In the office of the boss Cai Yinong of Tangren Film and Television Company.

Boss Cai held a cup of green tea in his hand, but he didn't bring it to his mouth for a long time, and he remained in this state of wanting to drink it but not wanting to for a long time.

"That means Zhou Yuming, Yan Chengxu, Wu Jianhao, and Zhu Xiaotian..."

Zhang Yuan’s words were still spinning in her mind.

Is this what he meant by "not a big star"?
In 2001, the TV series "Meteor Garden" came out.

This first-generation Taiwanese idol drama, adapted from the work "Boys Over Flowers" by Japanese cartoonist Yoko Kamio, was like a typhoon once it was released, sweeping the entire Asian film and television market!
After this incident, Chai Zhiping, who originally had a mediocre reputation, sat on the throne of "Godmother of idol dramas".

During the same period, 15 TV stations on the island country jointly broadcast the program, and later a local version was produced.

When it was first broadcast in South Korea, the number of fan membership exceeded 200,000 within a week, and when it was rebroadcast in the middle of the night, it broke the historical record of broadcasts in South Korea at the same time.

In Indonesia, it became the most watched TV series of all time.

Two years later, Jerry Yan went to Indonesia to attend a meeting and was personally received by the President and his wife.

Moreover, there is a Chinese language craze sweeping across all the popular regions.

This is the case in Hollywood. "Meteor Garden" played a powerful role in cultural propaganda with only a few young people who were just starting out, which shows how terrifying its influence is.

Many of South Korea's cultural propaganda routines in later generations were successful experiences learned from this drama.

Because of the horrific influence of the film, the four male and female protagonists instantly became idols.

Even Shancai with that shoe-horn face can be crowned as a goddess, all thanks to this drama.

However, this film, which was a huge hit throughout Asia, encountered a little embarrassment in the mainland market.

After six episodes, it was banned...

Moreover, even after 300 minutes were cut, the film was still banned for common reasons of that time, such as promoting school violence, showing off wealth, and publicizing class differences.

It was not until 2018 that the film was fully available on the Internet platform, but by then it had already been remade several times in China.

Zhang Yuan clearly remembered that his school when he was young held a school-wide assembly just because of two events related to the entertainment industry.

The first is to notify all students not to watch Meteor Garden.

The second is to notify all students that they are not allowed to view Teacher Chen’s photography works.

But the higher-ups overlooked one thing.

The main characteristic of kids of that age is rebellion!
The more you forbid people from watching, the more you stop them, the more interested they will be!
Even before, most people didn’t know there was such a TV series, but now that they have been notified, they all understand it.

The reason why Zhang Yuan remembers it so clearly is that when he was young, his family had a DVD player.

After several girls in his class borrowed pirated discs, he took the initiative to invite them to his house to watch them.

Draw the curtains, close the door, and let everyone take a look.

Come to my house to watch movies, and I'll charge you some rent, right?
Touching hands, legs, etc., it’s not too much.

It's only natural to steal a few kisses.

It's also fun to imitate the plots in the movie, such as kissing against the wall...

Anyway, the movie "Meteor Garden" allowed Zhang Yuan to satisfy his desire for hands and mouth at that time.

He can't remember the specific plot of the film, but he still remembers the feel and taste.

While students of his age were using game consoles to attract the same sex, he had already achieved his goal of having “three thousand beauties in his harem” with just a DVD!

In short, even though "Meteor Garden" was banned by the authorities, the four male protagonists still became the top stars of that era.

Cai Yinong never thought that she could get such a popular actor to audition.

So, is it true as Zhang Yuan said that these people were arranged by the Baodao investor Wu Dun?
Of course not.

This was actually the request that Zhang Yuan made to Wu Dun.

He asked this big shot from Taiwan to help him gather these four people and send them in for the audition.

Wu Dun was quite generous and agreed immediately.

However, he also made a request to Zhang Yuan.

"Be sure to take good care of An Yixuan."

Zhang Yuan immediately said, "I will treat An Yixuan as my godmother from now on..."

Can't afford to offend!
If he helped old man Yuan Kuocheng "take care" of senior sister Liu Shishi, he might have been thinking of embezzlement.

When it comes to taking care of An Yixuan, he really has no other ideas at all.

It's fine if it's a normal relationship, but if you're playing around and making the young lady angry, I'll have to wear a helmet every time I go out in the future...

Anyway, the "deal" between Zhang Yuan and Wu Dun was reached.

