had things to do at night. After leaving the racecourse, they separated.

 

The meal went well, but someone recognized Zhou Beiwang and came over to say hello during their dinner. It could be seen that Zhou Beiwang’s popularity was not that bad.

 

After dinner, Zhou Beiwang took him home.

 

The car drove to the gate of Siming Community, and Jiang Liu Cheng got out of the car and said goodbye to him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng went upstairs, opened the door, and came face to face with a curious Guo Qifan. They almost hit each other in the face.

 

“Who is the person who brought you back downstairs just now? It doesn’t seem to be the actor Qin’s car.” Guo Qifan was more than curious. He had just smoked on the balcony and accidentally saw his friend get out of a sports car.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng pushed his face away. He placed his key on the cabinet by the door and said while slipping his slippers: “It smells of smoke here. It’s not him, it’s my second blind date.”

 

Guo Qifan took a few steps back before speaking in awe with a loud voice, “He’s really a rich second generation. That sports car can’t be bought for more than five million yuan. I found that since you have a blind date with a man, each person is richer than the other. It turns out that the benefits of a blind date with a man are so great. No wonder girls want to marry rich people, and men want to marry rich women. As for you, you have invented a new way. I envy you, for it is much easier than marrying rich women.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “…You can too.”

 

Guo Qifan: “That’s already out of the question. Do you want my mother to beat me to death? She has been expecting me to quickly marry, have a wife, and give them a grandson to play with. If they would learn that I have found a man as my partner, they will definitely give me a mixed doubles package.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng smiled, “Are auntie and uncle doing well recently?”

 

Guo Qifan: “Yesterday, my mother sent me a voice message. Her voice from there was full of anger as she scolded me. I have never seen an old gentleman and an old lady who are more energetic than them.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded and said: “It’s good that they are healthy.”

 

Guo Qifan didn’t want to continue this topic. He was the only one of his friends who knew more about his family situation because the two of them were in neighboring villages. When Grandpa Jiang dies of illness, and when he is about to be buried, they help with it.

 

Because of Grandpa Jiang’s condition, Jiang Liu Cheng also pays more attention to his health. From time to time, he will ask about Guo Qifan’s parents’ health like he does now. He cares more about his parents than he does. People who don’t know might even think that Jiang Liu Cheng is the biological son of his parents.

 

Guo Qifan followed him to the door of his room. He stood beside him and asked, “How is your blind date today? Is this rich second generation okay?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng took a set of clothes from his cabinet, “He is quite confident. There may be some small problems.”

 

Guo Qifan: “What small problems?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “The friends I make are all personal… as for him…”

 

Guo Qifan leaned on the door frame: “If you are a rich second-generation, or a handsome guy, there’s still a chance that you are a playboy. With the chances given to you,do you still want to talk to such a person?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng turned to face him: “We are still at the stage wherein we are getting to know each other. You can’t deny people just because of some unfounded guesses.”

 

Guo Qifan shrugged: “That’s true. Anyway, with your progress, you must first determine whether the other party is suitable for dating. Before making a decision, you have a lot of processes. Grandpa Jiang really had the foresight and gave you such a name.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng smiled and said: “What’s wrong with this name? I think it’s pretty good. If I fell in love and don’t take the effort to undergo the process of talking and alike, I’ll be the same as my irresponsible parents.”

 

Guo Qifan used to try to avoid mentioning his parents, but when he heard him take the initiative to mention it, he simply ignored it, “So people like you are not perfect for the love at first sight kind of thing.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng hummed, “You’re right.” 

 

The following day, Qin Lu came to pick him up early to drive him up to shoot an advertisement at Fatty Foods.

 

Zhou Beiwang heard that he was going to shoot an advertisement today, and originally offered to send him there, but Jiang Liu Cheng refused.

 

Li Qiu drove to pick him up. And after Jiang Liu Cheng got in the car, he drove directly to the Fatty Foods Company.

 

In order to save costs, the Fatty Foods Company directly invited photographers to their company to shoot advertisements and prepare for a week.

 

When their car reached the company, a female employee was waiting for them at the door. The company seemed to attach great importance to this advertising shoot.

 

“Is it Mr. Jiang and Mr. Li?” The female employee secretly glanced at Jiang Liu Cheng. Her ears were a little red, she seemed a little embarrassed, but she still secretly glanced again.

 

Li Qiu said yes.

 

“Hello, I’m an employee of Fatty Foods. My name is Ye Fang. Please come with me.”

 

Ye Fang took them upstairs. In order to liven up the atmosphere, she also introduced them to the situation of Fatty Foods.

