On the afternoon of Friday, August 25, Su Yun and the Wang family ate something early to fill their stomachs, then packed up and took a car to TBB's headquarters, TV City, located on Broadcasting Avenue in Kowloon Tong.

Compared to the Wang family and Grandma Su who looked up in awe of the grandeur of the TV City's architecture, the well-informed Su Yun seemed very calm about all of this, which seemed a little backward in her eyes.

Seeing some actors in costumes standing casually in front of a wall to take pictures, and then thinking back to those "celebrity photos" that looked so high-end when I was a child, I suddenly felt like my beautiful dream was shattered.

It is true that distance creates beauty. The ancient costumes paired with the modern wall background did not seem inconsistent in the photo; but now that I see the whole picture with my own eyes, the upside-down and chaotic feeling of the interweaving of ancient and modern times hits me mercilessly.

So, being a non-Hong Kong audience does have some advantages - at least it is easier to engage in watching TV series.

Imagine if you found that the parks and forests near your home were simply renovated and immediately became the scenes in a costume TV series, it would be easy to feel that you were inevitably out of the play...

"Happy Tonight" is broadcast live every Friday night, and the final of the knowledge competition is broadcast in the middle of the program. Therefore, when Su Yun and others came to the studio, the small stage for the final had been almost set up.

It's quite convenient, all the buildings are without roofs - because most of the time when shooting a program, you don't need to shoot the roof, and building a roof is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive, so these days TBB only builds a stage without a roof when setting up a stage, which roughly meets the shooting needs.

Unless the plot requires shooting the ceiling, or a large-scale party or event requires a panoramic view of the stage, a roof will be added for shooting.

In other words, TBB, which is famous for its shady business, has been shady since its launch. Even when Su Yun was still a programmer, there were still respected veteran artists at the Taiwan Anniversary Celebration urging TBB to reduce its factional culture, improve its working environment and conditions, and be nicer to its employees...

It's also ridiculous. The senior management had been fighting since Su Yun was a kid in kindergarten. When Su Yun graduated from university and became a social animal, TBB's senior management had almost changed half, but they were still fighting. They fought so hard but it was all in vain. Alas, if they put their energy into the drama, they could probably shoot a few more hit dramas like "Golden Branches" or "Heart of Greed".

What is mountain culture?

This phrase is a Cantonese colloquialism, which means that a group of people gather together on a mountain and should work together to unite. Unfortunately, in the big mountain of TBB, there are many small mountains, and the powerful senior executives gather a group of young actors and actresses, each of which is in a camp and fights against each other. So everyone understands why TBB has so many palace fights and family fights, and why no matter what drama, there must be a life-and-death struggle plot?

However, this factional culture is also a common problem left over from the Zhao Studio era. When Zhao Rifu was at the peak of Zhao Studios, he strongly encouraged factional culture, believing that it could motivate employees to work actively when filming movies. This also led to TBB, which is now producing TV series, also encouraging this factional culture that is almost like infighting.

But what he didn't expect was that during the film era, people were so busy rushing to catch up with the "seven-day fresh" production schedule that even the mountain culture was mostly a healthy competition of taking some time off in the busy schedule. When it came to filming TV series, a group of senior executives became idle, and then undercurrents began to stir up turbulent waters in this underworld.

People say that the reason why Hong Kong dramas declined after the Zhao Rifu era was that the subsequent management could not suppress the senior executives who were causing trouble and fighting among themselves; but in fact, wasn’t the most typical and tragic case of internal fighting during the Zhao Rifu era the confrontation between Fang Mona and others and Zou Yunhua, in which Zou Yunhua left in a rage and established Jiahe Film Company, forming a situation where two giants competed with Zhao’s Film?

It's not even just Zou Yunhua. Zhao and TBB seemed to be the cradle that nurtured a generation of Hong Kong superstars. Their narrow-minded and arrogant system forced away Lu Shaolong, who wanted to join them to make kung fu movies, and sent away the Xu brothers who once worked for them, the most flexible fat man Hong Ganbao and the Hong Clan... In the end, they all became enemies competing with Zhao's films for box office revenue.

