Chapter 40 The 40th Star



Chu Qianli found that he was young and frivolous. As expected, he still had to rely on others to screen for a round of jobs. If he took on a job on his own, he would encounter some difficult problems.

Her scalp tingled after watching the boys' group practice, and she tried to sneak away, but Qiu Qingkong grabbed the shoulder strap of her backpack.

Qiu Qingkong grabbed Chu Qianli who wanted to run away. She refused to let go of the belt in her hand and asked grimly, "Teacher, where are you going?"

Chu Qianli laughed dryly: "Hahaha, I think the final exams are approaching, and students should still focus on studying."

Tan Muxing: "This is the day when her enthusiasm for learning has peaked since we met."

Qiu Qingkong said in a sad voice: "Is it that exaggerated? It's just a performance, is it necessary to be so scared that you run away on the spot?"

Chu Qianli nodded desperately: "Yes, really, I did. You can scold me if I don't study well, but you shouldn't bring me to watch this kind of performance. I don't deserve to die."

Qiu Qingkong coaxed, "Look at it more, look at it more, and you'll get used to it!"

"No matter how many stones you eat, they are still stones. You can't eat their essence." Chu Qianli hid behind Tan Muxing, trying to escape Qiu Qingkong's control, "Help! Save the child!"

Tan Muxing heard Chu Qianli's Lu Xun-style scream, and he stepped in helplessly to persuade her: "She doesn't even understand the entertainment industry, so she may not be able to do this kind of work."

Chu Qianli was so absorbed in astrology that she barely watched anime, let alone the entertainment industry. She had no idea about the current talent show model, so she naturally insisted that these people would never become popular.

Qiu Qingkong said earnestly: "Teacher, you don't have to worry too much. Popularity has nothing to do with strength..."

Chu Qianli: "You guys in the entertainment industry are more direct in cheating people than I am?"

"Oh, listen to what you said, it's so ugly..." Qiu Qingkong pulled Chu Qianli back and said, "It's ugly but true!"

After a long period of pushing and pulling, Chu Qianli and Qiu Qingkong finally reached a consensus. Chu Qianli could help with analysis and planning, but to be honest, whether it would be a success or not depended on personal luck.

The company originally planned to hold a ceremony for the trainees, but now it has inexplicably turned into a career planning activity, and everyone is notified to go into the room in order to discuss in detail.

There is a lot of work to do before a boy group debuts, and the leaders often talk to the newcomers, so the trainees don’t find it unusual.

Inside the house, Chu Qianli had taken off her school uniform jacket. She was now in casual clothes, fidgeting and hesitant. "Luck is an amplifier, but if you don't have the ability, it's useless no matter how much you amplify it. I think you should understand that I can't control other people's fate. I can only give them advice."

Others may be grateful for the help of astrologers and may exaggerate and praise the other party, but essentially, your destiny is in your own control. I have never heard of anyone relying entirely on others.

Qiu Qingkong readily agreed: "Okay, okay, no problem, teacher, just give me some suggestions, and I'll depend on you to find my future cash cow!"

"But can't you screen the saplings before planting them?" Chu Qianli sobbed, "My undefeated reputation is finally going to be shattered. I guessed this day would come, but I didn't expect it to be for this..."

She should not have owed Qiu Qingkong a favor in the first place, but she had no choice but to be forced into a desperate situation by the inner entertainment boy group.

Tan Muxing soothed him, "…My condolences."

The trainees had given the astrolabe time in advance, and some people didn't know the exact time, so just giving the date was enough. Qiu Qingkong printed out their information and piled it next to Chu Qianli, waiting for the next conversation time.

The trainees who were preparing to debut came into the room one after another. Chu Qianli couldn't tell their appearances apart at all. Fortunately, the star plates all looked different, so she was not confused and could tell them apart clearly.

An intern came into the room and sat in front of the three people in a very dignified posture.

Chu Qianli browsed the horoscope information while curiously asking: "Why do you want to become an idol?"

The male trainee was full of sincerity. He spoke freely: "I have had the dream of being on stage since I was a child. When I was young, I especially liked singing and dancing for people. I came to the company to train because I wanted more people to see me. I hope that one day I can make the company and fans proud of me..."

