Elder brother's garrison

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"Admiral Lu Lin..."

The older women knelt gently beside Xiaobai, pressing their full bodies against hers. Their faces showed a hint of concern and affection, and their soft, sweet voices emanated from her as her hands touched Xiaobai, like alluring little snakes slithering into her ears.

In that instant, it was as if surrounded by a myriad of flowers.

It has a kind of imperial-level enjoyment.

"I'm fine, thank you, thank you all... um... thank you..." Xiaobai quickly gave the older women around her a wry smile.

“Admiral Lu Lin, they are also female artists in our company.” The manager surnamed Chen stepped forward at the right time and introduced them to Xiao Bai. “We heard that you were coming, so we found an opportunity to let them meet you. We hope you don’t mind.”

"Huh? Are they actresses too?"

"Yes, Admiral Lu Lin, you came at just the right time the last few times, so you didn't get to meet them, did you?" The leader surnamed Chen said, bowing and nodding. "These are female artists that our company is heavily investing in cultivating. What do you think?"

"Oh……"

Xiao Bai's gaze swept over the older women in cheongsams around her.

Xiao Bai was wondering why there were so many beautiful girls in a proper conference room. Now, after Director Chen's explanation, she finally understood that these were actresses like Lu Ming.

However, looking at these girls' faces, Xiaobai searched his memory but couldn't recall anything about them. They all seemed to be new actresses who had just started training and hadn't yet started taking on many jobs.

"Admiral Lu Lin, what do you think?" the leader surnamed Chen asked nervously.

"Huh? Me?" Xiaobai was taken aback. She subconsciously said, "They're a group of very pretty older sisters... but not as pretty as Miss Luming."

After Xiaobai finished speaking...

The actresses who were brewing tea twitched at the corner of their mouths, their hands trembled, and the teacups accidentally tipped over, spilling scalding hot tea onto the tea tray.

"Are you alright?" Xiao Bai asked the actress who had knocked over the teacup with great concern.

"...No, it's nothing..." The actress, whose face was being questioned by Xiaobai, couldn't quite maintain her composure. Her eyes twitched slightly, but she still tried her best to bow respectfully to Xiaobai. "Admiral Lu Lin, I'm very sorry, I knocked over the teacup..."

"Oh dear, how could you be so careless! This is top-grade Da Hong Pao tea!" Before Xiao Bai could speak, the leader surnamed Chen muttered a complaint about the actress, then bowed and smiled at Xiao Bai, "Admiral Lu Lin, this girl is clumsy and learns everything slowly. I'll give her a good scolding later, so please don't take it to heart!"

"It's alright." Xiaobai waved his hand and smiled slightly at the actress. "Just don't get burned by the hot water."

"Sigh... Admiral Lu Lin is right." The leader surnamed Chen sighed and continued to speak to Xiao Bai, "Admiral Lu Lin, you know we used to be a small company. Ever since we accidentally discovered Lu Ming through an agent and made her an overnight sensation, our company has been trying to replicate her miracle. Therefore, we have spent a lot of resources signing and training many female artists who resemble Lu Ming... Sigh, but you just hit the nail on the head. No matter how we select, how many professionals we hire to manage, or how much effort we put into training, we still haven't been able to train a female artist as perfect as Lu Ming! These girls are ultimately a huge step below Lu Ming."

"Oh..." Xiaobai cautiously turned his head to look at the expressions of the actresses around him.

When the leader surnamed Chen mentioned that they were a step below Lu Ming, most of the actresses had a frustrated expression on their faces, as if they were "unhappy to be evaluated in this way, but had no choice but to accept the reality."

"Admiral Lu Lin!" Just then, the leader surnamed Chen called out Xiao Bai's name once again.

"Hmm? What is it?" Xiaobai looked up.

"Um... haha!" The leader surnamed Chen rubbed his hands together, looking a little embarrassed, but still asked Xiaobai, "In your opinion, what aspects of these girls could be improved? I really want to hear your opinion!"

"My opinion?" Xiaobai pointed to himself.

"Yes!" The leader surnamed Chen nodded. "You have a globally popular ship girl group under your command. In the field of evaluating female artists, we believe your suggestions are very valuable!"

"Ah... I see..." Xiaobai finally understood after hearing this.

Xiao Bai had been wondering why the leaders of Luming Company were so enthusiastic towards him, and now he realized that they really did need his help.

Thinking about it this way, it makes perfect sense.

