Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 276: All the Little Flowers in the World Are in My Catch
Singles' Day, a holiday exclusively for single people.

At this time of year in previous years, there would always be a large group of traffic stars who had clearly prohibited relationships, and in order to retain their fans, they would use various means to hint that they were not in a relationship.

This year is no exception.

But Shen Juan had no intention of posting it.

Even though he was questioned by black fans and caused dissatisfaction among some fans, he had no intention of compromising with these external opinions.

He has always been pampering his fans but never fawning on them.

The mainstream logic of the fan circle dictates what traffic stars should do, but he insists on doing the opposite.

If a celebrity doesn’t appear on the trending searches, will he flop?
OK, except for the follow-up promotion of new stage outputs and the publicity period of works, you can basically not see others on the hot searches.

Can endorsements and magazine sales directly reflect the spending power and commercial value of a star’s fans?
He never urges or forces users to spend money, and he doesn't even endorse fast-moving consumer goods. He never does anything to take advantage of others.

The main focus is to avoid being PUA.

The so-called rules and regulations cannot restrain him at all.

Although he comes from a traffic background, his existence itself is the biggest question and challenge to the traffic rules.

In fact, although the fan economy has gradually prospered with the continuous influx of fans, and the status and importance of fan circles in the entertainment industry have also been increasing every year, this does not mean that the fan circle thinking is necessarily correct.

Indeed, for most of the traffic, this is their rule of conduct and way of survival in the entertainment industry.

But this set of rules cannot be applied to Shen Juan.

Because his current transcendent and superb status is mainly based on the development of his overseas performing arts career, mainly based on his international influence and international celebrity status.

It has nothing to do with the domestic entertainment fan circle.

Like today, he received an invitation from Shanghai Culture and Tourism to shoot the second city promotional video for his hometown.

And it is a global advertising film.

Can other traffic receive this kind of work?

I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's definitely difficult.

There are not many artists in the entire domestic entertainment industry who can be featured in public, and Shen Juan is the youngest among them.

Anyway, with the huge success of "Underrated" in the first half of the year, Shen Juan quickly established his fame and influence around the world. The number of foreign tourists traveling to Shanghai increased suddenly in the second half of this year, and when interviewed, they all said that they were attracted by Shen Juan.

At the same time, there were suddenly many more travel vlogs about Shanghai and other cities in China on YouTube.

To the extent that Shanghai's cultural and tourism department wants to work with Dragon TV to emulate Japan's TV program "Why Did You Come to Japan" and make a program specifically for interviewing foreign tourists called "Why Did You Come to China" or "Why Did You Come to Shanghai" to further promote Shanghai's popularity and improve China's international image.

This is the value and significance brought by Shen Juan.

Jackie Chan is indeed great, as he has made his name in the field of action films and has many foreign stars as his fans.

But he is old.

His time has passed.

Now, it's up to him to take over the game.

In the evening, the filming was finished.

On the way to Hongqiao Airport, Yangyang Jin called Shen Juan, who was staring at the sunset outside the window, back to reality.

“Are you free to talk about work now?”

"I'm free, what's up?"

Just as Shen Juan was about to take out his cell phone to take a picture of today's sunset and send it to his wings, his spellcasting was interrupted.

"Didn't you ask me to help you find some good candidates?" Yang Yangjin took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and handed them to him: "Now I have them, take a look first."

Shen Juan took it and glanced at it casually. They were all job resumes, or to be more precise, artist resumes.

Although it is a bit hasty to start looking for artists before the company's management framework has even been fully established, the domestic entertainment industry is very competitive now, and if good talents are not signed early, they will probably be snatched away by others.

In fact, in recent years, more and more people have begun to pay attention to and discuss fan culture. This organized star-chasing behavior and the commercial value and social impact it generates are attracting more and more attention.

Corresponding to fan culture is the idol economy.

Idols are commodities carefully packaged and produced by brokerage companies. Under the guidance of the brokerage companies, fans often form specific consumption habits and behavioral patterns.

