Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

The person who came was Huang Xiaoming. Early this morning, he and Zhao Jian's martial arts crew went to another location to shoot.

After the filming was completed, as soon as he stepped into the set, he noticed something was wrong. Both the actors and the staff seemed extremely excited. This level of excitement was something he had never seen in the past month or so, which made him feel a little confused.

Later, when he arrived at the shooting location, he realized that it was Shen Lang who came.

To be honest, Huang Xiaoming was a little jealous of Shen Lang.

Shen Lang is two years younger than him and debuted two years later, but now he has only been awarded the title of "One of the Four Little Freshmen in Mainland China", while Shen Lang has already become a world-class superstar.

In addition, there are many rumors online claiming that the role of Yang Guo was originally prepared for Shen Lang, and he just got lucky and got a bargain.

"Ugh……"

Huang Xiaoming actually also has a youthful vigor and although it is not shown on the surface, he has been secretly comparing himself with male artists of the same period.

Among the "Four Little Freshmen in Mainland China" who are as famous as him, Tong Dawei, Yin Xiaotian and Nie Yuan are all okay, but are slightly behind him in terms of image and career.

However, once the target is changed to Shen Lang, the situation is very different.

Shen Lang is 185cm tall and has a handsome face. In terms of image, Huang Xiaoming has no chance of winning. Moreover, Shen Lang was one of the "Four Little Freshmen in Mainland China" in 2001 and 2002, and even won the Best Actor Award at the Golden Eagle Awards. However, if we just compare their acting careers, Huang Xiaoming is still far behind Shen Lang.

So, when he wanted to refute those comments on the Internet, he found that he had no reason to refute at all. It really proved the saying "Comparison makes one feel thief".

However, Shen Lang never regarded Huang Xiaoming as an opponent from beginning to end.

It's not a question of whether you are qualified or not, it's just that there is no need for it.

He debuted as a singer, which was different from Huang Xiaoming's development path. Moreover, his main purpose of entering the entertainment industry was to make money, so he had neither the time nor the energy to pay attention to those insignificant fights.

Speaking of the role of Yang Guo, Huang Xiaoming was chosen because of his ability, but it is also undeniable that there was an element of luck.

At the end of last year, after Shen Lang turned down the invitation to star in The Return of the Condor Heroes, Zhang Jizhong chose to publicly cast the role of Yang Guo.

In recent years, he has been the leading figure in TV dramas, and his level of star-making is equal to that of Tangren + Tianyu + Yu Zheng.

He is committed to filming all Jin Yong dramas. First, "Swordsman" brought out Li Yapeng, then "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" won the annual popular TV drama gold award and brought Li Yapeng and Zhou Xun together. Then "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" became popular all over the country and won the Golden Eagle Award. So when the news of his launching of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" project came out, Yang Guo became a role that many male actors wanted.

It can be predicted that whoever plays this role will have a high chance of becoming a huge hit.

After layers of screening, the role of Yang Guo was basically locked in on two people, one is Huang Xiaoming and the other is Nie Yuan.

Judging from his influence in the film and television industry at the time, Nie Yuan was more popular.

At that time, Huang Xiaoming's only influential work was "The Emperor of Han Dynasty". As for Xiao Jian in "My Fair Princess 3: Heaven and Earth", although the work itself was very influential, this role was just a supporting role.

But Nie Yuan is different. Since 2000, he has collaborated with Huang Yi in "Marrying the Wrong Man", "The World's Granary" directed by Wu Ziniu, as well as many costume dramas such as "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Blood Horse", "Four Young Masters of Beijing", "Heroines of Han Dynasty", "Song of Zhenguan", and "Justice Bao".

However, although there was a gap between the two, Huang Xiaoming was not far behind Nie Yuan.

Nie Yuan was the first to go to the crew for an audition and also took the final makeup photos. Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

Huang Xiaoming also suddenly spoke up at the press conference for the TV series "The Romantic Young Man Tang Bohu", saying that there were too many inside stories about the casting this time and he no longer had any hope of playing Yang Guo.

He made this statement because he saw media reports that Nie Yuan had signed a contract with China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Audiovisual Publishing House, one of the investors of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Previously, Nie Yuan was under the same company as him, Huayi. Obviously, Nie Yuan changed jobs just for the role, because generally speaking, investors definitely hope that their artists can play the leading roles.

