Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 118: Fellow Traveler

It's snowing in the capital again.

As winter deepens, the New Year is quietly approaching.

The eaves are covered with white snow, and the eaves are covered with icicles. It is all white. It is Christmas time, and the streets are full of Christmas trees decorated with colorful lights and young couples snuggling together, walking hand in hand and enjoying the warmth and tranquility.

The fashionable clothes worn on the mannequins in the window and the exquisite gifts piled up beside them were shining brightly under the lights.

This modern metropolis that carries the dreams of tens of millions of people has finally gained a sense of laziness and leisure after witnessing the sun rise and set more than 300 times. The streets and alleys are filled with ease and joy, and people chat and drink with each other to celebrate the New Year.

Although many people do not have the habit of celebrating foreign festivals, they have to admit that the arrival of Christmas does make this time of year more relaxing and joyful.

"It's almost the end of the year, but the workload has become heavier, and I don't know when it will end."

Shen Juan exhaled lightly. He was wearing a black Burberry wool coat. He had just finished recording the Pokémon theme song and was leaving. His black boots left clear footprints on the sidewalk covered with light snow.

"It will be easy once you become famous." Yang Yangjin joked while holding the cup of hot coffee in both hands mainly to warm his hands.

The outfit she chose today was a minimalist loose wool coat, paired with a light blue cashmere scarf that wrapped around her neck, ensuring warmth while adding a lot of winter atmosphere. She looked neat, noble, refined and full of fashion.

I can only say that he is worthy of being teased by netizens as the agent who looks most like an artist. Just walking side by side with Shen Juan like this, one can even give people the feeling that they are filming an idol drama.

"That's too hard to bear. I don't want to die young. I haven't made enough money yet," Shen Juan sighed helplessly.

"Then just get used to this feeling of being busy. Others don't even have the chance to work as much as you do!" Yangyang Jin smiled at Shen Juan, and said half comfortingly and half teasingly: "It's your blessing to be able to work 996. How can you have a luxury car if you don't work?"

"Anyone who can say this must not be a good person, he is not even a human being." Shen Juan curled his lips.

"I advise you to be careful with your words and actions. Do you still want to go to the Cat Night next year?" Yang Yangjin glanced at him with a smile.

"Mao Wan? The person who said this is Ma Yun?"

"if not?"

"That's awesome!" Shen Juan was speechless.

After walking in silence for a while, Yangjin Zhuoma asked a question that concerned her.

"Oh, by the way, why did you think of giving me so many gifts this year? Clothes, perfumes, necklaces, bags, facial masks, lipsticks, and makeup and skin care products. Are you picking Christmas gifts or buying them in bulk?"

"Isn't it because you don't have a partner?"

"What does this have to do with me not having a partner?"

Shen Juan smiled and didn't rush to answer the question. Instead, he started a new question: "Sister, you are already thirty years old this year. Haven't you thought about finding a boyfriend to bring home to meet your parents? Are your parents really not in a hurry at all?"

"Of course I'm anxious. That's why I don't want to go home during the New Year to avoid being urged to get married." Although Yangjin Zhuoma felt a little embarrassed, she still kept a calm face.

Shen Juan paused for a few seconds and said with a smile: "This is also the reason why I gave you so many gifts at once."

"What do you mean?" Yangjin Zhuoma was puzzled.

"Sister, you have devoted all your time and energy to your job as an agent. I feel like if you continue like this, you will be single even when you are 40 years old."

"Work is my boyfriend, and the salary deposited into my bank card every month is the best gift." Yangjin Zhuoma pretended to drink a sip of coffee casually.

"Having said that, I still believe that everyone needs external motivations other than money to always maintain their passion for life." Shen Juan turned his head to look into Yang Yangjin's eyes with a faint smile on his face.

Yangjin Zhuoma didn't dare to meet Shen Juan's clear eyes, fearing that she would not be able to help but develop some inappropriate emotions towards her own artist, so she quickly turned her head and fixed her gaze on the white snow in the distance.

"So these gifts are the external motivation you give me?" Her voice sounded particularly gentle.

“It’s the external motivation we give you.”

"us?"

"Aren't you and I us?" Shen Juan added with a smile, "To me, we are fellow travelers. There is no need for one to control the other. So, Sister Zhuoma, you are equally worthy of all the beauty that surrounds me."

Yangjin Zhuoma's hand holding the coffee was shaking slightly.

The voice of the young man in front of her was soft and mellow, his superior features looked particularly clear and bright under the reflection of various street lights, and there was a faint and gentle smile on the corners of his mouth, which completely matched the crush image she had constructed in her mind through fantasy during her student days.

For the first time, she felt such a strong desire and guilt to have sex with a young girl.

So she said "oh" softly, and then buried the lower half of her face quietly under the warm scarf, as if this way no one would notice how panicked she was at the moment.

On the 28th, the Pokémon theme song was completed.

"Celestial" (Original by Ed Sheeran)

On the 29th, I completed the cover shoot for the February issue of Men's Fashion in Beijing. The only thing missing from achieving the achievement of "covering the cover of the five major men's magazines" is "GQ", which has been confirmed but not yet shot.

