Chapter 275: Where in Life Do We Not Meet?

“You’re really a person who forgets things easily. We met at the beginning of the year, and we had a very pleasant conversation.”

The woman smiled, her tone cheerful.

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a long while, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind. He immediately asked, “Are you Lu Sijia?”

Lu Sijia was someone he had met at the airport when he returned to Lushi from Guangcheng at the beginning of the year. Because they were from the same hometown and were on the same flight, the two of them had chatted a lot along the way. After arriving in Lushi, they had even added each other as WeChat friends, but they had never contacted each other since.

In his memory, this Lu Sijia seemed to be the boss of an entertainment company. He just didn’t expect that it was such a coincidence that Zhao Guoqing had introduced her through an intermediary.

It could only be said that where in life do we not meet?

“Haha, you still remember my name. Otherwise, I would be sad,” Lu Sijia said with a smile. “But since you’ve already found me, don’t you know my name?”

Chen Feng explained with some embarrassment, “I contacted someone who knew you through someone else. I went through two people. I only know that your surname is Lu and you are the boss of a film and television production company who just resigned. As for your full name and what company you were in before, I haven’t asked clearly yet. But speaking of which, your previous company seemed to be called Zijin Teng, right? Didn’t you found it? Why did you quit?”

Hearing Chen Feng’s explanation, Lu Sijia finally understood. She had a good impression of Chen Feng, and they were from the same hometown, so she didn’t deliberately hide her own affairs. She said very directly, “Although I founded Zijin Teng, I actually don’t have many shares. Because I didn’t have much capital at that time, I only had 18% of the company’s shares. In addition, there were three other shareholders, two of whom owned 70% of the shares. I had a big disagreement with these two major shareholders on the company’s development direction, so I had to resign and leave.”

“Oh, can you tell me what the main disagreement was?” Chen Feng asked with some interest.

Lu Sijia said frankly, “The main disagreement was about focusing on the development of TV series and movies, and the choice of film and television IP. I am more optimistic about the future development of domestic TV series, while they are more optimistic about movies. In terms of IP selection, although we all know that it’s best to adapt popular online novels, I prefer original scripts with better cost performance. In addition, there are some personal reasons, so I won’t tell you.”

“Then you can be the general manager of our Fengmang Film and Television,” Chen Feng said very directly. “I sincerely invite you. The monthly salary is temporarily set at 50,000, with a 1% dividend in the first year, and it will increase by 1% every year until it reaches 10%. At the end of the year, there will be other performance bonuses depending on the situation.”

Lu Sijia said with a smile, “Your sincerity is a bit lacking. In my own company, my annual salary was 800,000, and there were also additional project commissions.”

Chen Feng also said with a smile, “Then I’ll give you a similar treatment, but there will be no share dividends.”

“Then I’d rather have the share dividends. But the starting point of 1% is too low. It has to be at least 5%. If it’s okay, I’ll be interested in working for you.”

Chen Feng thought for a moment. Since Lu Sijia’s previous company could successfully produce a popular TV series like “Immortal Fate Dream,” and Zhao Guoqing had introduced her through a reliable intermediary this time, her work ability was definitely not a problem. In addition, he had a very pleasant conversation with her on the plane last time, and their impressions of each other were very good. They were also from the same hometown, Lushi, so Chen Feng no longer hesitated.

“Okay! Then it’s as you said. You can come and sign the contract and take office tomorrow, how about it?”

“Ah, you really agreed?” Lu Sijia looked a little surprised.

“Otherwise? I know you are a talent. It’s rare that we knew each other before and are from the same hometown, Lushi. You can come and report tomorrow.”

“This… can you wait a few days? I just got back to my hometown and want to have a good rest,” Lu Sijia said with some reluctance.

“You have to keep your word. I’ve already offered you such good conditions, and our company has already opened. It won’t do without a general manager like you.”

“Isn’t there still you, the boss? Boss, can you give me another week? If I want to come to your company to work, I must first settle the matter with Zijin Teng.”

“A week is too long. Three days. I’ll give you three days at most. Otherwise, some of my business will not be easy to carry out.”

“…Alright then. Three days is three days. I’ll try my best to settle the matter with Zijin Teng and then go to report. We seem to have added each other on WeChat before. Don’t tell me you’ve already deleted me. Send me the company’s specific address later.”

