Run, Best Actor!

"Guo Tingting?"

Upon hearing the name, Yang Mi thought for a moment before saying, "I don't think I've ever heard of this name before."

"Hmm, you probably haven't heard of it."

Liu Taile replied, "This person isn't very famous right now, but his connections and resources are no less than Huang Bin's."

"What?! He's comparable to Brother Bin?!"

Yang Mi exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know?"

"That was naturally after investigation."

Liu Taile said matter-of-factly, "It's also because although Huang Bin is still Huang Da'an's agent these past two years, it's no longer his main job."

He currently manages other artists, so I discovered that someone was acting as Huang Da'an's manager.

"You mean Guo Tingting?"

Yang Mi suddenly realized what was happening and asked in return.

Yes, that's right.

Liu Taile confirmed the answer, "Then I investigated and found that this lady actually graduated from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Unexpectedly, she entered Huayi during her senior year internship and then switched careers to become an agent."

Yes, reality is truly bizarre.

A former director, who entered Huayi Brothers, the "Whampoa Military Academy" of the entertainment industry, actually switched careers and became a talent agent!

It is said that he was a student of Wang Jinghua, and when Huang Da'an joined Huayi and even became the top star of Huayi, he was arranged to join his team.

"So, she also came from Huayi with Huang Da'an?"

Yang Mi said, "How could you have poached me?"

"Because I can give her what Huang Da'an can't."

Liu Taile said confidently.

The original timeline was 2016, when Huang Da'an and his long-time agent Huang Bin peacefully parted ways.

The career path for domestic artist agents is quite clear. They start by managing artists, and once they have accumulated enough connections, they gradually move towards becoming film and television producers or distributors.

Wang Jinghua, Li Xiaowan, Chang Jihong, and others from earlier years were all like this.

Huang Bin has worked in the industry for many years and has accumulated a lot of connections and resources. He started participating in film and television production as early as 08 and 09.

Therefore, the long-term cooperation between Huang Da'an and Huang Da'an is more like a win-win cooperative relationship between equals.

During this period, Huang Bin helped Huang Da'an win the battle for the top spot at Huayi Brothers, and then led Huang Da'an to shift his focus towards film and television capital.

The two broke up peacefully, and many people felt sorry for Huang Da'an.

Because Huang Bin is indeed very capable.

Besides Huang Da'an, another female top star was also promoted later.

That is, Zhao Liying.

He poached him from Hairun, and it caused quite a stir at the time.

Zhao Liying's former agent, He Ru, directly attacked Zhao Liying, causing the latter to be universally criticized online.

However, having overcome these hardships, Zhao Liying's career has flourished, proving Huang Bin's insight and ability.

As for Guo Tingting, who succeeded Huang Bin as Huang Da'an's agent in 2016, it was Guo Tingting who took over.

However, the industry's opinion of the girl wasn't very good during those years.

Because her philosophy is entirely based on the strategies of the traffic-driven era, she arranged more variety show and gala resources for artists.

It was her idea that Huang Da'an became a regular guest on "Chinese Restaurant".

During those years, Huang Da'an's career was on a downward spiral, and his fame and status were almost surpassed by his troublesome wife.

But things started to take a turn for the better starting in 2020.

That year, Guo Tingting officially ended her collaboration with Huang Da'an and parted ways amicably.

Huang Bin, however, joined hands with Huang Da'an once again.

That same year, Huang Da'an made a remarkable comeback and regained popularity with his two works, "The Bravest" and "Winter Begonia".

Both of these works were arranged for him by Guo Tingting.

After Huang Bin returned to Huang Da'an's team, he actually followed the route that Guo Tingting had designed for Huang Da'an in the past, and continued to have Huang Da'an participate in various variety shows and galas.

Apart from "Meritorious Service", the "Volunteer Army" series, and "The War of Roses", his other works are not worth mentioning.

He even arranged for Huang Da'an and Zhao Liying, two top male and female stars he had mentored, to co-star in the highly anticipated drama "Small Town Big Events," but the results were far below expectations.

