Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 495 You really are a bit shameless
The hottest actors this summer must be Shu Chang and Bai Baihe. The latter's two movies, "Monster Hunt" and "Go Away Mr. Tumor," have solidified her status as the queen of hit movies among the post-80s generation.

If it weren't for Liu Yifei above her, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she is the number one actress of the post-80s generation. Even so, Liu Yifei doesn't have a single movie that grossed 24 billion yuan.

As for Shu Chang, it goes without saying that her drama "The Journey of Flower" became a huge hit in June. In July, she returned to Beijing TV's prime time slot with "The Legend of the Wind," a project she had been working on for three years. Since its broadcast, it has firmly held the top spot in the national satellite TV ratings for its time slot. "The Journey of Flower" is still airing, and it is also available on Hunan TV's 22:00 Diamond Exclusive Theater.

Jiang Wei is indeed skilled at filming spy dramas. The TV series "The Message" was filmed with a good balance of tension and relaxation, and the addition of some humorous elements was just right, which eased the tense and oppressive atmosphere of the whole series.

The market is undergoing dramatic changes, and spy dramas like "The Legend of the Wind" are not particularly popular among young audiences.

Putting aside the quality of the drama itself, "The Legend of the Wind" is a perfect transition! With "The Journey of Flower" still airing and Shu Chang's popularity remaining high, the broadcast of "The Legend of the Wind" perfectly took over Shu Chang's high popularity.

Viewers can turn on Yanjing TV at 7:30 to watch two episodes of "The Legend of the Wind". After watching Shu Chang in a cheongsam maneuvering with various people in Qiu Manor, they can immediately switch to Hunan TV to watch Shu Chang in ancient costume dating her master.

This is also a major reason why "The Legend of the Wind" achieved such high ratings.

The finale of "The Legend of the Wind" achieved a viewership rating of 2.5, with the entire series averaging 1.848, setting a new record for Yanjing TV this year.

With over 10 billion online views, it's a truly phenomenal hit drama.

Shu Chang's popularity can be said to have reached new heights.

Shu Chang received so many film offers that she couldn't keep up, but she wasn't blinded by her popularity.

She knows that her best option right now is to act in TV dramas. Although she is the only actress among the post-85 generation nominated for Best Actress, she knows that she cannot rashly switch to the big screen. She can act in low-budget films, but she still cannot carry big-budget films with big resources.

So she is seriously considering the script for the TV series "Zhu Xian" that Huanrui brought over. Huanrui values ​​her popularity and acting skills and wants to invite her to play the female lead, Biyao. Filming is scheduled to start at the end of this year.

Of course, the rise of a top-tier artist is never smooth sailing.

Looking at every top celebrity and every famous artist, which one isn't "embroiled in scandals" and "covered in scandals"?
Shu Chang will experience the same thing.

Single? That makes it so easy to create rumors and scandals.

They weren't popular before, but suddenly became popular again in the last two years. They must have latched onto someone's coattails.

It's hard to say who's behind this; it's more like a frenzy among netizens.

With your popularity and the large number of people following you, there will always be people trying to dig up some "dirt" on you. Even if there isn't any dirt, they'll fabricate some, otherwise how can they show off their extraordinary abilities and uniqueness?

But Shu Chang is a child star who practically grew up in front of the camera, so her growth trajectory is too clear, making it really hard to dig up any dirt on her.

Thus, the "three drops of blood" incident was brought up again, a story from 10 years ago!
The issue of bypassing agents and contacting production companies privately has been brought up again.

Besides the two old stories, Huang Yao didn't let her off the hook either.

They say she had an unspoken agreement with director Jiang Wei!
Even if netizens don't know that Jiang Wei is Li Qiutang's teacher, they should know that he is a professor at the Beijing Film Academy and the director of "Lurking", right?
Is this something you can just casually talk about?
But the cost of spreading rumors online is very low, so Shu Chang won't respond; she's seen this kind of thing far too often.

