When Weibo was buzzing with excitement, Guan Xiaofei also began her own net-casting endeavors.
Over the years, due to work reasons, she had the chance to travel the world, visiting many famous mountains and large rivers, vast polar fields.
The endlessly winding Filthy Demon River in North America, the miraculous Grand Canyon, the Roraima "tabletop mountain" standing in the clouds of South America, the mysterious Amazon Rainforest, the source of African civilization the Nile River, the World's Roof Mount Everest...
In short, she had personally visited almost every world-renowned natural wonder.
Her richly colorful travel experiences also allowed her to accumulate a wealth of travel knowledge, contributing many highly influential recommendation articles to magazine, which were greatly loved by travel enthusiasts, making her a veritable encyclopedia of world travel.
By doing so, Guan Xiaofei quickly accumulated a large fanbase, even having numerous loyal fans in the film and TV industry.
Because these film and TV stars were usually busy with work, whenever they had free time, they'd seek opportunities to travel the world, though choosing travel destinations posed some difficulty for them.
Thus, this travel "living fossil" Guan Xiaofei played a crucial role, recommending many travel destinations and forming deep friendships with these stars.
In fact, because Guan Xiaofei had a unique charm and a stunning figure, many well-known male celebrities expressed admiration for her, but were all rejected by her.
This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to promote Jade Island, Guan Xiaofei finally had the chance to showcase her extensive contacts within the entertainment industry.
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Zhe Capital, Hengdian Film and Television Base.
On the set of the TV series , Zhao Liying had just finished shooting a set of still photos. As she ate steamed buns brought by her assistant, she was earnestly memorizing her lines.
is a classic Qiong Yao drama. When it premiered in the country back in the day, it was immensely popular and well-known, not only winning the annual viewership championship for three consecutive years but also claiming multiple film and TV awards.
Even after more than a decade, Mango TV would replay this intricate and lingering love drama repeatedly every summer.
Given the classic status, remaking such a drama posed quite a challenge.
Therefore, the newly rising mainland flower girl Zhao Liying put her heart and soul into it, increasing her horsepower, tirelessly studying the script and honing her character.
Moreover, as the show was nearing completion, at this critical juncture, she was exhausting all her energy, even neglecting her meals, all in order to give this classic drama, which demanded vast effort from her, a perfect ending and to provide a satisfactory answer to her "Ying Firefly" fans.
"Ding-ding~~"
At this moment, the phone rang with a WeChat notification sound.
Hearing the sound, Zhao Liying wrinkled her cute little nose. With only one set of scenes left, she really didn't want to be disturbed, but thinking that there was still some time left, she decided to take it as a break.
Picking up her phone and opening the WeChat app, she found a message from her long-uncontacted friend Guan Xiaofei.
The acquaintance with Guan Xiaofei was purely by chance.
At that time, she had just finished filming the costume drama , and wanting to relax, she went to Easter Island, world-renowned for its romantic starry sky. By chance, she became acquainted with Guan Xiaofei, who was also there creating starry sky works.
The two were similar in age and both loved traveling, so they soon became good sisters. However, since she was usually very busy with work, unlike Guan Xiaofei who could travel the world, appreciating the unique sights of different places, every time Guan Xiaofei went to a place, she would send her some beautiful landscape photos, providing her some spiritual solace during work breaks.
Therefore, she highly cherished this rare good sister.
Seeing the message from Guan Xiaofei, Zhao Liying instinctively thought that her friend must be off having fun somewhere again.
"Yingbao, still filming? Three grinning face emojis."
Seeing Guan Xiaofei's greeting, Zhao Liying smiled and replied, "Mm, only one set of scenes left, should finish in the next couple of days, three smiling face emojis."
"Ah, that's great, we can go have fun again, three hugging face emojis."
"Alright, alright, this drama is so exhausting, really want to relax, but where to go? Three questioning face emojis."
"Jade Island, heard of it? Three grinning face emojis."
Hearing the name Jade Island, Zhao Liying furrowed her delicate brows. After thinking carefully, she realized she hadn't heard of it at all.
Even though she seldom traveled, due to Guan Xiaofei's influence, she would often follow some travel magazines and had heard of famous travel islands worldwide. But Jade Island, she really couldn't recall even a bit.
"No idea, three crying face emojis." Zhao Liying instinctively thought she was ignorant again.
"Hehe, check it out on Weibo, three smirk emojis."
Seeing this message, Zhao Liying suddenly realized, as she had been busy filming lately, she hadn't even had time to browse Weibo; clearly, she had missed some big news again.
Thinking of this, Zhao Liying hurriedly opened the Weibo app and immediately saw the words "Jade Island" at the top of the hot search list.
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Five minutes later, completely captivated by Jade Island's unique and beautiful scenery, Zhao Liying happily accepted Guan Xiaofei's invitation and confirmed she'd definitely visit on Jade Island's open day.
Successfully inviting the first big star, Guan Xiaofei seemed very pleased. Next, she opened the WeChat chat directory, and after some searching, spotted another ideal target—Chen Kun.
In Hua Country's entertainment circle, when it comes to travel celebrities, Chen Kun is a must-mention.
Chen Kun, once ranked first in the entrance exam for Kyoto Film Academy, starred in multiple well-known film and TV works, such as , , and .
With his handsome and cool appearance and exquisite acting skills, he had won multiple awards in film and TV, and his career was always on the upswing.
Apart from his accomplishments in acting, he was also a travel-loving celebrity, having published a personal essay collection based on his personal experiences traveling the Western Regions.
This book, upon publication, received a warm reception and swiftly became a bestseller, going through multiple reprints within less than two months of release, winning the Southern Reading "Most Popular Book" award.
How could such a travel influencer with enormous sway in travel be missed?
Thinking of this, Guan Xiaofei immediately opened the chat interface and sent a message, "Kun, do you have any good places to recommend lately? The next magazine theme hasn't been set, and I'm almost panicking, three crying face emojis."
Twenty minutes later.
"Guan Chief Editor, please let's not pretend, alright? You just dropped a bomb on Weibo and then turned around to complain to me. Your acting is a bit much; the world owes you an Oscar, three admiring face emojis."
"Hehe! You found out, three tongue-out emojis."
Guan Xiaofei didn't expect this travel guru, who usually didn't pay much attention to Weibo, to know about Jade Island, so she felt a bit embarrassed. But since he knew, it saved her some effort.
So, she decided it was best to be straightforward.
"What's the matter?"
"It's about Jade Island, interested in going? I have invitations, limited slots, first come, first served!"
"Alright then, just finished recording my new album, was looking for some time to relax, send the invitation over."