TPH Chapter 19

The Protagonist’s Halo [Arc 1] Chapter 19: Entertainment Circle Vase (25)

After returning from filming “Ice”, agent Bu Yu brought a new script to Xiao Han.

After the filming of “Ice”, there are still two or three months of post-production, and it will take at least half a year to wait for the release. With such a long window period in between, Bu Yu cannot let Xiao Han sit idle. Apart from some business endorsements, the work is the most important.

Because of the previous offense against Tianhuang, Bu Yu also faced some obstacles in gaining resources for Xiao Han in the circle.

She had offended not only Ji Yanhuai, but also Tianhuang and the Ji family behind them. They couldn’t ban her for being “ignorant of the times”, but they could trip her up just by reaching out.

Youyi has no shortage of financial resources, but some things cannot be acquired simply by throwing money at them, and it is impossible to just throw money at them one mountain of gold after another. It is said that Mr. Shen overcame all objections and insisted on shifting the new focus of the family business to the entertainment industry. Fortunately, it has developed well in recent years and is on the right track. This was revealed by agent Bu Yu when she was chatting with Xiao Han.

This was the best script she had carefully selected, a costume fantasy film with a large investment and a top-notch domestic production team. Moreover, the other party took the initiative to invite her and specifically asked Su Man to be the heroine.

Agent Bu Yu commented that this production has a high chance of becoming a hit, and its commercial value is no less than what Tianhuang had promised Su Man before.

The film cooperation contract was discussed at a dinner party. According to the discussions between Bu Yu and the crew, if both parties feel it is suitable, the deal can be finalized after the dinner meeting.

Although Xiao Han is more casual, she is not aloof and arrogant. She even refuses to go to this kind of social dinner. She refuses the kind of dinner that seems to have ulterior motives.

There are not many people in the quaint dining room.

In addition to Xiao Han and her agent, there were the director, the screenwriter, and a man with an elegant and handsome appearance.

Agent Bu Yu had known about this in advance and informed Xiao Han that he was the largest investor in this film, Luo Qiyi.

Xiao Han felt that the name sounded familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had heard it.

The discussions for this play went very smoothly, mainly because the director and Xiao Han had a good talk. Xiao Han noticed that Luo Qiyi’s eyes fell on her several times. Although they were inconspicuous, Xiao Han, who had all five senses, could still detect them.

When the director asked the investor for his opinion, he smiled slightly, “I admire Miss Su very much.”

This sentence seems to reveal other meanings.

Luo Qiyi knew Su Man a long time ago. He saw Su Man’s photo by chance once, and then he became interested in her. However, at that time, Su Man and Ji Yanhuai’s relationship had been made public. He was a relatively moral person, and he would not touch a beauty who was already taken.

Later, when Su Man broke up and had trouble with the contract termination, he was not in a hurry.

But unexpectedly, before he could do anything, Su Man had solved all the problems and became a popular star in the circle.

When the director asked him what he thought about the choice of the heroine, he first chose Su Man.

After seeing her in person, Luo Qiyi found that she was more beautiful and more lively than in the photo.

This kind of beauty is not gorgeous or rich, but clear and charming, cold and bright. Her eyes are as innocent as the breeze when she focuses, but deep and quiet when she squints. She is a natural beauty, which makes people unable to take their eyes off her.

After the dinner, Luo Qiyi stood up and suddenly asked, “I wonder if I have the honor to send Miss Su off?”

His tone was casual, as if he mentioned it casually.

Xiao Han’s fake smile was also very polite, “No need, we drove here.”

Luo Qiyi nodded slightly, still polite and graceful.

It was a long time after Xiao Han left the dinner that she remembered where she had heard Luo Qiyi’s name.

In Su Man’s memory, that was when she was being bullied the most and was in the most difficult situation. Yang Jing wanted to squeeze out her last bit of value, so she recommended a dinner party for her to make connections, and one of the people there was Luo Qiyi.

But Su Man refused, unwilling to accept this unspoken rule, and then she was completely hidden by the company. She had no contact with Luo Qiyi until she quit the entertainment industry. So in Su Man’s memory, Luo Qiyi’s name was only heard once or twice, and naturally she didn’t have much impression of him.

“Who is this Luo Qiyi?” Xiao Han asked her agent Bu Yu.

Her agent Bu Yu explained: “He is a well-known tycoon in the country. He started from scratch, but he is very skilled and involved in many fields. He only started investing in the entertainment industry in the past one or two years. He has a very strong background.”