Chu Qianli listened to the official rhetoric: “?”

Chu Qianli hurriedly stopped him: "Stop, stop, stop. Sorry, you may have got it wrong. We are not doing a mock audition. I don't understand your show selection. I just want to ask, 'Why do you want to become an idol?'"

The trainee's eyes drifted to an unknown direction. He looked determined and said in a deep voice, "This is my dream."

Chu Qianli looked down at the astrolabe, then looked up at the other person, and said in surprise, "Huh? Did I get the wrong astrolabe information? But from what I saw on the astrolabe, you are a person who is more comfortable, and you are not very interested in learning. You just let things take their course. In fact, you are not... well, or you are not that passionate about the stage?"

The trainee said decisively: "No, I am definitely not lying, the stage is my biggest dream!"

Chu Qianli shook her head: "No, the horoscope definitely did not lie. Your biggest dream is to make money comfortably."

The intern was heartbroken: "You can't deny my dream!"

Chu Qianli pretended to cry: "You can't deny my expertise!"

Qiu Qingkong watched the two sides acting so hard that she quickly stopped the scene and said, "Alright, stop embarrassing yourself. Move on to the next person. You don't even dare to tell the truth..."

The male intern obviously fooled Chu Qianli as a leader and audience. He didn't tell the truth for a long time. There was no point in continuing to do horoscope consultation.

Not long after, the next intern came into the room and a new round of consultation began.

Chu Qianli checked the horoscope data and started to predict her fortune on her phone. She asked curiously, "So you've broken up with your girlfriend?"

The new intern was so frightened that he almost jumped out of his chair and said in panic, "I don't have a girlfriend! I've been single for more than two years!"

Chu Qianli: “?”

Chu Qianli stared at the astrolabe in bewilderment: "Hey, who is the person of the opposite sex you are in frequent contact with now? I don't know how people in the city call them, maybe you call them partners? Or spouses? Wives?"

“…”

"It's mainly because of the development of the times. The meanings of the words we use have also changed. For example, in ancient times, people believed that marriages must be performed with rituals, and that period was considered a period of good luck in marriage. But now there are many people who don't get married. They may not get married for their entire lives, but they may live with the opposite sex for a long time. That is also considered a period of good luck in marriage..."

Chu Qianli smiled and said, "I understand. Anyway, you have a close relationship with someone of the opposite sex. No matter what you call them, you haven't broken up yet, right?"

“…………”

When Qiu Qingkong heard about the house collapse, she covered her face in pain and waved her hands, saying, "Next, next!"

The trainee was confused for a long time, not knowing how to explain. He left in a hurry with an embarrassed look on his face, not even daring to look back.

Qiu Qingkong suffered a series of heavy blows. She almost cried beside Chu Qianli's chair and said in despair: "Teacher, what should I do? I won't go bankrupt for the rest of my life, right? Is my company going to be ruined?"

Chu Qianli calmly comforted him: "If you stray and find your way back, there is hope. From now on, learn astrology from me. It's still cheating no matter where you cheat. I am more ethical than you media people."

Tan Muxing asked hesitantly, "...You sound quite proud?"

In the corridor, trainees kept coming out of their rooms, covered in dust and dirt. They seemed to have suffered setbacks in the interviews and were inexplicably depressed.

Shi Cheng and the others felt something was not right the more they looked at it, and they began to panic when they saw this scene.

Someone was waiting in line outside, and when he ran into someone coming out, he asked, "How is it? What are you asking? What does the company want to talk about?"

After the chat, the trainee was reluctant to talk about his own scandals and said vaguely: "Everyone talks differently..."

"What's the difference? Why are you asking me that? Don't hide it from us guys!"

"Well, it's almost the same as a background check. I heard that the company even checked whether you have a girlfriend. They asked all kinds of sensitive questions like this." The man looked around, his face mysterious, and covered up, "I also heard that someone refused to admit it and insisted on being stubborn. It is said that even the time of the meeting was dug out by the company."

