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Chapter 14

"What are you here?"

"I am your public relations manager." Bai Weiming glanced at him, "It's very late, shouldn't you go home?"

"No..." Rong Junxian followed Bai Weiming behind her, thought for a long time, then smiled again and said, "What a coincidence, I'm also a homosexual."

"Everyone knows this." Bai Weiming replied, "There is nothing to say."

Rong Junxian has not had any movies for two years, not only because he offended others, but also because he came out. Faced with media interviews, Rong Junxian told the other party very frankly that he was gay.

The agency was very dissatisfied with this, and at the same time, the public was in an uproar. Rong Junxian's acting career also ushered in a major blow, and many scenes were not found. A romantic comedy that we had negotiated before also turned down, and the other party said: "You just came out and filmed a love scene with a girl, I'm afraid the audience would not accept it."

Speaking of coming out, Rong Junxian became a little depressed.

Bai Weiming looked at Rong Junxian and asked, "Did you regret it?"

"What do you regret?" Rong Junxian asked.

"Tell everyone about your orientation."

"I don't regret it." Rong Junxian answered without hesitation, "I don't want to lie to everyone."

"Then you are really not suitable to be a public figure." Bai Weiming made such a judgment.

Rong Junxian had to nodded and agreed: "I said, I am an actor just to act, and I don't want to care about anything else. I just want to be like an ordinary office worker, and I can be myself after work."

"But ordinary office workers cannot have everything you have." Bai Weiming said gently and calmly, "halo, applause, wealth. All good things come at a price."

Rong Junxian thought of his colleagues who were troubled by rumors and frowned: "But sometimes, the price is too high. Sometimes these good things are incredibly expensive."

"That's right," Bai Weiming nodded, "My duty is to fight for you the most fair price."

Rong Junxian looked at Bai Weiming's face and felt no sense of peace of mind. It was as soft as drinking a sip of hot soup in the cold winter, even his heart was filled with warmth.

The next day, Rong Junxian went back to the agency to hold a meeting to discuss the next work. Yu Zhiwu took several scripts and looked at Rong Junxian with a sincere look: "These scripts were all beaten back by Bai Weiming, so take a look! Don't make any decisions on Bai Weiming! You must have your own thoughts!"

When Yu Zhiwu said these words, Bai Weiming was sitting next to him. This made Rong Junxian a little embarrassed. Rong Junxian couldn't help but glance at Bai Weiming's face, but saw that Bai Weiming was still expressionless, as if he couldn't hear anything.

Rong Jun sighed and said, "Actually, Mr. Bai has also shown me the outlines of these scripts. I don't like them either. They are all brain fragments."

"You can't say that!" Yu Zhiwu said hurriedly, "These dramas are a bit stupid, but the plot of "The Legend of Zeng Fan" is also very stupid! When you asked you to take "The Legend of Zeng Fan", didn't you always say that drinking coke caused infertility is very brainless? But you finally took it, acted, and became popular!"

Rong Junxian nodded and said, "But since I'm all popular, do I still need to continue acting like this?"

"It is also very important to maintain the popularity!" Yu Zhiwu said seriously.

"The popularity is temporary, and the work is for a lifetime." Bai Weiming said lightly, "I think that since Mr. Rong is a young actor, he should have higher expectations for his career, rather than being like those young artists who have no strength who have to rely on their youth to make a living."

After hearing this, Yu Zhiwu's face turned red and green: "Why do Mr. Bai have any good suggestions? It's not that he won't start work for a year, just waiting for the next season of "The Legend of Zeng Fan" to start filming?"

"That's not." Bai Weiming said, "I'm preparing to let Mr. Rong participate in the audition for director Mei Min's new drama."

"Mei Min?" Yu Zhiwu was shocked.

Rong Junxian was also surprised: "Director Mei Min? Are you saying true?"

"Natural." Bai Weiming nodded and said, "The drama directed by Mei Min is a rare opportunity. I think Mr. Rong should devote himself to this project and give up those invitations to third-rate productions. I believe Mr. Yu will not object, right?"

Yu Zhiwu's face turned red and white, but the word "Mei Min" was pressed down, and he had to admit ashamed that the work he highly recommended to Rong Junxian was all "third-rate production".

When Rong Junxian heard that he could take on Mei Min's new scene, he turned his head to look at Yu Zhiwu, and smiled and said, "That's great! I can film Mei Min's scene!"