He will help An Yixuan develop in the mainland, and Wu Dun will bring those four people over.

So why did he call these four people here?
As a stepping stone, of course!

Zhang Yuan was very keen to discover that although Cai Yinong was relatively satisfied with him, Li Guoli, who owned half of the shares of Tangren Film and Television and served as the producer, was not satisfied with him.

Just like He Jiong whom he met at Xiangnan TV Station, that person was his ideal partner.

Boss Cai’s ideal partner is her dream man, Hu Ge.

Zhang Yuan understood one thing clearly.

Pressing a cow's head won't make it drink water, pressing a woman's head won't make her open her mouth...

When getting along with others, what is needed is sincerity and mutual understanding.

During the subsequent filming process, I had to keep seeing Li Guoli every now and then.

If other people feel uncomfortable when they see you, they will feel uncomfortable too, and it will be bad for everyone.

"Boss Cai?"

"Mr. Cai?"

"Miss Cai?"

"Hey!"

Zhang Yuan: …

Just calling me beautiful girl will get some response, right?

Seeing that President Cai was stunned for a long time, Zhang Yuan waved his hand in front of her: "How is this matter?"

"Don't you agree?"

"I agree, of course I agree!" Cai Yinong smiled happily.

"Okay then." Zhang Yuan looked helpless: "Since you agree, what else can a little actor like me say?"

When Boss Cai saw that he looked depressed, he felt happy.

There will be times when you get humiliated!

To be honest, any one of those four is much more famous than Zhang Yuan.

The gap is almost equivalent to the intelligence gap between Shu Chang and Liu Xixi.

The difference in appearance between Liu Xixi and Xu Xiyuan.

In short, there is no comparison.

Boss Cai thought, if we could get one of these four to play Li Xiaoyao, then our movie would be popular before it even airs!

"Mr. Cai, if this cooperation fails, you must think of me more when there is a chance in the future." Zhang Yuan retreated to advance and pleaded miserably.

"Don't say that, it's just an audition..."

Zhang Yuan went to the dressing room to prepare, and Boss Cai informed the director and partner Li Guoli about the matter.

The other party was also surprised and delighted.

Soon, exclamations were heard in the office of Tangren Film and Television.

Those four are coming!
Flowers, autographs, screams, cheers, all the female staff members of Tangren Film and Television went crazy.

That person is so angry.

Boss Cai and Li Guoli also greeted them personally, brought them to the makeup room, and assigned the company's best makeup artist to them.

After a while, the audition began.

The first person to appear was not the four, but Liu Qianqian who had already prepared.

Zhang Yuan had taken care of her before she came. Zhao Linger was lively by nature. Although she gradually became mature and stable after understanding her fate, she was still a young girl at heart.

She doesn't need to act, just be herself. She didn't wear a wig at this time, but under the care of the makeup artist, she gently piled up her already enviable black and shiny long hair on both sides of her head, letting the remaining hair fall down her back.

On the two flat little "chiuchi" on both sides of the head, there are two cloth flowers made of green silk with black hair, which makes her look particularly fresh and lovely.

When she walked into the audition room, the open window let in a gust of cold wind, blowing her hair.

Boss Cai and Director Li felt dazed for a moment, as if they were floating in the air, a beauty that was not like that of this world.

"Her hair is so beautiful." Boss Cai muttered to himself.

But what she didn't know was that what Liu Qianqian wanted to do most was to shave her head...

She complained that she had too much hair, it was stuffy and hot, and it was troublesome to wash her hair.

As Chen Yixun sang: Those who cannot get it are always in turmoil, while those who are favored are fearless.

Others worry about having too little hair, but she complains about having too much hair. So, human beings never cherish what they already have.

Xixi, wearing a semi-transparent green flowered blouse and a light green cotton skirt underneath, walked forward and bowed slightly to the crew members.

Although Li Guoli was already in his forties or even fifties, when he saw Liu Qianqian's sweet smile, a hint of youthfulness arose in his heart.

"No wonder Xiao Yinong has always wanted to bring her under the company." Director Li thought to himself and spoke at the same time.

"Liu Qianqian, start your performance."

Sissi nodded.

Her performance consists of several parts, all very simple.

I saw her putting her hands next to her mouth, smiling, and her clear voice came out one after another.

"Brother Xiaoyao!"

"Brother Xiaoyao."

"Brother Xiaoyao..."

Just call someone, it's that simple.

