Reborn since 2005

At the end of last year, the second TV series invested and produced by Starlight Film and Television was broadcast. It was a TV series that did not appear in Yan Xin’s memory of his previous life, but appeared because of his rebirth.

The leading actors were basically newcomers signed by Starlight Film and Television Company itself, with relatively low pay. The investment was tens of millions, most of which was spent on production.

Although that TV series was not as popular as their first work "The Journey of Flower", it quickly topped the ratings in the same time period after it was aired.

It solidified the reputation of their own dramas, proved their abilities, and also made their company's artists more famous.

This result made Yan Xin very satisfied.

Finally, he is no longer relying on memory to make money, but has the ability to create new classics and has a stronger ability to create stars. This is a good thing.

After the success of this self-produced TV series, he also gave Zeng Yan more power and greater support.

Currently, the company is filming two TV series, and another one has been completed and is in post-production.

There are also five TV drama projects that have applied for approval, with investment amounts ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions.

These are not original scripts, but popular novels selected from several female-oriented fiction websites of the company.

The acquisition of Mr. Chen’s online literature company has brought me such convenience that I can choose any novel to film.

Although they also need to pay adaptation fees, they have priority adaptation rights, and half of the copyright sales fees will be distributed to the company, and the other half will be given to the author. This also makes their copyright purchasing costs half lower than their peers.

Now Zeng Yan's focus has shifted to the production of variety shows. She has signed a contract with a leading satellite TV station that implements separation of production and broadcasting to create a life service documentary variety show - the kind that Yan Xin split off from "Longing for Life".

The name is "A Longing for Life".

The company already has its own idol star, and if it invites a few senior industry bigwigs to join, it will be complete.

In addition, several online variety shows are in preparation.

The key point is that the company’s female idol audition program "Star 101" has cooperated with a large online platform.

A male idol talent show with a similar system has also been launched.

If such variety shows are done well, they will become their idol manufacturing factory, producing idol stars in batches, and then luring their brainless fans to become leeks to be harvested by their e-commerce companies.

There is also a dating show that invites several of the company's good-looking artists to participate, and then pairs them with a few celebrities.

If there are templates overseas, you can buy their copyright. If there are no templates, then it is considered their original work.

This is the task Yan Xin assigned to Zeng Yan.

In fact, Zeng Yan doesn’t really want to do this. What she hopes more is to enter the film industry and make some classic films that will be passed down through the ages.

In the entertainment industry, movies are at the top of the contempt chain and are much more prestigious than variety shows or TV dramas.

She still has a little literary dream in her heart.

However, this idea was rejected by Yan Xin.

There aren’t that many competitive domestic films right now, and although there have been some hits, the probability is very low.

When investing in movies, you lose more often.

Moreover, it is too difficult to produce movies by yourself, and the audience is quite different from that of TV dramas. If you want people to be willing to spend money to go to the cinema to watch your movie, a certain quality is still required.

It’s not that Yan Xin looks down on the people in his company, it’s just that they really don’t have the talent to make a good movie.

It's fine to make a TV series. It's free anyway, and the audience is not that picky. As long as the actors are pretty, the acting skills are good, the plot is good, and there is a certain degree of fame, then it's fine.

Even if we lose money, it won’t be too much.

The movie is not that simple.

If a movie is not done well, it may lose hundreds of millions.

There are many examples of companies going bankrupt because of a movie's poor box office.

Of course, Yan Xin would not bankrupt himself just because the movie did not perform well at the box office, but he also did not want to lose money when starting a company.

If you are not sure, don't try to make a movie yourself.

Therefore, his idea is still to follow his memory. If he encounters a project with good box office in his memory, he will cooperate with it and invest as much as required.

If you come across a movie project with a good reputation like the one you remember, even if you know you will lose money, as long as the investment amount is not very large, it doesn’t matter if you lose a little.

It’s better not to carry out the project by myself, as the company does not have such talent reserves now.

