Lin Qinglong is a consultant for an advertising company, and sometimes works part-time as a talent scout. He still remembers the glorious period of Taiwanese movies ten years ago, when a pretty girl could become a movie star overnight.
Two "Lin Qingxia".
Lin Qinglong personally discovered more than twenty actors on the street. These actors were both male and female, but without exception they were all handsome men and beautiful women. Four or five of them actually became famous through acting.
However, when Taiwanese movies declined, Lin Qinglong basically lost his job as a talent scout and could only go to his friend's advertising agency to hang out.
Lin Qinglong's only achievement in the past two years was that he discovered Yang Liqing at a dance competition the year before last and invited her to shoot a cosmetics advertisement.
With Yang Liqing's beautiful face and figure, this commercial became very popular after it aired. Lin Qinglong also took advantage of the situation and became Yang Liqing's agent. He also used his past relationships to recommend Yang Liqing as the heroine of China Television's ancient drama "The Legend of the Banner".
Yang Liqing had the qualifications to play the heroine in "The Legend of the Flag Hero", and the following year she was recommended by Lin Qinglong to play a supporting role in the military education film "Beautiful Lady". However, since no one saw this film after it was made, it basically had no effect.
, but wasted more than half a year of Yang Liqing's time.
At the end of last year, China Television made a new martial arts drama "The Legend of Cicada Wings", and Lin Qinglong recommended Yang Liqing to the director. Unfortunately, this time he only got the role of the third female lead, and Lin Qinglong didn't get much money as her agent.
"Oh, I can't live this life!" Lin Qinglong sighed while sitting in the advertising agency. His greatest skill is to find people with star potential in the vast sea of people, but Taiwan's current situation no longer allows people like him to survive.
I can only go to my friend's advertising agency to earn a living, tricking newcomers who don't know anything and want to be famous to shoot advertisements for low pay.
Taiwan's economy has developed rapidly in recent years. Employees of ordinary companies can receive 15 months' salary. Employees of some securities companies can even receive 90 months' salary. It seems that everyone has become a rich man overnight.
But this is impossible. People like Lin Qinglong who have no skills and cannot bear to do serious things have a difficult time. Not only do they not make any money, but they are even worse than before due to rising prices.
Lin Qinglong also had a lot of savings in the past few years. Last year, when he saw people making huge profits from stock trading, he joined in the fun without knowing anything about stocks. As a result, he encountered a stock market crash. He lost all his twenty years of savings and even his house.
People took it away.
Lin Qinglong's wife is ten years younger than him. She was an actress he discovered on the road. After the stock market crash, this woman disappeared without a trace. It is said that she went to the Hong Kong film industry to develop her career.
"Consultant Lin, someone is looking for you!" the clerk from the advertising company shouted to Lin Qinglong.
Did a debt collector come to the company? Lin Qinglong looked up warily and saw a relatively familiar middle-aged man walking towards him.
As a talent scout who has been in Taiwan's entertainment industry for more than ten years, how could Lin Qinglong not know Yu Kanping, who once directed "The Wrong Ride"? What's more, Kang Jianfei's scandal has been all over the place these days, and Lin Qinglong, who was involved in it, is also reported every day
.
However, Yu Kanping probably didn't know young talent scouts like Lin Qinglong, so he was very curious as to why Yu Kanping came back to look for him.
The only possibility is... that one of his artists has been spotted by Yu Kanping!
When Lin Qinglong thought of this, his decadent heart beat violently, and he couldn't help but stand up to greet him.
"Are you Mr. Lin Qinglong?" Yu Kanping walked up to Lin Qinglong. The latter's unshaven beard and greasy and messy hair made him a little unsure.
Lin Qinglong quickly showed a smile that he thought was very kind and friendly: "I am Lin Qinglong. I wonder what Mr. Yu wants to do with me?"
As a consultant of an advertising company, Lin Qinglong does not have a separate office. Yu Kanping looked around and asked: "Mr. Lin, can we find a place where we can talk conveniently?"
"Of course, Mr. Yu, come with me." Lin Qinglong said eagerly, rubbing his hands.
Soon the two of them entered the reception room of the advertising company. After closing the door, Lin Qinglong said: "If you have anything to do, Mr. Yu, just ask me."
