Shattering the talent show script, sweeping the world film scene

For stock market investors, the start of this year has been incredibly exciting.

Dongyin Media's stock price, which had been soaring, began to decline. Investors who bought the stock were able to hold on in the first week, but started to panic in the second week and prayed to God in the third week.

In the fourth week, the company was exposed for numerous misdeeds, including "sleeping with all the new employees," "accusations of bullying," "money laundering by the investors," "sexual harassment involving both men and women," "dual contracts," "exam cheating by 05 students," "harboring drug users," and "sexual assault threats"...

Stockholders: The anxiety that had been hanging over us has finally died.

Bai Huashu had a good New Year. After returning to her dormitory with her suitcase, she was about to buy a movie ticket for "Under the Wasteland" to go to the movies in the afternoon when she received a call from Dong Siming.

The other party was unusually panicked: "Bai Huashu, log in now and delete all Weibo posts related to Dongyin, including those about artists, directors, and investors—delete them all!"

Bai Huashu was startled, and the luggage beside her fell to the ground, but she didn't bother to pick it up.

"Brother Dong, what's wrong?"

Dong Siming's voice was impatient: "Dongyin is finished. Someone has exposed more than a dozen illegal and criminal cases. If you try to distance yourself from it now, you'll be dragged down with you!"

When netizens get into digging up dirt on someone, they have no bottom line.

Bai Huashu felt a pang of sadness.

He knew that Dong Siming had a close relationship with Dongyin. In the past, the artists he managed had met many of Dongyin's leaders. Even this time, Dong Siming originally intended for Bai Huashu to accompany those big bosses for the fifth male lead role in "Under the Wasteland".

Bai Huashu hesitated for a long time and was just about to compromise when Dong Siming changed the task, asking Bai Huashu to test Gu Zhoubai. Although he felt a little sorry for his roommate, he was already pleasantly surprised to get the role he wanted without having to sacrifice himself.

But now that Dongyin has collapsed, will it affect "Under the Wasteland"?

Although Bai Huashu joined the film later, it still took her two months to film.

He also made many friends with artists from Dongyin and Wanhua on set.

"Probably not," Bai Huashu muttered to herself as she logged into her account to delete her Weibo posts. "Dongyin is just one of the investors. There are at least six investors in 'Under the Wasteland'..."

Gudong!

He swallowed hard.

Bai Huashu saw that the top trending topic was #Wanhua and Dongyin team up to sell artists#

The content revealed that Wanhua engaged in "sexual transactions" with multiple companies in order to "sell" roles in "Under the Wasteland". Dongyin exposed the most of these transactions. If a minor actor wanted to add scenes, he had to go to a room to "discuss" with the producer, director, and screenwriter.

This is simply using an IP to satisfy one's own selfish desires. As for the final product, as long as it's watchable, that's fine! Anyway, with the influence of the original, there's no fear of box office problems!

[The first big news of the year will shock everyone!]

Is this a movie shoot or a sex trafficking operation?

[I even pre-ordered this movie before the Lunar New Year. I'm a die-hard fan of *The Waste Land*, and I was really excited to see the Chinese version (Rage). Wan Hua and Dongyin, you have insulted this IP! Apologize! Issue a public apology!]

In comparison, there are far more male celebrities whose careers have been ruined, while the female celebrities in "Wasteland" are few to begin with, and most of them can produce audition videos.

[How many male celebrities did they manage to snag? The first male lead is Ming Tianhao, the second male lead is Yang Tianhang (both are from Wanhua Entertainment), and the third male lead...who was it again? I think he was from Dongyin Entertainment?]

Bai Huashu felt a wave of dizziness. Please, please stop digging so deep, or you'll be revealed as the fifth male lead.

Who could have imagined that the role he worked so hard to obtain would become his death warrant?

If he had gone through a formal interview, he could have used the interview video to clarify things like female celebrities do, but he didn't! He couldn't produce one! He took a different path.

"Brother Dong, you have to help me out. At least find something else to talk about, something to distract me, right?"

"You think finding materials doesn't cost money?"

"Beep beep beep..."

Dong Siming hung up the phone immediately.

Bai Huashu was so angry she almost smashed her phone. "Money, money, money! You're obsessed with money, aren't you?!"

[Ugh, I'm so angry! Can actors in the Chinese entertainment industry be licensed to work? Can all their audition videos be made public?! The lead actress and the second lead actress's videos have been released, I'm actually starting to like them!]

[Laughing and crying, I just discovered that Universe Entertainment has released the audition videos of the lead actors for two movies. Their ability to grab attention is amazing...]

[Huanhuan, this is none of your business. Focus on showing your films "Breaking Illusions" and "Qin Xiaodong's Troubles." I'll be living off these two movies during the Spring Festival.]

[Seriously, these two movies are vying for first and second place at the box office this week, with "Wasteland" not even reaching 10 billion. Is President Jiang some kind of movie-making cult?]

I checked, and the male leads for "Under the Wasteland" were pre-selected by Wanhua Entertainment. The third and fourth male leads are from Dongyin Entertainment, those who know, know. I checked, and the fifth male lead is an artist from Tomato Entertainment. He suddenly joined the cast, I wonder which investor he got through.

Bai Huashu felt utterly devastated.

He's suffering in silence, unable to express his bitterness.

Even if he wanted to say that he was following the path of his agent Dong Siming, Dong Siming would not agree, because he was also afraid of being exposed and that his entanglement with Dongyin was even deeper.

Click.

The door opened.

Gu Zhoubai walked in carrying a large bag, his eyes no longer as bright as before, but with a more profound look.

When Bai Huashu looked over again, the other person had a smile on their face and asked, "Are you alright?"

Bai Hua opened his mouth, feeling a pang of regret and guilt.

Gu Zhoubai put down his bag and stepped forward: "I saw what happened online. Dong Siming told me to tell you not to go online recently. Once things have calmed down, people won't be talking about it anymore."

Bai Huashu felt a surge of anger: "He makes it sound so easy! It's during the Spring Festival, and netizens are having a field day discussing it. When will it ever stop? I'm just one step away from becoming a second-tier star, and instead of trying to divert attention, he's telling me to bury my head in the sand?"

Gu Zhoubai looked at Bai Huashu and said, "At this juncture, if you want to get out of here, there's only one way."

Bai Huashu was taken aback: "What method?"

"Reveal the truth about how you got the role, drag Dong Siming into it. He has close ties with Dongyin, and several of his artists are mistresses of Dongyin's big bosses..."

Bai Huashu stammered, somewhat timidly: "If I do this, Dong Siming won't let me off the hook, and those artists too, they'll definitely want to tear me apart."

Gu Zhoubai shrugged: "Whoever does the work should take responsibility. Besides, you can only rise again if they fall, right?"

Bai Huashu seemed lost in thought.

"It's your choice. I've been busy for half a month and haven't even had a proper New Year's celebration. I'm going to take a break."

Gu Zhoubai, leaning against the closed door, thought: Wushuang, is this the kind of danger you face every day in the cutthroat world of business? Is it that one wrong step could lead to utter ruin? Do you have to ruthlessly cut off a piece of your conscience just to live a decent life?

At 25, Gu Zhoubai finally realized how much Ling Wushuang had sacrificed for him.

He finally admitted that he was no longer the innocent and pure person he was in his teens.