Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 2: Quit the competition immediately

Shen Juan, who had absorbed and digested as much of his original body's memories as possible, walked out of the dormitory and prepared to go to the convenience store downstairs to buy something to eat. He was a little confused and needed to eat to replenish his energy so that he could continue to daydream.

After walking for a while, they arrived at a convenience store on the first floor. He picked up some bread, biscuits and milk from the shelf and prepared to pay when he suddenly heard two trainees at the next shelf talking about something.

"I barely made it through this round, and I will definitely be eliminated in the next round. Who do you think will be able to debut in the end?" A trainee with dyed yellow hair asked his companion next to him.

"Park Ji-hoon, Yoon Ji-sung, Kang Daniel, and of course Shen Juan. Ah Xi, this guy is really attractive to women! I wish I could have a face like this. It's really unfair to participate in a voting program where looks can solve problems!" said another trainee with dyed brown hair with envy.

"If you're envious, go get plastic surgery like him! The techniques of doctors in Jiangnan District have been getting better and better in recent years."

"If plastic surgery alone could solve the problem of appearance, there would be no ugly men in South Korea."

"That's right"

Seeing someone secretly discussing him, in the past, Shen Juan might have had some desire to continue listening.

but now?
I have no interest in listening any further.

All he wanted now was to fill his stomach and absorb as many of the remaining strange memories in his mind as possible.

After quickly paying the bill, Shen Juan took the food back to the dormitory. He sat on the chair, munching on bread while searching his memory with a clear purpose.

First of all, his and this dream-chasing brother’s names are both Shen Juan, born in Shanghai. His father’s surname is Shen and he is a taxi driver, and his mother’s surname is Huang and she runs a small flower shop.

Just turned 19 this month.

In 2015, he made his mark in the domestic entertainment industry by participating in Anhui Satellite TV's talent show "Star Asia Season ".

After entering 2016, as the latest member of Mango TV's "Day Day Up", it has been active for a while, and through the subsequent broadcast of "Star Asia Season ", it has gained quite a lot of traffic and attention.

Then in January this year, in order to improve his acting skills and broaden his future career path, he spent 25 days shooting an art film, "An Elephant Sitting Still".

This film is not a good resource.

It doesn't seem to help his acting career at all.

At least Shen Juan had never heard of this name in his previous life.

So apart from enriching his resume and helping him get familiar with the crew's operating procedures, it is probably of no use.

But better than nothing.

After all, this is still a movie.

He is also an actor who played the leading role in a movie right after his debut, so he is not dissatisfied with the current situation.

As for why he is now in South Korea, recording this talent show called "Produce 101"
This is what happened:
Just like Happy Boys provides talent to Tianyu, every contestant participating in Star Asia needs to sign a trainee contract with the program organizer Yi Hai Culture.

Of course Shen Juan also signed.

There is no other way. If I don’t sign, I can’t even be on the show.

If you want to survive in this circle, there are some unspoken rules that you must follow, and some losses that the weaker party must bear.

But when the second season ended, after Shen Juan and others obtained high rankings and successfully qualified for debut with the support of fans, Yi Hai suddenly asked them to sign a second debut contract with more stringent and even somewhat outrageous terms.

Shen Juan felt that he could not sign at that time.

Isn’t this just a pure bully contract?

This bastard really doesn't treat the trainees as human beings, right?

But just because he doesn’t sign doesn’t mean others won’t sign.

After working so hard for so long, many people still cannot resist the temptation of realizing their dreams and becoming famous.

His good brother Cai Xukun is one of them.

So when he was still looking for his next home, the SWIN boy group launched by Haiyao Film and Television came out of nowhere.

And then it’s just like many domestic boy bands.

Debut is the peak, and peak is retirement.

From then on, only the legends of these fools remained in the world.

Kun Kun’s contract termination lawsuit has been going on for year after year, so in the future he can only sign up for the pirated version of Produce 101 under the name of a personal trainee.

In comparison, Lehua is already a very good company, at least it is formal, unlike those sleazy companies that write "I want to cheat people" on their faces. After sorting out all the information and thinking about it, Shen Juan really feels that he can't debut in South Korea.

Although he has gained the support and love of many fans in South Korea in just over two months, he would probably become a top star if he debuted as a group at this time, but isn't it more comfortable to be a boss in the entertainment industry in his hometown than to act as a grandson in South Korea?
Only a fool would give up everything to debut in South Korea!

