Which top celebrity doesn't support a few female stars?

According to the Chinese almanac, the weekend of August 17th is auspicious for travel, praying for blessings, planting, attracting wealth, and consecrating objects.

Li Zhou felt that this day was the perfect day for Ke Miaoyin to release her second song.

Xu Qingyi was quite satisfied that although Li Zhou actively avoided seeing Ke Miaoyin again, he was still willing to face her needs squarely and not be perfunctory.

"Putting aside the fact that you're not human, Boss Li, you're actually quite human."

Li Zhou: "..."

Are you putting it here?

Forget it, I'll bear with it for now. Sooner or later, I'll let this Boss Xu know what it means to be "a king descending from the sky, furious and ferocious".

Seeing that everything had been discussed, Li Zhou suddenly said casually, "I drank too much tea, I'm going to the restroom."

Before Xu Qingyi could say anything, Li Zhou had already gotten up and walked quickly out of the general manager's office.

Xu Qingyi, not quite realizing what was happening, simply watched as Li Zhou dashed into the tea room on one side of the door.

She couldn't understand: "What are you doing?"

Going to the restroom in the tea break room? If word gets out, will Shengshi Entertainment still be able to keep its headquarters building?

As Xu Qingyi was lost in thought, Li Zhou seemed to teleport back into the office and stood in front of her.

Looking up, Xu Qingyi met Li Zhou's gaze directly at her. A little flustered, she exclaimed, "I didn't say anything!"

Li Zhou, puzzled, simply pulled his right hand out from behind his back and said, "I brought you a Zhu Ni teapot while passing through Fengxi in Chaozhou..."

Subconsciously taking the teapot from Li Zhou, Xu Qingyi looked at Li Zhou with a pair of bewildered eyes.

However, she quickly came to her senses: "Boss Li is really something, he didn't forget to bring me back some local specialties even when he went on vacation."

She had heard of the fame of Fengxi's hand-pulled Zhuni teapots, and that two or three of the master's award-winning unique pieces could fetch three to five hundred thousand yuan at auction.

After a brief examination, Xu Qingyi couldn't help but ask, "It looks like it's also a masterpiece?"

"Whatever you like, boss," Li Zhou simply replied.

As for the so-called masterpieces of recent years, award-winning rare works, and the fact that even if Yang Sisi were to negotiate, it would still cost 38...

I won't talk about it.

Xu Qingyi put down the teapot and said with increasing satisfaction, "It's perfect for my dad; he has a whole cabinet full of all kinds of teapots."

Seeing that Li Zhou was still standing obediently in front of her, Xu Qingyi leaned back in her chair, put her hands on the armrests, and adopted the posture of a big boss.

Then he slowly and deliberately spoke: "Speak, what do you need me to do after sending such an expensive gift?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhou rubbed his hands together nervously, then carefully chose his words before saying, "There's a small matter I'd like to discuss with the boss..."

Xu Qingyi pretended to listen attentively.

So, Li Zhou said in one breath: "I don't want to sell the copyright of Legend of Sword and Fairy; I want to use it to invest in the Legend of Sword and Fairy cultural tourism project."

After waiting a while with no further news, Xu Qingyi blinked and asked, "That's it?"

Seeing Li Zhou nod vigorously, Xu Qingyi waved her hand dismissively: "This is normal business cooperation."

The key point is that when Li Zhou looked back, he found that his mother hadn't bought almost anything valuable.

Considering that his material desires were far from being satisfied, all Li Zhou could think of was to continuously increase the source of income.

Little did they know that Boss Xu had already made plans.

Fortunately, giving gifts to Boss Xu wasn't a complete waste, otherwise... Li Zhou would have to find a secluded place to cry for a while.

...

Having achieved the core objective, Li Zhou stopped dawdling, exchanged a few more casual words, and then left the general manager's office.

He called his assistant, Yang Sisi, who had been waiting in the tea break room, and left the 9th floor.

