Chapter 81: Song Nghe Invitation (Ch 81)

At ten o’clock in the morning, I woke up in the large flat of Galaxy Bay.

After breakfast, I took my assistant back to the company.

In the parking lot, I happened to meet Mr. Zhao who was returning from a business trip.

“Qi Jia is back, thank you for your hard work, hahaha!”

“Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. I have to thank the company for giving me this opportunity to learn.”

Qi Jia nodded and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

“You are too modest. Sister Mi is very satisfied with you. I heard from the headquarter leader that she even held a special meeting after returning and asked all new artists to learn from you. You are really amazing now.”

Mr. Zhao patted Qi Jia’s shoulder excitedly and told him vividly,

Qi Jia really didn’t know about this, and was a little surprised when he heard Mr. Zhao talk about it.

“By the way, someone gave me two bottles of good wine on this business trip. Xiao Li, go get one for Qi Jia.”

Mr. Zhao suddenly turned around and spoke to the driver beside him, then looked at Qi Jia.

“This is a 1982 vintage wine that my friend got from Chateau Mouton Rothschild in France. You can try it to celebrate your 10 million fans on the Internet.”

Qi Jia didn’t know whether Chateau Mouton Rothschild was very famous. He had only heard of Lafite from novels but had never tasted it.

However, looking at the luxurious and stylish packaging, and Mr. Zhao saying that he got it through connections, the value should be quite high.

And it’s from 1982. I don’t know if it tastes good, but just by hearing the year I know it must be very expensive.

“Since Mr. Zhao gave me a reward, I won’t hesitate. Thank you, Mr. Zhao.”

Qi Jia did not pretend to refuse, but acted flattered and accepted it.

“Haha, don’t be polite to me. You are the face of our company now.”

Mr. Zhao was obviously very satisfied with Qi Jia’s attitude and praised him a few more times.

The two of them went upstairs, talking and laughing.

Qi Jia asked Liu Yiran to go to the lounge and wait for him while he went to find Chen Yuwen.

When I opened the door, I saw Chen Yuwen working hard, typing away on the keyboard.

“Sister, I’m back.” Qi Jia greeted her.

When Chen Yuwen saw that it was him, he pushed the keyboard away with both hands, lay down on the chair, and showed an ambiguous smile on his face.

“You’re back. I heard you’re very popular among the girls at Beijing Film Academy. What’s the name of that new guy? Zhuang Dafei, right?”

After saying that, she stretched, revealing her proud S-shaped curve.

“You know that! But you know what, that little girl’s personality is really likable. I feel like she’s going to be very popular in the future.”

Qi Jia pretended to be surprised, and then expressed his opinion very objectively.

“Oh, I really like her. How about I apply to the headquarters to bring her to the branch office?”

Now it was Chen Yuwen’s turn to be surprised. It looked like Qi Jia was serious about this. Did he really have to apply to the company?

Honestly speaking, if one really wants to apply, given Qi Jia’s current popularity and the company’s regard for him, it’s actually not impossible.

“Can you please dump out the dirty crap in your head? I’m not even an adult yet.”

Qi Jia gave the naive girl a displeased look.

“What’s the matter?”

Chen Yuwen retorted without giving in, but she was secretly relieved in her heart. She was really afraid that Qi Jia would suddenly fall in love and stop pursuing his career.

After the joke, we got down to business.

Chen Yuwen told Qi Jia that the contract for Fei Chi Life had been signed.

The filming will start on September 20 this year. The salary is 2 million. Since it is a supporting role, the role will not be very large.

Chen Yuwen has also negotiated with Director Han that he can finish filming his part first and it will not delay other schedules, so he only needs to join the crew for three days.

“A supporting role gets two million! How can it be so high?”

Qi Jia was surprised. Is Director Han’s crew so rich?

“It’s not that the supporting role earns two million! It’s that you play the supporting role that earns two million!”

Chen Yuwen corrected, and then seeing Qi Jia’s smug look on his face, she raised the corners of her mouth and said meaningfully.

“Isn’t it great?”

Qi Jia was very perceptive. He knew something was wrong as soon as he saw her expression, so he asked.

“Uh, isn’t that right?”

Chen Yuwen did not answer directly, but asked back,

“Where do you think you stand in the industry now?”

Qi Jia thought about it carefully, and then he spoke.

“The last one in the first line?”

“Yes, but no.”

Chen Yuwen didn’t keep him in suspense any longer and explained the whole thing to him.

“First of all, in terms of online popularity, you are undoubtedly a first-tier artist, even though you are just at the bottom of the list.”

“But what is the most important thing for capital to evaluate an artist’s position? Box office appeal! No matter how popular an artist is, without box office appeal, they are worthless in the eyes of capital. If capital doesn’t recognize you as a top artist, you are nothing.”

Hearing this, Qi Jia suddenly understood.

In the final analysis, your popularity and fans are all fake in the eyes of capital, and they can be achieved by simply changing the data in the background.

The only thing they recognize is the real box office revenue, that is, your personal ability to monetize!

Take the case of the richest man in Xihong City. Even though Qi Jia, the supporting actor, is more popular online than the main actor Shen Teng,

But if one day, Qi Jia and Shen Teng both say, “I want to make a new movie,”

Do you think the investors will invest in Shen Teng or Qi Jia? Who do the audience want to see first, Shen Teng or Qi Jia?

After all, no matter how beautiful the green leaves are, they are destined to be just a foil for the red flowers!

No matter how explosive your acting skills are, no matter how popular or how many fans you have, these capitals don’t care.

If you can help them make a lot of money, then you will be treated like a first-tier actor. If you can only make a little money, then you can only be treated like a third- or fourth-tier actor.

These have nothing to do with popularity, fans, or even identity and qualifications; it only depends on the box office!

For example, take Mr. Chen Baoguo, his acting skills are good,

But he was in the same crew as those popular young actors, but his salary was not as high as theirs, not even half of it.

Is it because his status is not high enough? Is it because he doesn’t work hard enough? Neither, it’s just that his commercial value is not as high as that of young handsome guys.

In the face of market choice, even Stephen Chow has to choose Big Bowl Noodles to play the leading role.

When facing media interviews, they had to hold their noses and praise his good acting skills.

Thinking of this, Qi Jia also understood what Chen Yuwen meant, that is, considering his current popularity, a salary of two million is actually too little.

But there’s nothing you can do. His status is there. Even if Director Han wants to offer him 10 million yuan in salary, the investors won’t agree.

“What’s the plan?” Qi Jia leaned forward and asked for advice humbly.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yuwen threw up his hands and gave up.

“There is nothing I can do.”

“Speak human language!”

“What can I do? First, accept more scripts in the future where you are the lead actor, and make sure the box office is at least 500 million or 600 million. Second, pray that the movie ‘Better Days’ that you star in this year will be a big hit, and the box office will not be less than 500 million.”

“Isn’t there another TV series?” Qi Jia asked curiously.

“The calculation method for TV series and movies is different, so that one won’t be counted for now.”

Chen Yuwen rubbed his head and said tiredly.

“Okay~” Qi Jia also felt a little melancholy, lying on the sofa like a salted fish.

Not long after lying down, Chen Yuwen spoke again.

“By the way, there is a variety show looking for you, do you want to go?”

When he heard there was work to do, Qi Jia jumped up like a spring.

“What variety show?”

“Longing for life, haven’t you heard of it?”