Riding on the current wave of popularity, after officially becoming a partner with Wanshu Zu and publicly announcing their first joint project, (SUNSET), starring his artist Li Yamin, Netflix'
s stock price surged by 13.2% at the close on Friday.
The effect was already on par with the rise after Netflix'
s last financial report was announced.
“When the market reopens on Monday, the stock price will slowly fall back to a normal range.”
Wanshu Zu was not surprised.
Just like how the dostic entertainnt industry heavily promotes traffic stars, it was just a short-term benefit that looked good, essentially a "short-term deviation."
Stars with inaccurate positioning and no hard power could at most cut the leeks two or three tis.
Any more would be excessive, and the consequence of provoking the market would only be to be abandoned by the market.
But this did not prevent Wanshu Zu from becoming the most sought-after new money of the weekend.
He, along with Netflix'
s creative director, was interviewed by reporters from different fields such as finance and entertainnt, and his schedule was packed.
Foreign dia has always been good at fanning the flas.
When asked about his attitude towards cooperation with foreign streaming dia platforms, Wanshu Zu was finally willing to show a humble side.
He first thanked Netflix for the proactive invitation and stated:
For the international market, Lishou Entertainnt is still in its nascent stage.
The current focus of work is the (SUNSET) project, as well as the contact between Netflix and many copyright businesses in the mainland.
“What'
s surprising is that besides Wanshu Zu'
s partner, the powerful actor Li Yamin who has an extraordinary impression in the mainland, the other female lead of (SUNSET), Norah Li, is also an artist under Lishou Entertainnt.”
“She has been active in the fashion circle before, and this is her first venture onto the big screen.”
“Under normal circumstances, the manager or boss has always been a behind-the-scenes role. This is the first ti an actor has ridden on the coattails of their manager. It'
s enough to be included in the top ten marketing cases of the year. I believe the public relations industry will have a deeper appreciation for this.”
...
Looking at the news online, Wanshu Zu heard the boarding announcent.
Marcus Li enthusiastically helped him carry his small luggage.
After boarding the plane, he even snatched the flight attendant'
s job, constantly asking him if he was cold, thirsty, hungry, or if the light was too glaring.
“I was wondering why you kept ntioning Norah, so you were waiting for here?”
Wanshu Zu glanced at him coldly, “I didn'
t even know she was an artist under . When did she beco an artist?”
Marcus Li smiled, looking very happy, and adapted well to his friend'
s cold words.
“Norah is signed with CAA, but she doesn'
t have an agent in the country. I don'
t believe you would give up on the dostic release of (SUNSET). She'
ll still be running around in the country—how could I be at ease handing her over to soone else, of course it can only be you.”
He was very fawning, handing Wanshu Zu a blanket he had asked the flight attendant for, “Don'
t worry, she'
s as obedient as I am, won'
t cause trouble, and she'
ll have an assistant from CAA with her after she joins the cast. You'
ll get a cut of the mainland agent fee for free.”
This was said both sincerely and insincerely.
CAA is one of the world'
s top talent agencies, mainly providing agency services for artists in the fields of entertainnt, sports, and business.
It not only manages the career developnt of artists, but is also involved in projects in various fields such as film, television, music, sports, and publishing.
Signed under CAA, of course Lishou Entertainnt wouldn'
t have to do anything.
Even if the movie is introduced to the country and the main cast'
s team has to start publicity and distribution, CAA can arrange it well.
To put it bluntly, Marcus saw Wanshu Zu'
s current popularity and directly let his sister ride on it.
A good brother'
s popularity, it would be a waste not to ride on it.
Lishou Entertainnt represents many foreign artists, and Wanshu Zu wouldn'
t inquire about them one by one.
There is a professional managent team for that.
Strictly speaking, Norah was not under Wanshu Zu'
s managent.
“When did she sign with Lishou?”
Wanshu Zu asked.
Marcus Li: “After you told about your intention to cooperate with Netflix... almost half a year ago, right.”
Wanshu Zu: “When did you contact the dia?”
Marcus Li: “Last night, after I discovered our bond is stronger than gold.”
Wanshu Zu smiled without smiling: “Alright, turn your ugly face back, I'
m afraid I'
ll personally destroy your bond that'
s stronger than gold.”
Marcus Li did as he was told, but his mouth was still chattering: “I took advantage of you, but Norah didn'
t.”