After all, in the eyes of this group, Xiaobai is the founder of the Kantai Collection girl group, so Xiaobai's vision for female artists is, in a sense, the trend of the hottest trend today. Listening to Xiaobai's advice on the cultivation of female artists is not wrong.

"Admiral Lu Lin, could you please share your opinions?" the leader surnamed Chen asked eagerly. "For example, what aspects of these girls need improvement?"

"Well..." Xiaobai looked around with some difficulty.

The actresses around him also cast meaningful glances at Xiaobai.

"Please don't be shy! Speak up!" The leader surnamed Chen looked expectant. "Is it really her face? Or her figure? Or perhaps her cultural refinement and temperament?"

"..." Xiao Bai sighed helplessly, then shook his head at the leader surnamed Chen, "It won't work..."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"This isn't a question of whether or not to improve," Xiaobai said regretfully to the leader surnamed Chen. "I know you probably really want to mass-produce top stars like Miss Luming, but please forgive my bluntness, you'd better give up on this idea."

Chapter 2520 Lu Ming Resigns

"Huh? What makes you say that?" When the leader surnamed Chen heard Xiao Bai's words, he was stunned and looked puzzled.

“Miss Lu Ming is inimitable; she is one of a kind,” Xiao Bai said to the leader surnamed Chen.

"Of course we know that, but we just hope to figure out why Lu Ming became so popular, and then use those reasons to develop a formulaic training program..." the leader surnamed Chen quickly explained.

“Give up, it won’t work.” Before the leader surnamed Chen could finish speaking, Xiao Bai gently raised her hand to stop him and shook her head at him. “I’m sorry for dampening your enthusiasm, but… since you really want to hear my advice, I think you shouldn’t try to cultivate female stars with the goal of imitating Miss Lu Ming anymore… that won’t work.”

"...Why?" The leader surnamed Chen put down his hands, looking completely bewildered.

"I don't know how to explain this to you..." Xiaobai smiled wryly.

Why did Lu Ming become so popular?

Aside from her exceptional acting talent, there's another very important reason... because she's a ship girl!

Ship girl-level looks, ship girl-level figures, ship girl-level unique temperament, as well as the pure heart and gentle and humble personality unique to ship girls—all these ship girl elements combined are another major reason why Lu Ming can become so popular in human society!

It's not that humans are necessarily inferior to ship girls, but rather that the wonderful qualities that ship girls possess are so rare that they are one in a million among humans. How much more so when all these wonderful qualities are gathered in one girl?

Therefore, Lu Ming's popularity is inseparable from her identity as a ship girl.

Apart from Lu Ming's direct agent, no one else in Lu Ming's company knew about Lu Ming's identity as a ship girl. Their attempt to summarize Lu Ming's charm and select girls from among humans who were close to Lu Ming in order to replicate Lu Ming's success was futile.

Even if they eventually figure out what makes Lu Ming so charming, they will never find a second human actress who matches Lu Ming's characteristics.

Ship girls, regardless of their own wishes, are inherently designed to be admired and loved by humans.

At least in this respect, humans really can't compare to ship girls.

"Is there really no hope at all?" The leader surnamed Chen looked at Xiaobai's bitter smile, trying to seize the last glimmer of hope.

"I advise you to honestly give up on imitating Lu Ming," Xiao Bai nodded. "Why not try developing other types of actresses? That would be more promising than what you're doing now."

“…Sigh…” Upon hearing this, the leader surnamed Chen lowered his head helplessly. “Since Admiral Lu Lin has said so…then…we will seriously consider your opinion.”

"I'm sorry, I've shattered your dreams," Xiaobai said apologetically.

"Admiral Lu Lin, we are already honored that you can speak so frankly with us." The leader surnamed Chen let out a long sigh and smiled wryly at Xiaobai. "Actually, even before today, we had a vague feeling that no matter how many resources we spent to find female artists similar to Lu Ming, no matter how exquisite their packaging and training, when they were actually compared with Lu Ming, there would still be a huge gap between them... At first, we thought this feeling was due to our company's lack of ability, but after Admiral Lu Lin's guidance, we can probably understand it now... It seems that Lu Ming is truly an inimitable and unsurpassable female artist."

"It's something that no human can imitate," Xiaobai added with a smile, holding up one finger.

"Haha, Admiral Lu Lin, you're quite humorous." The leader surnamed Chen chuckled. "We're not like you, a high-ranking admiral. We can only dream about ship girl idols; we don't have the means to actually recruit ship girls as celebrities."

"..." Xiaobai smiled.

"Our conversation with Admiral Lu Lin has been incredibly beneficial," the leader surnamed Chen said gratefully to Xiao Bai. "We are truly grateful for your righteous words!"