In the past decade of the Korean Wave invasion, many companies and capital in the Chinese entertainment industry have tried various ways to replicate this economic model in the domestic entertainment industry.

And they have all achieved success to a certain extent.

For example, Shen Juan’s former agency Yi Hai created the boy group Swin through the talent show “Star Asia”.

But it was Kiwi's Idol Producer that truly pushed the idol economy beyond the circle and brought it to the vision of more people.

Since then, various talent shows have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. The most famous ones are naturally Tencent's "Creation Camp" and Kiwi's "Youth With You".

Shen Juan also wants to reap the benefits of the talent show.

Because this can be said to be the entry method with the lowest threshold and the least technical content into the entertainment industry, Yang Yangjin has been busy recently with the company that Le Hua allowed him to establish after Shen Juan negotiated with Le Hua.

(Led by Shen Juan, Lehua Investments invested)

In Shen Juan's vision, the company they founded should follow the model of Taiyang Chuanhe.

That is, a new type of entertainment company with multiple main businesses including artist management, content investment and production, short video MCN, live streaming e-commerce, integrated marketing, etc.

As for the idea of setting up a company, it actually came into being as early as the beginning of the year when Le Hua changed the profit-sharing ratio of Shen Juan's agency contract from 30:70 to 50:50.

However, there is no official announcement yet, so both the management and the contracted artists are only searching within a small range, focusing on recommendations from acquaintances and poaching.

"How is it? Did you see any good seedlings?"

Shen Juan smiled and said, "How can it be that easy? Trying to find good candidates through these resumes is like panning for gold in the sand."

Speaking of this, Yang Yangjin shook his head helplessly: "I also took the time to look at these resumes, and there are indeed not many girls who can make my eyes light up."

"It doesn't matter. You have to trust my judgment." Shen Juan continued to smile and raised his eyebrows confidently, saying, "Just like before, I can always pick the best and most suitable one."

Although there are many trainees in the domestic entertainment industry, there are few good talents, and most of them are monopolized by a few large entertainment companies.

Therefore, he could only rely on Shen Juan's third eye to conduct an accurate search.

"So? Do you already have a suitable candidate now?" Yangyangjin didn't take this sentence seriously.

Shen Juan thought about it carefully and suddenly laughed.

"It seems there is."

Looking at Shen Juan's face, which was doomed to be romantic, Yangjin Zhuoma was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. "Don't tell me you want to sign your group of little fans in."

"Wow, Yangyang, are you secretly in love with me?"

"speak English."

"How do you understand me so well?"

Yangyangjin couldn't help but roll her eyes.

But Shen Juan was not joking.

After all, whether it is the amateurs he already knows, such as Hu Lianxin, Bao Lujia, Li Wanda, Shen Yujie, and Shan Yichun; or the little flowers and idols from talent shows whom he doesn’t know yet but knows will become famous in the future.

As long as they have not signed a contract with an agency and have not entered the circle, or as long as there is a possibility of poaching or job-hopping, he has the opportunity to catch them all and put them in his pocket.

After all, his reputation is still quite useful.

Moreover, whether it is film and television variety shows or fashion business, he has certain resources and connections:
Nicknamed "Prince Ali", as long as Ali is brought in to invest when a company is established, all resources under the Ali Capital camp can be easily obtained.

Being a guest on Mango TV and Kiwi TV was like returning to his mother's home. Tencent was also very polite to him, fearing that he would be completely embraced by Taobao. In addition, Universal Music and a series of overseas resource channels
Although the resources that Shen Juan can currently provide to his artists are definitely not the best in the domestic entertainment industry, they can take all aspects into consideration and are definitely more than enough to train new talents.

(Liu Xening, the T1 idol in the domestic entertainment industry, is scheduled to appear)

The recording location for this episode of "Wild Kitchen" was set in Wenchang, Hainan, the pearl on the sunny east coast.

Shen Juan had never been here before and didn't have much impression of this city. He only knew that there was a very famous space launch site here that was often in the news.

