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Chapter 216 - 211: Preparing a Personal Studio (4k)_2

Chapter 216: Chapter 211: Preparing a Personal Studio (4k)_2

But before questioning whether he had the ability to hire Duan Ming or not, even if he did, Wu Mu had no plans to get entangled with Liu Lan’s side.

So Wu Mu simply gave up on the idea of looking for people he used to know and decided to recruit from a different direction.

Right, he’d ask his current friends for referrals. After all, his songs weren’t being sung for free.

Wu Mu’s first phone call was naturally to Director Lin Qingyue, who had extensive resources and connections in the industry.

Lin Qingyue wasn’t surprised at all to hear that he was setting up his own studio. She had already thought of it when he mentioned investing in a TV series.

"What are your thoughts on your studio?" she asked first.

Wu Mu understood that she was inquiring about the scale he wanted to achieve with his studio—whether he wanted to build something akin to the large entertainment companies in the industry or simply manage his current overwhelming workload.

That way, she could make targeted recommendations.

Of course, Wu Mu’s idea was simply to have people to help him with the things he couldn’t handle.

After all, his income didn’t depend on his efforts but directly on the Performance Card bonus from the system.

He also didn’t need his studio staff to help him develop business and achieve performance.

He just needed some capable assistants who could cooperate with him and watch out to avoid being swindled.

Anyway, the money-making tasks could be left to Brother Tongzi.

Hmm, maybe in the future, once he accumulated more Performance Cards and his quota increased, his studio might even outperform the larger entertainment companies in terms of earnings.

Therefore, Wu Mu’s requirements were, "You don’t need to find someone too extraordinary, just someone who understands the industry well enough to avoid mistakes. Oh, and it’s best if they have a good character and some professional ethics to save me the worry."

There was no need for someone too capable—a waste of money, and with ability comes ambition, which might just bring him all sorts of trouble.

As Lin Qingyue didn’t know about the Performance Card, she simply assumed that his studio was there just to handle his excess work without any grandiose plans.

Lin Qingyue nodded and took on the task, "Alright, I’ll help you ask around."

She would have to inquire about the professional managers, but for another role, there was no need to look further.

"You’ll need a producer to watch over the crew, right? I can introduce you to Sister Yan, the producer of my last film. Sister Yan is very capable and reliable; her fees are not too high, and she has always been my contracted producer," Lin Qingyue said with a smile.

This was an unexpected boon; Wu Mu wouldn’t have to look for a producer himself.

He trusted Lin Qingyue’s recommendations.

After arranging a time to meet with her preferred producer, Wu Mu continued calling other friends, asking them to keep an eye out for suitable candidates.

And as he asked others for help, word inevitably spread.

With the news of Yang Rongfa’s project resuming preparation, it didn’t take long for those in the industry who followed him to learn that he was planning to open his own studio.

...

In Beijing, at Lan Entertainment Company.

Wu Mu’s former agent Duan Ming had also become aware of the news.

He wasn’t particularly focused on Wu Mu, but with Wu Mu’s popularity, anyone with even a slight interest in the industry would find it hard to ignore him.

Besides, he needed to keep track of the industry’s project trends, which meant he inevitably learned about Yang Rongfa’s project and subsequently knew about Wu Mu’s plan to start his own studio.

On the documents he was organizing, soon to be reported to Mr. Liu, there was information about Yang Rongfa and Wu Mu’s new project.

Duan Ming thought to himself that Wu Mu seemed to be doing better and better.

The fact that he had steady work one after another was one thing, but now he was even opening his own studio and becoming an investor.

Mulling over this, Duan Ming found his former charge increasingly incomprehensible since the collapse. It felt as though since leaving the company, Wu Mu’s career had progressed even faster than before the incident.

With these thoughts in mind, Duan Ming prepared his files to report to Mr. Liu.

However, just as he finished organizing and stood up, he paused, thinking again, and moved the file with Wu Mu’s name to the back of the stack.

Yeah, better not to risk Mr. Liu’s frown, he thought, better to avoid a cold face.

Actually, a long time ago, he didn’t particularly avoid mentioning Wu Mu’s name, always feeling that Liu Lan didn’t really take Wu Mu to heart.

After all, the daughter of a tycoon and herself an entertainment company boss.

One would think their relationship was just for fun, could Liu Lan possibly take Wu Mu seriously?

But ever since he noticed his boss, ever since Wu Mu’s house collapsed, started to frequently appear unhappy, he realized something was off.

It’s true that Liu Lan always tended toward a negative mood, but in the past, it was mainly just boredom, a listless state of mind.

Seeing her unhappy was relatively rare.

Yet, in these past few months, her boss had often been visibly unhappy. At first, he hadn’t understood what Liu Lan was unhappy about, until he inadvertently glanced at the content on his boss’s computer... it was about Wu Mu.

After that, he made sure to avoid touching on the sore subject of Wu Mu’s name.

Duan Ming quickly grabbed the documents, knocked, and entered Liu Lan’s office.

Then he saw... her leaning back in the boss chair, staring at the computer screen with that same cold expression on her face.

Unhappy again.

Could it be because of Wu Mu again?

Duan Ming mumbled to himself.

Does Wu Mu have that much charm?

Could he really leave such an unforgettable impression even after they’ve separated?

Indeed, just as he had guessed, Liu Lan was indeed pissed off over Wu Mu’s affair.

The video of Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue in the wheat field was playing on her computer screen.

To say she lingered on thoughts of Wu Mu, not really, but she couldn’t help feeling irked that an ex she once thought little of was seemingly doing better than ever and had quickly found someone new.

And to top it off, the ex was still quite popular, cropped up in front of her often, even when she didn’t go looking.

She looked at the two people gazing at each other under the cherry blossoms on the screen, and however she looked, it just irritated her eyes.

Heh, not a single decent song for me when we were together, but suddenly prolific after we split?

Liu Lan scoffed internally.

But this was actually just a minor annoyance to her; what she was more concerned about, was Lin Qingyue in the video.

Ever since meeting her once in Paris, she had taken a slight interest in Lin Qingyue’s background.

And then she came to know that Lin Qingyue was Lin Xueming, Director Lin’s daughter, and what’s more crucial was her mother’s background was quite remarkable...

In every aspect, Lin Qingyue was actually better than her, the daughter who had fought and had disputes with her own family.

But here was someone who felt fond of and saw Wu Mu, who she hadn’t bothered about before, in a new light...

Wasn’t this a blatant slap in her face, mocking her for lacking discernment?

Every time Liu Lan thought about this, she couldn’t help but fume inside, and it was impossible for her mood to improve.

Duan Ming tried hard not to provoke Liu Lan, but sometimes trouble would inevitably come knocking.

Liu Lan, suppressing her irritation, browsed through the document Duan Ming handed her, trying to divert her attention.

Then she casually flipped through it and landed on the report Duan Ming had placed at the end about the project with Yang Rongfa.

Seeing Wu Mu’s name on the document, Liu Lan’s just calmed expression instantly cooled again.

"Heh, really can’t get rid of him, his name is everywhere," Liu Lan said with a cold laugh.

Bad luck, he had unfortunately hit a sore spot.

Duan Ming felt helpless inside, his mind racing, then put on an expression as if he noticed nothing amiss, and reported as usual, "Wu Mu and Yang Rongfa’s project have been getting a lot of attention in the circle recently."

"Wu Mu is really foolish, thinking just because he can sing and do variety shows well, he could invest and be a boss himself, he’s going to lose big time this time."

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