Chapter 2005: Too Terrifying!

It must be said, Fan Beibei's thoughtfulness made Zhao Fusheng very happy.

He had raised the little girl since she was young; from a psychological age perspective, Zhao Fusheng treated Fan Beibei like a daughter.

Now seeing her so sensible, Zhao Fusheng felt a sense of 'my daughter is growing up.'

But the matter of studying abroad really needed careful consideration. She was only in fifth grade now; at the very least, she should wait until junior high school.

As for Fan Beibei's suggestion to adapt, Zhao Fusheng planned to first buy a castle or something in the UK and stay there for a while to let her experience British life.

He shared this idea with Fan Baobao and Li Yuan and the others, and everyone thought it was good.

Fan Baobao even decided that after she gave birth, the whole family would go to the UK for a vacation.

This crazy decision was firmly stopped by Zhao Fusheng!

Are you kidding? A child just a few months old, and they would travel across the ocean to the UK? He would have to be insane to do that.

If they wanted a vacation, they could wait until the child was over a hundred days old and go to Sanya as a family.

After all, Zhao's mother seemed to have bought a house there.

A couple of days later, Zhao Fusheng received a call from Ye Jing.

“I plan to sign a few people. Do you want to take a look?”

Ye Jing said to Zhao Fusheng.

“You can handle signing people on your own, right?” Zhao Fusheng was coaxing the child and answered casually.

“But this girl is from Baogang Company. I see potential in her development, so after asking her wishes, I plan to poach her,” Ye Jing replied.

“Who is it?”

Zhao Fusheng was a bit curious.

There was actually an actress Ye Jing valued so highly.

As far as he could remember, Xinbaoyuan hadn't produced any major female actresses, right?

Zhao Baogang was good at promoting male actors; for female actors, was it Wang Luodan or Ma Siling?

“It's Li Lu,” Ye Jing's voice slowly sounded.

“Pfft!”

Zhao Fusheng spat out a mouthful of water: “Who? Who did you say?”

“Li Lu. I know her parents. She started as a child star and even won a Best Actress award a few years ago,” Ye Jing said, listing details as if counting treasures.

Obviously, he had been paying attention to Li Lu for a long time.

“Ye Jing! Brother Ye! No, why are you trying to poach her of all people!”

Zhao Fusheng was almost incoherent.

That was the Hip-Hop Queen!

The booming hip-hop scene in China was single-handedly destroyed by her. Not only that, but she also ruined her husband and then her best friend, and in the end, she ended up with Pigu Wan in true love.

“Doing hair,” “This is my brother, this is my sister-in-law” became viral internet memes.

Even more absurd, after the “doing hair” incident was exposed, they actually got together, rumored to have even gotten a marriage license, and countless videos were leaked.

A once-popular actress, with a great hand of cards, played it terribly, eventually rushing headlong toward becoming an internet celebrity.

A person like that!

Ye Jing actually wanted to sign her to their company?

Zhao Fusheng suddenly felt that he was lucky to have asked.

Otherwise, if it came to that point, wouldn't he have nowhere to cry?

That was a member of the legendary Teddy Sisterhood!

“What's wrong?” Seeing Zhao Fusheng's strong reaction, Ye Jing thought he was a fan of Li Lu or knew her situation.

“Fusheng, do you think Xinbaoyuan might fall out with us over this?”

“It's possible!”

Hearing Ye Jing's question, Zhao Fusheng didn't hesitate and directly said: “Li Lu is an actress Zhao Baogang has been grooming for a long time. Look, she appeared in 'Struggle' and 'My Youth.' If you poach her now, aren't you damaging our cooperative relationship?”

Then, Zhao Fusheng said earnestly: “You and I both know how big the entertainment industry pie is. Our company alone can't finish it. There will be more and more competitors in the future. If we leave the impression that we're even poaching artists from partner companies, what do you think people will think of us? Will anyone still want to work with us?”

“Well...”

Ye Jing suddenly hesitated.

If Zhao Fusheng had simply opposed it personally, he might have still tried to persuade him.

But the problem was, Zhao Fusheng put the company's development in front of him, and Ye Jing immediately wavered.

“Don't hesitate,”

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said: “Tell you what, I'll come over now, and we'll have a good chat.”

Regardless, he had to stop Ye Jing from making a grave mistake.

He could sign anyone, but someone like Li Lu was out of the question.

