Chapter 245: Honest Eyes
Zheng Xiuheng shook his head and replied sincerely: "I didn't lie. In fact, the previous operator's target was indeed Miss Li Yuli, but he didn't like her. He was attracted to you and your body. I think Mr. Li Jin's debt was indeed caused by you, and you are actually very dangerous!"
"No, no way? You are scaring me, right?" Li Yuli stuttered, and seemed to be really scared.
Zheng Xiuheng looked at her and thought of something, then smiled and replied: "Of course not. In fact, you can take a look at our current business scope. It is basically short-term small loans. Although there are loans exceeding 100 million, they are lent to some company presidents. If it were Ms. Li Youli, would you casually lend 150 million yuan to an ordinary white-collar worker?"
Li Youli shook her head blankly, thinking carefully about Zheng Xiuheng's words, and indeed could not find any loopholes. The next moment...
"Hey, hey, hey, don't cry, I'm just telling you the truth!" Zheng Xiuheng was a little panicked by Lee Yuri's sudden look of grievance and tears. He didn't expect that this woman who was only a few months younger than Lee Hyo-ri would be so fragile and cry after being frightened.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just scared!" Li Youli wiped her eyes and said with a sob.
Being older does not mean you will be stronger. On the contrary, some people become more fragile as they get older.
Lee Yu-ri, who has been in the entertainment industry for eight years, is no longer a girl. Of course, becoming famous is Lee Yu-ri's wish, but this is not her most entangled thing. She has experienced a lot in the entertainment industry over the years since her debut, and most artists would probably become more resilient.
But Lee Yu-ri is different. Every work she performs always receives a lot of praise. For an actor, this is of course praise and commendation. At the beginning, Lee Yu-ri was also very happy and full of expectations for the future.
However, she has played supporting roles time and time again, even the third or fourth female role. In all these years since her debut, she has never been the leading female role. Every time I see some new female leading ladies who have debuted for one or two years, I always feel sad.
I don't know when it started, but every compliment is a kind of hurt. Every time a director said something encouraging to her like "Great, keep it up, the future will be bright, let's work together again next time", she would feel ironic. Maybe the other party was really encouraging, but Lee Yuri felt cold. If it's so good? Why didn't you choose me as the heroine?
Eight years had passed, and now she was already 27 years old. If you were to say that she had experienced enough, she felt that it was enough, and no one was willing to be a useless person for eight years.
But unfortunately, she has never been qualified to choose.
Under such circumstances, Li Youli's thoughts became more and more negative, and her heart became more and more sensitive, especially when it came to career matters.
Otherwise, regarding the contract renewal, her idea would not be to get more signing fees for renewal or job change, but should be considering joining an agency that can provide her with more help.
Li Youli's tears were for a reason. What Zheng Xiuheng told her made her scared and helpless. If she really met such a bad guy, what should she do? Will the company help her? Li Youli was not sure...
Of course, Zheng Xiuheng didn't know what Li Yuli was thinking, but he could see her fragility and sensitivity.
"Don't worry, the previous operator has immigrated, so your danger is over. You see, I am the boss of this company now, so don't worry!" Zheng Xiuheng comforted her with a smile. Although he wanted to scare her, he was not going to threaten her. He just wanted to make her feel more of a crisis, and then sincerely invite her, appeal to her emotions and reason. Of course, to some extent, this is more shameless than direct intimidation.
Zheng Xiuheng has only two actresses under his supervision, one of whom is still sick. Zhang Ziyan's performance as the second female lead in "White Tower" was very outstanding. After the TV series ended, she received many new invitations, and Zheng Xiuheng also participated in the selection.
However, the roles are basically the second or third female roles. Zheng Xiuheng does not necessarily want the female lead, but if he wants his actors to have better development, he needs to make more careful choices.
So Zheng Xiuheng learned about the special drama "Air City" that MBC has been preparing recently. This drama is not an ordinary TV series.
After two years of preparation, the drama has been announced to be built with an investment of about 6 billion won, and will be launched on the sixth anniversary of the completion of Incheon Incheon International Airport, where more than 70,000 people enter and exit every day, depicting the wonderful work and love stories of several young people, showing people the little-known side of airport work and the mysterious life of Korean intelligence agents.
This type of TV series is a big-budget investment drama. The leading actors have already been confirmed as Lee Jung-jae and Choi Ji-woo, and there are also a lot of people who want to play the second male and female roles.
Under such circumstances, the power of Zheng Xiuheng's shell company is of course of no help, but An Panshi still owes Zheng Xiuheng a chance to arrange the second female role.
In this situation, Zheng Xiuheng directly asked Lee Jae-won to ask for Jang Ja-yeon to play the second female lead in "Air City". An Panshi was shocked at the time and of course refused. Although his words still carried a lot of weight in the MBC TV production department, this matter could not be done with just a few words.