Then, the hit drama "You Are My Glory" which gave Dilraba Dilmurat her masterpiece as a female lead and also revived Yang Yang's precarious career and helped him regain his confidence. Then, in the next drama, he behaved greasy due to his overconfidence. It was also filmed here.

Because it was already very late when the plane landed last night, Shen Juan originally planned to meet with the program crew again this morning. Anyway, the recording would start after lunch.

But unable to resist Tian Xiwei's persistence and persuasion, he finally rushed to the hotel where the program crew was staying overnight.

The next morning, Shen Juan was awakened by the alarm clock. He had better recovery ability and forcibly pulled Tian Xiwei, who was still dazed, out of bed and took her into the bathroom to take a shower.

Then he took her to the hotel for breakfast.

Baoluo rice noodles are an authentic Han Chinese snack originating from Baoluo Town, Wenchang. The couple both thought it tasted good.

Anyway, it tastes much better than nutritious meals for weight loss.

Eating too much of that stuff can really affect your mood.

“So when was your company founded?”

"It should be in the first half of next year. We have almost everything set up now. Let's start with a small scale."

"Where's the name?"

"It's not determined yet."

"Oh, but no matter what the name is, I want to be the first artist signed by your company!" Tian Xiwei bit the straw and drank freshly squeezed soy milk while saying vaguely: "I have been waiting for you for half a year and have not signed a company or taken any work. If you can't even meet this requirement of mine, then you are too inhuman!"

Shen Juan smiled slightly, "Of course."

Although "So Cute We Are" cannot be considered a hit, it is Shen Juan's first TV series with the male lead, so it naturally received a lot of attention from the outside world.

So as the heroine of the drama, Tian Xiwei naturally received olive branches from many brokerage companies.

But she didn't agree to any of them, and inexplicably returned to the Shanghai Theatre Academy to continue her studies and became an amateur, so much so that netizens joked: "The amateur persona cannot be lost. Sister Tian really tried her best not to be dumped by Suki! She loves it so much!"
"Who else does your company plan to sign?"

"It's not clear yet. Why are you asking this?"

"I want to get intelligence so I can formulate a battle plan!" "What do you mean?" Shen Juan was puzzled.

Tian Xiwei forced a dangerous smile, "I want to see which bitches are trying to steal my man!"

"." Shen Juan originally wanted to tell her that the world of martial arts is not about fighting and killing but about human relationships and worldly wisdom, trying to get her to put down her butcher knife and become a Buddha right away, and not muddy the water in his fish pond.

But Tian Xiwei knew Shen Juan too well. Yes, he was very gentle, but scumbags were generally very gentle. Otherwise, so many girls would not be willing to throw themselves into his arms even though they knew he might cheat on them.

So before he could even start talking, she interrupted him: "Don't worry, I know my limits!"

"Is it true or false? Is it true?"

"You still don't believe me?"

"If I hadn't seen with my own eyes how passionately you and those fans argued, I'm afraid I would have believed it."

"Oh my! Fans are fans, swordsmen are swordsmen, and cousins are cousins. These are all different."

"So what am I?"

Tian Xiwei didn't even think about it: "You are a male dog."

Shen Juan was stunned at first, and then he became nervous.

"Then what are you? Mother."

"you shut up!"

Tian Xiwei was so angry that she stuffed a big fried dough stick into Shen Juan's mouth. That's what he did to her last night!

During the decisive moment of one of the games, the team boss Shen Juan disliked Dai Tao's CBA style, so he took the initiative to call a timeout and proposed that Wu Tao, who played a tougher style and could more easily break into the inside and cause damage, should replace Dai Tao. However, the team's second-in-command Xiaotian felt that Wu Tao's reckless personality might ruin the team's fortunes, so he argued with the team boss, and the two had an argument on the bench.

"Aba Aba Aba." With his mouth blocked, Shen Juan could only make some unclear sounds like a fool, but his eyes were full of teasing and playful smiles.

Tian Xiwei immediately became furious. Not only did she glare at him with a look of shame and anger, she also raised her foot and kicked Shen Juan's calf. But in the end, for some reason, she controlled her strength and just touched him instead.

