Chapter 472

The entertainment industry is a Vanity Fair; titles like Four Dan Double Bing, Four Young Dan, and Four Dan Actresses make nominated actors fight tooth and nail every time a selection is held.

Unlike the Four Dan Double Bing, whose status was rock-solid the moment it was proposed, the title of Four Young Dan has gone through many twists and turns.

From the earliest Four Young Dan to the Little Heavenly King and then to the new Four Young Dan, the constant changes left people at a loss, and its credibility could not keep up with the Four Dan Double Bing at all.

It wasn't until 2008 and 2009, when the title of "Four Young Dan" was used for two consecutive years, that it was finally fixed.

And in both of those years, Shanhe Media had artists participate and secure the title.

In the 2008 edition, Qiao Zhenyu successfully reached the top and ranked first, thanks to the massive popularity he accumulated from My Love from the Star, Scarlet Heart, and Those Years.

In the 2009 edition, Chen Xiao used the popularity accumulated from Jade Dynasty and the hit broadcast of Snow Leopard that year to forcefully take second place, second only to Hu Ge.

As for this year's edition, the competition seems exceptionally fierce, but the quality is also exceptionally high.

Wenzhang accumulated massive popularity through Struggle, Dwelling Narrowness, and the Naked Marriage Era released at the beginning of the year; combined with the affectionate "little husband" persona hyped up with Ma Yili, he broke out of the circle and firmly occupied a spot.

Aside from Wenzhang, Wang Kai and Luo Jin also firmly occupied the other two spots.

Wang Kai gradually made a name for himself starting with Ugly Invincible, and his role as the white-clad sword immortal in Chinese Paladin 3 made him soar to new heights.

In terms of film, Wang Kai also had The Message, Love is Not Blind, and Once Again; he is truly deserving of this position.

Although Luo Jin had no film works, he made a name for himself starting with Beauty's Rival in Palace; last year's Beauty of the Turbulent Era also had good ratings, and although he was the second male lead in The Princess Weiyoung at the beginning of the year, the character's charm was extremely strong, attracting countless fans.

More importantly, after three seasons of Keep Running, his national popularity exploded, and his fan count is comparable to veteran first-tier male stars; occupying a spot is by no means accidental.

"Brother, it's a pity for Lao Zhu."

When returning from the Beijing Dance Academy promotion, Jing Tian chatted with Wei Jin about this, her face full of regret.

The Lao Zhu in Jing Tian's mouth is not Zhu Wei, but Zhu Yilong; the two are classmates, and she even helped lobby for votes before, but she didn't expect him to miss out.

"Yeah, it's a pity."

Although he echoed that it was a pity, Wei Jin had long anticipated Zhu Yilong's defeat.

Although this selection was jointly organized by Tencent and hundreds of mainstream media outlets in the industry, plus the votes of millions of citizens and hundreds of entertainment reporters, there was ultimately room for manipulation.

It's just that Starry Sky Culture had already taken two spots, and taking more would really be offending people.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhu Yilong's debut time is too short, with only Hello Old Times as a foundation; in terms of hard power, he is indeed lacking, and Wei Jin doesn't want to force someone into a position and invite criticism.

"But speaking of which, Du Chun and Li Chen of the Stabbing Sect are really funny; when I saw them at Bazaar before, they were arm-in-arm, acting like good brothers."

"But this time, in order to compete for the last spot, they suddenly posted on Weibo saying they weren't familiar with each other; I guess they bought a lot of articles to smear each other privately, it really is a dog that can't change its..."

Watching Jing Tian suddenly stop and stick out her tongue in a playful manner, Wei Jin couldn't help but pinch her collagen-rich, pretty face.

"Hehe, yeah, the result of dogs biting dogs is that Feng Shaofeng picked the peach; this is acceptable."

Although he lost Palace, Feng Shaofeng's family background is not bad, and he hasn't lacked roles since debuting many years ago.

After graduating from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, he appeared in the TV series Love Password, then participated in Ceng Li's Men Cai Nv Mao, and later rose to prominence with the role of Huai Kong in Storm Riders 2.

After hanging his Studio under Huayi in recent years, he started to shift to the film circle; taking this spot is reasonable.

"Overall, the quality of this year is quite good."

Wei Jin was just sighing, but Jing Tian leaned in, her tone lingering.

"Brother, you're talking about the junior from the Beijing Dance Academy, right? The quality is indeed good; during the performance just now, your eyes couldn't move away."

"Cough, Tian Tian, what are you saying? I was just appreciating it."