To be honest, even if the filter of childhood cannot cover up the cruel facts, and even if other companies also have their own pros and cons, Su Yun really does not want TBB, which seems to be an old friend who has accompanied her since childhood, to end up in the same gradual decline as in later generations.

"So host, you have to work hard!" The system encouraged Su Yun.

Let's solve the problem at hand first.

After responding to the system, Su Yun smiled helplessly: she had struggled for so long and had just stepped into the door of Broadcast Channel TV City. At best, she had only seen the tip of the iceberg of this chaotic and complicated entertainment industry.

It takes a lot of effort to get into it.

If she performs well in the finals of a big variety show like "Happy Tonight" where anything can be added, she might be recognized by some people and become a regular guest, performing songs and dances, filming skits, etc., and follow the path of a "biological daughter" child star who is obedient and well-behaved.

The so-called "biological daughter" and "biological son" contracts are the most restrictive manager contracts in TBB contracts, but conversely, they also offer the highest opportunities compared to other contracts.

If you want to get more opportunities than others in places like TBB and Zhao's, where seniority is highly valued and getting things done and winning awards mostly requires seniority and consideration of personal connections, you have to sacrifice more freedom than others.

Just like Wang Zhaoyan who was spotted by Fang Mona at first sight, even though Zhao had stopped film production at that time and focused on TV series at TBB, he still personally brought him from Taiwan to Hong Kong and signed an eight-year contract.

Give her a dedicated dormitory, pay her a basic monthly salary, hire someone to teach her Cantonese and English, and treat her like a daughter, with the intention of raising a golden goose to lay golden eggs - although most of Zhao's martial arts films nowadays are hard-core martial arts films played by men, but in the early years, Zhao's films made a name for themselves with various beautiful actresses in ancient costumes. Now it is rare to meet a beauty of comparable quality to those in those days, so he must hold her in his hands well.

Moreover, because the concept at that time was that the film industry was more noble than the TV industry, Fang Mona, who was already in power at TBB at that time, was reluctant to let Wang Liyan shoot a TV series. Instead, she let her start as a movie heroine in Hong Kong. Unless she was interested, had a super highlight and had enough scenes, no one dared to pass on the script for a supporting role...

In those days, it was popular for artists to develop multiple talents and multiple habitats, so even if they had time to appear on TV shows as performing guests, the people who were arranged to perform with them had to be at least powerful and popular superstars. For example, Su Yun was "fortunate" to see a video of Wang Liyan and two superstars performing a song and dance performance at the Miss Hong Kong finals. Under the contrast of this soul singer with a hoarse voice and a vague singing tone, even the average singing skill of King Liu could make people feel like they were listening to heavenly music, not to mention the second-generation singing god Hanyou who debuted in a singing competition...

All we can say is that beauty has greatly increased the audience's tolerance for talent levels.

Fortunately, TBB was not like the later generations who tried to promote someone even though they knew nothing. After confirming that their own Wang really did not have the talent to be a singer, they quickly turned around, dressed her up beautifully and put her in a movie role, making her a legendary ghost goddess.

Compared to those fake biological sons and daughters who claim to have signed biological child contracts but are actually subject to many restrictions, Wang Liyan's level of favor is truly worthy of the treatment of a biological daughter.

Since Su Yun has set this as her goal, she will naturally strive to achieve the highest standard.

"Hey, Lai Kit-fen asked me to bring my guitar. Where is the dressing table assigned to you?" Zhou Xinheng walked over holding his guitar bag.

Because they were all contestants who came temporarily to record the show, TBB just set up a big tent and moved some dressing tables over for their convenience.

Su Yun glanced at the schedule on the wall: "It seems to be the 14th, with Li Chase in front and Li Lumei behind..."

"I have turned over a new leaf, why do you have to be like this?" Zhou Xinheng was speechless for a moment.