Xiao Han added, “What else?”

Agent Bu Yu understood what Xiao Han meant and frowned immediately. She understood what her artist was worried about and said hesitantly and puzzledly, “He is still unmarried. Although I heard that he has many female confidantes, he has never had a bad reputation.”

The so-called bad reputation means that there has never been any scandal in his love affairs, and no bad things have been said about him after the breakup.

Just like in the plot, he might have some feelings for the original owner, but he did not force it after being rejected by the original owner.

Of course, he doesn’t care about the original owner being hidden and quitting the entertainment industry.

I just don’t know what his purpose is this time, Xiao Han thought thoughtfully.

Agent Bu Yu thought about the dinner that went quite smoothly today, and wanted to say that maybe Mr. Luo didn’t mean that, but when she saw Su Man’s face, she felt that it was possible.

After the previous incident, agent Bu Yu had some understanding of Xiao Han. She was definitely not the smooth type who could navigate the circle with ease. She was even a little willful. But people just couldn’t dislike her. Instead, they felt that she was right.

Moreover, she had been with Xiao Han in the crew for two months and was familiar with her acting skills. Even her agent Bu Yu sincerely believed that it would be unjust if such acting skills did not become popular.

Thinking of this, Bu Yu inexplicably put aside the worries in her heart.

…

After Luo Qiyi finished the dinner, he wanted to offer to send Su Man off, but he received a text message on his phone. If Xiao Han saw the name of the sender, he would probably be surprised, because this person was Pei Yiren, who had disappeared from the entertainment industry for more than two months.

Pei Yiren and Luo Qiyi’s ‘accidental’ encounter also happened two months ago.

At that time, Pei Yiren was notorious for being scolded on the Internet, and was also frozen out by the snobbish company. She also completely cut off contact with Ji Yanhuai and could not ask him for help. Everyone else wanted to stay away from her for fear of being affected by bad luck, but Pei Yiren was not willing to end her career as an artist in such a disgraceful way. She had not yet become a big star and attracted everyone’s attention.

After her constant nagging and even threats, the system finally found another target for her to complete the task, which was Luo Qiyi.

According to the information provided by the system, although Luo Qiyi started from scratch, his wealth and status are better than the Ji family behind Ji Yanhuai. As long as he nods, Pei Yiren will not be afraid of having no resources or movies to shoot in the entertainment industry.

So Pei Yiren immediately regarded Luo Qiyi as a golden thigh that was ten times thicker than Ji Yanhuai’s. Moreover, in comparison, Ji Yanhuai was still a young boy, while Luo Qiyi was a mature uncle.

Her star system can not only investigate all the information of the target, but also detect the target’s whereabouts.

With the help of the system, Pei Yiren cleverly had an “unexpected” encounter with Luo Qiyi, and he became a hero saving the beauty.

The graceful Luo Qiyi not only rescued Pei Yiren, who was almost bullied by the lustful director, but also gave her a handkerchief to wipe the mess off her body.

Pei Yiren was confident that under her and the system’s planning, Luo Qiyi would never have any doubts about this unexpected encounter. This was indeed the case. Luo Qiyi was just passing by on a whim and expressed sympathy for Pei Yiren’s experience.

Pei Yiren took advantage of her drunkenness to entangle Luo Qiyi, and the relationship developed smoothly afterwards. She could detect Luo Qiyi’s favorability through the system at any time, allowing her to quickly find out the bottom line of the target object, and her interactions with Luo Qiyi became very measured, not making Luo Qiyi feel uncomfortable.

This also allowed her, who did not have the most outstanding looks or figure, to have a place by Luo Qiyi’s side.

After two months of continuous efforts, she raised Luo Qiyi’s favorability to 60. The most obvious manifestation was that Luo Qiyi easily helped her resolve the company’s contract termination, and her residence was moved to a private villa, with a nanny to take care of her daily life.

Pei Yiren quickly got used to this pampered life. She even regretted choosing Ji Yanhuai as her initial target. In comparison, Luo Qiyi was much better than him.

After the failed experience, Pei Yiren became much more cautious in maintaining her relationship with Luo Qiyi. She would send Luo Qiyi text messages every two or three days. This would not disturb his work or make him upset, but would also remind him of her existence and make him think of her often.

Because his favorability had reached 60, Luo Qiyi was moved when he saw the text message and asked the driver to drive to Pei Yiren’s villa.