Someone got angry and refuted Chu Qianli's words, forcing her to tell fortunes and expose the other party.

The intern next to him was terrified and asked in panic, "How did they find out? Isn't this a violation of human rights?"

Shi Cheng: "Signing a contract with a company is like selling yourself. Is it meaningful to talk about human rights now?"

Qiu Qingkong's family is one of the largest media companies in the country, so it's inevitable that some of the trainees they recruit are arrogant, just like the pride of a poor student getting into a prestigious school. However, the company's fame is due to its senior artists, and has nothing to do with the current trainees.

Just because a company can manage its former actors or artists well doesn’t mean it can manage its male group trainees well. Unfortunately, young and ignorant people don’t understand this and always think that it is easy to get by by leaning against a big tree.

Although Shi Cheng is one of the trainees, he has always thought that the boy group will be a failure. He did not expect that there would be a background check before the debut. If the top management can have such an idea, it seems that the group will not be a complete failure.

The trainees came out of the house one after another, all with unhappy looks on their faces, which made Shi Cheng inexplicably nervous.

After a while, Shi Cheng knocked on the door. It was finally his turn to talk. As soon as he entered the room, he bowed and said politely, "Hello, teachers."

After Shi Cheng greeted them, he looked up and found that the people in the room were young. They were all listless, sorting out the materials tiredly and numbly, and yawning from time to time.

Chu Qianli rubbed her eyes sleepily, straightened her back quickly, and tried to calm down: "It's okay, it's okay, you sit down first, we'll start right away."

Shi Cheng sat on the chair cautiously and found that the table was covered with intern materials. The person next to him was sorting them with a gloomy face. He was puzzled and asked, "What is this..."

Chu Qianli glanced at Qiu Qingkong's movements, and she suddenly realized and explained: "Ah, she is cleaning up the debris of her collapsed house, you don't have to worry about it!"

Qiu Qingkong was completely heartbroken tonight. She had already classified the trainees according to potential scandals and planned to have the staff prepare a public relations plan in advance. She didn't care whether the boy band was popular or not, she just hoped that her company would not collapse and she didn't want her family to starve for the rest of their lives.

Shi Cheng tensed up for a second after hearing that, not knowing what tricky questions he was going to ask.

"Why do you want to be an idol?"

"Well, to work and earn money?"

"But you're not very good at singing and dancing. From your horoscope, I can see that you don't have talent in this area."

"Actually, I know that I may not be suitable for the stage. I am better at communication. But now the trend is talent shows..." Shi Cheng said stiffly. He was very aware of his own problems, so he felt that the boy group would fail. However, some things were not up to him to decide.

The company wants to submit a boy band to a talent show. Shi Cheng can't go and give opinions to the higher-ups since he's a newcomer and doesn't have the qualifications or the right to do so, right?

Chu Qianli raised her head, looked at him in surprise, and said with emotion: "Wow."

Shi Cheng didn't understand her reaction and said guiltily, "Is it that I can't say this..."

"No, no, no, you can say it!" Chu Qianli hurriedly asked Tan Muxing to write down the name. She patted the dead Qiu Qingkong and shouted, "Wake up, wake up quickly, this sapling can still be saved, you will have someone to exploit in the future!"

Shi Cheng: “?”

There was no point in Chu Qianli asking the trainees in front of her because they simply refused to admit the problem. Astrological consultation is a two-way process and if the other party is not honest enough, she cannot provide any advice.

People are always willing to accept only what they want to hear, and they will angrily deny unpleasant words, and they will also look for all kinds of reasons to justify them. Other people's evaluations may not be fair enough, but the horoscope does not need to suppress anyone. It provides objective opinions, and it depends on whether the interpretation is correct.

At least Shi Cheng is sincere, and he knows it very well in his heart, so there is still some hope.

Qiu Qingkong quickly perked up. She stared wide-eyed and tried to remember Shi Cheng's appearance, but she felt that the other person's appearance was not among the top artists. She wondered how she could possibly succeed.

