Become famous another day.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sun finally became a little milder.

Zhou Ping'an drove to a book cafe about fifteen kilometers away from the company, parked the car in a temporary parking space on the side of the road, opened the door and went in.

A wave of heat hit.

Although it is only June, summer has already arrived.

Zhou Ping'an pushed open the door of the book cafe and went in, only to find seven or eight students gathered at the best-selling book display stand at the door, discussing something animatedly.

He took a curious look and found that they were holding the latest issue of "Jump Up" and discussing which authors were in this issue.

Zhou Pingan: "..."

This magazine is now officially entering its sixth year.

Who could have imagined that a magazine that was clearly aimed at fans in the beginning could last for such a long time, and that its influence would grow bigger and bigger. Now, it has transformed from a magazine into a media company, covering multiple channels of traditional and new media, and even entering the field of film and television production and publicity and marketing. It has not only fed back to the cooperating artists, but has also become an important force in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Ping'an never admitted that he was jealous.

The cost of making a magazine is not high for many film and television companies. However, in recent years, many companies have followed suit and created magazines or themed books to cultivate their own IP libraries. Unfortunately, most of the best author resources are occupied by "Jump Up".

As the first magazine to take the plunge, Jump Up has a market share that is difficult for other magazines to match.

It has now formed a virtuous ecological cycle. For good authors, there is no reason not to choose Jump Up. With high royalties, a friendly copyright cooperation system, and a magazine with great influence and high sales, if an article can be published in Jump Up, the author will definitely not choose to publish it in another similar magazine - except for those serious literary magazines, which are another concept.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Suyang suddenly came behind him with a cup of coffee in his hand.

Zhou Pingan came back to his senses and said, "I'm watching. Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi are teaming up to build an empire. We agents are not in the same world as them."

Lin Suyang smiled coldly.

The two men looked at each other.

Even a week ago, neither of them had thought that they could stand in front of each other and talk properly like they are now.

The two of them were not enemies at all, but old rivals. Whether it was Ma Zhiyuan or Li Zhibai, it was enough for them to never have any contact with each other in their entire lives.

But now, they chose this place and decided to temporarily put aside their past prejudices and grudges.

Because they have a common interest base.

At Star Entertainment, if the company follows the split plan it is currently preparing, the two agents will be the most affected.

It can be said that if the final division is done in this way, the results of their hard work for so many years will suffer a serious blow in the end.

Zhou Pingan asked tentatively: "If you were really asked to make a choice, what would you choose?"

"Let's not consider this option now. No matter whether it's MX or Li Zhibai, no matter which agent it is, they won't be stupid enough to let go on their own initiative." Lin Suyang said.

After he finished speaking, he realized that, uh, he had accidentally alluded to someone.

Zhou Ping'an, who had "taken the initiative to let go" of Li Zhibai, looked at Lin Suyang expressionlessly.

Lin Suyang subconsciously wanted to apologize, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

There's nothing to be sorry about. You deserve it.

He smiled instead.

Zhou Pingan: "If the company is determined to do this, what are you going to do? Don't you regret it now? When Li Zhibai's contract expires, discuss with him about going out on your own."

Lin Suyang asked Zhou Pingan: "What about you? Don't you regret not discussing with Yan Liang about going out on your own when his contract expired?"

Zhou Ping'an frowned.

"It's time to stop talking about this, okay?" he said. "What are you going to do now?"

Lin Suyang: "Of course we have to strive to keep the artists we have. Artists can be assigned to different companies, but agents must be allowed to manage artists across departments and companies. Especially agents like you and me."

Zhou Pingan nodded, "That's the truth. Do you have any way to convince the company to agree with your idea?"

"Boss Ma will definitely not agree to this. He will only manage the idol artists in the future. He definitely hopes that we can all focus all our energy on idol artists." Lin Suyang said, "If I also take care of Li Zhibai's acting work, and you also take care of Yan Liang and Meng Li's acting work, it will definitely take up a large part of our energy. After all, they are our main customers."

Zhou Ping'an nodded: "There's no need to think about Mr. Ma. He won't help us in this matter."

"The company certainly hopes to differentiate the artists we have through this move," said Lin Suyang.

"If the two of us join forces to oppose this decision, what are our chances of success?"

"The chances of winning depend on the extent to which the artists we have are willing to stand on the same front with us." Lin Suyang said bluntly, "The most lethal cards in our hands are artists of the level of Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, MX and Meng Li. If they can unite and insist on maintaining the status quo with us, then the company's top management will more or less take into account the consequences of our non-cooperation."

"How confident are you that you can get them to stand on the same front with you?" Zhou Pingan asked.

Lin Suyang stood in front of the bookshelf, keeping an eye on the movements around him through the gaps in the bookshelf, and glancing at Zhou Pingan from time to time.

"They are more unwilling to change the current situation than I am." Lin Suyang said calmly and firmly.

