Chapter 146: Drank the Wrong Medicine!

  As Zhang Ziheng was promoted, another exciting news came that Mr. Wilson had agreed to add investment and would also help Feiyu Company persuade some foreign stars to come to China to shoot advertisements, which is a great good news for Zhang Ziheng.

  The funding issue has been resolved, and now only the filming of the advertisement remains. Zhang Ziheng had already selected a production team, although they are not very well-known domestically, but the quality of their advertisements is very good, and the price is also very reasonable.

  After two days of negotiation and deployment, everything was on the right track. But just at this time, a problem arose. When cooperating with a domestic star, because some details were not discussed well, it delayed the progress of filming. In order to complete as scheduled, Zhang Ziheng and Wang Xue came to that star's record company for negotiation today.

  Xu Jie, a new generation of female singer. With the original song "Star" sweeping the country, she then released three albums in just two years, each selling over one million copies, making her one of the most popular first-line female singers in the past two years.

  In the living room, Zhang Ziheng looked at the information in his hand and couldn't help but sigh: "Nowadays, there are really too many stars. Out of about ten people, six of them are stars, and I don't recognize any of them. If it weren't for today, I wouldn't have known that such a person existed."

  Wang Xue gave him a sideways glance and said, "You're so out of touch, country bumpkin. One look at you and I can tell you're the type who can't keep up with trends. Shut up for now and let me talk to her, she's a celebrity, don't go offending people with your nonsense."

  These days, Zhang Ziheng has adapted to Wang Xuer's language, so no matter what she says, Zhang Ziheng nods and then pretends not to hear. After a while, Xu Jie and her agent arrived at the reception room.

  "Hello, I'm Xu Jie's agent. My surname is Chen, you can call me Miss Chen. Regarding this commercial shoot with Xu Jie, just talk to me." Xu Jie's agent said with a smile as soon as she sat down.

  As soon as he saw the star, Wang Xue became somewhat excited and hurriedly took out a photo of Xu Jie, laughing: "Xu Jie, I'm your song fan, I like your songs very much, and I also like you, can you sign an autograph for me?"

  Xu Jie smiled and nodded, saying: "Of course, it's no problem at all. It's my honor, and thank you for liking my song." As she spoke, she signed her name on the photo.

  "Hello, I'm Zhang, the project manager of this project. We've come to invite Miss Xu to shoot an ad for our company. Previously, we sent someone over and they said that Miss Xu's requirements were a bit high, which we couldn't meet. So, I've come this time to accurately understand what Miss Xu's requirements are."

  "The situation is that Xu Jie has been very busy with work recently and doesn't have a suitable schedule. In fact, it's not just your company that has come to find us, many advertising companies have also come to ask Xu Jie to shoot ads, but we've all rejected them." Miss Chen said.

  "Oh, so that's how it is. Is there no room for maneuvering at all? Because Ms. Xu is very important to our advertisement, if she makes an appearance, it will definitely bring a good effect." Zhang Ziheng asked.

  "Actually, this problem is not unsolvable. Xu Jie is currently recording a new song and is expected to finish it by the end of this month. So if you want her to shoot an ad for your company, the cost will be a bit higher." Miss Chen said.

  It turned out that they wanted more money, and Zhang Ziheng finally understood that he had actually considered this issue a long time ago. Since this advertisement was going to invite some well-known stars, the remuneration would definitely not be small.

  "So how much do you want for the film, Miss Chen?" Wang Xue asked.

  "It's like this, Xu Jie's new song must be completed within the specified time. If we go to shoot your commercial, it will delay us and our company will lose money. So, to make up for the loss, we need to add 500,000 yuan to the original filming fee." Miss Chen said with a smile.

  "What? Five hundred thousand? Ms. Chen, you're not joking, are you?" Zhang Ziheng asked in surprise.

  "You didn't mishear and I'm not joking, it's five million."

  "But this price is really too high, we're afraid we can't afford it. To be honest with you, we've also invited many foreign celebrities for this advertisement, so in terms of budget, we can't take out any more money. Now you want to add another 500,000...”

  Miss Chen smiled slightly and said: "This is our condition, if you agree, we will sign the contract immediately."

  "Can't we discuss it further? This is really too..."

  "There is actually room for negotiation, I can shorten the time it takes to record a song, and that way we can make time to film an advertisement." At this point, Xu Jie, who had been silent until now, smiled.

  "This was really the best for Zhang Ziheng. 'Really? Ms. Xu, are you willing to shorten your recording time to shoot our commercial?"

  "Ah, no, Miss Xu meant that she can make time to record the song, but it's not necessarily possible to shorten the time." Ms. Chen hastily said, while making a gesture with her eyes towards Xu Jie, as if signaling her not to speak out of turn.

