TRMP Chapter 80

The office suddenly fell silent.

Jin Xin was indignant, his eyes on Jiang Yifeng were unfriendly, while the executives next to him were lost in thought.

Whether Jiang Yifeng was filming Zhao Wenjun’s scenes or anything else, the company’s executives would give way—if Jiang Yifeng established himself as an actor with a good reputation in the future, the company could use Jiang Yifeng’s name to promote and insert newcomers when promoting traffic stars again, which would also be a convenience for the company.

“But you’re not filming Zhao Wenjun’s scenes… and there are still several months in between. How can you be sure there’s no risk?”

The executive pleaded earnestly.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the risk; the subject matter was also a big problem.

No matter how much you hype up a declining martial arts film, the former martial arts golden age will never return.

Spending almost half a year filming a martial arts film, plus the previous months of waiting, is equivalent to investing almost a year of your most popular time, without even a guaranteed return. No company would agree to that casually.

“I can accept the company’s arrangements to film variety shows, and I can also accept interviews, as long as it’s not randomly hyping up scandals or engaging in comparison marketing, I will obey the company’s arrangements.” Jiang Yifeng just wanted to take a gamble.

He had already paid off his debts, so his need for money was not so urgent.

Since that was the case, why not take a gamble?

“Jiang Yifeng, you really don’t take the company’s resources seriously… those variety shows and interviews are all highly sought after.” Jin Xin complained angrily, but he also knew that Jiang Yifeng’s proposal was very tempting.

The contract he signed was still the old contract from five years ago, and the company needed to obtain Jiang Yifeng’s consent in advance when arranging work for him.

Now that he had suddenly become popular, many variety shows and interviews were coming to him, and it was impossible to transfer them to other people in the company.

Jin Xin mumbled a few words, but the executive next to him interrupted Jin Xin: “Okay, the company can help you suppress other film appointments, but next year you have to participate in two self-made dramas by the company, and you can’t refuse recent work arrangements.”

The company didn’t plan to worry about whether Jiang Yifeng would be popular in the future.

But they had to cooperate with the company to squeeze out as much profit as possible when he was most popular.

Jiang Yifeng agreed.

The company arranged many variety shows and interviews for Jiang Yifeng, and even added a few reality shows.

For convenience, Jiang Yifeng traveled in and out in the company’s van, and Luo Qi also handed over his work to others to manage, and accompanied Jiang Yifeng.

“You don’t even have an assistant…” Luo Qi complained helplessly, pillowing his arm. “Remember to save all the money, don’t give it to that boyfriend of yours.”

Luo Qi could almost foresee Jiang Yifeng’s upcoming half-year period of inactivity.

No money during the period of inactivity, and not necessarily money after the period of inactivity.

“You haven’t even bought a house, and you don’t even have a car.” Luo Qi became more and more unreliable as he spoke, “If you really can’t, put the money in a fixed deposit, I’ll control the password, store it in your bank card, and bind your account.”

Luo Qi had no way to deal with Jiang Yifeng’s love brain.

“No need, Brother Luo, he won’t want my money.”

“Oh, who paid for your room last time? Split it evenly?” Luo Qi glanced at Jiang Yifeng.

Jiang Yifeng blushed and explained, “His phone was broken, and he forgot to bring cash.”

Luo Qi flipped out his phone, preparing to search for typical cases of online fraud for Jiang Yifeng.

The car stopped, before Luo Qi could find a suitable one, it had already stopped in front of the building.

The car door opened, and Jiang Yifeng and Luo Qi quickly walked towards the building. A dense crowd of people stood outside the building, screaming the moment they saw Jiang Yifeng. Jiang Yifeng’s eardrums were almost pierced by the excited shouts.

The security guard stood in front of Jiang Yifeng, leading him through the crowd.

There were clearly only a hundred or so people, but they had blocked the large square at the entrance tightly. The security guard had to use his body to help Jiang Yifeng open a path. Jiang Yifeng’s gaze swept across the crowd. He wasn’t wearing glasses, so when his gaze looked in a certain direction, the people there would hold up banners and shout excitedly.

Jiang Yifeng smiled, and when he was blocked in one section, he finally couldn’t help but say, “Actually, the things I film will all be broadcast, you can watch me online, you don’t have to come offline specifically.”

The weather was getting hotter every day. Even at the temperature of March and April, some of the girls squeezed together already had sweat on their faces.

“The weather will be hot later, it’s quite tiring and expensive to run offline, go back and rest early.”

Jiang Yifeng was very sincere.

After all, he had been paid to run offline before – in the summer, offline support was completely standing outside the building in high heat, holding up signs until his arms were sore and his whole body was soaked in hot sweat.

That was a very uncomfortable feeling.

The people in front made way for a path, and Jiang Yifeng quickly left with the security guard.

The fans were stunned for a moment, and then burst into even more enthusiastic screams.

A large part of Jiang Yifeng’s fans were casual fans who were attracted by his looks and enjoyed watching the drama. They easily believed the sob stories of celebrities needing fans to support them, and devoted their time to airport pickups, door blocking, and everything else that could highlight their traffic.

Jiang Yifeng said it once at the scene and it didn’t work. The next day, when he went to the next event, he saw several familiar girls holding light boards again.

Jiang Yifeng suspected for a moment that the other party had also been hired by Ocean Media to support the scene.

He flew around the world by plane, and several kids followed him around the world.

Jiang Yifeng was a little helpless. When he came out after filming, he told them again not to come next time. In order to prevent any accidents, Jiang Yifeng also specially posted a blog, advising fans not to run offline.

