Chapter 13: Ye Yi’s Agent

If it were anyone else, Xiong Li might have thought that a highly capable deputy director was trying to challenge the director’s authority or something like that. But Ye Zhen was no one else. She was the rumored girlfriend of the group’s president, so her thoughts went off track. She smiled and said, “What is it? Is the President afraid that I’ll treat you badly? Do you have any secret orders to give me?”

Ye Zhen gave her a “you’re teasing me too” look and said, “I couldn’t say it during the meeting just now, but there was a big problem with the software development for the IP from the very beginning.”

“En?”

“When you led the design, you only considered the external situation, but not the internal situation,” Ye Zhen said, pointing to the neighboring offices on both sides. “The company’s own producers, the director’s preferences, the actors signed by the company and their appropriate roles, even if we are market-oriented, but—”

“Blame me, blame me,” Xiong Li slapped her forehead and said with remorse, “We bought a bunch of IPs, but we don’t have anyone in-house to direct them or act in them, and now I’m going to be scolded to death. What are we going to do now?”

“Technically speaking, adding this feature is not difficult, and we can work it out. You just have to make a request,” Ye Zhen said in an organized manner. “As for communication between departments within the company, the producers and directors are all big shots, so you need to handle it personally. As for the artists, we just need to coordinate with their agents. I’ll take care of it.”

After hearing this, Xiong Li breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “Thank you.”

“Then, director, I’ll go back to my office. In the afternoon, I’ll go to the Artist Management Department to get some materials and study them,” Ye Zhen said with a smile as she finished organizing the documents in her hand and stood up.

“Alright. Oh, by the way,” Xiong Li said, “the company cafeteria is on the second floor. They serve lunch at noon, and the food is pretty good.”

“I see. Thank you, Director.”

However, to her surprise, when Ye Zhen went to the canteen as instructed by Xiong Li, she was given free yogurt and fruit after eating. As she was sighing that the cafeteria was really much better than the one at Hua University, an unexpected person appeared.

Rong Cheng Jue, accompanied by his handsome personal assistant, unexpectedly showed up at the cafeteria for lunch—and this cafeteria was located in a subsidiary an hour and a half away from the group company’s headquarters.

The people waiting in line for food knew exactly what to do when the President cut the line, and even Amy, who was originally supposed to sit opposite Ye Zhen, gave up her seat. Rong Cheng Jue, with his tray in hand, sat down across from Ye Zhen in a very casual manner and exclaimed, “Mmm, smells good. The food looks great today.”

Seeing that Ye Zhen ignored him, Rong Cheng Jue added in a low voice, “Are you not welcoming me? If I sit with others, I’m afraid they’ll feel uncomfortable.”

“Actually,” Ye Zhen said, taking a sip of the soup and looking up at him, “I also feel quite reserved sitting with the CEO.”

It was such an obvious excuse that it would be strange if he believed it. Rong Cheng Jue said, “Do you have the heart to let me, a lonely soul, eat a meal in my sister’s office?”

Ye Zhen nodded and said, “I have the heart*.”

*忍心 – means that someone is capable of doing something difficult or unpleasant despite the emotional toll it may take on them.

“Junior Sister,” Rong Chengjue finally could not hold back any longer and complained softly, “The other night, when you were scared and had a nightmare and wouldn’t turn off the light, I didn’t treat you like this, did I…?”

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen felt a small pang of guilt in her heart, and she said, “Senior Brother is chivalrous and righteous, while I am not. I was wrong. Please eat, Senior Brother.”

“Sounds about right,” Rong Cheng Jue said, immediately adopting the manner of an elder. He looked at the sweet and sour pork on her tray and said, “I want to have that.

After Ye Zhen gave him some sweet and sour pork, she heard him say, “Why is your yogurt strawberry-flavoured? Mine is plain. Let’s switch, shall we?”

Ye Zhen switched with him.

“Didn’t you see the WeChat message I sent you this morning?”

“Yes, I saw it.”

“Why didn’t you answer? That joke was so funny. Remember to reply to your senior brother’s WeChat message in the future, okay?”

“….”

A certain person uses the “take an inch and want a yard”* to the fullest. Ye Zhen thought that she shouldn’t have been so softhearted.

*得寸进尺 – The person takes full advantage of the situation and tries to get more than they deserve.

