Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled

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Huadu, Tengying Art School.

An elite entertainment art school spanning nearly a thousand acres, with only five thousand students.

The number of enrolled students isn't considered low, but to better foster the professionals among these five thousand,

the school is divided into more than two hundred classes, with a maximum of twenty-five students per class.

Compared to the Beijing Film Academy in Capital City and the Shanghai Film Academy in Magic City,

Tengying Art School has much stricter standards. By mid-November, after experiencing one rigorous elimination competition,

students were tested on their acting skills. Those who were unwilling to make an effort and just wanted to coast along while receiving a monthly stipend of three thousand were eliminated in one fell swoop—nearly two thousand people.

That's nearly half of the original number.

Compared to the excitement at the start of school, the elimination at the end of November

was nothing less than a Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head.

No one dared to let their guard down at that time.

Those who didn't take the school assessments seriously were basically wiped out in the first round.

Among them, a handful were those who entered school and started relationships.

As happy as they were when they arrived, they were equally miserable when they left.

It can be said that the merciless nature of capital is fully demonstrated in this art school.

With some eliminated, naturally there were others coming in.

Given Tengying Entertainment's current reputation, anyone who's eager to struggle in the entertainment circle would naturally try every means to enroll in Tengying Art School.

Because for most ordinary people, this is the only open channel that allows direct access to the doors of the entertainment industry.

It's just that the internal elimination system is extremely brutal.

It's not like an ordinary school, where if you perform poorly, you still have a chance to retake the test next time.

Here, if you do poorly, you simply say goodbye—there are no second chances.

Just as life cannot flow backwards, after the elimination at the end of October,

the atmosphere in the entire art school suddenly tightened up, and nobody dared to laugh or joke around during lessons or under the professors' instruction.

A high-end art school that doesn't charge tuition, offers apartment-level accommodations, and pays a monthly salary of three thousand is that strict.

Chen Pingsheng, the major investor and owner of Tengying Art School, only visited once on the first day of opening.

Since then, he hadn't set foot in this elite art school that he invested tens of billions in.

Calling it a top training cradle for the entertainment industry would obviously be premature.

However, the brutal elimination system has forced a group of hardworking students.

Among them, Zhang Zihan performed very well during the October elimination round.

After only a month and a half of studying, she was able to vividly portray some poor rural girls.

This may have something to do with her poverty-stricken family background.

Nowadays, many are only children, and even those born in rural areas have various symptoms of being a spoiled brat.

They've completely lost the rudimentary rural virtues of simplicity and thriftiness.

To ask them to portray a girl born in the countryside who works as a laborer, they don't even know how to do it.

Such students can only be ruthlessly eliminated.

In plain terms, they don't have the life of a princess, yet they suffer from the princess syndrome associated with the wealthy city lifestyle.

Zhang Zihan is different. She applied purely because Tengying Art School offered a salary.

The income was even higher, not lower, than what she made as a factory worker.

Wherever there's money to be made, that's where she'll go.

She never really thought about becoming a big star in the entertainment industry, or perhaps she doesn't even dare to think about it.

It always seemed like the industry was too far away for her, as she was just a garment factory worker.

However, she didn't expect that after applying, she would really be accepted here. Stay connected via empire

The assessment for the first round was actually very simple, mainly focusing on looks and family background.

If she had already become a factory worker, what kind of family background could she have?

To earn more money, when the school was recruiting lead actresses for short dramas, she was the first to apply.

After a series of selections, she ended up being chosen to play the lead in three dramas.

The shooting was quite simple, and the demand for acting skills was so low as to be negligible.

At least with her current abilities, she was barely able to hold steady.

In less than a month's time, she filmed three short dramas, with teachers on hand for specialized guidance.

Such treatment is quite good.

After the shooting, she received a salary of fifty thousand—not a surprise, but rather an overwhelming joy.

She could actually make money in the entertainment industry.

This was the highest income she had ever received to date.

That very night, she called her parents at home and transferred the entire fifty thousand to them.

