The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Huadu, Tengying Art School.

The high-end entertainment school, which covers nearly a thousand acres, has only five thousand students.

The number of students on campus is not small; it's just that the school has chosen to train these 5,000 students for better professional development.

There were more than two hundred classes, with no more than twenty-five students in each class.

Compared to Beijing Film Academy in Beijing and Shanghai University of Electronic Science and Technology in Shanghai.

Tengying Art School is much stricter. By mid-November, it had gone through a rigorous preliminary elimination round.

The students were put to a test of their acting skills, and nearly two thousand of them were eliminated in one go because they were unwilling to work hard and wanted to coast along on the three thousand yuan subsidy from school.

That is, it accounts for nearly half.

Compared to the excitement at the beginning of the semester, the elimination rounds were held again at the end of November.

It's like the Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads.

No one dares to relax at a time like this.

Those who don't take the school's assessments seriously are basically eliminated in the first round.

A significant portion of them started dating after entering university.

The happiest you come in is the most miserable you'll leave.

It can be said that the ruthlessness of capital is fully reflected in this art school.

If some are eliminated, then naturally others will come in.

Given Tencent Entertainment's current reputation, anyone who aspires to enter the entertainment industry will naturally try every means to enroll in Tencent Art School.

Because this is the only public channel through which most ordinary people can directly access and enter the entertainment industry.

However, the internal elimination system is too brutal.

Unlike regular schools, it doesn't give you a chance to try again if you do poorly on a test.

If you do poorly on the test here, it's game over; there's no chance to try again.

Just as life cannot be reversed, so too can the elimination rounds at the end of October.

The atmosphere at the entire art school suddenly tightened, and no one dared to laugh or joke in class or even under the teacher's instruction.

This is a high-end art school that offers free tuition, apartment-style accommodation, and a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan—that's how strict it is.

As the big boss of Tengying Art School, Chen Pingsheng only visited the school on the first day of its opening.

He never set foot in the prestigious art school he had invested billions of dollars in after that.

It's clearly too early to call it a top-tier training ground for the entertainment industry.

However, the brutal elimination system forces out a group of hardworking students.

Zhang Zihan, who performed very well in the October elimination rounds, is one such example.

After only a month and a half of learning, she was able to vividly portray some girls from impoverished farming families.

This may be related to her family's poverty.

These days, many children are only children, and even those born in rural areas often exhibit various forms of spoiled and arrogant behavior.

Even the most basic rural values ​​of simplicity and thrift have been completely lost.

When asked to play a rural migrant worker, they didn't even know how to act.

Such people can only be ruthlessly eliminated.

To put it bluntly, she didn't have the life of a princess, but she got the princess syndrome that rich people in the city have.

Zhang Zihan is different; she enrolled solely because Tengying Art School offers a salary.

The income there was no less than, and even higher than, that of the place where she worked as a factory worker.

She goes wherever there's money to be made.

I never even imagined becoming a big star in the entertainment industry, or perhaps I never even dared to dream of it.

She always felt that this industry was too far removed from her; she was just a garment worker in a clothing factory.

I never expected that after registering, I would actually be able to get in here.

The first round of assessment is actually quite simple; it mainly depends on appearance and family background.

She's become a garment worker; she doesn't have any family background anymore.

In order to earn more money, she was the first to sign up when the school held auditions for female leads in short dramas.

After a series of selections, she was finally chosen to play the lead role in three dramas.

The filming was quite simple, and the acting requirements were negligible.

With her current abilities, she can at least manage to keep things stable.

Three short dramas were filmed in less than a month, with a teacher providing special guidance during filming.

This treatment is quite good.

After filming, I even received a salary of 50,000 yuan. I wouldn't call it a surprise, but I was just extremely happy.

She can actually make money in the entertainment industry.

This is also the highest income she has ever received.

That very night, I called my parents and sent them my entire 50,000 yuan salary back home.

