Chapter 11: Chi Ye, The Actress Scourge!
“Chi Ye, my patience with you is limited!”
Listening to Chi Ye’s sarcastic voice on the other end of the phone, Ge Shuang’s brain buzzed, her voice shrill.
Defense broken.
“My patience with you is also limited.”
Chi Ye’s emotions were stable: “If you don’t pay back the money, then keep hanging on the hot search.”
“Anyway, I can wait.”
After speaking, the phone hung up.
Bang!
Ge Shuang fiercely flung the newly replaced mobile phone onto the sofa, her voice sharp: “Bastard!!”
She now saw clearly that Chi Ye this time wasn’t acting on a whim in a daze; he had planned it, and he had even deeper motives!
When did the obedient little lamb turn into this?!
……
Chi Ye repaid Shen Qing Yu in his own way, not only blocking him but even canceling his own bank card in advance.
This way, Shen Qing Yu was unable to “pay back the money” for a long time and was basically left hanging on the hot search.
He couldn’t get off even if he wanted to; the longer it dragged on, the greater the damage to Shen Qing Yu’s career.
And everything was just as Ge Shuang had guessed.
As time passed, besides condemning Shen Qing Yu, part of the public opinion had naturally shifted to Yue Na.
—Wasn’t Chi Ye Yue Na’s crown prince, the first Imperial Clan?
Tell me, why would the Imperial Clan encounter this kind of thing?
Why was the Imperial Clan forced by the company to delete posts?
Although everyone could understand Yue Na’s motive of not wanting family scandals to spread, the world never lacked “smart people” with conspiracy theories.
What was even more frightening was that this group of “smart people” had strong digging abilities.
Three o’clock in the morning.
Ge Shuang finally couldn’t bear the pressure from all sides and chose to proactively contact Chi Ye again.
And this day was the most embarrassing one for her since signing Chi Ye.
“Tell me, what exactly do you want.”
On the phone, Ge Shuang, having figured out all the causes and effects, spoke in a cold voice without a trace of emotion.
Chi Ye paused, then stopped pretending: “Breach of contract.”
Ge Shuang sneered: “You think that’s possible?”
Chi Ye was silent for a second, without any pause: “According to the original contract terms, give me a Best Actor role in an S+ production, and then a resident spot on a major hit variety show.”
“Impossible!”
Ge Shuang rejected it outright.
“Shen Qing Yu hasn’t even acted in an S+ yet! You think that’s possible?”
“Moreover, don’t you know your own acting skills? Hasn’t the company given you enough resources? S+, you dare to act, but the investors won’t dare to invest!”
“A resident spot on a variety show is even more impossible. Which major hit variety show is short on residents right now? Everyone is fighting tooth and nail to get in, your star power isn’t enough.”
Chi Ye shook his head: “Then forget it. Anyway, I’m already like this, just a worthless life. If you don’t care, then come at me.”
After speaking, he was about to hang up.
“Wait!”
Ge Shuang panicked, her cold tone subconsciously softening: “You child, why have you become so impatient now? I said it’s impossible, but I didn’t say there’s no room for maneuver!”
Chi Ye: “Don’t call me child, it disgusts me.”
Ge Shuang: “…”
“I didn’t lie to you just now. You should know your own situation.”
Ge Shuang suppressed the anger in her heart: “S+ projects require communication with the platform side, and they’re not just available whenever; there are few roles suitable for you… But I can help you fight for an A+.”
“As for the variety show resident… I’ll help you get that.”
“But you have to promise me, no more going crazy. If you go crazy once more, we’ll part ways. Your second half of life will be ruined, while Yue Na will just lose a bit of reputation.”
“Do you think reputation really matters to Yue Na?”
Chi Ye remained silent.
Ge Shuang frowned, becoming more urgent.
Previously, Yue Na thought they had fully grasped Chi Ye’s soft persimmon personality, so they became increasingly unscrupulous.
But now, seeing Chi Ye dare to go this crazy, they indeed needed to be more cautious in how to treat him.
An A+ film and television drama and a major hit variety show resident were valuable, but for a major capital like Yue Na, it wasn’t a big deal.
First stabilize Chi Ye, then there would be plenty of room to maneuver later.
But if Chi Ye really insisted on forcing more resources… then she could only say, let’s all die together.
