Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 22. Chen Duling

Lin Shaobai's popularity soared after the first episode of "The Voice of China" aired.

After the military training ended, the Beijing Film Academy's acting department resumed normal classes, and many students would specifically go to the 2017 acting class to find Lin Shaobai.

It's a pity that Lin Shaobai was always filming on set and didn't go to class at all.

He had his mother explain to his teacher beforehand that he wouldn't go back if the timing was really inconvenient.

Lin Shaobai will probably finish filming in October, so it won't interfere with his classes too much.

After finishing her physical education class that day, Zhang Jingyi bumped into her senior, Zhou Ye, as she came out of the classroom.

Zhang Jingyi blinked twice, looking confused.

Zhou Ye tiptoed into the classroom, then looked at Zhang Jingyi again and smiled brightly: "Excuse me, where is Lin Shaobai?"

Zhang Jingyi felt a pang in her heart, but she tried her best to appear calm and said, "He's not here today."

"Oh. He's not here again."

Zhang Jingyi left Zhou Ye's side.

After walking a few steps, I felt a little itchy, so I turned around and asked her, "Is Senior Sister the same as them?"

Zhou Ye: "What?"

Zhang Jingyi pointed to a group of infatuated female students in the distance: "Are they all here to take photos with Lin Shaobai, just like them?"

Zhou Ye glanced in the direction she was looking, then shook his head with a smile: "No, I don't need a photo with Lin Shaobai."

She said this with an inexplicable sense of pride.

Zhang Jingyi was of course aware of her feelings as well.

"Since he's not here, let's just leave it at that!" Zhou Ye put his hands behind his back and slowly left the floor.

Zhang Jingyi: "..."

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Three days after the show aired, Lin Shaobai's song "Love That Never Loses Contact" was released on major music platforms!
Upon its release, it immediately topped the new song charts, achieving great success, and was featured prominently on major platforms.

The song quickly garnered over a million favorites, becoming the most popular song in recent days.

His Weibo followers are also steadily increasing, and this song can be considered his first representative work.

With a representative work, his mother quickly finalized the previously agreed-upon business deals.

The brand ambassador for the cosmetics brand Innisfree in China.

Because it's a cosmetics brand, the celebrities they collaborate with must first be good-looking and have decent appearances.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be appropriate to have a face full of wrinkles on the big screen, right?

Lin Shaobai has passed this level.

There are generally four types of business collaborations for celebrities, from highest to lowest: brand spokesperson, brand ambassador, brand friend, and brand recommender.

Brand ambassadors are the highest level, and usually receive an endorsement fee. These are long-term collaborations lasting at least one year. Celebrities serve as vivid representations of the brand's character, conveying its core values ​​and shaping its image.

The second is the brand ambassador, whose level of intimacy is second only to the brand spokesperson, and who can have customized products.

Lin Shaobai quickly signed a contract with the person in charge at Innisfree, and everything is just waiting for the official announcement.

This can be considered his first commercial endorsement.

Afterwards, Lin Shaobai returned to Hengdian to film.

I went back to the hotel on a weekend evening and checked the latest news on my phone.

To be honest, the only interesting thing about the Chinese entertainment industry recently was the celebrity charity gala a while ago.

The 9th BAZAAR Charity Night was held on September 9, 2017, at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing.

This year's Bazaar Charity Night was a veritable red carpet power struggle, with countless articles announcing the glamorous figures outshining everyone else!
Zhang Ziyi deliberately showed off her shoulders before the photoshoot, making the scene from the Korean drama "My Love from the Star" (starring Cheon Song-yi) feel completely real. Zhou Xun's famous line, "So many people!" also came from this dinner party.

Su Mang shouted at everyone throughout the venue, and the celebrities on stage pushed each other around, none of them wanting to take the center position. In the end, Zhang Shaohan became cannon fodder.

She was later criticized by many people because of this.

Looking at the magnificent and dazzling group photo of the entertainment extravaganza, Lin Shaobai had many thoughts on his mind.

In the future, some of the people in the group photo will have retired from the entertainment industry, some will have broken up, some will have gotten married, some will have faded into obscurity, some will have risen to fame, and some will have gotten married...

I'm afraid we'll never have the chance to see such a large group photo again...

"Knock, knock, knock..."

"Ok?"

The sudden knocking made Lin Shaobai look up abruptly.

He wondered, why would someone come looking for me at this hour?
Lin Shaobai went over to check on the situation.

"Ok?"

Looking through the peephole, I saw Chen Duling?!

He even felt there was something wrong with his eyes.

Seeing Chen Duling at the hotel entrance at this hour?!
Chen Duling didn't come alone; she was followed by a slightly chubby girl who looked like her assistant.

At this time, Chen Duling was not very famous, but she was not a complete novice either.

She appeared in movies and TV series.

The movie "The Left Ear" made her well-known and loved by everyone, but the TV series she starred in afterward did not perform very well.

For a time, Chen Duling was even labeled as having poor acting skills by many people.

Many content creators mention her when they name actors with poor acting skills, and they also list her classic scenes to ridicule her.

Many people believe that her acting skills will remain the same throughout her life and will not improve much.

Some people say she shouldn't have chosen the path of acting; wouldn't it have been better for her to stick to being a science and engineering whiz and continue working in aircraft manufacturing?

Fortunately, some events that followed led to a rapid improvement in her acting skills.

Chen Duling has really improved, not just in a way that fans can see!
Many people say that she used the "sea of ​​questions" strategy of top students and frantically played supporting roles to learn acting.

She's quite good at this; she doesn't have a problem with being billed in the top spot.

In addition, she changed her makeup and style later, which made her look several levels more beautiful, and she gradually gained some fans.

Lin Shaobai stared intently at Chen Duling for a few seconds before smiling slightly: "Hello?"

Chen Duling's lips curved into a slight smile; she was as beautiful as a pixelated white porcelain.

"Hello, Mr. Lin Shaobai. My name is Chen Duling. I'm sorry to bother you so late."

Is that so?

"Um, I am Innisfree's Green Ambassador for China."

Chen Duling's commercial endorsement is very small, probably just a small collaboration. Dong Li is also a green ambassador with her.

That's the fencer.

Later, he gained some popularity in the Chinese entertainment industry because of his good looks, and even appeared on the hugely popular parent-child reality show, "Where Are We Going, Dad?".

"Hmm... Oh... So?" Lin Shaobai nodded to indicate that he understood the situation.

“Actually, I…” Chen Duling paused for a moment, but when she looked at Lin Shaobai again, she still maintained her usual calm demeanor.

“I’ve been really into listening to ‘Love That Never Loses Contact’ lately. My assistant told me that the creator is here, so I wanted to come and meet him.”

Lin Shaobai: "..."

(Here's a picture of Dudu)
(End of this chapter)