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Chapter 86: Are they just friends?

When Xiao Hua first saw Jiang Yuan, she thought his eyes were like bright stars, and he was handsome and dashing, just like a person in a painting.

Before I knew it, I was somewhat stunned.

"Hello there."

Jiang Yuan greeted Yao Yitian, who was acting like a lackey, and waved with a smile when he saw someone watching him.

Xiao Hua suddenly woke up and quickly bowed, saying, "Brother Yuan, I like you so much! I even follow you on Weibo."

"Thank you for liking it."

Jiang Yuan didn't press for details, instead asking, "What do you like about me?"

That would only make both the other person and yourself uncomfortable; it's quite awkward.

After all, his current position is somewhat like that of a wildly popular internet celebrity—he has some fame, but none of his works have been released or broadcast.

What makes him better than other internet celebrities is that he has official endorsement, similar to the reformist Ding Gong.

But upon closer examination, it is actually quite different from nails.

He will not allow netizens to believe that academic qualifications are useless.

On the contrary, he was more popular with girls because of his academic qualifications.

After all, girls aren't really that interested in interviews conducted during the war correspondent era.

They liked his looks and demeanor even more, but after digging deeper and discovering his educational background, their liking for him deepened even further.

However, the boys who were not initially interested in these people started to admire Jiang Yuan because of his career as a war correspondent. Jiang Yuan is now on par with Bear Grylls among male netizens online.

The only difference is that Bear Grylls is hardcore wilderness survival, while this guy is even more hardcore, conducting hardcore interviews in war zones and daring to chase after bombers in his car.

However, none of these were what Jiang Yuan wanted.

After all, he was brought into the industry by Li Yitong and was meant to be an actor.

An actor should act like an actor.

For this reason, Jiang Yuan is even less willing to post on Weibo than Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was waiting for Jiang Yuan's first Weibo post to crash the server and set a record, while he felt there was nothing to post. He couldn't very well post a selfie or a melancholy essay, could he?

But the promotional period for the drama hadn't started yet, so they just let Xiao Yu do it, which is why his Weibo is still completely blank.

He found it puzzling that this young woman from Zhejiang TV was following his empty Weibo account.

Despite how difficult it was to solve, Jiang Yuan still took out some snacks from her bag when she met her fans.

"Here you go, jasmine flower cakes, a specialty from my hometown."

Jiang Yuan gave Xiao Hua a few packets of flower cakes, but they weren't made by her mother. Although Jiang Yuan had brought some made by her mother, she had prepared them for Chao Yue and Na Zha.

Jiang Yuan then greeted the other two male staff members and distributed several packets to them as well.

Of course, Yao Yitian was not left out either.

Although I don't know how Yao Yitian managed to influence and curry favor with him.

But one shouldn't hit a smiling face; Jiang Yuan has always valued harmony.

"Thank you, Teacher Jiang."

The two male staff members were somewhat flattered, having just learned that Jiang Yuanlian, even the director of the satellite TV station, treated him as an honored guest, and that Yao Yitian, the up-and-coming director whom the station was about to promote, was acting as his sycophant.

In addition, there are many celebrities in the entertainment industry who fawn over their superiors and bully their subordinates; they have seen many who act arrogantly despite their small status.

As a result, Jiang Yuan, who has a powerful background and is quite popular online, is now being so polite to us ordinary staff members and even sharing food with us.

"No need to call me teacher, just call me by my name," Jiang Yuan said casually.

"Since Brother Jiang has said so, then I will respectfully accept. Thank you, Brother Jiang."

Yao Yitian acted as if nothing had happened and shamelessly said...

Xiao Hua pursed her lips at this eagerness to climb the pole, knowing full well that Yao Yitian was a few years older than Jiang Yuan.

"Thank you, Brother Jiang," the two male staff members quickly replied.

Jiang Yuan nodded, pointed out their luggage to Yao Yitian, and then asked Jingjing to take it to the hotel with them.

"Jingjing, after you put your luggage away, just rest at the hotel. We'll be back later."

2

Jiang Yuan patted Jingjing on the shoulder, saying that running back and forth must be tiring.

"Okay, Brother Yuan, I'll be waiting for you at the hotel," Jingjing replied.

