I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 234 A Music Industry Boss Has Arrived!

Liu Bohan is currently coordinating his schedule with his new agent.

He now has an important award to win.

The whole company is working hard on this. If I can win the Best Actor award this time, I will definitely step into the top tier.

Therefore, Liu Bohan didn't pay much attention to Ye Xian during this period. He spent more time figuring out how to build good relationships with the judges.

My aunt's connections are mostly in the music industry, which is the key reason why I was able to easily become a well-known singer, but could not reach the top tier through the film industry.

Fortunately, his company had a strong network of connections. If Sister Hong hadn't left him, he would definitely have secured the deal by now.

Thinking of this, Liu Bohan's resentment towards Sister Hong grew even stronger: "Just you wait, you bitch! Once I reach the top tier, the company will have to give me shares. Then we'll see how I deal with you!"

The new agent is also a veteran in the industry, named Sister Lan, and she is quite shrewd.

At that moment, she was pointing out the judges who needed public relations efforts, when she noticed Liu Bohan was a little distracted and reminded him, "Bohan, you need to focus right now..."

Before Sister Lan could finish speaking, Liu Bohan's assistant walked in: "Brother Han, Sister Lan, excuse me, there are some unfriendly comments about Brother Han online."

Sister Lan frowned, took the tablet and looked at it. She immediately understood. She handed it to Liu Bohan. Liu Bohan hadn't cared much at first, but when he saw those marketing articles, he was furious.

"It's Ye Xian again! I don't even want to talk to him anymore, but he's still trying to ride on my coattails!"

After listening patiently to the song "Farewell" for a while, Liu Bohan laughed in exasperation: "This song is so awful, and they actually claim it was used to deal with me back then? Is this trash addicted to riding on someone else's coattails?"

Sister Lan doesn't know much about music; she's more skilled in the film and television industry, but she understands the rules of the entertainment circle.

Looking at these marketing accounts that are trying to ride the wave of trending topics, she said, "These accounts usually like to randomly ride the wave of trending topics. They are not the ones we usually cooperate with. Now we either spend some money to suppress this content, or we organize our fans to flood the comments and clean up the public square. However, we are at a very critical moment now, and we cannot afford to make any mistakes. Ignoring them is the best response."

Upon hearing that Sister Lan wouldn't let him respond, Liu Bohan angrily grabbed an ashtray and smashed it, yelling, "Damn it, I've suffered such a huge loss, and I can't even speak up?"

The assistant shrank back in fright and quickly retreated.

Sister Lan had long heard that Liu Bohan had a bad temper; otherwise, Sister Hong wouldn't have been so determined to abandon this near-top star she had helped to cultivate.

However, having taken over from Sister Hong, she had to deal with Liu Bohan's temperament, so she said rather forcefully, "This time, let him win this round. After all, he's released so many graduation season songs; even if we retaliate, we can't find that many high-quality graduation season songs all at once. Instead of wasting our energy on this, we should focus all our efforts on preparing for the Best Actor award. As long as you win Best Actor, as long as you become a top-tier star, Ye Xian will have to bow down to you in the future!"

There is a hierarchy of contempt in the entertainment industry.

Stage actors > Movie actors > TV actors > Singers > Idols = Variety show actors = Entertainment actors (sketches and crosstalk).

Ye Xian is just a singer. Even if he hears that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is going to be filmed, he will at most be a TV personality, and an amateur one at that. It is estimated that only fans will support that "Dream of the Red Chamber".

Such a nobody will be worlds apart from Liu Bohan in the future.

Therefore, Sister Lan firmly urged Liu Bohan not to lose his composure.

Liu Bohan understood this principle, but he was still furious. After venting his anger, he had no choice but to continue discussing with Sister Lan how to win over the judges.

Liu Bohan's indifference caused the Han Family Army to lose its backbone, and after causing some trouble in Ye Xian's Weibo super topic, they withdrew.

The Night Snack Group already knew what kind of people the Han Family Army was, and they were too lazy to bother with them. In fact, the Night Snack Group was even somewhat disdainful of going to war with the Han Family Army, simply because Ye Xian had too many representative works and could let his works speak for themselves. Why waste words with a bunch of brainless fans?

……

Meanwhile, Huang Xiang and Director Ding caught the earliest flight and flew directly to Haizhou.