  Wang Xue smiled and said, "Just now Xu Jie has already made it very clear that she can shorten the time for recording songs. In fact, our commercial shooting is also very simple, as long as everything goes smoothly, we can finish filming the commercial quickly and won't delay your time."

  When Wang Xue said that, Miss Chen was obviously unhappy. "Whether it will delay the schedule or not is not up to you to decide. If Xu Jie can't deliver the song on time later, will your company be responsible for the loss? I'm her agent, if I say she doesn't have time, then she doesn't have time."

  "Who said that? I have time, and I'm quite free. Actually, the song has been recorded almost done, just need to do some post-production work, no need for me to be on site." Xǔ Jié smiled and said from the side.

  "Ah, Miss Xu means to say..."

  "Is that true? Miss Hsu, thank you so much. If there's no problem, let's sign the contract then?" Zhang Ziheng didn't give Chen Miss a chance to speak, and hurriedly took out the contract.

  Miss Chen looked somewhat displeased and hastily pulled Xu Jie to one side, saying in a low voice: "Xu Jie, what do you think you're doing? Who gave you permission to make decisions on your own?"

  "They want to sign a contract with me, of course I'm the one who makes the decision, no need for anyone's permission." She said as she pushed away Miss Chen and sat back down to sign the contract with Zhang Ziheng.

  All the problems are finally solved. Zhang Ziheng looked at the contract, smiled and shook hands with Xu Jie, saying: "Thank you so much, Miss Xu. Please make sure to arrive on time at the studio tomorrow, okay?"

  "Don't worry, I'll definitely be on time. By the way, it's also lunchtime now, let me treat you to a meal?" Xu Jie said with a smile.

  "How can this be? We should be treating you to dinner instead." Wang Xue jumped out and laughed happily.

  All the difficulties have been overcome, and Zhang Ziheng's hanging heart has finally come down. At noon, he went to the cafeteria with Wang Xue and Xu Jie to have lunch together.

  "Miss Xu, this time it's really thanks to you. If it weren't for you, we really wouldn't know what to do." Zhang Ziheng said with a happy smile.

  In order not to be recognized by others, Xu Jie was wearing a hat and sunglasses at this time, but it made her look more like a star.

  "Hehe, still calling me Miss Xu at this time? Don't pretend anymore. And also, don't use honorifics, I can't bear to hear it." Xu Jie said with a smile.

  This remark left Zhang Ziheng and Wang Xue stunned. Wang Xue looked at Zhang Ziheng, then at Xu Jie, and asked: "What? Do you know each other?"

  Zhang Ziheng furrowed his brow, thinking hard but couldn't recall when he had met this big star before. "Really, do we know each other? Or have we met somewhere before?"

  Xu Jie burst out laughing, took off her sunglasses and said: "Really? Zhang Ziheng, you really forgot about me? You're too heartless! So many years of classmates, you say forget and just forget?"

  "What? Classmate? You're my classmate? No way, how come I don't remember?" Zhang Ziheng was stunned and didn't dare to believe what Xu Jie said.

  Xu Jie shook her head and said, "Oh! It seems you really have forgotten. It's been almost seven or eight years since we graduated from junior high school, no wonder you don't remember. I'm Xu Mengyao, the literature and art committee of our class, do you still remember?"

  Zhang Ziheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xu Jie with an unbelievable expression and said: "Are you Xu Mengyou? Is it true or false?"

  "After all these years, why are you still calling me by that nickname? If you call me that again, I'll get angry!" Xǔ Jié said with a glance.

  "What? Oh, sorry. But... are you really Xu Mengyao? I remember after we graduated from junior high school, your family moved away and there was no news of you for so many years. So you're in B City now?" Zhang Ziheng hurriedly said.

  "Hehe, yeah. It's been seven or eight years already, time flies so fast! Sometimes I really want to go back and take a look, but unfortunately, the past two years have been too busy, no time at all. But unexpectedly, I ran into you today, what a coincidence!" Xǔ Jié said excitedly.

  Zhang Ziheng nodded, looked at Xu Jie seriously and said: "It's really true that girls change a lot after they turn 18. You used to be fat and short, but now you're unexpectedly so beautiful and your height has increased too. You didn't get plastic surgery, did you?"

  "Who's had plastic surgery? I'm just more open-minded now. Besides, I wasn't that ugly before."

  "Hey, by the way, why did you change your name? Weren't you called Xu Mengyao?" Zhang Ziheng asked hastily.

  "This was the company's idea. They said my original name didn't sound good, so they gave me a stage name. Actually, it's not bad either - Xu Jie sounds pretty good."

  Zhang Ziheng and Xu Jie were chatting enthusiastically, completely ignoring Wang Xue. But they couldn't say much more, after all, she was their classmate, and a big star at that. They couldn't just not let her join in the conversation. Helpless, Wang Xue could only sit on the side eating by herself, looking rather pitiful.