Chapter 113: Worried About Your Child’s Poor Grades? Seek Out the Blue Side

Huo Wenxi?

Hearing that name, Zhang Tianfeng froze for a moment. It felt familiar, yet he could not place it.

During his silence, Huo Wenxi went through a stormy journey of her own.

She had entered society young, worked as a waitress, modeled, even appeared in music videos. After years of roughing it in the world outside, she had long ago developed a keen eye for people and situations.

Zhang Tianfeng seemed mysterious to her. Her first impression of him came from the praise heaped on him by their boss, Gao Ran, who often spoke of how formidable he was, how any project he touched started at seven figures.

Her second impression came now. On their first meeting, she had sharply sensed the chilling edge in Zhang Tianfeng’s eyes. She had only ever seen that kind of gaze in her former chief executive: the mark of someone seasoned by the business world and deeply versed in human nature.

To be so young and already possess such a habit was enough to shock her.

And just now, when a trace of doubt had flashed through Zhang Tianfeng’s eyes as he thought, it had frightened her.

Huo Wenxi had even wondered whether Zhang Tianfeng had begun to suspect her identity, or something else entirely.

“Crazy one, what are you doing? You scared her,” Gao Ran said, stepping in to smooth things over.

“Nothing. The name just sounds familiar. I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before.”

Zhang Tianfeng smiled and extended his hand. “Sister Xi, nice to meet you. I’m Zhang Tianfeng.”

“Boss, you can just call me Xiao Huo or Xiao Xi. No need to be so polite.”

After shaking his hand, Huo Wenxi said, “Boss, there’s another group of people waiting outside to show their talents. I’ll head out first.”

“Can I watch from here?”

“Yes. Pull back this curtain and you’ll be able to see and hear everything from the interview room.”

“All right. Go ahead and get busy.”

Huo Wenxi nodded and left. Zhang Tianfeng stared after her for a long time in silence.

Gao Ran came over and warned him with a fierce expression. “Don’t you go thinking any crooked thoughts. I don’t care what you do outside, but if you cause trouble here, I’ll have no choice but to fire Xiao Xi.”

“Do I look like the kind of man who can’t walk when he sees a woman?” Zhang Tianfeng shot her a sidelong glance. “I meant it just now. Her name really does ring a bell, I just can’t remember who she is.”

Gao Ran snorted and went to draw back the curtain, revealing a one-way glass panel.

Huo Wenxi was already seated inside, looking rather serious. In front of her sat two girls, singing and dancing.

At that moment, a flash of insight struck Zhang Tianfeng.

He remembered a highly professional cameraman surnamed Chen.

Of course, Teacher Chen was not the protagonist, only a supporting character. The heroine was the key.

And that heroine had once been one of the Twin Blossoms that swept through Harbor City. Such a breakout star had been discovered by a female agent named Huo Wenxi.

As he thought further, deeper memories surfaced.

He had only come across that news by chance, and it had been tied to Teacher Chen. One of the Twin Blossoms had returned to entertainment after a long absence, and the one pulling the strings behind her comeback was Huo Wenxi.

At the time, Zhang Tianfeng had merely been an internet spectator, hopping around on gossip forums. While searching for material, he had stumbled upon the article.

Everything fit. It was her, the last famous agent in Harbor City.

“Ranran, I’m curious. Where did you find her?”

“It was a coincidence. After the place was set up, I definitely needed someone to manage it, so I posted a recruitment notice. She came.” Gao Ran paused, then added, “Oh, and I offered a pretty high salary.”

The golden age of Harbor City entertainment had been in the eighties and nineties. There were many stars, and many agents as well. It was a battlefield among gods.

Aside from the Four Heavenly Kings, the rest of the stars’ agents did not have an easy time. There was no base salary; everything depended on commission. If the stars they managed had no commercial performances, those agents would not earn a cent.

Gao Ran had offered a base salary, and it was among the highest in all of Harbor City.

When it came to setting wages, she looked at ability, but also mood. Huo Wenxi had made a very good impression on her: diligent, capable, full of ideas, and, most importantly, beautiful. So she had offered her a monthly salary of ten thousand.

One had to know that Huo Wenxi had no experience as an agent at all.

For a newcomer with nothing to her name to get ten thousand, it was no wonder she had said she felt a little embarrassed just now.

