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As for Jiang Peiyao, she had lots of labels attached to her, but none were memorable enough to stick.

For someone with her background to join this trainee competition, it was a complete downgrade. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The production team spent an entire night discussing her because of it and eventually slapped her with the label "rebellious girl with a razor-sharp edge."

They even dyed her hair a kind of pink shade.

Her beauty was stunning at first glance, incredibly enchanting.

What young man wouldn’t be moved by her?

Once all the trainees had their popularity voting channels open online, the first to surge to number one was that third-tier female celebrity from the entertainment industry.

In second place, surprisingly, was the rustic beauty Phoenix.

Following behind were Shen Wanning, the traditional Chinese-style girl, and Yang Xiaoxiao, the sassy second-generation rich girl.

Jiang Peiyao just happened to be in fifth place.

The reason for holding a popularity vote before the competition officially started,

was to help the production team choose where to focus the cameras.

The ones with lower popularity only got a pitiful amount of screen time.

Unless they managed a stunning comeback.

As for those high in popularity and screen time, unless something unexpected happened, they would only climb higher.

After hearing the chief editor’s comprehensive plan for the program at the Magic City headquarters, Chen Pingsheng quickly approved the decisions.

After all, the key to a successful show was traffic.

With traffic, his brand could achieve maximum exposure.

Which, in turn, would drive up stock prices and offline development.

According to the chief editor, the first episode would showcase their lives inside the Magic City castle,

as well as their daily training, before they finally formed a group and officially made their talent debut.

All of these plots would be squeezed into a 60-minute episode.

The show would be 60 minutes per episode, but the entire filming process would take at least a week.

The heart of reality TV is to be authentic, without too much scripting.

...

Magic City, headquarters building.

With the end of the trainees’ preliminary selection,

fifty gorgeous girls had officially assembled in Magic City.

The broadcast date for the first episode of the trainees was tentatively set for January 20.

There was still a full month of preparation time.

And on the 25th,

all of them were picked up in a BOSpeed V-class, worth over two million, and taken to the headquarters.

To meet the boss in person.

Out of everyone, Jiang Peiyao was the least excited.

She had just dined with her brother-in-law in the small house by The Bund yesterday.

Little An’an was there too; she had also come to Magic City.

The largesse of the Tengying Group still managed to impress the trainees.

Jiang Peiyao rode in the last black BOSpeed V-class, the crème de la crème among minivans.

It offered an extremely comfortable ride since trainees often had to travel everywhere.

The Magic City headquarters directly ordered ten, usually reserved for shuttling important clients of the Group.

Jiang Peiyao sat in the same car with Shen Wanning and Yang Xiaoxiao.

Unexpectedly, the last to get on was Phoenix, who was holding a packet of spicy strips.

She was enjoying them with great relish.

"Would you like some?"

Neither wanted any.

Phoenix wasn’t embarrassed in the slightest.

As the BOSpeed set off, Shen Wanning, who had always been the center of attention wherever she went, felt the competitive pressure was quite substantial here.

There were too many outstanding individuals.

She had heard that these fifty were recruited from tens of thousands of applicants.

Any of them on their own would be the campus belle.

The kind with talents to boot.

This showed that campus belles were really undervalued in the entertainment industry.

Literally a dime a dozen.

The extras were countless.

"Are you guys nervous about meeting the boss later?"

Phoenix asked them, curious.

Shen Wanning nodded, "A bit, what about you?"

"Not nervous, I’ll just hang back when we get there. It’s not like he’s going to dock my pay."

Such straightforward dialogue.

Shen Wanning didn’t even know how to respond.

They drove all the way from the National Guesthouse in the Eastern Suburbs to the headquarters building in the Pudong New Area.

After Jiang Peiyao got out of the car, she saw a strange scene.

There were people coming and going in front of the building, and surprisingly, quite a crowd was gathered at the entrance.

It clearly looked like something interesting was happening.

When Jiang Peiyao walked over to take a look, she saw Chen An’an wrapped up like a big dumpling.

