Chapter 29

3.6 - Able to walk through the back door so openly and honestly

"You have to sign with White Light Entertainment because of the bet with your elder brother, so I've only looked for brokers from White Light." The system did not want to bother with jibes from its host who had nothing better to do than to tease it and instead began widespread information retrieval. "There are nine senior brokers in White Light. Aside from three who have superstars and won't have time to pay attention to you, two who are more inclined to manage female artists, and one who relies on shady business for resources, there are three left that you can choose from."

Xue Ling lazily acknowledged its words.

"Except for one of them who has taken someone abroad and is not in the city, there are only two senior brokers in White Light who have the power to sign people on a silver level contract or above without having to confirm with the upper management."

"Who?"

"Qi Ruishi and Jin Jiren." The system provided the data of these two people separately, and gave Xue Ling a short analysis. "Qi Ruishi is a famous female broker, with no bad records and good ability. She used to have a group under her hands, but after they became popular, more and more of them wanted to fly solo. She seems interested in finding a new person to take under her wing, but doesn't want to take on another group. Jin Jiren has two artists, a man and a woman. If host wants to be an actor, your acting skills are definitely above theirs, but there's no need to suppress them since you can't expect the broker to take care of you exclusively—you're not an international superstar."

Xueling followed the GPS navigation and was already inside the urban area. His eyes flashed as he heard the system's words, and he lightly said, "I will be, sooner or later."

The system didn't want to argue with him about this. It continued to search and asked, "Have you decided who to pick? Qi Ruishi is in White Light HQ and Jin Jiren is on the set. You can go and see if you can take on that role while you're there."

Xue Ling silently set the destination towards White Light HQ. "Let's go with Qi Ruishi. I don't want my agent to be responsible for two other people in addition to my affairs. It would be weird and offensive."

The system had already guessed his thoughts, and silently said a prayer for Qi Ruishi. It understood Xue Ling's intention—he wanted not only to find a broker to manage his acting career, but also to find a person who knew everything about the entertainment circle. Not only would she help him deal with other trivial matters while he produced films and acted, she also had a wide range of contacts and could easily help him find actors.

Brokers were very familiar with these processes, so it would be best to find someone like that.

Bai Hao was the big boss and could make everything much more convenient. But if Xue Ling wanted to do well, he needed to make his own arrangements.

Xue Ling already made his choice, and the system chose to keep its mouth shut. It felt that its host had been acting strangely since this morning, and it would be best if it could avoid provoking its host for now.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

The White Light Entertainment Building was within the inner ring of the city. As White Light Entertainment came to prominence early on and had a lot of history, this has been their territory since a long time ago. After Bai Hao became president, he rebuilt the company building and added many floors. The area around the building was also theirs, and was made into a park. This kind of wasteful action in an area where inches of land could be measured with its weight in gold made people feel helplessly jealous. After all, Bai family did well in other industries and did not rely on White Light entertainment alone.

Identification was necessary in order to freely enter. Bai Yue did not have any, but Xue Ling had a system and it was not difficult to enter the park. According to the system, Qi Ruishi's office was in the main building and an appointment was needed to enter. Xue Ling did not feel any trace of guilt as he had the system forcibly change the appointment records to add their own.

He reported his name at the front desk and was sent straight to the elevator. No one doubted him at all. After all, with a face like his, there was a high possibility that he would be a new artist. Though White Light's staff never judged people by their appearance—as long as there was an appointment or a logical reason, they treated everyone the same way.

Only a company like this could survive in the industry for so many years and prosper.

Nowadays, the entertainment industry was mixed with dragons and snakes. There were many companies, both large and small, as well as many scammers, and it was up to everyone to judge for themselves whether they were real or fake. If one really wanted to talk about rankings, if White Light entertainment claimed to be the second, no one would dare claim to be the first. It was an old and established enterprise and the company system was mature. Numerous superstars and artists were signed under its banner, and the company's star-making ability was very strong. Signing with them was not a guarantee of success, but at the very least, there would be opportunities as long as one put in the effort.