“She can be ranked A in CAA'
s client group. Using her for resource exchange is a sure win, at least it can get your beloved Qiao Tian a feature in (Vogue)—on the premise that Qiao Tian has a work to act as a stepping stone.”
Norah, like her brother, was precociously mature.
While the young people in Arican high schools were still partying, choosing campus princesses, and competing in football gas, she had already taken her dazzling SAT scores and gone to Italy to study fashion design.
Willing to spend money and with a teacher'
s recomndation, Norah returned to the United States after getting her credentials, and with CAA'
s packaging and operation, she was considered sowhat famous.
The saying that a different profession is like a different mountain does not apply in the entertainnt industry.
Marcus was bent on being a lawyer, but that didn'
t stop him from participating in a mainland variety show back then and getting acquainted with senior barristers from major law firms in Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai.
If Norah really was an A-list client at CAA, and ca from the high-threshold small circle of the fashion world, she could indeed be exchanged for quite cost-effective resources.
Overall, it was a gain for Wanshu Zu.
So Wanshu Zu only said it verbally and didn'
t really destroy his childhood friend'
s bond that was stronger than gold.
...
“Host, did Marcus Li forget sothing...”
In the sea of consciousness, the system said, “This way, his precious little sister will be under your na... competing with the second son of the Li family in the sa cast.”
Chu Zu corrected the little yellow chicken'
s wording: “It'
s filming in the sa cast.”
“I don'
t think there'
s a difference.”
There was no setting collection for Norah.
The little yellow chicken pulled out the few words about her from before.
“Little Norah tried to marry you early when she was still a baby, and did not change her pursuit before the age of twelve.”
“Now that she'
s an adult, she should have given up on her childhood dream and is doing very well on the road of striving for her career. It'
s absolutely no problem to call her a genius—and then she boarded your ship.”
“Why do you make sound like a genius hunter.”
Chu Zu chuckled, “I estimate this matter was led by Marcus Li, it doesn'
t have much to do with her, and it'
s just in na only. I didn'
t sign her in the main text either.”
The little yellow chicken said dryly: “I'
m talking about the second son of the Li family'
s thought process, host.”
Chu Zu: “Will his thought process appear in the main text?”
System: “No.”
Chu Zu: “Will competing in the sa cast appear in the main text?”
System: “Probably not?”
Chu Zu said indifferently: “Then nothing happened, just do what needs to be done.”
The system thought for a while and delivered a heavy blow: “But Xiao Qiao loves to browse gossip, especially your gossip.”
“Shen Weidi is also worried about being kicked out and has been staring at you.”
“Strear brother doesn'
t pay much extra attention to you, but his dream of being a self-dia person is not dead, and his intensity of surfing the internet is extrely high. Your exposure has already surpassed the top dostic stars, it'
s impossible not to see it.”
The little yellow chicken brought out the main text and flipped through the pages.
Just the brief description took up many pages.
Unlike Qiao Tian who was stuck with a dog, the cat master that the strear brother was responsible for either bared its teeth at him or ignored him—he was much more free than Qiao Tian.
Strear brother'
s internet sensitivity is very high, and he is determined to be the pig standing in the wind.
Through Xiao Qiao'
s introduction, he learned about the (Manager Dog Training bot) and beca the account'
s backend administrator.
The (Manager Dog Training bot) is a Weibo account spontaneously created by netizens.
Bot was originally controlled by a program, able to automatically publish content, interact with users, or complete specific functions.
As netizens'
fun-seeking becos wider, bot accounts operated by real people have also beco a major feature of self-dia.
The characteristic of a Bot is that it is very interesting, can interact with users, and form a highly cohesive community.
There are many similar bots on Weibo, all managed by MCN companies, which can quickly gain fans and then take on advertising to monetize.
Strear brother didn'
t want to make money from it.
He knew he couldn'
t make money.
If he really took on advertising, because it involved Wanshu Zu, he would also be prone to legal risks.
But it could be written into his resu for his next job.
The (Manager Dog Training bot) already has about three million followers, all of whom are active, which is much more valuable than the many small traffic stars whose companies buy followers to keep up appearances.
System: “The current situation is, the three protagonists are all staring at you, host.”
“If Norah and the second son of the Li family really compete, once the report cos out with your na on it, the three of them can easily drag you into the main text as well.”
