Yang Ming couldn't help but turn his head and saw a white woman with blond hair and blue eyes and an outstanding demeanor, looking at him with sunglasses in her hand and a look of surprise.

He felt that this woman was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other party was for a while.

Still, he was sure he hadn't seen her, but why did it feel so familiar?

Newspapers, media?

Thinking of this, Yang Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out: "Afra Hill!"

"Hello, Mr. Yang Ming. Afra did not think that the other party was snubbing him because Yang Ming failed to recognize him at the first time, but generously stretched out her right hand to greet Yang Ming gently.

"Hello, Ms. Afra. ”

Yang Ming shook hands with Afra and said very politely.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, he just frowned and thought about who the other party was, he must have been seen by others, Afra is the queen of Hollywood, and when he took the initiative to greet him, he didn't recognize it at first sight, which is simply a sin.

However, now that he had shaken hands with Afra, looking at the other party's expression, he didn't seem to be angry because of his rudeness just now.

It seems that the personality of this Hollywood diva is not bad.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect to meet Mr. Yang Ming on this plane, a few days ago I was often in the news in the media, and I saw your name appear with me. Afra quipped with a chuckle.

Yang Ming coughed dryly when he heard this, and said: "Exaggeration has always been a tradition of the media. ”

Because of his strong ability to attract money, and even the income generated by a single solo concert, he has broken the records of many superstars, and after the first day of infinitely approaching the global entertainment industry in front of him, now people actually mention this matter in person, no matter how confident Yang Ming is, it is difficult to say anything.

Seeing that Yang Ming was so modest, Afra didn't care, but looked at Yang Ming with a serious face, patted the handrail beside him and said, "Hey, Mr. Yang Ming doesn't need to be modest, after all, I am already old, and the current entertainment industry already belongs to you young people." ”

Hearing Afra's emotion, Yang Ming glanced at the other party depressedly, but if he really had to look carefully, he could still see that there were already looming crow's feet in the corners of Afra's eyes.

The traces of time, even if they are retouched, cannot erase the imprint of time.

In fact, Afra's age is not as old as she said, Yang Ming calculated in his heart, the other party should be in his early forties, maybe he is no longer in the golden age, past his prime, but he believes that the other party's strength will definitely not disappear so quickly because of the passage of time.

"I like your music very much, ma'am, and I think your classic music that has left a deep impression on countless fans will not fade a little bit because of the passage of time. Yang Ming said sincerely.

He did listen to quite a few of Afra's songs, and there were many works that impressed him.

With such a strength diva, it is obviously impossible to say that it will fall.

It's just that when Afra heard Yang Ming's words, she shook her head, sighed quietly, and then gently touched her face and said, "No, it's old, for the entertainment industry, age is always the biggest killer." ”

Hearing Afra's words, Yang Ming couldn't help but think of the evaluation of this Hollywood diva in the media in the United States, her singing, just like her own character, is always full of melancholy and melancholy.

At this point, he had to admit that the media's assessment was correct.

Through a brief verbal exchange, Yang Ming found that Afra's body did not have the bad temper of the famous superstars in Hollywood now.

Arrogant, arrogant, it seems that in the eyes of those giants, the earth should revolve around them, and they are born to be the center of the universe.

But he didn't find these shortcomings in Afra's body, and this diva gave him a very unique feeling, as if she was like a lonely peony, standing proudly among the flowers, admiring herself alone, and waiting for the end of her withering.

"Actually, there are a lot of fans who are looking forward to your concert right now, and you should help those fans make their wishes come true. Yang Ming felt that the diva in front of him couldn't help but fall into a mood of self-loneliness, and immediately changed the topic and said.

At this moment, the plane took off, and Afra did not immediately answer Yang Ming's question.

After the plane took off, she slowly spoke: "Concert? Singing for my fans, I will never refuse, but those requests made by the company make me very disgusted, so I have been using travel to pass the boring time in the past few years." ”

"Unreasonable demands?"