“Of course I didn’t delete it. I’ll send you a location later.”

“Okay.”

“Then it’s a deal. Three days at most. I hope to see you in three days.”

“Of course, I’ll keep my word.”

After they made an appointment, they didn’t talk much more. After hanging up the phone, seeing that the few people next to him were looking at him curiously, Chen Feng had to explain a little.

Zhao Guoqing said with emotion, “This is really a coincidence. It seems that God has destined her to be the general manager of Fengmang Film and Television. This CEO Lu’s work ability is beyond doubt. The popular drama ‘Immortal Fate Dream’ was a project she led. She single-handedly made that Zhang Jingwen popular, and her reputation in the circle is very good.”

Wu Mengting glanced at Chen Feng with a scrutinizing look. Seeing that he looked back at her frankly, she didn’t say much.

The candidate for the general manager was officially confirmed, and the candidates for the other temporarily vacant positions were not in a hurry.

At the company’s general meeting on Monday, all the staff of the company attended, including the five artists who had previously signed with Xinyao Film and Television. Before, the five of them were basically in a state of self-destruction. The oldest female artist was still okay, and she had a private little assistant by her side.

The other four young signed artists didn’t even have a little assistant. They could only find work for themselves, but they had no connections and no agent to bridge the gap. Of course, they couldn’t find any money-making work. They could only do short-term work, and the company had been in arrears with their wages for two or three months. Their life was really a bit miserable, especially the two young female artists. They could barely pay the rent, and their families were desperately urging them to get married, which made them a little崩溃.

Fortunately, when they couldn’t help but compromise with their families, Xinyao Film and Television was sold, and they also became the signed artists of the current Fengmang Film and Television. The wages in arrears were finally paid, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. This time, they were notified to come to the new company. In addition to meeting the new boss and new colleagues, they also had to re-sign a supplementary contract with Fengmang Film and Television.

However, although the five of them were now members of Fengmang Film and Television, they were obviously very different from the newly recruited employees.

At the company’s general meeting, the five of them just briefly introduced themselves like the others and did not speak again, nor did they need to speak.

The oldest actress was named Wang Shujuan. She was in her early thirties and was not very beautiful, but she was also the kind of person who was pleasant to look at. She also had a bit of a young married woman’s charm. More importantly, her acting skills were good. She was currently the best among the five artists in the company, and her status was also the highest. She had participated in many film and television dramas and was a female actress who felt a little familiar to the audience.

Her current contract with the company was less than a year. Before, she had also mainly relied on her own acting to support herself. Xinyao Film and Television had not given her much help in the past two years.

At present, she was the most likely to terminate the contract with Fengmang Film and Television.

The other two female artists, the older one, twenty-five years old, was named Jiang Shumin. She graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and had previously starred in a web drama produced by Xinyao Film and Television, which was a small hit on the Internet. In addition, she had also played small supporting roles as female number four or female number n in some other TV series, which were purely soy sauce roles.

In addition to these, she was also the female number two in “River and Mountain Order”.

The younger one, twenty-three years old, was named Luo Yingying. She had just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy for a year. Before she graduated, she was signed by the previous Xinyao Film and Television. She immediately starred in a web movie and a TV series produced by Xinyao Film and Television, which was broadcast on TV. It was also a small hit, but after that, there was nothing. She didn’t even get a soy sauce role.

Of course, except for the role of the female number one in “River and Mountain Order,” but now “River and Mountain Order” had not passed the review yet, and its release was even more distant.

And in fact, she and Jiang Shumin did not have many scenes in “River and Mountain Order,” this male-male BL drama. At most, they were just embellishments.

The biggest feature of these two female artists was that their looks were relatively high, with an internet celebrity face, and their acting skills were online.

Both of them had signed a five-year long contract with Xinyao Film and Television before. Jiang Shumin was slightly better, and her contract had about three years left. Luo Yingying, on the other hand, still had four years.

And their respective liquidated damages were very high, which showed that Xinyao Film and Television was very optimistic about them at that time.

