I’m Really a Superstar

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

It was now March.

In Beijing.

It was the season where flowers bloomed in the spring\'s warmth.

About a month had passed and Zhang Ye was finally back at Beijing. Before he reached home, he had already posted on Weibo after arriving at the airport: "I\'m back in Beijing, everything is fine."

The fans actively replied back.

"Wow, Old Zhang is back!"

"Where did you go?"

"Has that problem Tianshan been handled yet? Why didn\'t the news report on it?"

"It\'s good that you\'re back. Teacher Zhang, when are you going to come up with a new show?"

"Your contract with Central TV should almost be up, right? One more month left?"

"Teacher Zhang, you were away for so long!"

"Get back to work quickly, or else you might drop out of the A-list rankings!"

The phone calls came in shortly afterward!

The first call was from Ha Qiqi. "Director Zhang, you\'re back?"

Zhang Ye laughed: "I just got off the plane. How\'s the documentary on the air pollution problem going?"

Ha Qiqi said: "We\'re currently shooting. It\'s almost finished."

Zhang Ye nodded and said: "If there\'s anything you need me for, just tell me."

"Oh right, Director Zhang." Ha Qiqi suddenly said: "When you weren\'t around for all these days, there were quite a lot of people looking for you. Some of them wanted to get you to make advertisements for them, some inquired about your copyrights, and there were all sorts of people looking for you to do commercials. When they couldn\'t get through to you, they contacted our Central TV Documentary Channel instead. You might not know this, but your assistant Little Wang was so busy taking your calls that she couldn\'t get any work done."

Zhang Ye said in embarrassment: "I was a little caught up recently."

Ha Qiqi said helplessly: "When do you intend to get an agent?"

"An agent?" Zhang Ye repeated.

Ha Qiqi laughed dryly. "I think that you should really hire an agent."

"Alright, I\'ll think about it," Zhang Ye said.

After hanging up, a call from the publishing firm came in.

"Teacher Zhang, I\'ve gotten through to you at last!"

"What\'s the matter?"

"The sales for Ghost Blows Out the Light have been performing very well, so we\'ve been thinking of adding a print run for half a month."

"Just do it. I\'ll leave the decision making to you all."

"But no matter what, we still have to inform you. How can we make the decision for such matters on your behalf? And there were also some overseas publishers who inquired about the copyrights to several of your fairy tales. It seems like they are interested in publishing an English and German edition of them, but since they could not get through to you, they contacted us instead. I will send you their contact info in a bit."

"Alright, thank you very much."

Next was a call from Dong Shanshan.

"Zhang\'er, where did you go?"

"Haha, a tour, I just went on a tour."

"You simply disappeared without a care and just left everything for me to handle. When some people couldn\'t get in touch with you, they called me instead and wanted my help to pass their messages along to you. Did I become your agent?"

"Hai, I wasn\'t able to answer any calls recently."

"Check your email. I\'ve already organized and labeled everything for you."

"Thank you, Shanshan. I\'ll treat you to a meal sometime."

"Don\'t give me that, it\'s not necessary. But you really should hire an agent quickly now that you\'re an A-list celebrity. It\'s fine even if you don\'t have a team, but you can\'t possibly not have an agent either, right? It wouldn\'t look good if it got out, but more importantly this really inconveniences everything. When there\'s something for which we need to look for you, you just can\'t be contacted. What happens if something gets delayed?"

"Alright, I will think about it."

"Don\'t think anymore and quickly hire one. Get someone to recommend a few candidates to you. With your current reputation and status, as well as your future development, if people in the industry know that you\'re looking for an agent, there will surely be many people flocking to you. Then you\'ll have a wider range of candidates to pick from and won\'t have to worry about not finding a suitable one."

"OK."

She was the second person today to suggest this to him.

On his way home, Zhang Ye pondered this. He was a small-time celebrity and not famous in the past, so he handled almost everything himself and did not need an agent nor did he consider joining any talent agencies. But as he got more famous and became an A-list celebrity, he had more things to handle as well. Just like now, he had already received many phone calls the moment he arrived back in Beijing. Although Zhang Ye did not intend to accept commercial performances or make advertisements, even so, he needed someone to reject those offers for him, didn\'t he? Everyone constantly calling his office or his old classmate to look for him was not a long-term solution. In fact, it was even causing a lot of trouble for them.

...

Caishikou.

At Zhang Ye\'s parents\' house.

"Dad, Mom, I\'m home." Zhang Ye opened the door and entered the house.

His mother came out to welcome him. She said, "Why did you stay out for so long?"

"Hai, there was something I needed to take care of." Zhang Ye took off his shoes and changed into his slippers.

His father asked, "Where\'s Chenchen and her aunt?"

Zhang Ye said, "They\'re back as well and have already returned home. Her aunt…has fallen sick and will need to rest for a few more days. She will come over in another two days to thank you both for taking care of her child for such a long time."

His mother heaved a sigh of relief. "It\'s fine as long as she\'s alright. The last time she called to leave her seemingly last words gave me a terrible fright." Then she passed a piece of paper to him and said, "By the way, these are the phone numbers that called you in the past half a month. Why did so many of them call our home to look for you? Since your dad was afraid that it would delay your work, he did not neglect anyone who called. He wrote down everything for you, so just take it from here."

Zhang Ye looked down, then exclaimed, "There were this many people who called?"

His mother laughed and said, "You\'re an A-list celebrity, so how can it be the same as before?"

At the mention of this, his father said slightly angrily, "The house phone kept ringing and every caller was looking for you. I wanted to pull out the telephone line because I couldn\'t even have a peaceful afternoon nap at home."

Zhang Ye quickly said, "I\'ll take it from here, I\'ll take it from here."

His mother said, "Let\'s eat first."

"Hai, I\'ll eat after I\'ve finished with all these," Zhang Ye said, stressed.

Back in his own room.

Zhang Ye took a deep breath before beginning his work

The novel\'s authorization for an additional print run? Signed!

The fairy tales\' international copyright? 200,000 RMB for everything? Get lost!

The Voice\'s international copyright authorization? 1 million USD? Goodbye!

An invitation to attend a beverage enterprise\'s 10th anniversary celebrations? Can\'t go!

A managing director of a global top 500 company was getting married and he was invited to be the host of the wedding event? Bye bye!

A commercial endorsement for a condom product? Go away!

One hour…

Three hours…

Five hours…

Zhang Ye was busy handling all the matters from the morning until afternoon! For some commercial performances or jobs, all he needed to do was ignore them and that would be the end of it. But there were many others that he had to reply to one by one. Since they thought so highly of him and even got their people to contact him again and again, Zhang Ye could not possibly just ignore them. Even if he didn\'t intend to take the job or accept their requests, he had to at least give them a reply. But when they knew that it was Zhang Ye calling them back personally, of course they got a little bit excited and couldn\'t help but say a few words. And try to extend the conversation. As such, the time taken to get everything done was dragged out much more than originally intended! This also included some weird people he encountered who wanted to have a long chat with him!

"Little Ye, it\'s time to eat!"

"Son!"

"Quickly come and eat dinner!"

It was already time for dinner.

His parents had to call him three times before Zhang Ye finally came out to join them.

Zhang Ye who had just handled all the outstanding work was extremely exhausted. The moment he came out, he exclaimed, "This won\'t do. I was exhausted by all of that, so I must quickly find myself an agent! Now! Immediately!"

He had no choice but to find one!

Now that he had reached A-list status, he was getting too busy to handle so many things by himself. With his character, he could not possibly take care of all these things every day!

He had to find one!

He had to find one immediately!