"But after calming down and thinking about it carefully, I can roughly guess what the authorities mean."
After joking around with Liu Rulan, Xiao He rested his chin on his hand, his expression becoming more serious.
"Recently, the government has been gradually relaxing policies to support the diversified development of cultural and entertainment works."
He recalled the movies released during the National Day holiday and reminded Liu Rulan: "Sister Liu, you must have heard some rumors, right? The movie starring He Jinnian, where the villain escaped punishment, caused a lot of discussion. Looking back now, it seems that everything was foreshadowed. This is just a further confirmation of the higher-ups' attitude."
“Now that you mention it, I do remember,” Liu Rulan recalled. “There have indeed been such rumors recently, and I’ve heard that many people have already submitted some of their backlog of scripts. I suppose these scripts will gradually flow into the market.”
The backlog of original screenplays was all stuck at the censorship stage due to various reasons. This led to a situation in previous years where scripts could be written but not adapted into films, constantly suppressing the vitality of original screenplays, and ultimately turning into a frenzy for IP adaptations.
However, adapting IPs is not always smooth sailing. Sometimes the plot is cut and fragmented, and the ending is a mess, which is something that can't be helped.
I just didn't expect the higher-ups to be so determined this time, actually personally commenting on Xiao He's case. I suppose once everyone calms down and carefully studies this article, they'll understand the official's true purpose.
The above is merely a signal sent to the outside world through this incident, indicating our attitude going forward, so that everyone can focus on creating, and within reasonable limits, further create different characters and stories to enrich the connotation and content of entertainment.
So, this time it was purely Xiao He and "Shining Stars" who were lucky and happened to catch the right opportunity from the official trend.
What incredible luck! I won without even trying!
Liu Rulan let out a long sigh, looked at Xiao He with a distant gaze: "Indeed, you are the most relaxed class I have ever taught."
Xiao He chuckled: "Luck, just luck!"
“This time, someone from above has come out to define it, and Su Shengxi is truly finished.” Liu Rulan sighed, “This time, we don’t have to worry about Song Yuanqi being two-faced anymore.”
Even without an official ban, a soft ban is most likely inevitable.
This was really awesome.
As they were talking, Liu Rulan took out her vibrating phone.
Sure enough, it was Song Yuanqi who called back.
—It seems that Song Yuanqi saw the message right after hanging up the phone, so he went back to chat with Liu Rulan for a bit to reaffirm his stance.
"I'm going to take another call," Liu Rulan gestured to Xiao He. "There'll probably be a dinner party tonight, so you should prepare accordingly."
"OK."
So Liu Rulan went to answer the phone again.
Xiao He then sat back down in his seat.
Looking at the anonymous emails on the computer screen, Xiao He pondered for a moment and then deleted them all.
He had originally planned to release Su Shengxi's dirt directly to various media marketing accounts, but what Sister Liu said just now made a lot of sense.
Regardless of the circumstances, it is a fact that Su Shengxi participated in "Shining Stars," and he did contribute to the production—whether that contribution was a drag on the project or not is another matter.
Besides him, there are many more people who have put in a lot of effort.
Such an excellent work should not be ruined because of Su Shengxi.
Xiao He decided to heed Liu Rulan's advice and wait and see.
In any case, Su Shengxi's good days are probably over.
Jiaxing Entertainment.
Tian Heng stood in front of the office, his face covered in sweat. He glanced at his watch and anxiously peered into the room, his body rubbing his sleeves nervously. He was clearly in a state of anxiety and unease.
At that moment, a smartly dressed secretary came out from inside.
"Secretary Zhou—"
Tian Heng quickly grabbed her, forcing a smile: "I wonder if President Song is free right now? I've run into a little trouble—"
Secretary Zhou pushed up his glasses and arrogantly looked Tian Heng up and down: "You're Su Shengxi's manager?"
Tian Heng quickly nodded: "It's me."
"Mr. Song is busy right now, so don't bother him. I'll take you to process the change of brokerage contract."
