Chinese entertainment: What's wrong with actresses wanting to improve?

Chapter 586 The Era of Traffic

The following day, the official Weibo account of Star Dream Girls released new official photos and group portraits of the nine girls, and also announced the pre-sale date for their first album.

Qi Siyao, Su Nianqing, Lin Luyin and others saw their Weibo followers nearly double overnight.

The sponsors responded just as quickly.

The day after the finals ended, Mengniu's brand department announced on its official Weibo account that "Star Dream Girls" had become the spokespersons for one of its new yogurt products, accompanied by a photo of nine girls holding yogurt bottles.

The endorsement contracts of six brands across four categories—mobile phone brands, sportswear, beauty and skincare, and fast-moving consumer goods—were all officially announced within 24 hours of the group's formation.

The preliminary negotiations for these contracts were largely completed during the broadcast of the show, and the final confirmation and signing were only pending the final results of the final competition.

Chen Mo sent a more detailed report to Fu Yibai's email address.

On the night of the finals, total voting revenue exceeded 80 million, and the additional GG fees from sponsors totaled over 30 million.

The Weibo post announcing Mengniu's brand ambassador received over a million reposts within two hours. Data from a fan purchase intention survey in the comments section showed that over 60% of fans indicated they would specifically purchase products endorsed by Star Dream Girls.

Colleagues in the business department of Chenxi Media have begun to work on the details of the second wave of brand collaborations, expanding the product categories from fast-moving consumer goods to jewelry, bags, and automobiles.

With the explosive popularity of Super Star Girls, the era of internet celebrity, which should have started two years later, was ushered in ahead of schedule by Super Star Girls.

In November, Beijing is already deep in autumn, and the ginkgo trees in the capital's villa district have shed a carpet of golden leaves.

Fu Yibai was rarely home. He leaned back on the sofa with a book of concept art for "Sito" spread out on his lap.

Li Dabai sat next to him, a cashmere blanket draped over her protruding belly, and was softly reciting from a book of poems, engaging in what she called "prenatal education."

"Yi Bai, do you think Binbin and Sister Lan will get pregnant this month?"

Li Dabai put down his book and looked towards the kitchen.

Fan Binbin and Qin Lan are learning from Yang Rong how to make a medicinal soup that is said to "warm the uterus and help with pregnancy." The two are very serious, even more so than when they are memorizing lines for a movie.

Fu Yibai closed the picture album and smiled.

"These things should be left to nature."

They both feel like they've gone a bit too far.

"You say that, but I've seen you've been cooperating quite a bit these past few days."

Li Dabai glared at him, her expression slightly coquettish.

Fu Yibai put his arm around her shoulder and gently placed his hand on her lower abdomen, feeling the growing vitality within her.

"There's nothing I can do, how could I dare disobey?"

Just then, Fan Binbin's voice came from the kitchen: "Rongrong, do you think the heat is right? It smells a bit bitter to me."

"Of course it's bitter because it contains Chinese medicine."

Qin Lan came out carrying a small bowl, carefully blowing on it to warm it.

"Yi Bai, come and try it!"

This is the result of two hours of hard work by Binbin and me.

"Shouldn't you two drink this soup?"

What would you like me to drink?

"Can you taste it for us and see if it's bitter? If it is, we'll add some honey."

"Fine, use me as a test subject then."

Despite saying that, Fu Yibai still took the drink and drank a sip.

"Hmm, a little bit, but it's still acceptable."

"I see. Then add less honey."

Just then, there was a noise at the door.

Yang Mi and Liu Yifei returned from shopping, carrying large and small bags.

Yang Mi started yelling as soon as she entered the door.

"I'm exhausted, it's so cold outside."

Jing Tian followed behind them, carrying two exquisite shopping bags in her arms, her face still flushed with excitement from shopping.

"It's been so long since I've gone shopping like this, Honey, let's go again tomorrow."

"Please spare me, I'm not going."

"You've come back just in time."

Liu Yan came downstairs, holding Jing Chen, who had just woken up from his afternoon nap, in her arms.

"Come look! Jingchen just stood there by himself for several seconds!"

The little one was placed on the crawling mat by her mother, stood up unsteadily, took two steps in front of her older sister Zhaoning as if showing off, and then plopped down on the ground, grinning foolishly.

Seeing this, Zhao Ning also stood up, holding onto the sofa, and, not to be outdone, took short steps and giggled as she pounced on Fu Yibai.

"Daddy! Hug me!"

Fu Yibai scooped his daughter into his arms and kissed his son on the forehead.

Looking at the room full of vibrant women and healthy, growing children, he felt an unprecedented sense of peace and contentment.

This is the true meaning behind his all-out effort to build this business empire.

In the evening, Hu Jing and Zeng Li also returned from outside.

During the meal, Yang Mi suddenly brought up the filming of Running Man.

"Honey, the new season of Running Man will start filming at the end of this month."

I'm thinking of taking Dilraba up there for a bit, what do you think?

"No problem, but why the sudden idea to bring her on the show?"

"I just think that girl is really nice. Last month when we were filming a show in Australia, she was very perceptive and had a good personality. I really liked her."

"It seems you really like it. This is the first time I've seen you so proactive in mentoring a newcomer."

"Hehe, I do like it quite a bit."

I have a TV series coming up after the New Year, and I'm planning to cast her as the second female lead.

What do you think?

"She's only a sophomore in college. Are you sure you want her to play the second female lead?"

Aren't you worried she won't act well?

"What are you afraid of? I'm here."

Moreover, the second female lead didn't require much acting skill, and her character was quite likable.

It's perfect for her debut work.

"Since you want to help the company train new employees, of course I will support you."

What's the name of that play?

"It's called 'Gu Jian Qi Tan' (Ancient Sword Legends), and like 'Chinese Paladin,' it's also a TV series adapted from a game."

"Forehead……"

When Fu Yibai heard that this was a drama whose future was ruined by half its cast, from the lead actors to the supporting actors, he was unsure whether he should agree to let Yang Mi bring Dilraba Dilmurat to join in the fun.

"Filming will start after the New Year, hasn't the second female lead been cast yet?"

"No, the original second female lead was dissatisfied with her salary and suddenly asked for a higher fee."

The producer didn't agree and replaced her directly; now they plan to recast.

"A supporting actress dares to ask for a raise at the last minute? Who is it, so ruthless?"

After listening for a while, Fan Binbin swallowed what was in his mouth and asked jokingly.

"Shuangzi, it's that one, 'My name isn't Hey, my name is Chu Yuxun.'"

Hu Jing and the others immediately thought of that scene from "Meteor Shower".

"Oh, it's her. She doesn't look stupid."

"Maybe they think they've become too famous and have gotten arrogant."

"Honey, why are you taking on another TV drama role? Aren't you planning to expand internationally?"

Yang Rong asked in confusion.

"That doesn't matter. Even if I want to expand internationally, I still need to maintain my domestic fanbase."

To be honest, the female lead of this drama was originally supposed to be Shuangzi, but the production team approached our company for investment, and President Lin took the lead role.

The other party agreed, but hoped that I would play the female lead.

I had to cancel all my projects after the new year for Star Wars, but I didn't expect that filming wouldn't start until October, which left me with several months of free time.

Thinking that I had nothing better to do, I agreed.

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"No wonder she suddenly wanted to raise her salary; it turns out she was demoted from the lead actress to the second lead."

They must be unhappy.

Now that even the second female lead is gone, will she regret it?