CH 2

The current point in time happens to be when the reborn heroine had stayed in the company for two years, and after emerging to prominence, she jumped ship with Xu Haoran, the vice president of Lu’s entertainment company, and left.

Lu Xuefei was only 25 years old this year. After taking over the company at the age of 20, he was at a loss, and it was at this time that Xu Haoran, his childhood friend and senior by 4 years, appeared before him as an ally, and they went through the difficult times together. It can be said that without Xu Haoran, Lu Xuefei would not be the man he is today.

Lu Xuefei’s attitude towards Xu Haoran was one of respect and love. He worshipped Xu Haoran on the one hand, and had feelings for him on the other. He was timid and deliberately concealed his sexuality ever since he found out about it, fearing that others might find out.

When Lu Xuefei was 23 years old, Lu’s Entertainment had basically settled down and they started signing their own artists, which is when they signed the 20-year-old Wang Sisi to their banner. The reborn Wang Sisi, who looked innocent and charming, soon captured Xu Haoran’s attention. Xu Haoran even used his own connections to push Wang Sisi to the first sister position in Lu’s entertainment company.

Two years later, not long ago, Wang Sisi burst into Lu Xuefei’s office and handed over a stack of photos of him making out with two men.

When it came to these photos, Lu Xuefei was speechless.

He had seen Xu Haoran’s growing fondness for Wang Sisi, and felt pain in his heart. Knowing that the other party was a straight man and that he had no hope. He had no choice but to use alcohol to drown his sorrows and went to a bar to drink. But as he was drinking, two men suddenly barged in front of him, picked him up and kissed him without saying a word, then turned and left.

Lu Xuefei is a bit of a neat freak with a rigid personality. Although he knew he was gay, he had never had sex with any man, not even a kiss. After this incident, he went home and threw up for a long time. This little episode was the work of someone hired by Wang Sisi.

She had been trying to find evidence of Lu Xuefei’s homosexuality, but the latter kept his body like jade. She had no choice but to hire someone to make it happen.

It was just a month ago when Wang Sisi threatened Lu Xuefei with the photos, saying that if he did not let her terminate her contract, she would show them to Xu Haoran.

How could Lu Xuefei let her show Xu Haoran such photos that looked like a threesome? He is the kind of person who would rather go bankrupt than ruin his reputation.

And even if he explained, Xu Haoran would not believe him. Because he knew very well that between him and Wang Sisi, Xu Haoran would choose to believe Wang Sisi without hesitation.

He finally had to agree to Wang Sisi’s request to forcibly terminate his contract with Wang Sisi. When outsiders who did not understand the situation took a look, they all thought that Lu Xuefei had fired Wang Sisi, but only the two of them knew the truth.

Xu Haoran, who didn’t know the truth, had a big fight with Lu Xuefei over the forced termination of Wang Sisi’s contract and left the office in anger.

And in the month that she left the company, Wang Sisi quickly raised funds to set up her own studio.

A few days ago, she begged for help from Xu Haoran, claiming to have run into trouble. Without saying a word, Xu Haoran left Lu’s Entertainment with a number of artists and employees and turned around to help Wang Sisi’s studio.

That’s why Lu Xuefei was so unkempt when Bai Lixin crossed over.

Bai Lixin sorted out the papers on the table and said to the HR manager and secretary Wang, who had come to report to him, “Let them go, don’t mind them. Uncooked white wolves are a curse to have around. If anyone else wants to leave, you let them go. There’s no need to stop them. ”

The HR manager froze and then said, “But Xu Haoran signed several advertising contracts for Wang Sisi more than a month ago. Now that she’s left, we can’t deliver her to shoot the ads and are in danger of paying for liquidation damages. Mr. Xu had already managed to delay it for a month, so we can’t delay it any longer. We must give the clients a satisfactory answer.”

So it is said that if a woman is ruthless, even ten men can’t compare. Wang Sisi was obviously already planning to jump ship, but she still encouraged Xu Haoran to sign so many advertisements for her. Wasn’t she just calculating that Lu Xuefei would not dare do anything to her because of Xu Haoran, and she planned to screw Lu Xuefei?

But it was Lu Xuefei who loved and respected Xu Haoran, not him, Bai Lixin.