Although Zeng Yan has her own ambitions, she is not the boss and still has to obey Yan Xin's orders, so she can only focus her energy on this.

Zeng Xiyue just finished filming a TV series last winter. Now she stays in Beijing and has not taken on any new roles. She is just waiting to participate in the recording of the show "Longing for Life".

She will be a permanent guest.

Zhao Xiaoying, the leading actress of Starlight, did not become a permanent guest because she is so popular and has been constantly offered roles. This year, she has participated in the filming of three TV series, all of which she played the leading female role. She really cannot spare the time to record variety shows.

But she will take two days to participate in the recording of a certain episode.

Although Zeng Xiyue is popular, she is not that famous, so she can spare the time.

During this time in Beijing, she has been catching up on variety shows, both domestic and foreign, just to find the so-called variety show feeling - this is the requirement that Yan Xin put forward to her.

After Yan Xin came to Beijing, she often went to see him to discuss her understanding of the program and seek his opinion - the structure of this program was proposed by Yan Xin, so of course she had to listen to Yan Xin's opinion.

But she also knew that Yan Xin and his wife were now preparing for pregnancy and preparing for their second child, so she didn't dare to think about anything else. She just wanted to ask him for advice.

Zeng Xiyue is now also an idol star. She has gained considerable popularity and has her own fan club.

Her pay has increased rapidly, and the market price has reached 1000 per episode. For filming a TV series, she can get more than million in pay.

But she didn't even get half of it.

I took on several advertising endorsements last year, each of which was worth several million.

The company took a large share, but what finally fell into her hands was more than 10 million RMB.

After the TV series in which she played the third female role was aired, she gradually became famous, and then she made money at an incredible speed, which made her feel like she was dreaming.

At the beginning, we were extremely happy when we were able to get tens of thousands of dollars and felt it was a huge sum of money.

Even now, her remuneration is in the millions or tens of millions, which makes her still hard to believe that she can actually earn so much money.

Even if you are a regular guest on this variety show, you can get paid several million per season.

She is very satisfied with everything she has now, and she understands who gave her the opportunity, so she has always been grateful to Yan Xin.

Although she also sacrificed her body, on her road to becoming a star, she was only sexually exploited by a man named Yan Xin. Apart from that, she was not threatened by anyone, nor was she taken advantage of by anyone. Everyone respected her.

In this respect, they are already better than most stars in this circle - both men and women.

Some stars who look glamorous have paid a lot along the way. She has heard about them in the circle, and some of them are things she dare not even think about. She can't do what she wants. Even if she is a very open-minded person, she will feel ashamed sometimes.

She felt that she couldn't do it that far - if she really wanted to do that, she might as well not be a star.

Although she is not so clean now, she is just being taken advantage of by a man, a man she likes, so she feels very lucky.

Whether facing Yan Xin or Feng Xi, she maintained a good attitude and looked very grateful.

When I was at Yan Xin's house, I would often help with housework - even though the family had hired a nanny.

Feng Xi likes her more. When he sees her, he will come over to chat with her and be quite friendly.

It was Feng Xi who told Zeng Xiyue that he wanted to have a second child.

When she talked about this, she smiled and asked Zeng Xiyue:

"Yan Xin likes children very much. Do you want to give birth to one for him too?"

Zeng Xiyue was stunned, and almost blurted out "I do", but when the words came to her lips, she felt that she should not make such a statement, and quickly said with a red face:
"I won't. I'm very careful every time, and this kind of thing won't happen."

Having a child is a big deal, especially for wealthy families, as it involves the right to inherit property.

Feng Xi could say such words, but she didn't dare to agree to it.

If Feng Xi thought that she was coveting Yan Xin's huge fortune, that would be a big problem.

Not to mention whether she can continue to be with Yan Xin in the future, even whether she can continue to stay in the entertainment industry is a big problem.

