Chapter 044 Changing Agents
Xie Xinglan said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Chi, call me again and I will make you anything delicious."
"You would do it for me even if I didn't ask you to." Xie Chi said with a smile.
"..." Xie Xinglan coaxed Xie Chi for a long time, but Xie Chi just smiled, calling him brother left and right, each time more heartfelt than the last, but he didn't mention the two words before.
Xie Chi soon regretted this act, because his brother seemed to be absent-minded and used too much force, so the food was very salty.
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After dinner, the APP rang again.
[It is detected that your broker has died. Do you need to randomly change the broker? 】
【After confirmation, the APP will randomly assign a broker to you. 】
Xie Chi immediately clicked [No. ].
After Zhou Tong's death, he no longer had an agent, but it was clear that he needed an agent who would not trip him up , or he could just be his own agent. The randomly assigned agents were of varying quality, and Xie Chi was unwilling to choose one. After all, it would be troublesome to meet someone like Zhou Tong again.
[You have rejected the random assignment of a broker. Now the page will jump to the broker's self-selection. ]
A hundred or so agents with names and surnames appeared on the screen . Xie Chi randomly clicked on one and the information was very clear - Zheng Yuan, male, a purple-titled actor, a ghost film expert, good at selecting ghost films, and rich experience in ghost films.
Zheng Yuan required his artists to hand over 18% of the points from each copy as compensation.
Zhang An, male, is a blue-titled actor himself. He has filmed two haunted house films. Actors who are interested in haunted house themes can choose him.
Zhang An required his artists to hand over 8% of the points from each copy as compensation.
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The more Xie Chi looked, the tighter his brows furrowed. With his current level, he could apply to almost all agents, but the agents with a little fame and level charged relatively high fees. The lowest required 5% of the points for each copy, and the highest even exceeded 30%. Of course, judging from the information, the higher the required remuneration, the better the level of the agent.
Xie Chi tried a precise search and found that there were very few all-round agents. Ninety-five percent of them specialized in one or two or three subjects, which was different from what he wanted.
Moreover, the cost of hiring an all-round broker is about 10% more expensive than that of a specialized broker. The cheapest one, the one with a blue title, requires 15% of the points.
It seems not feasible to find an agent. Compared with relying on others to give him advice in the dungeon, Xie Chi is more accustomed to relying on himself. Moreover, people's hearts are hidden. He doesn't know those people. The interests involved seem reliable, and he has to give in when it comes to grudges and love.
If the agent told him wrong information because of some hidden grudges and selfishness, it would be fatal to him. Xie Chi would not put his life in the hands of others.
Xie Chi searched for himself as an agent again, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
He first needs to submit 100 points to apply to become an agent, and then he must continue to spend points to upgrade his agent level before he is eligible to select higher quality horror films. When his application is successful, he can only select shoddy horror films for himself. If he wants mediocre horror films to be available to him, he needs to spend 50 points. Later on, to release the mediocre horror films, he needs to spend 100 points.
Moreover, for the horror films available for selection, other information besides the names and themes needs to be purchased by the agent by spending extra points.
It can be said that this is a completely different upgrade system. No wonder the agents have to charge the actors. Calculated this way, 5% is actually very conscientious. Of course, Zhou Tong's previous request for 50% was blatant robbery.
The income of a low-level agent is not high, because most of the new actors under them are cannon fodder. It is considered good to earn 10 points after a movie. Even if the agent gets 50%, it is only 5 points. That's why Zhou Tong wanted him to join so much before, because he got 230 points.
In this comparison, the income from being an agent is far less than that from making a horror movie yourself.
There is a strict limit on the number of people under a senior agent. For agents with purple titles and above, one person can only have a maximum of two actors under him.
[You have seven days to consider. If you still don’t have an agent after seven days, the APP will randomly assign an agent to you to help you get into the next horror movie. ]
Xie Chi sneered. The agent system was indeed unreasonable. For someone like him, he didn't need an agent to tell him what to do. All he wanted was a direct connection between actors and horror movies. An agent was like an intermediary, standing between actors and horror movies, forcing him to pay points to let the intermediary pick horror movies.
Xie Chi felt a bit stuck in his throat.
He... is an orphan player.
With seven days to spare, Xie Chi was not in a hurry to make a choice. He returned to his study, turned on his computer and was about to judge the pros and cons of the two options when the cell phone on the table rang again. Xie Chi glanced at it.
[Your current title is blue, which means you have reached the standard. Congratulations on having your own office. The office was decorated last night and you can enter at any time.]
[The function of the office: You can send invitations to people you know through the mobile APP, and after the other party agrees, it can be immediately sent to the office. ]
Previously, Zhou Tong sent an invitation to Xie Chi. After Xie Chi confirmed it, he immediately appeared at the door of Zhou Tong's office. Now Xie Chi also has such an office, and it will be more convenient to meet people he met on the APP.
Just as Xie Chi was about to pass it over to take a look, he received an invitation from Lu Wen.
Lu Wen: Xie Chi, Jingzi is also in my office. Are you free? Come over and get together? Jingzi has something to tell you.
Xie Chi had nothing to do anyway, so he swiped his finger and clicked OK.
The first time is unfamiliar, the second time is familiar. Xie Chi looked at the office that appeared in front of him without being surprised. He knocked on the door twice, and the whispers in the room immediately stopped. Xie Chi frowned slightly, feeling a little strange.
"Brother Xie, come in quickly!" Yan Jing finally said.
His voice was a little shaky, and he seemed a little... nervous?
Xie Chi brushed off the doubts in his mind, pushed the door open and glanced inside the room. Lu Wen's office layout was exactly the same as Zhou Tong's, except that it was half the size of Zhou Tong's. APP probably took into account Zhou Tong's status as an agent and gave him a larger office.
