This director lacks vision.

Chapter 103 Zhang Tianai's Inspirational Story
On the internet, there are two groups that are the most numerous and the most active.

One group consists of people who enjoy watching the spectacle and gossiping, while the other group consists of perverts.

Jiang Yifeng's move to recruit actresses for web dramas directly attracted these two groups.

It became an instant hit across the internet.

His Weibo post soliciting actresses garnered over 50 likes and tens of thousands of comments and reposts in less than a day.

Some netizens made jokes in the comments section of this Weibo post, some showed off, and others looked at the beautiful women in the comments.

Moreover, there's a truth on the internet—wherever perverts gather, there will always be beautiful women with ulterior motives.

When a beautiful woman posts her selfie in the comment section of Jiang Yifeng's Weibo, she gets tens of thousands of likes and thousands of new followers.

Other beauties also saw an opportunity to become famous and posted photos on Weibo.

In an instant, Gao Yuanyuan from all over the country flocked to Jiang Yifeng's Weibo.

When there are more beautiful women, they start to compete fiercely.

Many women began to reveal as much as they could within the limits of what the censorship allowed, demonstrating the compassion of female bodhisattvas.

As a result, various revealing and suggestive photos appeared under Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post.

This attracted even more perverts to come and watch.

The popularity is increasing in cycles.

It quickly turned into a massive online frenzy.

The Weibo hashtag "Jiang Yifeng is a god who's almost a god!" immediately topped the Weibo trending list, followed by a bright red "explosive" tag!
Netizens praised him, saying that even though Jiang Yifeng no longer makes borderline web dramas, his talent for pushing the boundaries is endless.

Just by posting a Weibo post, she can attract so many female bodhisattvas and create so many great benefits for netizens. She truly deserves to be called a god of flirting!
Seeing the popularity of Jiang Yifeng's Weibo, even Sina Weibo next door is green with envy.

They finally signed female celebrities like Yao Chen, hoping to make her a Weibo queen, but very few people actually watched her posts.

All the attention was drawn to Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post.

With the start of this online frenzy, Jiang Yifeng's new web series "Dark Glory" has also received widespread attention.

Advertisers have already contacted Fengxing Media, wanting to insert their ads into the show.

In addition, terms such as "Little Gao Yuanyuan" and "Gao Yuanyuan's successor" have also attracted much attention.

This has caused such a stir that Gao Yuanyuan from all over the country has come. Everyone wants to see which actress Jiang Yifeng ultimately chooses, and whether she resembles Gao Yuanyuan.

In this situation, whoever is selected by Jiang Yifeng will immediately gain a certain degree of fame.

As long as one's appearance isn't too bad and bears some resemblance to Gao Yuanyuan, becoming an internet celebrity like the "Milk Tea Sister" shouldn't be a problem.

Therefore, there are many people who want to sign up for the "Little Gao Yuanyuan" audition, and with the 5 yuan reward, there are also many people who provide clues.

Jiang Yifeng's publicly disclosed work email address was almost overwhelmed with messages.

The company's employees also have a heavy workload, so they have to be screened one by one.

On the morning of February 21st, Jiang Yifeng walked into the company's photography studio and saw Gao Yuanyuan chatting with two designers.

Langzi Women's Wear was one of the sponsors for this shoot of Dark Glory.

This company plans to list on the A-share market next year and wants to boost its performance and reputation this year, so it attaches great importance to this sponsorship.

They specially assigned a design team to tailor-make clothes for the female leads, striving to ensure that they could look stylish while also keeping up with the plot.

Seeing Jiang Yifeng enter, Gao Yuanyuan walked over and said with a smile, "You've come at the right time. My previous endorsement deal for women's clothing has expired, and President Shen said he wants to invite me to be the spokesperson for Langzi. Now that you're my boss, you're in charge of this."

Gao Yuanyuan was just joking when she said that.

Although she signed with Fengxing Media, she still maintained a small-scale work model.

Jiang Yifeng did not interfere with her work.

But Jiang Yifeng still said seriously, "I can accept endorsements, but let's wait until Dark Glory airs before discussing it."

