After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 937 - 500: The Price

After having a meal at a restaurant opposite the East Lake Garden gate, Chen Feng was uncharacteristically diligent, purchasing some essential household items needed here, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, electric kettles, and such.

Then he specifically drove to a nearby furniture store to buy a rattan rocking chair, which was even more expensive than the one at No. 8 Villa.

He tipped the store clerk two hundred yuan for their troubles, and they promptly delivered it to East Lake Garden.

Originally, the somewhat empty balcony now felt enriched and cozy with such a rocking chair.

Making himself a cup of tea, Chen Feng relaxedly reclined on the rocking chair, able to see the scenery outside through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, or scroll through his phone, taking a nap when tired.

Such idle summer days are lazily comfortable in this way.

When he opened his eyes, the sunlight just happened to fall on his legs; the cool breeze was gone, and he was starting to sweat a bit from the heat.

Picking up his phone for a look, he realized it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Feng then got up from the rocking chair and took a shower, closed the windows, and turned on the central air conditioning and floor fan.

Soon, the room turned refreshing.

With nothing else to do, he simply sat on the wooden floor, closed his eyes, crossed-legged, and meditated, emptying his thoughts.

In this manner, when he reopened his eyes, it was already almost five o'clock in the afternoon.

By this time, he ought to head back, so Chen Feng got up from the floor, turned off the air conditioning, walked toward the balcony, opened the window to let in some air, and turned his head to see Zhang Jingwen sitting on the neighboring balcony.

At this moment, she was looking at Chen Feng, and when she saw him look over, she didn't avoid his gaze but rather raised her phone and waved it at him.

Soon, Chen Feng received her invitation for a voice call.

Chen Feng clicked to connect.

"Have you reached a decision?" Zhang Jingwen inquired as amicably as she could.

"Yes, we've come to a decision. There are mainly three higher-ups in our company, two of whom are against signing you."

The other party went straight to the point, and Chen Feng was frank as well.

Zhang Jingwen clearly couldn't accept this result. She froze for a moment and then, growing rather angry, demanded loudly, "Why?!"

Chen Feng spoke directly: "Mainly, our company is relatively small now with limited resources. We already have several contracted artists under our wing, and resources are already stretched thin. Bringing you on board would just spread things even thinner. Moreover, they believe your personality is not great, a bit arrogant and willful, with a diva attitude. So, rather than further complicating things, they just decided not to sign you."

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Zhang Jingwen was dazed for quite a while, unable to believe that even after lowering her terms this much, she still wasn't welcome.

Last year, she was at least a sensation for several months, and even at the beginning of this year, her popularity was enough to slightly edge into the first tier.

So how, so quickly, has she become so undesired?

Zhang Jingwen, for a moment, found it hard to accept.

"Hence, very sorry. We're planning not to sign you. Personally, I suggest trying with other big companies; I believe if you propose such terms, many big companies would be willing to sign you."

Chen Feng's words were sincere, yet they frustrated Zhang Jingwen deeply. She had indeed contemplated simply joining those big brokerages or film companies, but those companies are ruthless and untrustable. Besides, even if she joined those big companies, they don't really have the ability to make anyone they like famous.

Also, the interpersonal relationships within those big companies are too complicated; even with her family background, she might not be able to navigate through them.

Whereas Chen Feng's Fengmang Film and Television Company was different. Firstly, the scale of it isn't very large, and it has produced two blockbuster dramas consecutively, launching four artists to fame. The upcoming third drama also appears to have the potential to become a hit, and could definitely make more people famous.

This capacity for producing hit dramas is precisely what she urgently needs.

Moreover, even if she doesn't want to recall or even think about it, she can't deny that she and Chen Feng have had a rather intimate relationship, and he even has some compromising photos of her. Thus, she wouldn't be as wary of him as she would be of those big company bosses.

After all, the two of them had a fling, and Chen Feng possesses leverage over her. That Chen Feng hasn't used those photos to threaten her shows he's truly trustworthy and hasn't planned to use them as blackmail.

Even during their previous meetings, though Chen Feng was flirtatious, he never brought up the matter of the photos, let alone pressured her.

In this respect, she somewhat acknowledges his character internally.

In signing with Chen Feng's company, she naturally feels more secure.

Her initiative to contact Chen Feng this time was impulsive but also carefully considered.

She just hadn't expected that what seemed like a sure thing would end in rejection.

Zhang Jingwen suppressed her sense of defeat and anger, trying to keep her tone peaceful as she asked, "Lu Sijia is the general manager of your company, right? Did she support or oppose it?"

Chen Feng hesitated slightly but decided to tell the truth: "She opposed it."

Zhang Jingwen was taken aback once more upon hearing this answer. She had thought Lu Sijia would be the only one among Fengmang Film and Television's three higher-ups to support signing her, considering they had worked together on Immortal Destiny, and not long ago, she even treated her to a meal to maintain their relationship.

But now, it turns out Lu Sijia is one of those opposing her signing.

It made Zhang Jingwen feel somewhat betrayed, and she was quite displeased with Lu Sijia.

As for whether Chen Feng was lying, she believed he had no reason to.

"Why? Why does she oppose?" Zhang Jingwen asked, suppressing her anger.

Chen Feng very straightforwardly relayed Lu Sijia's evaluation of her, and he didn't find it inappropriate at all to do so. Lu Sijia was his subordinate, and he was the boss. Even if the boss speaks negatively about subordinates behind their back, there's nothing wrong, especially when he's merely recounting facts.

Moreover, he knows very well that Lu Sijia and Zhang Jingwen's relationship is rather ordinary. They had intersected due to Immortal Destiny, but it was merely a simple collaboration. On the contrary, with Zhang Jingwen's personality, she might have unknowingly offended Lu Sijia at that time, which is quite possible.

After hearing Chen Feng's recount, Zhang Jingwen somehow felt less angry toward Lu Sijia, because even if she didn't want to admit it, she had to agree her temper truly wasn't great, she's indeed very willful, arrogant, looking down on people, always self-centered, not really understanding social etiquette.

She acknowledges these traits, but it's difficult for her to change, nor does she wish to.

However, in recent months, she has gradually felt some of life's warmth and coldness, the hypocrisy, and intrigue within the entertainment industry.

Yet she's determined not to succumb to the industry's unspoken rules and ways of conduct.

In simpler terms, she's unwilling to change herself to adapt to this entertainment circle, believing it's unnecessary because she has the capital to remain unchanged.