Ch29 - Able to walk through the back door so openly and honestly (1/2)
3.6 – Able to walk through the back door so openly and honestly
translator: xiin
editor: BlueBug & alamerysl
“You have to sign with White Light Entertainment because of the bet with your elder brother, so I’ve only looked for brokers from White Light.” The system did not want to bother with jibes from its host who had nothing better to do than to tease it and instead began widespread information retrieval. “There are nine senior brokers in White Light. Aside from three who have superstars and won’t have time to pay attention to you, two who are more inclined to manage female artists, and one who relies on shady business for resources, there are three left that you can choose from.”
Xue Ling lazily acknowledged its words.
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“Except for one of them who has taken someone abroad and is not in the city, there are only two senior brokers in White Light who have the power to sign people on a silver level contract or above without having to confirm with the upper management.”
“Who?”
“Qi Ruishi and Jin Jiren.” The system provided the data of these two people separately, and gave Xue Ling a short analysis. “Qi Ruishi is a famous female broker, with no bad records and good ability. She used to have a group under her hands, but after they became popular, more and more of them wanted to fly solo. She seems interested in finding a new person to take under her wing, but doesn’t want to take on another group. Jin Jiren has two artists, a man and a woman. If host wants to be an actor, your acting skills are definitely above theirs, but there’s no need to suppress them since you can’t expect the broker to take care of you exclusively—you’re not an international superstar.”
Xueling followed the GPS navigation and was already inside the urban area. His eyes flashed as he heard the system’s words, and he lightly said, “I will be, sooner or later.”
The system didn’t want to argue with him about this. It continued to search and asked, “Have you decided who to pick? Qi Ruishi is in White Light HQ and Jin Jiren is on the set. You can go and see if you can take on that role while you’re there.”
Xue Ling silently set the destination towards White Light HQ. “Let’s go with Qi Ruishi. I don’t want my agent to be responsible for two other people in addition to my affairs. It would be weird and offensive.”
The system had already guessed his thoughts, and silently said a prayer for Qi Ruishi. It understood Xue Ling’s intention—he wanted not only to find a broker to manage his acting career, but also to find a person who knew everything about the entertainment circle. Not only would she help him deal with other trivial matters while he produced films and acted, she also had a wide range of contacts and could easily help him find actors.
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Brokers were very familiar with these processes, so it would be best to find someone like that.
Bai Hao was the big boss and could make everything much more convenient. But if Xue Ling wanted to do well, he needed to make his own arrangements.
Xue Ling already made his choice, and the system chose to keep its mouth shut. It felt that its host had been acting strangely since this morning, and it would be best if it could avoid provoking its host for now.
The White Light Entertainment Building was within the inner ring of the city. As White Light Entertainment came to prominence early on and had a lot of history, this has been their territory since a long time ago. After Bai Hao became president, he rebuilt the company building and added many floors. The area around the building was also theirs, and was made into a park. This kind of wasteful action in an area where inches of land could be measured with its weight in gold made people feel helplessly jealous. After all, Bai family did well in other industries and did not rely on White Light entertainment alone.
Identification was necessary in order to freely enter. Bai Yue did not have any, but Xue Ling had a system and it was not difficult to enter the park. According to the system, Qi Ruishi’s office was in the main building and an appointment was needed to enter. Xue Ling did not feel any trace of guilt as he had the system forcibly change the appointment records to add their own.
He reported his name at the front desk and was sent straight to the elevator. No one doubted him at all. After all, with a face like his, there was a high possibility that he would be a new artist. Though White Light’s staff never judged people by their appearance—as long as there was an appointment or a logical reason, they treated everyone the same way.
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Only a company like this could survive in the industry for so many years and prosper.
Nowadays, the entertainment industry was mixed with dragons and snakes. There were many companies, both large and small, as well as many scammers, and it was up to everyone to judge for themselves whether they were real or fake. If one really wanted to talk about rankings, if White Light entertainment claimed to be the second, no one would dare claim to be the first. It was an old and established enterprise and the company system was mature. Numerous superstars and artists were signed under its banner, and the company’s star-making ability was very strong. Signing with them was not a guarantee of success, but at the very least, there would be opportunities as long as one put in the effort.
Another company that could be considered good was the Jingang Entertainment that had signed Sun Jianan. It could not be considered a new enterprise and had a good reputation in the industry; its artists also had made great achievements. According to the original story, this company would eventually surpass White Light Entertainment and overwhelm them in all respects because they took in the mega-superstar protagonist shou.
Xue Ling did not have time to be concerned over the competitors of his family’s company. He asked the secretary to confirm his appointment with Agent Qi, and then followed the secretary to arrive at Qi Ruishi’s office door.
The group of artists Qi Ruishi originally managed had pretty much scattered, and she had found another broker to take over what was left. She was now in the process of looking for two new artists to bring up. Although she was a senior broker, it would be difficult to do her work if she had no artist signed to her name.
Just as she was thinking that the company’s latest newcomers didn’t bring anything special to the table, the secretary knocked on her door.
Qi Ruishi’s was very organized about her daily work. She checked today’s schedule, and there was no appointment at this time. Why would the secretary come to find her?
She stood up to let the secretary in and turned to pour herself a cup of tea. Looking back, she saw a young man smiling at herself.
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She somewhat absent-mindedly waved for the secretary to leave. It was only when the door closed that she seemed to burst back into life, asking stupidly, “And you are?”
Xue Ling quirked his lips, his eyes appearing to swirl. As soon as her gaze met his, she felt like she had fallen into a whirlpool. Qi Ruishi became alert and forced herself not to look into his eyes. But when she swept her gaze over him again, she found that his eyes were flat and calm, devoid of anything except his amusement.
Qi Ruishi frowned.
“Hello, my name is Bai Yue.” Xue Ling stretched out his hand, looking very sincere as he explained how to write out his name. “I’m here today to discuss signing a contract with you.”
“Sign a contract?”
“Eh?” Xue Ling acted surprised, “Was it not sister Qi who gave me her business card on the streets yesterday and asked me to come and sign a contract with you today?” He was smiling, and the things he said seemed particularly credible. “You said that I have a talent for acting, and was particularly suited to be an actor.”
Qi Ruishi had some doubts. She had never seen the person infront of her before today, but when she looked up to carefully examine Xue Ling’s face, his eyes flickered slightly and she nodded. “Think about it carefully. I don’t have anybody else in my portfolio right now. If I take you on, I’ll probably assign a lot of things for you to do.”