 

Although Fatty Foods is reluctant to spend too much money on promotion, the benefits of employees are good, so there are many old employees who have been working for more than ten or twenty years.

 

When mentioning this information about the company, Ye Fang’s tone seems to be proud, even though their company is not in a good state now.

 

Ye Fang is not an ordinary employee. She is actually the planner of the advertisement and the writer for the advertisement’s content.

 

When she held conversations with other people, she became serious and arranged her work in an orderly manner.

 

When Jiang Liu Cheng finished his makeup, everything was ready for the shooting.

 

“Our advertising content is relatively simple. That is, if you eat something bad and become allergic, you will feel better after eating our new product. It’s roughly like this. It’s very simple. You can take a look.” Ye Fang said. At that time, she didn’t notice Jiang Liu Cheng’s surprised expression and only noticed it when she finished speaking.

 

“What’s the matter? Is there any problem? If there is a problem, you can communicate it with me.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng shook his head and said that there was no problem. If he hadn’t known that this was a bit exaggerated, he would have thought that Fatty Foods had investigated him. The content of this advertisement is simply tailor-made for him.

 

Thinking so, he didn’t intend to say it because it is useless to say it. Besides, this kind of thing is not suitable for gimmicks; otherwise it may be counterproductive.

 

Because of his own personal experience, the progress of the commercial shooting was exceptionally smooth.

 

Both Ye Fang and the photographer thought that it would take at least half a day to finish the advertisement.

 

Who knew that the whole process was over after only two shots. The first time was because the lighting in some places was not properly placed.

 

If they didn’t know that Jiang Liu Cheng was performing, they would have thought that the other party was really allergic and acted as if it were real.

 

“This is the first time I’ve shot a fast and smooth commercial; it’s so silky smooth.” The advertising photographer said sincerely.

 

Ye Fang on the side also nodded affirmatively, “No wonder the director of The Bottom chose you  for a character to make his new movie. Your acting skills are really good.”

 

Not to mention, Li Qiu was also very surprised. He knew that Jiang Liu Cheng’s acting skills were not bad. He had watched his previous TV series and knew that he was improving every time, but he didn’t expect him to be able to make a commercial so realistic.

 

It’s as if it was his own personal experience.

 

Saving time is equivalent to saving money. The senior management of the company learned that they were shooting soon, and they had a good impression of Jiang Liu Cheng because his talent fee was cheap. But now, the impression is even better.

 

“I’m going to the toilet.” Jiang Liu Cheng to Li Qiu as he wanted to remove the makeup from his face.

 

“Then go. I’ll wait for you here.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded and went to the toilet under the guidance of the staff. Because there is no assistant around, he carries a bottle of makeup remover with him.

 

The makeup artist didn’t put heavy powder on him since his skin is good. Besides, food advertisements don’t need heavy makeup, so he simply put a layer of powder on him.

 

“I thought the company was about to go bankrupt. The news I heard before was indeed a rumor. I initially thought the advertising project was impossible. It turns out, although our company has hardly made any profit in recent years, it has not lost much.”

 

“The company is going bankrupt? Who told you that?”

 

“A friend of mine said that his relative is in the management of our company. He accidentally leaked information, saying that our company was going bankrupt since his relative is worried and is now looking for another job. Once I heard it from my friend, I could not speak. I thought it was true at the time, but he told me a few days later that someone was going to buy our company. Unfortunately, our boss disagreed, so the other party bought some shares instead.” 

 

“Really?”

 

“Of course it’s true, It is said that the investor came over this morning, and our boss is receiving him personally.”

 

The voices of two employees came from the door, and then they walked away. With that, the voices gradually became inaudible.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng washed his hands, walked out of the toilet, and came back to find Li Qiu.

 

“Fatty Foods Company invited us to eat in their cafeteria. It was almost time for dinner, so I agreed.” Li Qiu told him.

 

 Jiang Liu Cheng doesn’t mind.

 

The two went to the cafeteria. At this time, there were not many employees in the cafeteria, and most of them had not yet finished getting off work. Therefore, there were many dishes in the cafeteria. As soon as they came in, they smelled the aroma of the food, and their stomachs groaned in time.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng looked at Li Qiu.

 

Li Qiu smiled awkwardly, “I only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning.”

 

As the two of them were eating, more and more people came in at the entrance of the cafeteria, but the two sat in the corner and not many people noticed them.

 

Until there was a commotion at the door, a group of people walked in for a short while. They’re all in suits and leather shoes. There is an elderly middle-aged man walking in, surrounded by those men. They seemed to be respectful and polite to the man.