Chu Zu looked at things from a different angle than the little yellow chicken.
“Let'
s not worry about Norah and the second son of the Li family for now, I'
m more concerned about this strear.”
He said, “Xiao Qiao and Shen Weidi can be considered '
sequelae'
of the casting couch incident, any developnt is reasonable, a transition to the next big plot.”
“But in the main text, the strear and I have never had much of a relationship from beginning to end—it looks a lot like they'
re forcibly adding scenes for .”
It was also the first ti the little yellow chicken discovered that the world of a Long Aotian was so dangerous.
A Side character can be a Long Aotian, but if they beco a Long Aotian with too many scenes in the main text... the readers would feel cheated, right.
Chu Zu made up his mind: “We must speed up the plot transition and let the strear beco Xiao Qiao'
s manager as soon as possible.”
“Help adjust my schedule, find so ti to go back to the country for a trip, I need to find the strear to solve this matter.”
Little yellow chicken: “Okay!”
Shen Weidi has been on edge recently.
Qiao Tian terminated her contract with the company and faded out of sight.
Li Yamin flew abroad to join the cast of (SUNSET), and the internet basically stopped talking about the casting couch incident.
The news was overwhelmingly about Wanshu Zu.
Who he t, what cooperation he reached, the expansion of Lishou Entertainnt'
s territory, and—
One Qiao Tian left, and another Norah Li ca.
Shen Weidi was very concerned about this matter.
He knew all too well the reason for his fa over the years.
Wanshu Zu had practically let him step on Li Yamin to get to the top.
From the beginning when he participated in the S-class audition, the fact that he was Li Yamin'
s nephew was no secret.
Wanshu Zu had also built him into the image of the sole heir of the Li family, a young man who lacked neither money nor a future, who only temporarily left the family to learn from scratch as a newcor because he liked the stage.
Wanshu Zu didn'
t need him to change his temper.
There were too many humble people, and they didn'
t leave an impression.
"A sharp-tongued, handso rich second generation," this kind of persona was still quite novel in the entertainnt circle at that ti.
As long as he could stand out, the manager didn'
t care about the trouble he had to deal with.
What'
s more, with Li Yamin as a "pearl of a precedent," Shen Weidi'
s small disputes were not considered trouble.
After his successful debut, Shen Weidi had also leeched off his uncle'
s resources quite a bit.
Fashion magazines, comrcial endorsents, and the scripts that were later stuffed to him, were more or less related to Li Yamin.
The general process can be summarized as:
Li Yamin causes trouble—Wanshu Zu ignores him—potential resources fall on Shen Weidi'
s head.
Shen Weidi had apparently beco the victim—and beneficiary—in the non-violent confrontation between this pair of partners.
Li Yamin himself thought so too, and had even taunted Shen Weidi with this many tis.
In fact, Li Yamin'
s resources were essentially Wanshu Zu'
s resources, and he could give them to whover he wanted.
He could have handled this matter more appropriately, but there was no need to do so with the uncle and nephew.
Neither of them had a personality for false pleasantries.
Wanshu Zu was not a harmonizer;
he was the one who controlled this relationship.
It was good that they argued.
Only when they argued would Li Yamin forget that Wanshu Zu still had a comfortable Qiao Tian under him.
Shen Weidi was very clear that the resources given to Qiao Tian seed inconspicuous, but they were all carefully selected.
The crew relationships were harmonious.
If you pulled up the cast and crew list and climbed up, following the family and master-apprentice relationships, you could find that every single one was a formidable character.
As long as there was an opportunity and a suitable script, Wanshu Zu could push Qiao Tian up at any ti.
Now that Qiao Tian had terminated her contract, Wanshu Zu'
s arrangents over the past few years had all gone to waste.
But the report said that Wanshu Zu had taken a fancy to Norah Li'
s talent at a glance and had high hopes for this cooperation.
Shen Weidi didn'
t know what Li Yamin'
s attitude was abroad, but he knew that his own situation was very unfavorable.
He couldn'
t always rely on picking up the leftovers.
When Wanshu Zu really stopped caring about Li Yamin, he would also lose his value in the manager'
s heart.
It'
s funny to say, Shen Weidi was considered to be doing well in the entertainnt industry, but if he wanted to continue, he still had to watch his manager'
s mood.
