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Chapter 383 Pool: The Biggest Hand in the Domestic Entertainment Industry - Wild Cards
Deng Ziman fell completely silent.

A young girl fresh out of university may not be very knowledgeable about many things in the industry, but that doesn't mean she's an idiot or a fool.

In the public eye, Wen Tiaotiao has always been a very charming and elegant actress. With her looks and figure, many people even think that she has the potential to become a rising star.

But anyone in the industry who knows her personality knows that such a possibility is absolutely impossible.

This person's brain is inherently bad. If Chu Luanyu is deliberately acting like a big shot, then this person is passively acting like one. In her eyes, not to mention unknown nobodys, even famous directors and actors will be criticized without hesitation when she is in a bad mood.

After this brief meeting, Wen Tiaotiao's heart "collapsed," but it was all for naught.

"You said she didn't do it on purpose, could it be because of Brother Chi that she's targeting us?"

Compared to Deng Ziman and Tao Cheng, Xing Weiming was less able to hide his emotions. At this moment, he was overcome with passion and felt as if he had been greatly insulted.

"Not necessarily. Who would care about us little karami?"

Tao Cheng shook his head, saying this aloud, but inwardly he sighed, "Is it really that important?"
The important thing is that they are currently just low-level Kalami. Not to mention big names like Chu Hanzhou and Wen Tiaotiao, even other third- or fourth-tier artists can easily treat them with disrespect.

All I can say is that without entering the entertainment industry, one cannot know the coldness of human nature; without personally experiencing a few years of hardship, one cannot know just how uneven this world truly is.

Keep going... I hope that "Love O2O" can really bring some changes to my career.

Otherwise, he'll be thirty soon, and he really can't wait any longer.

……

at the same time.

Inside the more elaborately decorated rest room, the main cast and crew of "Zhao Zhao Zi Qing" were having a simple meal of takeout and chatting.

Everyone chatted about all sorts of things, mostly insider conversations. The atmosphere was lively and harmonious. Wen Tiaotiao sat in the center, surrounded by everyone, while the director sat next to her, occasionally laughing and joking with the other actors.

On the other side, Chu Hanzhou yawned and scrolled through his phone idly. When his eyes occasionally glanced over, they always carried a hint of dissatisfaction and anger.

That's right, Zhang Yu has been demoted again.

If Peng Chen's career plummeted in recent years due to "749 Bureau", he was fortunate to avoid the same fate as Yu Yan thanks to Baby's support and his own strong work ethic and perseverance.

The journey was rather bumpy.

Chu Hanzhou's career was like a plane crash, descending and sliding, until he himself had a strange feeling that he was paying to work.

He experienced almost every setback that young idols encounter as they age, and his experiences over the past few years can be considered a textbook example of the trends of top idols in the old era of the Chinese entertainment industry.

He's over 35 and pretends to be a high school student, which has been ridiculed by the entire internet.

He transitioned to a serious acting role, but ended up ruining an entire production crew. The director later blamed him, saying he would never work with idol stars again.

His physique, demeanor, and appearance were once incredibly attractive, but they have visibly declined in recent years. He often has puffy eyes and his "chubby cheeks" appear from time to time. At his peak, he was known as a top star with a "pig's head," a breath of fresh air in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

It was this kind of upbringing, this kind of Chu Hanzhou, that led him to the point in 2028 that he had to serve as a second-in-command for a lowly court lady.

Yes, "Zhao Zhao Zi Qing" is a typical historical romance drama with a big IP and a strong female lead. As you can tell from the name, "Zhao Zhao Zi Qing" refers to Zhao Zi Qing, played by Wen Tiao Tiao.

You think Zhao Zhao is the male lead?

On, Zhao Zhao is Wen Tiao Tiao's nickname!

Male lead?

One by the roadside!
The newly promoted actor, born in 00 and heavily promoted by Tencent, plays the second male lead. He brought ten screenwriters with him when he joined the production, and they added ten episodes just to increase his scenes!

The third male lead is no exception; everyone here has connections, so who's going to give way to whom?

When filming wrapped up, Chu Hanzhou sadly discovered that he was only the nominal male lead. In reality, the third male lead probably had the same amount of screen time as him, while the second male lead was the real male lead!
The rain is refreshing!
At one point, Chu Hanzhou also looked around at this scene, watching newcomers who were younger, more handsome, and more talented than himself emerge one by one, fighting tooth and nail for those B-scenes... He seemed to see his former self.

