Several major pieces of news had been released on Weibo recently, and the one about Leap Records going bankrupt was the biggest. Another big piece of news was also related to Ding Mingcheng.
Ding Mingcheng’s uncle had been reported for corruption and bribery, and was being detained and interrogated. It was rumoured that forty to fifty gold bars had been uncovered in two of his villas, and the total value of the gold was an estimated one hundred million Chinese yuan.
This was probably the most serious corruption case in China for the past ten years. His uncle had been sentenced to death, with a suspended sentence. He was definitely going to be rotting in prison for the rest of his life, even if he had a chance of having a reduced sentence. His nephew was going to be joining him in prison too.
Song Yucheng had perfect control over the situation. Dong Mingcheng had been scared out of his wits, but he was still sane in the end. Experts had assessed him and found him normal, so there was no chance of him getting medical parole.
Leap Records was also done for.
This was definitely a thing to be celebrated for the celebrities in the entertainment world. Ding Mingcheng was practically the leader of the second-generation heirs terrorizing the industry, so the rest of his gang would be sure to have to tread carefully in the future.
This was why everyone was talking about Ding Mingcheng. Luo Tong’s scandal was old news. The news about the manager qualifications was also pushed to the back of everyone’s minds.
The manager auditing list had already been published for a few days when someone suddenly discovered that there was something odd about the list. Quite a few people were stunned by this list, because… Right at the end of this list was: Picture Domain, Xie Qianchen.
“How’s this possible? Xie Qianchen doesn’t have any A-list celebrity under his management!”
“There wasn’t any recent A-lister transfer to Picture Domain either, or any new A-lister being signed, so how did he do it? Was there someone we didn’t notice?”
“How could it have escaped our notice?! There are only about 100 A-listers! Did Xie Qianchen manage to get a B-lister upgraded to A-lister status somehow? I mean, the most he’s got is Tang Chi, and Tang Chi doesn’t have any work out now!”
“So what’s going on then?”
People were stunned. The name that was listed under Xie Qianchen’s management as the A-lister made them dumbfounded.
Xie Qianchen — A-list celebrity management — Wen Ran.
Wen Ran! It was actually Wen Ran?!
A scriptwriter had become an A-lister?!
What the f*ck was this? Since when was a scriptwriter ranked like a celebrity?
People were nonplussed. They checked this again, and found that Wen Ran’s popularity really had risen up to that of an A-lister. Even Shen Yi’s popularity was very close to B-lister status.
Xie Qianchen had made a very shrewd choice. The public welfare video had been broadcast on all major channels, and even the elderly, who didn’t use the internet, knew Wen Ran’s name. Wen Ran’s popularity had shot up.
Wen Ran’s identity was also shrouded in mystery, and he’d always kept a low profile. For the public, the more mysterious the subject, the worthier it is for exploration. Wen Ran had real depth, and great works too. All of these, plus the warm reception of his public welfare video, boosted his popularity to break past the bounds of B-lister and propel him to A-lister.
“I don’t know if this guy’s f*cking lucky, or…”
“I’ve got a feeling that this was calculated.”
“No way! Did he know from the beginning that Wen Ran would go up the ranks and become an A-lister? That’s scary!”
It was one thing to train up a celebrity, but to silently transform a scriptwriter into an A-list celebrity? What the hell?!
The industry insiders were struck speechless once more by the card Xie Qianchen had played. The Weibo headlines which popped up right after that took advantage of this rare opportunity. This event was turned into a special topic, and released onto the internet.
#History’s Best Manager Retains Elite Manager Status With Celebrity Scriptwriter!#
The netizens who didn’t normally pay attention to manager rankings sat up and took notice.
“Pfft! Hahaha! This Xie Qianchen is so funny! Forget those shameless antics of his! He hung on his elite manager status with a scriptwriter! Oh, my sides!”
“Isn’t the main point that our god Wen Ran’s an A-lister now? A scriptwriter we’ve never seen is an A-lister! Hahahaha!”
“Man, I have no comment. I just wanna say, Mr Xie Qianchen, that the entertainment industry will definitely remember you! I think he’ll pull out more surprises at the next evaluation too.”
Whatever the public said, Xie Qianchen’s status as an elite manager was secure.
“Congratulations.”
Song Yucheng read the message from Cao Kun, and quirked his lips in a smile. He did not write a reply, but put his phone back in his pocket.
He’d guessed why Cao Kun sent him this message — probably chuckling as a spectator. But Song Yucheng believed that he would not be laughing soon. He just didn’t know when Xiao Lun would be coming back, or he could make it all match up.
Song Yucheng adjusted his plans to make sure that there would be no problems.
What Song Yucheng did not know was that Cao Kun was not as calm as he’d imagined. Something had gotten into Lu Mian recently, and he seemed to have fallen in love with animals. He’d made Cao Kun go to the airport to get an alpaca the last time, and he actually got an ostrich this time.
That’s right. Animal friends from Africa. Big, tall, black-and-white, and feathered. The ostrich’s head was resting on Cao Kun’s shoulder right now.
The smell in the car made Cao Kun want to cry.
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Cao Kun was being bullied by Lu Mian while Song Yucheng was busy.
Perhaps it was due to the number of comments on the internet, but Xie Qianchen retaining his elite manager status drew the attention of the high-ups.
Wen Ran’s popularity matched that of an A-lister, but whether he was a true celebrity or not was up for fierce debate. The result of the debate was that a scriptwriter was a scriptwriter, and a celebrity was a celebrity. This was an exploitation of the loophole in the way the evaluation was carried out. It was decided that Xie Qianchen had to have a real celebrity under his management by the time of the next evaluation for him to keep his elite manager status. For now, the list had been announced and there would be no changes.
People laughed. However, Song Yucheng updated Xie Qianchen’s Weibo page, and the laughing folk spat on their computer screens.
He was so shameless!
Xie Qianchen: I am most honoured to be the first manager to make the board revise their evaluation methods. Therefore, I’ve decided to climb to the top of the rankings again by the end of next year. LoveYouAllMuaMua.gif
“Holy sh*t! Climb to the top again? Is Xie Qianchen crazy?”
They couldn’t help checking who was currently the top dog of the elite managers. Just the two goddesses this manager had were more than anything Xie Qianchen would fight with.
However, the people in the industry did not have any words of ridicule. They actually felt threatened.
Xie Qianchen had been a legend, especially in film. People had even said that there was no one Xie Qianchen couldn’t make popular.
Right now, with Luo Tong and Ding Mingcheng’s fall from grace, almost everyone could see that Xie Qianchen was on the warpath.
No one could stop him if he wanted to get to the top. What they didn’t know was what method he would use.
Even so, there were many people who did not have a good opinion of it.
They felt that Xie Qianchen was making too many big moves, and his motives were too plain. Ding Mingcheng had been taken down now, so how could those involved in the incident with Han Feiran still remain calm?
Sure enough, as everyone had guessed, something happened to Xie Qianchen’s friend. The New Year film produced by Director Yang was being investigated by the higher-ups.
They were simply told that the film changed some historical facts, and the project was cut off. Even the previously filmed parts were scrapped.
This was a warning to Xie Qianchen. “You might be invulnerable, but your friends aren’t!”
Director Yang exploded with anger. The System was anxious too.
“What do we do now, Milord?”
“We don’t need to do anything.” Song Yucheng was not anxious at all. He replied leisurely, “The set of magic stick outfits from back then haven’t been thrown away, right?”