There are also hierarchical suppressions between stars and managers.
If you're more powerful than the manager, and your connections far surpass the manager's, then the manager might end up working for you, becoming a more senior assistant.
Just like Lan Fei, her manager, Ms. Dai Ning, is well-known in the industry, but still has to cater to Lan Fei's whims.
In their relationship, Lan Fei has the upper hand completely.
On the other hand, if an ordinary artist doesn't have Lan Fei's background and the manager is quite powerful, the artist often becomes a tool for the manager to make money, having to obey and be manipulated.
Ye Yongying is undoubtedly that kind of controlling manager.
However glorious an artist under her may be, they must still be courteous before her, follow her arrangements, and submit to her control.
On one hand, artists are constrained by the company's contracts; on the other hand, their own capabilities are usually insufficient.