In front of her, there was a large golden bowl, and she was playing the small erhu as if she was lost in ecstasy.

The little expression on her face was simply too indulgent.

What was she doing?

It made no sense at all.

"An’an, why are you sitting here playing the erhu? Why didn’t you go inside?"

Chen An’an heard the familiar voice and slightly took off her big sunglasses.

"Auntie Peiyao, didn’t you see that I’m selling my talents here?"

"You came here to sell your talents?"

Jiang Peiyao really wanted to ask her if she knew where she was.

"Peiyao, you know her? Such a cute little girl, whose family is she from?"

Yang Xiaoxiao really liked Chen An’an, noticing the large golden bowl in front of her filled with red notes.

She didn’t have much cash on her, but still, she gave her a thousand.

Chen An’an happily thanked the big sister.

When given money, she must perform even better.

Once the sunglasses are back on, no one loves them.

Jiang Peiyao felt very awkward. When she was about to go to the top floor, Chen An’an felt that she had earned enough money for the day.

She packed up her large golden bowl and followed along as well. There were very few people inside the building who recognized her; she didn’t often come to Magic City.

Shen Wanning and Yang Xiaoxiao also asked her, "Little girl, how come you’ve come along?"

"I’m going to find my dad."

Chen An’an smiled, revealing two big tiger teeth, while the two looked puzzledly at Jiang Peiyao.

Jiang Peiyao explained, "Her father is the big boss of Tengying Group."

"What?" Yang Xiaoxiao was completely baffled by her audacious move, "You’re setting up a stall to perform at your dad’s company?"

She herself was a rich second generation, considered quite rebellious, but she had never done something like this.

"What’s the big deal? I’ve spent all the pocket money my dad gave me; I had to figure out a way to earn some on my own."

Shen Wanning and her group thought they were coming over to meet the big boss today, but actually, they were not.

Chen Pingsheng had no intention of meeting these trainees. They were there to sign the contract for a live broadcast recording program and to make a clear and detailed plan for the year’s training downstairs at Tengying.

Such specific matters surely did not require his involvement.

Only Jiang Peiyao could take the elevator up to the twenty-second floor, while the other trainees went to the nineteenth floor.

The top floor wasn’t as mysterious or luxurious as imagined.

It was just where the highest level of the group’s decision-makers were located.

Chen Pingsheng’s office was on the west side, with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides.

The view was quite nice—standing there one could see most of the Huangpu River.

"Dad."

Chen An’an held the large golden bowl and carried her small erhu that she had bought for two hundred thousand.

"Chen An’an, you sure have some nerve!"

"What have I done now?"

"The teachers from your school called to praise you, saying you’re clever. After you ran out of pocket money, you actually managed to use a broken erhu to swindle half of your classmates out of their pocket money."

Chen Pingsheng gave her a pat, this spoiled brat, daring to play the erhu right under his company.

She did the same at school without hesitation.

After earning money, she even knew how to bribe a bunch of Little Fart Kids to join her with drums and gongs to do this.

It was a headache even for the teachers.

Chen An’an wouldn’t admit it; she claimed it was earning a living by her own talents.

Earning and spending her own money, what’s wrong with that?

Chen Pingsheng couldn’t be bothered to deal with her, this Little Fart Kid was only earning a little bit of money. And after she earned it, it wasn’t of much use to her.

It was just a trifle.

"Dad, I also want to buy a limited edition erhu, will you come with me to buy it, please?"

"Go find your mom. She will definitely buy it for you."

After Chen Pingsheng patted off the dust from her, he also adjusted her little down jacket.

"If you’re going to be mischievous, don’t come under the company. Do you think if the employees here know your identity, would they dare not give you money?"

"Many interns don’t earn two hundred thousand in a year, and you’re going to take their money. Are you comfortable with that, and can your parents afford to lose that face?"

Fine then... Chen An’an scratched the back of her head, suddenly feeling a bit ashamed of the money she had earned.

Next time, she’d perform in front of someone else’s door and not come to her own family’s company again.