He was once one of the top four celebrities, but he is unwilling to face reality, and neither are his team and fans. Therefore, marketing accounts always try to link him with other top celebrities and put down the new generation of celebrities.

Over time, people noticed that Chu Hanzhou's fans had decreased, his traffic had dropped, and they had lost interest in him. Zhang Yu had no choice but to buy various trending keywords to associate with him.

This has continued until now, resulting in substantial losses, which led to the concept of the first person to "complain about going to work in his heart".

"What's so great about you? You used to be the kind of guy who called me 'brother'."

Seeing that Wen Tiaotiao's every casual smile and frown could elicit all sorts of shameless flattery from those around her, Chu Hanzhou felt even more bitter.

That's the good thing about being a Qingyi actress. Although she doesn't have much popularity in the early stages, she has industry-recognized awards and a good public image, making her a relatively stable profession throughout its early, middle, and late stages.

When traffic is low, you're all swagger when you're riding high, but when it drops, you're just another nobody on the sidelines.

Even someone as strong as Yu Yan in the past has to appear on the same show as Lin Jingyi for entertainment purposes. So who can laugh at whom?

Ok…

Thinking of this, Chu Hanzhou suddenly paused.

There was one person who seemed to be an exception.

——Chiye.

He seems to be... even more famous than before.

"Sis, everything's ready over there."

At this moment, the assistant who had just left returned, smiling as she said to Wen Tiaotiao, "It's already been vacated."

"They're dragging their feet and delaying the feng shui calculations the master made for me. I'm not letting them off the hook."

Despite her assistant's quick movements, Wen Tiaotiao was still very dissatisfied. In front of the main cast and industry insiders, she didn't bother to hide her dissatisfaction and immediately launched into a tirade: "If you're this slow next time, you're fired. Do you know how many people want this job?"

"Sister, I'm sorry, I'll definitely be more careful."

The assistant bowed his head and apologized.

"Let's go."

Wen Tiaotiao didn't even look at her assistant, but said to the director and the others, "Then let's go first. The master in Hong Kong specially calculated for me last time, saying that I should stay in the southwest direction for makeup, so that I can have the best effect and good fortune will come."

"...Oh, is that the person? I had his fortune told before, and he was incredibly accurate..."

The director was taken aback for a moment, then immediately smiled and agreed.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Wen Tiaotiao finally remembered Chu Hanzhou: "Brother Chu, see you later."

"Ah."

When Chu Hanzhou saw that the other party had taken the initiative to greet him, he immediately reflexively showed a friendly smile: "Tiaotiao, can you give me the master's WeChat later? I don't believe in him, I mainly believe in you." Wen Tiaotiao was taken aback, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she waved her hand and said lightly: "We'll see. This kind of thing is only effective if you ask for it yourself."

"...Okay, then you go ahead and get busy. I heard you're going to be recording for several hours today."

Chu Hanzhou felt that his smile must look ugly right now; he was really too despicable.

"Tiaotiao, let me tell you, our show is basically unrivaled in this time slot. Kiwi and Cool Film are both making way, and Tencent has also saved 'The Long Night' for the end of the year. This time, you absolutely have to introduce me to the master. Unlike Lao Chu, I've known him for a long time, haha..."

"Director Zhang, you just love to joke around."

Wen Tiaotiao said with a smile, "We can't be too careless. The market for long-running dramas is not good right now. The popular actors are still doing well, but we real actors are almost out of work."

"How could that be?" the director said earnestly. "What the market needs right now is an actor like you—someone with both talent and good looks, a true actor!"

These last five words clearly struck a chord with Wen Tiaotiao, making her laugh out loud again. Looking at the forlorn Chu Hanzhou behind her, she felt refreshed again—there is no happiness without comparison.

Who said Wen Tiaotiao didn't care about these things? She just didn't show it. In the past, Chu Hanzhou was a "big shot" that she couldn't even get to work with. At his peak, he was a true top star who could fight with Shi Jinwei, the current top female star in Asia, over billing order.

Now, times have changed, but she remains standing strong.

"Sis, those people didn't leave, they came back."

The assistant's voice suddenly rang out, and Wen Tiaotiao came back to her senses, noticing several unfamiliar young figures appearing near the door and loitering there.

"Ok?"

She frowned, even more dissatisfied: "You can't even handle this simple thing?"

"I'm sorry, sis, I'll go right away."