 

The man wears a suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looks serious and very elite.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng glanced at him for a moment before retracting his gaze, guessing that this man was the one who invested in Fatty Foods.

 

Just then, a girl came over and stopped in front of their dining table.

 

The girl and her colleagues have long noticed the existence of Jiang Liu Cheng, but they did not remember that the company has such a person. If there is such a good-looking person in the company, they must have known,

 

“You two are not from our company, right? “The girl asked the two of them, but her eyes were looking at Jiang Liu Cheng alone.

 

Li Qiu was not surprised by this scene anymore. Every time he came out to talk about business with Jiang Liu Cheng, this kind of thing often happened.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng shook his head: “No.”

 

It was the expected answer. 

 

So the girl said bluntly: “Can I add you on WeChat?”

 

Li Qiu knew that it was his turn to talk and said with a smile: “Sorry, in our company, we do not easily allow others to add our artists to WeChat.” 

 

When the girl heard the word “artist”, she realized that Jiang Liu Cheng was a star, and suddenly remembered that the company was going to shoot an advertisement today. A little disappointed. Some stars really won’t easily add passer-by’s WeChat.

 

Li Qiu used this trick to help Jiang Liu Cheng block many people who were looking for him to ask for WeChat. Most of the girls were very reasonable, and they stopped bothering when they heard the rejection.

 

After she left, Li Qiu remembered one thing: “Speaking of the company, after you and Qin Lu were on the hot search before, several brokerage companies contacted me. They all wanted to sign you, but they were all small companies. You are not as famous now as some 18th-tier stars, so big companies will not be interested, but there are quite a few small companies.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng swallowed his meal: “I won’t sign a contract.”

 

Li Qiu knew that after what he experienced through Zhou Sheng Entertainment, he guessed that Jiang Liu Cheng would not want to sign contracts with those small companies now.

 

“Now you don’t have to worry so much. When you gain some popularity, you can think about it again. It’s not good if you don’t sign a contract.”

 

Many resources in the entertainment industry are in the hands of most companies. Artists want to get these resources. Unfortunately, signing up with a brokerage company is almost impossible if you’re only a small fry artist.

 

Meanwhile, Jiang Liu Cheng’s situation is relatively good. After he terminated his contract with Zhou Sheng Entertainment, Li Qiu left with him.

 

Without Li Qiu, he would have to do everything by himself, and it would be difficult for him to develop his career on his own.

 

There are very few cases like his, so most artists still choose to sign with a brokerage company. Even if they know that they will be subject to the company, they still have to sign.

 

Unless they become popular in the future, and  have capital to negotiate with the company, it is impossible to leave the company.

 

Now, although many big stars have established their own studios, they have not completely left their respective companies and will still have some cooperation with the company. It is because the company will not easily let go of its own cash cow. It goes without saying, the companies will cultivate one person, and spend a lot of money, manpower, material and financial resources, but all to make money out of that person.

 

Without tearing up with the company and affecting their future development, artists who are big hitters will choose to enter into another win-win partnership with the company.

 

This is the case with top-tier stars, not to mention the lesser stars who have little fame.

 

“Yeah.” Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t refuse directly. It’s hard to say what will happen in the future. If Maybe the certain company would agreed with him to change some parts of the contract.

 

After dinner, they left the Fatty Foods Company.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng did not return to Siming Community right away as Li Qiu took him to interview with a few more drama groups.

 

The audition for that last crew was tomorrow, but he had a few spares. So although he might not get an audition, he certainly still went just for exposure.

 

Just when they were about to leave the Fatty Foods Company, an elite man came out.

 

When the elite man was about to get inside his car, he started to call what seemed to be his boss.

 

“President, Fatty Foods is really reluctant to sell their company, so I  proposed to invest as you said, and the boss readily agreed.”

 

“In fact, in my opinion, they can only delay for a while. Fatty Foods is still alive since they’re not taking losses on the surface but once their rival companies take their market away, it will only be a period of time before they file for bankruptcy. By then, they won’t be able to disagree with us buying the whole company, leaving them with no choice.” The elite man added.

 

“I don’t like to wait.” The man’s indifferent voice came from the phone.

 

The elite man heard the words and did not continue to say that it is not a big deal to acquire or not to acquire the food company. At most, it is only a matter of one or two hundred million.

 

Although the profit of the food company is relatively high, it is only a drop in the bucket for their group. He just doesn’t understand why the president is suddenly interested in a food company.

 

On the other hand, when Jiang Liu Cheng and Li Qiu were interviewing between several drama crews, a video suddenly spread on the Internet, and it became a hot search in less than an hour.