"It's like this," Yu Kanping said straight to the point, "Mr. Kang saw a TV series yesterday and recognized an actress named Yang in it who was pretty good."
"Yang Liqing?" Lin Qinglong asked immediately. In the past few years, Yang Liqing has been the best under him.
Yu Kanping nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Kang hopes that Yang Liqing can go to Hong Kong to develop."
"Well, I'm afraid it's a little difficult. Yang Liqing has a few film appointments, and it's really hard to turn them down." Lin Qinglong looked embarrassed.
"In that case, let's forget it and won't bother Mr. Lin." Yu Kanping stood up and was about to leave.
"No trouble, no trouble," Lin Qinglong saw that it was self-defeating, and quickly stopped Yu Kanping who was about to leave, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yu, everything is easy to discuss. I finally discovered this Yang Liqing, and now you say you want to take her to Hong Kong for development.
, don’t know how to do this business?”
Yu Kanping said: "How about buying out her brokerage agreement with 300,000 yuan?"
"Hong Kong dollar or US dollar?" Lin Qinglong asked.
Yu Kanping looked unhappy and said: "NTD!"
Lin Qinglong sighed and said: "300,000 was quite appropriate a few years ago, but now that prices in Taiwan are rising steadily, 300,000 is really too little."
Yu Kanping was made to laugh angrily by Lin Qinglong's philistine: "A few years ago, I would have offered up to 100,000 yuan."
Due to the butterfly effect brought by Kang Jianfei, Yang Liqing's stardom has undergone great changes. In another time and space, after Yang Lijing starred in "The Legend of the Flag Hero" and "Beautiful Lady", she was immediately recruited by Luo Wei, who was preparing to film a movie in Taiwan.
I fell in love with Luo Wei. Although Luo Wei has a very bad character, he has a good eye for people. He discovered Bruce Lee and Cheng Long before, and now he fell in love with Yang Liqing and invited him to film "The Ghost", which he produced.
Because of her starring role in the Hong Kong film "Haunted", Yang Lijing appeared in the sight of Hong Kong filmmakers, and then starred in a Hong Kong film called "The Gangster Brothers". Later, Michelle Yeung retired after marrying Pan Di, and Pan Di
Debao Company, which was born, was in urgent need of an action actress to take over. She fell in love with Yang Liqing, who had practiced dancing since she was a child and had acted in martial arts movies. As soon as she went to Hong Kong, she became the leading actress that Debao strongly favored.
In this time and space, Luo Wei has long been forced to go home to retire. Where can he go to Taiwan to work as a producer and prepare a movie? Therefore, Yang Liqing has no chance to show her face in the Hong Kong film industry. She has only starred in two movies.
He is just a young Taiwanese actor in a Central Television TV series and a military education film.
NT$300,000, Yang Liqing's agent is only worth this price. Of course, since Kang Jianfei is interested in her, Lin Qinglong will definitely raise the price. Yu Kanping's bottom line is to spend NT$600,000 to buy it.
Unexpectedly, Lin Qinglong didn't raise the price again: "300,000 is not impossible, Mr. Yu. I heard that you are going to open a branch of DreamWorks in Taiwan. You still need manpower now."
Yu Kanping was immediately happy. He was looking for Lin Qinglong to buy Yang Liqing. Who would have thought that Lin Qinglong would actually sell himself out now.
"Mr. Lin is interested in joining?" Yu Kanping asked.
"Of course I want to join," Lin Qinglong promoted himself, "Mr. Yu, I have been in Taiwan's entertainment industry for 20 years. I am familiar with all aspects of operations and know a lot of people. As long as I can join Mr. Yu's company, Stars
Scouting, coordinating, producing...I can do everything except directing!"
Yu Kanping was already short of people, and he had learned some information about Lin Qinglong before he came here. After thinking about it, he thought he could recruit some people, and then nodded and said: "Okay, I will welcome you to join the company on Mr. Kang's behalf. Since we are all on our own
Man, then Yang Liqing’s agent is about 400,000 yuan.”
"Thank you, Mr. Yu, for taking care of me." Hearing that Yu Kanping took the initiative to increase the price, Lin Qinglong became even more happy. He still owed hundreds of thousands of bad debts, and finally he no longer had to worry about it.