"I didn't really help you much..." Xiaobai said apologetically.

"No way! Admiral Lu Lin, you just proved it for us yourself!" the leader surnamed Chen quickly said. "There can't possibly be another Lu Ming in this world! So, rounding up, it's practically the same as our company's Lu Ming having no competitors! From this point of view, we can say we have absolutely no worries!"

That's certainly true.

"Hahaha! The more I think about it, the happier I get!" The manager surnamed Chen laughed heartily, hands on his hips, his face beaming with satisfaction. "Lu Ming is one of our company's female artists, that's wonderful! Although we can't replicate her achievements, having her in our company will definitely lead us to the top, to become world-class..."

Just as the leader surnamed Chen was envisioning the future.

dong dong dong...

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps approached from outside the conference room.

boom!

The door was pushed open by an employee whose face turned pale.

"Chairman! Something terrible has happened! This is a terrible situation!!!" The employee shouted in alarm as soon as he entered the room.

"What's the big deal! Can't you see we're still chatting with Admiral Lu Ming..." The manager surnamed Chen frowned, looking at the employee who pushed open the door with an unhappy expression.

"Lu Ming just submitted her resignation!!!" The employee screamed loudly before the manager surnamed Chen could finish speaking.

Lu Ming submitted his resignation!

I've submitted my resignation!

Resignation letter!

Apply!

……

The employees' shouts instantly filled the entire conference room and reached the ears of everyone present.

The leader surnamed Chen stared wide-eyed at the shouting employee, along with the entire row of leaders behind him.

"You...you said...what???"

"Lu Ming resigned! She's resigning!!" an employee screamed.

"..."

Upon hearing this, the leader surnamed Chen felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His head spun, and then he let out a strange twitching sound, his limbs curled up, and he fell backward.

"Hey!! Chairman!"

"Chairman, wake up!"

"Chairman"

Shouts came from the leadership team in the conference room.

The once quiet meeting room instantly descended into chaos.

……

After half an hour.

Outside Lu Ming's dressing room, employees stood in layers.

"The end of the world! The end of the world is coming!!!"

The manager surnamed Chen, with an IV drip in his mouth and supported by a group of people, staggered to the door of the dressing room. Tears streaming down his face, he wailed at the closed door, "Lu Ming!!! Why! Why did you betray us?! What did our company ever do to wrong you? We gave you all our best resources! You were the lifeblood of our company, how could you—hiccup!!!"

The leader surnamed Chen was speaking when a surge of passion suddenly rose within him, and his entire face instantly turned a deep liver color.

"Oh no! The chairman is about to faint again!"

"Quickly, quick, bring the ventilator over here!"

The employees around the leader surnamed Chen immediately started shouting and scrambling around.

Outside Lu Ming's dressing room, the scene was chaotic and noisy, like a bustling market.

at the same time.

Inside Lu Ming's dressing room, the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

Lu Ming sat obediently in the chair with her head down, her hands placed properly on her lap, her legs pressed together, as reserved as a student being called on by the teacher in class.

Before the deer's cry.

Xiaobai stood with Veneto and her makeup team, all silently watching her with complicated expressions.

No one spoke in the dressing room at that moment.

The atmosphere seemed to freeze to an extreme.

The air was filled with the sound of pages being turned.

Lu Ming's agent blocked the doorway with his burly body, looking down at the handwritten papers in his hand.

Compared to Lu Ming's manager's robust physique, the handwritten paper in his hand looked remarkably small.

"Ugh."

After looking at the paper in his hand over and over several times, Lu Ming's agent sighed.

Lu Ming's agent slowly walked up to the crowd and placed the papers back on the table.

Everyone looked up.

On the table lay a white sheet of paper covered with neat and elegant handwriting. The top line, written in black ink, read "Resignation Application," and the bottom signature was the neatly written "Lu Ming."

“Logically speaking, Lu Ming, I should have represented the company to celebrate your discharge from the hospital.” Lu Ming’s manager put his hands behind his back, paced around in circles, and said slowly in a deep voice, “However… things have developed to this point, which is really beyond all of our expectations.”

"I'm sorry," Lu Ming said to his manager, looking up with deep remorse.

"Don't apologize to me yet." The manager frowned and said to Lu Ming, "Lu Ming, you should know that this isn't an ordinary job. As our company's top artist, you have a long-term contract. If you suddenly break the contract unilaterally now, you should know how much this will affect you... Or have you forgotten? Do I need to explain the consequences of breach of contract to you again?"