Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 270 Let’s talk about it later
It takes about an hour's drive from downtown Tokyo to the filming location. Shen Juan was killing time by browsing comments on domestic forums on his mobile phone, while Hirano Sho, who was traveling with him, was chatting with his teammates on LINE.

They met a few days ago while recording the program "MUSIC STATION", and they both happened to have connections with Universal: Shen Juan's overseas record contract was signed with Republic Records under Universal, while King & Prince was a joint collaboration between Johnny's and Universal's Neon division.

So Shen Juan thought he could find a few younger followers in Neon to help him maintain his lofty reputation, so he simply called him over to expand his circle of friends, under the pretext of promoting the "junior".

Although this idol actor from Johnny's had already accumulated a certain amount of popularity through acting, he only officially debuted with King & Prince in May this year.

Talk about something funny.
Domestic audiences don’t pay attention to Japanese entertainment and don’t know much about him, but people in neighboring South Korea hate him to the core.

the reason is simple.

He made the same wrong meal as Sakura.

While he was in South Korea recording a show, he relied on his silly persona to behave recklessly, and the first sentence he said was "thank you" in Chinese.

And that's not all. He then went on to say a lot of violent pro-Korean remarks and gestures, including but not limited to "pointing to Korea as Japan", "I'm surprised there are so many tall buildings in Seoul, I thought they were all snow-capped mountains", "I don't know what the South Korean currency is", "When asked if he can speak Korean, he replied in Chinese with thank you, I love you, and Peking duck", "The capital of South Korea is Park", etc., which made South Koreans very angry, and they sprayed thousands of floors in one day.

Fortunately, this guy is not in the Korean entertainment industry like Miyawaki Sakura, otherwise he would have been warned by KRD's truck.

It can only be said that China-Japan friendship depends on South Korea.

Only when faced with the clown Kimchi, the two originally hostile countries would they show a peaceful attitude of cooperation and win-win and work together to resist the cold.

After all, to put it bluntly, whether it is China or Japan, their contempt for Goryeo is ingrained in their bones. KRD is also very clear about this, which is why he appears to be so fierce but weak inside. This is in line with what Song Dandan said: a strong inferiority complex can make people rude.

Shen Juan is also rumored by South Koreans every now and then that he has South Korean blood, and the South Korean media also attribute his success in Europe and the United States to his unsuccessful and short experience as a K-pop trainee, saying that Shen Juan's success proves that the basic framework of the K-pop trainee training system is complete and comprehensive.
Anyway, Shen Juan doesn't really like this kind of behavior of forcibly flattering himself, it seems too low-brow.

Although his Chinese identity may sometimes make him feel out of place overseas, this is precisely his best protection.

An only child is always cared for with great care.

"Huh?!" Hirano Ziyao never expected that Shen Juan would so directly state the fact that everyone knew but no one dared to say out loud. In addition to being shocked, he couldn't help but feel envious.

This is what a man should do!
He has wanted to run away and go solo for a long time!
"OK, I understand." The guy didn't refute at the first time, the answer was already obvious.

"I didn't say anything." Hirano Sho smiled awkwardly, "I am a Johnny's artist after all."

"I understand what you mean."

Then Shen Juan lowered his head to look at his phone again, preparing to finish reading the hot discussion post about "Sunflower" which has remained in the top ten of the B list for three consecutive weeks.

Love Never Tires: [Top ten for three consecutive weeks, I’m sure it will win the championship after the movie is released! I’m so awesome! ]

Mud: [There is a chance. The movie seems to be released at the end of the year. Does anyone with good news know if there will be any big-name singers releasing songs at the end of the year? Please don’t come and steal the show! ]

Alex Shame: [European and American singers usually take a break and don’t release songs at the end of the year or the beginning of the year because of Christmas. ]

Liuniantanbo: [What's the use? Isn't it because of marketing that it's popular abroad? Isn't it because of fans' swipes? What's the point of having 100 new songs? Not to mention 100 new songs, even the top 10 have a lot of rubbish that was swipes.]

Battle Cool: [What is Ruozhi? What are you talking about with 100 new songs? Why are you putting them on the 300 Tang poems? You probably don’t even understand the rules of the B chart and you come out to talk nonsense. You are a pure low-class dog. You just stay in your own little world every day. You don’t listen to any songs and don’t look at any data. You torture the Chinese music scene every day for not being strong. In fact, you are the source of the Chinese music scene’s development. ]

Bai Kai Su Da: [This is all caused by PR. The fans in the fan circle are just having fun on their own. Who knows them outside the fan circle? ]

Chaoxibuxian: [Yes, your aesthetic is the collective will, and other people are not considered human. You are the master of the earth. What you like is real, and what you don’t like is marketing. I am really curious about which songs are so unlucky to be liked by you. Even the most awesome songs become low-level when you like them, with a greasy daddy vibe.]

