I took a deep breath before answering the phone, and then asked Chen Yi with a smile, "You should be okay over there, right?" …… By the way, our old Jin said, let's not go through the contract this time, and I will privately give you an appearance fee of 60,000 yuan, which is now in my hands. ”

Chen Yi on the other end of the phone didn't answer immediately, this silence made my heart tighten immediately, and I chased and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Chen Yi finally replied: "It's not a mess, I just told the leader about the situation, he didn't agree, after all, I don't say this kind of thing, I don't take out the venue fee, and no one knows whether I take it in private, and our leader has just been promoted to the position of deputy director, and he is burning the fire of the new official, so as long as he is the host in the system, it is strictly forbidden to go out to pick up commercial activities for any reason, and no one can do special ...... After he said that, he could help invite a celebrity outside our Taiwan system to officiate at the wedding for free, which has already given me a step, so I ...... I really don't know how to hold on to this...... Otherwise, let's do what our leader wants, with his reputation in the industry, he must be a very well-known host, I can guarantee you. ”

I'm like being poured a basin of cold water from head to toe, but I can't bear to continue to embarrass Chen Yi at this point, after all, she is only the host who lives in the system, although she is already very famous, but she still has to look at the face of the leader, which is to blame for their leader being too unkind.

"Jiang Qiao, I've really done my best, I hope you don't blame me."

Of course Chen Yi has done her best, she can't even ask for an appearance fee, how can I lose my temper with her like the first time? I sighed heavily in my heart, but replied in a tone that didn't put pressure on her: "It's okay, I have to thank you for your kindness, but I don't need other hosts, I still have to report to our Lao Jin and let him make a decision." ”

"Well, if you decide to use another host, you can contact me as soon as possible, so that I can introduce you to each other and let you communicate as soon as possible."

I answered, and ended the call with Chen Yi like this, and fell into an incomparable hesitation for a while, how should I give an explanation to Lao Jin, who was lying on the hospital bed and enduring the pain of "broken leg"? I always felt that this news was a bit too cruel for him, and I was even more afraid that this list would be yellowed because of the temporary change of host.

After thinking for a while, I went to Luo Sumei's office, ready to tell her about the situation first, she is different from Lao Jin, at least she will calmly think about countermeasures, instead of yelling.

……

Luo Sumei was making a financial list, and when she saw me coming, she stopped what she was doing and asked me, "What's wrong, Jiang Qiao?" ”

I hesitated for a while, and finally gritted my teeth and told her the situation that Chen Yi had just fed back to me, and then asked: "Boss, Chen Yi really tried her best, and I can't force her too much, do you want to report this situation to Mr. Jin now?" Let him make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Luo Sumei rubbed her temples, and was also troubled by this tricky situation, and finally replied: "Don't tell Lao Jin first, let him stay in the hospital with peace of mind." ”

I nodded and said, "Well, the most fortunate thing this time is that the wedding has reserved enough time for us to prepare, and it's no problem not to tell Mr. Jin for the time being, but it can't be delayed like this." ”

"I'll go to communicate with the customer in the afternoon, and try to mention it first, if there is an unexpected situation, can we accept our temporary replacement of the host, if the customer agrees, then this matter will be solved, if not, we have to go to Chen Yi head-on, because this list must be kept."

I frowned slightly, and replied, "But it's too inhumane to be so embarrassed by Chen Yi!" ”

Luo Sumei shook her head and replied: "Jiang Qiao, there are some seemingly unsolvable troubles, and they will definitely return to the word money in the end, with Chen Yi's current fame and future potential, she is absolutely capable of arguing with the leaders of the station, and now all David TV is fighting for the ratings, but most of them are facing the severe problem of insufficient reserves of excellent hosts, and Chen Yi is now the guarantee of ratings, so the station definitely does not want to lose such a potential female host, which Chen Yi himself must be aware of. She shouldn't try to confine herself to the system. ”

"Boss, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"If I'm not mistaken, Chen Yi should be 25 years old now, it is the golden age of a host's development, if you only rely on the salary income of the TV station, she is no different from the general gold collar, now the trend of separation of production and broadcasting is becoming more and more obvious, most of the powerful hosts have jumped out of the system to find their own way out, I think Chen Yi can take advantage of this incident to seek reasonable benefits for herself, she should jump out of the system, or sign a non-exclusive contract with the TV station."

