brat [entertainment circle]

Counting down the few years when Chen Zai first entered the entertainment industry, he was always busy.

Commercial performances, endorsements, studios, companies, 24-hour mobile phone standby, the company does not give him many resources, and most of the money usually depends on company receptions, sometimes when he is busy, he does not touch the ground, this reception is over, and he has to rush to the next one .

To him, leisure means no money.

How can it be like what he is now, he has been back to China for several days, and he is paralyzed at home in the name of jet lag, Gu Zhi laughed at him, and gained several pounds after returning.

Chen squeezed the flesh on his waist again, feeling a little loose, and went to the company the next day full of energy.

In the eyes of everyone outside, Chen Zai is the grandson brought back by Mr. Lin and the son of the Lin family. He may have some kind of friendship with Mr. Gu of Gu's enterprise, but it is not that deep.

The relationship between Chen Zai and Gu Zhi is unknown to others, but Chen Xian, the director of Qianyu, knows it clearly.

It's not good to have a sharp eye for what they do.

I received a call from Mr. Gu early in the morning, saying that Chen Zai would go back to the company today and asked Chen Xian to take care of him.

Chen Xian now has a lot of documents about Chen Zai. After roughly flipping through them, he planned Chen Zai's career until next year, and wrote everything clearly.

Chen Xian hung up the phone and shook his head, laughing. If Chen was not popular again, it would be beyond reason.

It was around eleven o'clock that Chen Zai came to the company. Speaking of which, the number of times Chen Zai entered Qianyu was really very few, but this time, he obviously felt different.

Chen Zai felt that the smile of the little girl at the front desk seemed to be more cordial. The trainees he met in the company were all respectful to him, and the celebrity with a few assistants by his side had an intriguing attitude. Chen Zai didn't recognize anyone, so he smiled slightly Even if you say hello, when you enter the elevator, you see someone standing outside the elevator, "Aren't you going to come in?"

"Brother Chen, you are busy, you go first, we are not in a hurry."

"Yes, we are not in a hurry."

With a pleasant smile, that is called a kindness.

Chen was slightly taken aback, "All right."

He reached out and closed the elevator.

Looking at the numbers that were gradually jumping up, Chen Zai shook his head and laughed. A few years ago, he was still looking up at people's faces, but a few years later, he became the object of groveling.

The world is impermanent, and the word background is really overwhelming. No wonder there are so many people in the entertainment industry who are unwilling to keep their feet on the ground and step up to the sky. Relying on one person to reach the sky step by step, it takes a lot of hard work.

The elevator stopped on the 22nd floor, and Chen Zai walked out. The little girl at the front desk had been waiting for him for a long time, and when she saw someone coming, she hurriedly led him to the conference room.

"Is Director Chen not here?"

The little girl smiled nervously, "You sit here for a while, I'll go see if the director is back."

Chen didn't think about anything else, and waited for someone to come in the conference room, with a huge floor-to-ceiling window standing in front of him. Chen Zai remembered that four years ago, he and Mr. Gu seemed to meet in this conference room.

Thinking back to those years, Chen Zai was amused by himself, he was also stupid, and dared to speak wild words in a strange place.

But luckily it was Gu Zhi back then, if it was someone else...

Chen Zai lowered his head and smiled, and walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling windows, where he could see countless tall buildings everywhere.

With a creak, the door of the meeting room was opened. Chen Zai turned around and saw a young boy, wearing casual clothes that were not new and not old. He was tall and thin. He called Brother Chen cautiously, The voice is clear and clear.

Chen was taken aback for a moment, then looked at him, "Who are you?"

The boy quickly bowed to him, "Hello, Brother Chen, my name is Fangran, and I'm Qianyu's trainee."

Fangran seemed a little nervous. Chen Zai noticed that his hands in the sleeves were trembling slightly. He took a few steps towards him and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Fangran blinked nervously, bit his lip and took a peek at him, "Uh...Brother Chen, I'm also desperate, I know this matter is very abrupt to you, but you are the only one who can help me, I beg you , give me a word."

As he was talking, Fangran's eyes had accumulated a lot of mist, and it was about to fall down. Chen Zai was the most shameful person crying, and quickly hid aside, "If you have something to say, please tell me clearly, what's the matter."

"More than two months ago, the company selected trainees internally, saying that it was going to form a group to debut. I heard from the company's teachers that I and two trainees were shortlisted, but we were not there when the quota was finally announced. I know, it turned out that someone gave gifts to the upper management of the company and replaced us, brother Chen Zai, I would like to ask you to help me speak in front of Director Chen."

