Chapter 1225 1325. Morning Bells and Evening Drums

Chapter 1225 1325. Morning Bells and Evening Drums

The rain outside had not stopped, but gradually became heavier. There were fewer pedestrians on the street. It should have been a picture that would calm people down, but Hu Ge's heart became more and more confused the more he looked at it.

Nie Wei had left early, and before leaving, he thoughtfully ordered another pot of hot tea for him.

But the words he left behind deeply troubled Hu Ge.

"I remember a senior in the circle said that young people fall down ten times, but as long as they succeed once, the audience will recognize them. But when they reach a certain age, even if they succeed ten times, as long as they fail once, their achievements in this life will be ruined."

"I think you are still young. If you are afraid of falling now, you won't even have the chance to fall in a few years."

These words really gave Hu Ge a great shock and made him feel a sense of urgency. Almost as soon as he heard Nie Wei's words, he estimated his position in the first time. He was not young anymore, and he was really about to fall.

The second pot of tea was not drunk at all, and gradually cooled down, and Hu Ge came back to his senses.

Looking out the window at the still drizzling rain, he reached for his cell phone and called Cai Yinong. At this moment, he wanted to talk to his mentor, and most importantly, he wanted to hear his advice.

Cai Yinong answered the phone quickly. After listening to what Hu Ge said, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a long time.

She really couldn't imagine that Nie Wei would want to give the leading actor of Huayi's annual drama to Hu Ge, and also wanted to sign Hu Ge to Huayi.

"No, absolutely not." After turning around, Cai Yinong refused loudly without thinking.

Hu Ge is the signboard of Tang Dynasty Film and Television. Even if he has lost the artist contract with Tang Dynasty Film and Television, if he joins Huayi at this moment, it will definitely be a big blow to Tang Dynasty Film and Television itself, which means that Tang Dynasty Film and Television has lost its most shining signboard.

For Tang Dynasty Film and Television, which is in a precarious situation at this moment, such a blow is too hard to bear.

Listening to Cai Yinong's unhesitating rejection, Hu Ge suddenly felt a little tired. He replied, "I know." Without listening to what Cai Yinong said, he hung up the phone.

Nie Wei's conditions and those words really moved Hu Ge.

But could he ignore Cai Yinong's feelings and insist on signing with Huayi?

Thinking of this, Hu Ge smiled bitterly, took out his mobile phone, and prepared to call Nie Wei, but when he was about to press the call button, his fingers froze.

On the other side, Cai Yinong heard the busy tone on the other end of the phone, and his heart was furious. He took out his mobile phone, found Nie Wei's number and called.

The call was quickly connected. After hearing that it was Nie Wei's voice, Cai Yinong didn't even bother to say hello, and immediately asked loudly: "Mr. Nie, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Nie Wei asked back.

"Boss Nie, is it fun to play dumb? Hu Ge has just called me and told me everything. What do you mean?" Cai Yinong had no intention of accompanying Nie Wei to "act" at this moment, and asked directly.

"Now that it's clear, don't you understand what I mean? Do you still need me to explain it to you?" Nie Wei responded bluntly.

Nie Wei's words made Cai Yinong speechless for a while. The recklessness that was raging at the beginning could not help but be reduced by three points because of this. It's not that she is not angry, but facing Nie Wei, she suddenly dared not be so angry.

"Boss Nie, we have a good relationship, right? Dongjun also told me before that you take good care of him in the show. I think we can sit down and talk about anything, but you go to Hu Ge so directly. Where do you put our Tang Dynasty Film and Television?" Cai Yinong knew that it was useless to be angry, so she simply talked about human feelings and reason.

In her impression, Nie Wei is a reasonable person.

"Hu Ge is not your contracted artist, and he doesn't have an agency now. If we want to find him to film, we have to find him himself." Nie Wei replied with a smile. Although the reason was right, it made Cai Yinong feel itchy.

"But Hu Ge is a shareholder of our Tang Dynasty Film and Television, you should know that, right?" Cai Yi's momentum weakened by three points, but he still stubbornly wanted to dispel Nie Wei's idea of ​​poaching.

"I know."

"Then you still want to poach, President Nie, do you really not care about the friendship at the beginning?" Cai Yinong immediately questioned.

