Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 68: Nineteen That Year, Standing Like a Minion

After completing the red carpet appearance and interview session, Shen Juan followed the staff's instructions and entered the main venue of the dinner.

Like previous years, Bazaar was divided into three teams this year: red, yellow and blue, led by captains Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming and Wu Xiubo respectively. Then, many tables were set up in the charity night venue in the order of ABC, with twelve stars sitting at each table.

And they basically have a connection with each other.

For example, table A1 mainly consists of Yang Mi, Guo Caijie, Guo Biting, Xie Yilin, the Era sisters and Jiaxing artists.

Table A2 includes Running Man members Deng Chao, Lu Han, Li Chen, Fan Xiaopang, Carina Lau, Li Yundi, Angela Zhang and others.

Table A3 has the five beauties from Ode to Joy, led by Liu Tao, and returning idols Zhang Yixing and Song Qian.

Perhaps because Shen Juan was also a returning idol, he was also arranged to sit at this table.

Then, table A4 is basically occupied by people from the entertainment industry who can become a hot topic in minutes. Big names like Huang Xiaoming and Yang Ying, Li Yuchun, Zhang Ziyi, Feng Xiaogang, etc. are all sitting here, and each one has a bigger status and influence than the other.

Similarly, the coffee at table A5 is also very good. Team leader Wu Xiubo, Guo Degang, Li Bingbing, Yao Chen, Zhao Liying, as well as Tong Dawei and Guan Yue, and Huo Jianhua and Lin Xinru, the guest lineup is equally star-studded.

Well, actually it was just about separating the “Four Dans and Two Bings” who seemed to be in harmony but were actually having conflicts in private.

Surrounded by the exaggerated cheers and screams of fans at the scene, which made all the stars stare at him, Shen Juan calmly followed the organizer's staff to find the seat with his name tag and took his seat, facing the curious, surprised or jealous gazes of his peers around him.

At this moment, Zhang Yixing was sitting on his left, Song Qian was sitting on his right, and opposite him were Liu Tao, Jiang Xin and others.

None of them are familiar.

They are all seniors in the circle whom I have never met before.

However, out of politeness, Shen Juan took the initiative to greet everyone briefly, just as an introduction to himself.

Of course, it is impossible for these people not to know Shen Juan. After all, they are still young and not the old-fashioned people who never touch electronic products and only concentrate on filming.

In other words:
As long as you are still in this circle, as long as you have the habit of checking the trending searches on Weibo, it is impossible not to know Shen Juan, who has been dominating the trending searches recently for buying a house.

Unless they want to market themselves as "old artists who only focus on themselves and don't pay attention to external comments."

But obviously, they didn't think so.

So the situation at this table is now very clear.

The five beauties from Ode to Joy were chatting about their recent situation together.

Song Qian, Zhang Yixing and Shen Juan, three returning idols with similar idol backgrounds, formed another small group.

"Hey! The Produce 101 that you participated in is really popular!" Although Victoria Song has returned to China to develop her career for many years, she still pays attention to the developments in the South Korean entertainment industry.

After all, her agency contract with SM is for ten years, and it will probably expire in 19, two years from now.

Shen Juan nodded, "This year's online popularity and ratings are quite high, much higher than last year."

If I have to, it's roughly the gap between "Idol Producer" and "Youth With You 2".

As for "Youth With You 1"? No one would allow this mediocre variety show to compete on the stage, as that would be disrespectful to the opponent.

"Yes, if I remember correctly, the debut album of the new boy group Wanna One launched by this program seemed to break the record." Zhang Yixing, like Victoria Song now, has never terminated his contract with SM.

To some extent, Lay is actually more honest, more professional, and more idealistic than Pao San.

I don't mean to offend you, but the one who loves the stage the most is probably him, the one who claimed in an interview that he is "willing to sacrifice his life for the stage."

Although its peak height is not as high as others, its battery life is longer than others, which can still give fans some bragging rights.

"No matter how many records are broken, it has nothing to do with me. I have already withdrawn from the competition and returned home. There is no need to always tie others up to gain popularity." Shen Juan took a sip of the sponsored drink on the table.