It is understandable that Wang Sisi would take revenge on Zhou Yun and his lover, but for her to go out of her way to toss Lu Xuefei to his death is a bit unbelievable. The only thing Lu Xuefei had done wrong to her was not helping her out in her previous life.

But if you think about it, Lu Xuefei did not really wrong Wang Sisi.

After signing Wang Sisi, Lu’s entertainment company gave her a lot of resources. Without the support of Lu’s entertainment company, Wang Sisi would not have had the success she had in her previous life.

In her previous life, when Wang Sisi and Zhou Yun were openly in love, Lu Xuefei warned her that Zhou Yun was not a simple person and told her to take it easy, but a woman in love could not be pulled back by even nine cows.

If not for the fact that Lu’s entertainment company was really incapable of doing anything, how could it be willing to bench the actress it had invested so much money and energy in and temporarily hide her? On the one hand, there is this one actress, and on the other hand, there are hundreds of employees waiting to be paid. In the face of the greater good, anyone would choose to save the company and the employees for the time being, right?

Lu Xuefei had only planned to temporarily hide Wang Sisi and wait for the storm to pass before slowly putting the matter to rest, but Wang Sisi was so stubborn that she actually committed suicide.

A woman who did not dare face up to the situation she herself had caused, but actually stirred up a storm before it happened after she was reborn, was just pathetic and terrible to think about.

He clicked his tongue and looked at Secretary Wang, who was following along with him, “What advertising contracts did Wang Sisi sign?”

Secretary Wang thought for a moment and replied, “A total of four contracts, three for clothing commercials and one for television commercials. The three clothing commercials are fine. They are old partners, so if we talk to them and negotiate, there should be no problem changing the terms. But for this TV commercial, it’s the first time we’ve worked together, and the other party is an electronics company owned by the Luo Group. This company has come to us three times this week and even sent a lawyer yesterday. It claims that if we don’t pay for the breach of contract, they will have to file a lawsuit in court. When we first signed the contract, we thought that a pie had fallen from the sky, but who would have thought that now the pie has not been eaten and we have almost been smashed into a meat pie.”

Bai Lixin rubbed his forehead, feeling the full malice of this world, saying, “How much do we have to pay for the Luo Group if we breach the contract?”

“Forty million yuan, and our company now only has fifty million in liquidity, which we can’t use because we are preparing for a new movie. If we lose it all, then the whole company will be crippled. ”

Bai Lixin felt his forehead hurt even more. He rubbed his brow and said to Secretary Wang, “I know, you go and negotiate for me on the side of the three clothing companies and deal with the follow-up issues. As for the Luo Group’s side, I’ll go and talk to them in person. You guys go out first.”

Secretary Wang and the HR manager looked at each other. Secretary Wang was even more dumbfounded. “Mr. Lu, the three clothing advertisements are not small clients. You’re asking me to go and negotiate by myself?”

In the past, when Xu Haoran was there, it was always him who took her along to negotiate projects.

Bai Lixin nodded: “You have been in this company for more than a few years. You have been my father’s secretary since he was around. I have seen all your abilities and I believe you have the strength to do this. Just be bold, and I believe you can grasp the demands made by the other party very well. I relied too much on Xu Haoran in the past few years, which has led to this situation today where the whole company can hardly move now that he left. I hope that from now on, everyone who remains in the company can grow up as fast as possible and play their respective roles to the best of their abilities.”

Bai Lixin spoke with righteousness, and Secretary Wang listened with heartfelt enthusiasm. She had served Lu’s Entertainment for more than seven years, and in the past few years, she had followed Lu Xuefei and Xu Haoran around and learned a lot, but she had never had a chance to use her skills. At this critical juncture, Lu Xuefei entrusted her with such a heavy responsibility.

“Don’t worry, Mr Lu, I will complete my task successfully. But do I need to make an appointment with the Luo Group in advance?”

Bai Lixin shook his head, “No need, I have my own way,” Bai Lixin paused and looked at the HR manager. “If there are still people resigning, just let them go. There is no need to stop them. Everything should be according to the contract. They should pay the liquidation damages. There is no need to show mercy. ”

This incident could be considered a big wave to wash the sand out. To find those who have a mindset of stepping on the low and chasing the high.

