Chinese Entertainment: Becoming a Superstar After a Breakup

"By the way, Shen Ze, are you busy this week? You probably won't be going to Shanghai now, right? There's something I need you to do, do you want to go or not?"

"I have a photoshoot for guys, it requires a few of them. Are you going? If you are, I can ask around for you." During morning practice, Gulnazar approached Shen Ze directly.

"Thanks, but I probably can't make it." Shen Ze felt his clothes being tugged. This was his income, after all. Oh well, to avoid trouble at home, he decided to let it go.

"Is something wrong? Okay, I'll ask you again next time. If there's a chance in our company, I'll give you a push. Don't worry, we're classmates." Gulinaza said, feeling the sting of his gaze.

"Thank you." Forget about the GG (boyfriend/girlfriend) role; it's already decided. Filming a GG doesn't count as getting into the industry. During his summer vacation, a classmate introduced him to someone, and he earned over a thousand yuan. If it were a role with significant screen time, the temptation would be much greater, and it might activate the system.

However, the role might be beyond what Gulnazar can introduce, as she is still a student and relies on a company.

"Sure." Dilraba was practically grinding her teeth in exasperation. Didn't you see I was here? Why are you introducing my man to a job for no reason?

"Calm down, she did it on purpose." Shen Ze quickly reassured her, glancing at Gulinaza. This woman is quite vengeful. Why didn't you introduce me to someone before? You introduced me to a job in front of Dilireba. How come you're so cunning?

He seriously doubted that the job even existed. This was actually a bit unfair to Gulnazar; it did exist, but she really hadn't thought of introducing it. As a newcomer, how could she have such qualifications? But if Shen Ze really agreed, she could just mention it briefly, no big deal.

"I can tell," Dilraba said, but still pinched Shen Ze hard.

"Winter break is coming soon, when are you planning to go back this time?" Shen Ze asked, as the break was about to begin.

"We'll see. I have to go back to school in a couple of days, so you better watch yourself," Dilraba said.

Two days later, Dilraba returned to the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Shen Ze, on the other hand, enjoyed a few peaceful days. Bringing his girlfriend to school was indeed a bit awkward; he wasn't a child, and he didn't expect his girlfriend to pick him up from school every day.

However, on the third night after returning home, Shen Ze received a call from Dilraba. He realized that Dilraba had a chance to meet him.

"Do you remember? A while ago, I went to audition. I thought I had no chance, but they just called and asked me to come again. It's for that movie where Yang Mi is the first producer. I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow," Dilraba said.

"Really? That's great," Shen Ze said.

"Shen Ze, you are truly my lucky star. When I went for the audition, you even told me that I was destined to meet Yang Mi. I thought you were just trying to comfort me, but it actually came true," Dilireba said.

"No, how can you be so sure it will work? What did they tell you?" Shen Ze was a little curious. Dilireba's reaction didn't seem like she lacked confidence.

"Yang Mi's agent contacted me personally, saying that she had seen my performance and thought I had a lot of unique features. It sounded like I had a pretty good chance of success," Dilraba said.

"Okay, don't get too excited, we'll talk when you get back." After hanging up the phone, Shen Ze was also happy for Reba. Reba was a big star. Even though he didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry in his previous life, he could still know a lot about someone of this level just by glancing at her.

For example, Dilraba is an artist under Yang Mi's management and later became a top star. So when she was auditioning recently, she knew it was a work by Yang Mi's studio and said something, but there was no follow-up. She thought it wasn't this time, but she didn't expect to be found again now.

However, is it a good thing that Dilraba signed with her studio? It seems that in her previous life, her fans were clamoring to terminate the contract, but they only hesitated for a moment. This is a good thing.

After his rebirth, Shen Ze was practically a part of the entertainment industry. Being a star is glamorous, but it's incredibly difficult to become one, even though he knows a lot of good projects, like "Lost in Thailand," which was released last month and is still the hottest movie in the entire entertainment industry.

The first domestic film to break 1 billion yuan in box office revenue—their teacher kept mentioning it during class.

He knew about this movie much earlier than others; he had submitted his resume before it was even called "Lost in Thailand," but received no response whatsoever.

You know, it's useless if a movie or TV series is popular. You have to have the ability to participate yourself. Otherwise, if you have no experience and no connections, why would anyone give you a role?

Anyone who gets to be in the spotlight, even if they're not considered a main character by ordinary people, even if they're a supporting role, will have a group of people competing for them. The income of these people is unimaginable to ordinary people. Even if you know you'll become famous, you can only watch from the sidelines.

For example, Dilraba was a glamorous superstar in her past life, but after falling in love with her, you realize what her current situation is.

Except for when she was a sophomore, she was recommended by her teacher to play a role as a beautiful woman from the Western Regions in a TV series produced by Tangren Media. It was only because she was so well-suited for the role, with her hometown and appearance being a plus, that she might not have been able to compete with the others.

Compared to the average art student, she already had an advantage: she was beautiful, had unique features, and had even participated in the audition for "The Last Supper." She also had a role as the female lead in an unreleased TV series. But even so, she still faced endless auditions.

It's too difficult to find a company. Actually, quite a few companies want to sign Dilraba, but the three major film academies have a consistent teaching principle: don't sign with random companies during your studies, or you'll get scammed.

You could do what Gulnazar did. Tangren signed her, but they did it with sincerity. A newcomer was put in a project like "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky" to work with Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, and Hu Ge, and had a significant role. That shows sincerity and is clearly a strong push.

Without resources, just having a company name makes the company easy to be scammed. To put it another way, even with Shen Ze's Beijing Film Academy name, many unknown film and television companies wanted to sign him, and they made it sound very good, saying they would pay him a salary, and he wouldn't have to do anything for a month, he would get eight thousand yuan.

However, Shen Ze was also afraid of being scammed. "You only give money, not resources. A monthly salary of 8,000 is indeed not low in this era, but I want to be a star. Who knows what traps are in this contract? Maybe you want to make money from breach of contract fees. I won't do it."

After going through so much, it's a good thing that Dilraba is able to meet Yang Mi's studio now. After all, she became famous in this company in her previous life, so this is a great opportunity, and he won't stand in her way.

As for the company issues mentioned by fans, that's something to consider after you become famous. Right now, you don't have the fame to talk about it.

Two days later.

"The audition turned into a contract offer, and Yang Mi personally selected you for the role." After returning from the audition, Dilraba talked about what happened. She won't go into the details, but the result was that the audition turned into a contract offer.

"Yes, and it can guarantee the filming of three movies every year, important supporting roles. If you perform well, you might get a leading role. Baby, what do you think?" Dilraba said.

"Are you tempted?" Shen Ze immediately understood that Dilraba had her own ideas.