A Nepotism Hire in Showbiz? I'm on the National Team!

[Showbiz + classic songs + classic films and TV dramas (no heroine, all about the career)]

How can you make it in showbiz without money? Is it really impossible to get anywhere in the entertainment industry if you’re broke?

Well, my teacher is a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music!

A single performance of “As Wished” got trainees who had paid to enter the main competition banned outright. Jiang Xu snuffed out the careers of many trainees before they could even debut.

Thanks to “As Wished,” Jiang Xu suddenly became a judge on a variety show for up-and-coming singers. With “Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart” and “Father,” he sent Ma Qi, the popular celebrity who had led an online campaign against him, packing.

The whole industry was trying to figure out which major company had launched Jiang Xu as a superstar newcomer.

Little did they know that Jiang Xu had already quietly built ties with the National Radio and Television Administration, and was soon dazzling everyone on a rap show.

“Huo Yuanjia” and “Listen to Mom” showed the rap-show audience that rap didn’t need a single swear word.

Then, in the final, he performed “Nocturne,” a song worthy of a standing ovation.

The industry’s power brokers were so furious watching Jiang Xu thrive that they could barely keep their teeth from grinding, yet they still couldn’t figure out who he was.

How come Jiang Xu can get onto any show he wants without a hitch?

What kind of connections does someone need to pull that off?

Jiang Wu just waves a hand. “I’m with the national team!”