They were eating breakfast, laughing and playing for a while when the program crew came over.

"Teachers, get ready for the meeting!"

The idea of the show "Wild Kitchen" can be simply put as follows: people usually order takeout, so they yearn for a life of going out for picnics and driving.

So in this era when fast food delivery is highly popular, this program can allow the audience to slow down and savor life through the process of wild cooking.

The four permanent guests Wang Han, Li Dan, Jiang Yan, and Lin Yanjun, each with their own responsibilities, plus two flying guests Tian Xiwei and Shen Juan, make up the recording lineup for this episode.

The main plot is to drive to find ingredients and then cook.

They were busy all day following the program recording process until nightfall, and this Hainan Wenchang Chicken was finally made with the joint efforts of Shen Juan and Jiang Yan.

To be honest, if you ignore the impact of having a public-funded relationship with his girlfriend on the show, the experience of recording the entire show was actually quite boring.

There were no conflicts or highlights throughout the show, and the guest lineup was also mediocre. No wonder both the online popularity and the ratings flopped.

But no matter what, the happiness and joy when everyone sees the freshly-baked Wenchang chicken cannot be faked. After all, this is the result of their own labor, and everyone has contributed their own efforts.

So when the dishes are served on the table and everyone gathers around the table and starts eating, there will definitely be laughter and joy.

"Come on! Let's eat, friends!"

"Do you want to eat this with a dip?"

"Well, let me help you."

"Thank you, Teacher Shen!"

"Wow! Delicious!"

"This chicken is perfect!"

"Why are you imitating Teacher He?"

"It's just a knee-jerk reaction."

"Our Chef Yan and Chef Juan have worked so hard today!" Wang Han brought the topic to Shen Juan, the ratings guarantee for this episode. "Speaking of which, Juan, you are such a good cook, why didn't you show off your skills in Longing for Life?"

Both of these are Mango TV programs, and they are not broadcast in the same time slot. There is no competition between them at any level, so they can mention each other to attract traffic.

"Mr. Huang is such a great cook and can cook any dish. In front of him, I am at best an apprentice helping him, so I'd better not come out and make a fool of myself." Shen Juan is still working hard. Who knows how much fun his actions and remarks on the show will provide to the netizens in a few years when Mr. Huang's image collapses.

Anyway, the top spot of the Anti-Huang Lei Alliance is inevitable.

"Hey, you know what, Teacher Huang can really cook!"

Shen Juan nodded, "You can tell by the way we wolf down our food every time it's mealtime."

"I heard that Peng Peng gained ten pounds after one season of the show. Is that true?" Jiang Yan had obviously also watched the show at home.

"It's true. His agent was so worried that he quickly took him to lose weight and scolded him badly." Shen Juan was a little nervous because he knew that the reason why Peng Peng gained weight was purely because the two of them hid next door every day to eat takeout and got high.

But there was nothing they could do. After all, farm work was tiring, and Huang Lei sometimes liked to cook without following the recipe, so all their appetites were left for the takeaway after dinner, and they binge-eat out of revenge almost every day.

The brotherhood between the two men was also deepened in the process of starving and overeating together.

Shen Juan even suspected that Zhang Zifeng drank four or five bottles of Telunsu a day in the third season because he was forced by Lei Zi.
"Pitiful."

During that period, Tian Xiwei heard Shen Juan complain a lot. Knowing the truth, she tried hard to control her laughter.

"Xiaotian, what are you laughing at?" Li Dan noticed the situation here and asked out of curiosity.

This guy also came to Xiangwang this year, so he naturally knew that Huang Lei’s cooking skills were not as awesome as Shen Juan boasted.

"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of some happy things." Tian Xiwei smiled awkwardly.

"Good luck will come naturally if you smile more often! Compared to yesterday, Xiaotian was very happy the whole day. I saw the smile on her face never stopped. She even had more energy to work during the day!" Wang Han came out to help smooth things over, but at the same time pushed her into another fire pit.

"So why is that?" Li Dan joked.