We were originally celebrating together and having a harmonious discussion, but because of someone's rude words, it suddenly turned into a confrontation.

Shen Juan couldn't help but smile. He could only say that some people are born with sword-like bones. The lack of knowledge and information made them arrogant and rude. They didn't understand the simplest truth at all: there are people who like the things you don't like, and even the majority of people like them. Otherwise, how can you get good results?

So is it possible that those who hold opposing views are the real minority who are unaware of themselves? Just like South Koreans believe that kimchi is the center of the universe, they will never recognize or accept things that are beyond their own cognition.

However, as a public figure whose each Instagram post is estimated by foreign media to be worth hundreds of thousands of US dollars, Shen Juan will definitely not personally get involved in the fight like Oda did.

To some extent, he even had to thank this group of people for their existence.

After all, it is because of their existence that the rationality and excellence of ordinary people can be highlighted in this world.

Growth is actually the constant collapse and reconstruction of the worldview. It’s a pity that some geniuses reach the peak as soon as they debut, and not everyone has the ability to improve after birth.

I liked the hater's comment with my secondary account and left a message in reply: [Brother, I support you. Nowadays, many singles with good data are produced by companies. People like you who dare to tell the truth are rare in this society. Come on! You must work hard to be yourself in the future! ]

Exit the forum with satisfaction.

Then, Shen Juan received another WeChat message from Deng Chao.

Deng Chao: [Juan, Xiaolu, He, and I are not planning to participate in the next season of Running Man. I guess there will be a lot of resident MC positions vacated. Do you want to come? The popularity of this show itself is still very good.]

The big change after the salary cap has finally come.

In fact, Shen Juan was thinking at the beginning that since Lu Han was so thoroughly eliminated by Shen Juan's new traffic this year, and both his status and traffic flopped, would he be unwilling to quit Running Man, a high-quality, highly popular and highly exposed variety show.

But now it seems that this brother still has his own ideas. When Deng Chao and Cheng He retreated, he immediately followed suit.

So now, he may have to consider how to use this information gap to benefit himself.

If you fill the slots yourself, you can indeed gain good and stable exposure traffic, but the corresponding workload in the first half of next year will be overwhelming.

"The Longing for Life 3" will definitely not be withdrawn.

But if I give the spot to someone else, such as Cheng Xiao, who has no performing talent and is transforming into a singer in variety shows, will Blue TV give face to me and Le Hua?
Shen Juan was actually not very sure.

Because his previous connections and personal relationships were basically concentrated on Mango TV, and Blue TV is a place that is notorious for not treating celebrities as human beings, so he is really not sure what Blue TV's attitude towards him is.

Because the filming location of "The War of Archimedes" is relatively remote, there are not many entertainment venues to enjoy during leisure time, but there happens to be a hot spring hotel with a very good reputation near the hotel where the crew is staying.

So this time, after Shen Juan brought his new little brother Hirano Shiyao to visit the set, Soda took him to this hot spring hotel to enjoy the comfort brought by the hot springs.

"Come to think of it, a handsome guy like Shen Juansang must have had a lot of girlfriends, right?" Hirano Ziyao, who was leaning on the edge of the hot spring pool, looked at Shen Juan's beautiful body that even a man like him couldn't help but sigh in admiration, and couldn't help asking.

If a male star is too thin, he will look unmanly; but if he is too muscular, he will have no sense of fashion.

And Shen Juan is almost at this critical point.

In the bodybuilding circle, he is definitely considered a minnow, but among ordinary people, especially in the entertainment industry, he is definitely superior.

"No." Shen Juan answered subconsciously. It was impossible for him to tell the truth in front of someone he was not familiar with.

"Impossible!" Hirano Sho didn't believe it at all.

Masaki Suda didn't believe it either. After all, he had seen with his own eyes how Shen Juan was flirting with Satomi Ishihara and the model named Elaisa Ikeda.

Even Minami Hamabe, who is in the same crew, seems to have an ambiguous relationship with him that is hard to explain.

But he said nothing.

"How many girlfriends have you had?" Shen Juan asked.

"If we only count those who have officially confirmed their relationship, there are probably seven or eight." Hirano Sho thought for a moment and answered calmly, "We started dating when I was in junior high school."

Shen Juan was not surprised. After all, Japan's counterparts in Asia are Europe and the United States, and Japan is quite open to this matter, until Hirano Sho said this.

