Upon landing in Shanghai, Xiao He was picked up by Lao Qi.
Upon arriving at the studio and entering the reception room, Xiao He first saw two figures.
The woman sitting upright at the coffee table had a serious expression. When I first saw her, she had neat, short hair that reached her neck, but somehow it had grown long enough to be tied up. With her neck and face exposed, her aura became even more imposing. Wearing a well-tailored women's suit, she exuded the air of a powerful figure.
The girl sitting in front of her, who looked like a well-behaved student, was wearing a light yellow floral dress. Her legs were together, her back was straight, and her expression was nervous. She was staring intently at the woman in front of her, not daring to even breathe loudly.
In this scene, Xiao He inexplicably hallucinated that a student was being called to the teacher's office by his parents.
He suppressed a laugh and raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Hello, Brother Xiao."
Pan Yuerou turned around upon hearing the sound, and upon seeing Xiao He, she hurriedly stood up and bowed slightly to greet him.
"Oh, what a coincidence."
Xiao He greeted them, "Are you here to sign a contract today?"
"Um."
Facing Xiao He, Pan Yuerou always felt a little guilty. She forced a smile and said weakly, "I've already signed the contract."
"I see. Then welcome to Linghui Studio," Xiao He said with a smile.
"It will probably be Linghui Company in the future."
Liu Rulan's serious expression softened, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Huh? Has it already been submitted?"
Xiao He looked at Liu Rulan.
Liu Rulan nodded slightly, but she didn't say much about it in front of Pan Yuerou. Instead, she said to Xiao He, "Go to your office and wait. I'll have a brief chat with her."
"good."
Xiao He nodded to Pan Yuerou, then turned and walked towards the office.
Pan Yuerou, on the contrary, clenched her fingers nervously.
After seeing Xiao He off, Liu Rulan noticed that Pan Yuerou's expression had turned serious again: "You said you used to be a hater of Xiao He?"
Just now, Liu Rulan, who had already signed the contract, began to ask Pan Yuerou about her basic identity information, family, life, and relationship issues, as usual, in order to understand the potential public opinion risks surrounding Pan Yuerou.
However, when asked about related online comments, Pan Yuerou hesitated for a moment.
The fact that she used to be a fan of Su Shengxi... seems to be a potential source of public concern?
After all, having pursued Su Shengxi is one of her dark histories...
Pan Yuerou's hesitation was instantly noticed by Liu Rulan.
Who is Liu Rulan?
Without much hesitation, she knew that Pan Yuerou was hiding something from her.
Suddenly, the woman's eyes ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ sharpened: "It seems there's something you haven't told me?"
Pan Yuerou bit her lip, her eyes darting away.
Finally, under Liu Rulan's increasingly sharp gaze, Pan Yuerou revealed that she had once been a fan of celebrities.
And the star she idolized was Su Shengxi; she was even considered a hater of Xiao He back then because of Su Shengxi...
After listening to Pan Yuerou's words, Liu Rulan's expression remained unchanged, but before she could say anything more, Xiao He came over.
Upon seeing Xiao He, Pan Yuerou's heart skipped a beat, especially when she met Xiao He's friendly gaze; she felt so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into the ground.
To Pan Yuerou's relief, Liu Rulan did not mention her situation to Xiao He, but instead asked Xiao He to leave first.
After everyone left, Liu Rulan continued talking about the matter.
"No, no, I can't be a complete hater either..."
Pan Yuerou vehemently defended herself, "I just didn't like Xiao Ge when I was pursuing Su Shengxi, so I followed the trend online and said some bad things about him, and also liked some posts..."
At the time, Su Shengxi's fans were cyberbullying Xiao He across the entire internet. Although Pan Yuerou felt it was somewhat inappropriate, she still commented a few words in the comments section.
Of course, Pan Yuerou didn't follow the other fanatical fans and immediately insult Xiao He's entire family. Instead, she expressed her dissatisfaction with Xiao He's public assault in the comments.
"I was using a secondary account at the time, and only later did I find out... that Su Shengxi had orchestrated the whole thing and fooled everyone, so I deleted the account..."
After explaining her situation, Pan Yuerou's fingers were almost twisted into a knot.
It's incredibly embarrassing to talk about your past embarrassing moments.
However, Liu Rulan remained calm and showed no anger. She simply pushed a form in front of her: "Write down the phone number and ID name you registered with, as well as the approximate publication time and date... Is there anything else you haven't told us?"
Pan Yuerou carefully wrote down what she remembered, then looked at Liu Rulan: "Uh, nothing else, but this matter..."
"Don't worry about this, your agent will handle it for you."
"Should I apologize to Brother Xiao?"
"Need not."
Liu Rulan tidied up the various signed documents on the table and smiled at Pan Yuerou: "You don't need to mention these things again, and don't take them to heart, okay? It's just a trivial matter, so adjust your mindset."
In Liu Rulan's view, Pan Yuerou's incident was not a big deal at all. Not to mention when she was an ordinary person, even after celebrities became famous, Liu Rulan had encountered people using alternate accounts to curse their rivals to death or photoshop their funeral portraits.
"Ah? Okay, okay—"
Liu Rulan stood up, glanced at the time on her wrist, and then said to Pan Yuerou, "Alright, there are basically no problems. You can go back now."
"Then my agent..."
“I’ll have your agent come to you later. For now, you should focus on your studies. After ‘The Imperial Decree’ finishes airing here, you should go back to Beijing. As for the things on the internet, we will handle them for you.”
"Okay, thank you, thank you."
Pan Yuerou quickly stood up and sincerely thanked them.
After Pan Yuerou left with her assistant, Liu Rulan turned around and went to Xiao He's office.
Xiao He was looking at the documents on the table when he heard the noise and immediately looked up.
"They've already left?"
"They're gone."
Liu Rulan sorted the documents into categories and placed them in the bookshelf, then said, "Her agent is coming over this afternoon, and I will conduct a brief interview."
Yes, the studio does not currently have an agent assigned to Pan Yuerou.
Therefore, when Pan Yuerou asked the question, Liu Rulan did not answer it directly.
Xiao He rubbed his temples, amused. "Why does it sound like we're the ones lying to that young girl?"
“If the studio wants to transform into a company and expand its overall scale, it’s inevitable that there will be a shortage of staff in the early stages.” Liu Rulan didn’t feel guilty at all. “Besides, her most important request right now is for the studio to help her handle the online public opinion and at most arrange her upcoming schedule. These things are simple and can be handled by the assistant.”
Therefore, the order of priority can be adjusted based on the relative importance and urgency.
"These are some additional signatures that you need to provide."
Liu Rulan pushed another pile of documents in front of Xiao He.
"Besides interviewing agents this afternoon, there are also two professional managers. You should come and take a look too."
"no problem."
Xiao He nodded.