Xiao Hua carefully put the flower cakes Jiang Yuan gave her into her bag, preparing to take Jiang Yuan up to the conference room.

When she looked up again, she saw a familiar figure beside her.

"No, Liu Hua, it's only been a few months since we graduated, and you've already forgotten about me?"

Xiao Hua rubbed her eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Yu Ya?"

"it's me."

Xiao Yu shrugged. "I saw you in the car just now. I even tried to hide when I got off, thinking you would notice me quickly, but you didn't even look at me."

Jiang Yuan then walked over with Chao Yue and asked curiously, "Xiao Yu, do you know her?"

"Boss, this is the classmate I was talking about who works at Zhejiang TV."

Xiao Yu pointed at Xiao Hua and couldn't help but chuckle, "I never expected she would be your fan."

Xiao Hua looked at Xiao Yu, then at Jiang Yuan: "Brother Yuan, what's Yu Ya doing here?"

"My agent."

Liu Hua finally reacted, staring at Xiao Yu in surprise, "Yu Ya, you've become a manager? And Yuan Ge's manager at that!"

Xiao Yu said smugly, "What, it's not allowed?"

"But didn't you go home to inherit the factory and become an enviable second-generation factory owner?"

"They're pathetic second-generation parasites," Xiao Yu corrected.

"You're probably the only one who thinks that way."

Xiao Hua sighed. In her mind, Yu Ya from college was someone even a rich second-generation couldn't handle.

If she can't do it, let her do it!

However, she envied Yu Ya more for being able to be Yuan Ge's manager than for being a rich second-generation.

Do you understand how to do it? If not, let me do it.

But thinking about Yu Ya's communication skills honed in the factory, Liu Hua felt that she was more suitable to be an agent than Yu Ya.

Ignoring Liu Hua's envy, Xiao Yu turned to Jiang Yuan and introduced her: "Boss, this is Liu Hua. She's my classmate from Zhejiang University of Media and Communications. We're in the same major, but we studied different areas."

Yang Chaoyue asked, puzzled, "Don't students in the same major learn different things?"

Xiao Yu explained: "Our undergraduate program is called Cultural Industry Management, but in the second year, the major and elective courses will be divided according to personal career plans. Our major is internally summarized into three major directions: cultural economics, film and television production management, and media management."

"Like me, I studied cultural economics, and the elective courses I took were mostly related to brokerage," Xiao Yu said, using himself as an example.

Jiang Yuan recalled what Yao Yitian had said when he went to the set of The Journey of Flower to invite him and try to get closer to Xiao Yu.

"Is Yao Yitian also from your school? I heard him mention last time that he was in the same major as you, which I think is the film and television production management you mentioned, Xiao Yu?"

Jiang Yuan, recalling how Xiao Yu and Yao Yitian didn't seem very close, asked, "But why do you two seem so distant?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "That's right, boss. Yao Yitian is indeed a student majoring in Cultural Industry Management at Zhejiang University of Media and Communications. He studied film and television production management."

"As for whether we're familiar with each other, he and I weren't even in the same year. He had already graduated when I enrolled, so we never met."

Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh when she recalled how Yao Yitian had invited Jiang Yuan to appear on Running Man and even tried to establish a connection with her, his manager, as a senior student.

Let's set aside whether we've ever met or interacted at school.

Even if they were classmates, as the boss's agent, she certainly couldn't ruin her boss's business just because of that relationship.

So when Yao Yitian tried to get close to him, Xiao Yu looked at him with the same eyes he would use to look at some Pokémon he'd encountered at the factory, and ripped him off handsomely.

When Xiao Hua saw Jiang Yuanyuan arrive, she introduced herself, saying, "I studied two majors in college: film and television production management and media management."

"So you're working at Zhejiang TV now, and you're probably aiming to become a producer of variety shows and TV dramas, right?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Xiao Hua nodded: "Brother Yuan, you do have such plans."

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Hua jokingly, "But it seems like Xiao Hua's career isn't going well. Yao Yitian is a much higher priority than you at your TV station. He's already become the executive director of Running Man."

"I only graduated not long ago, okay? My internship lasted only six months."