When Yang Ming heard Afra's words, he couldn't help but wonder that a singer like Afra, who can be called a global superstar diva, if she wants to hold a concert, there is absolutely no problem with ticket sales.

And with that in other areas, the benefits must be substantial.

In such a good situation, could it be that the brains of those undertaking companies have been flooded? Let this diva enjoy harsh treatment.

In this regard, Yang Ming was extremely puzzled when he heard this.

Seeing Yang Ming's slightly frowning brows, Afra seemed to think of the question in the other party's heart, and couldn't help but smile faintly, and then explained to Yang Ming.

After a while, before Afra's words were finished, Yang Ming knew what was going on.

"Rat eyes!" Yang Ming said with a hint of anger.

"Huh. Seeing Yang Ming's angry appearance, Afra chuckled, and then a calm look appeared on her face, and said: "Sometimes even if a singer is capable, he still succumbs to the power of capital. ”

It turns out that Afra has not held a concert in the past few years, not because of no ideas, nor because of no company cooperation.

Even many companies have taken the initiative to contact Afra and want to hold concerts for her, even if they underwrite tickets.

With so many partner companies, it stands to reason that Afra has no problem even if she goes on a global tour, but in fact, she hasn't held a concert in the past few years.

As for the reason, Yang Ming also figured out that Afra fell out with her agency, or that she was banned by the entertainment industry predators behind the agency.

CAA！

Just like in the previous life, Hollywood in the United States also has a CAA in this world.

At the same time, it is also the most influential and powerful performing arts agency in Hollywood today, with power in every corner of the Hollywood industry, even those giants dare not offend CAA too much, because CAA's strength is too strong, even stronger than in the previous life.

It must be said that the land of Hollywood in the United States has given birth to an extremely huge monster.

But Oriental DreamWorks doesn't have much to do with CAA.

The biggest feature of CAA is the packaging service.

Whether it is a TV series or a movie, from the creation of the script, to the selection of the director, the arrangement of the actors, and even the final release, CAA can provide all the services in one stop.

In less than 30 years since CAA was established, it has occupied half of Hollywood, relying on this kind of packaging service.

However, with the drastic expansion of CAA, many Hollywood studios have lost too much of their voice in the face of a huge monster that has been cultivated by them.

From the preparation of a film to the filming and distribution, it is completely controlled by a brokerage company, but the film company has a small say.

This situation is simply an unbelievable thing for the entertainment industry in Huaxia.

It is estimated that only in the country of rice is likely to have such a thing.

Yang Ming also attaches great importance to CAA, but Oriental DreamWorks entered the film industry in the United States, because he has countless classic resources in his previous life and a large number of movie scripts that can be sold at the box office, so he naturally does not have to worry that Oriental DreamWorks has no movies to make.

And the plan he discussed with Barber at the beginning, Hollywood's Oriental DreamWorks would rather develop slowly, but every step must be extremely steady.

Anyway, with the script provided by Yang Ming, even if you can't invite big-name stars, you can train your own star actors.

Now Oriental DreamWorks Hollywood's agency has signed many up-and-coming actors in Hollywood.

And these actors are all 'crooked melons and cracked dates' that other agencies didn't pay much attention to before, and then by participating in the filming of Oriental DreamWorks, they achieved box office hits and quickly became popular.

Now it seems to be working out pretty well.

In addition, Yang Ming and his brother-in-law secretly acquired AMC, the second largest cinema chain in the United States, so that Oriental DreamWorks completely grasped its lifeline.

In this way, Oriental DreamWorks' foundation in Hollywood is quite solid.

For CAA's cooperation, naturally there will not be so much urgency, although there have been some cooperation, but basically it is just an inconsequential role cooperation, in the choice of directors and actors, Oriental DreamWorks does not allow others to point fingers.

Now sitting in front of Yang Ming, Afra, is a signed artist of CAA, and she used to be the brightest pearl of CAA, but now she has been banned in CAA.

In other words, the CAA is no longer as important to Afra as it used to be.

Although there are speculations in the outside media about why Afra has not held concerts in recent years and has not attended some large-scale events, no one knows what the specific reason is.