As for the two male artists, that is, the two pretty boys, the older one was only twenty-three years old, named Zhang Hang, a male model. The younger one was twenty-two years old, Gong Yi, a graduate of the performance department of the Xiuzhou Academy of Arts. He was signed as soon as he graduated, and then he filmed “River and Mountain Order”.

After that, the signed company went bankrupt and was sold.

The two of them had also signed a five-year long contract with Xinyao Film and Television before. It had been less than a year so far. More importantly, the liquidated damages were ridiculously high.

Now they could only pray that Fengmang Film and Television was more reliable than Xinyao Film and Television and had more capital.

Unfortunately, the results they had found out these few days were not very optimistic, because Chen Feng was a complete individual. They didn’t know how much money he had, but at least Chen Feng had no fame before and was a complete rookie in the film industry.

After the company’s general meeting, the five of them were left behind. In addition, Zhao Guoqing, Sun Xiaorui, Wu Mengting, and Hu Rui were also left behind.

After Chen Feng’s persuasion, Hu Rui was given a high salary and was appointed as the manager of the artist department, fully responsible for the management and promotion of the company’s artists. It could be said that she was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. In contrast, she was not doing well at Xingxing Media, so the choice was obvious.

“Although our Fengmang Film and Television is a new company, we can’t be considered rookies in the film industry. We have an industry veteran like Mr. Zhao Guoqing as our company’s consultant. Mr. Zhao has been in the film industry for more than forty years. He has deep connections in the industry and knows many people. He has rich industry experience. If you have any questions in the future, you can consult Mr. Zhao.

“Our artist department manager, Manager Hu Rui, has been engaged in brokerage affairs for more than ten years. She started as a small assistant and then followed Hua Jie of Xingxing Media to learn. Hua Jie is her master, and their relationship is very good. You will all be under her management in the future, and she will be in charge of arranging your future work and some related promotion activities.

“In addition, I want to announce that our company’s general manager will be Ms. Lu Sijia, the former general manager of Zijin Teng Culture Media. She will come to take office in a few days after she has dealt with her private affairs. She was the producer of the popular drama ‘Immortal Fate Dream’ before. It can be said that ‘Immortal Fate Dream’ was planned and created by her. She is very familiar with film and television production and company management. I believe that in the future, under her management, the company will flourish and will also produce popular film and television dramas similar to ‘Immortal Fate Dream’ or even better.”

Chen Feng’s words were quite encouraging. Even an “old artist” like Wang Shujuan was slightly moved. Originally, she had planned to leave when the contract expired, but now that she had a new owner, she had to think more about it.

“We have now equipped you with new agents, work assistants, life assistants, makeup artists, stylists, and so on. We will also increase your monthly salary. I believe that the investment in you now is worth it, and we will achieve a win-win result in the future. In short, we will find a way to make you popular, including Sister Wang, you are the same. If you can give our company a little more time, I believe you will not regret it.”

After Chen Feng finished these official words, he handed it over to Hu Rui, the manager of the artist department, to talk about re-signing the contract with Fengmang Film and Television.

Of course, it was best to sign a longer contract.

Hu Rui gave each of them a new contract. Among them, although the salary in Wang Shujuan’s new contract was increased, the term was also extended to three years. Wang Shujuan immediately objected and bargained with Hu Rui. Finally, she said that after the original contract expired, under the same conditions, Fengmang Film and Television had the priority to renew the contract with her.

This was almost equivalent to saying that she did not intend to renew the contract with Fengmang Film and Television directly, let alone extend the contract term.

Hu Rui could not make a decision on this and finally looked at Chen Feng, the boss.

Chen Feng waved his hand generously and said, “Okay, let’s do as Sister Wang says. However, I hope Sister Wang can understand that within the contract period of less than a year, our company cannot possibly promote you. I hope you understand.”

Wang Shujuan was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and nodded, “Of course, I understand.”

“That’s good. Then, according to the previous contract with Xinyao Film and Television, re-sign with our Fengmang Film and Television.”

The meaning of these words was very clear. The previously increased salary in the new contract was also gone. Hu Rui understood in a second and immediately asked her subordinate to print out a new contract.

Wang Shujuan complained in her heart that Chen Feng was stingy, but of course she couldn’t say anything.

And the remaining four artists, you look at me, I look at you, did not dare to say much or ask much. They all looked like obedient babies.

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(End of chapter)