Seeing that the HR manager was still a little anxious, Bai Lixin added. “You are the people I trust the most. You trust me, and I will give you back accordingly. In the meantime, just keep working as usual, and things will be back to normal in a week. Put your mind at ease; as long as this company has me, Lu Xuefei, it will not collapse! ”

After sending the two away, Bai Lixin locked the door from the inside and opened the laptop, with his fingers flying over the keys.

From the memories, he learnt that the television company owned by the Luo Group had demanded a breach of contract from Lu’s Entertainment and then turned around and continued to sign an advertising contract with Wang Sisi’s studio. The ad was still for the same TV commercial, and the female lead was still Wang Sisi.

The reason why the Luo Group had to ask Wang Sisi to shoot this commercial was not only her for strong acting skills, but also her whimsical ideas.

Although this was a modern, civilised world, technology was not well developed and 3D effects are still something of a legend. The commercials were still the simplest character scene switching shots, with little to no novelty, and the majority of the commercials in general promoted the properties of the products themselves.

Instead, when Wang Sisi went to the audition, she had a sudden idea and suggested that the director might consider using emotion. Speaking of this, Bai Lixin has to say that it was really a success and a failure.

Lu Xuefei first proposed the idea of using emotions to Xu Haoran, and when he did, Xu Haoran thought it was a good idea and passed it all to Wang Sisi without saying a word.

From Lu Xuefei’s memory, Bai Lixin also saw the final effect of the ad.

Wang Sisi played the role of the filial granddaughter whose grandfather was seriously ill and kept murmuring under his breath, saying that he wanted to go to the countryside once, to see the scene of rapeseed flowers in full bloom. The scene then shifts, and the grandfather, who was still in the hospital, is instantly surrounded by a sea of golden flowers.

In the sea of flowers, he dies with a smile on his face. The camera shifts again and the crowd realizes that Grandpa was still in his hospital bed. He hasn’t gone anywhere, only that his granddaughter brought him a television set, burned a CD of the rapeseed flowers in full bloom, and played it from the set.

The means of filming and the design of the scenes in this commercial were actually average, but it was valuable because of its novelty.

Wang Sisi’s performance in the commercial was a big breakthrough, and in the two-minute commercial, her eyes and smile were engraved into the audience’s minds. Especially after her grandfather left with a smile on her face, her expression of holding back tears and smiling pushed her to the No. 1 most beautiful person in Asia in one fell swoop, giving Wang Sisi a boost in popularity.

Afterwards, the TV had average sales, though, as everyone felt it was unlucky. When they saw the TV, they remembered the melancholy commercial, which made them uncomfortable. But this ad was splashed across the headlines several times, setting a precedent for the narrative type of ads that followed.

Suppressing the enemy is a way to strengthen oneself. Since he is here, he can’t give this ad away and let Wang Sisi have the advantage.

He, Bai Lixin, has always defied heaven and earth, and since the world has pushed him to the edge of a cliff, it is all the more important for him to fight a beautiful and victorious battle. His joy in fighting the heavens was limitless; his joy in fighting the earth was limitless; and his joy in fighting people was limitless!

If he wants the Luo Group to continue working with him, he must produce more outstanding works that can speak for him.

This was something that no one else could do, but he, Bai Lixin, could accomplish.

In the past thousand years, he had travelled through countless worlds, not just completing tasks, but also learning from all of them, expanding his vast sea of knowledge.

Looking at it horizontally, he had the knowledge and skills of dozens of worlds; vertically, he had the precipitation and accumulation of the last five thousand years.

After shooing everyone out, Bai Lixin sat in front of his computer, his long fingers fluttering over the keys like a dancing butterfly. He worked from the afternoon of the first day until 6 pm the next day, staying up all night. He didn’t even leave the office for a meal, only asking his assistant to bring in the food and take it out again.

After a long day and night, Bai Lixin took a deep breath, got up and stretched, then engraved the final edit onto a CD and waited for the next day to block someone.

Who did he plan to block? Naturally, it was Luo Qintian, the man at the helm of the Luo Group.

Yesterday afternoon, secretary Wang asked him if she needed to set an appointment, and he said no. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to meet with the other party, but they simply wouldn’t get an appointment. Even if they could get one, it would only be with a spokesman for the Luo Group.

Since he wanted to talk, of course, it was easiest and quickest to talk to the biggest boss. Moreover, this cooperation would not be the final one. He would still need the full support of the Luo Group for the filming of a movie afterwards.