Chu Qianli finally met a normal person. She immediately calculated the horoscope and thought: "From the perspective of time, you will be very popular in the next year or so, but the interaction between Mars and Uranus will make you feel a little bit over the top. If you don't seize the time to change, your career will fall into decline and it will be difficult to get up again..."

Shi Cheng was shocked and said, "Isn't this too tragic?"

Chu Qianli blinked and asked blankly, "Is it so terrible?"

Shi Cheng: "Isn't it tragic that your career has fallen into decline and you can't get up?!"

Chu Qianli tried to comfort him: "Hey, at least you were popular before. Many people can't become popular..."

Shi Cheng was speechless, but he felt that falling down from the clouds was worse than never going up to the clouds, so he asked hurriedly, "What should I do?"

Chu Qianli: "What you just said is right. You do have a talent for communication. If you want to change the downward trend of your career, you must work hard to change in the next year. Singing, dancing and acting are not that good. You should participate in more activities that require you to communicate with others. Also, you may be suitable for sales..."

"I don't know how to describe it specifically. You can work in front of the camera, but it doesn't feel like an artist. It's always connected to a buying and selling relationship." Chu Qianli said distressedly, "I can't say what my profession is."

Qiu Qingkong was stunned: "An anchor selling goods? No way, we are an artist agency, it doesn't seem good to spread this..."

If an artist from a certain company sells goods as a live broadcaster, the company will probably be scolded by fans.

Shi Cheng was not angry, but asked anxiously: "If I continue to develop in this direction, will my career still decline?"

Chu Qianli: "If you use the right method, you won't have that problem, and your fortune will be quite good. You may make more money than you do from singing and dancing."

Shi Cheng nodded: "...That's true. It seems that anything I do has more potential than singing and dancing."

Qiu Qingkong looked at Chu Qianli and asked in confusion, "Should we still put him in the talent show? But the company has already made the decision, so why not kick him out now?"

Qiu Qingkong had complete faith in Chu Qianli. She didn't know what to do with this money-making seedling, so she simply asked Chu Qianli for advice on tree planting.

Shi Cheng didn't recognize Qiu Qingkong's identity. His eyebrows jumped and he was stunned and asked, "Wait, which department are you teachers from? Can you decide the development direction of interns?"

Shi Cheng was quite flustered when he first entered the room, but now he senses something unusual. This doesn't seem to be a background check?

Chu Qianli had no time to answer Shi Cheng's question. She thought seriously for a long time and decided, "We still have to put him in the show. Judging from his luck, he needs a chance. But it would be best if he could be given a stage name so that he can be of some help."

"What's a suitable name?"

Chu Qianli pondered for a long time, then handed the name to Shi Cheng and said, "This is a good one."

After Shi Cheng saw the new name, he looked embarrassed: "This is not good..."

Qiu Qingkong poked his head out to look around: "Shi Bude? Can't do it? Still going smoothly?"

Shi Cheng frowned: "But this doesn't sound like an artist's name, and it's a bit..." rustic.

Chu Qianli: "You can also choose a name that sounds like an artist, but your popularity and fame are not like an artist. I will just give you a suggestion, and it's up to you whether to change it or not."

Shi Cheng thought about the decline of his career and immediately changed his mind, saying decisively, "I'll change it! This name looks easy to maintain!"

"Any other suggestions? You said I would be very popular in the next year, but I can't even see any spark now. It's basically like I don't exist..." Shi Cheng always felt that the three of them were too confident. He didn't have any popularity at all now. His teammates all attracted fans with their looks, but he had nothing.

Chu Qianli encouraged him: "You have to be confident. Others choose to show off while you sell the goods. To be a salesperson, you must be energetic!"

Shi Cheng was infected by her excited tone. He suddenly became excited and stopped worrying. He clenched his fist and said, "Okay!"

"Just think of yourself as a spokesperson for the title sponsor. Don't miss any sales opportunity. You should want to sell everything! You can sell anything!"

Shi Cheng made a bold statement: "Forget about being the title sponsor of the talent show, I even want to sell our company now!"

Qiu Qingkong nodded repeatedly at first, but when she heard this, she was shocked and said hurriedly, "No way!"


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