What level of achievement is this?

There are less than ten male artists in China who have achieved the Grand Slam of Men's Magazines, and most of them are middle-aged actors like Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Hu Ge and Wu Yanzu who have been working in the entertainment industry for many years and have high national popularity.

Among the young artists, only Wu Jiaheng, who has the support of Yaolai and abundant fashion resources, has achieved this achievement.

Shen Juan is the second.

Moreover, she completely follows the path of exporting to domestic sales, relying on the real traffic of her works to feed back into the domestic fashion circle, without taking any backdoor approach like Wu Jiaheng.

Chris's style seems very high-end, but it's all just bragging. If he had a little bit of ability, he would have soared to the sky long ago.

It's not possible that he has so many top resources but still looks half-dead, getting worse year by year, and just relying on the savings accumulated in previous years to live a life of idleness and waiting for death.

Back to the topic, even judging from the speed of unlocking the cover, Shen Juan is definitely a leader.

Previously, the fastest record for the men's magazine Grand Slam was held by Hu Ge, who unlocked five magazines in just eight months last year, greatly breaking the record set by his predecessors.

But Shen Juan was faster than him.

"ELLEMEN" in October, "Bazaar Men" in November, and "Esquire" in December.

"Men's Fashion" in February next year, and "GQ" in March which has been confirmed but has not been filmed yet.

From October to March, there is only a five-month interval.

Two first-tier men's magazines and three quasi-first-tier men's magazines in six months, not including the first-tier women's magazine "Fashion COSMO" sandwiched in between. This record may not be broken for a long time in the future.

On December 12th, I took a flight to Changsha to participate in the rehearsal of Mango TV's New Year's Eve concert.

The live broadcast officially began at 31: p.m. on the st.

The International Convention and Exhibition Center was bustling with activity.

"Dear viewers at the venue and in front of the TV, good evening!"

"Welcome to the exclusive Mango TV New Year's Eve Concert! I am the host He Jiong!"

"Our concert this year is really great. Not only will we broadcast it live on Mango TV, we will also broadcast it on Singapore's City TV and the US's World TV."

On the brightly lit stage, twelve hosts lined up in a row, among which the two most famous Mango TV ace hosts, Wang Han and He Jiong, were reading their opening remarks.

"Ahhhh!"

The audience who came to watch the star performances waved glow sticks and screamed.

The stage was bustling with activity and the audience was screaming.

"Lili, have you checked the program? Is Juan the midnight guest tonight?"

"Probably not. He is ranked between Zhang Huimei and the Go Boys. Mango TV will most likely let the three immature kids of the Go Boys be the last to perform during the New Year's Eve show this year."

"Ah? Why is this like this?"

"Who can blame them for having so many fans? If you add up all the fans of the three of them, no one in China can beat them."

"It's really annoying. Do they have any masterpieces to show off? Why let them be the last one? I feel so sorry for Brother Juan."

"Does the song 'Pamper Me' and 'Follow Me' in slow motion with your left hand and right hand count? These songs are really popular."

"It's true, but do you think the three of them would be willing to sing these songs in front of other professional singers? I'd be embarrassed if it were me."

"That's true."

In the audience stands, a group of fans waving red glow sticks and holding various cheering items were chatting animatedly.

Meanwhile, there was some chit-chat going on in one of the artist lounges backstage.

Shen Juan was sitting on the sofa, watching the live broadcast of the New Year's Eve concert on the screen, while eating the fresh pear that his assistant had cut to moisten his throat and replenish water.

"When you were putting on makeup, I met He Jiong backstage. He said that he had already fed your request back to the program team of Longing for Life. They will seriously discuss and examine whether Peng Yuchang is suitable to participate in the recording of the program as a permanent guest." Yangjin Zhuoma knocked on the door and walked in.

When I came to Changsha for rehearsal yesterday, I also signed the contract for the second season of "The Longing for Life".

The first recording session will start in Tonglu around March next year, and will be concluded around the end of May.

Moreover, the program team does not force Shen Juan to be present at every episode. If there is a schedule conflict, he does not have to come.

"Then let's hope for a good outcome."

On the one hand, helping friends after becoming successful is one thing.

On the other hand, Shen Juan knows that his sense of variety shows is average. In order to maintain the style of the high-end brands he endorses, and to prevent the audience from stereotyping him and mistakenly thinking that he is a comedian, he cannot sacrifice his personal image for the sake of creating a good show effect.

Therefore, he really needs to find a blue-collar worker who doesn't care about his image and can do the "dirty and tiring work" to play a supporting role for him.

"And the second single from your album will be released next Friday. The company has recently found some YouTubers with a certain amount of fans to help promote it."

"That's no problem for me. It's up to the company to decide." Shen Juan basically does not participate in decisions regarding marketing promotions.

It is worth mentioning that his song "If I Can't Have You" has been performing very well on the B chart hot 100 recently.

It first entered the list at number 66, reached number 53 last week, and this week it jumped directly to number 44.

Although the chances of breaking into the top 20 are very slim.

But as Shen Juan's first single released in the United States, this achievement can already be called excellent.

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