Gao Yuanyuan was a little surprised. She asked, "Are you so confident that I'll become a huge star after Dark Glory airs and that my endorsement fees will go up?"

“Of course it will,” Jiang Yifeng said confidently. “Look, this show hasn’t even aired yet, and you’ve already gained a lot of popularity and positive reviews.”

Beauty is always apparent in comparison.

People are used to seeing female celebrities and don't have much of a concept of beauty.

However, after Jiang Yifeng launched the actor recruitment campaign, everyone saw the various beautiful photos posted on Weibo, such as Gao Yuanyuan from Chengdu and Gao Yuanyuan from Nanjing, all of which were very different from the real Gao Yuanyuan.

Moreover, among all the photos posted by netizens across the country, none are prettier than Gao Yuanyuan.

Many netizens then realized that Gao Yuanyuan's beauty is truly unique.

Her looks are truly the dream of straight men; they're a rare find.

Jiang Yifeng also took the opportunity to guide the discussion, and the topic "Gao Yuanyuan has no substitutes in the Chinese entertainment industry" became a trending topic on Weibo.

This viewpoint has also been endorsed by many netizens.

Furthermore, in the entertainment industry, another indicator of a female celebrity's popularity and status is whether any newcomers are trying to ride on her coattails.

The idea that someone is a "mini Brigitte Lin," "mini Wong Cho-lam," "mini Gong Li," or "mini Liu Yifei" means that the real female stars are very popular just because someone debuted by riding on their coattails.

Jiang Yifeng's creation of "Little Gao Yuanyuan" was actually an indirect way of elevating Gao Yuanyuan's status.

Hearing Jiang Yifeng's words, Gao Yuanyuan smiled happily.

She has been closely following the situation on Weibo these past two days.

Seeing everyone praising her, Gao Yuanyuan felt very happy.

She asked, "Have you found the child actor you were looking for?"

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and said, "We are still in the screening process. We will determine the candidates through remote video and on-site interviews. It won't be quick."

Gao Yuanyuan joked, "Is it that troublesome? It's all because I'm too old to play a female student."

"Look at other actors, they all played their student days themselves, but I have to find child actors."

Jiang Yifeng held Gao Yuanyuan's small hand and explained, "This is not because of our age, but because it was deliberately designed."

The events of her school days are told from the female protagonist's perspective.

On the one hand, she had already engraved the images of her enemies in her mind, so it was normal that these people in her memories were as adults;
On the other hand, if the villain's appearance remains unchanged—they look the same as when they were in school and as adults—the audience's hatred will persist, making the heroine's revenge more legitimate and the audience more satisfied. Your character's physical appearance changes to highlight growth and transformation.

Listening to Jiang Yifeng speak eloquently, Gao Yuanyuan's eyes were filled with admiration.

What she liked most was listening to Jiang Yifeng talk about principles, poetry, and life.

Beauty is in the eyes of beholder.

At these moments, Gao Yuanyuan felt that Jiang Yifeng was shining.

"You go ahead with your makeup and styling; I'm going to audition for the actors next door."

Jiang Yifeng said something to Gao Yuanyuan and then went into the next room.

Hu Qian, Wang Juan, and Tian Yusheng were already seated inside.

Hu Qian is the producer of Dark Glory, and Wang Juan is the screenwriter.

Tian Yusheng also joined Fengxing Media, and Jiang Yifeng asked him to be an assistant director in preparation for filming the Ex-Files series in the future.

Bai Ke has been cast as the warm-hearted, supportive character in the drama.

Today's auditions were mainly to finalize the casting for a bullying group consisting of three women and two men.

After Jiang Yifeng entered the audition room, the audition officially began.

The first person to enter was Zhang Tianai, the candidate Jiang Yifeng had his eye on.

Because Jiang Yifeng is optimistic about it, everyone is also looking forward to it.

When Zhang Tianai came in, she was a huge disappointment.

At this time, Zhang Tianai was a little chubby.