"Alright, I'll wait for you at the company."

Ye Jing nodded.

Zhao Fusheng put down the phone and sent a message to Liu Yiming, asking him to pick him up.

"What, is there something at the company?"

Zhao Ma came over at that moment, reached out to take the granddaughter away, and said to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "There's something at the company, I need to go deal with it."

"Okay."

Zhao Ma naturally had no objections, and said to Zhao Fusheng: "Remember to come back for dinner tonight, I made your favorite dishes."

"Okay."

Zhao Fusheng agreed, tidied up a bit, and then left the house.

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Future Film and Television, General Manager's Office.

"I really have high hopes for her."

Ye Jing said seriously to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng smiled bitterly: "You've already told me three times. If I didn't know you weren't that kind of person, I'd even suspect there was something between you two."

"Hey, hey, hey!"

Ye Jing's face suddenly changed: "You can't just say things like that. I know her parents."

"I was joking."

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand: "But seriously, we can't sign this person. After all, she was made famous by Zhao Baogang and is an artist of Xinbaoyuan. If you poach her, what will people think?"

Then, he pointed to a pile of documents on the desk: "Also, these people like Jia Liang and Du Chun, we can't take them either."

"Why?"

Ye Jing looked completely surprised. This was the first time Zhao Fusheng had directly vetoed his opinion like this.

"Look at these people, they have no acting skills at all."

Zhao Fusheng said helplessly, "I know you want to create idol actors, but the problem is, I really don't think these guys are handsome! And they have no acting skills either. In the future, the company can't just spend money buying news reports for them, can it?"

To be honest, when he arrived at the company and saw this long list, Zhao Fusheng's vision almost went dark, and he nearly fainted.

What kind of sin had he committed!

How could Ye Jing, in a moment of carelessness, end up recruiting this bunch of 'Stab-in-the-Back Sect' under the company?

The so-called 'Stab-in-the-Back Sect' is an internet term referring to a group that, without knowing the truth, gangs up to please women and stabs brothers in the back multiple times. The term originated from the TV series 'Rain of Bullets' and became popular on Tianya.

This incident happened a few years later, when a male actor and actress Bian Xiaoxiao had a creative disagreement during the filming of the TV series 'Rain of Bullets' and came to blows.

The male actor denied the fight on Weibo, and then Bian Xiaoxiao responded with another Weibo post.

Naturally, each side had their own version of the story.

But the problem was that a group of actors led by Du Chun, Jia Liang, and others all sided with Bian Xiaoxiao. Keep in mind that these people had previously been on brotherly terms with that male actor.

These people twisted the truth online, stirred up public opinion, and drove that male actor to a miserable state.

And those who truly knew the truth never spoke up.

By the way, that man was quite formidable—he invested in producing a TV series himself to boost his mistress's career. His mistress, surnamed Huang, had once been a 'Star Girl' of Stephen Chow.

After the video was released, public opinion erupted in an uproar!

In the video, Miss Bian, with an overbearing demeanor, pointed her finger at the man and provoked him to hit her, while the actor merely pushed her away. There was none of the 'being hit' or 'having her hair pulled' that Miss Bian had previously tearfully claimed.

From the video, anyone with common sense could see that Miss Bian had the upper hand. Yet a bunch of minor celebrities, unable to even pretend to have lost their memory to save face, instead nitpicked words and twisted the facts, still insisting that the actor had hit her.

Thus the 'Knife-Stabbing Sect' got its name.

The outcome of this unresolved case was that Miss Bian continued happily making films, getting married, and having children, while the members of the Knife-Stabbing Sect also whitewashed themselves through variety shows, marriages, and other means.

Only the actor, when the whole incident began to escalate, was comprehensively suppressed, and even his endorsements were snatched away by Du Chun.

In the end, he had no choice but to leave the entertainment industry in obscurity.

And now, what Ye Jing placed before Zhao Fusheng was precisely the information on this group of future Knife-Stabbing Sect members.

Of course, these people had just graduated not long ago and were still newcomers in the entertainment circle.

In Ye Jing's words, signing these newcomers now would basically cost nothing, yet could yield a bunch of potential stocks.

Looking at the excited Ye Jing, Zhao Fusheng silently sighed in his heart.

This bunch wasn't a bunch of potential stocks—they were a pack of ungrateful wolves!