Chen Yiyang's words made Song Xi seriously consider.

Sometimes whether you're in the inner circle or not, perhaps isn't that important. After all, the so-called insiders and outsiders, the way to distinguish is still to look at connections.

And in terms of connections, Chen Yiyang seems quite capable.

"What about the treatment?" Song Xi asked, "If we were to sign a contract, how would the revenue be shared?"

"Sixty-forty split, I handle all the initial funding and take sixty percent of the revenue, while you get forty percent. I'll find and assemble the studio's behind-the-scenes personnel, but you can also appoint one or two trustworthy individuals to join. The contract will be signed for five years initially, with the studio having the priority to renew after that."

Chen Yiyang's offered terms were indeed sincere.

Song Xi was somewhat tempted.

She finally asked, "Do you have any thoughts about my career plan?"

"Well?" Chen Yiyang scratched his head.

He truly had nothing in mind.

In the future, if there's an opportunity to stumble upon film investments, perhaps he could use that chance to recommend Song Xi.

As for anything else?

Chen Yiyang had no idea either.

He initially planned to hire a professional agent to manage things once Song Xi returned home.

"What's your own idea?" Chen Yiyang inquired of Song Xi.

Song Xi aiming to reach the level of a second-tier actress definitely requires more than just appearance.

"Recently, Tengxu is working on a talent show called 'Produce 101', aiming to create a domestic girl group. I think it's a great opportunity and want to join in.

I originally planned to return to my country after seeing this news to develop my career."

"Hold on, let me check."

Chen Yiyang checked and found out that Tengxu indeed had plans for this show, and had invested a lot of resources in the preliminary stage.

Currently, they are roping in various small entertainment companies, asking them to push their idols into this show for a new debut.

In this way, the quality of the contestants in the show can be somewhat assured, being neither famous celebrities everyone recognizes nor complete amateurs.

If one could debut from this show, the group would remain active for at least two years post-debut. Tengxu would manage the girl group's development for these two years. After disbanding, they'd return to their respective companies.

If that's the case, Chen Yiyang wouldn't need to recruit a very professional team upfront, allowing time to gather talent to build an agency and studio team.

He could take over Song Xi's management work once the girl group disbanded.

"I'll reach out to my connections and see if I can get you into this show," Chen Yiyang responded to Song Xi.

"Okay." Song Xi nodded in agreement, "If it works out, I can agree to a seven-year contract, taking thirty percent in the first three years, and forty percent in the following four years."

After their agreement, Chen Yiyang returned to his apartment.

He then called Gong Fan, asking if he knew anyone at Tengxu.

"The people from Tengxu Entertainment Department have been inviting me to meals lately," Gong Fan said, "They want to invest in the second part of 'Earth Wander' and discuss further development of related sci-fi works by writer Liu."

"How about this," Chen Yiyang said, "Could you bring me along next time you meet them?"

"Sure," Gong Fan said, "We've planned to have a meal together tomorrow afternoon, you should join us then."

"Tomorrow afternoon huh, I'm currently in South Korea, let me check the flights." Chen Yiyang looked up the flight schedule and found that he could make it in time.

After all, South Korea and the Imperial Capital are quite close, easy to get to anytime.

So, Chen Yiyang nodded and agreed.

That night, Chen Yiyang asked the accountant to stay in South Korea and handle the contract with Huang Zaihao alongside Zhang Yida.

Meanwhile, he bought a ticket to fly to Shan City by himself.

He planned to take some antiques he bought in Shan City to see if he could use some connections to solve this matter.

Then he could fly from Shan City to the Imperial Capital the next day, still in time.

Around two in the morning.

The plane landed in Shan City.

Originally, Chen Yiyang wanted to lay back and take a nap in the car.

But, honestly, the roads in Shan City made it impossible to rest properly.

So, Chen Yiyang had to pull himself together and looked through today's scrap-hunting intel.

Up until now, Shan City had only given Chen Yiyang bits of small antiques to hunt, so he didn't hold much hope.

Yet, today's scrap-hunting info seemed a bit different.

Today's intel: Lost Ministry of War Seal: Shan City's Linbei District, Fallen Leaves Apartment 902 houses the Qing Dynasty's lost Ministry of War Seal. Grab to catch a break.

The map for the relevant location is attached on the second page.

Ministry of War Seal?

Frankly, Chen Yiyang felt a bit bewildered looking at today's intel.

He couldn't believe his eyes.

The Qing Dynasty's Ministry of War Seal, supposedly inside a Shan City apartment?

Then, upon carefully checking the address, a sentence popped into his mind.

The intel today couldn't have gotten it wrong, right?

Isn't Fallen Leaves Apartment 902 the place where I've been staying in Shan City?

Could it be just like the last house I rented, hiding something in the bedside cabinet's compartment?

Feeling dumbfounded, Chen Yiyang urged the driver to take him back to the apartment ASAP.

Upon opening the apartment door, he followed the map from the intel to find the so-called Qing Dynasty Ministry of War Seal: a large silver sphere.

This silver sphere was given to him by Sun Xingguo last time.

Sun Xingguo said it was a family heirloom, expressing gratitude to Chen Yiyang for his prior help and thus presented it to him.

Since silver isn't worth much now and this piece isn't an official silver coin antique, Chen Yiyang just casually stored it somewhere in the room.

Unexpectedly, today's scrap-hunting intel indicated this sphere actually might be a Ministry of War Seal?

Could it be that the Qing Dynasty's lost Ministry of War Seal is hidden inside the sphere?

Suppressing his drowsiness, Chen Yiyang sat in front of the computer to look up if there was indeed a missing Ministry of War Seal from the Qing Dynasty.

This research actually led him to find something.

Overall, it was an absurd theft case.

Generally, the Ministry of War in the Qing Dynasty had two seals.

One was the hall seal, used only within the Ministry of War premises.

Another was the field seal, used by the supervising officer during tours.

The lost one was the field seal.

On March 8, 1820, Jiaqing set out from the Imperial Capital to Qing East Mausoleum to pay respects to Qianlong Mausoleum when the accompanying Grand Scholar reported the loss of the Ministry of War's field seal.

Jiaqing then ordered a search, ultimately the seal couldn't be found in the Ministry's warehouse.

Subsequently, Jiaqing ordered the Ministry's clerks and night watchmen to be detained and questioned, yielding no results initially.

Eventually, after over a month's investigation, the truth was uncovered.

Turns out the Ministry's field seal had already been lost a year prior.

Back when Jiaqing held a hunt a year ago, the person responsible for the field seal wanted to go out for some fun and left the seal with the clerk.

This clerk, weary from rushing through the night, tucked the seal into his pouch hanging in the tent and fell asleep.

Upon waking, he found the seal had vanished.

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