One can only say that Wanshu Zu'
s arrangents were too cunning.
From the very beginning, he had highly bound Shen Weidi and Lishou Entertainnt, and his persona was still the "Crown Prince."
It was impossible for Shen Weidi to break his contract and go to another company, no one would dare to take him.
Because his long-term high-quality resources all ca from his manager, Shen Weidi also did not have the conditions to establish his own studio and go solo.
Wanshu Zu really had the people under him in a tight grip, with no room to move at all.
Li Yamin was like this, and so was Shen Weidi.
And the uncle and nephew couldn'
t even think of tearing their faces apart.
This option was not even in Li Yamin'
s choices, while for Shen Weidi it was because of that sentence back then—
(You will be seen by everyone, and valued by everyone.)
Wanshu Zu had basically fulfilled his promise, with the only two exceptions being: Li Yamin, and Wanshu Zu himself.
Shen Weidi thought for a long ti and finally went to Gu An.
“I want to transform.”
As the executive manager, Gu An did not go abroad with Li Yamin, but only let the other managers of the team and three personal assistants go to serve the ancestor.
Hearing Shen Weidi'
s request, and confirming that he was not having another fit, Gu An put down his work and sighed.
Finding an empty conference room, Gu An, in his capacity as a senior manager, had a serious talk with Shen Weidi about things that should have been discussed in detail when he first entered the industry.
...
People commonly refer to the group engaged in entertainnt-related professions as the "entertainnt circle," and "entertainnt" is of course the main focus.
Strength is one of the standards for asuring artists, and so are popularity and attention.
An actor with a solid foundation can return to the public eye with their next work even without exposure, because she/he has already been recognized by the public.
Her/His na is no longer a aningless symbol, a label.
In the public'
s mind, they are a living human being, and then co the various traits they display.
Popularity and attention are another track.
To put it bluntly, this is a group that only fights for the mont.
They attract audiences with a flat and likable image, and it is difficult to transform after the image is fixed.
If people were initially attracted to "sweetness," she cannot be sexy.
If the public needs a "neighborly younger brother," he cannot be rebellious.
And the result of being labeled is that the replaceability is too strong.
In a film and television work, different actors will determine the different upper and lower limits of the entire drama.
Including movies and TV series adapted from the sa script, even if the positioning of the two actors is similar and their to be skilled in types are similar, the works they complete will definitely carry a strong personal characteristic.
For traffic stars, it'
s the sa no matter who is replaced.
After losing exposure, in just half a year, or a few months, the traffic will be replaced by other traffic with the sa label.
So actors can fail.
Actors often fail.
Choosing the wrong script, the crew itself has problems, misplaced publicity... many factors can lead to the complete failure of a whole drama.
An actor can fail many tis, until the public loses confidence in them.
A traffic star cannot fail, not even once.
“I can understand that you want to transform. We have been trying to gradually transition you to an actor over the years. This process will definitely not be too fast, and we also have to see the market feedback.”
Gu An said, “Now that Wanshu Zu is starting to work on new business, there are many more opportunities. If you have a clear career plan, you still have to wait for him to return to the country for a detailed discussion.”
Shen Weidi: “Do you really think I'
m stupid? Telling this nonsense?”
Gu An said unhurriedly: “This is my disclair, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to Wanshu Zu afterwards—I am also very happy that you are clear about your current situation, and I am just telling you that we have been trying to make a transition.”
Shen Weidi sneered: “I said I want to transform, and you don'
t even ask what I want to transform into. Trying, what kind of trying? The kind of trying that makes Li Yamin hold his breath in anger?”
Gu An thought for a while: “But the problem is, do you know what you want to do?”
Shen Weidi was only good at tense conversations and rarely lost out.
Only when communicating with Wanshu Zu would he be suppressed to the point where he couldn'
t get a word in, and his train of thought would also be led astray.
Gu An was personally trained by Wanshu Zu, and he also learned a few of the man'
s skills.
He was not overbearing, and his appearance and temperant could not reach Wanshu Zu'
s level, but he was very good at hitting sore spots.
—Do you know what you want to do?
Shen Weidi wanted to be seen by everyone.
How to be seen, this was decided by Wanshu Zu.
Shen Weidi had always been arranged for.
His family arranged for him to be a backup for Li Yamin'
s future children.