Regarding the negative public opinion surrounding Huang Da'an's private life, Huang Bin was completely incompetent in handling the situation.

Previously, when Huang Da'an and Yang Ying were only superficially harmonious, although he was going through a rough patch, public opinion was mainly sympathetic towards him, while most of the negative views were directed at Yang Ying.

Even after the two divorced, many people felt that Huang Da'an was finally free.

However, the series of controversies that Huang Da'an and that female internet celebrity caused severely damaged his reputation once again.

As his agent at the time, Huang Bin was largely to blame.

In contrast, Guo Tingting's methods were superb.

Back in 19, Guo Tingting joined forces with several agent friends to start her own company, Bozhongxinghe.

After that, they quickly signed contracts with a certain Li who had terminated his contract with Huanrui, as well as Qin Hailu, Liao Fan, and others.

Later, he collaborated with Zhang Yimou's studio and signed Liu Haocun's agency contract.

I won't say much about that guy Li; he brought this on himself.

Let's talk about Liu Haocun.

Because of her parents' series of questionable actions in their early years, and her poor communication skills when she first debuted, this girl's reputation has never been very good.

Although she was a "Zhang Yimou girl," her reputation was even worse than that of the Little Yellow Duck.

However, after Guo Tingting's Bozhongxinghe took over Liu Haocun's management contract, they began to gradually control the online public opinion and arranged for her to participate in multiple gala programs, frequently appearing in front of the audience.

After that, they also had him participate in many TV series, making him appear more down-to-earth, and gradually increasing his fan base.

These days, things are different from a few years ago; pure movie actors can't make it in the industry anymore.

A career path that combines film and television is more suitable for artists today.

Gradually, Liu Haocun's reputation really did improve.

It's clear that Guo Tingting's approach is indeed effective.

And Qin Hailu.

This actor's acting skills are undeniable, but he's just a bit unlucky in achieving fame.

Especially for actresses, it's basically impossible to become a big star again after the age of forty.

Therefore, her purpose in signing with Bozhongxinghe was very clear—to earn more money while maintaining a good reputation.

So Guo Tingting arranged several variety shows that were very suitable for her, such as "Wife's Travel" and "Divas Hit the Road 5"—travel variety shows.

In particular, "Divas Hit the Road 5" has become a classic variety show, and is considered by many fans to be a "masterpiece" among variety shows.

The "Big Dipper Seven Lines," composed of seven people, is like a big family, and even years later, it is still talked about by many people.

Qin Hailu, as the eldest of the seven, impressed the audience with her decisive style and outstanding execution and organizational skills.

It's truly remarkable that a single variety show could cause the reputations of all seven participants to soar both within and outside the industry.

However, I'd like to add that programs featuring a large number of northerners, especially from Northeast China, are very likely to have a good reputation.

After all, people from Northeast China are rarely pretentious.

Returning to Guo Tingting, the fact that she can help artists appear on numerous mainstream galas and popular variety shows proves that she has a strong network of connections in this field.

With the booming development of domestic variety shows in the future, everyone wants a piece of the pie, and Liu Taile's team needs talented people like Guo Tingting.

He also knew what Guo Tingting needed—since she later left Huang Da'an to start her own company, she must have had a desire for power.

It just so happens that Liu Taile's company, Jiale Media, which he founded in 09, has never had a CEO.

Therefore, Liu Taile directly invited Guo Tingting to switch jobs to Jiale Media with this position.

"So, Guo Tingting is now the CEO of your company?"

Yang Mi clicked her tongue and said, "No wonder you asked me to convey your apology to Brother Da'an."

Even though this Ms. Guo has quite a strong network of connections, she was directly transferred to the position of agent—no, not even a full-time agent; she was probably just Da'an's agent assistant before.

A direct brokerage assistant rose to the top and became CEO overnight. Is she really capable of doing that job?

"Whether it works or not, we have to let her try, right? After all, no one is born knowing how to do that."

Liu Taile replied, "But I'm quite satisfied with her. Look, she helped you win the award this time, wasn't she very successful!"

"Oh, so she helped me get this Guanxi Prize?!"

Yang Mi couldn't help but exclaim.