"You, let me tell you a word in front of Director Chen, which group should you join to make your debut?"

"We don't care if we don't debut or not. We only want fairness and justice. The company's selection process is to treat every trainee fairly. For this quota, we practice day and night, but now someone is going through the back door to break the fairness. For us, this negates our practice results, and we are not reconciled."

"You can go and talk to Director Chen directly, why do you have to talk through me."

Fangran's expression of prayer grew stronger, "Brother Chen Zai, I've said it, and several of our trainees have said it, but Director Chen didn't seem to care and didn't say anything. It's been over a month. There is no result."

Chen Zai understood instantly, and asked him, "Do you want me to put pressure on Director Chen?"

"We are really... desperate, so we came to you."

Chen Zai laughed and joked, "You're desperate, you're exaggerating too much, you haven't reached that point."

Fangran lowered his head, "I know this is an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry. If you have a background and a backer, you can reach the sky in one step. But when we first signed with Qianyu, we came here with a dream in mind. We just want to work hard on our own and keep our feet on the ground. I don't want to see those people with evil intentions step on our heads, I think you should understand how we feel."

Chen Zaishe really understood Fangran's feelings. Being stepped on top of his head, being robbed of resources with a few words, such things are indeed very common in the entertainment industry.

"But what evidence do you have that that person went through the back door? Some selections cannot be confirmed until the last moment. How do you know that you must be shortlisted?"

Fangran faltered and said: "Just now... It was my cousin who brought you in just now. When she was delivering documents to Director Chen, she had seen the list, and my name was on it."

"Where's the evidence?"

Fangran bit her lip, "We really don't have evidence for this, but my cousin once heard something between the trainee and the company's senior management in the office."

Chen understood again, and thought for a moment. He didn't want to meddle in other people's business and take the blame, but what Fangran said was really pitiful.

Seeing that Chen hesitated again, Fangran said, "Brother Chen, you have been in the entertainment industry before, and you have experienced being robbed of resources and being framed by others. You should understand our feelings best. We don't want others Yes, you only want fairness, and if you say a word, we can get fair competition, so you really don't want to say that for us?"

Maybe it was because Chen stayed silent for too long, finally Fangran gave up, and smiled with lowered eyebrows, "I see, I'm bothering Brother Chen today, goodbye Brother Chen, I'm going to practice first."

Chen Zai sighed, "Okay, I'll just say something, but I can't guarantee the result."

Fangran was overjoyed and laughed, "Thank you very much!"

Chen scratched his head helplessly, why did he become the savior in the eyes of others?

Not long after Fangran went out, the little girl at the front desk came in. She looked at Chen Zai with some embarrassment, "Brother Chen, please come with me. Director Chen is back."

Chen Zai looked at her with interest, and followed her to Chen Xian's office without poking her.

When Chen Xian behind the desk saw someone coming, he quickly got up, "Chen is here again? Sit down."

Although Chen Zai four years ago was the person whom Mr. Gu had confessed to, in Chen Xian's mind, he was just a small entertainer who was supported by a financial backer. He had seen many celebrities with big backers. In his eyes , Chen is no different, there must be a bit of contempt in it.

But when Chen Zai's identity was revealed later, Mr. Lin's grandson alone was enough to make people greet him with a smile.

Sitting on the sofa in the company, Chen Zai probably knew that he was late, so he was a little embarrassed, and smiled awkwardly: "Director Chen, I'm sorry, I'm late."

"It's okay, I understand that you should be busy when you just returned to China, but you have resumed work, and I'm afraid you will be even busier in the future." Chen Xian found a step for him, "The most important thing for you now is to return to the entertainment industry , I have several plans here, I don’t know which one you prefer.”

"Plan? Is there a plan for the comeback?"

Chen Xian smiled, and glanced at the pile of documents on his desk, "The comeback of the stars under the company has a plan, nothing more than a few kinds, appearing on entertainment programs, filming commercials, and movies and TV dramas."

In fact, Chen Zai never thought about coming back immediately, and he was happy to be able to take his time, but when he thought of shooting commercials, he immediately thought of the endorsement that Qiao Che told him a few days ago.

"Advertisement, there is an advertisement that you may need to contact, about the new car endorsement of Qiao's enterprise."

Chen Xian was taken aback, "Joe?"