Wanshu Zu needed an artist who could attract money and at the sa ti be at loggerheads with Li Yamin.
Shen Weidi only knew that he couldn'
t continue like this, but when it ca to what he really wanted to do...
He didn'
t know.
The conference room fell silent.
Suddenly, the notification sound of Gu An'
s mobile phone broke the silence.
He took out his mobile phone, briefly scrolled through it, and after reading the ssage, his brows furrowed, he pursed his lips, and his body also sat up a little straighter.
A staff mber had sent a live stream link, and the live stream title was: (Cat Ancestor and the Working Filial Son).
Gu An clicked on the link.
The live stream was a bit laggy, and the sound entered the quiet conference room first.
A few sweet and soft kitten ows.
The screen refreshed at this mont and returned to normal.
The fixed cara position was low, and the screen only showed a clean floor with a cat scratching board and cat toys.
The cat scratching board looked very familiar, the cat toys looked very familiar, and even the floor tiles looked very familiar.
The bullet comnts flew past quickly—
(Ahhhhhh so it'
s the manager'
s little cat that'
s been live streaming all this ti!)
(Xi zai, what'
s wrong with you, are you treating us as outsiders? If the manager hadn'
t suddenly co ho, how long were you going to hide it?)
(I'
ve only ever seen the ancestor beat up Xi zai, this is the first ti I'
ve heard the ancestor'
s voice so soft, a real dad is different.)
(Can you move the cara a bit, I only saw the manager for a second, why did you move the cara so quickly!)
At this stage, there was only one person who would be directly referred to as the "manager."
Gu An rembered that Wanshu Zu had found soone to help take care of the cats and dogs he had adopted on a whim.
The person who ca would usually go directly to the door, scoop cat litter, and play with the cat for a while.
He usually received regular updates on the cats and dogs, but Gu An hadn'
t paid much attention—the person helping to take care of the kitten was actually live streaming all this ti?
Gu An was not sure about the situation.
A few seconds later, the cara shook violently a few tis, as if it had been picked up by soone.
A face that had not been seen for several weeks appeared in the screen.
It was the man who had frequently appeared in the public eye in a suit recently.
At this mont, he was only wearing a shirt, the buttons were casually unbuttoned, and the cuffs were rolled up to reveal his strong forearms.
He was holding a pure black kitten with one hand.
The kitten was pawing at his shoulder and kicking its hind legs at his collar.
After a few tries, it simply stepped on the man'
s collarbone and desperately rubbed against his face.
In the screen that was about to be drowned by bullet comnts, the man was facing the cara and said lightly: “You'
re live streaming?”
Off-screen, a voice trembled: “Ye-yes, I'
m sorry...”
(Fuck, fuck, fuck)
(Wait, no one told that seeing the handso guy from the photos move would make my heart stop?!)
(This arm looks very good for hanging on, this collarbone looks very good for biting.)
(Ancestor, you'
ve changed, Ancestor, you'
re not like this with Xi zai—!)
(I get it, this is called '
the pampered kitty waited for her real dad to co ho.'
)
(Tough guy raises a kitten, good civilization!)
(Expressionless, took five hundred screenshots, hehe.)
(Xi zai: I fought against two ancestors!)
...
Gu An simply turned off the bullet comnts and could finally confirm that this was indeed his boss who was supposed to be on a business trip.
The boss should be flying around with the legal counsel... he hadn'
t ntioned to anyone that he was suddenly coming ho.
And... this hocoming was too dramatic!
The popularity of the live stream room was maxed out, breaking the record for pet live streams, and the platform and big data took the opportunity to push it out.
Who would have thought that the man who made countless dia outlets eager to make a move would make his first appearance after returning to the country here!!
The cara was really too close.
Wanshu Zu didn'
t care about the angle at all when holding the cara, but even a death angle could clearly show the advantages of his facial features.
The kitten tilted its head back and owed again, continuing to rub wildly.
A few strands of the man'
s ticulously styled hair were also ssed up.
He squinted his eyes from being rubbed by the black cat'
s fluffy short fur, his scarlet pupils were mostly covered by his eyelashes.
He simply turned his head, letting the kitten lie on the side of his neck, and said to the person off-cara.
“It'
s not called Ancestor, it'
s called Little yellow chicken.”
CLICK HERE to Rate
Reviews
All reviews (0)