“We have many opportunities to meet online recently, you don’t need to come to see me offline specifically.”

He had been running around to variety shows and interviews in the past few days, shuttling back and forth between various venues. Unfamiliar guests and hosts called him “Teacher Jiang”, and Jiang Yifeng always smiled back.

His eyes were clear and clean, and he always smiled when he spoke. Although he didn’t have much talent for humor, he was always very serious.

Whether he was playing games or joking, he showed great seriousness.

After running a series of events, the money deposited into his card had accumulated into another small sum.

However, Jiang Yifeng felt the fatigue of a star for the first time – rushing to events by plane, most of his rest time was spent in the car, and after recording until 2:00 in the morning, he had to take a car to the next place early the next morning.

Jiang Yifeng sometimes didn’t even have time to say good night to Xie Jingshen before falling asleep against the car window, and there were dark circles under his eyes.

However, because Jiang Yifeng’s exposure had increased sharply recently, the number of Jiang Yifeng’s fans was also slowly increasing.

The most lacking thing for celebrities in the entertainment industry is exposure.

Even if everyone knows that recklessly participating in various trashy variety shows and constantly revolving around variety shows will consume value, if it can increase exposure, there are still celebrities who follow one after another, and even play various personas in variety shows in order to get a few more shots.

Therefore, even though everyone knows that Jiang Yifeng’s continuous participation in variety shows is a drain on his value as an actor, it still attracts jealousy.

That day, Jiang Yifeng was participating in a variety show. The show invited several academic guests to chat with several celebrities about poetry.

In order to make the celebrities perform less poorly, the program team distributed the poems that would be discussed in the topic to the celebrities in advance, and marked the names in each person’s section.

Jiang Yifeng looked at the long pages of poems, and for a moment he just felt like he was back in high school reciting texts.

At that time, he was very troubled, but now he felt particularly nostalgic.

He flipped through the poems from left to right, mainly memorizing his own part.

However, there was still a problem when he went on stage.

After one of the guests asked a question, the boy who was supposed to be in a group with Jiang Yifeng should have answered, but when he raised his hand, he smiled and pointed to Jiang Yifeng and said, “Teacher Xu, Jiang Yifeng wants to answer.”

His tone was cheerful, like he was joking with a good friend. The audience also thought it was a variety show effect, and joked and booed, saying that the boy was cunning.

The guest turned his attention to Jiang Yifeng, with a gentle expression.

Jiang Yifeng lowered his eyes and smiled, and recited the second half of the poem.

Afterwards, the boy next to him apologized and said, “I suddenly forgot the sentence just now, sorry.”

Jiang Yifeng shook his head, but a suspicion arose in his heart.

Taking advantage of the variety show’s break time to change clothes and dance, he secretly picked up the book again and flipped through it.

The poems were obscure, but there were only two thin pages. Jiang Yifeng memorized the several poems that had not been asked, and when the second half started filming and he went on stage again, he had a number for everyone’s lines.

He still sat under the stage with a smile, but when it was his group’s boy’s turn to stand on the stage and forget his lines, he waved to Jiang Yifeng again.

“Our group’s Teacher Jiang is very knowledgeable, right, Teacher Jiang.” The boy laughed heartily.

The audience only thought it was agreed upon, but Jiang Yifeng’s expression darkened.

The other celebrities present knew what was going on, but they couldn’t help.

It was already difficult for everyone to memorize their own few poems, let alone remember other people’s lines.

However, even if Jiang Yifeng couldn’t remember, the most he could do was make fun of himself for not knowing. It wasn’t a day or two that the entertainment industry had been attacked for being uncultured, and the black material would pass after a while.

But Jiang Yifeng smiled and stood next to the boy. He put his elbow on the boy’s shoulder, the two seemed to be very familiar. He leaned in and asked with a smile, “Do you really want me to answer for you?”

“Teacher Jiang, there are several points, don’t you want to get them?” The boy also smiled.

However, his expression was full of provocation, obviously disliking Jiang Yifeng.

Jiang Yifeng sighed softly.

He slowly recited the poem. In the slightly shocked eyes of the person next to him, Jiang Yifeng’s smile seemed even more gentle.

“You know it?” The boy’s smile looked a little ugly.

Jiang Yifeng narrowed his eyes and smiled at him: “Yeah, there are several points, if you don’t know it, of course I have to know it.”

He used a deliberately relaxed tone when he spoke, and the tone seemed like he was really joking with a friend.

Even the guests on the opposite side thought it was a program effect arranged by the variety show.

Jiang Yifeng was partnered with the boy. Jiang Yifeng saved the day several times when he couldn’t answer, and after the boy lost face several times, he wanted to bring the rhythm to other people. So in another team’s segment, he actually cued Jiang Yifeng from off the stage.

Jiang Yifeng looked back at the slightly smug boy. He seemed to be urging Jiang Yifeng to speak quickly.

Jiang Yifeng’s palm gently rested on his chin, he changed into a lazy posture and pondered in a low voice.

The celebrity who was answering had actually forgotten what the poem was behind it for a long time, but seeing that Jiang Yifeng was really thinking, the person’s eyes couldn’t help but darken.

–Today, Jiang Yifeng has really been in the limelight a lot…

Suddenly, the corners of Jiang Yifeng’s mouth lifted, he showed a troubled expression and smiled helplessly: “Teacher, I really don’t know this one.”

The expression of the person next to him froze.

The author has something to say:

Jiang Xiaofeng: Play me? Absolutely impossible.