Zhou Ping'an frowned slightly.

"Why, do you have a problem?"

"Meng Li is okay. She is not familiar with Xingyu itself. Basically, she relies on me to connect with various resources in the company. She is very dependent on me, but Yan Liang——"

Zhou Ping'an hesitated slightly.

Lin Suyang said: "If Yan Liang wanted to change his agent, he would have done it long ago. You should have a serious talk with him. Without his support, it will not be enough to rely on Meng Li alone. By the way, where is Cheng Hai?"

Zhou Pingan: "Of course Cheng Hai will stand on my side. I brought him up, but he doesn't have much weight in the company's eyes."

"Then let's create some momentum," Lin Suyang said. "Spread the word that, with Lu Yanhe's help, Cheng Hai is in contact with directors Luo Yuzhong and Wang Zhong for their new play, and is very likely to play the leading male role in their new play."

Zhou Pingan: "..."

Lin Suyang: "Meng Li has just joined Star Entertainment. The company says it values ​​her opinions but doesn't. Unlike artists who have truly grown up in the company, their value is completely different in the eyes of the top management. Cheng Hai has regained popularity with The Birth of an Actor and is on a good track. Such news adds weight to him and is far more important than Meng Li's."

Zhou Ping'an didn't expect Lin Suyang to resort to such a trick.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense.

It does work.
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The struggles and turmoil within Star Entertainment no longer affect Lu Yanhe.

However, when Hong Qi invited Lu Yanhe to the company through Chen Ziyan and suddenly proposed that he hoped to hire him as a senior consultant for the newly established "Woodpecker Entertainment Agency", Lu Yanhe realized that, uh, he was being dragged in again.

This isn’t the first company to approach him for such a role.

Maxine and HP, Northern Lights Video, and Yuehutai all offered him such a position. But at that time, they were more trying to consolidate their cooperative relationship with Lu Yanhe, using such a position to establish a long-term connection and cooperative relationship, and to have a channel to legitimately provide him with a channel for paying him outside of the project.

But this time, Hong Qi hoped that Lu Yanhe could truly fulfill the duties of this position. "Mr. Hong, thank you for your trust, but I am busy enough. How can I have the time to be your consultant?" Lu Yanhe refused without hesitation.

Hong Qi: "I know you are very busy. Don't worry, I will definitely not waste too much of your time. I have this self-awareness and will not let you lose sight of the main goal."

"So...what do you want me to do?"

"Introduce suitable scripts and projects to the actors of our Woodpecker Company." Hong Qi said, "In the entertainment industry around the world, you and your agent are the only ones in our country who have enough ability and resources to see the best projects."

When Lu Yanhe heard this, he immediately shook his head, "Boss Hong, you're putting too much pressure on me."

"Absolutely not. Don't worry, we don't have any targets or numbers for you to complete. This is a cooperation agreement that is completely in your favor." Hong Qi said, "Even if you don't recommend any of your works in the end, we can't hold you responsible because there are no quantitative task responsibilities or any breach of contract clauses in this agreement."

It can be said that this is indeed a very favorable cooperation agreement for Lu Yanhe.

However, Lu Yanhe still refused.

He disagreed with anything.

Later, Hong Qi was confused and asked, "Yan He, can you be honest with me and tell me why you are unwilling? Is it because you really don't want to have any contact with Xingyu anymore?"

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"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "Boss Hong, to be honest, there are one or two agreements like this sent to me almost every month, and the consulting fees are often tens of millions, but I dare not accept any of them. I don't want to be a broker. This is what I told you. It's understandable to recommend the right people to the right projects, but once you start taking money to do this kind of thing, it seems like some kind of transaction."

Hong Qi sighed.

He turned to look at Chen Ziyan, "It's just as you said. Yan He refuses to accept it."

"I told you a long time ago." Chen Ziyan smiled. "If Yan He wanted to do this, he would have done it a long time ago. He has written so many scripts and acted in so many movies and TV series. Except for his friends who were cast early on, almost all the roles were chosen through auditions. How could he possibly use money to recommend actors to other film and television projects? Even if he really recommended them out of the right mentality, this behavior itself is hard to explain and can easily lead to misunderstandings."

Hong Qi: "It seems that this idea can only be abandoned."

Lu Yanhe said, "Boss Hong, Xingyu is making such a big move this time. They are going to split Xingyu into a company called Woodpecker. So will Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both go to Woodpecker?"

"Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are both actors and are still performing on stage. Since the business contracts can be signed to others, the actor contract and music contract can of course be signed separately to two companies." Hong Qi said, "We want to split into two companies just to optimize the company's internal resources, make adjustments and upgrades, and integrate and concentrate resources from all aspects, but not to make the artists give up one of their identities. The overall environment is not good now, and artists are trying to do more than one. From the perspective of the company, if an artist does more than one field, he or she can make more money in one field."