Xiao Hua rolled her eyes at Xiao Yu and said confidently, "And it's an internship in media management, a new media platform operation position at the station."

"Now that we've switched roles again, just wait and see if I can overtake you. You've become Brother Yuan's manager, so I have to become the chief director of a popular variety show on Zhejiang TV to be worthy of Brother Yuan's fans."

Actually, Xiaohua felt that if she were to become the director of Running Man, she could arrange segments that Yuan Ge would like.

Jiang Yuan was not optimistic upon hearing this, since he had never heard of Liu Hua in later generations.

On the contrary, Yao Yitian became the chief director after several seasons of Running Man. He became a rising star director promoted by Zhejiang TV and had a lot of say in the Running Man production team. He would occasionally appear on screen.

As for Xiao Hua wanting to become the chief director to give him special treatment, Jiang Yuan thought she was overthinking it.

Firstly, Jiang Yuan felt that he didn't need to use connections at all.

The second reason is that Jiang Yuan felt she would only participate in one season.

But who knows, maybe the girl next to me will become a regular on a variety show later on?

Jiang Yuan thought about it and realized that if that were the case, it wouldn't be bad for Xiao Hua to become a director.

Conference room in the Zhejiang TV building.

"Hello, Baoqiang, long time no see."

Deng Chao, who arrived first, shook hands with Wang Baoqiang and greeted him.

"Hello, Brother Chao."

Wang Baoqiang smiled憨厚ly, "You're here so early?"

"I'm the team leader, and I happened to be free, so I came early."

The two then sat together and made small talk.

Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang are not actually very close now; they have only met at parties and award ceremonies.

They had all collaborated with Huayi Brothers before leaving to start their own studios, so they were just casual acquaintances.

This shows that the original members of Running Man were mostly from Huayi Brothers.

Wang Baoqiang and Deng Chao were artists under Huayi Brothers in their early years, while Li Cheng, Chen He, Yang Ying, and Zheng Kai are still artists under Huayi Brothers.

Wang Zulan is probably the only exception.

Wang Baoqiang is not good at talking, but Deng Chao is extremely arrogant.

"Baoqiang must have found out about the cast from the production team, right? Are there any you already know?" Deng Chao asked with a smile.

"Yes, Li Cheng, I filmed 'Soldiers Sortie' with Brother Chen."

Wang Baoqiang answered honestly, and also asked, "What about Brother Chao? Do you know anyone there?"

"Yes, we're quite familiar with each other."

Deng Chao laughed heartily, but in fact, he had never worked with any of the Running Man members before.

Some people, let alone cooperate, have never even met.

Chen He and Yang Ying were both signed by Huayi Brothers after he left the company.

Wang Baoqiang gave Deng Chao a look that said, "Don't joke around, Brother Chao," and laughed, "Brother Chao is so funny. We're hardly close!"

Deng Chao was speechless, rendered speechless by Baoqiang's straightforwardness.

As Jiang Yuan entered the room, she overheard Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang's conversation and burst out laughing.

puff.

Yang Chaoyue, who followed closely behind Jiang Yuan, didn't want to laugh, but she couldn't help but be infected by Jiang Yuan's laughter.

She quickly covered her mouth, embarrassed.

"Hello Brother Chao, hello Brother Baoqiang."

Jiang Yuan greeted the two seniors upon meeting them.

He didn't expect that Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang would be the first to arrive, and these two were the most prominent figures in their lineup.

Especially Wang Baoqiang.

He's now far more famous than Deng Chao, with a huge gap in national recognition. The "Lost in Thailand" series goes without saying, and even "Hello, Mr. Tree" has been released, earning him the Best Actor award.

In terms of TV dramas, his roles as Xu Sanduo in "Soldiers Sortie" and "My Brother is Shunliu" have brought him a great deal of popularity.

In contrast, Deng Chao doesn't actually have many representative works yet. His later acting was hailed as superb in "The Dead End," and the box office success of "The Sun Also Rises" was a notable achievement.

"The Mermaid" hasn't even been released yet.

The Running Man show, which brought him immense popularity, is only now being filmed.

So in the first season of Running Man, Deng Chao, the captain, wasn't actually the one with the highest status or the greatest fame.