Wei Jin rarely blushed; the teachers at the Beijing Dance Academy were too enthusiastic, insisting he look at the students' figures and basic skills. What could he do? It must be said that the girls at the dance academy really have flexible figures and elegant postures, and they can handle various poses with ease; Wei Jin just couldn't help but look a few more times.

But there is no reasoning with a jealous woman, so Wei Jin took the opportunity to scoop the girl up horizontally and stepped toward the second floor.

Inside the bedroom, Wei Jin pinned the girl into the corner with a wall-slam.

"Tian Tian, now, let me see if your basic skills have fallen behind."

"But... mmm~~~"

Before the girl could finish, Wei Jin bit her red lips, and his large hands began to fly up and down.

Jing Tian was wearing the summer student uniform from Bottom-Tier Girl today, which is a slim-fit white shirt paired with a knee-length skirt; the resistance was too low.

Wei Jin unbuttoned a few buttons on her chest with one hand, then gave a gentle tug, and Jing Tian's plump whiteness had nowhere to hide.

Lifting the small garment that was still radiating heat and body scent, Wei Jin lowered his head and leaned in.

"Mmm~~ Brother~~"

Jing Tian tilted her head back, eyes tightly closed, her body arched forward, hands pressing on the back of Wei Jin's head, her face flushed red.

Wei Jin was busy with his mouth, and his hands didn't fall behind, reaching under the hem of her skirt.

About two or three minutes later, Wei Jin looked at the girl in front of him again; her face was already covered in a rosy glow, she was biting her red lips, and her beautiful eyes were already misting over.

So Wei Jin stopped dawdling; after removing the restraints, he lifted Jing Tian's long, beautiful legs high, forming a split.

"Tian Tian, I'm going to test you today to see if your basic skills have fallen behind."

"Brother, you... mmm~~~ oh~~~"

As Wei Jin pressed forward with unstoppable force, Jing Tian's words were directly interrupted.

For a time, only the moving notes of the Great Dao of Life danced in the room. After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, Jing Tian leaned against Wei Jin's arms with a satisfied look, like a docile little kitten.

After a long while, she seemed to remember something and looked up at Wei Jin's handsome profile.

"Brother, Sister Ziyi invited me to the premiere; are you going?"

"I won't go."

Wei Jin answered while stroking the girl's perky buttocks.

Although Zhang Ziyi's popularity in the circle isn't very good, Ceng Li, as a classmate, had already received an invitation. If Wei Jin went, who would he accompany? The essence of keeping a balance is to never let yourself be in a position of difficult choices.

"By the way, Tian Tian, you have to perform on stage in a few days; don't forget the lyrics then."

The theme of Bottom-Tier Girl is dreams and persistence, which perfectly matches the single "Dream It Possible" from many years ago, so this song also became the theme song of the movie. As the female lead and the original singer of the song, Jing Tian is naturally the well-deserved performing guest. "Don't worry, Brother, I've sung this song hundreds of times; I won't forget a single word."

"Is that so? Then sing it with the microphone, let me see if it's true."

"A cappella is fine, right? With a microphone..."

Speaking of this, Jing Tian seemed to react, her face flushed with shyness.

"Brother, you are really bad, mm~~"

In the end, the arm could not twist the thigh; that director Lou Ye, who had always been known for clashing with heaven and earth, bowed his head to the General Administration.

Immediately following this, news spread that Mystery of the Floating City had passed censorship.

However, the handling this time was very clever; the re-submitted, edited version of the film had only a few seconds of footage that had been technically blurred, euphemistically called "reducing violent scenes."

Once the news spread, everyone in the industry understood that this was an endorsement for the first censorship notification, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the film, and the only problem was this big-mouthed person who spoke recklessly; the intent to discipline him was very obvious.

Of course, Lou Ye getting through this time was not that simple; the notification clearly stated that this fellow would have his right to film credit revoked, which was also the first such case in the country.

The blow Lou Ye received was not small, and his posts on Weibo appeared somewhat despondent.

One can only say that the ancient saying "misfortune comes from the mouth" has truly not deceived me for thousands of years.

Just at this time, Huayi announced another "good piece of news" to the public.

Several top male stars and female artists from the South Korean entertainment industry would enter Huaxia and establish studios, affiliated under Huayi.

Once the news broke, it instantly attracted the attention of those both inside and outside the circle; for a time, Huayi was unrivaled in the spotlight.

Many entertainment companies in the circle were very dissatisfied with Huayi's behavior of acting like "two-faced ghosts" and "guides for the enemy."

Because since the promotion of South Korean teams began in the first half of the year, the performance of the Korean Wave over these past few months had been very strong; several teams, such as EXO, f(x), and Sistar, had raked in countless gold in the country, and this group of domestic peers had almost no power to parry.

