Chapter 275: Xiao Le Probably Won’t Change, 274
This confession that Pei Ningle didn’t count as a confession in her mouth finally reached its curtain call.
After dinner, the two walked side by side toward the apartment.
This road was not unfamiliar to Pei Ningle at all. Because the western restaurant just now was not far from Wang Heng’s school, and the surrounding area was the young girl’s activity range for the past several months. After all, no matter how much of a homebody she was, Pei Ningle would still go out for a walk from time to time.
In most cases, she would fantasize about if Wang Heng was accompanying her by her side… Unfortunately, in most cases, Wang Heng would leave in a hurry after eating with her. For some reason, Wang Heng always seemed very busy.
Of course, if he wasn’t so busy, he wouldn’t have accumulated so many assets, right?
Pei Ningle suddenly wanted to ask the person beside her how much money he had now, but the words reached her mouth and she held them back.
The young girl realized that this kind of question seemed a bit mercenary, and she didn’t want to appear vulgar in his eyes.
“Haha, I’ve really changed a lot,” Pei Ningle suddenly couldn’t help but sigh.
After all, if it was her from a year ago, whatever question popped into her mind would definitely come out of her mouth, without thinking so much. Either silent in front of unfamiliar people, or unrestrained in front of acquaintances, that’s how she had been since childhood.
“Where have you changed?” Wang Heng glanced at her, his gaze sweeping over the young girl’s immature figure.
Hmm, compared to a year ago, there still wasn’t much growth.
Moreover, referencing the experience from the first playthrough, there wouldn’t be any substantial change even after another seven years.
Pei Ningle hesitated for a moment, then said as naturally as possible: “I feel like I have new inspiration again, and the style of the song has changed…”
After speaking, the young girl sneaked a peek at the person beside her.
He just nodded, seemingly not thinking too much about it.
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Pei Ningle had a new agent.
This was a professional in the entertainment industry named Xu Xiahsia, around thirty or forty years old, with obvious wrinkles on her face. But compared to her peers, Xu Xiahsia’s appearance was still quite good-looking, or rather, her temperament was still there, with lingering charm.
Xu Xiahsia had worked for several singers and artists below second-tier, and her business capability was known to many in the industry, if not universally praised. Before signing, under Han Yixuan’s suggestion, Pei Ningle had also asked Chang Wen and felt reassured.
Then, she signed the new contract.
“From now on, Miss Pei, you are my top client,” Xu Xiahsia said with a smile.
“I’ll be troubling Sister Xu from now on.”
Pei Ningle smiled, but the smile on her small face was a bit awkward, carrying a trace of childishness. The young girl had never been good at dealing with strangers, and Xu Xiahsia, whom she had only met twice, obviously didn’t count as a friend to her yet.
“No trouble, this is my job.” Saying this, Xu Xiahsia glanced at the revenue share clause in the contract.
8% of performance and album sales income, this clause was fairly standard in the industry. But in Xu Xiahsia’s judgment, Pei Ningle’s future development had great potential, so this 8% was actually quite promising.
Of course, she didn’t know that the other young girl in front of her held a larger revenue share than her own…
At this time, Han Yixuan was looking down at her mobile phone, reading the WeChat message she had just sent: 【President Wang, things on Xiao Le’s side are settled, the agent contract has been signed. Xu Xiahsia, the person you met the day before yesterday.】
Not long after, she received Wang Heng’s reply: 【Well done, bring a photocopy of the contract back, let’s talk in detail.】
Han Yixuan instinctively selected a cute OK sticker pack, but after thinking about it, she deleted the sticker pack and only replied with the somewhat dry three words: 【No problem.】
Then she put away her mobile phone and looked up to size up Pei Ningle’s profile.
This girl really wasn’t good at communicating with people; even at this moment, the conversation with Xu Xiahsia would occasionally go cold, relying entirely on Xu Xiahsia to guide the topic…
Han Yixuan suddenly realized a problem: the clumsiness Pei Ningle was showing now, could it be just a disguise? Was it possible that Pei Ningle’s emotional intelligence had actually grown a lot, but she was deliberately performing it to make her, Ye Xun, Lu Qi, and others let down their vigilance toward her?
But after slightly recalling her past interactions with Pei Ningle, Han Yixuan smiled mockingly to herself and threw this absurd thought to the back of her mind.
If Pei Ningle knew how to perform, then even she, who was tone-deaf, could sing? Ridiculous, way too ridiculous.
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Anzhi Technology’s office space was very small, so the seat arrangement wasn’t very particular. As the boss, Wang Heng used the same ordinary workstation desk as the two assistants, with no separate office.
When Han Yixuan came in, she found only Wang Heng in the office, and her voice unconsciously carried a bit of coquettishness: “Good afternoon, President Wang! I didn’t fail the mission, I brought back the photocopy of the contract. Want to see it now?”
Wang Heng stood up and beckoned: “Give it to me.”
Han Yixuan walked up to him, handed him the contract, and stood there waiting for the next instruction.
Wang Heng flipped through the contract and suddenly asked: “The agent’s revenue share is 8%, what was that Ms. Xu’s attitude?”
Han Yixuan smiled: “I could tell she was quite satisfied. Also, one more thing: I reduced my share too, down to 12%. Actually, I originally wanted to just end the agent relationship, but Xiao Le wouldn’t agree no matter what.”
Wang Heng rubbed his chin, trying to analyze it.
Pei Ningle wanting him to be her agent was easy to understand, but why insist on maintaining the agent relationship with Han Yixuan?
Considering from Pei Ningle’s perspective, this seemed reasonable. After all, with this extra layer of relationship, she could better probe from Han Yixuan, and it would also facilitate maintaining a certain kind of alliance… But thinking about it, Wang Heng found it somewhat amusing.
That young girl who was all about music and food, how could she possibly think of these things?
Han Yixuan suddenly asked: “By the way, where did Assistant Shen go?”
Wang Heng casually said: “I assigned him a mission. First, go to the Imperial Capital to negotiate with the fof people and review their entrepreneurship progress a bit.”
Han Yixuan: “If the review is fine, then transfer the money to fof?”
Wang Heng shrugged: “Actually, his mission is already done; I’ve already transferred that four hundred thousand to fof. But he can’t come back yet. He’ll have dinner with the fof people tonight, then go to Magic City to talk with Ge Zhen Fund and Little Orange Book people.”
Han Yixuan was a bit puzzled: “Investing in Little Orange Book, you… you’re planning to invest a few million, right? No need to be there in person?”
Wang Heng: “Of course needed, but in another two or three weeks. Shen Yexi is just going to finalize the terms and clarify the details. Since it’s participating in this project with big capital, the equity structure is more complex, so we need a professional like him to pay more attention and avoid getting tricked.”
“Got it,” the young girl smiled, “President Wang arranges things so well.”
Wang Heng: “No need for flattery…”
Han Yixuan shook her head, her smile becoming even more charming: “I’m not flattering, it’s self-deprecation as a peer. By the way, it seems Xiao Le is about to finish her fourth original song; want to go to the recording studio to see her then?”
Wang Heng thought about it and said: “No problem.”
Pei Ningle, this girl posed no danger anyway; it was fine to watch when he had time.
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