Fortunately, the Rong Cheng Group was a large and prosperous company, and as the president, Rong Cheng Jue didn’t have the leisure to be at Ye Zhen’s side. So, after delaying Ye Zhen’s lunch break and inspecting her office, he was dragged back to the headquarters by his special assistant Ah Zhan for a meeting.

After lying on the table for a while, Ye Zhen checked the time and went to the restroom to wash her face before going to the artist management department.

Since the request had already been submitted through the company’s procedures, when Ye Zhen appeared at the entrance of the artist management department, the person in charge, Sister Bing Bing, greeted her warmly, “Ye Zhen, you’re here! Come in and sit down. We’re still preparing the materials, but they’ll be ready soon.”

“Alright.”

Ye Zhen entered the door and found a place to sit down. When she looked up, she saw a large promotional poster of Ye Yi in a black suit with a deep and captivating gaze, exuding a handsome charm that had accumulated over time. Seeing her staring, Sister Bing Bing smiled and said, “He’s handsome, isn’t he? It’s my favorite. It’s probably the only one left in the company. They say it brings bad luck, but I don’t care. Anyway, in our department, from the artists to the managers, we don’t have to sit in the office all day. So we do what we want.”

“En,” Ye Zhen averted her eyes and replied. “Very handsome.”

“Speaking of which, I saw in your request that you need all the information on the managers and artists. Ye Ge has passed away, and his manager was his younger brother, Ye Ning. He originally… “Sister Bing Bing shrugged her shoulders and continued, “Now that he has inherited a net worth of over one hundred million, he probably won’t come to work anymore. Do you still need his information?”

“Of course.” Ye Zhen looked at the poster of Ye Yi and tilted her head, “Since he inherited the legacy of movie star Ye, he must have become a shareholder of Rong Cheng Entertainment, right?” It was also after Master Yao’s reminder that she became interested in checking the ownership structure of Rong Cheng Entertainment. It was true that Rong Cheng Yue didn’t own any shares, but she didn’t expect that Ye Yi, the senior member of the company, would own 3% of the shares when Rong Cheng Entertainment went public.

“Hehe, yeah.”

“Sister Bing Bing, Deputy Director Ye,” Her assistant came over with a stack of folders in her arms. “I’ve printed out all the materials here. The photos and videos of the artists are too big, so I’m still copying them to the hard drive. As soon as they’re done, I’ll send them to you right away.”

“There’s no hurry for the artists,” Ye Zhen took the files and added, “Let’s focus on the information for the talent agents first. I want to understand their needs and requirements.”

“Ok!”

“Oh, can I gossip for a bit?” Ye Zhen took the materials and walked to the door, then suddenly turned around to ask.

Sister Bing Bing: “?”

“Is the relationship between Ye Ning and Ms. Yue good?” Ye Zhen felt a little embarrassed as she asked, “I have to consider how much I should meet his demands.”

Sister Bing Bing didn’t say anything, just gave her a meaningful smile and shook her head.

That’s not good.

Ye Zhen went back to his office, locked the door, and immediately pulled out Ye Ning’s resume. Contrary to what Sister Bing Bing thought that this was useless, it was completely different. She had worked hard until now just to get her hands on this document.

Despite being the only brother of Ye Yi, Ye Ning’s resume was really lackluster. When he was six or seven years old, he also started as a child star like Ye Yi, but he only appeared in a few movies and was eventually rejected due to his poor acting skills. Later, he got into a music college through extra credit and was signed to Rong Cheng Entertainment before graduating. Unfortunately, his album didn’t sell well and he had to switch to working behind the scenes and became Ye Yi’s assistant. Five years ago, when Ye Yi’s former agent retired due to age, Ye Ning took over as his agent.

As for his work ability, judging from the sarcastic expression on Bing Bing’s face, it seems that Ye Ning hasn’t been very helpful to Ye Yi.

But she wasn’t there to complain about “the great disparity between people”. After going through the various accounts and contact information on Ye Ning’s resume, Ye Zhen opened her company computer and adjusted the internal network address. She entered Ye Ning’s email address in the recipient field and sent the photo of the script supervisor’s report written by Tan Jia on February 13.

Come on, uncle, let me see how much your heart still values your brother…

Translator ramblings^^

ngl ye zhen is probably going to be one of my favorite fl of all time..

nothing much to say today but that you enjoy the chapter!

bye, see u next time<3