After getting off the plane, Ye Xian and Ding Zhan were already waiting at the arrivals area.

Ye Xian didn't see Lin Lina's constant chat activity in the live stream.

Director Ding, however, managed to contact Ding Zhan through his connections overnight.

……

After exchanging pleasantries, Huang Xiang couldn't help but ask in the car, "Ye Xian, your composition 'Moon Reflected in the Second Spring' is absolutely masterful. Where did your inspiration come from when you were composing it?"

Ye Xian said modestly, "Teacher Huang, you are too kind. This piece was just a spontaneous expression of my feelings, a stroke of genius. If I were to write another one, I certainly wouldn't be able to write such a good piece."

Huang Xiang couldn't help but exclaim, "Old Ding, look at him! This is a true role model for today's young people—so humble and polite!"

Director Ding smiled with great satisfaction: "Ye Xian, don't be modest. There are so many people in the industry who want your songs. Today, Lao Huang and I came here for the film and television rights to your 'Erquan Yingyue' and 'Farewell.' I really love these two songs."

My new film is a documentary about veteran artists, because there are a few scenes of separation. I also listened to your graduation season songs, which are all very good, but none of them are suitable as film theme songs, until I heard "Farewell" last night. It's simply tailor-made for my film.

Ye Xian smiled and said, "It is my honor to be chosen by Director Ding and Teacher Huang. We can discuss the specific details of the collaboration after lunch."

Director Ding exchanged a happy glance with Huang Xiang after seeing that Ye Xian had agreed to let him use the copyright. Then, as if remembering something, he said, "Ye Xian, when will your 'Dream of the Red Chamber' start filming? I heard that this drama is already a hot topic even before filming has begun. There are news and short videos about 'Dream of the Red Chamber' everywhere. You're doing a great job! Teach me!"

Ye Xian was surprised that Director Ding also knew about his "Dream of the Red Chamber," and humbly exchanged experiences on promoting movies and TV series with Director Ding.

Recently, Ye Xian has been following Director Jia around every day, learning a lot about television drama shooting knowledge and experience. Now that he has met a senior filmmaker, he naturally does not want to let the opportunity pass him by.

The two, one eager to learn and the other eager to make friends, immediately struck up a lively conversation in the car on the way back to the hotel, like old friends despite their age difference.

Seeing how well the two got along, Huang Xiang couldn't help but nod in agreement.

This child's upbringing was evident from just a few words exchanged during our first meeting. He only seemed interested in learning from Lao Ding, so he's definitely a promising talent.

Thinking of this, Huang Xiang couldn't help but curse the Central South Conservatory of Music for making a fool of itself. This morning, he also learned about the sordid things behind it from some of his connections at the school.

This matter cannot be left unresolved!

Otherwise, wouldn't the entire music scene be thrown into chaos by these people?

Thinking of this, Huang Xiang couldn't help but make a decision in secret.

……

The two veterans of the entertainment industry enjoyed the ultimate treatment. Ye Xian personally cooked a sumptuous lunch, accompanied by Qiu's mother and Ding Zhan.

Ye Xian and Ding Zhan cannot drink alcohol, but Qiu's mother, being a lady, brought a bottle of red wine and drank some Haizhou Laojiu with Huang Xiang and Director Ding.

This left the two veteran celebrities somewhat unsatisfied, but they also had to admire them. Nowadays, there are very few celebrities who can resist indulging in excessive eating, drinking, and having fun.

After dinner, Ding Zhan discussed copyright issues with Director Ding, while Ye Xian and Huang Xiang exchanged music theory knowledge.

Although Ye Xian was formally trained, he didn't have the same depth of knowledge as a master like Huang Xiang, so he took advantage of this rare opportunity to brush up on his skills.

Huang Xiang was amazed by Ye Xian's solid foundation, but also regretted that Ye Xian had not finished university and was missing a lot of professional knowledge. When he saw that Ye Xian had bought many professional books to study on his own, he was amazed again.

"At first I thought it was a coincidence that you wrote 'Erquan Yingyue', but now it seems that your ambition to learn and improve is something that those students in school can't compare to!"

"Don't say anything more. I'll talk to the school and try to get you some legal status so you can study at the Beijing Conservatory of Music if possible!"

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P.S.: Today's Recap

Haizhou aged liquor inventory: 5669 bottles

(End of this chapter)