"My concept of love is still quite traditional."

"You are 22 years old this year and have been in seven or eight serious relationships. If you include the number of non-serious relationships, it easily exceeds double digits. Can this be considered traditional?" Shen Juan once again felt the disparity in the world. No wonder Teacher Mikami could receive two male idols in a row in one night. It seems that people here really don't care much about these things.

"Isn't it? Compared to my teammates, I am indeed quite traditional!" Hirano Sho didn't realize that there was anything wrong with his thinking.

Seeing this, Shen Juan was too lazy to say anything more. The most important thing when traveling abroad is to learn to seek common ground while reserving differences.

"So, Shen Juansang, if there is a girl you don't like, you can introduce her to me!" Hirano Ziyao said with a smile.

"That may not work." Shen Juan thought for a moment and then said calmly, "A girl who likes me is unlikely to like someone else."

Of course, this statement is not absolute, such as the deer.

"That's true." Suda Masaki suddenly remembered something, and looked at Shen Juan with a meaningful smile, "Hey, Shen Juan-san, are you free later? I have a friend who wants to meet you, and you should know her." "She?" Hirano Sho felt that there was something to be said and quickly perked up. The pronunciation of TA in Japanese is different.

"I have time." Shen Juan smiled and nodded.

Who else could meet him here later except Hamabe Minami?

It just so happened that he also wanted to meet this beautiful girl who had just turned eighteen and with whom he had been chatting on LINE recently.

Hamabe Minami is waiting alone in the night breeze.

Today's shoot was more boring than she had imagined, or maybe everyday shoots were actually very boring, but in order not to disappoint other people's expectations and to provide herself and her family with good material conditions, she still did a job she didn't like day after day.

“I’ll remember to love.”

“You taught me how.”

"You are always gonna be my love."

Listening to the music from the headphones and quietly feeling the sea breeze, I feel an indescribable sense of emptiness.

She had long been tired of this boring life of following the rules and having to smile sweetly and act cute whenever she saw the camera.

I thought that when I grew up, I would be able to get rid of the shackles of being the "Little Princess of Toho". Whether it was falling in love or taking a vacation to relax, I would be able to control my life as I pleased and do what I wanted.

But many times things don't go as planned.

No matter how many ups and downs and accidents the life she is experiencing has, it always moves steadily and smoothly on the track set for her by others.

So life is really a wilderness
Instead of tracks?

"But if it's Shen Juanjun, he must be different from me." She buried her face in the warm scarf and collar to steal his body temperature. Her soft hair drooped listlessly. The girl's eyes were obscure and her mood was complicated.

At the young age of 20, she can stand on a stage that attracts global attention, sing her favorite songs, and be supported and loved by countless fans, which become their spiritual sustenance and faith.

In just two years since debuting, he's been able to hone his inner strength, come to terms with his own imperfections, and do what he loves without caring about what others think.

and I?
Starting from Toho Cinderella, he has acted in more than ten dramas in eight years since his debut, played more than ten different roles, and experienced more than ten different lives, but he still hasn't found the knack of acting, and still hasn't been able to truly fall in love with acting and become a qualified actor.

Under the strict control of my parents, my social circle is quite limited and I have made very few friends so far.

It is said that only a very small number of people in this world can do the job they like, and only a very small number of people can do a good job, so thinking about it this way, maybe I shouldn’t be so pretentious, because in the eyes of others, she is already one of the very lucky people.

She smiled to herself in her heart.

Then she turned around, wanting to look back the way she came, and also to see if the person she wanted to see had arrived.

Then she froze.

The girl, who seemed to be fixed in place by a spell, stared blankly at the figure coming in the moonlight.

The song "First Love" in the headphones was just playing to its climax.

Then, the girl suddenly and inexplicably remembered a passage from the foreign movie "Lost in Translation" that she had watched to supplement her movie-watching experience:
Bob walked through the bustling crowd on the street, found Charlotte, hugged her tightly, and a familiar melody sounded.

The boy who had just arrived saw her suddenly turn around, and then he smiled skillfully and naturally, and handed her the hot drink he had bought specially for her.

"Long time no see, Minami."

"Mr. Shen Juan, long time no see."

"It's a bit cold today, I bought this especially for you. If you don't like it, just hold it in your hand to warm your hands."

"Thank you."

Hamabe Minami took it and the warmth instantly spread from her palm to her whole body, which made her think of a sentence she had read online before:

Some Japanese fans compared Shen Juan, who is high above them, to the moon, saying "The moon will not run towards you", and then called the scene where Shen Juan runs towards the fans "But I am willing to run towards you".

