Caught in Affairs with Superstar

Chapter 900: Chapter 563: New Business Landscape (Part 5)

Zhou Lan: ”President He, if Xiao Yun takes on fewer roles, the company’s revenue will drop by tens of millions—are you okay with that?”

He Yong said: ”If you guys are willing to do more commercial or variety shows while filming, you would have made a fortune by now.”

”But that’s not what we want,” Zhou Lan said. ”Zhou Yun has come this far because we refuse to engage in those things, whereas the reputation of Li Ci, whom you made famous, is gradually falling apart; endorsements are ending one after another. President He, we aim for sustained growth.”

He Yong shrugged his shoulders.

”Whatever you say now is right.”

”You can’t say that.”

During this lunch, Zhou Yun sincerely felt a certain sense of loss within He Yong.

What could it be?

In the past, He Yong was cold and selfish, yet you never saw him admit defeat.

He planned strategically, spoke with conviction, and regardless of the truth of his words, you could always sense his strong confidence and undeniable presence behind them.

But now he was disheartenedly saying: ”Whatever you say now is right.”

Zhou Yun almost thought she had misheard.

The man who initially wouldn’t even glance at her was now compromising before her in this way.

It wasn’t a compromise out of face-saving or empty gestures; it was genuinely a loss of spirit kind of compromise.

Zhou Yun found it unbelievable.

However, Zhou Lan found nothing strange about it.

”In the past, he could judge who would become famous and who wouldn’t. Holding the resources of Chengqian Entertainment, even when Wei Ru Xue and Ning Yao were at the company, he was the one with the final word, saying one thing and it was settled because later facts would prove his words were correct, his judgments were right.” Zhou Lan said, ”But you are like a bug; you’ve completely surpassed his judgments. He initially thought you wouldn’t be famous for long, just a momentary popularity, but you’ve become more and more famous. Later, he thought you were just on a traffic star route, needing ten years to reach Ning Yao or Wei Ru Xue’s status, but your acting is exceptional, and your vision is so good that he can’t doubt it. You’ve overtaken many people, which we couldn’t even imagine, not only claiming domestic Movie Queen trophies but also taking works internationally and gaining widespread recognition, and this has completely shattered his confidence in his own judgment.”

Zhou Yun thought for a moment; perhaps it all started with the movie ”Behind the Scenes.”

At that time, He Yong was a staunch opponent, very strongly against Zhou Yun taking the role in this movie, thinking she was self-destructing.

But the result later surprised everyone.

Zhou Yun: ”Why belittle himself on this matter? He is still capable, decisively abandoning Li Ci, strongly promoting Zhang Mo—just on this point, he is far more daring than many other talent agency executives.”

”But you are Chengqian Entertainment’s biggest star, you are the one Chengqian Entertainment cannot afford to lose, and should be his biggest showcase, but he had no involvement in your success. Everything you’ve achieved today has nothing to do with him, so naturally, he lacks confidence before you.” Zhou Lan said, ”No matter how famous Wei Ru Xue is or how many awards Ning Yao wins, he remains confident, why? Because the movie that made Wei Ru Xue famous was personally selected and negotiated by him, and the film Ning Yao was awarded for was brought by him to the director personally. Their successes have his involvement, but your success has nothing to do with him.”

Zhou Yun: ”The way you put it, it makes him seem quite forlorn.”

”He is indeed quite forlorn,” Zhou Lan said.

”...”

”Sister Lan, you’ve really swollen with pride.”

Zhou Lan laughed heartily.

But anyway, today’s negotiation went smoothly.

They privately reached a consensus; later, they just need to discuss the details openly.

That’s all up to Sister Lan to handle.

Zhou Yun is about to join the crew to film ”Deep Sea.”

”Deep Sea” is Yuehai’s self-produced drama, with two female leads.

Aside from the two female leads, there is a major male character closely linked with the roles of the two female leads.

For this role, Yuehai chose to keep it within the family, giving it to their newly promoted male actor, Xin Zhike.