"He is a shareholder, and there is no conflict with me signing him to Huayi. Our company Huang Xiaoming knows that he is also a shareholder of Huayi, but now he has opened his own studio and signed a foreign agency. Do you see that our Huayi is anxious?" Nie Wei said in a tone that is neither slow nor slow.

Cai Yinong was so angry that she almost rolled her eyes. Huayi is a big company, and Huang Xiaoming is nothing. But now Tang Dynasty Film and Television has only Hu Ge. If he is really poached by Huayi, it will be like losing half of the country.

How can she not be anxious?

But before she could continue to say anything, Nie Wei said directly: "Mr. Cai, let's not talk about whether Hu Ge agrees or not..."

"He won't agree!" Cai Yinong interrupted Nie Wei and said affirmatively.

But after hearing this answer, Nie Wei couldn't help but laugh and continued: "Nothing is absolute, and don't you think you are too selfish? You have tied Hu Ge for more than ten years. An actor who has the potential to grow into a giant, just because of you and your Tang Dynasty Film and Television, the low ceiling, he has become a guy who can't stand up straight."

"Sometimes, you can't be too selfish. He doesn't owe you anything. Why do you still ask so much from him?" After saying that, Nie Wei hung up the phone.

Before Hu Ge gave a clear answer, there was no room for communication between him and Cai Yinong. As for whether Hu Ge would agree in the end, Nie Wei had no idea, but he had already thought of the backup plan. In Nie Wei's mind, several candidates were not much worse than Hu Ge, and they could also take on the responsibility of this role.

Nie Wei had already given Hu Ge the opportunity, and the rest depended on whether he could grasp it.

Cai Yinong was hung up by Nie Wei, and he was so angry that he threw the water cup on his hand directly to the ground. The glass hit the ground violently, shattered into stars, and there was a loud noise, which scared the secretary outside the door.

"Mr. Cai, are you okay?" The secretary opened the door a crack, but didn't dare to look inside, and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, the cup fell to the ground, help me clean it up." Cai Yinong vented her anger. Although she was burning with anger, she had learned how to control her anger after so many years of experience.

After calming down, the first thing she regretted was why she called Nie Wei just now.

At this moment, she thought that this behavior was too impulsive. Not only could it not solve any problems, but it might also anger Nie Wei because of her attitude.

At this moment, Huayi, which Nie Wei represented behind him, was just a test, and there was no coercion. The right to choose was completely in Hu Ge's hands, but if Nie Wei was really angry and let the other party continue to increase the stakes, then Cai Yinong was afraid that she would not have the confidence to keep Hu Ge.

In Cai Yinong's view, the matter itself was actually still on Hu Ge.

Thinking of this, she quickly called the secretary who was cleaning the glass fragments over: "Xiao Liu, stop cleaning, go and book me a flight to Kyoto now, the nearest flight."

"But Mr. Cai, you have to meet a manufacturer in the afternoon to discuss Yaoyao's endorsement..." The secretary was stunned by Cai Yinong's sudden request, and hurriedly reminded her after she came to her senses.

"Please postpone it for two days. I have an urgent matter." Cai Yinong explained casually.

The secretary looked at the boss's impatient look and didn't dare to ask any further. He immediately put down the broom, ran back to his work station, and booked a flight for the boss.

Nie Wei was restless and still felt unsure, so he wanted to take out his mobile phone to call Hu Ge again.

Just as she pressed the call button, before she saw whether Hu Ge on the other side answered the call, Cai Yinong heard a sudden noise outside the door, which made her frown.

Just when she wanted to go over to see what was going on, the door of the office was pushed open first.

Cai Yinong saw her secretary being pushed aside by a figure. When the figure walked in, the anger on Cai Yinong's face instantly turned into indifference.

"What are you doing here? There is nothing to talk about between us. We will see each other in court." Cai Yinong said coldly to the person who came.

"Sister Cai, is there really nothing to talk about between us? Isn't it better to part ways in peace?" Jiang Jintian had no sense of being an intruder. After entering the door, he walked to the sofa and sat down, smiling and talking to Cai Yinong.

Cai Yinong sneered and didn't answer at all.

