Chapter 16
Fei Chang went home in a muddle-headed manner, tossing and turning all night, unable to understand what his senior brother meant.
Whose person he was? He was Chinese… But he felt that his senior brother wasn’t asking about his nationality…
This question circulated in his head for several days, until a week later when a Weibo account named @YangfanStudio with the authentication information of “Chen Yueyang Artist Studio under Upstart Entertainment Company” was born, publishing an eloquent one-thousand-word announcement.
To put it simply, the following two points could be summarized in the announcement.
First, Chen Yueyang established an independent studio named after himself.
Second, Chen Yueyang signed a few trainees from his previous company.
In his Weibo circle, his new partners from his new company appeared. They were all familiar faces that Fei Chang had been cooperating with recently. Including a 2.5 tier, a 3.8 tier, and 4.9 tier1[In the Chinese entertainment circle, artists are typically divided into “tiers”, similar to A-list, B-list, etc.] and one… @DeerFeiFei.
When other people’s Weibo accounts were clicked open, they were all about work promotion and selfies.
Only @DeerFeiFei’s Weibo was all manhua, manhua, manhua, promoting Chen Yueyang, manhua, manhua, manhua. And @DeerFeiFei’s authentication information was not as an artist, but as “Chinese Manhua Grand Prix Champion, Short Story Category”.
Since the DeerFeiFei ID was picked up by enthusiastic netizens, Fei Chang had adopted a policy of playing dead, registering for a new vest2[A secondary account or sockpuppet account.] and not logging into his old account at all. But this time, after the announcement, his account gained an official seal3[Like a Twitter blue check, on Weibo it’s a blue V.], verifying his 2D identity. Netizens flooded his Weibo to hahaha underneath.
Chen Yueyang naturally reposted this announcement and said a few words like “I will continue to work hard in the future and will not disappoint my fans”. At the same time, he privately messaged his little fanboy.
He asked: [Do you still want to be a bodyguard now?]
Fei Chang: […]
Chen Yueyang: [You’re not crying again, are you?]
Fei Chang: [Well QAQ]
Through the screen, there was an obvious sense of grievance.
Chen Yueyang really couldn’t understand. Fei Chang was clearly tall and strong, but why was there a Lin-meimei4[Little sister Lin, refers to Lin Daiyu from the classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions, a physically delicate, sickly girl, prone to melancholy.] living inside of him?
Chen Yueyang: [It is said that women are made of water, what are you made of?]
Fei Chang: [I, I, I, I am made of a water tower QAQ]
Chen Yueyang: […]
Chen Yueyang smiled sullenly. The makeup artist who was applying his makeup felt their heart tremble from his smile, even the foundation brush in their hand shook until it became a chicken feather duster.
How could there be a male star that smiled so seductively?
The makeup artist asked, “Yang-ge, what did you just see that made you so happy?”
Chen Yueyang closed his eyes and replied casually, “Water tower.”
Otter5[The words otter and water tower are pronounced the same in Chinese.]? Did Chen Yueyang want to open a zoo?
…
Fei Chang’s brokerage contract was transferred to his senior brother. He originally had half a year left on the contract. The next day he voluntarily took his ID and ran to the office to renew the contract.
The new agent assigned to him was Jing Jiren6[Jing Jiren is a homophone for “agent”.], who had been rubbing, crawling, rolling, and beating in this circle for many years. Chen Yueyang was brought out by him.
Fei Chang greeted him obediently, “Hello, Jing-ge7[-ge is a casual honorific for older brother.].”
Jing Jiren said, “Sit down, looking at you makes my neck hurt.”
After Fei Chang sat down, Jing Jiren circled him three times, measuring him up and down as he circled.
Height and weight, university, hobbies and interests, it was all included in the materials. Jing Jiren picked some questions that weren’t in the materials. He wanted to plan his future direction carefully.
“Do you like filming?”
“I haven’t filmed before, so I don’t know.”
“Do you like to shoot commercials?”
“I haven’t shot any, so I also don’t know.”
“Do you like sports?”
“Don’t look at me because I’m so tall. I’ve never touched a basketball in my life.”
“Do you like singing and dancing?”
“I practiced it as a trainee. I can’t say I like it, but I can do the splits!”
