Gold broker

The two went to Qin Feng’s office together and closed the door. Qin Feng went straight to the point, “The company arranged for me to take you. To be honest, I’m not very willing. I haven’t taken a new person for a long time. But Director Su personally arranged it, I have to give him face but if you can’t cooperate well, even if Director Su comes forward, I will replace you.”

Lu Yan smiled and expressed his understanding, “I understand, Brother Feng has been bothered.”

Qin Feng was quite satisfied with his attitude, “but you don’t have to have any psychological burden. Since I take you over, I will be responsible for you. You don’t have to worry about me stumbling on you at work. Anyway, I’m not going to smash myself.”

Lu Yan said calmly, “Brother Feng’s professional ethics are well-known in the industry, so of course I have nothing to worry about.”

Qin Feng nodded, “Your appearance is very good, you are in the entertainment industry, this is your capital. You just made a movie with Director Li before, but unfortunately it is still in post-production, and there is basically no pre-publicity for this movie. The publicity in the later stage has not yet started, so you are still a complete newcomer. For you, the most important thing at the moment is how to get into the public eye and increase your popularity. If you want to show your face, at present, participate in various drafts or go to Variety shows are the fastest, but I don’t recommend you to do this, it will only lower your grade. Now is the stage of preparations for various Chinese New Year films, I think you can work hard in this regard. I heard that Director Li appreciated you quite a bit, so your acting skills should be good.”

Lu Yan was not overly modest, “It’s okay.”

Qin Feng was even more satisfied, “In this case, I will have more confidence in you. The Lunar New Year film the company is planning is directed by Wang Ruidong, and the male protagonist has been identified as Shan Chuyu, so I helped you win the second male lead. The script will be given to you tomorrow. In the later stage of the filming of this play, you should start the promotion of the play of Director Li that you previously acted in. At that time, the two-pronged approach will strive to be an instant hit. Before that, you’d better not accept anything else. Try not to show your face during media interviews, is there any problem?”

“I have no problem; everything is arranged by Brother Feng.”

“Very good, as a newcomer, the first thing to do is to be obedient, you are very good. Next, I will take you to get acquainted with the company, and I will also need to apply for an employee card, which will be convenient for entering and leaving the company in the future, but after you become popular, your face will be your passport.” Qin Feng made a rare joke.

Along the way, Lu Yan sighed more and more that Qin Feng was worthy of being a gold broker, he took care of every detail very well. As for the words he said at the beginning, Lu Yan didn’t take it to heart. Compared with two-faced, three-dagger, face-to-face and behind-the-scenes actions agents, Lu Yan preferred Qin Feng’s direct communication method. After all, if there was no accident, they would have to work together for at least three years, and even if they couldn’t trust each other, it was best not to have too many reservations about each other.

“Where do you live now?” Qin Feng asked suddenly.

Lu Yan quickly said an address.

Qin Feng frowned, “It can’t be there, it’s too far. Well, let me apply for a company dormitory for you first. The conditions will not be too good, but the transportation is convenient. When you become popular, you can change to a better dormitory. Don’t be too anxious, here, being popular is everything.”

Lu Yan nodded in understanding.

“In addition, it’s better to arrange an assistant for you. I have a few other artists in my hands, so I can’t follow you all the time. Having an assistant will be much more convenient.”

“Then can I choose an assistant myself?” Lu Yan asked.

“What, did you have someone to choose?”

Lu Yan hesitated, “There is one, but I don’t know if he can come. It’s Song Hui, my assistant who was assigned to me during the filming of Director Li’s movie. We have been together for a few months, and I think he is very good.”

“The crew…” Qin Feng pondered for a while, “Well, let me get in touch with him first. If he doesn’t work, I’ll arrange another one for you.”

Lu Yan smiled, “Thank you Brother Feng.”

He received the script the next day.

It was an old-fashioned light comedy. It was about Yuan Bao, a son of an aristocratic family who ran away from home because he was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage and was unwilling to marry a woman he had never met. On the road, he mistakenly met his fiancée Zhu Zi, who was also dissatisfied with the arranged marriage and ran away from home and dressed as a man, and Shen Qian, the cousin who came to chase after the girl because he was worried about her, and the three people met because of misunderstanding, and then became friends and traveled together without knowing each other’s identities. Yuan Bao, who was finally free and Zhu Zi, who had been raised in the boudoir, always made unexpected mistakes, and Shen Qian, who was calm and capable, was responsible for the aftermath for them. During this process, Yuan Bao gradually fell in love with Zhu Zi. He thought he fell in love with a man when he didn’t know that the other party was dressed as a man, and they went into various situations until discovering the truth and everyone was happy, if we ignore the way Shen Qian looked at Yuan Bao and Zhu Zi’s marriage, with a bit of melancholy in his eyes.

The story was relatively conventional, but fortunately, the bridges were still novel, full of jokes and not out of the norm.

