Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 357: Zhao Jinmai

Gong Fan and Zhao Jinmai have only worked together on one film, but they’ve maintained a good relationship.

Mainly because back then, Gong Fan was short on money and only paid the little girl Zhao Jinmai fifty thousand yuan for her role, but he also promised that he could tutor her during filming.

However, this graduate student, Gong Fan, had long forgotten his middle school knowledge and, when faced with middle school trigonometry problems, could only stare blankly with Zhao Jinmai.

So Gong Fan always felt he owed Zhao Jinmai something.

He just read the script for ’Reset’ and thought Zhao Jinmai was quite suitable for the female lead role.

So he wanted to recommend her to Chen Yiyang.

"Such a young girl playing a college student?" Chen Yiyang still remembered Zhao Jinmai as the kid from ’Earth Wandering 1’.

"Girls grow up fast; she’s sixteen now, not much different from a college student." Gong Fan said.

"That’s true." Chen Yiyang nodded.

The film ’Earth Wandering 2’ that Gong Fan is shooting now is about events that happened before ’Earth Wandering 1’, and the character Zhao Jinmai played wasn’t even born yet.

So, naturally, his film couldn’t use Zhao Jinmai.

Now that there’s this opportunity, he wanted to secure it for Zhao Jinmai.

"This girl’s parents are both teachers and have no connections in the entertainment circle. She signed with a small agency before and got screwed over. Now that there’s this opportunity, I just want to repay the favor." Gong Fan explained further, trying to secure the opportunity for Zhao Jinmai.

"No agency?" Chen Yiyang, the professional opportunity snatcher, immediately caught onto the key point.

"The girl is already sixteen, and as long as her parents sign together, the contract should be valid, right?" Chen Yiyang said immediately.

"Even without her parents’ signature, it’s still valid." Gong Fan said, "Recently there was news in the music industry.

A music company signed a sixteen-year-old artist, and after a hit song, the young artist wanted to terminate the contract.

The first trial determined the contract only has the artist’s signature without the parents’ signing, ruling it null.

But in the second trial, the court recognized that the girl, although only sixteen, had been involved in the music industry for many years and was financially and personally independent.

So the second trial ruled the management contract valid, and both parties need to fulfill their obligations."

"I’ll discuss it with Hou Liang. If Zhao Jinmai is willing to sign with my agency, she can play this role."

"Okay." Gong Fan also nodded.

So Chen Yiyang and Gong Fan went back to discuss it with Hou Liang and director Kong Sheng.

"Zhao Jinmai, her acting skills shouldn’t be a problem." Hou Liang and Kong Sheng also had an impression of Zhao Jinmai.

Zhao Jinmai is quite a famous child star and is particularly good at taking on roles that others don’t want and playing them well.

She’s known as the opportunity queen in the film and television industry.

Of course, these opportunities she’s grabbed are all thanks to her solid skills.

After reaching a preliminary cooperation agreement with Hou Liang and Kong Sheng, Chen Yiyang immediately asked Gong Fan to call Zhao Jinmai.

Zhao Jinmai’s family is in the Three Eastern Provinces, and initially, Chen Yiyang planned to discuss with Zhao Jinmai and her parents on the phone.

But when Gong Fan called, they found out Zhao Jinmai and her parents had come to the Imperial Capital in the last few days.

So the two sides arranged to meet at a restaurant.

The next day, after finishing his work, Gong Fan and Chen Yiyang went together to meet Zhao Jinmai and her parents.

"Director Gong Fan, long time no see." Zhao Jinmai greeted Gong Fan as soon as she saw him.

"You used to call me uncle, and now you’re being so distant." Gong Fan immediately joked.

"It’s been a long time, after all." Zhao Jinmai replied with a smile while looking at Chen Yiyang, "Who’s this uncle?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Just call me brother."

"Stop trying to act young." Gong Fan rolled his eyes at Chen Yiyang.

"I haven’t graduated for long, not even thirty yet, I can’t really be an uncle." Chen Yiyang defended himself immediately.

It just struck Gong Fan that Chen Yiyang was indeed quite young, in a different age group than him.

But because of Chen Yiyang’s unusual status and position, Gong Fan always considered him a peer.

"So, this brother is?"

Zhao Jinmai truly didn’t recognize who Chen Yiyang was.

She usually had to act and study, and it was already good if she could occasionally catch up on hot news. How could she immediately recognize Chen Yiyang, an investor behind the scenes in the film industry?

"I’m an investor." Chen Yiyang briefly introduced his identity.

"So young, very impressive." Zhao Jinmai’s parents looked at Chen Yiyang with suspicion.

They initially thought Chen Yiyang was an assistant brought by Gong Fan because he seemed too young.

Now that they heard Chen Yiyang was an investor, they suddenly believed him to be the second generation of some rich family.

In front of these middle-aged intellectuals, Chen Yiyang immediately dispelled Zhao Jinmai’s parents’ doubts with one sentence.

"I previously made a unique investment in a company called deekseep."

"Oh, it’s you." Zhao Jinmai’s parents immediately looked at Chen Yiyang in a new light after he said this.

"He’s got quite the skills. He started a car company, got a license to build cars, and he’s also the owner of Kuxing Coffee and the company that does live commerce, which has signed Chenghui, Li Qiqi, and others."

Gong Fan knew what Chen Yiyang came for today, so he complimented Chen Yiyang along the way.

"It’s all just messing around." Chen Yiyang said immediately.

"Now I know who you are." With Gong Fan’s reminders, Zhao Jinmai finally knew who Chen Yiyang was.

"You invested in Earth Wandering 1 and Nezha and signed Song Xi and Yang Jinlu."

"Yes, I do own a management company, and this time I’m here because of the agency business."

Once Chen Yiyang said this, both parties knew why they met today.

Because Zhao Jinmai had turned sixteen, her management contract with that small former agency was already over.

Now, indeed, many companies have approached, hoping to secure the signing of this already quite well-known young actress ahead of time.

So after some small talk with Zhao Jinmai and her parents, Chen Yiyang got straight to the point.

"I’ve invested in a TV drama that ’Afternoon Sunshine’ is about to shoot; Director Gong Fan recommended you as the female lead. I heard you don’t have an agency yet, so I thought I’d sign you up as well."

Chen Yiyang didn’t introduce much of his credentials.

Because the agency is just one of his many businesses.

This time, it was because of this project and Director Gong Fan’s recommendation that he tried to sign Zhao Jinmai as well.

"Actually, we came to the Imperial Capital this time to find a new agency for Jinmai."

Zhao Jinmai hesitated and didn’t speak, so her mother spoke up, "We have actually already found an agency, it’s Dong Jian’s Eighteen Culture Company."