"But, Mr. Kang seems to have some interest in that Miss Yang, and I hope you can do the work to get through to Miss Yang." Yu Kanping is an honest person after all, and is not used to doing things like pimping. When it comes to this kind of thing, he himself
Blushing, "Mr. Kang will fly to Tokyo the day after tomorrow, and he doesn't have a female companion to accompany him. How about asking Miss Yang to go with him?"
Lin Qinglong understood as soon as he heard that Kang Jianfei was trying to get Yang Liqing's idea, and he cursed in his heart: I didn't even have time to make a move, but I took advantage of others first.
"It seems that it is too late to apply for a visa to Japan in three days," Lin Qinglong said.
Yu Kanping said: "There is no need for Mr. Lin to worry."
Lin Qinglong said in embarrassment: "But this Yang Liqing is very stubborn. I signed her when she was 16 years old. She didn't even have a boyfriend in the past two or three years. She was asked to go drinking with the leaders of CTV, so she reluctantly went there once.
I'm afraid she won't be willing to do this kind of thing..."
Yu Kanping said: "This depends on your eloquence, Mr. Lin."
Lin Qinglong smiled bitterly and said, "I'll try my best."
…
After Yu Kanping finished his work, he went back to resume his duties. Kang Jianfei was immediately happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "When did I say that I would go to Japan with Yang Liqing? Old Yu, I just want you to arrange for Yang Liqing to go to Japan to learn karate and karate for a few months.
Judo, I didn’t ask you to be a pimp.”
Kang Jianfei was indeed lustful, but he was not so impatient that he had to get a certain woman into bed every minute. He was very patient in this kind of thing.
Upon hearing that he had made a mistake, Yu Kanping blushed, coughed and said, "Then... I'll call Lin Qinglong."
Kang Jianfei waved his hands and said, "Forget it. Changing your words as soon as you say them out doesn't mean anything."
…
A teahouse in Taipei.
Yang Liqing walked up to Lin Qinglong with her bag on her back and asked expectantly: "Brother Lin, you are so anxious to ask me out. Have you received another film appointment?"
Although Yang Liqing is an actress and star, she only filmed two TV series and one movie in three years. Moreover, she was a supporting role in the latter two movies and received only a small salary. Although she was the protagonist in the first movie,
When I first entered the industry, the pay was very low.
To put it more directly, the income of celebrity Yang Liqing is not as good as that of ordinary company employees. In the past three years, her biggest income has actually been from advertising.
Lin Qinglong smiled and said: "I haven't received a film appointment, but I have better news for you."
"What's the good news?" Yang Liqing asked.
Lin Qinglong handed over a copy of the United Daily News, pointed to the photo of Kang Jianfei on it and asked: "Do you know who he is?"
Yang Liqing smiled and said: "I'm not an alien, how come I don't know Kang Jianfei?"
Lin Qinglong put away his smile and said to Yang Lijing seriously: "Mr. Kang is interested in you and wants you to join his company."
"Brother Lin, please stop making fun of me. How could he like me, a young actor?" Yang Liqing directly took Lin Qinglong's words as a joke. But seeing Lin Qinglong's serious face, she couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat.
, asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Lin, what you said is not true, is it?"
Lin Qinglong proudly took out a business card, handed it to Yang Liqing and said, "Brother Lin, you are also hanging out with Mr. Kang now."
Yang Liqing took it and took a look. She saw that the business card read: Agent of Hong Kong Oriental Entertainment Agency, Artist Manager of Oriental DreamWorks (Taiwan) Film Company Lin Qinglong.
"Brother Lin, you have really joined DreamWorks. Congratulations." Yang Liqing returned the business card to him.
"Take your business card," Lin Qinglong waved his hand and said proudly, "Mr. Yu will make a small-budget film in Taiwan in the future. I will definitely be the casting director and co-ordinator at that time. After I achieve good results,
It is certain that I will be transferred to work in Hong Kong. Then we can work together again."
At this time, Yang Liqing finally realized that what Lin Qinglong said was true. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva and asked: "Brother Lin, I can't even speak Cantonese, is it really feasible to go to Hong Kong to develop?"
