At that moment, Jiang Chen smiled and said softly, "Since they've all said so, you might as well take it."

"Okay, thank you, Director Chen, I will work hard!" Yè Yùwǎn joyfully accepted the contract.

Chen Guoqiang breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Director Jiang, if there's nothing else, I'll head out first."

"Okay!" Jiang Chen nodded.

Chen Guoqiang took two steps back, turned around, and left the office, closing the door behind him.

"Brother-in-law, this is all thanks to your influence!" Yè Yùwǎn shook the contract in her hand and looked at Jiang Chen teasingly.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "Although the contract is signed, you have to work hard! Opportunities can come through connections, but success must be achieved through effort!"

"Mm! I will, I won't let you down, brother-in-law!" Yè Yùwǎn nodded vigorously.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled, then said self-deprecatingly, "With a brother-in-law like me, you're doing well not to feel ashamed."

"No way!" Yè Yùwǎn shook her head, "If they look down on you, brother-in-law, it's because they're blind. I've seen how outstanding you are!"

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly. His previous remark was sparked by Yè Yùwǎn's sudden comment, and he didn't want to continue on this topic, so he left it at that.

Yè Yùwǎn's eyes twinkled, and she walked over to Jiang Chen with a light laugh, took his arm, and shook it gently, "Brother-in-law, why don't you become my agent?"

"Ah? How can I be your agent?" Jiang Chen was surprised.

Yè Yùwǎn raised her head, "Why can't you be my agent? What, do you, as a big general manager, feel it's beneath you to be my agent?"

"No, it's just..." Jiang Chen shook his head, about to explain when Yè Yùwǎn interrupted, "If it's not that, then it's settled—you're it. If you don't agree, I'll go back and tell my sister that you're the general manager here!"

"Ah!" Jiang Chen looked at Yè Yùwǎn with a speechless expression.

Yè Yùwǎn raised an eyebrow, "So, what do you say? Will you be my agent?"

"Fine then!" Jiang Chen, feeling helpless, shook his head and agreed.

"Yay!"

Yè Yùwǎn excitedly made a victory sign, and Jiang Chen smiled at her amusedly, reaching out to pat her head.

"Don't pat my head, I'm not a child anymore!" Yè Yùwǎn protested, slapping Jiang Chen's hand away but her face flushed red.

Jiang Chen smiled gently, feeling a bit consoled. In the entire Jiang Family, probably only this girl truly treated him as family—even though Ye Jingyi...

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen's eyes dimmed slightly.

...

After leaving Sihai Entertainment, Yè Yùwǎn happily returned to the Ye Family.

In fact, Yè Yùwǎn was not Yè Tiānmíng's biological sister. She was an orphan adopted by the Ye Family, whose parents had an accident when she was young. She was taken in by Ye Jianchang and became his daughter. Normally, she lived at school, but now that she had graduated, she moved back home.

"Yu Wan is back? How did the interview go?" Ye Jianchang greeted her with a smile as Yè Yùwǎn entered.

Yè Yùwǎn smiled sweetly, "I passed the interview. The company made me a signed artist right away, skipping the trainee phase. And our director said they're going to start on my packaging right away, to nurture me well."

"Oh, really? Our Ye Family is going to produce a big star!" Ye Jianchang exclaimed joyfully.

Grandpa Ye, feeling very much comforted, laughed heartily, "Haha, now our Yu Wan will be on television. Yu Wan, you must tell Grandpa when you'll be on TV, and I will definitely be watching you on the screen."

"Okay!" Yè Yùwǎn nodded with a sweet smile.

"Yu Wan, really? You're not being fooled by someone outside, right? There are so many scammers in the entertainment industry these days," Yè Tiānmíng said with a hint of jealousy and curled his lips.

Yè Yùwǎn gave Yè Tiānmíng a look and ignored her.

"Right." Yè Tiānmíng then looked at Yè Yùwǎn with confusion, "Liu Lulu just called me saying that waste Jiang Chen also went to Sihai Entertainment and caused trouble there. What's that about?"

Yè Yùwǎn was startled but breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't hear Yè Tiānmíng mention that Jiang Chen was the general manager. It seemed that Liu Lulu hadn't told them about Jiang Chen being Sihai Entertainment's general manager, or else their reaction would have been different.

"My brother-in-law was also there for an audition. Someone in the company tried to bully me, and my brother-in-law helped me," said Yè Yùwǎn, quickly finding an explanation. Then she added softly, "I've asked my brother-in-law to be my agent, so now he's also at Sihai Entertainment."

Yè Tiānmíng's expression changed, and he contemptuously said, "Why would you make that loser your agent?"

"Exactly, he's sponging off women too slickly, not even sparing his own sister-in-law. Clearly, he's trying to use your momentum to rise," Ye Jianchang chimed in coldly.

Ye Jianchang's wife, Li Cuilian, nodded and said, "Yu Wan, you're just too soft-hearted. How could you let that freeloader be your agent? You… Never mind, just find an excuse to fire him later. That kind of person shouldn't be around you."

"What excuse? Call the company now and fire him. Lending clout to someone like him is ridiculous. He doesn't deserve it!" snapped Grandma Ye coldly.

Grandpa Ye looked at Grandma Ye and said gently, "Jiang Chen is actually rather decent. Let him have a try."

"Decent? He's nothing but a freeloader, what's decent about that!" Grandma Ye glared at Grandpa Ye.

Grandpa Ye fell oddly silent.

"Oh come on, we're all family here, what's with all this?" Yu Wan waved her hands in annoyance. "Obviously, you want someone you know to be the agent. I'm a newcomer. What if I get sold by someone I don't know?" Yè Yùwǎn explained, "Let's just let my brother-in-law do it, at least he won't sell me."

"Sell you? He wouldn't dare!" Tian Ming said fiercely. "If he dares to sell you, I'll kill him!"

Yè Yùwǎn looked at Yè Tiānmíng with contempt. You? With a single leg, my brother-in-law could kill you without using his hands!

"Alright, alright, Yu Wan has agreed, let's just leave it at that," Grandpa Ye spoke up again.

"Fine, we'll leave it for now," Jian Chang said with a dark face. "Wait until Yu Wan becomes famous, then we'll replace him. We absolutely can't let that waste ride on our family's coattails."

Yè Yùwǎn was somewhat speechless, thinking to herself that they had all misjudged him. It wasn't he who was using her momentum, she was clearly using his.

As she thought, an idea dawned on her. With such a good brother-in-law who Jing Yi didn't appreciate, maybe I could...

...

After half a month of packaging and promotion, Sihai Entertainment released a single for Yè Yùwǎn. However, the market's response was lukewarm following the release.

"Yu Wan, you are very beautiful, but maybe singing isn't the right path for you. Why don't you try acting? With your looks, you would definitely become a star," Chen Guoqiang suggested softly to Yè Yùwǎn with his assistant in tow.

Yè Yùwǎn shook her head, "I don't want to be an actress. Singing has been my passion since childhood, and the stage is my dream. I want to be a singer."

Regretfully, Chen Guoqiang could do nothing but leave with his assistant.

Slowly, a rumor began to circulate within the company, suggesting Yè Yùwǎn was only able to stand firm in the company because of Jiang Chen. Otherwise, where would a newcomer have the right to choose her own path? Wanting to be a singer despite failing at singing meant she was obviously making things difficult for the company with Jiang Chen's clout.

As this rumor spread wildly within the company, Yè Yùwǎn initially did not take it seriously. But as the rumor grew more widespread and persistent, she began to panic and hastily sought out Jiang Chen in the general manager's office.

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