Passion cannot be eaten.

Draymond Green’s dream is not his dream.

He is a worldly man who only wants to take shortcuts.

So, it's time to talk to the company about withdrawing from the competition.

Domestic entertainment is the real treasure land that belongs to him.

[He is really handsome and beautiful. This face is so superior and great that I can’t even describe it.]

[It’s obvious that we are the ones with a more developed idol industry system, but it turned out that Shen Juan from China taught the South Korean trainees a lesson with his strength, and he improves with every performance. He is really a gifted monster! ]

[A brand new K-pop beauty mountain range was born in April this year. If such a divine and great face failed to debut, it must be the production team's manipulation. 】

[He is completely different from Cha Eunwoo and Oh Sehun in terms of handsomeness, and Shen Juan even gives people a more stunning feeling. 】

[The vigorous vitality in Shen Juan is far more lethal than his good-looking appearance. ]

[This is the most handsome Chinese man I have ever seen. ]

[If a contestant with such talent fails to debut, it will definitely be a huge loss to the entire K-pop industry! ]

With the broadcast of the new episode, the Korean Internet was filled with praises for the popular contestant Shen Juan.

But the program crew is now having a headache.

No matter how much these fans and netizens exaggerate, it's all fake. In the end it will not have any substantive effect, because Shen Juan is going to withdraw from the competition!
It goes without saying what impact the sudden announcement of the withdrawal of a trainee who has been ranked in the top two in popularity and topic discussion since the show was aired will have on the show.

Although the ratings of the second season of "Produce 101" have been rising step by step, breaking one historical record after another, and the entire production team and the TV station are very satisfied, no one will complain that the online popularity and ratings of their own program are too high, and no one will complain that they earn too much money.

Shen Juan is undoubtedly their cash cow.

Even if we look at the long term, if the boy group that is finally confirmed to debut includes a popular foreign player like Shen Juan, then they will be 100% able to gain good popularity and benefits in China and even overseas.

This is a star-chasing trend that even the ban on Korean culture cannot stop.

Haven’t you seen that pornographic movies in Japanese countries are also banned by the authorities?
Isn't she still popular among a large number of young men in China?

There are many ways and channels to slowly infiltrate.

It's man-made.

People are the key factor that determines everything.

Therefore, the TV program team may not want a foreigner to be the center due to the xenophobic environment in South Korea, but they will definitely not exclude a contestant who can bring huge benefits to the investors from joining the group.

Profits always come first.

"Is it the contestant's own will or the will of his company to withdraw from the competition? He just won first place in the latest episode with a huge advantage. His popularity is rising rapidly and his potential is far from being fully tapped. There is absolutely no reason for him to withdraw from the competition at this point in time."

Program producer and director Ahn Joon-young frowned and looked at his assistant beside him: "Is there really no room for saving the contestant? Can you persuade him to stay until the finals?"

So far, the highest real-time ratings of the second season of "Produce 101" were created by Shen Juan, and no one in the entire program team wants to let him go.

The assistant director nodded and said helplessly, "Shen Juan's agency Le Hua said that their career plan for Shen Juan conflicts with the program's development process, and Shen Juan seems to be a college student who needs to balance work and study."

"Ah Xi. If that's the case, then why did they let him participate in the program recording in the first place? What do they think our program is? An amusement park where they can come and go as they please? They are such a bunch of ignorant bastards!"

An Junying was immediately enraged, but he didn't want to lose his temper over a little trainee, as it would make him look ridiculous, so he tried to calm down and said calmly, "Does Le Hua want Shen Juan to give up his popularity in South Korea and return to China to develop his career?"

"That's probably what I meant." The assistant director bent down even lower, not daring to face the producer's anger. "As for contestant Shen Juan, I just had a face-to-face conversation with him. He was also very confused and shocked by the company's decision to ask him to withdraw from the competition and return home."

"Haha, how could a trainee who can be seen everywhere on the street and is so lowly as to be in the dirt dare to go against the company's arrangements? Lehua Company is still too short-sighted. They can't see how much benefit a popular boy group completely elected by the people can bring to them!" An Joon-young was very angry, but in the final analysis it was still impotent rage.

After all, Shen Juan's withdrawal is a foregone conclusion. What they need to consider now is how to minimize the negative impact that the sudden withdrawal of the popular contestant may have on the program.

Instead of venting his anger on a young trainee who has no right to make his own choices and is at the mercy of the company.

(End of this chapter)