But there was obviously not much content, and there was not even the slightest trace of acting. However, Director Li and Boss Cai looked at each other, and then they both nodded vigorously at the same time.

"Okay, she is Zhao Linger!"

Director Li turned to look at another director next to him, who was a good friend of Director Li and also the co-director of the film, named Wu Jinyuan.

He is not very famous in mainland China now, but he will have several "small works of moderate fame" in the future.

Such as "Princess Agents", "Beauty's Rival in Palace", "Startling by Each Step", "Legend of Fei"...

"What do you think?" Director Li asked Director Wu.

"Bring the real person here." Director Wu said calmly.

"Hehehe..."

Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Director Li smiled and shook his head: "Okay, go and have a rest."

"Huh?" Liu Qianqian scratched her head.

"Zhang Yuan was right again. He told me not to act and just be myself."

Then, he left happily with a heartless step.

"It went quite smoothly. The female lead was decided right from the start." Director Li looked around with a smile. Everyone was very satisfied.

"Then let's go to the next one."

"Hehe, the highlight is coming next." Boss Cai crossed his arms and replied with a smile.

"Oh, those four."

"Exactly!"

Then, the four most popular figures from Taiwan appeared one by one in ancient costumes.

Needless to say, those four are very good-looking.

Zhou Yuming was an early saint.

Jerry Yan was the sunny boss in the early days.

Although Vanness Wu's appearance is average, his ABC temperament was quite popular in those days.

Zhu Xiaotian was a little bit inferior in all aspects, but he had not gained weight at that time, and his temperament was more introverted and gentle.

The four of them changed into ancient costumes and walked into the audition room one by one.

Boss Cai is only in her thirties and has a girlish heart. This is really a satisfying show for her.

It is no exaggeration to describe it as dizzying.

Not to mention her, there were many female employees of the company standing at the door of the audition room, all of them secretly looking inside.

After all four of them finished their performances, Boss Cai leaned back in his seat with satisfaction, like a glutton after a full meal.

"Director Li, what do you think?"

Mr. Cai thought that any of these people would be fine, especially the most popular ones, Zhou Yuming and Jerry Yan. Just the two of them standing there would be a sight to behold, enough to attract a large number of female audiences.

"Uh……"

But she didn't expect that Director Li frowned and hesitated.

"Lets see."

"What, you're not satisfied?"

"I always feel that although they are young, handsome and popular, they seem to be missing something." Director Li stroked his chin with a frown.

"But for the moment, I can't tell."

After a moment of silence, Boss Cai nodded.

"Well, let's check on the others first."

She trusted Li Guoli very much. After all, it was this big brother who promoted her, started a company with her, and helped plan and supervise the company's films.

It can be said that Li Guoli is the greatest benefactor in Cai Yinong’s life.

Boss Cai almost never doubts his opinions.

Someone was called to greet the next person, and soon Zhang Yuan pushed the door open and came in.

At this moment, he was wearing a pure white coat on the outside, a purple knight's shirt on the inside, a two-fist-wide green belt around his waist, and a pair of black boots on his feet.

With brisk steps, he came in front of the crowd.

In his hand he held a golden prop sword made of plastic fiber, so light that he could lift it with one finger.

But this "sword" that couldn't be more fake, revealed a hint of fierceness in Zhang Yuan's hand.

Gently waving the sword, the wind makes people feel that this is a secret treasure rather than a toy.

Because he kept a bald head for a long time during the filming of "The Untold Story", he only has some stubble now.

So Zhang Yuan asked the makeup artist to help him put on a wig.

With that single ponytail with bangs and clear and sharp facial lines, Director Li felt that Zhang Yuan looked very heroic when he first met him.

But the look in the eyes that match this face reveals three parts of silliness and two parts of innocence, and there is a kind of inexperienced, foolish, and youthful spirit surging between the brows.

After Director Li talked a lot, he raised his eyebrows sharply and then turned to Boss Cai.

"Xiao Cai, I know what those people were missing!"

"They don't have that 'old-fashioned' vibe!"

At the same time, Director Li picked up a photo of a game character from the table and handed it to Cai Yinong.

After checking it for a few times, Boss Cai looked up at Zhang Yuan again.

She seemed to understand what Director Li meant.

"I understand!"

Boss Cai placed the photo in front of him, facing Zhang Yuan.

"Those four are me."

"Only him..."

"It's Li Xiaoyao!" (End of this chapter)