As soon as they entered the elevator, Li Zhou turned and asked, "Are the actors we recently signed at the company?"

Yang Sisi flipped through the tablet: "The young actors are all here, on the 6th floor, mainly in the rehearsal room."

So Li Zhou instructed, "Let's go check the 6th floor first."

Well, Shengshi does have a building, so the area planning is more spacious.

The first floor houses the lobby and restaurant, while the second floor is divided into an open-plan office area and a meeting room area.

Half of the 8th floor consists of offices for managers and above, and the other half is an open-plan office area.

Aside from the general manager's office and the general assistant's small office, the 9th floor only has essential facilities such as two executive meeting rooms and a tea break room.

而剩余的3、4、5、6、7层其实都是艺人活动空间。

Compared to the 7th floor, which is mainly used as offices for a few artists such as Li Zhou and Ning Xixia, and as work areas for their teams, the other floors have a wider range of uses.

There's a professional recording studio on the third floor, as well as various rehearsal rooms for singing, dancing, rehearsing lines, and so on...

On the 6th floor, Li Zhou met the young actors who had recently signed with the company.

"President Li..."

"Hello, Mr. Li..."

Li Zhou waved to the crowd and asked a few simple questions about how the rehearsals were going.

As the company's honorary executive vice president, Li Zhou inspected the daily work of the artists under his management, taking a break while also getting back into work mode.

After chatting with my colleagues, I naturally got back into the swing of things.

During the process, Li Zhou also chatted briefly with the young male actor born in the 00s who had already been cast as Tang Yu…

"How are you doing? Can you adapt to the pace of this prosperous era?"

"Yes, you can."

"How about recording a variety show first, and getting some exposure while you're at it?"

"Thank you so much for your guidance, Mr. Li!"

"..."

...

……

On Monday the 11th, at 10:2 AM, Li Zhou met with Director Chen Anqiang in the conference room on the second floor of Shengshi Entertainment.

The other party made a special trip from Beijing to Guangzhou.

Interestingly, considering Chen Anqiang's industry standing and the fact that he was nearly 50 years old, Li Zhou originally intended to take the initiative to visit him.

Unexpectedly, when I contacted Chen Anqiang last Friday, he said that he was feeling restless and was already on his way to Guangzhou.

Regardless of the real reason, Chen Anqiang is indeed demonstrating his sincerity through his actions.

After all, the other party is at least among the top 5 living Chinese-language directors, and it's very kind of them to come all this way.

"Xiao Li..." Chen Anqiang was very outgoing, his laughter hearty, "Haha, seeing is believing, you're even more handsome than on camera!"

Li Zhou greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Director Chen..."

They exchanged pleasantries and chatted for a while.

Afterwards, Li Zhou listened patiently to Chen Anqiang's overview of the new film he was going to direct.

In summary, it's a modern drama, a big-budget production, high-standard, and a commercial film.

"...To be honest, I decided to cast you as the lead actor after careful consideration."

After saying that, Chen Anqiang looked at Li Zhou with a smile: "So, are you interested?"

Li Zhou was very frank: "Thank you for your kindness, Director Chen! To say I'm not interested in the lead role in a big-budget film would be a lie..."

"However, Director Chen, are you interested in directing a different script?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Anqiang merely raised an eyebrow slightly and said meaningfully, "It seems the rumors are true. You wrote it yourself, didn't you?"

Seeing Li Zhou nod, Chen Anqiang said bluntly, "I believe that Xiao Li, your creative ability is definitely not weak, which is why Tencent Video keeps betting on you..."

After offering some praise, Chen Anqiang changed the subject: "But, what I'm making now is a commercial film, and I need to consider returns..."

A few minutes later, Chen Anqiang picked up his tablet and began to read the pure story version of the movie script written by Li Zhou.

The full text contains over 5000 words.

After only a few minutes of reading, Chen Anqiang looked up at Li Zhou and said, "We can change the script."

-