Her parents were happy, but also genuinely worried. They were afraid their daughter had been scammed, otherwise how could she earn such a high salary while still studying and learning a trade?

He took the train overnight to see her.

The following day, a major announcement came over the college's loudspeaker.

"Notice: All teachers and students should assemble on the playground at 1 p.m. Mr. Chen Pingsheng, the founder of Tengying Art School, has been invited to give a public speech at the school. Please keep quiet."

A major announcement came over the loudspeaker: Zhang Zihan, being a student at Tengying Art School, naturally knew who Chen Pingsheng was.

That was their biggest investor, and also the big boss of Tencent Entertainment.

Such a person is clearly too far removed from her.

It's like looking up at the sky while surrounded by dust.

She was only allowed to watch from afar; she didn't even have the right to say a word.

Legends about the big boss are circulating all over the school; everyone knows he's very powerful.

It was countless times more powerful than they imagined.

Without him, there would be no Tengying Art School as it is today, let alone the opportunity to earn a monthly salary of three thousand during his studies.

Apart from Shuiyun Academy, which he invested in and established himself, no other art school in China can offer the same treatment to its students.

It can only be said that the big boss's strength is beyond imagination. When he comes, the whole school will be on high alert.

……

Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.

After finishing his investment in Shanghai Yateng Short Drama, Chen Pingsheng took his son, Dapiwa, on a routine business trip to Huadu.

The main goal is to expand investment in short dramas here, as well as Tencent Video.

The reason she brought the big kid along was because she was too restless. When she heard that he was coming to Guangzhou, she tried to lure him by saying she didn't need any pocket money, asking him to take her to Huadu.

"Dad, Guangzhou is where my sister An'an made her fortune."

Chen An'an is happy as long as she doesn't have to go to school.

She finally managed to get a two-day weekend off, and she insisted on coming to Guangdong with me.

Chen Pingsheng ignored her. After attending a master's lecture a while ago, he had nightmares for three days in a row.

She even dreamt that she would earn a million-dollar annual salary when she grew up, which scared her so much that she tensed up.

When she got up, her younger sister imitated her usual self, getting all excited.

Come on, come on! I want a million-dollar annual salary.

Chen An'an then realized how shameless she had been during that time, but fortunately, she was also exceptionally thick-skinned.

After a few days of quiet, things returned to normal.

"You're more likely to collapse."

The driver picked him up in a Rolls-Royce, with two other vans in front and behind.

Just like every time he leaves the airport, passersby can't help but look in his direction.

Xu Jing, the number one secretary in Guangdong, was already waiting here. She was also the most educated of the three secretaries.

"Boss, Tengying Art School has arranged a lecture for you at 1 p.m. this afternoon."

"Okay, let's go grab a bite to eat first."

"Dad, you still have a speech to give? Do you want me to go up and say a few words too?"

Chen An'an looked on with anticipation. What she said wasn't important; the key was that she could enjoy the admiring gazes of the crowd when she went on stage.

That's really awesome.

"What are you talking about? Are you saying you'll earn a million-dollar annual salary in the future?"

"Dad, can you please not mention this?"

Chen An'an blushed; this was definitely her biggest embarrassing moment.

It's the kind of stain that you can't wash off.

"You're the one who's stupid enough to go to those so-called master classes, and you don't want me to mention it?"

Chen Pingsheng glanced at the itinerary briefly and then set off.

First, we'll find Gao Hu and his group to have a meal at a secluded farmhouse in the mountains.

Most people can't find it at all; even with navigation, it's not that easy to find.

Fortunately, a driver led the way.

Chen An'an really enjoys eating the wild game here, which is quite hard to find in Shanghai.

Considering that they would be eating wild game soon, she surprisingly didn't object.

The main problem is that I'm too ashamed to mention it.

Those so-called masters are really something, what kind of inspirational nonsense are they spouting?

A million-dollar annual salary terrified me so much that I had nightmares for three days straight.

That's absolutely awful.

(End of this chapter)