Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 212: Contact Meng Chengchu at 211

Chapter 212: Contact Meng Chengchu at 211

Hearing that she wanted to promote Meng Chengchu, Jun Yan wasn’t surprised at all, "Mom just acquired Zhongxing, and now is the perfect time to establish authority. Using Meng Chengchu’s case as an entry point is a pretty good decision."

"Hmm, I have that in mind."

Jun Yan leaned close to her, his expression turning serious from cute, "Speaking of which, Director Tang’s Weibo post has already conveyed a message to the audience—Zhongxing wants to be a fresh stream in the entertainment industry! This kind of insistence on being true to oneself won’t be recognized by capital. Instead, it will be considered that Zhongxing is trying to assimilate the entire circle...

In an atmosphere where everyone appears intoxicated and we alone are sober, it’s too easy for us to become a thorn in other’s eyes! If I’m not mistaken, there are many people in the circle secretly watching, wanting to see whether Zhongxing soars to the heavens or gets torn to shreds after attracting some buzz. Mom~~ Even if Meng Chengchu’s fame was unintentional, he is still Zhongxing’s man! I think we should seize this opportunity, not only to make him popular but to ensure he surpasses Zhong Hao!"

Chatting with a young business tycoon is just so easygoing and pleasant.

I haven’t said much yet, and Yan Bao has already understood everything thoroughly!

Yan Yueqing gently ruffled his black hair, "Yan Bao is amazing, you’ve exactly expressed mama’s thoughts~"

Yan Wang glanced at their interaction and lazily placed his tablet on his legs, "It’s easy to make someone famous, but if that person lacks the persistence to keep going, it is Zhongxing that will ultimately suffer the backlash."

The company today is no longer the exploiter that deliberately oppressed artists in the past!

After Director Tang posted on Weibo, Zhongxing underwent significant internal reforms.

During this period, the new artist contracts haven’t been released yet, but everyone can tell from the movements that Zhongxing is clearly aiming for something big!

Reforms, for general artists, might not necessarily be a good thing.

The path the company wishes to take does not align at all with the mainstream development of the entire circle. The courage to go against the current is commendable, but the ending is more than likely to be like an egg breaking against a rock, badly battered.

If the company’s reform fails, it’s these minor artists who end up being unlucky.

So now, it’s not only Zhongxing assessing which artists to renew contracts with but also the artists themselves considering whether to take this opportunity to leave Zhongxing?

Jun Yan immediately understood the hidden meaning in his brother’s words, "Right, mom, by investing in Uncle Xiao Meng now, it’s like putting him on a high pedestal! If he is not loyal to the company, by making him famous and then he terminates the contract or switches companies when it expires, we’re completely making the wedding dress for another company."

Yan Wang nodded, adding, "Being pushed to the top stream in such a risky situation means the higher he climbs, the more pointers and pressure he will receive. If Meng Chengchu can’t withstand it and falls, it will certainly damage Zhongxing’s reputation."

Jun Yan stood with his arms akimbo, "Yeah~ I sure don’t want those netizens to say we’re bad at judging people."

Got to say, the considerations of the two Cute Babies are spot on!

Yan Yueqing nodded, "Then I will probe his intentions first."

Saying so, she took out her phone and tapped into WeChat.

When she changed her WeChat account, she utilized the built-in friend copy feature of the system and sent friend requests to everyone on the list. However, it seemed that everyone had already been thoroughly annoyed by impostors, and out of so many Zhongxing colleagues, in the end, only Director Tang, the program’s staff, and Meng Chengchu accepted her.

After adding as a friend, the two hadn’t spoken.

Today was the first time she messaged politely, "Mr. Meng, are you there?"

Meng Chengchu was studying a script when the notification sound from his phone woke him. Looking down, he saw that familiar yet unfamiliar name, somewhat surprised.

Yan Yueqing was actually messaging him on WeChat?!

And she called him Mr. Meng?

There was a kind of cold detachment...

He immediately replied, "Yes, what’s the matter?"

Yan Yueqing pondered for a moment and then asked, "I heard that there have been significant changes at Zhongxing recently, do you know anything?"

Meng Chengchu pursed his lips and, instead of replying right away, he asked back, "Yueqing, I remember you saying a few days ago... that you were going to retire from the industry?"

"Yeah~" Yan Yueqing responded instantly, "I’ve submitted my application, but the process isn’t finished yet. According to my old contract, I’m afraid I’ll have to pay a large sum of money... I wonder what the new contract will be like?"

So that was why she had come to him.

Meng Chengchu’s heart softened a bit. She was alone, trying to earn money and raise her child; it was indeed hard on her.

Don’t think that Meng Chengchu hadn’t seen how Yan Yueqing was spending money like water. On the contrary, the more he saw Yueqing spending freely, the sadder he felt for her.

If, as netizens claimed, she was indeed the Second Miss Yan, then how had she persisted through the years after breaking with the Yan Family to enter the entertainment industry? If she wasn’t Second Miss Yan, where was all this money coming from now?

Even if we put aside the source of the large funds, just by looking at Yan Yueqing’s suffering for years and the fact that the first thing she did with her money was to genuinely invest in a charity foundation, it was clear that hardship hadn’t eroded her kindness and gentleness!

Once she found the opportunity, she repaid society with sincerity!

How could Meng Chengchu not help her?

"Yueqing, I’m preparing to join a film crew soon, so I’m not very informed about the company’s affairs. However, my agent notified me to go to a meeting the day after tomorrow morning, where I’ll try to find out about the new contract for you."

"Thank you." Yan Yueqing paused, "Oh, and I haven’t congratulated you yet! You’ve been the talk of the town lately, soaring high~"

"The reality show?" Meng Chengchu didn’t take the sudden popularity to heart, "That’s just netizens having some fun. The hype will die down in a few days."

"I watched the reality show, you were really excellent! If I were the Power Holder of the company, I would definitely take advantage of this wave and push you to stardom."

Meng Chengchu laughed regretfully, "Yueqing, the company has its difficulties. It’s best if things calm down. If it gets too popular, it could cause problems for the company."

Yan Yueqing understood, "You’ve signed a contract? The program wants to promote Zhong Hao?"

"Yes. As a supporting actor, stealing his limelight could bring trouble to Splendid Culture and even implicate Zhongxing..."

Meng Chengchu knew he was just a minor character in the company’s eyes.

Although he sometimes fantasized about the day he would shoot to fame, how could he, alone, fight against capital?

In the last two years, his agent hadn’t paid much attention to him. The commercial performances he got were worse than the last, and it was just two days before the recording of "Star of Performance" that he was hastily notified...

After the contract was signed, the agent packed him off into the film crew, and during the following two and a half months of recording, not a single person showed any concern for him.

Meng Chengchu didn’t feel wronged.

On the contrary, during days when he could barely afford meals, being given a role as an extra in a variety show made him truly content!

Following the demands of the show’s crew, his performance was very bland, like a child with average grades, not too bright, not too problematic.

However, this time, the staff informed him that he would be eliminated in the next round.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.