The assistant hurriedly turned and ran to Deng Ziman and the others. Just as he was about to speak, Xing Weiming explained first, "Sorry, we forgot to take something..."

As he spoke, he felt a surge of embarrassment—how could he be embarrassed? This was clearly their territory!
"I forgot something..." the assistant was about to say.

"Oh, if you forgot, come in and get it."

Wen Tiaotiao suddenly spoke, and everyone was taken aback.

But her gaze lingered on Deng Ziman for a good four or five seconds before she looked away, said something indifferently, and turned to walk into the lounge room that her assistant had already opened.

Deng Ziman and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xing Weiming's eyes widened, and he mouthed to Tao Cheng, "Lala?!"

Tao Cheng frowned.

Deng Ziman sensed a kind of malice emanating from within, not the fear that Xing Weiming had mentioned, but rather... she had just clearly felt that Wen Tiaotiao's gaze towards her carried a strong sense of malice.

That malice seemed to arise out of nowhere; she couldn't understand why the other person would harbor such great malice towards her.

They should have been meeting for the first time.

The three of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts. They went inside, took their belongings, and then came back out.

"You came all this way and didn't even bother to greet your seniors?"

A lukewarm voice rang out from a veteran second-tier actor.

The three of them were stunned, their mood had deteriorated to the extreme.

Chu Hanzhou glanced up at the group, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Are you artists under Chi Ye Company? You look somewhat familiar."

"Uh……"

Tao Cheng was taken aback, and Xing Weiming hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, Brother Chu, we are artists from President Chi's company..."

"I knew it looked familiar, haha."

Chu Hanzhou emphasized it again, then glanced casually at Wen Tiaotiao and the others, seemingly unconcerned, and didn't continue speaking.

Wen Tiaotiao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Is Chu Hanzhou out of his mind? Why did you bring up Chi Ye out of the blue?
What about our previous attitude?
Although Wen Tiaotiao wasn't afraid of Chi Ye... well, she felt that Chi Ye was indeed at his peak. If he didn't know, everyone could say something, but once he did know, it was basically out in the open.

If we continue to make things difficult for Deng Ziman and the others at this point... it would seem like we're courting disaster.

"Uh...is she a newcomer signed by Ikeno Company?"

Wen Tiaotiao smiled, feigning ignorance, her smile as gentle as a spring breeze: "I have a good relationship with your boss. We've participated in several variety shows together. You should have said so earlier. If you had, I wouldn't have had my assistant borrow the dressing room. It would have been so much better if I had just come and used it."

Three people: "..."

Just use it directly? Isn't that what you're doing right now?
hypocritical!

But Deng Ziman suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Seeing Wen Tiaotiao's reaction, she immediately said, "Brother Chi mentioned you to us, Sister Tiaotiao. He said you're a very nice person in the industry and like to mentor younger people. I just didn't know..."

"I've mentioned her fucking before."

Before Deng Ziman could finish speaking, she suddenly heard a sound coming from the other end of the corridor, and she was instantly stunned.

Not only her, but Tao Chengxing, Wei Ming, Chu Hanzhou, and all the main creators of "Zhao Zhao Zi Qing" all had a buzzing in their heads—Holy crap, that sound is…

Ikeno! !
Isn't he living a quiet life in Osaka? Today is only the 10th, when did he get back?!
All eyes fell on Chi Ye, who was approaching. He was accompanied by several team members, but no one paid any attention to them. This was because Wen Tiaotiao, and everyone else, had never imagined that Chi Ye himself would "suddenly" appear here.

His true form appeared, and this just happened... well...

"Old Deng, I'm talking to you. You're so old, why are you acting all high and mighty with a bunch of newbies? It makes me angry. Who sent you that invitation from Mango TV? Get out of here."

Ikeno didn't actually see what happened, but he didn't need to... because he heard the second half. He had absolutely no liking for someone who was clearly targeting him, especially since the old man was supposedly a potential lawbreaker with a history of all sorts of crimes.

Anyone who comes into contact with this kind of scourge will be afflicted with it for life.

"Um?!"

The veteran actor, a second-tier actor, stared wide-eyed, as if he hadn't heard what Chi Ye had just said—was he suffering from tinnitus?

He must be hard of hearing; that's definitely not what Ikeno was saying just now...

With so many people here, he wouldn't, and couldn't possibly, do that. How could he be so shameless...?

This isn't a variety show; he doesn't need to act so crazy to create a show effect.

(End of this chapter)