"It was agreed a few days ago, but the details still need to be contacted by the company."

Regarding the matter of artists accepting endorsements in advertisements, the brokerage company needs to nod. After all, celebrities also need to be packaged. If a celebrity receives several endorsements, people go to high places, but they must not flow to low places.

But as soon as Chen Xian heard Chen Zai's tone, he knew that Chen Zai was afraid that he had made up his mind, and he had to smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach to help his ancestors.

"I don't know what kind of endorsement you promised?"

"It should be the release of a new car. I actually don't know much about that car. It shouldn't be bad."

It was the endorsement of the car, so Chen Xian's face looked better.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to contact Joe later. By the way, Mr. Gu told me yesterday that you won't take part in Director Huang's movie?"

Chen shook his head again, "I watched that movie, it's not interesting."

Chen Xun took out a folder, opened it, and put it in front of him, "These are the last few movies that have cooperated with our company, you can take them back and have a look."

Chen took another look, and saw that they were all fairly standard themes, without any special highlights, but when he saw the name of an old acquaintance, he pointed to that name and smiled, "He's the director?"

Chen Xian also laughed when he saw the name, "Yeah, he has worked hard for three or four years. After studying directing, he paid his own money to direct a movie. Why, are you interested?"

Chen thought about it again, "Director Chen, please give me his contact information, by the way, do you have the script for this movie?"

"Yes," Chen Xian got up and rummaged through the pile of documents, and handed the script and the person's contact information to Chen Zai.

"Okay, thank you Director Chen, by the way, there is something I don't know if I should say it."

Chen Zaisi thought about it, this matter was actually quite embarrassing for him, firstly, he didn't know the truth, and secondly, he was just an employee, and getting involved in this kind of thing on the first day back to the company would definitely make people feel uncomfortable. He thought that he relied on his back against the big tree to point the country here.

"what's up?"

"I heard that not long ago, the company established a group? Was there a selection a few months ago?"

Chen Xian didn't know how Chen Zai knew about this, but he was a shrewd person, after being in the circle for so long, he also knew that Chen Zai probably learned something, "It really happened, what's wrong?"

"Actually, I have just returned to China and the first day I joined the company. In fact, I have no position on this matter. I heard that the selection seems unfair?"

Chen Xian frowned, thought for a while and asked, "Who told you about this?"

"I just heard the group of trainees in the company chatting, why, is this really the case?"

Chen Xian thought for a moment, "Actually, I know about this, but you should also understand that the current society is like this, those few trainees are indeed excellent, but the others are not bad, and they still have resources. Weigh the pros and cons..."

Chen Xian didn't finish his sentence. Chen Zai knew in his heart that among the trainees with similar abilities, one of them didn't have any background resources, while the other had resources and contacts.

"But if that's the case, why are there still selections? Isn't it for the sake of fairness and justice that you conduct selections?"

Chen Xian laughed, "Chen Zai, there are some things that cannot be generalized. The company has signed a lot of trainees, and the selection is just a form of selection, just like the current entertainment circle, you always award some titles through a form , called some people to sit together, and came in the form of a party. In fact, those people knew in their hearts who this award would be awarded to, but they still came. Why? Because this is a formality, they have to go through the process, they just It’s just cooperating with those powerful and powerful people, and it’s just a personal field.”

Chen Zai felt that Chen Xian's smile was a bit glaring, as if he was laughing at his simplicity and ignorance of world affairs.

"Although Qianyu is not big, it has a lot of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a small entertainment circle. There are everything. If you investigate everything and pay attention to fairness, who has so much energy? I know you I just returned to China, and I have been disconnected from the entertainment industry for a long time, but I still hope that you can recognize the truth as soon as possible."

Chen Zai nodded and understood what Chen Xian meant.

"Okay, I understand. Today I am very grateful to Director Chen for his words and deeds. I have benefited a lot. If there is nothing else, I will leave first. If you have anything to do in the future, you can call me."

"OK, no problem."

Before leaving, Chen Zai seemed to think of something, "Director Chen, is the assistant and driver who I was with me before still in the company?"

Chen Xian knew that he was asking Luo Luo and Lin Fang, "Yes, they are with someone else now, if you need, I can transfer them back."

Chen Zai seemed a little unaccustomed to being accepted straight away, he was slightly taken aback, and smiled without leaving a trace: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Chen Zai walked out of Chen Xian's office, looked at the little girl at the front desk looking at him with burning eyes, smiled slightly, and walked into the elevator.