"Why not?" Lin Qinglong said, "Look at how popular Wang Zuxian is now. She has fans in Korea and Japan. At the time, Wang Zuxian didn't speak Cantonese. Mr. Kang fell in love with her while working in Taiwan, and then asked Mr. Yu to pick her up.
With the development of Hong Kong, you have become a big star in two or three years. You are in the same situation as Wang Zuxian now. Mr. Kang watched the TV series you acted in. Then I asked Mr. Yu to come to me. After going to Hong Kong, you will definitely be highly praised, at least Wang Zuxian
second."
Wang Zuxian is second, Wang Zuxian is second... This is an extremely beautiful dream for a young star. Yang Liqing silently recited this sentence in her heart. Suddenly she felt hot all over and wanted to fly to Hong Kong immediately.
Lin Qinglong said: "You go home now and get your documents to apply for a visa. Mr. Kang is going to Japan next. You go with him."
"I am accompanying Mr. Kang to Japan? Is there something wrong?" Yang Liqing didn't understand what was going on.
Lin Qinglong glared at her and said, "Going abroad with Mr. Kang is a good thing that no one can ask for. I worked hard to get this good opportunity for you."
Kang Jianfei's reputation in Taiwan is pretty good, and he has always been described as Lin Qingxia's little boyfriend. Unlike Hong Kong, where there are all kinds of gossip about him. So Yang Liqing did not think about the matter in that direction, but simply felt
It's just strange, and I am grateful to Lin Qinglong for trying so hard to help me.
Lin Qinglong said: "Ajing, I heard that the competition for actresses in Hong Kong is very fierce. It is a good opportunity for you to accompany Mr. Kang to Japan this time. Say more to please Mr. Kang and leave a good impression in front of him."
"Brother Lin, I will do it. I will definitely live up to your kindness." Yang Liqing said happily. She felt extremely excited at the thought of traveling with a big shot in the Hong Kong film industry.
Lin Qinglong, a veteran who has been in the entertainment industry for 20 years, is it not a matter of time to fool Yang Liqing, who has just turned 19? He then hinted: "Ajing, I think Mr. Kang still admires you very much after watching your performance.
After watching the TV series, I praised you for how well you played the role."
Yang Liqing lowered her head and smiled sheepishly: "How can I never act that well?"
Lin Qinglong winked at her again and said, "So, you should take advantage of this opportunity to go to Japan while Mr. Kang has a good impression of you to get closer to Mr. Kang."
"Get close?" Seeing Lin Qinglong's winking look, Yang Liqing reacted instantly and said angrily, "Brother Lin, who do you think I am? Besides, Mr. Kang is Lin Qingxia's boyfriend, how could he betray Miss Lin?
It would be tragic if it backfires."
Lin Qinglong said mysteriously: "No, and I heard that it was because Wang Zuxian successfully seduced Mr. Kang that DreamWorks promoted her so much. Otherwise, do you think there are so many actresses in Hong Kong, why Kang
Why did your husband just write a script and make a movie for her?"
"This... I'm afraid this is a rumor." Yang Liqing couldn't say what she said, because this kind of "insider knowledge" ruins the world's outlook, but it does happen often in the entertainment industry.
Girls' feelings are always poetic. 19-year-old Yang Liqing couldn't help but fantasize that Lin Qingxia and Kang Jianfei were quite different in age. Maybe this time she went to Japan with Kang Jianfei, it would be a real-life version of "Roman Holiday". Kang Jianfei might
Will fall in love with her, and then kneel down on the streets of Japan to ask her to propose...
There is no way, young, rich, handsome and powerful in the film industry, a young actor like Yang Liqing who has nothing to do can easily develop admiration and admiration for a person like Kang Jianfei. (To be continued...)
ps:
I will update 4,500 words first. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I can only write it when I come back in the evening.
In addition, I summoned the wrong person that day. A certain reader pointed me to a post, so I offered to reward the leader of the alliance with 10,000 yuan on National Day. I thought it was from him, but it turned out that it was someone else.
Yesterday I didn’t finish the 10,000 words, so feel free to reward me as much as I want. Anyway, Lao Wang has not fulfilled his promise. This book has not been recommended by the website since the crackdown, so Lao Wang has been able to muddle through. As long as the subscription is acceptable, everyone is outside.
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