Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 228 A good hand wasted

Tsim Sha Tsui, the dressing room of the "Love in a Puff" film crew.

Yang Qianhua took the initiative to greet Lin Xingzhuo and sat down at the makeup station diagonally opposite her.

Her signature purple hair, like a field of lavender, shone with a touch of untamed luster under the lights of the dressing room.
The makeup artist from Yang Qianhua's team skillfully used a heated cap with a color-locking hair mask.

Art director Zhong Chuting, adjusting Lin Xingzhuo's collar and noticing his gaze, explained:

"Purple hair fades to ash blonde very easily, and needs to be touched up every two or three months. Since the film crew has a tight shooting schedule, we use a heated cap hair mask to lock in the color."

Lin Xingzhuo said, "She seems to always have purple hair?"

Zhong Chuting, a veteran fortune teller with over a decade of experience in the industry, explained, "Purple is auspicious for her...it's said to bring her immense popularity for decades..."

"Back then, she participated in the TVB New Talent Singing Contest and won the third place with the song 'Waiting Too Long.' The media has always called her 'Little Sammi Cheng.'"

"Later, she wasn't popular. When she released her new album 'Intuition,' she went to Thailand and invited the White Dragon King. Sammi Cheng had red hair, and the White Dragon King said that if she wanted to become popular, she should wear purple."

"Sure enough, the new song 'Goodbye Second Avenue' won the top spot on TVB Jade Solid Gold Chart."

When Zhong Chuting said this, she looked at Lin Xingzhuo with a strange expression.

Lin Xingzhuo originally wanted to say, "Feudal superstition is extremely harmful..."

However, on second thought, she remembered that her sister-in-law, Shen Mojun, had helped her obtain a prophecy from the White Dragon King.
The ruling star of your destiny palace is Wu Qu! The aura of war and conquest fills your being! You will repay celestial merits with fists, feet, swords, and spears, unleashing thunder and fire from the heavens, and shaking Hong Kong with your might!

She's very popular on Hong Kong film sets! She also gains followers and builds her Facebook and Twitter accounts extremely quickly!

This also includes the publicity and promotional boost from the White Dragon King's destiny analysis!
Really delicious!!
In that case... um... well... traditional culture does have its merits...

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Sometimes, a bit of mystical stuff is really needed for someone to become a big star in the entertainment industry.

According to the description in the textbook of the "Senior Executive Capital Operation Training Course" of the Shanghai Theatre Academy's Culture, Film and Television Finance CEO Program.

This year, Huayi Brothers went public on the ChiNext board, becoming the first private film and television company in China to be listed on the A-share market, deeply linking the personal influence of celebrities with the capital market.

This event marks the official entry of the Chinese entertainment industry into the era of capital!
However, in reality, the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles, as pioneers in the Chinese entertainment industry, had already entered this period long ago.

When capital promotes someone, it doesn't just promote one person; it's like scattering a handful of grains. Some grains don't sprout, while others sprout and grow strong.

Ultimately, what capital reaps, and what we see, may just be this one thing.

Whether someone can become a huge star is truly a mystery.

Jing Tian spent a lot of resources, but he remained lukewarm in popularity. At the time, everyone said that Jing Tian was someone who couldn't be made famous. However, he later became a minor sensation with a web series called Si Teng.

Small fires need nurturing! Big fires depend on fate!

Excessive promotion will be punished by heaven!
Dongfang Selection didn't initially only promote Dong Yuhui; instead, it supported 56 streamers at once, creating a traffic-driven platform, but only Dong became a big hit.

A social media influencer with tens of millions of followers is truly the product of perfect timing, location, and people; it's not something that can be achieved simply by promoting them.

Capital can create hundreds of thousands or millions of internet celebrities, but it can't create tens of millions.

Artists in the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry are particularly particular about feng shui and destiny. This is not only due to the constraints of the times and environment, but also because the entertainment industry itself has a certain mystical element.

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boom! !

As Lin Xingzhuo was lost in thought, the dressing room door was pushed open with a loud thud.