Yue Na would absolutely not allow a former “black slave” who was easily controlled to now frequently Reversing Heaven and Earth and escape control.
Fortunately, Chi Ye was very clear-headed. After noticing Ge Shuang’s state, he nodded: “Fine, implement it as soon as possible.”
“Return the money to you, Shen Qing Yu has already lost two major resources, this is the limit. You won’t kill him like this, end the matter here.”
Chi Ye carefully reviewed his gains and losses in this incident, determined there was no extra benefit or value, and lightly reminded: “Three days. If it drags on too long, I don’t want it.”
After speaking, he directly hung up.
……
“Beep beep beep…”
In the office, Ge Shuang stared at the hung-up phone screen, silent for a long time, before taking out her mobile phone and dialing a number.
“Hello?”
“Shen Qing Yu’s matter is settled. He wants an A+ film and television resource and a resident spot on a major hit variety show.”
“He wants it? Who does he think he is?”
Ge Shuang hesitated for a long time before adding: “I feel like he’s completely changed into a different person now, there might be some mental issues… What do you think?”
“…Pick a few trash ones for him and handle this matter quickly.”
“Okay, okay, I got it.”
Ge Shuang agreed repeatedly.
Even without this, she should have considered how to handle Chi Ye recently.
After all, Chi Ye’s value had long been squeezed dry by her, leaving only a bad reputation. Keeping him in the company was indeed an eyesore.
……
In the living room, Keke had been silent for a long time.
Her mind was now very chaotic, with a sense of fear facing the unknown.
This situation continued until Chi Ye took the initiative to speak to her, gradually dissipating.
“Keke, I’m going to sue Yue Na.”
“Ah?”
Keke was startled, having anticipated it but still looking at Chi Ye in shock: “S-sue?!”
“Yeah, I want to leave Yue Na.”
Chi Ye nodded: “But they won’t let me go. Even if they do, it might not be the kind you imagine, but through economic means to send me to prison, or directly blacklist me.”
Keke’s little face turned pale.
“Chi Ge, you telling me this…”
“I need manpower. Can you help me?”
Chi Ye spoke bluntly.
If Keke wasn’t willing, he could find someone else.
But she was just a nobody at Yue Na, and more importantly, she was familiar with everything about the original host, and her personality seemed very reliable.
“I… of course I’m willing.”
Keke paused for a long time before nodding.
But her mood was still uneasy, even afraid: “But Chi Ge… have you thought it through? Even if we really win the lawsuit, your… your outcome might not be good…”
—That was Yue Na!
Yue Na’s influence in the entertainment industry was too great.
Even if Chi Ye really won the lawsuit and breached the contract successfully, his future career and star journey would surely be bleak.
“I’ve thought it through.” Chi Ye was very certain: “Fish die, net breaks!”
“Then what you just said to Sister Ge… Ge Shuang…”
Keke hesitated; she had thought Chi Ge just wanted good resources.
Chi Ye smiled: “Fish die, net breaks doesn’t conflict with getting resources. I’ve earned them so much money over these years; what’s wrong with taking something before leaving?”
Besides, given Yue Na’s nature, they might not even give decent resources.
“Alright, get ready. This one million for suing Yue Na definitely won’t be enough; I’ll figure out the other money myself.”
Chi Ye rubbed the hem of his clothes: “First help me inquire about a few famous lawyers in the industry…”
He had already figured out the next steps and softly instructed Keke.
……
Three days later.
Chi Ye sat in the bedroom, head down, organizing information on the notes.
This was a good habit from his previous life doing self-media; whenever the account was making a major decision or transformation, he would write it down with a pen to sort out solutions.
Having been reborn into this world for about a week, he had also figured out all the basic situations of the original host.
Currently, there were two most fatal dilemmas for him.
One, the shackles of Yue Na’s black slave contract. Until he “safely” left the company one day, he felt uncomfortable all over.
Two, the issue with the original host’s career line.
For the first issue, he had already prepared at the fastest speed; ever since learning about it, he had been working on it nonstop.
Nothing more to say.
As for the second issue… Chi Ye found it no easier than the first.
First was the reputation issue.
He had only superficially known that the original host had poor reputation, but he didn’t expect it to be this bad.
Although this incident made a big splash and seemed to slightly reverse some of the negative impact the original host had on the public.
But from the subsequent growth of favorability, this reversal was not only superficial but also insufficient in strength.