With that, Secretary Zhou strode forward.
"Huh? Hey, Secretary Zhou, wait a minute, what did you mean just now?"
Tian Heng was dumbfounded and immediately grabbed Secretary Zhou, who was about to leave.
"We're perfectly fine here, why do we suddenly need to go through this procedure?"
Secretary Zhou had no choice but to stop.
She glanced at Tian Heng and finally said a few more words: "Su Shengxi's situation is very troublesome right now. After an internal decision by Jiaxing Entertainment, the company will be indefinitely suspending Su Shengxi. As his manager, you will no longer need to handle his affairs. We will arrange other artists for you, so please don't worry."
"Huh? What?"
Tian Heng's heart sank. He immediately stopped Secretary Zhou again and asked, unwilling to give up, "Is this President Song's decision?"
Secretary Zhou had to stop again, but his tone was more impatient: "This is a unanimous decision by all the internal shareholders."
"The entire interior—"
Tian Heng's eyes were glazed over, and his voice was trembling: "Why? Su Shengxi is our Jiaxing Entertainment's cash cow, how can they just give up on him like that—"
Secretary Zhou said with great pity, "That was before."
Previously, Su Shengxi was indeed Jiaxing Entertainment's cash cow, so the company specifically entrusted him to Liu Rulan's management. However, later on, Su Shengxi was plagued by negative news, and Liu Rulan also left Jiaxing. Since then, Su Shengxi's status within the company has quietly changed.
Tian Heng thought he had snatched a coveted prize from Liu Rulan, but in reality, it was something no one else wanted.
What others don't want is garbage.
Tian Heng merely picked up some trash, yet he gloated in front of Liu Rulan, even going so far as to provoke her. It was truly laughable.
Upon hearing Secretary Zhou's words, Tian Heng seemed to have finally lost all his strength. He took a step back and leaned against the wall with an empty gaze.
If you were to ask who he was most jealous of in the entire company at the time, it would definitely be Liu Rulan.
Before joining Jiaxing Entertainment, he had heard of Liu Rulan. Everyone said she was good at mentoring newcomers, but he always scoffed at it.
—From beginning to end, he always thought that Liu Rulan was just lucky!
The stunt double he casually signed eventually went abroad, the extra he picked up by chance became a movie star, and he even turned misfortune into blessing by taking over the role of top star Su Shengxi.
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After racking his brains to snatch the position of Su Shengxi's manager, Tian Heng thought he could finally hold his head high, but—
In the end, all of this was just a waste of time and effort.
hehe.
Tian Heng gave a self-deprecating laugh.
In order to focus on managing Su Shengxi, he even transferred his other artists to other people.
Now that Su Shengxi has fallen, and the company doesn't have any promising new talents lately, everyone else is holding onto their own artists tightly and there's no way they'll spare any for him.
Moreover, from a certain perspective, Su Shengxi, who was originally a top star, was ruined by him.
To outsiders, Su Shengxi had no problems when he was under Liu Rulan's control, but after he came under Liu Rulan's control, he suddenly fell from the top and was blacklisted by the company...
I doubt the company will treat him very well...
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Tian Heng took out his phone with trembling hands, wanting to call the person from back then, but then he suddenly stopped.
That person said they would only protect him once.
But that time, he had already used it up because of that crazy woman Liu Rulan's revenge... So, was it really true? Liu Rulan verbally promised not to retaliate, but in reality, she had already dug a pit for him...
Tian Heng walked back to the studio in a daze. Su Shengxi grabbed Tian Heng's hand anxiously, his voice filled with panic: "Brother Tian, what happened? My assistant just told me to suspend all my appearances! What is President Song planning? Are we really going to have to make way for that Xiao He?"
Tian Heng stared blankly at the now-undeserved "top star" in front of him, his gaze sweeping across the empty work area beside him. After a long silence, he finally spoke slowly under Su Shengxi's anxious gaze: "We're finished."
Su Shengxi's career as a star has come to an end, and so has his career as a manager...
