Huayu: From Prisoner to Movie King

Chapter 604 Onboarding
Although it took some time to explain the dagger and the anti-wolf spray, this sincere meeting ended successfully.

Jiang Yiyan really did what she said. The next morning, she asked someone to take Jin Chen and Li Yitong for a physical examination.

Although it was in the name of a 'pre-employment physical examination', the two still felt a little weird. Fortunately, they were not pretentious people, and they put this discomfort behind them during lunch.

In the afternoon, they were taken to the Nantianmen Studio again. In order to expand and become stronger, the studio's headquarters also moved and rented more than 20 offices on two floors not far from the office of the Youth Directors Association.

The person in charge of reception was Huang Bin, whom I had met during the audition. He introduced himself as the assistant to the general manager, and someone next to him immediately added in a flattering tone, "You will be the general manager in two days."

"It's all thanks to President Jiang and President Chen."

Huang Bin looked calm and didn't want to say much, but he was actually quite pleased with himself. At the beginning, he was too busy to handle everything, so he gritted his teeth and took the initiative to declutter Xu Kun. Now it turns out that he made a good bet.

Chen Xuebin didn't have much energy to take care of the studio's affairs. Now that the studio and Huayi have cross-holdings, Huang Bin's originally somewhat awkward identity problem has also been resolved, so Old Chen simply chose to step down and let others take over.

Jin Chen and Li Yitong hurriedly called out "Mr. Huang". Huang Bin waved his hand without comment, motioning them to follow him to the meeting room.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw the girl who led them into the spa room yesterday, leaning over the conference table signing documents.

"Hey, it's you!"

Jin Chen subconsciously wanted to say hello, but found that he seemed to have not asked the other party's name yesterday, and he was stuck for a moment.

Fortunately, the other party saw Jin Chen's embarrassment and took the initiative to stand up and said, "My name is Zhao Liying, and we will be colleagues from now on."

"Zhao Li...Oh, I remember now!"

When Jin Chen heard the name, an idea flashed through his mind, and then he was stuck again. This time it was not because he couldn't remember it, but because what he remembered was obviously not suitable to be said in person.

As soon as Zhao Liying saw her expression, she knew what she had thought of. She shook her head helplessly and said, "Sit down first. We'll talk later."

"Oh~"

Jin Chen then felt a little awkward and sat opposite Li Yitong.

Then they both found that Huang Bin was missing, as if he had left when they greeted him just now.

"Brother Huang should be going to get the contracts for you two."

Zhao Liying signed quickly and explained to the two of them casually.

Jin Chen nodded, looked at Zhao Liying who was about to sign the contract, and asked curiously: "Sister Liying, have you just signed with the studio too?"

"I guess so. I was originally signed to Huayi. Isn't Huayi going to have cross-shareholdings with Nantianmen Studio? Sister Yiyan took me over by the way."

Huayi? Cross-shareholding?!

Jin Chen and Li Yitong looked at each other. Although they had never dared to underestimate Jiang Yiyan's studio, they still found it a little unbelievable when they heard that Nantianmen was preparing to cross-hold shares with Huayi, and it sounded like Huayi was taking the initiative.

At this time, Huang Bin walked in with two brown paper bags and handed them to Jin Chen and Li Yitong respectively.

Zhao Liying had just finished signing, so she stood up and pushed the contract in front of Huang Bin, saying half-jokingly, "Brother Huang, you can't treat me like a beast this time."

"I don't have any."

Huang Bin complained: "I just want you to gain experience and improve your acting skills as quickly as possible. By the way, don't forget to go to Beijing and Taiwan to take promotional photos this afternoon."

“The release date of ‘Dwelling Narrowness’ has been set?!”

Zhao Liying became excited all of a sudden. She couldn't wait to enjoy the feeling of becoming famous.

"How can Beijing and Taiwan not pay attention to the drama recommended by Brother Kun? It is expected to be broadcast in the prime time on the evening of July 7th. You should save your energy in advance. After the TV series becomes popular, you will be busy with interviews, variety shows, and commercials!"

Seeing Huang Bin personally escorting Zhao Liying out the door, Jin Chen withdrew her envious gaze and tore open the brown paper bag in her hand. The thick stack of contracts inside made her dizzy.

Li Yitong's scalp was tingling as well. She turned her head and asked in a low voice, "Do you understand?"

"I need to find a professional lawyer, right?"

Before Jin Chen finished speaking, he heard Huang Bin say behind him: "If you are worried, go find a professional lawyer - don't worry, you can come over anytime within three days to sign the contract."