However, as the competition became increasingly fierce, negative news about Nie Yuan began to emerge. Someone revealed that although Nie Yuan was still young and handsome, his face was a little wide, especially his cheeks. This time, for the sake of Yang Guo, he made up his mind to "strive for perfection" and make himself have a "pointed face" to look better on camera.

In the end, Nie Yuan took the initiative to withdraw from the competition, perhaps to respond to everyone's doubts about his plastic surgery. However, the official news was different.

Nie Yuan's agent said in an interview: "Objectively speaking, Nie Yuan has been mainly acting in costume dramas for a long time. The agency was worried that his acting career would be limited and wanted him to switch to modern dramas. When he was unexpectedly involved in the casting controversy, he was forced to take the stage when he was originally going to say goodbye to costume dramas. However, the scheduling issue was the main reason why he withdrew from the Yang Guo candidate list."

Some media outlets were not afraid of trouble and specifically asked Nie Yuan about his opinion on missing out on the role of Yang Guo. His response was, "Until now, my principle in doing things is not to use any means to achieve my goals. I will do my job well and go as far as I can. If people attack me openly, it's fine. I will deal with it in any way I can. But for 'hidden arrows', there is really nothing I can do. I can only try my best to block them. And I am open-minded. I won't always get what you want. Just like when I watch TV series, I often think to myself, shouldn't I play this role? This is called gain and loss, but some people want to play everything and dominate everything. They just want everyone to be unhappy and only themselves to be happy."

The implication is that Huang Xiaoming had done something fishy and played tricks.

This statement is both right and wrong, because it is Huayi that is doing this, and it is a counterattack against Nie Yuan's job-hopping.

In fact, it was Zhang Jizhong who eliminated Nie Yuan. At that time, the crew held a vote, and Huang Xiaoming and Nie Yuan were evenly matched. In the end, he gave the crucial vote to Huang Xiaoming.

As to why, there are many speculations from the outside world.

One theory is that Liu Yifei, who played Xiaolongnu, felt that Huang Xiaoming was more suitable to act opposite her, but Liu Yifei did not participate in the casting of Yang Guo at all, because in Liu Yifei's heart, no one could play Yang Guo as well as Shen Lang.

In fact, Big Beard was not particularly satisfied with either of them, but he had to make a choice, someone had to play the role, so he voted for the relatively pleasing Huang Xiaoming. That was all. In his words, it was all Shen Lang's fault. If he had taken on this role, there wouldn't have been so many problems.

Shen Lang:?!

Huang Xiaoming, who was having a lot of psychological activities, took the initiative to greet Shen Lang, and then went to put on makeup and prepare for the next scene.

"Brother Lang~" Chen Zihan also came to Shen Lang. She played Guo Fu in this drama.

"How have you been lately?" Shen Lang asked her.

"Very good." Chen Zihan said with a smile.

Last year, she played the leading female roles of Princess Iron Fan in "Fortune Star Pig Bajie" and Nangong Zilin in "The Four Treasures of the Emperor". Although the ratings of these two dramas were not as high as those of the annual dramas, they both had excellent reputations.

After so many years of debut, she has become self-aware and knows that she cannot carry the ratings, so she just takes it easy.

Moreover, she has obtained a lot of resources. In addition to "The Return of the Condor Heroes", this year there is also "The Legend of White Snake".

Shen Lang took great care of this fellow villager. However, she has never become popular, which may be related to her unfriendly appearance.

It is undeniable that her appearance is recognizable. She has a long face, smooth and clear facial contours, delicate eyebrows and eyes, a slender figure, and is very photogenic. However, this appearance is relatively aggressive, making her look very cold and imposing, with a strong sense of distance. Visually, this gives people the feeling that she is not easy-going and difficult to talk to. She has an unpleasant face, relatively poor affinity, and naturally not that good among the audience.

Since she can't become a big star, she should just play whatever roles she can and make more money. This is Shen Lang's plan for Chen Zihan, and it is also Chen Zihan's own idea.

In the evening, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli followed Shen Lang to Hangzhou.

The next day, Shu Chang rushed over from Yanjing.

The rehearsal for the concert went smoothly without any problems.

After returning to the hotel after dinner, Shen Lang called Liu Yifei and Shu Chang to his room.

"What would you two like to drink?" Shen Lang asked the two of them.

"I drink orange juice!" Liu Yifei replied happily.