The man in front of her can be said to be the person Cai Yinong hates the most now. A large number of actors in the company have terminated their contracts, all because of Jiang Jintian's leadership. Now he comes to talk to her about reconciliation? It's too late!

Seeing Cai Yinong's cold face and silence, Jiang Jintian stood up and walked in front of Cai Yinong.

"Sister Cai, I really respect you and thank you for your training over the years, but I really can't stay in Tang Dynasty Film and Television anymore."

"I don't understand, has the company treated you unfairly?" Cai Yinong didn't want to talk nonsense, but she was so angry with Nie Wei today that she couldn't help but want to find someone to vent her anger.

In her opinion, Jiang Jintian in front of her was simply the most suitable target.

"The company has not let me down. You and the company have even done me a great favor. I will remember it in my heart for the rest of my life." Jiang Jintian shook his head and said sincerely in the face of Cai Yinong's questioning.

"What a great favor, is this how you remember it? The word ungrateful is very suitable for you, right?" Cai Yinong asked sarcastically.

Jiang Jintian smiled bitterly, nodded, and replied: "It's suitable, but there's nothing I can do. I don't want to act like this for the rest of my life."

Speaking of this, Jiang Jintian suddenly became excited and shouted loudly: "Sister Cai, what else can Tang Dynasty Film and Television give me now to let me act in your idol TV series for the rest of my life? Can you give me the three major gold awards I want? I don't want to be the second Hu Ge, I want to be Cheng Kun, Nie Wei!!!"

The last sentence, Jiang Jintian almost shouted out with a roar.

After shouting, he took a few deep breaths, and when he looked at Cai Yinong again, he found that his former boss was stunned.

"Sister Cai, I'm sorry, it's my bad attitude, but I can't help but say these words. Tang Dynasty Film and Television gave me a nearly perfect career start, but I don't want to repeat such a day. I have higher pursuits, but you can't give it to me. This is also the reason why I am determined to terminate the contract."

"I will pay the penalty for breach of contract, I just hope you can show mercy, I will remember your kindness." After saying this, Jiang Jintian bowed deeply to Cai Yinong who was standing there, and then left the office.

He came to Cai Yinong just to say this, hoping that Cai Yinong would let go, otherwise if the lawsuit continued like this, his career would also be ruined. After all, he still had a full four-year contract with Tang Dynasty Film and Television. If Tang Dynasty Film and Television dragged on like this, he would not be able to officially take any work in China within four years.

Cai Yinong took a long time to come back to her senses after Jiang Jintian left.

When she sat back in the chair, her eyes were still full of confusion. It was really that Jiang Jintian's words had a huge impact on her, just like a tsunami, rushing her mind.

This was also the first time she heard the true words of the artist who terminated the contract. For a while, she could not accept such a reason at all.

But sitting in the chair, the cold sweat on her head could not stop coming out. Jiang Jintian's words became clearer and clearer in her mind, and made her ideas more and more shaken.

And Cai Yinong also overlooked one thing. While she was in a daze, the phone on the table that called Hu Ge kept on talking until Jiang Jintian left and then hung up.

In the teahouse near Huayi in Kyoto, Hu Ge ordered the third pot of tea.

The rain outside still didn't stop, but at this moment, when he saw such a scene again, his heart suddenly became calm.

He heard all the words that Jiang Jintian shouted. Jiang Jintian's shout of "Don't be the second Hu Ge" was like a morning bell and evening drum, shouting away all the chaotic thoughts in his heart.

This was also the first time that Hu Ge knew that he was such a bad role model in the eyes of the younger generation in the company.

It turned out that he was self-righteous before, and thought that all the younger generation who entered the company admired him very much.

Hu Ge thought of this and laughed at himself. This was quite ironic, but because of this, he felt that he suddenly became sober.

Why should he continue to sink like this? Was he afraid to let the younger generation laugh at him? Hu Ge felt that he was also proud, and this pride was even deep in his bones.

Being looked down upon? The more this happened, the more Hu Ge wanted to prove himself.

Thinking of this, Hu Ge no longer hesitated, took out his mobile phone, edited a text message to Cai Yinong, and then without waiting for Cai Yinong's reply, he found Nie Wei's phone number and called him.

The call was quickly answered by Nie Wei.

"Hu Ge? Have you thought it through?" Nie Wei asked with a smile.

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