Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1379 A Losing Deal
The next day, Zhou Xingchi handed over the signed contract to Fang Jinsheng.

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhou. As for the contract between you and Wireless, we will be solely responsible for it."

"Then thank you, Brother Sheng."

Zhou Xingchi looked at Fang Jinsheng gratefully.

Yesterday he didn't know Fang Jinsheng very well, he only knew that the other party was Lin Daoqiu's assistant.

But from what he heard from Liang Chaowei last night, and what he found out himself, this assistant named Fang Jinsheng has a lot of background.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is Lin Daoqiu's confidant, those big directors and big producers have to respectfully call him Brother Sheng when they see him.

So when he met Fang Jinsheng today, Zhou Xingchi's attitude obviously changed from yesterday, and he became more humble and cautious in front of Fang Jinsheng.

"You're welcome. If you work hard in the future, I believe you will be able to succeed."

Fang Jinsheng and Zhou Xingchi briefly chatted for a while and then left. He was going to deal with the contract between Zhou Xingchi and Wireless.

Unlike those popular stars, employees like Zhou Xingchi who are not valued very much have not yet signed a new wireless contract.

If it was other popular actors, if they wanted to poach them at this time, it would not only be a question of hundreds of thousands to millions.

But now at this time, most of the TVB actors that Lin Daoqiu wanted the most have already been recruited to Dongshi.

For the remaining potential stocks, Lin Daoqiu didn't plan to touch them, and wanted to let them stay in Wireless for a while to hone their acting skills.

Le Yiling, who has succeeded Zeng Lizhen as TVB's artist manager, has not encountered any troubles recently.

Zeng Lizhen resigned after Zhao Yazhi left TVB before. Since then, Lin Daoqiu has not continued to do anything to TVB. It can be said that the situation has been calm for several months.

Slowly building up her own prestige in Wireless, it can be said that Le Yiling has lived a splendid life in the past few months.

But gradually, she and Liang Jiashu, the director of the drama department, began to have some conflicts. The two sides often quarreled because of the scheduling of artists.

"Dong dong dong..."

At this time, there was a knock on the door suddenly, and after Le Yiling answered, her assistant opened the door and walked in.

"Manager Le, Director Liu has something urgent to see you."

Hearing the word urgent, Le Yiling immediately frowned.

Director Liu is a manager in the artist department responsible for handling artist contracts. He said that there is something urgent, and it must be related to the artist contract.

"Invite him in now."

Le Yiling didn't expect what she was most worried about to happen.

Not long after, Director Liu was invited into Le Yiling's office.

Before he could speak, Le Yiling asked first.

"Who wants to terminate the contract?"

If there was only a problem with the contract renewal, Director Liu would not call it an urgent matter. Since it is an urgent matter, there must be an artist who wants to terminate the contract.

"Zhou Xingchi wants to terminate the contract, and Dongshi's lawyer has already come to the door with the contract."

"Zhou Xingchi?"

Le Yiling was actually not very familiar with this name, she couldn't even remember who Stephen Chow was.

"Did he renew his contract?"

Director Liu shook his head.

Right now, the most important job of the artist department is to renew the contracts of those popular or potential artists.

For a little-known host like Zhou Xingchi, I'm afraid it will be his turn to renew the contract until the end.

When Le Yiling heard that Zhou Xingchi hadn't renewed his contract, she probably guessed that he should be in TVB, and he belonged to the kind of guy who is not favored and has no future.

"The liquidated damages of 50 won't do anything less, so you can answer them like this."

Since he is a guy with no future, if he is exchanged for 50, I believe Fang Yihua will not feel anything wrong about it.

"I know Manager Le, I'll deal with it now."

Even Le Yiling said so, the matter of Zhou Xingchi was settled in this way, and even Director Liu didn't think there was anything wrong with exchanging Zhou Xingchi for 50.

I'm afraid what Le Yiling never expected was that she would be reprimanded severely by Fang Yihua in the future for her decision, and even she herself would regret it too late.

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The next day is New Year's Eve, and this day Dongfang TV looks very lively.

There are a lot of festive decorations inside and out, most of which are dominated by red.

There are even red carpets in many places on the TV station.

Today is the last rehearsal for the lively New Year's Gala. Except for some shooting plans that cannot be changed, almost all the artists have been called back to the stage to participate in the rehearsal.

In Dongshi's refurbished studio, a group of artists were laughing and joking, most of them were chatting and amused.

What they didn't notice was that under the stage, a woman was crossing her arms and looking at the situation on stage with stern eyes.

"Have you had enough trouble?"

Suddenly, a woman's angry voice came out from the microphone, and Zeng Lizhen walked onto the stage holding the microphone with an angry face.

"Today is the last day of rehearsal. Look at how you look, whether you are sitting or standing, you are all smiling, chatting and amused. What do you think of this? Is it a vegetable market?"

The more Zeng Lizhen spoke, the angrier she became. She pointed at the big-name artists on the stage, her eyes almost burst into flames.

Those entertainers who were still laughing and joking before quickly put away their smiles, no one dared to continue chatting.

"If someone dares to violate the rules, then this party does not require him to attend."

After Zeng Lizhen finished speaking, she turned around and walked off the stage, then returned to where she was standing before.

After being reprimanded by Zeng Lizhen, those entertainers immediately became a lot better, and no one dared to continue playing around like before.

Before Zeng Lizhen came to East TV, the management of East TV basically continued the loose style of ATV.

But since Zeng Lizhen came to Dongshi as the artist manager, she immediately rectified the typhoon all over the stage.

At first, everyone thought that since the Spring Festival was approaching, Zeng Lizhen would not be so strict, so they relaxed.

But it's a pity that they underestimated Zeng Lizhen's professional attitude, which is why they were scolded by the other party.

It didn't take long for this matter to reach Lin Daoqiu's ears.

"People below say that Ms. Zeng seems to be a little too strict."

Fang Jinsheng reported all the rumors he heard to Lin Daoqiu in detail.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't care about it, he didn't even raise his head.

"The previous management method of ATV was too lax. It is right to ask Zeng Lizhen to rectify it."

As soon as Fang Jinsheng heard it, he knew that Lin Daoqiu absolutely supported Zeng Lizhen. At least in this matter, Lin Daoqiu was on Zeng Lizhen's side.

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