Finally, under the coercion of Zheng Xiuheng, Li Zaiyuan and An Panshi reached an agreement, that is, this time the two were cleared. At the same time, An Panshi stated that in order to accomplish this, some internal agreements must be reached, such as not accepting invitations from the other two TV stations to shoot TV dramas within three years, except for guest appearances and minor roles.
Only if he regarded it as MBC's new talent and accepted such an internal agreement, would An Panshi have a chance to get the role.
In fact, many artists have their own main battlefield, especially for variety show actors, there are only a very few who can get by in the three major agencies, while the actors in TV dramas mostly depend on the power of the agency. Generally, in order to play an important role, of course, everyone will show off their magical powers.
But those with weaker strength will naturally have such internal agreements. It is very common for TV stations to promote people. For example, in a certain period of time, you suddenly find that a certain host appears on TV every day, or that actor plays an important role in every drama. This is indeed promoting people.
An Panshi had exhausted his energy, and with this behind-the-scenes agreement, he recommended Zhang Ziyan for an audition. Because she had already communicated with the director and screenwriter privately, she naturally became the "lucky person" who was very suitable for the role.
Zheng Xiuheng knows how to make choices. Jang Ja-yeon is a real new actor. She does not have rich qualifications like Jung Da Bin and Lee Yu-ri. So even if she really only films for MBC in the next three years, Zheng Xiuheng can completely accept it, and he also thinks that this will be of great benefit to Jang Ja-yeon's development.
However, Zheng Xiuheng would not think that An Panshi was really that kind. In this case, once he really became an MBC contract actor, he would probably encounter a lot of trouble.
But Zheng Xiuheng didn't care about this. If he got angry, he would even let Zhang Ziyan take dramas from other TV stations, saying that she and An Panshi were cleared. But how could such a thing be cleared?
In general, Jang Ja-yeon is indeed lucky. She met someone like Jung Soo-heng, who forced An Pan-seok to arrange two important second female roles for her. You should know that the average ratings of "White Tower" were more than ten points, and the highest was more than 23%. For a newcomer like Jang Ja-yeon, it is naturally an extremely lucky thing.
However, compared to most actor agencies, Zheng Xiuheng's shell company is worth nothing, so, people... Zheng Xiuheng needs people now.
Looking at the emotionally unstable Li Youli, Zheng Xiuheng sorted out some thoughts and threw a straight ball again.
"Ms. Lee Yu-ri, you should know the newcomer Jang Ja-yeon, right?"
"Yes, the second female lead in White Tower!"
"Actually, she is an artist of my company. Does Ms. Lee Yuri know "Air City"?"
"I know, it's MBC's planned drama!"
"Jang Ja-yeon will play the second female lead in this drama!"
Lee Yu-ri was hit hard by this moment. If it was White Tower, it would be fine, but she knew about Air City and even auditioned for it. Large-scale productions like this are not as simple as they seem. As long as there are no major problems, even if the domestic ratings are mediocre, there will definitely be a lot of overseas imports, which is the best opportunity to increase popularity.
Hearing Zheng Xiuheng's words at this moment, Li Youli's expression could no longer be described as depressed. She did not understand the meaning of Zheng Xiuheng's words, but her mood became even more depressed.
Zheng Xiuheng was also shocked by Li Youli's sincere eyes and didn't know how to respond. Generally speaking, in this situation, shouldn't he angrily yell "What do you want to say?"
"I think you deserve better development and can do this, so after your contract expires, you can consider joining my agency. In addition, I have another agency called Antenna Family, so I am not deceiving you, but inviting you sincerely. I think you should have better development instead of wasting time on completely unimportant supporting roles like you are now!"
Zheng Xiuheng said everything he wanted to say very straightforwardly. Although it was basically bragging and fooling around, few businessmen would say bad things about themselves. Anyway, Zheng Xiuheng's attitude was to wait and see after getting the upper hand. As for other people's thoughts about the future, Zheng Xiuheng did not have the heart of a saint.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Lee Yuri's eyes brightened up. The two examples Zheng Xiuheng gave were indeed very good. Zhang Ziyan played the second female lead in two dramas right after her debut, and one of them became a hit, and the other was also a big production. Comparing her own eight years, except for the period after her debut which was acceptable, she felt so shabby compared with others afterwards.
There is no doubt that Zheng Xiuheng's words had a huge attraction to her. Although Zheng Xiuheng looked like a good person, his behavior just now was not like that of a good person at all. Although Li Youli's personality was a little strange because of her experience, her mind was still very clear.
"Antenna Family? Is that Lee Hyori's agency?"