Hong Qi also spoke his mind and didn't say any nonsense to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe nodded, "What about their agents?"

"Agent?" Hong Qi asked, "Are you talking about Zhou Ping'an?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "Yan Liang is still working as an actor and an idol artist. If we want to put different contracts into two companies, will Zhou Pingan still be in charge of them?"

Hong Qi looked at Chen Ziyan with a smile on his face and said, "Why is Yan He so sharp now?"

Chen Ziyan: "You asked the question right to the point."

Lu Yanhe looked at them with some confusion.

Hong Qi said: "Different sub-contracts are of course handled by different agents. In fact, for an artist of Yan Liang's current level, he should have different agents to take care of his different affairs and further refine his work. Everyone's ability and energy are limited, and they are good at different things, just like some companies are rich in business resources, while others are rich in film and television resources. An artist like Yan Liang certainly deserves the best agents in each field to be responsible for his work in each section."

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "In this way, the agent's authority is actually limited."

"On the surface, that's the case."

“Is it actually different?”

"Any artist definitely needs a big agent who can coordinate all aspects of the resources." Hong Qi said, "Coordination is also a very important thing."

"So what you mean is that Zhou Ping'an can still coordinate and manage all of Yan Liang's work." Lu Yanhe frowned in confusion, "Then what's the difference between this and now?"

Hong Qi: “Is there no difference?”

Lu Yanhe fell silent and thought seriously for a while.

Is there no difference?
This question also lingered in his mind.

He looked at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan looked at him encouragingly, asking him to think about it carefully.

She also gave a hint: "Xingyu is making such a drastic reform. If Zhou Pingan and Lin Suyang really want to take a big piece of the pie from them, do you think they will accept it?"

"No." Lu Yanhe didn't even have to think about this question. He immediately shook his head and answered with these two words.

Chen Ziyan nodded.

Even though Xingyu is a wealthy and powerful company, it is impossible to force Zhou Pingan and Lin Suyang to accept this.

Otherwise, if they are pushed too hard, the general will have the power to rebel.

So?

Divide and divide?
If you don't want to be divided into cakes, then you can only be the one who divides the cakes.

The company will certainly not let you hold a knife easily, but the company can create an illusion that you are holding a knife.

You can continue to be the "general manager", but you have to hand over all the power below to other agents.

At this time, the management team around top artists is not just you.

Your relationship with the artist is no longer a solid one.

You think you are holding the knife to control your agents, but who knows if you are being controlled in the opposite way?
Lu Yanhe figured out the key point and was shocked.

This is simply a blatant conspiracy!
If you don't want others to take away your piece of cake, then you should delegate power and resources to others.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe really wanted to ask, is Star Entertainment’s major reform really intended to further develop the idol artist business?
Or is it that in recent years, big-name agents such as Zhou Pingan and Lin Suyang, who are in charge of many heavyweight artists, have gradually threatened the senior management of Star Entertainment?
When Chen Ziyan suddenly went out to set up a company called Shihuo, was it a precautionary measure to deal with the current situation?
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan and Hong Qi in surprise, and felt that his brain was not enough.
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"Of course, there is actually one more point that Hong Qi himself did not mention."

After meeting Hong Qi, Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe got in the car and went back together.

Chen Ziyan added.

"In addition to the problem of too much concentration of artist resources in the hands of these big-name agents, in fact, his position has begun to be threatened by several executives such as Ma Zhongquan." Chen Ziyan said, "Hong Qi is only the CEO of Star Entertainment, not the real chairman. Although the person behind the scenes has never been very concerned about the affairs here, Ma Zhongquan and several other executives have been eyeing Hong Qi's position. In the name of adjusting the company's layout, he gave Ma Zhongquan a higher position, but in fact, it also weakened his power. Zhou Ping'an, Ma Zhongquan's number one lackey, will give up the business of Woodpecker and become a pure idol artist agent in this adjustment, or will he refuse to let go and jump out from Ma Zhongquan's hands to become an independent agent. No one knows, but no matter what Zhou Ping'an chooses, the conflict between him and Ma Zhongquan will definitely be buried. And once these agents headed by Zhou Ping'an leave Ma Zhongquan's camp, even if Ma Zhongquan gets Star Entertainment, the actual power in his hands will be weakened, and Hong Qi will still be the controller of the two companies and his position is stable."

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

"I never thought that there were so many calculations behind the internal adjustments of Star Entertainment."

"Behind any big move, there must be more than just a big plan. Everyone involved will have their own little plans," Chen Ziyan said. "After all, if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth."

Lu Yanhe gave Chen Ziyan a thumbs up.

"Impressed."
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I recommend the old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight", which has an average of over 7 orders from the first order of (single digits). If you like "Choose a Day to Become Famous", it is still worth reading. (End of this chapter)