Ti flies, and amidst its swift passage, so are beloved by fate, just like He Jinxia, to whom ti has not left any mark; instead, it has only matured her and made her more enchanting.
When she arrived at the eting room, Luo You was already there, and so were the other mbers of the team.
It was only then that He Jinxia realized that today was the day of the team’s big eting.
The monthly team etings, naturally centered around He Jinxia, owing to the team she had established.
If He Jinxia was free, she would join the etings, but most of the ti she was too busy, either imrsed in a film set or running around elsewhere.
She joined in the eting, occasionally discussing with them, and when everything was settled, two hours had already passed.
Soon, the team eting dispersed, and everyone said goodbye to her before they left the company to work hard for her elsewhere.
In the eting room, Luo You rubbed his temples, looking sowhat exhausted.
He Jinxia proactively poured him a cup of hot water and teased, "Although working hard is good, I don’t want you to overwork yourself and age prematurely!"
Luo You took a gulp of water and said, "It’s all because you’ve been on such a roll lately that I’ve been desperately thinking about how you can smoothly rise to the top ranks. I’ve co up with several plans over the past few days.
In thinking about them, I also thought about how glorious it would be for if you beca a top-tier star, and that excitent kept up at night."
He Jinxia asked curiously, "Plans?"
Luo You said helplessly, "Just so wild thoughts of mine. Originally, I had written three plans, but then last night, I had a sudden epiphany and realized that none of them were going to be of any use to you."
He Jinxia was stunned, "How could they be useless? You didn’t tear them up, did you? I haven’t even seen one plan!"
Luo You looked at her, "You wouldn’t want to see them, because all of these plans are about becoming a first-tier star through other ans, and your goal has always been to rely on acting and to gain the audience’s approval without taking any shortcuts."
He Jinxia fell silent.
She began to understand what Luo You ant.
Although he said she wouldn’t take shortcuts, he was actually reminding her that she might not land a good role this year to make the advancent she hoped for.
The decision on the next movie she would take on had been delayed, and Luo You was probably anxious.
After all, with the montum she had this year, combined with the right promotion, she could possibly rise to first-tier stardom.
But such a rise would be considered taking a shortcut, and there’s a high risk of falling from grace, like Deng Zhaoyan, whose fa didn’t last more than three years before she had to look for ways to reinvent herself.
Luo You today made a point of discussing this with her, to remind her that if she cannot take on good films this year, based on next year’s contract requirents, he might adopt other thods to help her reach the top rank.
After pondering, He Jinxia spoke gravely, "Brother Luo, don’t worry. It’s only mid-July; there’s still plenty of ti.
Let’s do this: if by October I haven’t landed a role in a major production film, then I’ll follow your arrangents and try to rise to the first tier through other avenues."
Luo You breathed a sigh of relief, "I’m glad you understand. The company’s thoughts are similar to mine; everyone sees that your popularity has reached a peak, but you’re still just shy of the threshold, which is quite frustrating."
Luo You then comforted her, saying, "With your current popularity, by next month, let alone October, you’ll likely have new film offers."
If possible, Luo You would also like to follow He Jinxia’s wishes and help her advance to first-tier stardom through a blockbuster film.
But the film market is full of unpredictable twists and turns, and no one knows which film will beco the next big hit.
This year, Huaxia had already released two big-budget dostic productions, both of which flopped, barely reaching the status of quality films, and their ability to make money wasn’t even comparable to dium or small budget films.
Brother Luo pulled out a thick stack of docunts from the desk and smiled, "Although you have no film projects right now, you don’t have to worry about losing popularity in the second half of the year. Participating in a reality show is one of the strategic moves I’ve planned for you.
And coincidentally, the movie ’Crash Through the World’, which you participated in last year, has been shortlisted for Venice, and combined with your previous achievents, many in the industry have begun to realize that films featuring you have a higher chance of winning awards.
So they have approached , wanting you to make a guest appearance in their movies as a special guest - all of these are scripts for such cao roles."
He Jinxia is now in such demand that she surpasses even so first-tier stars!
He Jinxia was sowhat stunned, "But isn’t all that just buzz you’ve created? Do they really believe it?"
Luo You shook his head, "I don’t have the power to turn falsehood into truth. The Weibo trending topic #LuckyFishHeJinxia# is indeed hype generated by , but insiders don’t just follow rumors like netizens do.
They can conduct their own investigations. The film and television achievents you’ve made in the past two years that fans have posted online are all real."
"Jinxia, haven’t you realized that you’re quite lucky?" Luo You asked in return.
He Jinxia shook her head, valuing skills over luck, which she found too epheral and elusive to count on.
"No, rather than saying I’m lucky, I’d say I have good judgnt. I choose scripts well, and just happen to pick the right one at the right ti, not giving up on movies I believe are valuable."
"Like ’Eighteen Years Old Sky’, if I hadn’t found it interesting and wanted to perform in it, you wouldn’t have scheduled such a small-budget film production for . What was an accidental planting turned out to be a great oak when I looked back."
"As for ’World’ and another ’Crash Through the World’, those movies were of high quality on their own, not because of , and their excellence would shine through even without my presence."
Luo You nodded, yet still said, "What you’re saying makes sense, but I still think you’re quite lucky. Many tis, luck is a type of strength, and the better your luck, the stronger you are. I hope you can maintain it."
He pushed the docunts he was holding toward He Jinxia and said slyly, "Miraculous lucky fish girl, use your discerning eye to pick out one or two movies that could be nominated for film festival awards. Make a cao to prove your judgnt."
He Jinxia looked at the files which seed to be 5cm thick, her expression stiffened, "Brother Luo, aren’t you making this too difficult for ?"
So many films wanted her to make a cao; it wasn’t a matter of choosing at this point, even reading through them all would take at least a week.
Luo You personally put the docunts into an envelope, handed it solemnly to He Jinxia, and only after she reluctantly, yet inevitably, accepted them did he start to talk about additional matters.
"The executive producer of ’Burn, Boys’ called personally last night, saying they wanted to talk to in person. I agreed, but—"
He Jinxia’s heart leaped slightly.
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