When Deng Chao, who had been speechless, saw that a newcomer had arrived, he finally had the motivation to speak again and joked, "I've heard so much about you, Brother Jiang, it's been a long time!"

Jiang Yuan's lips twitched, and he waved his hand, saying, "Brother Chao, don't joke around. What famous name do I have?"

After saying that, Wang Baoqiang introduced himself: "Brother Baoqiang, my name is Jiang Yuan. I've seen many of your movies."

"I know you."

Wang Baoqiang stood up and said in Mandarin with a slight Hebei accent, "You're quite cultured, aren't you—"

Wang Baoqiang scratched his head, then, remembering what he'd done, gave a thumbs up: "A war correspondent! Impressive!"

"Brother Baoqiang has a really good memory."

Jiang Yuan smiled; it wasn't that he didn't call him Brother Wang.

Although Wang Baoqiang shares the surname Wang, he has no connection to Old Wang and is actually the victim.

Jiang Yuan admired Wang Baoqiang quite a bit; his assets were transferred cleanly, but he still had to pay taxes when borrowing money.

Let's see if there's a chance to make Wang Baoqiang take precautions in advance.

Wang Baoqiang, unaware of Jiang Yuan's thoughts, asked, "Jiang Yuan, have you and Brother Chao known each other for a long time?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "More or less. I've never met Brother Chao in person, but we've seen each other a few times on video."

Wang Baoqiang was confused.

"Didn't Brother Chao's movie go on a promotional tour a while ago? I saw Brother Chao when I was video chatting with a friend who was participating in the tour."

Jiang Yuan explained with a smile, "I just didn't expect Brother Chao to actually remember."

Jiang Yuan and Deng Chao had never actually met, but when Nazha was doing her promotional tour, she insisted on introducing Jiang Yuan to her connections. The girl was shameless; she would call anyone she met and insist on introducing them.

"How could I not remember you? I can't forget your face once I've seen it."

Deng Chao laughed heartily, "Besides, Brother Jiang was quite famous back then. You were all over the internet. Even though I'm an old man, I still use Weibo."

Deng Chao then teased, "Are you just friends with Nazha? When our roadshow team was having dinner together, she video-called you and introduced all of us."

Upon hearing this, Yang Chaoyue pursed her lips, thinking of Gulnazar, who wasn't in a very good mood, so there was nothing she could do to help her brother.

"Nazha and I do have a very good relationship."

Jiang Yuan didn't explain much. Nazha was bound by the agreement, and right now, his relationship with Nazha was really just that of friends.

Jiang Yuan changed the subject and introduced Yang Chaoyue to the two of them: "This is Yang Chaoyue, tomorrow's guest."

Jiang Yuan brought Yang Chaoyue along specifically, firstly because Chaoyue came along, and secondly because the production team agreed.

Secondly, it would be awkward if Chaoyue appeared with another guest tomorrow and no one at the event recognized her.

So I brought her here to meet people first, to avoid anyone isolating her tomorrow.

After all, Running Man requires teams to be divided into groups, and Jiang Yuan couldn't guarantee that Chao Yue would always be in front of him.

Anyway, Running Man has only kept the guests a secret a few times, and whether it was a genuine secret or not is unknown.

After that, most of the time, the guests had already revealed everything.

Wang Baoqiang scratched his head, thinking this was Jiang Yuan's assistant.

But since they've made the introduction...

Wang Baoqiang is not someone who looks down on working people.

"This girl is really pretty," Wang Baoqiang praised.

"The name sounds beautiful, surpassing everything."

Deng Chao raised an eyebrow. The guest list for Running Man is kept secret; even he, the team leader, didn't know.

Recalling the rumors circulating among industry leaders about Jiang Yuan, Deng Chao now finds them quite plausible.

However, Deng Chao was not reserved at all; on the contrary, he became even more relaxed.

This is a smooth person who can joke around with strangers and get along well with the boss.

If Jiang Yuan were a difficult person to get along with, then Deng Chao would keep his distance.

"Thank you, Brother Chao. Thank you, Brother Baoqiang."

Yang Chaoyue imitated Jiang Yuan's shout.

At that moment, a few more people walked in from outside.

One of the women, who was quite beautiful and refined, was slightly surprised to see that there were other girls in the room.