After the divorce, I became a rich girl

Moreover, at that time, Universal Pictures was the undisputed overlord in the entertainment industry and held a pivotal position.

In the eyes of others, owning even a few tenths of a percent of Universal Pictures' shares is a symbol of strong capital in the entertainment industry. It seems that holding such shares is equivalent to stepping into the core area of ​​the entertainment industry's capital circle, and one's status and position will rise accordingly.

However, these seemingly enviable shares are by no means something that can be held easily and securely.

If these three top-tier artists ever decide to terminate their contracts with the company, according to the relevant regulations signed at the beginning, they will need to pay the company a penalty for breach of contract, which would cost them almost all of their current wealth and property.

This is not a small amount of money. Such a high and almost staggering price is like an insurmountable mountain standing in front of them, making them helplessly back off even if they have the idea of ​​terminating the contract.

After all, no one would be willing to use the savings accumulated through years of hard work to pay for breach of contract, as that concerns the stable life of the rest of one's life.

Therefore, they can only keep their contracts with Universal Pictures for the time being. Fortunately, they each have their own independently operated studios, and the work teams they are equipped with are also self-contained, so they can still maintain a relatively independent development trend.

Moreover, Universal Pictures does not have much decision-making power in their daily activities. They were originally signed into the company mainly to stabilize the stock price and serve as mascots.

After that, among the company's current first-line artists, there are only two who can really hold the scene, and they have signed full contracts with Universal Pictures.

The two have no intention to terminate their contracts with the company at present, because their contracts are about to expire, one of them will expire at the end of next year, and the other will expire in March of the year after. Therefore, they really don't need to pay the company a huge amount of termination fee for more than a year.

Next came the company's second- and third-tier artists, and there were still seven who were not bad. Li Jiawei carefully flipped through the information in her hand and carefully checked the information.

Suddenly, her eyes fixed on a name. Then, she reached out and picked up the landline on the desk, dialed the number of the secretary's office skillfully, and said in a steady tone: "Ella, come over to me."

Ella immediately put down the document she was working on, stood up neatly, and walked quickly towards Li Jiawei's office.

Soon, Ella came to Li Jiawei. Li Jiawei raised her eyes slightly, looked at her, and asked softly: "How is Yu Manqi doing now?"

Ella paused for a moment, and quickly recalled the disputes between Yu Manqi, Xiao Yi, and "Meishang". After thinking for a moment, she said, "Yu Manqi's main business now is to make her presence felt in various variety shows. In the past two years, she has barely regained some goodwill from passers-by with her silly personality.

But overall, the online reviews of her are still not ideal. She herself understands the current situation, so she did not ask the company to terminate the contract. "

Ella observed Li Jiawei's expression. After all, no matter whether the rumors were true or not, Yu Manqi had been involved in a scandal with Xiao Yi. I'm afraid the boss wouldn't have a very good impression of Yu Manqi. After thinking for a moment, Ella said, "However, the contract she signed with the company will expire in June next year."

Li Jiawei listened to Ella's report, and she naturally understood the deep meaning of Ella's last sentence. Although Universal Pictures is in a difficult time now, it is far from the point where the company's boss has to swallow his anger and compromise.

If she is dissatisfied with Yu Manqi, the company can choose not to renew the contract with Yu Manqi next year.

Li Jiawei's eyes still stayed on the information about Yu Manqi. After a moment, she said softly: "If she doesn't cause any more trouble, let's maintain the status quo for now. As for her contract, we'll see when it expires next year!"

Afterwards, Li Jiawei took a quick look at the profiles of other artists and unexpectedly found several promising prospects among those lesser-known artists. Ella also made special marks on their profiles.

These artists were all newly signed by Universal Pictures last year, and one of them is currently a junior student at Beijing Academy of Drama.

Li Jiawei flipped to the end and suddenly saw a photo. She was stunned for a moment. The boy in the photo looked very similar to Xiao Yi.

"What's the situation with this boy named He Lin?" Li Jiawei asked Ella.

Ella took the photo handed over by Li Jiawei and said slowly, "This is the artist signed by Wang Han at the end of last year. He was originally a trainee in South Korea, but unfortunately he was injured during a training session and could no longer dance. So he had to return to China to seek development. By chance, he was discovered by a scout, who then introduced him to Wang Han. After Wang Han met him, he came up with the idea of ​​creating a low-profile version of Xiao Yi."

After hearing what Ella said, Li Jiawei couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Wang Han really put a lot of effort into it. He actually found someone who looks so similar to Xiao Yi."

Ella also laughed and then said, "Actually, they weren't that similar at the beginning. Wang Han arranged for him to have plastic surgery."

Li Jiawei gently tapped He Lin's name on the document, thought for a moment and said, "Bring him here, I want to see him!"

Ella immediately responded, "Okay."

After Ella left the office, Li Jiawei sorted out the information of several artists she thought had development potential, and He Lin's information was among them.

Putting aside his similar appearance to Xiao Yi, his own conditions are indeed quite good. He is 1.87 meters tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and a handsome appearance, which is the type that many little girls like nowadays.

In addition, there is an artist named Qiu Shuo, who is already 40 years old. In the highly competitive entertainment industry, he has no representative works at this age, and it can basically be said that his future is bleak.

But Li Jiawei had seen a martial arts film starring Qiu Shuo 20 years ago, in which Qiu Shuo played the third male lead. At that time, Li Jiawei thought Qiu Shuo's fighting scenes in the film were extremely exciting, and he once became the ideal hero image in Li Jiawei's mind when she was a child.

However, it seems that Qiu Shuo only performed well in that drama and gained a certain degree of fame, and then he gradually disappeared. Li Jiawei originally thought that Qiu Shuo had already retired from the film and television industry and would no longer film, but she didn't expect that his contract was actually signed with Universal Pictures.