More importantly, the original host had too many black spots.
Many things were truly done by the original host himself.
For example, to complete performance targets, riding on popularity until people got depressed, rushing announcements to the point of exhaustion, publicly pulling a long face on programs, slacking off, stepping on the low to lift the high to make more connections and escape the cage, knocking a reporter’s mobile phone away during an interview, and so on…
Taking the simplest riding on popularity as an example.
From what Chi Ye knew, rather than saying the original host bound Sheng Ning, it was more like he had peng ci most of the famous little flowers.
For instance, among the hottest four little flowers and three green robes in the internal entertainment circle, only two green robes escaped because of low traffic.
Just this one item had basically offended everyone in the industry!
In short, there was a rumor in the industry: In ancient times, Bai Qi stopped children from crying at night; now, female actors change color at the sight of Chi Ye!
Plus the addition of other various black spots…
No wonder Ge Shuang wanted to “handle” Chi Ye.
The original host’s current career and reputation in the industry had basically been sentenced to death.
Next was the performance issue.
These past few days, he had listed from the original host’s debut, compiling a form.
Among them, from debut to now, not counting male four, five, six in major productions, starting from second lead, almost none didn’t flop.
Three second lead male leads in A-grade modern idol dramas, two first lead male leads in A-grade ancient idol dramas, plus the only second lead S-grade ancient idol drama from debut…
Without exception, all flopped.
Silently, flopped through the earth’s core.
Same for music; albums were purely cutting fan leeks.
With this situation, he could still act as Best Actor and release albums; to outsiders, the original host was indeed Yue Na’s own son!
And this extremely unlucky “performance” + catastrophic reputation was equivalent to Chi Ye’s current star power in the industry—second-tier traffic tail.
Even in Chi Ye’s current view, he wasn’t even second-tier traffic.
If not for his face carrying him, plus those works, though flops, at least providing some popularity, the original host would have probably dropped to third or fourth tier long ago.
—He was now purely sustained by the diehard fans from the disbanded Rise and borrowed popularity, at constant risk of losing status.
Could only say, as expected!
“This is not even as comfortable as giving me a pure newcomer start.”
Chi Ye roasted, not really disliking the original host for not being popular enough.
—Who says borrowed second-tier isn’t second-tier?!!
Um… cough cough.
So the problem is there; what about the solution?
Chi Ye set several lines for the solution to the second problem.
One, use the marketing knowledge from his previous life, variety show programs to reshape his public image, try to recover reputation, anti-black needs to be done constantly… The original host was like a little white rabbit before, blacked too miserably and didn’t even know how to fight back!
Two, and the most important point, solid works.
For an artist to have a booming career, no matter how much marketing, ultimately it comes down to works.
And now with the system, he was fully confident in filling this gap.
Thinking of this, Chi Ye looked at the system’s favorability.
Three days passed, and the “Chi Ye Shen Qing Yu incident” had gradually faded in this fast-paced, fragmented pan-entertainment era.
The system’s favorability had grown to a total of 160,000.
Meaning he could copy 16 beginner skills/talents from others, and save a few more days to copy two intermediate skills/talents.
For him now, beginner was already enough, let alone intermediate.
Of course, having talents wasn’t enough; he temporarily had no capital and had decided to tear face with Yue Na, meaning no resources for a while.
So Chi Ye proposed those two demands to Ge Shuang today.
One was that he really lacked resources and felt he must take something before leaving, or wouldn’t it be in vain?
Secondly, as long as he showed desire, Yue Na would lower their guard, making it easier for him to prepare privately without being watched too closely.
“But with my personality… can I shape a good image on programs? Hmm…”
“Looks like for variety shows, mainly see if there’s anyone suitable to copy talent skills from; for film and television, first use Sister Yu’s acting skills to slightly reverse some reputation…”
Chi Ye stared at the notes for a long time, had a rough idea, then tore off the paper and burned it with a lighter.
Three days over, now he just needed to wait for what “generous” “compensation” Yue Na would give him.
……
Evening.
Chi Ye received a phone call from Ge Shuang at home.
“A resident spot on a Mango TV hit variety show, and an A-grade modern idol drama. Come to the company to discuss details.”
Chi Ye sat up, rubbed his drowsy temples, did a simple wash-up, then called Keke and took a taxi to the company.
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