In March 2009, Penguin.com and hundreds of mainstream media in the industry officially launched the "Post-80s New Generation Entertainment Superstars" event, which claimed to have millions of people participating online and offline.

To put it simply, this activity is to select the new generation of [Four Little Flowers] + [Four Little Boys].

In 2002, the Four Little Flowers selected by Southern Metropolis Daily have achieved great success over the years and have become the representatives of mainland entertainment actresses.

Later, the "Four Little Freshmen" were created. Although they are not as popular as the "Four Dan Actresses", they are also Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and Tong Dawei, who are currently the popular young actors in mainland China.

Due to their age and experience, the four young actresses have been promoted to the four major actresses in the past two years.

The iteration speed of the quiet ones is too fast. Some have been promoted to the first-line, while others have become out of date.

In this case, we may have to push new people to take over.

In fact, similar selections for leading actresses and leading actors have been going on since 2005, but they were mostly promoted by a single media or a few media websites, and their influence was not particularly prominent.

This time it was Penguin, currently the largest Internet traffic platform, that took action. It made a big splash, with many media outlets participating. It was said that CCTV was also invited to participate in the reporting later.

Many fans and management companies are eager to push their idols and artists to the top.

This is not only an honor, but also a good exposure and gimmick, and the benefits are considerable.

"Oh, and my name too."

In the lounge of "My Love from the Star", Wei Yang was surprised to see his name on the preliminary list in the newspaper.

"That's not surprising. You're already very popular now."

Fat Fan, who was playing with his cellphone nearby, came over to take a look at the newspaper and smiled.

"Why don't you give it a try? You're very popular now, maybe you can even be named one of the top four young students."

"Forget it. If others don't understand, you don't understand either. Is this a matter of popularity?"

Wei Yang knew clearly that the selection results and popularity were certainly important, but what was more important was the connection.

Except for a few who are not controversial, the rest are actually competing to see which company is more powerful.

Even if the organizer Penguin may be interfered with by these agencies, what about the media it invited? Which agency doesn’t have friends in the media circle?

As for online and offline voting by netizens, that is even easier to handle. As long as you are willing to spend money, Wei Yang can challenge the Four Heavenly Kings alone.

If Wei Yang remembered correctly, they were the four most beautiful actresses and four most handsome actors in the original time and space.

Among the leading actresses, except for Liu Tianxian who is undisputed, behind Da Mimi is Rong Xinda, behind Wang Luodan is Hairun and Chang Lihong who is as famous as Wang Jinhua, and behind Huang Shengyi is Yang Dashao.

Of course, these three also have real achievements, such as Wang's "Struggle", Da Mimi's Guo Xiang and "Wang Zhaojun", and Huang's "Kung Fu" and "The Legend of the White Snake".

However, whether this result can surpass other young actresses is controversial, and it is more or less due to borrowing momentum.

As for the four young students, there are even more complaints.

Hu Ge is okay. He has good popularity and has Tangren behind him, so he is basically the most stable among the four.

But the fact that Zhu Yuchen was shortlisted does explain something. Even though he has a Huazi in "Struggle", it is not enough to overshadow Wen Zhang, who has done better.

But if you look at his company again, you will understand, [Beijing 18 Culture], the boss is Wang Jinhua, who is known as the number one agent in mainland China and just left Orange Sky.

I guess not many people have heard of the remaining two young actors, Lin Shen and Zhang Junning.

One of them is the prince of Rong Xinda, whose biological mother is Rong Xinda’s boss Li Xiaowan; the other is Hai Yan’s man and is about to switch to Huayi.

So if we dig into the details, many things become clear. The voting by millions of people and the reporting by hundreds of media outlets are just companies promoting new talents.

If it is a real selection, except for Hu Ge and Wei Yang, who are a little short, I am still quite confident about the other three.

Especially Lin and Zhang. Not to mention Wei Yang, even Cui Peng from "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and "The Best of Us" is more popular than them.

But in terms of connections and funds, Blue Whale is still too weak, and Wei Yang has no intention of bringing humiliation upon himself.

"If you don't fight, your Tangren girlfriend has no idea?"

"My friend, not my girlfriend, don't say that, or the reporters will hear it."

Wei Yang corrected himself, causing Fat Fan to roll his eyes, and then he explained.

“I think Tangren will be involved, but it will be difficult since she has only been popular for a short time.

Different from the four little boys who are just there to make up the numbers, the four little beauties still have some quality.

If it was a year or two later, when "Twinkle Twinkle Star" and "Chinese Paladin 3" were released, it would be considered a shady move without her among the four young actresses, but her foundation is still a little shallow now.

"But there's no need to rush. It's just a matter of time."

Fatty Fan said with a click of his tongue: "You have quite a bit of confidence in her."

"It's not that I have confidence in her, it's that I have confidence in myself. She's one of the top four young actresses, but she was promoted with just two dramas."

This is also the key reason why Wei Yang does not care about the so-called four little freshmen. The things that everyone is considering are no longer on the same level.

For him, status and fame come second, running the company and making money comes first.