Jin Chen and Li Yitong felt embarrassed to know that he had heard it, but they also felt uneasy if they didn't let the lawyer review it.

So in the end they all fell silent and stuffed the contract back into the paper bag.

Huang Bin didn't care much about it. After all, the contract was just an ordinary standard contract, and the terms were relatively generous in the industry. He believed that as long as the two were not fools, they would definitely choose to sign the contract. So next, he personally took the two of them around and introduced the studio's situation, such as which artists were signed, and what advantages and connections they had in the industry.

Finally, Huang Bin stopped in front of an independent area and gave a brief introduction: "The area in front is reserved for Brother Kun. I heard that he wants to set up a special investment management company. Now Brother Kun has more and more assets under his name, and he can't take care of it alone."

After mentioning the investment management company that has nothing to do with the studio, Huang Bin said to the two, "After all, our company focuses on film and television. In order to improve your acting skills, the company contacted Teacher Pan Hong through Brother Kun.

In the next two or three months, Teacher Pan will give you six classes every week. Li Yitong, you will mainly focus on laying the foundation. In addition to laying the foundation, Jin Chen will also receive special training for the heroine of "The Way of Heaven".

I don't need to tell you how important this role is. You must do your best to seize this opportunity!
In addition, if you perform well, you will have the opportunity to be recommended to the People's Art Theater for further study..."

Jin Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, but Li Yitong hesitated. She pulled Jin Chen's arm from behind and asked in a low voice, "What about our professional courses at school?"

"Why, do you want to compete with Tang Shiyi?"

Jin Chen curled his lips. Compared with film and television actors, dancers are more like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, and it also depends more on personal talent.

As they were able to be admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy, it is obvious that she and Li Yitong are talented, but compared with some people of the same grade, the gap is still visible to the naked eye.

Li Yitong was choked by her and was speechless. Thinking about the fact that she had basically given up on the path of becoming a professional dancer after signing with Nantianmen, and that no matter how well she learned professional courses, it would be of little use, she gradually became relieved.

At this time, Zhao Liying came back and greeted with a smile: "Brother Huang, are you almost done here? Sister Yiyan said she wants to take them to a place."

"Boss Jiang's business is more important. If there's anything you haven't finished, I'll fill them in later."

"Then I'll take the person away first."

Zhao Liying said this and hooked her finger at the two of them, motioning them to follow her.

Jin Chen and Li Yitong looked at each other and hurriedly chased after her and said flatteringly, "Sister Liying, what on earth does Sister Yiyan want to talk to us about?"

"Good thing."

Zhao Liying asked: "Have you seen "Flowers Along the Way"? "

“Of course I have!”

They both said in unison: "We love watching it!"

Zhao Liying glanced at the two of them. She knew exactly what they liked to watch. After all, she also liked to watch the sisters' intrigues.

Although Zhao Liying has seen more intense collisions in real life, this is still very different from the experience of watching variety shows.

"Have you heard of JD.com's 618 Shopping Festival?"

"I, I, I heard it!"

Jin Chen quickly raised his hand and said, "Many people didn't get any benefits during the 315 promotion, so they all wanted JD to do it again. Some people even went to Fanfou to petition for it, and there were tens of thousands of comments. So JD followed the trend and launched the 618 promotion."

"Now that you know, it will save me the trouble."

Zhao Liying explained, "'Along the Road to Blossoms' will be doing a related program. Sister Yi Yan is going to arrange for you two new faces to go to Jingdong for two days of training in advance. You will act as her 'undercover' and catch others off guard."

When Zhao Liying said this, she saw Jin Chen's eyes light up and he was eager to try, so she quickly added, "This is mainly for the show effect, you guys must not mess around."

"how come!"

Jin Chen quickly acted serious: "I'm just too happy. After all, it's 'Flowering Road', the most popular online variety show at the moment!"

In fact, apart from "Along the Way", there are no other serious online variety shows at the moment.

But Zhao Liying shook her head and said, "Not in this issue anymore."

"what?"

Jin Chen was very surprised and said, "Does our program have a competitor?"

"No, it's the 618 JD Shopping Festival episode. 'Along the Way' will be broadcasted simultaneously on Hunan Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV."

As Zhao Liying spoke, she subconsciously glanced at Jin Chen. Although it was fair competition, Tianyu was a subsidiary of Matou Channel. Jiang Yiyan's arrangement for Jin Chen to participate in this episode was somewhat like a demonstration and a declaration of sovereignty.

If Brother Kun knew about this little trick...

(End of this chapter)