Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 425 The trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them

Another day of rehearsals ended. After a brief socializing with big names like Jackie Chan at the venue, it was time for dinner.

Shen Juan thought for a moment. Since he had no other plans for the night (Sister Tian and Xiao Xiao were recording the female push in Changsha, and Ye Zi was going back to her hometown of Huizhou to spend the New Year with her parents), he decided to organize a gathering and invited all his friends who had participated in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal or were resting in Beijing.

The ending is heartbreaking for Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong; Deng Chao has been idly at home lately; Huang Zitao has always admired and idolized Shen Juan; Peng Yuchang is Shen Juan's loyal homie; and Lao Song, who, after learning that no one was home for Shen Juan that night, proactively contacted Shen Juan wanting to be thoroughly humiliated, is also a character.
And Liu Xiening, a Starlink trainee who frequently chatted with Shen Juan on WeChat during this period and whose relationship with him quickly grew closer.

In fact, the trainees who are still with the company are basically the contestants prepared for Tencent's "Produce Camp 2020".

Their relationship with Shen Juan was okay.

Shen Juan has always had spies watching Jiang Zhenyu, a beautiful but sexually ambiguous lesbian. It can be said that his eyes and ears are everywhere in Starlink. There is no possibility that he runs a company to train trainees, only to give them to someone else, and a woman at that, to benefit from their illicit affair.

We must find an opportunity to catch her and give her a good beating and whipping to correct her incorrect sexual orientation!
Although Shen Xiaoting has not yet shown strong professional skills and her appearance is not particularly outstanding, she has the experience from her previous life as a foundation. If all else fails, copying the answer from the original timeline and sending her to a South Korean audition program to debut is also a solution.

Anyway, Starlink's South Korean branch has been established, and the support and protection it receives in South Korea is not necessarily worse than that in the Chinese entertainment industry.

After all, Min Hee-jin is capable. As long as Shen Juan gives her enough possession of the ball, there is no possibility of her rebelling.

Sun Zhenni is an old acquaintance, a direct junior from the 18 class of Beijing Film Academy, who has received double verification and double guarantee from Song Xiaohu.

However, it might be due to his personality.
Or perhaps they were frightened by Xiao Hu, this crazy girl who would pull up her mosquito net and transform into a gold miner late at night.

Shen Juan felt that their relationship was a bit distant.

Unlike other girls, she doesn't easily fall for someone.

Zheng Naixin, the Thai woman who was temporarily sidelined by her company and lost her chance to appear on shows due to her controversial remarks, has now deeply realized her mistake and stated that if she makes similar remarks in the future, she is willing to be sidelined until her contract expires, or find a way to pay the full amount of the breach of contract penalty.

Of course, Shen Juan had the right to keep her out of the spotlight, so there was no question of her being willing to do so.

No matter the time or era, it's still easy for a company to crush a trainee with no connections.

Just like when Yi Hai targeted me back then.

However, considering that she only slightly complained about the toilet environment and did not make any particularly outrageous remarks, there was no need to get into a state of stress and anger over such a thing. So after giving her appropriate punishment, Shen Juan still gave her a chance - to become an internet celebrity and film short dramas!
Anyway, short dramas will gradually rise in popularity after the "Loyalty" series, so get into them early and you might even earn the title of "Queen of Short Dramas".

Lana recently spoke with Shen Juan on the phone about her future plans. She said she doesn't really want to switch to acting, so if she doesn't achieve great success in her idol career, she plans to switch to the company's MCN department and follow the example of those two Russian actresses, taking the patriotic mainstream route.

The younger version of Yang Mi and Zhou Jieqiong, with their mixed-race looks, are quite attractive, and their careers shouldn't be too bad if they continue down this path.

As for Liu Xiening...
Among the remaining trainees, she might not be the one most familiar with Shen Juan (of course, the one she's known the longest is Sun Zhenni), but she is definitely the one with the best relationship with Shen Juan, and their conversation topics have gradually expanded from work and training life to daily life.

Liu Xiening didn't know what to talk to Shen Juan about.

After all, one is the boss and the other is the employee; one is the world's leading man and the other is an 18th-tier idol who has already debuted.

The difference in their social status and perspectives was so great that it was hard not to feel a sense of awe.