"I want yogurt!" Shu Chang said immediately.

Shen Lang spread his hands and said helplessly: "I don't have either of these two. Choose between Coke and mineral water."

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue playfully and said, "Mineral water, then."

Shu Chang smiled and said, "Me too."

They and Shen Lang are already very familiar with each other. In front of Shen Lang, they do not feel the pressure they feel when facing a "boss" or a "superstar". They are always laughing and joking when they get along with each other, and the atmosphere is full of ease and joy. However, they also know their limits and know how to maintain due respect and reserve at appropriate times.

Shen Lang brought them two bottles of mineral water, then handed them a few pages of paper on the table and said, "These are the three songs for your new EP. Practice them during your free time on the set, and then go back to the company to record them after filming is finished."

When they heard that it was a new song, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang's eyes lit up instantly. They quickly took the music score and couldn't wait to check it out.

Shen Lang continued, "You must focus on practicing "Chinese Language" because it determines whether you can appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala."

In the original time and space, this song is a hip-hop style fast song sung by SHE, included in the album "Play" released on May 2007, 5, and is also the first title song of the album.

In the same year, they won many awards with this song, including the China Original Music Pop Chart Hong Kong and Taiwan National Supreme Golden Melody Award, the Global Chinese Songs Chart Top 20 Golden Songs, and the MusicRadio China TOP Chart Annual Golden Song, and appeared on the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

This song is perfect for promoting Liu Yifei and Shu Chang to perform on CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Not only is the melody dynamic, the lyrics are also full of love and pride for Chinese culture, which is in line with the theme of the Spring Festival Gala.

If they can perform this song well, there is a high probability that they will have no problem performing on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Liu Yifei raised her delicate face slightly and said in a resounding voice: "Well, don't worry, we will never let you down!"

Shu Chang, who was standing by, had a look of determination in his eyes and said with pursed lips: "We will definitely go all out to practice hard and get on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala!"

In fact, they have always taken a very serious attitude towards every song sung by Shen Lang.

However, just as the two of them turned their eyes to the other two songs with great anticipation, a look of doubt gradually appeared on their faces.

Liu Yifei blinked her bright eyes and asked first, "Brother Lang, why are there no parts for these two songs?"

Upon hearing this, Shu Chang, who was standing by, stopped flipping through the lyrics, raised his head, and also cast his gaze towards Shen Lang.

When Shen Lang heard what they said, he slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "It's my fault. I forgot to tell you that you should sing the song "Little Lucky" Xixi solo, and the song "Just Loneliness" Xiaochang solo."

When the two heard this, they were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other, as if communicating their confusion with their eyes. Then, they turned their heads almost at the same time and asked in unison, "Why?"

Seeing this, Shen Lang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and explained: "Don't think too much, this arrangement is not to separate the two of you, it is purely to try something different. Only by constantly innovating can the sales of the record be better."

"Oh."

The two of them responded softly, and then nodded slowly. In their opinion, this was still an opportunity to show themselves.

In previous collaborations, they always worked together to perform, cooperating with each other in a tacit understanding, which complemented each other.

But solo singing is different. It is like putting a spotlight on yourself in the center of the stage, allowing you to fully unleash your brilliance.

After watching their own single, both of them liked it very much.

"Little Lucky" describes an innocent girl murmuring about her shy blushing of secret love, the sour emotion of first love, and the relief and satisfaction when she turned around and met him. Liu Yifei thought of herself.

"Just Being Lonely Is Good" describes how a strong girl deals with a broken heart, which is to make herself completely lonely. She uses a slightly stubborn tone to express her attitude of accepting loneliness and facing her wounds. Shu Chang also thought of herself.

It’s just that one of them thinks of happiness, while the other thinks of sadness.

If Shen Lang knew that they had these thoughts because of these two songs, he would definitely say: "You think too much!"

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April 4st, Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center.

Shen Lang's concert tour maintained extremely high standards at every stop, bringing fans the ultimate audio-visual enjoyment. Take the Hangzhou stop for example, the site was equipped with advanced and luxurious on-site equipment such as giant screens, high-tech digital lighting, super-heavy high-power speakers, etc. The entire stage setup had to be transported from 40 containers, and there were more than 300 staff members just for setting up the stage and decorating it.

This venue, which can accommodate 5 people, was quickly sold out by fans the moment the tickets went on sale. (End of this chapter)