But Yang Ming finally knew today.

After hearing Afra's words, he turned his head and looked around, it seemed that there were only two of them in the first class cabin, and no one else, otherwise what Afra just said, if it was spread, it would definitely cause an uproar.

At the same time, he had to sigh at Afra's sincerity, and when he saw himself for the first time, he was able to tell these unknown inside stories.

From Afra's body, he felt another temperament trait, that is, he was too naïve and idealistic.

But Yang Ming has to admit that it is precisely because of this temperament on the other party that he will achieve the title of the other party's diva, and he has countless fans around the world who worship him wildly.

The reason why CAA blocked Afra is actually very simple, but it is very dirty, no wonder he was banned, Afra never said a word in the face of media interviews, and did not leak a trace of words, it is really this inside story, which is difficult for Afra to say.

Yang Ming also admired Afra for telling himself such a thing when he first contacted him.

Afra is past her golden age, there's no doubt about it.

After all, the elegance of the year was in its prime, and the sky was stunning, and when it came to the year of establishment, even if it was so good, it was no longer too attractive to young people.

Therefore, in order to make Afra more attractive, or to be able to squeeze the last value of Afra, CAA asked Afra to take the sexy and charming route.

What is the sexy and feminine route?

To put it nicely, that is, transformation, ever-changing, to meet the needs of the market.

But what about the reality?

In my previous life, I believe many people will often see many well-known singers, who were once diva-level music singers, taking the sexy route at their so-called concerts, how to tempt and how to come.

The eyes are full of thighs, leopard prints, leather whips, and stroking each other with strong muscular men.

I believe many people have seen such a concert.

Even Madonna in Hollywood, the United States, is a lot older, and she has begun to wear leather shorts, hold a leather whip in her hand, and play ambiguously with the young and strong little fresh meat on the stage.

Of course, female singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan are naturally not far behind.

There has never been a maximum scale, only a larger scale.

Now the CAA requires Afra to take such a meat-selling route in the concert, and after Afra refused, the concert that had been set three years ago and even began to sell tickets publicly collapsed completely because of the contradictions between the two sides.

The concert was finally canceled due to the sudden illness of Afra's body, and of course Afra was also banned by CAA, after all, her refusal made CAA lose a lot.

After listening to Afra's words, Yang Ming couldn't help but sigh and sigh.

A diva with infinite scenery can be so weak and powerless in the face of the power of strong capital.

The most important thing is that for reasons like this, Afra can't expose it to the outside world at all, after all, this kind of inside story is also a devastating blow to her own image, coupled with the oppression of other aspects of CAA, she has not been comfortable in the past few years.

With his previous fame, although his life is worry-free, his inner pain is nowhere to vent.

"Yang Ming, in fact, I would like to thank you! If it weren't for you, the media might not have remembered that there is a singer named Afra Hill in the music world, and the agency called me a few days ago!" Afra said self-deprecatingly, with a hint of comfort on her face.

Yang Ming can be clear about the ease on the other party, not pretending to be calm, it seems that in the past few years of life, Afra has not been defeated because of the ban, at least her current mental state is very good.

Afra's image in the music world has always been known for her elegance, and her quiet and sincere temperament is also the main factor that attracts countless fans.

Such a big thing happened, after several years of precipitation, her indisputable temperament has become more and more obvious.

Yang Ming turned his head to see the clouds outside through the window, and couldn't help but think of his life motto, and read: "Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; ”

After saying this to himself, his heart moved, and then he asked Afra, "How many years do you have left on your contract with CAA?"

"Three months!" Afra said after thinking about it for a while, and she couldn't help but laugh suddenly, as if she suddenly realized, "No wonder they remembered to call me before!"

3 months!

When Yang Ming heard this answer, his eyes couldn't help but ignite a raging fire, and he said to Afra: "Ms. Afra, are you interested in joining Dongfang Huayin in three months, if you agree to become a contracted singer of Dongfang Huayin, the company will not make any restrictions, and you have the right to terminate the contract at any time, without breaking the contract fee." ”