As the elevator kept going down, he remembered what Chen Xian said just now.

A person with no power or power doesn't even have a chance to pursue fairness and justice?This is just an entertainment company, those trainees are afraid that they will be slapped severely by this cruel reality.

Suddenly the elevator stopped, and Chen Zai seemed to hear voices of people talking in twos and threes outside the elevator. As soon as the elevator opened, there were many people standing outside the elevator, who were about to step into the elevator, but when they saw that it was Chen Zai, they all stopped. "Brother Chen, you go down first."

"It's okay, come in."

"Eh, good."

The few trainees didn't shirk and walked in.

Chen thought about it for a while, "By the way, did you have a trial a few months ago?"

The few trainees replied: "Yes."

"Are those shortlisted the best among you?"

The trainees obviously didn't expect Chen Zai to ask such a question, "This...excellent is excellent, but the best is not the best."

Another trainee said, "How can they be regarded as excellent, they bring their own funds, they are obviously so rich, and they are still in the entertainment industry."

Someone pushed him with an elbow, "Hey, don't say a few words."

Chen understood again, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll just ask casually."

When the first floor arrived, Chen Zai walked out first, and smiled as the trainees behind him were still complaining about the combination, took out his mobile phone, and made a call.

Soon, the phone was connected.

"What? Miss me?"

Chen Zai curled his lips, "Don't put gold on your face, by the way, let me tell you something."

"what's up?"

"Do you still care about your company?"

Gu Zhi smiled, "My company? What's wrong?"

Chen Zai leaned against the car door, looked at the young faces coming in and out of Qianyu's door, and muttered: "It's like an entertainment circle."

"What's the matter with being so angry? Who made you angry?"

"No one makes me angry. I just think that some things are really unfair. Uncle Gu, can you make the unfair things a little less."

Gu Zhi was silent for a moment, "You don't even say what happened, how can I promise you?"

Chen thought about it for a while, shortened his words, and told him what happened just now. After Gu Zhi heard it, he smiled and said, "What did I think, okay, I will handle this matter to your satisfaction."

"Aren't you going to teach me a lesson?"

"What did I teach you?"

"Teach me that this is reality, this is society, and pursuing absolute fairness and justice is wishful thinking."

Gu Zhi said with a slight smile in his voice, "No, you don't need it. With me, you can do whatever you want. What's more, I think the real you is to pursue such unattainable things."

Chen Zai stood there holding his mobile phone for a long time, looking at the white clouds in the sky and feeling the breeze, it was so nice.

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, if it can't be done..."

Gu Zhi's voice was low, like a soldier facing an officer, "Obey."

Chen Zai hung up the phone contentedly, and the magnificent building soared up to a corner of the city, but it was only a corner.

"Brother Chen!"

Chen Zai's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he turned around to see someone walking towards him wearing sunglasses.

Walking in front of Chen Zai, the man took off his sunglasses, "It's me, Luo Qi!"

"It's you," Chen Zai looked Luo Yong up and down. Although he knew that Luo Yong had matured a lot these years, he still couldn't believe it when he saw him at first glance, "Growing up!"

Luo Yong is more mature than four years ago, with sharper eyebrows and eyes, a little less childish, and a little more straight hair. The only thing that remains the same is that his smile is as bright as ever.

"Brother Chen Zai, you are so unfeeling. When you come back from abroad, you don't even make a phone call with me. In this way, if I'm the host today, we won't get drunk!"

Chen Zaizhang waved his hand, "No, I can't drink."

"Oh, let's go, drink less, okay."

Chen couldn't refuse him anymore, so he was dragged to a box in the nightclub, where three or five of them drank and played together until midnight.

Holding a glass of wine, Luo Qi couldn't open his eyes when he was so drunk, and lay on Chen Zai's shoulder, "Brother Chen Zai, you are really mean."

In fact, Chen Zai didn't drink much, and was still awake. He pushed the person away carefully, and saw the call coming in. He took it and saw that it was Gu Zhi's.

"Hey."

"When are you going home?"

Chen Zai looked at the drunk Luo Qi beside him, "Later later, you go to bed early."

Luo Qi saw him calling and went over to him, "Who is it, brother Chen Zai, don't answer the phone, we haven't seen each other for a long time, we won't be drunk tonight!"

Gu Zhi frowned when he heard this, "Where is it?"

Chen said another location, "Wait, I'll pick you up."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.