But regarding this kind of "cultural exchange" that received policy support and was the trend of the times, they were helpless.

Compared to the sighing and lamenting in the industry, netizens and fans were overjoyed, as happy as if it were the New Year, almost to the point of beating drums and gongs.

Wei Jin did not pay too much attention to the news in the circle; for several days in a row, he took the film crew to run to schools and appear on variety shows during the day, and at night he would explore the true meaning of life with Jing Tian and urge her to practice singing, making his days fulfilling and happy.

This day, the film crew arrived at the final stop of the promotion—Beijing Film Academy.

Compared to schools like the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing Film Academy could be said to be Wei Jin's home turf.

When the group from Bottom-Tier Girl arrived here for promotion, the auditorium was already packed with people, a sea of black heads that was quite spectacular.

Perhaps with the added status of being an alumnus, the students at Beijing Film Academy were clearly more daring to ask questions than those at other schools.

At this moment, a crisp voice rang out in the auditorium:

"Senior Brother Wei, isn't the number of people signed by Starry Sky Culture this year too small?"

Wei Jin looked toward the sound, not expecting it to be a familiar face, so he wore a playful expression.

"This student, shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking a question?"

The female student was somewhat embarrassed and was just about to say something when she saw Wei Jin interrupt her.

"However, you don't need to; Pan Zhilin from the '08 class, right? How come you haven't graduated yet?"

"Senior Brother, you still remember me?"

Although Wei Jin was indeed an examiner during the initial art exams, Pan Zhilin clearly did not expect that after several years had passed, he would actually remember her; at this moment, her face was full of surprise.

"Senior Brother, I'm a Graduate Student, I just enrolled, but you still haven't answered my question."

The girl's serious demeanor made Wei Jin laugh in surprise.

"The matter of signing people is handled by Director Zhang of Starry Sky Culture; I only handle the final decision, but the company currently has over a dozen actors from Beijing Film Academy, accounting for more than one-third."

This answer from Wei Jin left the students and teachers with nothing to criticize.

In fact, during this year's Beijing Film Academy job fair, Zhang Xu had indeed come to select people, only signing Yang Zi; the others either failed the background check or he didn't take a fancy to them.

LeTV, on the other hand, was very impressive; from the just-graduated '08 class to the newly admitted '12 class, they signed over twenty acting students in one go, and there were even more from other majors, which could be said to have solved a large number of employment problems.

After a small interlude, the meet-and-greet officially began, and the creators were all sharing their roles and also chatted about many things during the filming process.

"The subject of inspirational films exists in many places both domestically and abroad, but Bottom-Tier Girl should be a bit different; while being inspirational, it is full of warmth and healing."

"I play the female underachiever in the film; my grades have been bad since I was young, but I have a mother who is always full of positive energy and willing to encourage and tolerate me; I am also very lucky to have met a tutor who is equally full of Amour and gentleness during the most important stage of my life."

"Mm, I am that tutor of Tian Tian's, hahaha."

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At noon, Wei Jin and his group were, as usual, kept by the school for a meal.

As Wei Jin's mentor, Tian Zhuangzhuang was also here, and at this moment, the two of them chatted about the matter of The Distinguished Citizen.

This script had been in Tian Zhuangzhuang's hands for nearly half a year, and the old man had finally pondered it enough and planned to start it.

Regarding the actors, Tian Zhuangzhuang had already preliminarily selected Li Xuejian, Ge You, and Chen Daoming, but he was still hesitating.

To be honest, these three were all top-tier actors, even deserving to be called artists, and their acting skills were beyond doubt, but Wei Jin felt that the fit for the characters still needed to be considered, so after some deliberation, he spoke:

"Teacher, I think Chen Daoming might be a bit more suitable; Teacher Li is too serious when he doesn't smile, and too kind when he does smile; this kind of satirical and humorous route isn't very suitable for him..."

Listening to his student's critique, Tian Zhuangzhuang became interested.

"Then what about Ge You?"

"Uncle Ge is humorous, but he is just too humorous, and instead, he cannot give people an unexpected surprise."

After pondering for a while, Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded slowly.

"What you said is not wrong; art still needs a bit of white space, and Ge You's sense of comedy is too full. Alright, I will contact Chen Daoming next; he should be interested in an award-chasing film, and I'll strive to start filming in these two months..."

Looking at the smile on Tian Zhuangzhuang's aged face, many of the surrounding teachers felt sour inside—another award-chasing film script!

"Sigh, Old Tian's student, he really picked a good one."

(End of chapter)