"What the hell!" Yan Jing glanced towards the door, his eyes widened instantly, and he immediately turned to look at Lu Wen for confirmation.
Lu Wen nodded at him secretly and lowered his voice: "He is Xie Chi."
Yan Jing was stunned.
Yan Jing moved a computer swivel chair and sat next to Lu Wen. Xie Chi walked over and asked in confusion: "What the hell are you talking about?"
The handsome face was infinitely magnified, and Yan Jing couldn't bear it for a moment: "Brother, don't come over, stand further away, let me slow down."
Xie Chi's body froze, and he looked at Lu Wen blankly, asking him what was going on with his eyes.
Lu Wen touched his nose, did not answer, and smiled secretly.
After Yan Jing left "Zombie Lover", he was no longer a zombie and returned to his original appearance. However, due to his zombie bloodline, his appearance did seem to be a little uglier. Xie Chi showed some sympathy in his eyes. Fortunately, Yan Jing did not look in the mirror.
"Brother, I just looked in the mirror!" Yan Jing felt Xie Chi's expression for the first time, and felt the teasing in it, and said in shame and anger. He was wondering why Xie Chi was laughing when he talked to him about zombie bloodline, but now he understood everything.
"You can't see, why are you looking in the mirror--" Xie Chi suddenly stopped talking and met Yan Jing's eyes, which were focused.
Xie Chi looked at Lu Wen suddenly.
Lu Wen moved a chair for him and explained, "He made a new wish on the wish interface, temporarily regaining his sight for three minutes, 10 points."
Xie Chi sat down, and his long legs seemed to have nowhere to put.
"Brother, you said before that you are average looking!" Yan Jing looked at him and accused angrily.
Xie Chi laughed twice, not feeling guilty at all for fooling the blind man, and calmly changed the subject: "Why did you spend your points? Don't you want to fulfill the wish you made when you came in?"
Yan Jing glanced at Lu Wen and announced with a smile: "My wish has been fulfilled."
Xie Chi was startled: "It's done?"
Lu Wen explained for Yan Jing: "His wish only cost 200 points. By the end of Zombie Lover, he already had 461 points. After completing that wish, he still had 261 points left. He spent 10 points just to get a glimpse of us."
Xie Chi nodded: "Don't you want to make a practical wish?"
Lu Wen said: "This kid's wishes are all fleeting. He came here just to see his deceased grandfather."
Xie Chi was a little surprised, but when he thought of what Taoist Lianxi said about Yan Jing, he was relieved and asked, "Now that your wish has been fulfilled, can you unbind the app and leave?"
Yan Jing nodded: "Yes, APP asked me before."
Xie Chi suddenly realized that Yan Jing wanted to see them for the last time before leaving.
Xie Chi smiled and was about to wish him a happy new life when Yan Jing suddenly said, "I actually made a practical wish."
Xie Chi was stunned: "What?"
Yan Jing and Lu Wen looked at each other, a little embarrassed, and said, "Brother Xie, isn't your agent dead? Brother Lu and I have been thinking about this for two hours. It's too expensive for you to hire a good agent, and you don't really need one. The agent just needs to provide you with correct information. If you become your own agent, you have to pay points, which is not cost-effective and troublesome. If you had that much free time, you could have made many more films. I don't know what your wish is, but I can see that you must be very eager to realize it."
"So... I still had 250 points left, so I spent 100 to register as a broker, and used the remaining 150 to buy something mediocre or something that has no flaws."
Xie Chi paused.
"After that, when you level up, the APP will reward me with points. When I have nothing to do, I can also go to the low-level zombie base to save points. Anyway, I have zombie bloodline now, so I will have no problem surviving in that kind of base. I will definitely be able to save enough points to make higher-quality horror movies. You don't have to worry about this. I'm not the same Jingzi as before, and I will definitely not drag you down. Moreover, I think that compared to others, I understand Brother Xie, and Brother Xie trusts me relatively well. I can also use points to trade with other agents for the information Brother Xie wants." Yan Jing was a little nervous, afraid of being rejected, and lowered his head, not daring to look at Xie Chi.
There was a hint of emotion in Xie Chi's eyes.
Yan Jing did not wait for a decisive reply, and stammered, "Brother Lu is over 800 now. He said that he can change his agent when he gets over 1,000 points, so he changed his agent and asked me to be his agent. Brother Xie, if you don't need me, don't feel pressured, just tell me, and it will be the same if I stay and become Brother Lu's agent. After all, you saved my life, and I feel embarrassed to leave without saying a word. I can't get over it. Besides, if I go back, there will be no relatives in that world..."
The more Yan Jing spoke, the darker his eyes became.
Xie Chi suddenly said: "Okay."
He understood what Yan Jing meant. Yan Jing stayed to repay him, and he acted first and asked for his permission later because he was afraid that he would be unwilling. In order to relieve him of the burden, he pushed the responsibility to Lu Wen.
Xie Chi burst out laughing.
Yan Jing thought Xie Chi had refused, and thought to himself, "As expected." He looked at Lu Wen aggrievedly, wanting to be comforted.
Xie Chi suddenly raised his eyes, smiling: "Are you planning to sell them all to me later? What if I stay here for three to five years..."
Yan Jing said quickly: "It doesn't matter how many years it takes! Brother, you protected me before, now it's my turn to help you, it's only natural!"
"And I won't lose out! If you become a movie king in the future, my bonus points will be so much that I can make any wish I want! We have to work hard now so that we can enjoy a comfortable old age. By then, I will be the movie king's agent."
Xie Chi stood up and said with a frank smile: "Manager Yan, welcome to join us."