Wanna One is very popular, so popular that they single-handedly suppressed the fourth generation of South Korean boy bands. Fans call them "two eggs and one bowl", ranking on par with EXO and BTS. Their popularity in South Korea is even more exaggerated than in China.

But it’s useless no matter how popular it is.

After the winter restriction order was issued, the country did not dare to market and disseminate Korean entertainment news on a large scale. Even if Le Hua wanted to expand his popularity in the domestic entertainment industry and lay the foundation for his future development in China, the effect would probably be minimal.

Why do ordinary people feel that there are fewer world-class superstars after domestic entertainment has completely entered the era of Internet traffic?
On the one hand, it is because there are too many and too diverse film and television works nowadays, and it only takes one second to receive the latest news. Unlike before, a classic TV series or movie can be played repeatedly for many years, constantly deepening the impression.

On the other hand, it is because of information blockade.

With less foreign news entering the country, people naturally think that foreign stars are not as popular as before.

For example, BTS is actually much more popular than EXO worldwide, but because of the cold season restrictions and the company's humiliation of girls, there is basically no news about them in China, so many people still think that EXO is invincible.

The news data about overseas is completely stagnant.

As a result, any Chinese entertainment novel written in the era of traffic will be questioned by book lovers as being merely entertaining themselves.

But the problem is that there are indeed idols who participated in the original version of the hip-hop show SMTM and performed well, and there are indeed Chinese people who got the center position of the group in the South Korean talent show.
Under such circumstances, idols who return to China to develop their careers naturally cannot become as popular as Lu Han did upon returning home.

So many green card holders simply don’t return.

After all, if you continue to work in South Korea, you may not necessarily earn less than working in the domestic entertainment industry where there is no stage and no idol base.

“If you hadn’t withdrawn from the competition, you would definitely be one of the most popular members of this group.” Victoria Song is very optimistic about Shen Juan’s face.

In her opinion, Shen Juan undoubtedly possesses the innate idol physique that many people envy, but it's a pity that he has no intention of developing further in the idol field.

"Even if you give the C position to a foreigner like me, I'm afraid I won't stay." Shen Juan shrugged.

"Yes, the times are different now. The situation is tense and there are fewer restrictions. It would be better to return to China and develop as soon as possible."

After a short chat, the charity dinner organized by Bazaar officially began.

The organizer, Bazaar, knew very well what the audience wanted to see, so not long after the opening performance, they went straight to the most important and most eye-catching segment of the night, the group photo of all the stars.

To put it bluntly, it is a battle for the C position.

Just a simple C position can fully reflect the hypocrisy and intrigue in the entertainment industry.

Everyone wants to be in the C position to show their status, but no one dares to grab the C position openly for fear of being denounced by netizens.

The on-site staff brought the celebrity guests sitting in the audience onto the stage one by one according to their seating groups.

There were two hosts on the stage. One was responsible for reading out the names of the guests, while the other was responsible for pretending to be a "Malo" and shouting "Oh oh oh" in an attempt to liven up the atmosphere.

But soon, the stage fell into chaos.

The male stars were very conscious of standing to the sides to avoid stealing the limelight, while the female stars kept squeezing into the middle.

But everyone is a respectable person, and the intention to grab the C position cannot be exposed too obviously, so the positions on both sides of the C position were suddenly crowded with people, most of whom were actresses who were waiting for an opportunity and ready to take the C position at any time.

But none of this has anything to do with Shen Juan.

After all, he is just a new traffic that has just emerged and has neither solid achievements nor established influence.

It is definitely impossible to compare with these seniors who have been in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years and have seen all kinds of ups and downs.

So he looked around, then quietly moved his position to the side, allowing those female stars who needed to grab the spotlight more to enter the inner circle of the photo formation.

Alas. Shen Juan sighed silently in his heart.

When I was nineteen, I stood like a minion at the Bazaar dinner.

Even though he has a pretty good traffic figure, he is still not good enough in front of the real big names.

There is still a long way to go in the future.
Anyway, after struggling like this for quite a while, with Su Mang's pleading shouts, they finally managed to arrange a decent formation for the photo.

At this point, the most anticipated but also the most difficult photo session of the Bazaar Charity Night finally came to a successful conclusion.

A hot topic and event that is enough to change the rules for domestic entertainment stars to stand on the same stage suddenly emerged.

(End of this chapter)