From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

Ding Zhi has been adding that unfamiliar account for a while. They chatted and chatted without selling tea, which was not profitable, let alone advertising, and did not mention other trendy businesses. They just chatted and talked nonsense every day, which made his

The counter-routines prepared to induce people to return to positive energy are of no use, and they gradually lose interest in him/her.

After staring at the two messages for a second, Ding Zhi ignored the one from the tea girl, opened the chat box of the boss Liang, typed a few lines, thought about it, deleted it, and made a call.

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"Hey! Are you up?"

The other party answered immediately, and his voice was no different from usual. It seemed that he had not just woken up. Ding Zhi looked at the electronic clock on the wall. It was only around seven o'clock. He was indeed a qualified social worker.

"Well, Sister Liang, what's the matter? Are you alive?"

"No, recently, I still don't have the right resources on hand. After all, you have become so picky now, right?"

Liang Qiong said somewhat teasingly.

"The specific matter is a bit complicated. I won't wait for you to come to the company. I'll go over to your place."

"Ah this..."

Ding Zhi looked around the messy living room, with wine bottles, melon seed shells, takeaway boxes, and potato chip bags all over the floor.

"Now? It might be a little inconvenient."

"Huh? Is there a woman?"

"Ah, this is not..."

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan's evil wolf roar came from the toilet, "Azhi!! There is no paper in the toilet! Bring me a roll!!!"

Ding Zhi held the phone with his head sideways, took a roll of paper and knocked on the toilet door "bang bang bang".

After a while, a hand stretched out from the crack in the door and quickly took the tissue from his hand.

Liang Qiong on the other end of the phone suddenly froze.

"Is...a man??!"

"Hey! Boss, what are you thinking about? That's Li Xiuyuan! He drank and fell asleep here last night and made me such a mess. I'm just saying it's inconvenient!"

Ding Zhi suddenly felt a chill, and he hurriedly sped up his speech and explained clearly.

"Tsk, I can't help teasing you. Let's make an appointment at the coffee shop at your door. It's really interesting."

"That coffee shop closed down a while ago. Let's go to the breakfast shop next door. We just have breakfast."

He told Li Xiuyuan, who was still fighting inside, through the toilet door, picked up a coat and went out.

When Liang Qiong arrived at the breakfast shop Ding Zhi mentioned, she found that it was a small and shabby shop, but the health condition was pretty good and the business was also very good. However, most of the food was packed and there was very little dine-in.

After all, in Kyoto, office workers don’t have so much time to sit down and eat.

Ding Zhi, wearing a coat outside his pajamas to keep out the cold, brightly colored long johns, and a pair of fluffy slippers, was sitting inside, purring and cooking a plate of rice rolls.

"Sister Liang is here! Have you eaten? If not, I'll order a plate for you! The boss here is from Guangfu, and the rice rolls I make are excellent."

After coming to Kyoto for so many years, neither the former nor the current Ding Zhi are used to Beijing's traditional breakfast, especially the soybean juice. People who are not used to drinking it simply think that they are drinking sour water.

Ever since he discovered this Cantonese breakfast restaurant near his residence, he has become a regular customer.

"Eat, eat by yourself!"

Liang Qiong casually picked up a stool and sat down opposite Ding Zhi.

"It's early in the morning and there's nothing to do. Why are you so anxious to find me, Sister Liang?"

Ding Zhi took the soy milk next to him and took a sip, then asked slowly.

"I plan to leave Chuanhe."

Liang Qiong got straight to the point.

"Well, what then?"

"Aren't you surprised?"

"A little bit, but you can tell a little bit. Besides, if you work for a company and the boss pays for it, if you are unhappy with your job, isn't it normal for you to move to another company? Isn't it surprising?"

Ding Zhi picked up the boss's homemade chili sauce on the table and scooped some of it with a small spoon, stirred it on the rice rolls with chopsticks and started eating again.

He had indeed noticed something strange about Liang Qiong in recent days, and considering that there were recent rumors of major changes within Chuanhe Media, he roughly guessed that the other party also had ideas.

Moreover, the five-year child labor contract that Ding Zhi signed when he joined Chuanhe as a trainee at the age of 17 also expired around the end of this year. According to normal procedures, he will be contacted to start negotiating for a contract renewal.

But it never happened.

At first, he thought that the company Chuanhe was not optimistic about his development prospects and was planning to give up completely.

Later, after participating in "Eight Hundred" and "Cold War 2", I met a lot of seniors with whom I got along well, such as Liu Xiaoqin and Zhang Yi from Eight Hundred, and Liang Jiahui from "Cold War 2". I also kept in touch with them, to some extent.

After understanding the market, he also knew that he had underestimated his own value.

Movies are different from popular TV series that can quickly unite the people, and they are also different from variety shows that can quickly increase their popularity and harvest traffic.

The film production cycle is long and the revenue is slow to materialize. Many films that start shooting this year may not be released until the second or even third year due to post-production, publicity, and the producer's considerations regarding schedule.

But why do so many film and television artists still want to be on the big screen?

This involves an invisible chain of contempt in the film and television industry. Those in the film industry despise those in the TV drama industry, those in the TV drama industry despise those in the Internet drama industry, and those in the Internet drama industry despise those in the Internet industry.

So when Wang Toutiao's wife went to star in a TV series, everyone vaguely thought: Oh? I haven't seen the actress for so long, why are you so embarrassed now?

Being able to participate in big-cast movies like Eight Hundred and Han Zhan 2, although others still don’t know whether Ding Zhi can perform brilliantly in them, but at least being able to play roles in such big-cast movies proves his talent.

value.