So she could only act like an ordinary girl facing her crush, seemingly generous and casually sharing her recent situation with Shen Juan, taking pictures of beautiful scenery and sunsets, sharing delicious restaurants and food, and talking about her feelings about certain things.

If you encounter someone amazing and don't try to get to know them, you feel like you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

Although Shen Juan has been touring the world for the past six months and the time difference has prevented him from seeing and replying to her messages in a timely manner, he will reply whenever he has time. Even a simple "hmm" is enough to keep the conversation going.

In other words, they're already flirting.

While Liu Xiening's heart raced with every WeChat chat between them, Shen Juan also found her very interesting.

That's why he was willing to bring this "fish seedling" who had won his approval to his friends' dinner party, just to let her get a sneak peek in front of the two mentors, Lu Han and Huang Zitao, so that she could receive more attention from the production team and mentors when the show officially started recording.

The location for the dinner was chosen by Deng Chao, who found a high-end restaurant that offered decent food and privacy.

Well, Shen Juan, as the user of the Face Fruit, was in charge of organizing the gathering, while Deng Chao, as a senior in the industry, was in charge of treating everyone.

Very beaver-like.

However, because he went to pick someone up from the company in the middle of the journey, Shen Juan found out that the two of them were the last to arrive when they got there.

"That can't be right, how come everyone's on time this time?"

"We heard that the famous Alex is coming, so of course we dare not be late!" Lu Han, Huang Zitao, and Deng Chao happily got up and welcomed him into the private room, while Peng Yuchang walked over with a silly grin to help close the door.

"Actually, he was late because he was picking me up." Liu Xiening felt that she should take the blame, since it was her fault. After receiving Shen Juan's call, she was so nervous that she hesitated for a long time when choosing clothes, which caused her to be late.

Upon hearing this, Deng Chao turned to look at Liu Xiening, who was speaking. He thought she was indeed quite good-looking, with a standard striking appearance and a touch of heroic spirit rarely seen in girls. No wonder she was Shen Juan's companion and was brought to the party by her; at least her looks met the standard.

"Who is this"

"Her name is Liu Xiening, she's an artist in my company." Shen Juan took the opportunity to introduce Liu Xiening to everyone.

"Oh, Xiao Liu, right?" Deng Chao smiled and nodded, gesturing for her to sit down, behaving quite amiably.

"Hello, Brother Chao!" Liu Xiening immediately bowed obediently, her clear voice carrying just the right amount of respect.

After spending some time exchanging pleasantries and getting to know each other, and after Liu Xiening had completed her initial conversations with each of them, Shen Juan looked at Lu Han and Huang Zitao, "In a while, she will be participating in Tencent's Produce Camp with other trainees from my company, so Lu, Tao, you should understand what I mean, right?"

"Of course!" Huang Zitao patted his chest vigorously, making a solemn promise with an air of righteousness. "Don't worry! If you need any help, just ask! And Brother Juan, to tell you the truth, in this huge entertainment industry, I, Huang Zitao, only respect you and Brother Lu."

Song Zuer suddenly coughed twice for no apparent reason, and Guan Xiaotong, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but lower her head and try to suppress her laughter.

"What?" Huang Zitao, whose spellcasting had been interrupted, looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, his eyes as pure as nicotine.

"I can let Xiaotong and I be, but what about Brother Chao?" Song Zuer blinked. "You don't even respect Brother Chao?"

"Yeah, where's Brother Chao?" Peng Yuchang chimed in. After two seasons of training, he not only developed an anti-poison body, but also mastered the skills of reading people and setting the pace. It can be said that he was forced to develop a sense of variety show by Huang Lei, who loves to torment people, and Shen Juan, who loves to watch the fun.

Even if he doesn't get any acting roles in the future, he can probably make a living in the Chinese entertainment industry just by relying on this skill, just like Wei Daxun.

"Brother Chao is..."

Huang Zitao was momentarily speechless. He wasn't actually very close to Deng Chao, and he had naturally made some slip-ups in his speech. Fortunately, Lu Han and Deng Chao, this father-son duo with good emotional intelligence, stepped in to help him out of the predicament and gave him a way out. "In short, we must support our own little sister!"