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Her parents were happy, but they were also genuinely worried.

They feared that their daughter might be deceived by someone outside, otherwise how could she be earning such a high salary while still studying and learning her craft?

So they took an overnight train to see her.

The next day, a big announcement came through the academy's broadcast.

"Notice: All teachers and students are to assemble at the sports field at 1 pm, as Mr. Chen Pingsheng, the founder of Tengying Art School, has been invited to give a public speech. Please ensure to maintain silence."

When such a big announcement came through the broadcast, Zhang Zihan, being at Tengying Art School, naturally knew who Chen Pingsheng was.

He was their largest investor, as well as the big boss of Tengying Entertainment.

To her, such a person was still a bit too far out of reach.

It was like looking up at the sky while standing amidst dust.

She could only watch from afar, not even qualified to speak a single word to him.

Legends about the big boss circulated throughout the school, everyone knew he was formidable.

Even more formidable than they could imagine by countless times.

Without him, Tengying Art School as it was now wouldn't exist, and it would be impossible to get a monthly salary of three thousand during the study period.

Apart from his own separately invested Water Cloud Space academy, there was no other art school in the country that could offer the same treatment for students.

It could only be said that the big boss's strength was beyond imagination, and when he came, the whole school would be ready for him.

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In Guangzhou, at Baiyun Airport.

After finishing the equity participation in the Yateng Short Drama in Magic City, Chen Pingsheng took his spoiled brat of a daughter on a routine business trip to Huadu.

The main purpose was still to expand the short drama investments there, as well as Teng You Media.

The reason he brought the spoiled brat was that she herself was too restless. Hearing that he was going to Guangzhou, she bargained with him by offering not to take her allowance if he would bring her to Huadu.

"Dad, Guangzhou is An'an's land of wealth creation."

As long as Chen An'an could avoid school, she was happy.

Fortunately catching up with the weekend's two days off, she insisted on following him to Greater Guangdong.

Chen Pingsheng didn't bother with her; after attending a master class for once, he had nightmares for three days straight.

He even dreamt that his daughter grew up to have an annual salary of a million, which scared him so much he broke out in a cold sweat.

When he woke up, his sister, as usual, was imitating him, pumping herself up.

Cheer up, cheer up, I'm going to have an annual salary of a million.

It was then that Chen An'an realized how much of a social death she had experienced during that period, luckily her skin was thick enough not to be overly affected.

After a few quiet days, she was back to normal.

"You're more likely to bring us to ruin."

The driver came to pick him up in a Rolls-Royce, accompanied by two minivans before and after.

Every time they left the airport, the situation was exactly the same; passersby couldn't help but turn their heads to look his way.

Xu Jing, the highest-educated among the three secretaries and the Number One Secretary of Guangdong, had been waiting there for a while.

"Boss, Your speech at Tengying Art School has been scheduled for 1 pm."

"Alright, let's have lunch first."

"Dad, you have a speech to give? Do you mind if I go up and say a few words too?"

Chen An'an looked forward to it with excitement; what she said wasn't the point, the key was the moment she stood on stage, she could enjoy the adoration in the crowd's gaze.

That would be the real thrill.

"What will you talk about, how you'll be earning a million a year in the future?"

"Dad, can you not bring that up."

Chen An'an's face turned red, that was definitely her biggest embarrassment.

The kind that you couldn't wash away.

"You were silly enough to go to the so-called master class, and you think I wouldn't mention it?"

Chen Pingsheng glanced at the schedule briefly before setting off.

First, he would meet up with Gao Hu and the others for a meal at a very secluded farmstead.

Ordinary people couldn't find it at all, and even with GPS navigation, it wasn't easy to locate.

Luckily they had a driver to lead the way.

Chen An'an really liked the game meat there, which was quite hard to find in Magic City.

Considering that she would get to eat a big game meal later, she unusually did not argue.

It was mainly because she didn't have the face to mention it.

Those masters really had some nerve, inspiring what kind of nonsense.

An annual salary of a million, it gave me nightmares for three days.

Just so annoying.