Moreover, without Yan Xin's protection, with her looks, she didn't know how much hardship she would have to endure if she continued to stay in the entertainment industry.

She didn't want to bring herself so much trouble, so she quickly expressed her attitude.

Feng Xi heard her answer, knew what she was thinking, shook his head, and said with a smile:

"I'm not lying to you. I think if you really want to have a child, you can have it with him."

"I don't want to have children. Having children will hinder my career development," Zeng Xiyue said quickly. "I just want to be a star. In this circle, there are many female stars who don't have children."

She sees herself as Yan Xin's woman and doesn't want to follow another man in her life.

However, giving birth to a child for Yan Xin carries great risks.

Therefore, not having children is the best choice.

She was expressing her opinion to Feng Xi, and she really thought so in her heart.

Not having children is not a very important thing in her mind; its importance is not even as great as an advertising endorsement.

She didn't feel what benefits having a child would bring to her, she only knew it would bring her a lot of trouble.

If that’s the case, why have children?

If having children is a task that a wife must fulfill, then a woman like her who will never get married in her lifetime can just escape from such a task and have an easy life.

She didn't feel she had made any sacrifices by making this decision.

Feng Xi pinched her face and said with a smile:

"You are still young and have not considered this aspect. I can understand why you say this, but when you are older, your view of the world will be different. Then you may be anxious to have a child of your own."

"No, I just don't want a child," Zeng Xiyue said seriously, "Sister Xi, if you don't believe me, I can prove it to you."

"How to prove it?" Feng Xi asked with a smile.

"I can have the surgery, the kind that will make you infertile in the future," Zeng Xiyue said.

Feng Xi was stunned for a moment, then looked at her again. Seeing her serious expression, he began to feel a little scared. He was afraid that this girl would really undergo such an operation on impulse, causing irreversible consequences, which would be a sin.

He frowned and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you know what the consequences will be? If you really have such an operation, it will be too late for you to regret it!"

"I won't regret it." Zeng Xiyue said.

She really felt that this was an option. After undergoing the surgery, she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of using contraception and it would save her a lot of trouble.

The most important thing, of course, was to eliminate Feng Xi's vigilance and show that she was a harmless woman who would not compete with her children for Yan Xin's property.

"You can't do such a thing!"

The way Feng Xi looked at her, he became a little scared, fearing that she would really do such a thing.

Tell her seriously:

"You are still young and don't understand many things yet. You can choose not to have children now, but you must retain this ability so that you can make a choice again in the future."

Zeng Xiyue looked at her in confusion, thinking:

"Shouldn't she be happy that I'm doing that surgery? Why is she so anxious? Could it be that she really wants me to give birth to a child for her boss?"

Feng Xi said to her again:
"If you have that kind of surgery, it's not just that you can't have children in the future, it will also have a very bad effect on your body and cause you to have more problems. Even if you still don't want to have children when you grow up, you can't have that kind of surgery for the sake of your health, understand?"

Zeng Xiyue nodded in confusion:

"Oh, I know."

Feng Xi added: "Actually, I'm not kidding you. I sincerely hope that you can give Yan Xin a few children."

Zeng Xiyue looked at her.

Feng Xi smiled, pinched her cheek again, and said:
"You are so beautiful. I think your good genes should not be wasted. If you want them to be passed down in our family, having one child is not enough. It would be best if you could have two or three. If you think it's troublesome to take care of children, you can let me take care of them."

"what?"

Zeng Xiyue asked blankly:

"Sister Xi... do you really want me to give birth to a child for the boss?"

Feng Xi nodded and said seriously:

"Yes, that's what I thought."

What she was thinking about was not the inheritance of property, but the rise of a family.

Giving birth is too hard, she doesn’t want to have so many children. This second child will most likely be the last one.

It would be best if someone could do such a hard task for you.

And it’s best if she’s a girl who doesn’t have any ambitions.

(End of this chapter)