Another company that could be considered good was the Jingang Entertainment that had signed Sun Jianan. It could not be considered a new enterprise and had a good reputation in the industry; its artists also had made great achievements. According to the original story, this company would eventually surpass White Light Entertainment and overwhelm them in all respects because they took in the mega-superstar protagonist shou.

Xue Ling did not have time to be concerned over the competitors of his family's company. He asked the secretary to confirm his appointment with Agent Qi, and then followed the secretary to arrive at Qi Ruishi's office door.

Xue Ling silently went to the front desk to inquire which floor the president's office was situated on. Just as he was about to ask the system to make an appointment for himself, he heard Bai Hao's voice. "Yueyue?"

Xue Ling shivered. Although he did not feel that he should be called by that kind of nickname, he still turned his head and looked at Bai Hao with some surprise. He blinked innocently. "Elder brother, what a coincidence..."

Bai Hao came over and took his hand. "You came to the company to find me?"

The person at the front desk was startled. He had just wanted to say that it was impossible to see the president without an appointment, but the president himself had already pulled the youth to his side.

Heavens, why did the president who always took the high-and-cold route have a smile on his face?

Xue Ling brought up the hand that still held the contract, looking a little like he wanted to show off, and said, "I came to sign a contract with the company."

Bai Hao paused, and remembered the bet they had made. He looked over with some amusement as he led them towards the president's elevator. "Oh? What contract did you sign?"

Xue Ling's footsteps hesitated, and he looked a little unhappy. "Only silver..."

Although Bai Hao could tell by the tone of his voice just now that he must have won the bet, he did not expect that his younger brother would be strong enough to get a silver-grade contract. "Who did you sign under?" He didn't ask about how Bai Yue had gotten the contract signed as the bet had been a way for him to tease his brother in the first place, and taking it too seriously was not his style. After all, this was something he had already promised to do.

"Qi Ruishi."

Bai Hao nodded, pressed a button on the elevator, and called the assistant. "Have Qi Ruishi come to my office with a diamond level contract. Yes, I want her to sign with someone." After hanging up, he rubbed Xue Ling's head. "Now that you have won the bet, according to our agreement, elder brother will prepare the best of everything for you. We'll change the contract level to diamond, and arrange for a team to help you with production."

Xue Ling had not expected him to be so efficient and was still muddled as he was pulled towards the president's office. It wasn't until they exited the elevator that he came to his senses - he clearly hadn't bewitched Bai Hao; could it be that this man had a brother complex?

Seeing that he had not spoken during the whole journey and had a face full of confusion, Bai Hao waved a hand in front of his face, trying to get his attention. "Yueyue?"

Xue Ling blinked. "Are you calling me?"

Bai Hao nodded and said, "I heard them call you Little Yue last night." Unspoken were the words 'I want to call you by a more intimate nickname than what others use'.

Xue Ling gave Bai Hao a somewhat complicated look. Once again, he lamented that it was no wonder the original body lived such a tragic life—he had let go of such a big golden finger.

In fact, Bai Hao was being so easy going because he was in a great mood. If it hadn't been that this morning, his secretary had showed him all of Bai Yue's interpersonal relationships and major events during his years of studying abroad, allowing him to discover that his brother had never made randomly made friends, nor had he had any romantic or physical relationships with any men or women. If he did have a friend named Cole, Bai Hao might have still been in a black temper. His mood now was totally different from last night's depressed-to-death state. In addition to his joy, he was naturally more intimate with Xue Ling.

Xue Ling had no idea regarding the twists and turns occurring in the other party's brain. Since he had already been brought up, he naturally sat on the sofa of the man's office. And then he watched as a blank and confused Qi Ruishi came up and placed a new contract in front of him.

Bai Hao's original words were: "This is my brother, the second young master of Bai family. Sign a diamond level contract with him - the one you signed before can be regarded as a cover. You will be responsible for his development in the future. Directing is his main job. Right now, he needs to shoot a film for graduation and will probably need assistance with many aspects. I will have the leader of the team contact you."

Qi Ruishi: "???"

She understood all these words separately. Why was it so confusing when they were all connected together?

The second young master was also a great man, able to walk through the back door so openly and honestly.

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