She is only a little over 1.6 meters tall and dresses in a somewhat Japanese style. Once she gains weight, she loses all her sharp and edgy aura and ends up looking cute.

Jiang Yifeng never expected that Zhang Tianai, who would later be known for her striking and aggressive looks and Hong Kong-style makeup with bright red lips, would have started out with a cute style.

This cute style is completely incompatible with the villainous image of the second female lead.

Many people say that Zhang Tianai had plastic surgery because of her early photos showing her as overweight.

After careful observation, Jiang Yifeng was able to confirm that Zhang Tianai's nose was indeed very prominent and natural.

She's a bit chubby now, which makes her facial features less defined, and her makeup and style have shifted towards a cute look, preventing her from showcasing her own unique characteristics.

Seeing that Jiang Yifeng didn't speak, Hu Qian chatted with Zhang Tianai for a few words and asked her to perform a short piece.

Her acting skills are practically nonexistent.

After the performance, Zhang Tianai realized that everyone was not satisfied with her, so she quickly said, "I have already started to lose weight, please give me a chance, Director Jiang."

"I can lose 15 pounds in just 10 days!"

For many people, weight loss has a significant effect on improving their appearance, especially for those who already have good facial features.

The same goes for Zhang Tianai.

Perhaps influenced by her experience of losing weight and becoming more beautiful, she later became obsessed with self-discipline and weight loss.

This led to excessive dieting, causing the person to become extremely thin, almost skin and bones.

Jiang Yifeng thought for a moment and said, "If you lose weight now, you won't be able to make it to this show, and besides, your acting skills aren't good either."

Hearing this, Zhang Tianai was unwilling to give up and wanted to speak up to fight for it.

But then Jiang Yifeng said, "Our company is planning to hold a talent show. Would you like to participate?"

Zhang Tianai's eyes lit up and she immediately said, "Yes, yes, as long as Director Jiang gives me the opportunity, I'm willing to cooperate with anything."

Jiang Yifeng now holds the title of the highest-grossing director of domestic films, which is incredibly useful.

For Zhang Tianai, who had just entered the entertainment industry, the obvious thing to do was to try every means to curry favor with Jiang Yifeng.

"Then don't try to lose weight yet. If possible, eat a little more these days and gain some weight."

Hearing Jiang Yifeng's strange request, Zhang Tianai was completely stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Jiang Yifeng didn't explain anything, he just said, "You can sign a contract with my company first, and then do as we arrange."

"As long as you follow my instructions, I guarantee you'll become famous on the talent show."

Seeing Zhang Tianai's chubby appearance, Jiang Yifeng got an idea.

In talent shows, an inspirational persona is also very effective.

If Zhang Tianai participated in Produce Camp with a chubby figure, she would have been rated as a D-level contestant in the early stages, disliked by the judges, and ridiculed by the audience.

Afterwards, she trained hard to lose weight, transformed from an ugly duckling into a swan, became an S-level contestant, and then debuted as part of a group.

This kind of character design and storyline will definitely attract a large audience and fans.

Moreover, Zhang Tianai's appearance and figure after losing weight are indeed top-notch.

Although she is not very tall, she has a good body proportion, with long limbs, a not very big but very upright chest, and a large hip bone with an excellent waist-to-hip ratio.

At her peak, Zhang Tianai was stunning in both figure and looks.

If placed in Hong Kong Island in the 80s and 90s, it could create many classic scenes.

Moreover, she has a heroic air about her, and many people say she looks a bit like Zhang Min.

If this is used well, it can also help you gain a foothold in the lesbian community and attract many female fans.

Upon hearing that Jiang Yifeng was willing to sign her, Zhang Tianai felt overjoyed, as if she had won the lottery, and immediately agreed.

After Zhang Tianai, the auditionees were mainly students from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy.

After discussion, the actors for the bullying group were selected.

The three female leads are Yuan Shanshan, Chai Jingjing, and Zhang Xinyu, while the male leads are Dai Xu and Zhou Yiwei.

Its main selling point is that it's cheap and easy to use.

(End of this chapter)