Prince Ji ignored the other staff in the dressing room and directly targeted Yang Qianhua.

"Miriam! Why aren't you replying to my messages?!"

Seeing the aggressive Prince Ji, Yang Qianhua stopped her hair treatment, got up, and pulled Prince Ji behind the dressing table curtain.

Yang Qianhua: "What are you doing? We've been broken up for so many years! You only come here to do this whenever you're in a bad mood!" Prince Ji: "Do you know how much pain I've been in! I've sacrificed so much for you! I've remained single all this time!"

Yang Qianhua: "We're done! If you're in a bad mood, go play ball with Ah Le or Blackie! Go to a bar!"

Prince Kei: "You're so heartless?! I only cheated on you once during 'Dragon Force,' and you've held a grudge against me for so long?"

Yang Qianhua: "Stop bothering me! I don't hate you!"

The two people's voices grew louder and louder, and the curtains in the dressing room could no longer block them out. Eventually, their words became increasingly offensive, and they started hurling insults at each other.

After arguing for more than ten minutes, Prince Ji kicked over the dressing table as he left.

Clang! Crash! Snap!
The wooden frame of the table struck the ground with a loud crash, followed by the sharp cracking sounds of glass cosmetic bottles and mirrors shattering.

In Yang Qian's painting, the makeup area is littered with overturned bottles and jars, spilled liquids, and scattered jewelry and trinkets...

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As rumored, Prince Ji was indeed emotionally unstable and had serious violent tendencies.

He had a winning hand but played it terribly.

He's both the successor to Jacky Cheung and Stephen Chow, and after singing and acting for so many years, he's still the first Chinese star to be detained by the FBI.

In the end, all everyone remembers is his stir-fried beef with snow peas.

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After Prince Ji left, his assistant went up to check on Yang Qianhua and asked nervously, "Did he hit you again?"

Yang Qianhua waved her hand: "No, he just came here to act crazy."

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's alright. I saw on Facebook that Prince Kei expressed his love in French last night, and his agent responded to the fans, saying it was for you."

Yang Qianhua had long seen through this little trick. She picked up a Mason Pearson pure boar bristle cushion brush, combed her hair, and said disdainfully:
"A French declaration of love? To me? Does he think he's some kind of Tony Leung!"

"That group of stars from the Hengzhou Industrial Basketball Team are really good at flashy moves, and recently they added a black guy named Chen Jianzhou from Taibei, making things even more chaotic!"

"He probably failed to win over the cheerleader and went crazy again!"

The assistant said, "I've seen many celebrities on Facebook saying that a prodigal son who has returned home is more precious than gold."

Yang Qianhua looked at her female assistant, a recent graduate of her family's Hong Kong Professional Education College who had only been out of the workforce for two and a half years, and said earnestly:

“A man like Prince Ji will beg you, cry his heart out, even kneel down, and he might even slap himself. Don’t be soft-hearted!”

"He'll swear he'll turn over a new leaf again and again. These kinds of men love to swear; their vows are no different from a dog barking. Don't believe them!!"

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"Love in a Puff" was a low-budget production.

After Lin Xingzhuo finished his makeup and makeup test and went through a screen test, he was basically confirmed for the role of the second male lead. He didn't even need to go back and wait for a notification; he went directly to the production team's publicity and coordination meeting.

Upon entering the conference room, one sees Prince Kee, the investment representative of Gold Typhoon Entertainment Co., Ltd., angrily berating a stagehand who is serving tea.

Prince Ji is in a very bad mood!

My wife Asa found out I was cheating, and even my French declaration of love on Facebook yesterday didn't work.

That silly woman, I don't know when she became so shrewd! So mean!!

When he arrived at the film crew where his own company was one of the investors, he wanted to spend some time with Yang Qianhua.

This singer, who was once made famous by his own company, is actually giving him the cold shoulder?!
What's wrong with this world?
They're all ungrateful, complete ingrates!
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Once the main creative team was assembled, director Peng Haoxiang began discussing topics such as publicity strategy, regional promotion, and media buzz...

(End of this chapter)