Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 291 Campus Recruitment is Imminent
After resuming work after the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yan and Chen Hong were quite busy for a while, until early March when they finally found time to start preparing for the campus recruitment fairs of the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy, and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Of course, the matter of selecting martial arts actors from the Shichahai Martial Arts School has already been communicated with the relevant departments.

中戏定的3月11号，北电定的3月17号，上戏是3月23号。

This is the second day after the art exam results are announced for each school. Yuanmenghui sends people to the schools in advance to promote the event and try to leave a good impression on the prospective freshmen.

Ideally, the results would be best on the day the results are announced, but the school was afraid of affecting the normal release of the results, so they refused to agree no matter what.

Even the requirements for the campus recruitment the next day were only reluctantly agreed to because of the fact that it was a national pilot private enterprise.

…………

Central Academy of Drama.

Li Yapeng burst into the dormitory with a flyer in hand, excitedly saying, "I told you so! Yuanmeng is indeed coming to the Central Academy of Drama to do campus recruitment!"

Chen Jianbin, who was reading on the upper bunk, peeked out at Li Yapeng upon hearing this, then calmly withdrew.

Wang Xuebing jumped up and excitedly asked, "Really?"

However, he quickly deflated: "What's the use of coming? We all signed training contracts in advance, and other companies don't want us at all."

"Making dreams come true isn't a government agency!"

Li Yapeng retorted, "Besides, I've already asked President Zhang, and he said that as long as we get selected, Yuanmeng will be responsible for communicating with the Frontier Drama Troupe and providing compensation, so that we can stay in Beijing and Tianjin with dignity!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xuebing and his two classmates became excited. Their biggest worry right now was having nowhere to go after graduation.

Now that everyone hears that as long as they are selected to fulfill their dreams, they can get out of this predicament, everyone is naturally eager to make their mark.

The only exception was Chen Jianbin, who was still lying on the top bunk with his books, as if the students' heated discussion had nothing to do with him.

Seeing this, Li Yapeng found it strange and went up to him, patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Old Chen, what's wrong with you? You don't really want to go back to the Frontier Drama Troupe, do you?"

"actually……"

Chen Jianbin put down his book and said somewhat embarrassedly, "My teacher told me after the start of the semester that I have a very good chance of staying at the university to pursue a master's degree."

"Fuck~"

Wang Xuebing immediately cursed: "Why didn't you say so sooner if there was such a good thing?"

Chen Jianbin smiled but didn't say anything.

In fact, he was worried that his classmates would be jealous, so he kept it a secret. But now that everyone has a third option, he no longer hides it from his roommates.

Li Yapeng joined Wang Xuebing in criticizing Chen Jianbin for a bit, then hurriedly pushed open the door and said, "I'm going to inform the girls' dormitory!"

Zhang Yan was quite puzzled at the time as to why there were so many people from the border regions in the 90 class of the Central Academy of Drama. In fact, all 14 students in the 90 class of the Central Academy of Drama came from the border regions. To be precise, they were students trained by the border drama troupe in a targeted program with the Central Academy of Drama.

However, just like Narna Xi later, none of the 14 students returned to the border region. Thirteen of them became drifters in Beijing, while Chen Jianbin was the only one who was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama for graduate studies, which gave him a legitimate reason to stay in Beijing.

It was precisely because there was a precedent that Narna Xi brought this up directly in the interview. It wasn't that she was naive or malicious, but rather that this was a common practice in the industry, and everyone tacitly agreed that it was permissible to do so.

She just didn't expect that times would change, and that this matter would be exposed and become one of the reasons for her being condemned.

Thanks to Li Yapeng, news of the campus recruitment fair quickly spread throughout the Central Academy of Drama campus.

And the same.

The news quickly spread among the 90 class of Beijing Film Academy through Huang Lei, Jiang Wu, and others, but it caused less of a stir than it did at the Central Academy of Drama.

To put it bluntly, Yuanmeng is now a household name in the music industry, but it doesn't have that much influence in the film and television industry.

Students admitted through the targeted poverty alleviation program in border regions see it as a lifeline because they have no other choice.

For many students at the Beijing Film Academy, choosing to pursue their dreams means giving up the opportunity to stay in Beijing and having to transfer to Tianjin for development, which is something many people cannot accept.