Seeing this, Huang Zitao understood and made a promise: "Once the show starts filming, we will give her plenty of screen time!"

A burst of laughter erupted in the private room. Shen Juan smiled and took his seat, next to Liu Xiening and Peng Yuchang.

"Where has Peng Shen been busy making his fortune lately?"

"I've been busy working out at the gym lately," Peng Yuchang said, scratching his head and looking a little embarrassed.

Because the results of the workout weren't very good.

The reason is also very simple.

Like Pan Weibao, a well-known glutton in the entertainment industry, he couldn't control his eating, resulting in a high body fat percentage. There were basically no obvious signs of fitness training. In fact, because he hadn't lost the fat, he started supplementing with protein to build muscle, which made his figure rounder and "robust" than last year.

However, this is actually a good thing for Lei Zi, because Peng Peng can help him maintain his "Chef Huang" persona.

Anyway, apart from those few, no one knows that Peng Peng gained weight by eating takeout all the time at the Mushroom House.

As for Shen Juan...
This gave him a brand new idea: to invite Pan Shuai to the Mushroom House to challenge the strange rules.

This way we can find out whether Leizi's cooking skills can actually give a foodie a psychological shock and stop him from overeating.

(Pan Shuai, the Giant Mouth of the Abyss, battles Huang Lei, the Bio-engineered Demon)
"Shen Juan, didn't you film a movie with Ye Zi and Chao Ge before? When are you planning to release it?" Guan Xiaotong became friends with Zhou Ye because of Shen Juan.

Although we're not at the level of best friends who can talk about anything, we can still go out together for shopping and meals from time to time.

“It’s okay to eat more now, but we’ll probably go hungry once the filming of ‘Back to Field’ starts. It’ll probably be hard to order takeout here this year.” Shen Juan teased Peng Yuchang first, then turned to Guan Xiaotong: “We originally planned to release it on Valentine’s Day next month, but we found out about the ‘Love and Kindness’ project at the beginning of the month, so we postponed it.”

"Delayed because of loyalty?"

Deng Chao perked up and asked with a puzzled look, "Are you so sure that the non-tobacco situation is out of control? Look at the other movies scheduled for the Spring Festival; they're still being promoted and preparing for release as usual. The marketing and distribution investment for these movies is so huge that it can't be stopped!"

Detective Chinatown 3, Vanguard starring Jackie Chan and Yang Yang, The Rescue starring Peng Yuyan, Lost in Russia directed and starring Xu Zheng, and Jiang Ziya, which belongs to the same Fengshen Universe as Nezha, are all coming on strong. Their online marketing has been in full swing recently, and their presence can be seen almost everywhere.

Therefore, Deng Chao, who trusts and is more accustomed to following the collective trend, obviously does not quite understand Shen Juan's decision to withdraw the film.

"Perhaps I'm exaggerating, but based on past experience, this time it will be very difficult to control. Haven't you seen how the news is describing it as getting more and more serious? So I still suggest you make adequate preparations as soon as possible." Shen Juan nodded and replied calmly.

There's no need to elaborate on this.

Just like how he has been saying on Weibo and Instagram every now and then that he recently caught a cold and felt very uncomfortable being sick, and then called on his fans around the world to wear masks when going out, avoid gathering and staying in crowded areas as much as possible, and pay attention to the current flu.

Despite being criticized by some netizens and haters who dislike him, he is accused of being a delicate celebrity who has to announce even a common cold on Weibo. They say he should go to the hospital soon or he will recover from the cold. Does he have to be in a wheelchair if he falls and scrapes his knee?

Then they mocked our big star for getting arrogant, first expressing regret over the Notre Dame fire, and then using a minor thing like a cold to play the victim on Weibo, saying that he was doing anything for his upcoming English album and had no shame in order to fleece his fans!
However, Shen Juan did indeed use his exaggerated influence among the little spring rolls to affect the behavior of some people.

There are some things that simply must be done.

Whether they listen or not is their business.

Whether they curse or not is their right.

That's all I have to say; I've done everything I could.

Moreover, thanks to Shen Juan's special identity, if some netizens who are used to analyzing problems with conspiracy theories believe that he has some information that ordinary people cannot access and is using hints to pass this information on to the outside world out of conscience, they can take his words to heart.

