BXBX NOVEL Chapter 286 - The Best Manager
Chapter 286: The Best Manager
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Dongyue Culture and Entertainment was the industry’s largest management company and had a skyscraper in the most bustling part of the city.
Many famous artistes and even the top megastars were managed by them. Not only did they manage singers, but they were also responsible for helping many film stars, TV stars, models, and other types of celebrities.
Lin Yunan’s office was on the 34th floor.
Xia Ling took the elevator. As she looked out of the glass elevator, she could see that as the floor number increased, the number of people on each floor decreased. Furthermore, people seemed to dress better as the floor number increased. The people on the higher floors were more famous, and soon, she saw familiar faces.
It seemed that the hierarchy system here was the same as in Imperial Entertainment. The higher the floor, the higher the status of the people there.
Xia Ling recalled the unwritten rules of Imperial Entertainment and soon was clear of the workplace culture of Dongyue Culture and Entertainment. Lin Yunan’s office was very close to the top floor. This was literally a small miracle for someone who was able to retain his job but not his salary.
No wonder Feng Kun strongly recommended him.
As Xia Ling thought about it, the elevator stopped on the 34th floor. She stepped out of the elevator and found herself on a long and quiet marble corridor. As she walked along the corridor, there were office rooms with numbers on their doors. She remembered that Lin Yunan’s office number was 3408 and continued ahead to look for it.
As she walked, she passed by two groups of people and faintly heard the conversation of a popular female movie star and her manager. They were discussing the conflict in roles, and her manager was asking her to consider something else. There was also the publicity team of an artiste she did not know that was arguing about the problems that were faced during the media conference as they walked.
No one looked at her as she walked.
She rarely felt this neglected feeling. In Skyart, she was used to everyone’s smiles. For a moment, she felt as if she returned back to the time of her rebirth when she was unknown, and nobody cared about her.
In fact, compared to the big shots on this floor, she was truly less known. Even if “Stray Cat” was currently an amazing and popular song, she was still lacking in qualifications. She had few songs, and no one could predict whether her fame would last. In this industry, not only were the people utilitarian, even the fans grew tired of the old and loved the new. Many singers became famous because of one or two songs but then disappeared after that. As she had not secured her position yet, it was normal to receive this sort of treatment.
She continued walking calmly.
“Hi, Ye Xingling.” Suddenly, she heard someone greet her and was taken aback. She turned around and saw a tall man wearing Armani gently smiling.
Xia Ling took a few seconds to recognize him. “Brother Rong?” Her eyes slightly widened. “It really is you. I didn’t think that I would meet you here.”
The man in front of her was Rong Ping, and she met him while working with him on the film “War and Death.” Although Rong Ping was the main character while Xia Ling only had a small role and only had very few chances to speak to him, Rong Ping remembered that the award-winning head director Jin Yifei was very friendly towards her, and Old Master Gu even personally brought his granddaughter to apologize to her.
This girl was not simple.
Rong Ping had a strong inkling that even though she broke up with Big Boss Li of Skyart Entertainment and was rumored to have left Skyart because she was abandoned, things were not as they appeared to be.
At the very least, the fact that she was unbelievably able to renew her endorsement advertisement with the Gu Financial Magnate was very telling.
To survive in this industry, networking was very important, and sometimes, connections were very powerful. Rong Ping did not mind establishing friendly connections with Ye Xingling before she became famous. If she became famous one day, he would be considered an acquaintance, and their friendship would not be normal anymore. Perhaps she would be useful in the future.
As such, Rong Ping smiled at her. “I think I should be the one not expecting to meet you here. Looking at you, you must have chosen Dongyue.”
Recently, reports were spreading about managers competing to work with her. Seeing that she came alone to this building, he guessed that she had made her decision.
“So you are also an artiste managed by Dongyue?” Xia Ling did not really know much about these companies and the celebrities they worked with. After she said that, she realized that what she asked might have been a little risky. Rong Ping was a king-status movie actor, and she seemed to have undermined him.
Rong Ping’s expression did not change, but the entourage beside him let out slightly disdainful looks. They did not think that she was looking down on him but felt that she was too ignorant such that she did not even know which company managed such a famous actor like Rong Ping. How did she survive in the entertainment industry?
His entourage felt as if they were of the same status as the actor they were following.
Rong Ping warmly replied, “Four years ago, I changed my management company to Dongyue. My manager is Jimmy. Who is your manager?”
He was really curious. It was not easy to get to this floor of Dongyue Culture and Entertainment. Everyone on this floor was famous, and as the managers on this floor were also extremely arrogant and resplendent, many artistes dreamed of working with them.
Before Xia Ling could respond, a door nearby was suddenly pushed open.
“Ye Xingling.” An impatient’s man voice said. “You’re late.”
“3... 3408!” A member of Rong Ping’s entourage suddenly exclaimed with a frightened expression.
Even king Rong Ping could not conceal his astonishment and shock.
Since when was room number 3408 in use again?! Wasn’t that room reserved for a legendary manager? Many years ago, that manager was responsible for countless movie stars, famous singers, and celebrities until the last Diva he managed, Li Er, was met with an accident during the Entertainment World N Summit Grand Slam.
From then onwards, he left Dongyue Culture and Entertainment and was never seen again.
However, the company always kept the office vacant for him.
All the managers in Dongyue Culture and Entertainment, including Rong Ping’s Jimmy, could not match up to his achievements.
Enshrined as the best manager in Dongyue Culture and Entertainment, Lin Yunan.
“Are you Lin Yunan?” Rong Ping could not believe it and kept shifting glances between him and Xia Ling. “You’re back?! Because of... Ye Xingling?!”
Lin Yunan coldly glanced at Rong Ping and impatiently rushed Xia Ling. “Come in.” In front of outsiders, he resisted the urge to tell him to get lost.
Xia Ling smiled apologetically at Rong Ping. “He has a rather bad temper. Brother Rong, please don’t take it to heart.” After that, she rushed into Lin Yunan’s office.
After Xia Ling rushed inside, Lin Yunan then slammed the door shut.