"Use the control variable method to speculate what is different between today and yesterday." Shen Juan pretended to lower his head and fell into deep thought, then pointed at himself with a surprised look and asked, "Is it because of me?"

Tian Xiwei also rolled her eyes in a dramatic way: "If you want me to be cyberbullied by your fans, just say so!"

“It’s best not to roll your eyes in front of the camera, or you’ll get scolded.”

"Haven't I been scolded enough?"

"Who to blame?" Shen Juan asked knowingly.

"You know what's going on!"

"It seems like you have a very good relationship." Jiang Yan looked at the two people who were flirting with an auntie smile, and Lin Yanjun and others who were silent on the side also nodded silently.

In their opinion, the rumors about them were definitely not groundless. To a certain extent, Shen Juan even came to the show this time to tell everyone: There have always been rumors that Tian Xiwei and I are secretly dating. Let me clarify, that is not a rumor, it is true.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, the recording of this episode of "Wild Kitchen" came to an end with everyone singing.

Behind me, the staff of the program were busy cleaning up the scene and preparing to leave and return to the city.

In front of me is an endless, quiet, deep sea, sparkling and as smooth as a mirror under the moonlight.

"You've worked hard today!" Shen Juan approached Tian Xiwei and said with a smile, "The scenery is beautiful, isn't it?"

"Watching the sea is the only interesting thing for me today besides you." Tian Xiwei bent her knees slightly, hugged her legs, and said nonchalantly while looking at the sea.

There was no one else around and the program crew's radio equipment had long been taken down, so I could finally speak freely.

"Work is like this. Most of the time it's boring. Once you get into the circle, you just have to get used to it. Some things are not as fun and interesting as you think."

"Don't you hate this kind of life that follows rules? Why are you teaching others?"

"Because not everyone has the ability to jump out of these rules and live the life they like."

“Okay, I know you’re talking about me.”

"Actually, I'm talking about myself." Shen Juan said softly as he looked at the gray line between the sea and the sky in the distance.

"But I see people in the fan circle saying that you are lawless and do whatever you want in the domestic entertainment industry." Tian Xiwei turned her head and looked at Shen Juan seriously and said, "Anyway, I think you are very free."

"Maybe it's because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder? I just realized that your filter for me seems to be a bit thick." Shen Juan smiled and rubbed her head, "And the freedom I'm talking about is just a psychological thing. It makes me dare to do anything, but it doesn't mean that I can really do whatever I want and go wherever I want."

"I don't understand." Tian Xiwei pouted playfully.

"You just don't understand."

Sitting barefoot on the soft beach, the sea breeze blows towards you and brushes across your nose. It smells salty and fishy, but the smell is not particularly strong. From time to time, a gust of cool sea water with soft and fine sand comes, bringing a different feeling experience to the two people who are emptying their minds watching the sea.

Shen Juan suddenly reached out and covered her ears.

"What?" Tian Xiwei glanced at Shen Juan out of the corner of her eye.

"How about turning the world silent for a while?"

"Oh"

Tian Xiwei closed her eyes, and the whole world suddenly became much quieter. The sound of her heartbeat gradually became clearer, making its location extremely distinct.

Happy, happy, funny, sad memories of the past all came flooding back to my mind.

But most of them are here.

After a long time, Tian Xiwei finally opened her tightly closed eyes, breathed in the fresh air, and looked at her boyfriend beside her. "It's quiet, comfortable and relaxing. I like this feeling of the world disappearing except for you and me."

"Yeah." Shen Juan smiled and nodded.

The meaningless conversation came to no end and the atmosphere returned to silence. At this moment, there were not so many complicated thoughts and mundane things. The two of them just sat together, looking at the sea for a long time, and were in a daze for a long time.

Then Tian Xiwei drew on the sand and said, "Humans are so boring. The earth is doomed."

"Yeah, I think so too."

As if she had not expected Shen Juan to give such a nonsensical answer, Tian Xiwei raised her head curiously, with bright moonlight rippling in her round eyes.

Shen Juan turned his head to meet those bright eyes, smiled, and said, "Then accompany me to the end."

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