In the end, only Jiang Wu and a few others prepared to participate in the campus recruitment event to realize their dreams. As for Huang Lei, he had already secured a postgraduate spot, so naturally he wouldn't get involved in this matter.

That afternoon happened to be the last day of the Beijing Film Academy entrance exams, and Huang Lei, Jiang Wu, and Wang Jinsong were all called in to maintain order.

Looking at the dazzling array of beauties in the group, Jiang Wu nudged Wang Jingsong with his elbow: "If we follow the current standards, we'd probably both be eliminated."

Wang Jinsong ignored Jiang Wu because he was currently struggling with whether or not to participate in the campus recruitment event to fulfill his dreams.

He originally wanted to apply to the Jinling Drama Troupe, but these days Jinling's appeal is obviously not as great as Tianjin's—Jinling's GDP currently ranks only third in the province, with Wuxi being the leader and Suzhou the second.

There is a world of difference between film and television actors and stage actors.

Upon hearing this, Huang Lei glanced at the teams that had signed up for the competition and shook his head, saying, "In my opinion, there aren't many capable players among this year's freshmen."

His words drew sidelong glances from Jiang Wu and Wang Jinsong; if the teacher hadn't been there, they would have already given him a beating.

At this moment, Xie Lan, a female classmate who had also been called to maintain order, came over and said, "Who said there aren't any good fighters? Wasn't there a particularly outstanding girl yesterday? What was her name again, Jiang something?"

"Jiang Qinqin!"

Huang Lei and Wang Jinsong spoke in unison.

Jiang Wu was the only one who didn't respond to this. Although he was also deeply impressed by Jiang Qinqin, he was someone who planned to get married after graduation, so he had to be more reserved in this regard.

Xie Lan took the initiative to strike up a conversation with the three of them, not to talk about Jiang Qinqin, but to quickly steer the topic to the campus recruitment for fulfilling dreams.

"Huang Lei, didn't you work with the boss of Yuanmeng before? What's that company like?"

"Okay."

Huang Lei casually said, "President Zhang is a nice and generous person. Back then, our crew was quite poor, so we relied on him for meals—by the way, President Zhang's cooking skills are also quite good, no less than mine, especially his braised dishes..."

"What else?"

When he brought up cooking, Xie Lan quickly asked, "How good are they? I'd only ever heard that they were a record company, and I'd even bought some of their tapes before."

"His strength should be alright."

Huang Lei said uncertainly, "Didn't they say at the end of last year that Mr. Li's luxury house and car were all bought up? They were talking about Mr. Zhang."

He's living a pretty carefree life right now. Although he's already connected with Zhang Yan, he hasn't paid much attention to Yuanmeng's progress, and he only gets some news from the newspapers.

Jiang Wu added from the side, "They are the first private pilot project, so their strength is definitely not a problem. My brother's movie ran out of money in the middle, and Yuanmeng invested the money. They also produced a TV series, which is currently being promoted on TV as 'New Dragon and Phoenix'."

"That movie? I saw the trailer, Chen Hong looks absolutely stunning in it, especially in that scene on the boat!"

Xie Lan's attention immediately shifted to the makeup in "The New Dragon and Phoenix".

After all, many of the costumes in the drama were designed by Zhang Yan based on later fantasy dramas. Although they look a bit exaggerated, they are definitely more likely to appeal to young girls than most TV dramas now.

This was the first time Wang Jingsong had heard that Yuanmeng had invested in Jiang Wen's film. He couldn't help but pull Jiang Wu aside and whisper, "Jiang Er, do you really think Yuanmeng can succeed?"

"That's for sure."

Jiang Wu said confidently, "Just based on the fact that President Zhang can keep my brother in check, I know he will definitely succeed—there aren't many people in the industry who can keep my brother in check, not to mention that my brother is a director this time."

This reason...

Very Jiang Wu.

Seeing that Wang Jingsong was still hesitant, Jiang Wu persuaded him again: "Even if you go back to Jinling, you will still have to work your way up in the troupe based on seniority. But it will be different if you go to Yuanmeng. Apart from Chen Daoming and Zhang Guoli, we will be the first batch of loyal followers. When the company develops in the future, it will definitely be good."

After Jiang Wu's persuasion, Wang Jinsong made up his mind to sign up for the campus recruitment event with Jiang Wu.

(End of this chapter)