“Crazy one, why are you asking all this?”

“Ranran, you really are my lucky goddess. You’ve stumbled upon a treasure.”

Gao Ran was delighted, not because she had found talent, but because Zhang Tianfeng had praised her and even called her his lucky goddess.

Too bad he could not have called her Venus instead.

The two of them chatted as they watched Huo Wenxi interview those promising young people.

After one round, only the two girls from before were kept; everyone else had been eliminated.

Leaving the two girls in the interview room, Huo Wenxi took their files and came to Zhang Tianfeng’s office.

“Boss, you heard them just now. What do you think of those two girls?”

“Why don’t you tell me what you think first?”

“Their voices are one strong and one soft, which is perfect for blending them together. And both of them want to debut as a group. I think it would be worth investing a little to train them.”

“All right, then this will be your decision, Manager Huo.”

Huo Wenxi had not yet come back to herself. It was only as she neared the door that she suddenly stopped.

She turned around and asked timidly, “Wait, Boss, what did you just say?”

“Manager Huo.” Zhang Tianfeng crossed one leg over the other and smiled. “I think your talent is excellent. It shouldn’t be confined to the front desk. Starting today, you are the general manager of Idol Entertainment.”

“You’ll be in charge of human resources and star discovery. The two of us busy people only need to provide the necessary resources and solve related problems for you.”

“Boss, I...” Huo Wenxi choked up for a moment, then nodded hard. “Boss, please rest assured. I will never let you down.”

“Work hard. If everything goes well, you’ll be regularized next month, and I’ll raise your salary again.”

“Yes, thank you, Boss. Thank you, Boss.”

After saying thank you three times in a row, Huo Wenxi finally trotted out.

Gao Ran pouted. “She was clearly an employee I found, and in the blink of an eye you’ve won her over.”

“As long as you pay her salary, that’s enough.”

“But... but I don’t have any money left.”

Gao Ran tugged pitifully at Zhang Tianfeng’s sleeve. “Brother Feng, the investment company my dad gave me still hasn’t turned a profit. Help me out, will you?”

“Didn’t I tell you to buy mainland concept stocks? Don’t tell me you spent the money somewhere else.”

“I bought them, but the principal was too small, and the return came too fast. Now I still have to cover the expenses of Idol Entertainment, and my little stash has been drained dry.”

“Fine. I’ll cover you for two months first. During this time, you can slowly scrape together the money, and when the time comes, I’ll make you rich in one shot.”

“Okay, that’s what you said. I’ll remember it.”

Gao Ran was overjoyed and asked with a smile, “What do we do next?”

“Shoot the commercial, of course. Don’t forget the real reason we came here.”

Earlier, Zhang Tianfeng had been worrying about one thing: who should appear in the ad. If the acting of the chosen person was not up to par, he had even planned to go on himself.

Now it was settled. With Huo Wenxi, plus Gu Zi, who had spent some time in an acting training class, and those two newly signed twin blossoms who were certain to explode in popularity in the future, the lineup was already decided.

Zhang Tianfeng had even come up with the slogan: What should you do if your child’s grades are poor? Find Blue Peak. Blue Peak brand educational toys, guarding your child’s path to further education.

With the plan set, everything moved forward at full speed. From morning until night, the first commercial cut that met Zhang Tianfeng’s standards finally appeared.

After treating everyone to a late-night meal and parting ways, he took his things back to the hotel.

Gao Ran was as usual, occupying the sofa in his room, hugging her knees and eating watermelon.

“Crazy one, didn’t you say you ran into a very interesting little girl before?”

“Yes. We should be heading to her hometown in the next couple of days to visit a very capable and highly respected elder.”

“What about school? Classes are about to start, you know.”

“The usual. I’ll take leave. If they won’t grant it, then I won’t go at all. I’ll find a private tutor to teach me and go back in the second half of the year.”

What he was busy with now was for the sake of having income when he could finally lie flat in the future. Zhang Tianfeng knew exactly what mattered more.

After chatting for a while, the two of them returned to their rooms to rest. Early the next morning, they hurried back to Pearl City.

Before the car had even come to a full stop, Zhang Tianfeng received a call from Wang Tiancai.

“Boss, something huge has happened. The cardboard box factory that handles our packaging has broken off cooperation with us.”