That is a value worthy of long-term investment. In other words, Ding Zhi has quietly completed the transformation from idol to actor since his house collapsed three years ago.

This transformation is a real transformation, rather than the current one where Yi Shui immediately went to act in a TV series after the draft, exposed a row of porcelain teeth and inherited the big baby's glaring style, but the type where Yun, Ma Jingtao and Ma Jingtao were hysterical and roaring.

"Actor", those with a discerning eye will know that they are out to make money, and what they earn is the IQ tax of fans.

Therefore, Ding Zhi also roughly guessed that the reason why the company has not proposed to renew the contract must be someone who is obstructing it.

As for who it is, there is no need to ask, it must be Liang Qiong in front of me.

"You want to take me with you?"

Liang Qiong did not answer, but quietly looked at Ding Zhi, whose temperament was completely different from before, and it took a long time before she said a word.

"Azhi, you have really changed a lot this year, as if you were a different person all of a sudden."

This wasn't the first time she said this, but she couldn't help but sigh with emotion every time because Ding Zhi had changed so much.

In the past, Ding Zhi was diligent and enterprising, so that his whole body was tense and competitive. In essence, it originated from the inner emotions of pride and inferiority. He always relied on

Liang Qiong, his manager, takes care of him, but he doesn't tell Liang Qiong anything about anything and likes to get into trouble by himself.

After the house collapse incident, he lost his popularity and the company's Han Xuezang directly shattered his fragile pride, leaving only the unspeakable inferiority complex tumbling in his heart. His subsequent attempts to transform into an actor never made any splash.

, which made him even more arrogant, taciturn and eccentric.

And now?

Putting aside the fact that his business ability has soared like cheating, his whole person exudes a sense of calmness and confidence from the inside out. Although his words and deeds often appear to be arbitrary, he is always able to maintain a sense of proportion, which makes people feel just right.

Compared to the other impetuous and short-sighted newcomers she has now, there is a world of difference.

Liang Qiong has always believed in the principle of being a good person before doing things. She doesn't know what kind of baptism and growth Ding Zhi has experienced in his heart, but in her opinion, Ding Zhi now is definitely gradually breaking through the mud-skinned exterior.

, the nugget gold gradually blooms with light.

This further strengthened Liang Qiong's idea of ​​taking Ding Zhi out. If she wanted to cultivate a real first-line superstar in her own hands, she could not let go of Ding Zhi.

"Yang Fu wants to expand her studio. She has already registered a company and invited me to be the head of their brokerage department."

"New company?"

Ding Zhi took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, and said with some doubts.

Yang Fu knew that he was able to get the role in "The Eight Hundred" because she was the matchmaker, and she was also Liang Qiong's good sister in private.

But in today's entertainment industry, there are so many large and small company studios. Except for those related to big capital and big platforms, most of them have little say and have little chance of success.

Just like when Ding Zhi participated in the national talent show before, he encountered a combination of three people. The captain is the studio owner and the two teammates are the employees. This is a weird studio model.

"Yang Fu has a close relationship with the people in the Beijing circle and has the ability and connections to build up the production team."

"On the other hand, do you know about Peach TV, a video platform owned by Goose Factory?"

The instant messaging giant in this world still seems to be influenced by a mysterious force, and it is still called Goose Factory.

However, the platform landscape here is different from Ding Zhi’s previous life. Peach TV, a platform owned by Goose Factory with such a large scale, failed to win out in the fierce platform competition, just like Penguin Weibo was defeated by Zhalang back then.

Weibo has been decimated, and today's Peach TV is still surviving under the tacit suppression of the four major platforms that have become popular.

By the way, the four platforms are Mango TV, Blueberry TV, Madou Video, and Aiyou Video.

Mango TV and Blue Whale TV are the Internet extensions of Toilet TV and Blue Whale TV respectively. They are uniquely supported by the original satellite TV in terms of content production.

Madou Video and Aiyou Video are two of the winners from the video platforms of Qunmo Luanwu. They have unique Internet genes and have a huge user base.

Nowadays, the four video platforms stand on a four-legged basis and divide their territory. Other video platforms have been merged, some have gone bankrupt, and the rest are still surviving, including Peach TV.

"Goose Factory's ambition for the video platform is still there. Yang Fu's company has the support of Goose Factory Capital and is strong."

Ding Zhi pondered for a while, "I guess it's Sister Liang who decided to take me with you. Yang Fu probably won't come here to poach me."

"Because I am optimistic about you, just as I am optimistic about Yang Fu's new company."

"Besides, Yang Fu only wants your film and television contract."

Ding Zhi was really surprised at this moment, "Just a film and television appointment?"

You know, the child labor contract he signed with Chuanhe was a full contract. The full contract included business contracts, film and television contracts, record contracts, etc. The most profitable thing for an artist is the business contract, and there is no one of them, such as advertising, commercial performances, etc.

Visiting acupuncture points, carrying goods, etc., all fall into the category of business appointments.

Generally, big names with their own traffic will only hand out film and television contracts or record contracts when their original company has no resources, but business contracts must be firmly in hand, they are all big money!

As long as Yang Fu accepts his film and television contract, considering his current position in the industry, it is no different from doing good deeds.

"Do you know how long it has been since you collapsed your house and you haven't received any business announcements or invitations?"

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Ding Zhi was speechless for a while.

Also, if Yang Fu really signed Liang Qiong for his sake, it is indeed possible that she would not be interested in his current business contract which is like a waste of paper.

But it is more likely that Liang Qiong helped him win it.

"Then, it's settled, it's settled."