Jing Jiren wrote it down in a small notebook. After he finished writing, he stuffed the notebook into his pocket, then walked to stand in front of Fei Chang. He stared at him carefully for a while, and suddenly asked, “Do you like men?”
“…”
“Look, I put away the notebook, this is off the record.”
“…”
“I’m your agent, the person you should trust the most in the world. You can tell me anything.”
Fei Chang’s two big hands were placed behind him like a little schoolboy’s. His ten fingers gripped the edge of the back of the chair tightly, and he almost bent the iron rod.
His Adam’s apple moved, his eyes firm, “I’m heterosexual.”
Jing Jiren nodded, his mouth said “I got it,” but in his heart, he thought, “Well, another gay.”
…
Jing Jiren sorted out all the artist’s information and sent it to Chen Yueyang for review.
Now that Chen Yueyang had his own independent studio, his work was completely different from when he was alone. He couldn’t just take care of himself. He had to become a decision maker, choosing the development direction for his artists.
Chen Yueyang read through everyone else’s materials first and said a few words. Then he finally looked at Fei Chang. Compared with his seniors who had debuted for a long time, Fei Chang’s information was really too short. It was short to the point that he can write it on a thin sheet of paper. Including all of the variety shows he had appeared on, he couldn’t fill up two A4 papers in total.
But Chen Yueyang read for a long time. After reading the last line, Chen Yueyang closed the folder and asked bluntly: “Did you ask about his sexuality?”
Jing Jiren: “He’s your fanboy.”
“And so?”
“Are there straight men among your fans?”
“…”
Right.
After that, the two discussed Fei Chang’s development direction.
Fei Chang was indeed a good seed. Whether it was his masculine appearance or his meticulous inner self which contrasted greatly with his appearance, it was all popular.
As long as he was well-cultivated and well-shaped, Fei Chang definitely had the potential to be “red”8[Popular.]. “Red” depended on talent. But whether or not he could become “hot”9[On fire, famous.] depended on luck.
Jing Jiren said, “He has only recorded a few variety shows so far. I don’t want to position him as a variety show star. I want to explore some of his other advantages.”
“Such as?”
“Advertising, TV series guest appearances, game endorsements, these resources are all quite suitable for him.”
Chen Yueyang thought for a while. Then he pulled out a work order from the thick pile on the other side of the desk, and handed it to Jing Jiren.
“I met an old acquaintance at the wine reception the other day. They used to be the director of XX apparel in the Greater China region. They were transferred to another brand in the same group and promoted to the head of the Asian region. They wanted to invite me to shoot this season’s commercial and said I could bring along a newcomer.”
Seniors from the same company carrying juniors, giving exposure and resources, it was an extremely common package deal method.
After learning that Chen Yueyang was independent now, the director in charge of the Asian region immediately threw over an olive branch and took the initiative to invite Chen Yueyang to bring a junior brother.
This advertisement invitation was delivered directly to Chen Yueyang and Jing Jiren didn’t know about it before. He looked down at the work order, and when he saw the clothing brand, he was speechless.
It is indeed a world-famous brand–BK10[Should be referring to Calvin Klein.] men’s underwear. Chen Yueyang, why don’t you just change your name to Sima Zhao11[A famous general during the Three Kingdoms period, and the de facto ruler of Former Wei (later Jin). Everyone knew he coveted the crown. Later on, his name became a byword for someone whose hidden intention is so obvious to everyone else that it isn’t actually hidden.]?
- 1[In the Chinese entertainment circle, artists are typically divided into “tiers”, similar to A-list, B-list, etc.]
- 2[A secondary account or sockpuppet account.]
- 3[Like a Twitter blue check, on Weibo it’s a blue V.]
- 4[Little sister Lin, refers to Lin Daiyu from the classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions, a physically delicate, sickly girl, prone to melancholy.]
- 5[The words otter and water tower are pronounced the same in Chinese.]
- 6[Jing Jiren is a homophone for “agent”.]
- 7[-ge is a casual honorific for older brother.]
- 8[Popular.]
- 9[On fire, famous.]
- 10[Should be referring to Calvin Klein.]
- 11[A famous general during the Three Kingdoms period, and the de facto ruler of Former Wei (later Jin). Everyone knew he coveted the crown. Later on, his name became a byword for someone whose hidden intention is so obvious to everyone else that it isn’t actually hidden.]
chen yueguang wants to see feifei in a underwear HAHAHA