Although Shen Qian’s palpable love for his cousin Zhu Zi and the fact that he finally hid it in his heart for his cousin’s happiness were the plots that had been used up in major romance dramas, if the actor’s appearance passed the test, he only needed to give a few affectionate and melancholy looks, and it was enough to make all the female fans hold their hearts.

In addition, Yuan Bao mistakenly thought that he liked men and dragged Shen Qian to drink and vomit, and even almost kissed Shen Qian in order to confirm whether he liked men, which was enough to gain the favor of a large number of rotten¹ women.

In this world where selling rot² had become a trend, this little bit of ambiguity was really trivial. Of course, if the actors were two handsome guys, the effect would naturally be better.

Lu Yan played the second male Shen Qian, while the male lead Yuan Bao was played by Shan Chuyu.

Shan Chuyu was a popular idol star and one of the first-line artists in the Starry sky. Although he had not yet qualified for the best actor, his current popularity was no less than that of any actor. His baby face made him look very young, although he looked like he was in his early twenties, he was in his late thirties, he was especially sunny when he smiled, and it was especially suitable to play Yuan Bao who escaped. Although Lu Yan was relatively young, his temperament was more stable, and there was no problem in playing the older Shen Qian.

The first time he saw Shan Chuyu on the set, he greeted him first. At that time, Lu Yan was reading the script when he was suddenly tapped hard from behind, hearing someone call “Hi, ‘cousin’.”

Lu Yan was stunned for a while, and before he could react, he laughed again, “Lu Yan, right? I didn’t scare you, I’m Shan Chuyu.”

The corners of Lu Yan’s mouth curved slightly, a little narrowly, “How could it be, Xiao Bao.”

Shan Chuyu’s eyes lit up, “Oh, Lu Yan, you are so interesting, I like it.”

“Shouldn’t it be called cousin?” He blinked.

“Okay, I can’t see that you are so serious, you like to act more than I do.”

Only then did Lu Yan greet him normally.

Shan Chuyu was as bright and cheerful as the rumors said, and whether or not to get along well naturally varies from person to person. Lu Yan knew that his attitude towards him was mostly because Qin Feng had greeted him in advance, he was not narcissistic enough to think that he was really that charming. And to be able to get into the current place in the entertainment industry, Shan Chuyu was definitely not as simple as his face looked.

Shan Chuyu liked to act off-screen and liked to bring in the characters in the play. It just so happened that the character Yuan Bao this time belonged to the sunshine type. When he was on the set, he especially liked to play tricks, especially when it came to Lu Yan. Lu Yan was no longer a young man. After two lifetimes of experience, he was well versed in the way of life, and he knew what people say and do when he saw them, so he didn’t mind going crazy with each other, anyway, they knew each other well. In this kind of mutual temptation to advance and retreat, it was also very pleasant to get along.

Perhaps because it was a light comedy, and Director Wang’s character was relatively easy-going, he was not as irritable as Director Li, and he rarely reprimanded people. The atmosphere of the entire crew was very good. Everyone got along between the actors and the staff.

In such an atmosphere, Lu Yan was also slightly relieved, not as tense as he was in the last play.

Lu Yan’s consistent attitude towards life and his background with an agent like Qin Feng, coupled with the favor of first-line star Shan Chuyu, gave him a very good situation in the crew, and no one spoke unkindly to him, even if a few minor characters envied him, his treatment had always been respectful in front of him, and even the heroine Song Tiantian was willing to follow Shan Chuyu’s joke and call him “brother”.

Song Hui became Lu Yan’s personal assistant under Qin Feng’s arrangement. Although Qin Feng couldn’t always go to the studio with Lu Yan to take care of him, he will arrange for notifications of important things first, which was also very worry-free. It was enough for Lu Yan to be responsible for making his plays well. It could be said that this period of time was the most pleasant day since Lu Yan was reborn.

The pleasant time always passed quickly. When the filming came to an end, the promotion of “Blade” also started, which was the film directed by Li Ran, in which Lu Yan participated in.

On the one hand, the filming was speeding up because it was coming to an end, and on the other hand, there was the intensive promotion of the new film. Lu Yan’s daily schedule was fully arranged, and the leisure time before was as far away as the previous life. However, Lu Yan was not at all annoyed by such busyness. In petty terms, it was pain and happiness.

During this time, Qin Feng also focused his work on Lu Yan. He constantly coordinated with the crew and tried not to let Lu Yan miss any promotions. As a newcomer, Lu Yan would appear in front of the public with what attitude and intensity. For Qin Feng, a gold medal broker, this was a battle that couldn’t be ignored.

Notes

1. Rotten women, fujoshis, women who like boys love, who like to ship two men. ↩︎
2. Selling rot, deliberately selling themselves in male x male ships to attract rotten women. ↩︎