Taking advantage of the summer season's immense popularity, Huace announced that Jing Tian will play the role of Bei Weiwei in the TV series "Love O2O".

It's easy to imagine how strong the opposition was from book fans towards Jing Tian.

But there was nothing they could do; the contract had already been signed. Jing Tian would finish filming "The Great Wall" in a few days, and then the TV series would begin filming.

Huace was also in a difficult position and could only hope that Jing Tian could play the role of Bei Weiwei well. On the other hand, Yang Ying lost the competition for the TV series Bei Weiwei, so she set her sights on movies. Unlike Shuangzi, Yang Ying was considered a semi-movie star and was quite capable of acting in movies.

But reality once again dashed her plans. Huace still wouldn't consider casting her as the female lead in the film. Qiu Tian had sold a portion of her share in the film version of "Love O2O" to Jiaxing Media, and the female lead would be chosen from Jiaxing Media. This was Qiu Tian Pictures' support for Jiaxing Media.

The cooperation between Huace and Qiutian was an open and aboveboard agreement, which was also reported by the media, so Yang Ying could easily find out about it.

Therefore, she blamed autumn for failing to get into "Love O2O" twice.

That's unfair to Qiu Tian; she wasn't even in Qiu Tian's sights. Qiu Tian's collaboration with Huace involved providing personnel, funding, and projects—what did that have to do with her?

To put it bluntly, if the autumn really had targeted her, she wouldn't be doing so well.

However, it could be said that Dong Ping favored her, as he actually introduced her to the cast of Ali Pictures' "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" to play the role of Bai Qian.

This should be the best resource Yang Ying got after joining Dong Ping's side. The role of Bai Qian in this drama was chosen by online polls to be played by Liu Yifei, but Liu Yifei would definitely not take on such a role. It's not that she picked up something that others didn't want, but that it ended up in her hands.

As for resources, if you don't want them, I'll take them; that doesn't count as eating other people's leftovers.

Yang Ying dreamed that she had found a powerful backer and would surely soar to great heights in the future.

Shu Chang has risen to the top of the industry and hopes to film more dramas to solidify her position in the industry.

Yang Mi is juggling several dramas and variety shows at the same time, working herself to the bone to fulfill her bet. Jiaxing is also discussing who will play the female lead in the movie version of "Love O2O".

Everyone is busy, and everyone has a bright future.

Meanwhile, Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei, who were not actively seeking refuge, had already left Switzerland and entered Germany, then Denmark. They were now waiting for a cruise ship to Norway at the Copenhagen dock.

Liu Yifei opened a voice message from Shu Chang. Shu Chang's cursing voice came through the phone: "Shameless! Do you know how busy I've been these past few days?! I'm so busy I'm practically menopausal, and you, on the other hand, went on your European honeymoon! Going on a trip is fine, but you even sent photos! Are you even human?! Huh—"

The more fiercely Shu Chang cursed, the happier Liu Yifei became.

Upon hearing this message, Li Qiutang said to Liu Yifei, "She's almost driven crazy by you."

"I just want to annoy her to death." Liu Yifei laughed, then pressed the phone screen and sent another voice message to Shu Chang: "I'll post it in the group, just don't open it. I'm telling you, I'm in Denmark right now. I went to see the Little Mermaid statue yesterday. I'll post it in the group later. I'm waiting for the ship at the dock to go to Norway, and then we're going to Sweden."

Shu Chang didn't speak, but Yao Beina replied first: "Showing off that you have a good husband, huh?"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Qiutang and said, "I'm praising you."

"That's all I said. Who knows what you guys are saying about me behind my back?"

Liu Yifei replied again: "I'm not as lucky as him. He found such a good wife."

Li Qiutang was sitting right next to him.

“Shu Chang is right,” Li Qiutang said, holding a cup of coffee. “You really are a bit shameless.”

Liu Yifei didn't know how she could say such a thing; it was indeed a bit shameless. She chuckled to herself and admitted it.

(End of this chapter)