Crazy Entertainment System

Shen Teng (played by Chen Yu) shouted urgently: Dad! Dad!

Director Shen (played by Zhao Gang) stopped and turned to look at Chen Yu, saying with a "I see right through you" attitude and a hint of impatience, "Let me tell you! You'd better get back right now! The art school entrance exam is about to start, I don't have time to waste with you here!"

Shen Teng responded reluctantly: I'm not going back. I've already paid the registration fee. Why won't you let me take the exam?

Director Shen swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and looked at Shen Teng, shouting: "Because I'm your father! I know you, you're not suited to be an actor!"

Shen Teng was immediately displeased upon hearing this. Looking at her father, she said with great displeasure and resentment, "How am I not suitable to be an actor? I was born to be an actor. My height, my looks, what about me doesn't come from you?"

Director Shen was so angry she didn't know how to respond. She took another deep breath and looked at Chen Yu with a hint of helplessness, saying, "Yes, yes, I won't argue with you on this point. The key question is, why did you become an actor?"

Shen Teng said with a hint of disdain: "It's quick money and easy to control. You don't have to do anything, just stand there and make faces."

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Zhao Gang, Huang Lei, and the others did not expect that Chen Yu's performance during the first rehearsal would be so spot-on. It didn't feel like a first-time audition at all; he was already ready to go on stage.

The slight worry and disdain they had for Chen Yu vanished, and they began to put their all into their performance. They could see that Chen Yu's acting skills were starting to shine, and if they were outshone, they would lose face.

Especially some of the veteran actors in it.

After the dialogue teacher said to Director Shen, "Don't be angry," he then said to the examinee, "Go down now, haha."

This is the end of my journey!

"Chen Yu, I really didn't expect the first trial run to go so smoothly!" Huang Lei said with a smile.

"Yes, it's going so smoothly. It feels like we've been working together for days, and our teamwork is perfect. I think we're absolutely in the bag this time," Liu Tao nodded, a little excited.

"Hmm, the Crown Prince's acting skills are really good. I underestimated him before, thinking that since he wasn't a professional actor, he would definitely have a lot of problems. Now it seems that I'm the one with the problem. I shouldn't have been so quick to judge others!" Zhao Gang laughed.

"Teacher Zhao is joking. You all need not flatter me. I know my own character. My acting skills are at best those of a recent graduate from a performing arts program. I am far from being as good as you all say. This time the start went very smoothly. Let's take advantage of this momentum and mood and do a few more takes to familiarize ourselves with the role, try to find any problems, and solve them as soon as possible!" Chen Yu said with a light smile.

"Yes, that's a good point. The earlier you discover it, the earlier you can solve it!"

"OK, no problem!"

The group began another round of rehearsals.

Problems arose during the second rehearsal. The issue was with the positioning, but it wasn't with Chen Yu; it was with Liu Tao. Although she was a dancer, she wasn't a professional dancer and her balance wasn't very good. She lost her balance and stepped on a washbasin.

"Are you alright?" Chen Yu and the others came up to Liu Tao and asked with concern.

No one blamed the carelessness, since no one wanted such a thing to happen.

"It's nothing, I just didn't eat breakfast and I feel a little weak!" Liu Tao said with a light smile.

"Didn't you eat breakfast?! It's eight o'clock and you still haven't eaten breakfast. Is your assistant just a freeloader?!" Chen Yu immediately became dissatisfied. She understood that Liu Tao had a busy schedule, but what about her assistant?!

"Don't blame her, she caught a bad cold yesterday!" Liu Tao saw that Chen Yu seemed angry and, remembering how well her assistant treated her, quickly pleaded on her behalf.

"Where's the manager? They can't all be sick with colds, can they?!" Chen Yu was still a little annoyed. He could understand if the assistant had a bad cold and didn't prepare breakfast, but there couldn't possibly be only one assistant!

Liu Tao explained softly, "My agent is discussing other activities and isn't here. Isn't this all very sudden?!"

"You're going to defend them, but since you're helping them like this, they must treat you well usually. Everyone, take a break first. I'll go buy some food. We need energy to work! I bet you guys haven't eaten either, have you?!" Chen Yu said to the group.

Huang Lei and the others chuckled, clearly realizing Chen Yu had guessed they hadn't eaten breakfast.

People in their line of work often don't have time to eat breakfast.

"I'm fed up with you guys. We need to set some rules from now on. People need to eat, otherwise they'll get hungry and won't be able to work." Chen Yu shook his head helplessly and got up to walk outside.

"Your Highness, shall I go instead?!" said one of the piano teachers at this moment.

"It's alright, you guys wait here! I'll be right back!"

Chen Yu said this and walked outside.

"The Crown Prince is so kind-hearted, thinking of us so much!" Liu Tao sighed softly as he watched Chen Yu's departing figure.

"Yes, she's so young, so talented, and so rich, yet she's so down-to-earth. More importantly, she's considerate. Yali is a lucky girl!" Chao exclaimed.

“Yes, I didn’t know much about the Crown Prince before. I just thought he was a young man, a very talented young man. I thought that young people with such amazing achievements would be a bit arrogant, but now I see that I was wrong. He is humble, polite, and considerate. Sigh~ What kind of family and what kind of parents raised such a son.” Zhao Gang couldn’t help but sigh.

"Indeed, with such an amazing son, there must be incredibly amazing parents. But I've heard that the Crown Prince's parents are just honest, simple farmers with little education!"

"Perhaps only farmers could raise children with such qualities—so humble and composed, possessing a maturity beyond their years. It's said that children from poor families mature early, and rural children are especially sensible at a young age!"

"Yes, generally speaking, children in rural areas are more precocious. They may not be worldly-wise, but they have a simple and steady heart, and they are not arrogant or impatient, but rather simple and honest."

Farmers don't have much education or grand principles. Their way of educating their children is simple: they point out what is right and wrong, never spoiling them. One is one, two is two, and if they do something wrong, they will be beaten or punished.

Unlike city parents, who treat their children like precious treasures, raising a child is like raising a priceless gem.

"Although I don't approve of hitting children, I still believe that there are benefits to it. The old saying 'Spare the rod and spoil the child' isn't unfounded; it's definitely an experience accumulated over thousands of years." (To be continued.) mz