Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 663 - 5: Old Zhou’s Boasting_2
But ironically, such a high-quality girl, few people can see his excellent inner qualities, and after a warm conversation, they dislike him for being too old.
So much so that now Old Zhou is a bit lackluster about finding a girlfriend.
But to be fair, with his career recently getting government attention, everything he does feels like a smooth path, leaving him little time to worry about a girlfriend.
After all, for a man, career is the most important!
The secretary, earning a high salary and balancing life and work, upon hearing Old Zhou’s sighs, carefully comforts him:
"Well, it’s perfect. Chairman, you can relax at tonight’s banquet. I hear there will be many celebrities attending, if one catches your fancy..."
"Xiao Xu!"
Old Zhou interrupts him:
"Your way of thinking is not right."
Secretary Xu is taken aback for a moment, then feels a bit embarrassed—
Yeah, how can the topic of keeping a mistress be openly discussed? It’s still too much of a slip on my part, not careful enough...
Unexpectedly, Old Zhou says, "Having followed me for so long, how do you still not know my requirements? Those celebrities in the entertainment industry, though good-looking and young, hardly have any qualifications worth mentioning."
"You say pairing me with such an airhead, isn’t that ruining people?"
Secretary Xu: ...
To be fair, not mentioning qualifications, with the chairman’s newly dyed black hair last week, and finding a young and pretty girl, who is really ruining who?
...
Meanwhile.
Chen Ningbai was also called out by her agent.
In a talent show, making it to the end like her is not a result of individual effort but a balance of influences from all sides.
For example, Chen Ningbai has signed with the now well-renowned Tianyu.
After all, the premise of becoming famous is that she already has a company.
However, the signing was completed before she transitioned, so the signing level is not high, and the treatment is quite average.
Take the current agent as an example, managing 15 young girls, clearly manifesting everyone’s status.
Now that her fame has increased, securing the number one spot in the talent show seems assured, so the agent’s focus is mostly on her, with the remaining 14 as fillers.
This also means that if there are good resources, she gets them firsthand.
Because of this, even if she finds the agent utterly unpleasant, without strong backing at the moment, Chen Ningbai can only endure.
Sure enough, the agent didn’t have any good news when looking for her now.
"Ningning, I’ve fought for a huge benefit for you! At tonight’s internal company banquet, you must perform well!"
Chen Ningbai still wears her usual obedient look, expressing some concern at this moment:
"Brother Li, I just want to participate in the program properly, I don’t want to attend such banquets..."
"Ningning."
The agent’s face turns serious:
"You’re being foolish again."
"Climbing up step by step from a talent show, without capital’s enthusiastic support, where would your opportunities come from? Where would your value come from?"
"You’re good-looking, but are pretty girls that rare in this world? You do have talent, but what does talent count for in our circle?"
In filming, all that’s needed is to photoshop, and the rest is handled by substitutes, alternating between martial arts and acting doubles, who cares about your real ability?
In front of a bunch of capital magnates, the ability Chen Ningbai shows is nothing more than boosting her fans’ confidence a bit, they don’t care if there’s real talent or not. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Yet, given the current skyrocketing traffic, this artist in front of them is still very promising.
The agent uses both carrot and stick, follows up with a sweet incentive after a stern word:
"Rest assured, tonight’s banquet is legitimate, attended by various business partners of our President Xie. You’re not expected to do much, just to make your face known. If any good opportunities arise from any family in the future, can’t we gain two more chances?"
President Xie’s partners?
Chen Ningbai’s eyes flicker, and she obediently lowers her head.
She’s seen President Xie.
The flowers delivered backstage daily, although she firmly refused them, she’s already deduced from clues that it’s from him.
Living in a secluded world, Chen Ningbai might not have had much experience, yet she has her own ways when dealing with men.
As for the so-called legitimate business banquet...
The banquet is legitimate, but whether the minds are is unknown.
And if she wants to maintain her dignity as a female celebrity, she probably needs to present more compelling chips in the eyes of the company.
The most straightforward shortcut is to make President Xie see her in a different light—don’t be fooled just because President Xie sends flowers daily now, whether a man truly cares for a woman or is just entertaining a whim, she’s all too clear.