I was stunned when I heard it, because I never had such a vision to plan Chen Yi's career, and this is the difference between Luo Sumei and Lao Jin, when they face the same problem, one is angry, the other uses his brain, obviously Luo Sumei is smarter and wiser, she can stand very calmly in the situation to find an accurate breakthrough, in fact, with the commercial value and potential that Chen Yi shows at this stage, it would be a pity if he was just a host in the system!

Luo Sumei thought for a while and then said to me: "I can make the decision for Lao Jin in this matter, the previous price we gave to Chen Yi was 60,000, but this time it was directly doubled to 120,000, I hope she can think about it carefully." ”

Sure enough, the final solution to the problem was money, but I don't know if the sudden doubling of the appearance fee can impress Chen Yi, and then let her re-examine her situation in the industry, if she is willing to give up the idea of seeking stability, she will definitely earn much more than now.

I got the price of 120,000 yuan from Luo Sumei, but my feelings became more complicated, first, I was worried about the company's situation; Second, I felt tired about how to speak with Chen Yi again, but I still admired Luo Sumei's ability in my heart, which Jin Qiu really inherited from her, but I still don't understand why such an excellent woman would be willing to marry Lao Jin, maybe they were really simple in that era, and what they pursued was just love, as for appearance, talent and material, they can be put aside without focusing on consideration.

……

In the afternoon, Luo Sumei returned to the company a little tired, she told me: the client's fiancée's attitude is very tough, and she will never accept the change of host, and the use of Chen Yi to preside over the wedding has been very clearly reflected in the contract signed by Lao Jin and them. At this time, I finally understood why some wedding companies didn't dare to take it even though they knew it was a big business, because the customers were too demanding and too difficult!

Soon it was time to get off work, I finished dealing with the affairs at hand, and rode my bicycle home, along the way, I was thinking about how to continue to talk to Chen Yi about this matter, and whether I should persuade her to leave the TV system according to Luo Sumei's wishes.

I parked the car under the eaves, put the clothes that dried in the morning into the house, and then went to the bathroom to wash my face, and suddenly found that the girl's changed clothes were still thrown in the dirty laundry basket next to the washing machine, I estimated that she would come in the evening, so I still didn't plan to help her wash it.

As the sun sets over the city's skyscrapers, the alleys are filled with the cries of hawkers, often foreshadowed by the arrival of night. After a while, the lights in the alley were lit up one after another, and the wind blew the smell of oily smoke, and at this time, even the silence became textured in this old alley that had been washed by the years, and my dispensable loneliness was thus exposed, so I lit a cigarette as usual and sat on the steps outside the courtyard, waiting for the familiar figure to pass by me.

It was already half past seven, I still didn't wait for Chen Yi, and finally called her, but a staff member answered, and he told me: Chen Yi is about to host a large-scale literary live broadcast party, which will not end until half past ten in the evening, I thanked him and hung up the phone.

In order not to make the waiting night too difficult, I went to the coffee shop called "Mood", asked for two beers, and drank them in a state of no emotion, maybe because the coffee shop was too quiet, or maybe I was a little tired, but I was just two beers down, and I fell asleep on the comfortable sofa chair without realizing it...... When I woke up, it was half past ten in the night.

But my side was still very quiet, Chen Yi hadn't come back yet, and the girl hadn't come to take away her clothes, I seemed to be swallowed up by this sudden loneliness in a blink of an eye, I was a little at a loss, and hurriedly waved to the bar again, and the waiter asked for two bottles of beer.

At this time, the mobile phone finally rang at hand, I reflexively picked it up and looked at it, it was Chen Yi sent me WeChat, she told me: I have finished the live broadcast, let me wait for her to have supper together, she will arrive in about half an hour.

I put down my phone, picked up the beer bottle and drank it, almost at the same time, I heard a sound of tapping on the glass window, looked sideways, and found that the girl was standing outside the glass window looking at me with a smile, and when I met her gaze, she took out an eyeliner from her bag and wrote on the glass window: "I guess you must be lonely now." ”

I pouted and smiled, then shook my head, accustomed to the way this girl appeared in a different way.

She added: "Hehe, but these empty beer bottles can't fool people. ”

This time, I didn't give her any more response.

"I just got back from a drink on Bar Street......"

I finally typed a line on my phone for her to see: "What the hell are you trying to express to me?" ”

"Didn't you always want to know what my name was? …… Send me back to school, and I'll tell you, how? ”