When the company is doing well and has sufficient funds and connections, he will be the one to designate who will be the new four little boys or four little girls.

“You have guts!”

Fan Xiaopang gave a thumbs up. What she admired about Wei Yang was that he was very confident at times.

Wei Yang's self-confidence is not blind arrogance, but makes people truly believe that he has the confidence and confidence. Even her participation in "My Love from the Star" was partly due to the infection of Wei Yang's self-confidence.

She was not sure whether this play could become her masterpiece as Wei Yang said, but she was willing to give it a try with Wei Yang.

“Having said that, the four young actors are a good gimmick after all, and they are also helpful to our crew. Those companies are not all-powerful, and the voices of netizens and Penguin cannot be ignored.

How about this, I also know some friends in the media, I can help you put in a call, even if it doesn’t work out this time, it won’t hurt to interact more with the media.”

“That’s a good feeling.”

Since Fan Xiaopang was willing to help, Wei Yang naturally wouldn't push it away. Just like she said, if it worked, that would be great, but if it didn't, then forget it. It wouldn't hurt to try.

"But why do I sound like a gigolo who lives off his older sister?"

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After Wei Yang expressed his gratitude, he thought about what Fan Xiaopang said and couldn't help but make a joke, to which the latter responded in an unpleasant tone.

"You're so ungrateful, others want to eat my free rice but can't."

"No, I have bad teeth, so I just like to eat free meals. I feel guilty for accepting gifts without any merit. How about I pledge my love to you? Otherwise, I will feel bad."

This level of excitement did not irritate Fan Xiaopang, who looked Wei Yang up and down.

"Promise yourself to me? Can you do it?"

Wei Yang patted his chest and said, "I don't have any other skills, I'm just young and strong."

"Everyone can talk big, so don't be a coward when the time comes."

"Whoever is a coward is a grandson."

“…”

The two were talking nonsense here when there was a knock on the door and the actor coordinator came in: "Boss Wei, Sister Bingbing, Teacher Zeng is here."

The coordinator stepped aside and a woman with long flowing hair and a cool and heroic face came in from behind. She greeted Wei Yang and Fan Xiaopang with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Wei... I'm Zeng Li."

"Teacher Zeng, welcome, welcome."

Zeng Li, one of the eight golden flowers of the famous 1996 star class of the Central Academy of Drama, is also a representative of late bloomers in the circle. She became truly famous after she was 40 years old, and even became a permanent female lead in Chinese entertainment literature for a time.

It was the first time that Wei Yang saw this person in real life. He had heard that she was not photogenic, but now he saw that she was more beautiful in her normal state than in the video.

But her face is really long, and her lines are hard, which is not really suitable for the big screen, and her acting range is also narrow...

When Wei Yang first started to select the female lead for "My Love from the Star", Zeng Li was also one of the candidates to be determined.

But at the moment, this person's fame is too low, and he has only been involved in family emotional and ethical themes, so he is only a backup, and a later one, and basically not within Wei Yang's consideration.

However, after the heroine was chosen to be Fan Xiaopang, Wei Yang did not forget her.

Zeng Li and another actress Yan Danchen, who was famous for her beauty, were invited to play a supporting role with limited screen time.

Yan Danchen declined due to schedule conflicts, but Zeng Li decided to take the role after careful consideration.

This role is also very simple, and is set to be Zeng Xi, another big star who competes with the heroine Fan Qianqianqian.

It turned out that the character in the script was named Li Xuexue, which was obviously a reference to another Bingbing. Later, Wei Yang felt that it was a bit immoral and gave up this gimmick. Zeng Li happened to take over the script, so he used her pseudonym.

This character does not have many scenes, but is involved in the main plot that spans the entire drama, and has several scenes where he competes with the heroine for beauty.

This is also why Wei Yang insisted on asking her and Yan Danchen to act.

Ordinary actresses can't stand the full firepower of Fan Xiaopang, and are directly crushed, so we have to find a big beauty to shoot the effect of equal strength.

Although Zeng Li is not doing well, she has no shortage of roles to play, and if she is lucky, she can even play the leading lady. This time, she was able to take this small supporting role, which is almost a big supporting role. First, she thought that the crew of "My Love from the Star" was very popular, second, she could compete with Fan Xiaopang in beauty, which would also be a good marketing point in the future, and third, she could make some connections.

Wei Yang himself may not realize that with three consecutive popular TV series he wrote/produced, he has become a hot commodity in the eyes of many people.

Those famous and popular first-line actors might give him some face, but they would not go to the extent of flattering him.

But among the middle and lower-level actors, Boss Wei is already considered a top figure, and is someone who can be befriended and favored by others.

Although Zeng Li is not very career-oriented, she is not without any ambition. If she really didn't want to work hard, she would have retired long ago to take care of her husband and children.

So after comprehensive consideration, Zeng Li chose to take this small supporting role.

She originally thought that she was just making a cameo appearance and that it would be fine if she just showed her face to Wei Yang, but she didn't expect that she really underestimated this little extra...

(End of this chapter)