Su Yun was stunned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You misunderstood, look above!"

Zhou Xinheng looked up at the list of participants on the schedule -

Wu Chengcai, Wu Qianjing, Zhu Yixin, Zhou Weiteng, Lin Meixiang, Wan Libin, Zhong Lejia, Kwan Lee Chase, Luk Ho-cheong, Li Lumei...

As soon as you see these guys’ names, you know they will all be outstanding people in the future!

Although Su Yun's "Mary Sue" is not that good either...

The dressing table No. 14 where she was standing was right at the edge. The Wang couple, who were not used to such a chaotic scene, stood in the corner somewhat awkwardly, while Grandma Su was sitting in a wheelchair and talking to Zhao Yinyin - Zhao Yinyin had a couple of days off, so Su Yun gave her an admission ticket.

With nurse Zhao Yinyin by her side, it would be convenient to take care of Grandma Su if anything unexpected happened.

"Where are Jiaju and the others?" Su Yun walked over and asked.

"They said it was a rare opportunity for them to see the TV station, so they went out for a walk together." Mrs. Wang replied.

Okay, this kid is very curious.

So Su Yun turned to Zhou Xinheng and asked, "Do you want to go shopping too?"

Zhou Xinheng shook his head.

"Then you help me watch here, I'll go get some water." When Su Yun went out to check the schedule, she saw the tea room, but considering that the Wang couple and others might not know how to use the water dispenser, she simply went out again by herself.

After settling the people around him, Su Yun walked towards the tea room with a bunch of kettles clinking in his arms.

While I was filling the water dispenser in the corner, two middle-aged men in suits suddenly walked into the tea room.

"Why are you so sullen all day long?"

"It's still that Mona Fang, famous for cutting in half!"

"It was cut in half and then cut to your place?"

"That's right. I think she has long wanted to cut off all of us old servants who helped build the country - do you think this is what Zhao Sheng wanted or is it..."

"Who would have known that you would give up your job as a canary and come to the marketing department to compete with men like us for food? In short, you are just a new official who makes three big moves. You and I will be burned sooner or later! Be more careful in the future!"

The two of them probably thought she was a child brought by some staff to help with chores, and they didn't even glance at her, and just started talking loudly right here...

Su Yun stood silently in the corner eating watermelon: This scene had the flavor of the company tea room gossip segment in the TBB TV series.

"Cut in half" is a practice that Fang Mona started after she took over TBB. Because in the past, the crew always made money from the shooting budget, so after Fang Mona officially joined the purchasing department, no matter what kind of budget was handed to her, she would cut it in half first before discussing it.

There are advantages and disadvantages.

These two middle-aged men were probably experienced people who used to make money from the crew. After they complained to each other about Fang Mona's brutal deeds, they held their coffee cups and hadn't even walked out the door yet.

"Ms. Fang."

It was unknown how long Fang Mona had been standing at the door and how much she had heard. While her face was still calm and she hadn't moved, the two of them hurriedly snatched the cups and ran away.

Fang Mona glanced at the two people's backs, and then her eyes fell on Su Yun again.

Su Yun continued to fill the bottle with water with great calmness: "Just kidding, she is a fool player who plays horror games fearlessly with shotguns. Fang Mona's gaze is much easier to accept than the monsters in horror games...

This was probably the first time she met someone who dared to face her pressure - and it was a child. Fang Mona frowned slightly.

Just as she was about to walk over to inquire about Su Yun's identity, a light from the stage in the distance suddenly flashed across here, allowing her to clearly see the faint purple in Su Yun's eyes that could only be seen under strong light.

Take another closer look at this little girl’s face…

Fang Mona stopped immediately.

People always have different approaches to dealing with defects caused by illness, such as heterochromia iridum, albinism, and folded ears.

This is the reality of the world - if such a pair of pupils of different colors grow on an ordinary face, people will only think it is unusual and weird; but if it is born on a beautiful appearance, it will suddenly transform into a rare and unique commodity.

Whose child is this?