So no matter what happens in the future, he can be said to have made a contribution to the country, society, and even the people of the world.

Without dwelling on this serious topic, Lao Song, who was extremely adept at livening up the atmosphere, started a new one. "So, Juanjuan, besides releasing an album and going on tour, what else do you plan to do this year? Do you have any plans to act in a movie?"

"Well, actually I've already booked two roles."

"What play?" Lu Han asked curiously.

"A movie about fighting cancer and a modern romance." Shen Juan took a sip of the orange juice Liu Xiening poured for him and continued, "Actually, strictly speaking, both are romance films. After all, among so many film genres, comedies and romances are the easiest to make fun of, and I happen to be bad at comedies, so..."

"Have the female leads for these two dramas been decided yet?" Guan Xiaotong knew she had no chance, but she still couldn't help asking.

"The one about fighting cancer has been decided. It's a newcomer who hasn't even debuted yet, and Zhang Yimou put him in the cast."

"Director Zhang Yimou?" Deng Chao immediately sat up straight. He paid close attention to anything related to the National Advisor.

"Ah."

"So, what's the name?"

"His name seems to be Liu Haocun."

"Holy crap! I recognize that name!"

Shen Juan looked at Guan Xiaotong, who was startled and even swore, raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "What do you mean?"

"Didn't Chao Ge and I act in Zhang Yimou's film 'Shadow'? My role was originally meant for her! It's just that the plot and character settings were changed later, so it was given to me. This is all inside information I heard from the assistant director." Guan Xiaotong shared the information she had.

"So it's true?" Song Zuer asked curiously.

"It's true, I went to the director to confirm it!"

"Holy crap! Her resources are truly incredible. First Zhang Yimou, then my Juanye. After these two movies are released, she'll probably take off immediately." Peng Yuchang was so shocked that he was speechless. He had never envied a star with such resources as he did now, and wished he were one.

If a female lead in a film directed by the national director is considered a celestial beauty, she would be the envy and jealousy of most actors.

As a non-Starlink artist and an unknown newcomer, she was paired with Shen Juan to make a movie. She was definitely the biggest royalty in the Chinese entertainment industry, which was enough to earn everyone's awe and make everyone secretly inquire about the size of the capital backing behind her, thus becoming the focus of attention of the entire Chinese entertainment industry!

So it's really hard to imagine what kind of waves such an amazing "holy land saintess" would cause after her birth.

I feel like I'll be targeted by multiple attackers.

This was Peng Yuchang's first thought.

After all, the entertainment industry environment in China is quite different from that abroad.

The hierarchy here is extremely strict.

Since the intention is to establish a foothold in the domestic entertainment industry and gradually develop there, then one must play the game according to the rules set by the domestic entertainment industry.

Even obtaining a luxury brand title requires scheming and competing with other brand ambassadors within the same agency.

To put it bluntly, terms like "brand ambassador," "brand friend," and "brand acquaintance" are all exclusive to the Chinese entertainment industry.

These luxury brands don't have so many titles overseas!

Those foreign idiots are all just spokespeople.

All I can say is that China is too big and has too many people.

Rather than working hard and racking their brains to get things done, many people are better at bullying their own people and taking away their livelihood.

No one is better at infighting and power struggles than the Chinese entertainment industry!
Therefore, it is reasonable for Peng Yuchang to think this way.

After all, not everyone can break free from the rigid rules and framework like Shen Juan, achieve great things in the vast world, transform into an extraterrestrial demon to return to his birthplace, and ultimately gain the recognition of the world's will. With the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, he completes the suppression and rule of this small world.

In fact.
The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

That's the norm here.

In the following time, Song Zuer, Liu Xiening, and Guan Xiaotong got together and chatted about the little secrets between girls.

This person, Lao Song
It must be said that they have a very good business sense.

Upon hearing that many trainees in Starlink had feelings for Shen Juan, she patted Xiaolongbao and said that as long as Shen Juan organized a gathering in Beijing in the future, she could create opportunities for her sisters to spend time with Shen Juan. She would then directly say that XXX was her friend, and she happened to be a trainee in Starlink.

In that case, Shen Juan, who is usually very accommodating, would probably not refuse her bringing this XXX into their dinner party.

