A wealthy family recognizes my relatives? But I am already a billionaire.

Chapter 282 Fan Economy

Gu Shuangbai didn't realize it was a poisoned cookie, but he was still unhappy. The only thing he was unhappy about was:

"Song Zhibai gave me something he didn't want?"

The agent's body stiffened. Gu Shuangbai had not had a particularly good time in the past two years. The reason was actually very simple. Gu Shuangbai entered the entertainment industry as the second son of the Gu family. He debuted as the male lead in an idol drama and had participated in countless film and television dramas directed by big directors and big stars.

According to his inner thoughts, entering the entertainment industry with his identity is purely a dimensionality reduction attack, and he should be able to become a top superstar with just any move.

According to Gu Shuangbai's development path two years ago, he was about to rise to the top, but Song Zhibai suddenly appeared.

The entertainment industry has limited resources and traffic. If there are more for one person, there may be less for that person. Gu Shuangbai and Song Zhibai are both handsome men of the same type, but Song Zhibai is several levels more handsome than him.

After they had the same genre, they also filmed a martial arts film at the same time. Many of Gu Shuangbai's original fans directly quit and joined Song Zhibai's fan club.

After several rounds of competition to snatch up commercial resources, the fans of the two groups started to fight each other.

Gu Shuangbai didn't pay much attention to Song Zhibai, the rising star, at first, but after learning that he was from Xu Youyou Entertainment Company, he became more and more angry, and now he regards Song Zhibai as a thorn in his side.

Upon hearing this, the agent quickly comforted him, "Shuangbai, things in the entertainment industry are like a blessing in disguise. You may be disappointed today, but you may be successful tomorrow. Who can say for sure?"

He thought his consolation was the right medicine, but he didn't expect Gu Shuangbai to stare at him with his eyes wide open: "What do you mean by 'the old man lost his horse'?"

Agent: ...I almost forgot that my artist is illiterate!

The agent gave a wink to the female assistant beside him.

The female assistant lowered her voice to explain the meaning of the idiom "A blessing in disguise".

Gu Shuangbai refused to admit that he was illiterate, and instead said, "I have been studying abroad for many years."

The agent and the female assistant laughed together: "Right, right, right. People don't learn idioms abroad, so it's normal that you don't know this word."

As he was speaking, Gu Shuangbai's cell phone rang.

"Honey, your agent should have received the call. I had someone working behind the scenes with Steve's team for a long time to get this resource. Now Director Steve has spoken. Although we haven't interviewed yet, you are the first choice for this role."

The person who called was Gu Shuangbai's former agent and current girlfriend Wu Yue. Wu Yue is no longer the agent of any artist, but is nominally the deputy director of the company.

Gu Shuangbai dared to lose his temper with his agent and female assistant, but now he still had to rely on his girlfriend, pretending that the unpleasantness just now did not exist, and said with a smile: "Yueyue, I have seen too many people's warmth and coldness in the past year, but you are still the best to me."

Wu Yue, as usual, was completely bewildered by Gu Shuangbai's coaxing and continued, "Don't worry, dear. My father and I have already told you that you are the most important artist in our company. The entire company revolves around you, and all the good resources are yours."

"Don't you really want to endorse a top luxury brand? My mom's friend is now the Asia-Pacific regional director for brand A. My mom has been negotiating with her friend these past few days. I think the PR team will contact you soon. Then you'll be brand A's Asian ambassador."

A is the abbreviation of a top international luxury brand. Countless domestic celebrities are scrambling to become the Asian ambassador, let alone the domestic ambassador. Even many popular young actors and actresses can only get the title of domestic brand friend.

Gu Shuangbai just felt that he had finally heard good news today, and sweet words that made his ears blush kept coming out.

But after he hung up the phone, before he had time to be happy, his phone pushed a new message to him.

"Song Zhibai officially announced as the global spokesperson for S-family."

The moment Gu Shuangbai saw this message, he wanted to smash his phone.

Although both are top global luxury brands, S is a level higher than A.

For luxury brands, the title of spokesperson is more important than that of image ambassador. More importantly, Song Zhibai was officially announced as the "global spokesperson". This is the first time that a top luxury brand has chosen a Chinese as its global spokesperson.

Just as Gu Shuangbai expected, the comment section of this news was filled with Song Zhibai's fans' enthusiasm.

He only hated why he was not the one who got such top-level luxury resources.

He has never had a strong sense of fashion expression, unlike Song Zhibai who has always been a darling of the fashion circle. Being able to become the Asian image ambassador of company A is actually a huge step forward for him in the fashion circle.

But human nature is always insatiable. Compared with Song Zhibai, Gu Shuangbai felt like a scavenger.

Unlike Song Zhibai's official announcement of top resources, which attracted heated discussions across the Internet, Gu Shuangbai's official announcement of being the Asian image ambassador was like a drop of water merging into the ocean, without causing much waves.

"The most important thing for you right now is to prepare for the audition with Director Steve. Don't pay attention to the comments online. Netizens have been slapped in the face many times. As long as you produce good work, that is more important than anything else." The agent comforted Gu Shuangbai.

For Chinese actors, it is an extremely rare thing to be able to appear in the works of top foreign directors. Gu Shuangbai forced himself not to think about Song Zhibai and devoted himself to the audition.

But Director Steve, who was sitting in the interview seat, frowned as he watched Gu Shuangbai's superficial performance.

He turned to the people around him and asked in English, "How can someone with such ability be ranked in the top two in China? Are your audiences willing to tolerate him?"

The person he was questioning was Wu Yue's cousin, who was also the director of his agency. He smiled helplessly and said, "Our country attaches great importance to the fan economy. Gu's acting may not be the best, but his fans are very crazy and very willing to pay for him. Five months ago, a movie of Gu's took in 300 million yuan at the box office within a few days of its release thanks to the support of his fans."

What this person did not explain was that the movie in which Gu Shuangbai participated was also a big production by a top domestic director, and Gu Shuangbai's role in it was less than five minutes.

Director Steve didn't seem to have done much background research on Gu Shuangbai, or he trusted the Wu family too much. When he heard this, he didn't doubt it at all. Instead, he looked at Gu Shuangbai seriously, as if he wanted to figure out what was so likable about this man in front of him.

But after watching for a long time, he still didn't understand, and he still felt sorry that Song Zhibai didn't agree to the audition.

"Since fans in your country like him, I will accept him." Director Steve said helplessly.