Chapter 5: 5

As soon as Liang Xincheng got home, he received a call from Liu Fan. Liu Fan said helplessly that they could not continue with the matter against Ding Yao. He had just been lectured by the talent director, telling them not to cause trouble for the company: “The company is evil, right? Their own artists are being bullied but they don’t give a shit. And now, they won’t allow us to fight back, what the hell.”

Listening to Liu Fan’s complaints, Liang Xincheng, who was a little drunk, leaned back into the sofa with his eyes closed and answered him after a while: “I know, President told me. Don’t worry about this matter, just leave it like this.”

Liu Fan choked for a moment, and asked hesitantly, “Are you with President now?”

“No, he has gone back.”

“Then… what does President mean, ah?”

Liang Xincheng closed his eyes and asked him rhetorically: “Liu-ge, didn’t you inquire about your opponent’s trump card before you did your job?”

“What cards?”

Liang Xincheng lost interest in talking further, only leaving the sentence: “That’s it, this matter ends here. You don’t have to care about this,” and hung up the phone.

Afterwards, he clicked on Weibo, quickly edited some words before clicking send. He also changed the account password. After finishing these, Liang Xincheng didn’t take another look and immediately turned off the phone.

When he turned on the phone again at noon the next day, several missed calls and WeChat messages from Liu Fan flooded in instantly, asking him angrily why he had to post an apology on Weibo, and why he had to change the password so that he could not log in there.

Liang Xincheng stirred the freshly soaked instant noodles as he replied slowly: “It was the President who wanted me to post an apology on Weibo, I can’t help it. In the future, I will take care of my Weibo by myself. Save some energy.”

Liu Fan’s phone call soon came, sounding annoyed as he asked him: “President really asked you?”

“Yeah,” Liang Xincheng took a sip of the noodles. After falling asleep, there seemed to be nothing to worry about yesterday. He said indifferently: “It’s just a post on Weibo, there will be no loss of meat.”

“Why did the big boss ask you to do this?”

“How can I casually talk about what the big boss wanted me to do,” Liang Xincheng laughed, “But let me remind you, Liu-ge. Even if you offend a big boss in the future, don’t offend Shengxing’s people, especially Shengxing’s President and Ding Yao. Do you understand?”

Liu Fan was speechless, he had asked someone to inquire about it last night; very few people knew that Ding Yao was the prince of Shengxing, but it was not like that there was no wind at all. It was only his own fault that he took it for granted before and didn’t inquire about it clearly. As for why their big boss was afraid of Shengxing’s people, he really couldn’t understand.

“Forget it, since that’s what the big boss wanted, then that’s the only way to do it. Ding Yao forwarded your Weibo and followed you. His attitude is quite good. You should follow him back later. You should always do your best to save face. Also, if you don’t let me manage it for you, I don’t care, but you should be careful and don’t post nonsense on it.”

“Got it.”

After hanging up the phone, Liang Xincheng took a look on Weibo. Sure enough, not long after he posted on Weibo last night, Ding Yao forwarded it and followed him.

@Ding Yao: Thank you Xincheng-ge for your compliments, no need to apologize, it’s just a little misunderstanding, please support Brother Xincheng more [heart] // @Liang Xincheng: Because of some misunderstandings, I have brought trouble and bad influence to @Ding Yao, and hereby sincerely apologize to him. Please pay more attention to his work and support his new movie. He is a great actor.

His apology on Weibo really made many fans angry, and some even decided not to be his fans anymore. Fortunately, Ding Yao gave him a face-saving step down, and Liu Fan dutifully found marketing accounts to take the rhythm as soon as possible, trying to brainwash people that he and Ding Yao were actually good friends. The disputes on the internet on the other hand, were all caused by people with a mind to sow discord, which ultimately minimized the negative impact.

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Liang Xincheng clicked on the follow back button and when he entered Ding Yao’s Weibo homepage, he found that Xia Yuanhang had liked the Weibo post he forwarded. Liang Xincheng narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly felt that this was really interesting.

He and Xia Yuanhang had a lot of interaction on Weibo but they were basically done by the agents of both parties. However, this one ‘like’ was obviously not within the business scope agreed upon. Even their CP fans had happily said that Xia Yuanhang was doing this to support him, but what Xia Yuanhang liked was actually Ding Yao’s forwarded post; what he wanted to express was probably the opposite.

Liang Xincheng knew that Xia Yuanhang looked down on him, but he rarely showed it before. This time, because of Ding Yao, Xia Yuanhang came to warn himself, which was already very out of line with his character. Now he took the initiative to like Ding Yao’s post. This move to please the prince of the company was too obvious.

Of course, this had nothing to do with him.

The disputes on the Internet would not subside so quickly, but there would be no big waves. Liang Xincheng quitted Weibo and stopped paying attention to these messy things.

Half a month later, his next project was finally settled. Liu Fan came over with the script and told him with great enthusiasm that he had gotten a big project invested by their company; a second male lead lead in a suspenseful crime solving drama. This time it would not go wrong.

“The male lead has already been decided. It’s Xie Qinfeng1. Your role is the second male lead. You’ll be acting as Xie Qinfeng’s apprentice. You have a lot of scenes with him. In the end, you sacrifice yourself in the line of duty. you can earn the audience’s tears with this. It’s a good opportunity.”

Xie Qinfeng was a very young actor, not a few years older than Liang Xincheng, but had already won the Best Actor Award at the International Film Festival. He was an absolute leader among the new generation of actors in China, and he was also a box office guarantee. It was indeed a great opportunity to be able to act with him.

Liang Xincheng flipped through the script that he just got, and was suddenly happy. Liu Fan winked and explained to him: “Our company is the main investor for this project. I heard that the big boss personally decided on you. After this, the audition is just a formality. If someone comes out to grab it from you again, the big boss will be the first to refuse.”

Liang Xincheng didn’t care about Liu Fan’s teasing and was finally relieved. Yu Mingxiu was a person who kept his promise. He said he would arrange a new play for him so he would never lie to him.

Liu Fan’s eyes rolled, and he started to come up with new ideas, coaxing Liang Xincheng: “After joining the group, you should communicate more with Xie Qinfeng. Try to build a good relationship with him.”

“What do you want to do?” Liang Xincheng glanced at Liu Fan. When saw the expression on his face, he immediately understood what he was thinking. He couldn’t stand it. He knocked the script hard and asked him, “Do you think I look like I came out to sell rot?”

“What are you saying?” Liu Fan patted him on the shoulder, “Why are you saying it so badly? I just asked you to have a good relationship with him.”

Liang Xincheng sneered: “Make a good relationship so that you can choose someone else to hype up a CP? Do you think Xie Qinfeng will cooperate with you?”

“You can’t hang yourself on a tree. You don’t need his cooperation if you really want to hype it. You just need to take the initiative. Just like you, if you stand next to any man, naturally there will be fans to help you pair up.”

Liang Xincheng was too lazy to talk nonsense to him anymore. In fact, it was no wonder that Liu Fan thought so. His appearance was indeed too attractive; there was a natural coquettish look between his eyebrows and eyes. He was obviously a boy, but he always unconsciously exudes an unspeakable and provocative attitude. Even a simple frown and lip-biting action could stimulate the hormones of bystanders more than others.

Even this great Manager Liu felt that if he hadn’t been so straight, it would be hard not to be moved by such an ancestor every day.

“Think about it, I’m seriously telling you, hitching a ride with the Movie King Xie, your popularity can definitely go up another wave.”

“Thank you, no need.”

 

 

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just a short note on the name. 覃 can be pronounced as Tan or Qin actually, so I use Qin in here since it’s more common

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