Now, she probably experienced this feeling.

Perhaps because it had rained in the evening, the air in the suburbs of Tokyo was particularly fresh, with a slight seaweed-like scent, but the temperature was a little low.

"Is there any place Minami really wants to go?" The two of them strolled aimlessly in the neighborhood near the hotel.

Unlike most of the cities Shen Juan had been to before, the pace of life in the suburbs of Tokyo was extremely slow, and the flow of people didn't seem to be very large, especially at this time of night, every pedestrian met on the road walked very slowly, giving people a very leisurely and comfortable feeling.

“I don’t know.” Hamabe Minami shook her head.

"Haven't you been here for half a month? I thought you had already gotten familiar with the surroundings." Shen Juan looked at the girl beside him in surprise.

"I usually go back to the hotel after filming and don't go out much, because the crew is full of seniors and there are no people of the same age to play with." Hamabe Minami smiled at him embarrassedly and explained in a soft voice.

Shen Juan finally understood why this girl had been chatting with him on LINE all this time. It turned out that she was in the suburbs, surrounded by uncles, and had nothing to do.
"Doesn't Suda-san count?" he asked.

“He prefers drinking with his seniors.”

"Okay. So where are we going next? Or are we just going to wander around the hotel aimlessly?"

"I'm fine with either. It depends on where Shen Juanjun wants to go."

"How about we just go back to the hotel?"

Shen Juan felt that it was really difficult to take a walk outside in the humid night wind, so it would be better to get straight to the point and skip the foreplay of the two hearts communicating with each other and enhancing their feelings.

Anyway, it was just a friendly match, and he rarely came to Japan a few times a year, so naturally he wouldn't have a serious relationship with her. Even though the girl in front of him did fit his aesthetic, one always has to make some choices in life.

"Eh?! Going straight back to the hotel?" Although Hamabe Minami was secretly happy, she still lowered her head shyly and pretended to be reserved for a while.

“Isn’t this a bit too hasty?”

In Hamabe Minami's opinion, not only did Shen Juan's appearance perfectly meet her aesthetic needs, but even his personality and attitude completely touched her heart.

The more your parents control you, the more rebellious you will be when you grow up.

The more obedient a person behaves in front of the camera, the more different they often are outside of the camera. The persona in the entertainment industry and their real personality may not be completely opposite, but the vast majority of artists will develop resistance and rebelliousness towards the "roles" they play through day-to-day role-playing.

This forms a sharp contrast with his own personality.

Hamabe Minami is in this state.

That's why people have different feelings towards Shen Juan, a non-traditional decent star who has a flamboyant personality, high-profile behavior, scandals, and has been criticized in many ways.

That's why what happened was probably a classic drama of a "good girl" falling in love with a "bad boy" in the eyes of outsiders.

"Too hasty?" Looking at the delicate and beautiful face of the girl in front of him, Shen Juan, who believed that he was not a bad boy, paused for a moment and replied calmly: "It is not clear whether it is urgent or not. My suggestion is to talk about it later."

Hamabe Minami, who thought she was not a good girl, readily agreed when she heard it. She took the initiative to hold Shen Juan's hand, and inserted her fingers along the gaps between their fingers until their ten fingers were tightly clasped, and then she led him towards the direction of the hotel where they were staying.

The smile on her face became more and more charming and brilliant.

Even though she knew it was difficult for her to get into Shen Juan's heart.

After all, this was at best only their second offline meeting, and their knowledge of each other was not comprehensive and in-depth enough. Moreover, such a high-quality man would definitely not lack girls who like him, as can be seen from his countless gossips and his fangirls who turned from fans to haters.

But what does it matter?

For celebrities in the entertainment industry, the process of getting to know each other, falling in love, and staying together is still too luxurious.

The only thing she wanted now was to let Shen Juan enter her heart, and let this colleague in the entertainment industry, who was a million miles away from her but had all the personality she wanted, become her spiritual sustenance in this current confused stage, and slowly heal her mental illness.

　Sorry, sorry, I didn't write much over the weekend because I had something to do. Today is Monday and I'm busy at work and have an emergency meeting, so the update is delayed and my writing status is also affected.
　　However, I will calm down and write seriously after get off work tonight. I will update a 12-6k chapter steadily at 7 noon tomorrow. I will slowly make up for the words I missed in the past two days. After all, I don’t have other social activities on weekdays.
　　Thanks to Qiao Jianfan and 566576 for rewarding their works!
　　Thanks to book friend 20241122232711129 for the reward for the Zhang Jingyi character!

　　
　
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