In such a short time, she even fabricated a reason for how she met these trainees.

That's her roommate, Sun Zhenni!
After all, you know, my biggest hobby is making friends, and it was Da Ni who introduced me to them!
Da Ni is the MVP!

If Shen Juan's goal is to become an icon of the times...

So her goal is to become the most popular social butterfly, making sure her friends are everywhere!
She believes she has found her role in the fishpond, or rather, her value and meaning.

And what about the male compatriots?
A discussion group was formed with Shen Juan at its core.

The brothers were all curious about what Shen Juan had seen and heard abroad in the past few years, as well as the upcoming Grammy Awards.

Especially Huang Zitao, who was already drunk.

He said he sometimes even dreams at night that he is singing and dancing on stage during a Leviathan era tour.

Then, fueled by alcohol, he showered Shen Juan with a long string of sycophantic compliments that would normally sound incredibly cheesy.

"You are the most awesome male singer in my heart!"

"Brother Juan, I love you to death!"

"The stage, the lights, the screams"

Actually, I've disliked Wu Jiaheng for a long time.

Shen Juan is alright.

He had heard even more cheesy compliments from the bottom of his heart.

He just didn't expect Huang Zitao to be like this.
Self-worship?

Yes, it's probably just admiration, nothing more.

It cannot have any other meaning!
But Lu Han on the other side obviously couldn't hold back anymore. He took out his phone and, while laughing at him for being a gay guy who had a crush on Shen Juan for many years, recorded our Tao Tao's embarrassed state.

The atmosphere in the private room became increasingly lively, and before we knew it, it was exactly 10 p.m.

After successfully snatching the bill from Shen Juan, Deng Chao took his leave first, saying with a grin that he needed to go home early to be with his wife and children, and that he couldn't stay out all night like young people anymore, as his mother was very strict. He also made an appointment to meet again when he had time.

Then, perhaps influenced by Shen Juan's words, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong also left through the back door in different vehicles, not daring to risk their loyalty by going to crowded places.

Huang Zitao, however, still wants to start the second half.

But only Pengpeng was willing to accompany him.

As for Shen Juan?
He first drove the intoxicated Liu Xiening back to her company dormitory, and then went to Song Zuer's house.

"I thought you weren't coming!" Lao Song, who had just finished showering, rushed straight into Shen Juan's arms in his slippers.

When her phone rang and Shen Juan's voice came through, she knew that she and her kitten were in for a treat tonight.

"We've already agreed, how could we not come?"

After changing into slippers, Shen Juan carried the large pendant that resembled an octopus wrapped around him and headed towards the living room.

"Isn't it possible that she might change her mind at the last minute?" Song Zuer looked up at Shen Juan, her bright eyes seemingly innocent, but her mouth was full of flirtatious talk. "After all, she's quite pretty, has a good figure, and girls who study dance are quite flexible, so I feel like the experience shouldn't be bad."

Shen Juan rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.

Although he could easily take Liu Xiening, who was pretending to be drunk but was easily seen through, to the hotel for a friendly match tonight if he wanted to, he knew that this was not how you raise fish. No matter what field you are in, you can't rush things.

The first time we went out for dinner, I took him to a hotel. It was fun, but we hadn't developed any emotional or psychological connection yet.

If one rushes into it, it could very well become a case of forcing growth, creating side effects and long-term consequences that one doesn't want to see.

Simply put, the larger the fishpond and the more fish fry it has, the more important it is to establish a set of rules, follow regulations, and adhere to bottom lines!

Therefore, he will not eat fish fry that have not yet fully developed (whether in terms of physiological age or psychological state).

Only in this way can the long-term stability of the fishpond be guaranteed, and the internal ecological chain be protected from external damage.

"But seeing that you still chose to show up at my door in the end, I knew you still love me, Juanjuan! You still prefer to do it with me!" Song Zuer smiled and raised her arms to wrap around Shen Juan's neck, then stood on tiptoe and kept pecking at Shen Juan's neck. "So tonight."

"Daddy, can you love me really hard?"

"How much love is enough?" Shen Juan gently stroked her soft waist with both hands, feeling her body tremble.

Love me with all your might, I want all of you!

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