Yu Zhiwu had to force his face to smile and cater to him: "Yes, Mr. Bai has a solution!"

Bai Weiming looked at Yu Zhiwu's expression, smiled faintly for a while, and said, "Mr. Yu has worked hard. I have been busy working on this project for a while, so I don't have much time to communicate with you about the details of my work. I hope there will be no misunderstandings."

"Of course not." Yu Zhiwu felt awkward, but when he heard Bai Weiming say this, he immediately smiled politely, "Everyone is serving Boss Rong."

Bai Weiming said to Rong Junxian again: "Mr. Rong, don't be too happy too early. I just won you an audition opportunity. It's not that it must be you."

Rong Junxian also became serious: "I will work hard and will not let Mr. Bai down."

Yu Zhiwu felt uncomfortable when he heard Rong Junxian talking like this: Rong Junxian had never tried to talk to Yu Zhiwu in such a good tone!

After the meeting, Bai Weiming gave the audition script to Rong Junxian. The book only has one page and not much content. But Rong Junxian has already understood that Mei Min's new play is about the battle for heroes in Chibi. Rong Junxian selected the role Zhou Yu.

Bai Weiming had also helped Rong Junxian find out the enemy situation and got the list of actors participating in the audition. Rong Junxian took the list and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly changed: "Du Manhuai is here too?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Bai Weiming replied, "The character Du Manhuai is interested in is Zhuge Liang. He has no competition with you."

"Who said I was worried?" Rong Junxian became stubborn.

But in fact, Du Manhuai's acting skills are obvious to all. If he really competes with Du Manhuai, Rong Junxian would not be sure.

Everyone wants to play Mei Min's drama. Even Du Manhuai, who has been popular in recent years, is no exception. However, Du Manhuai is targeting the role of Zhuge Liang.

To be honest, although everyone knows that Mei Min is going to film a drama tentatively named "The Legend of the Sky Burning Red Cliff", the specific script has not been released yet, and no one knows which character is the most serious. It is just based on the general perception that Zhuge Liang borrows arrows and east winds, and 80% of them are better than Zhou Yu. Therefore, Du Manhuai chose Zhuge Liang.

Du Manhuai's audition was also very successful, and Mei Min was very satisfied with him.

At the seminar of the staff behind the scenes, the producer also said: "I think Du Manhuai's casting should be uncontroversial. He has a good image, good acting skills, has been very popular in recent years, and has a strong fortune. No one is more suitable than him."

Mei Min nodded and said, "Indeed! His current situation is good! I think he is quite prosperous and can boost our movie."

The casting director asked again: "Where is Zhou Yu's role?"

The screenwriter said: "I think the director seems to have been hesitating between Rong Junxian and Li Chen."

"Well..." Mei Min nodded, "From the audition, Rong Junxian has excellent appearance and temperament, and her acting skills are nothing to blame, but..."

When a person speaks, nothing is important, but the most important thing is to follow the content after "but".

Bai Weiming spent a lot of money to know the content behind "but". After the casting storm in "Zeng Fan" last time, Rong Junxian had expected that when he went to Bai Weiming's house to have tea, he asked: "You must have bribed a lot of staff who participated in the casting of "Tian Shao Chi Cliff" this time!"

"Yes." Bai Weiming didn't expect that his routine had been seen through by Rong Junxian.

"The "Sky Burning Red Cliff" is different from "Zeng Fan". It is someone who Mei Min trusts participates in the core casting. Can you buy this?" Rong Junxian still felt a little unbelievable.

"As I said before," Bai Weiming repeated his philosophy again, "99% of the world's problems can be solved with money."

Rong Junxian felt incredible: "Then you will definitely spend a lot of money to buy Mei Min's confidant! You can't shoot such a big director's movie than a TV series. The salary I can get is actually very low."

Everyone rushed to film movies by big directors, and the pay was not much higher. This is something everyone knows. Therefore, even if this matter is done, the commission Bai Weiming can get is quite limited. It still needs to be handled further and further, so why don’t Bai Weiming pay for it?

Rong Junxian asked, "Can you get the money back if you invest like this?"

Bai Weiming was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said, "Do you still care about this?"

Rong Junxian replied: "Of course. You can't let you lose money, right? You are also working, it's not easy for everyone."
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