Director Zhang's efforts at persuasion failed to move Feng Yang in the slightest. However, before Feng Yang could politely decline Zhang Jing's enthusiastic invitation, Zhang Maoxuan spoke up first.
"You should forget it, Little Zhang. You know perfectly well what the current state of talent shows is like in this country. Even if they're making a huge splash right now, once the show ends, the follow-up resources simply can't keep up. The contestants are even more likely to fade into obscurity. He'd be better off working steadily as a reporter at the television station, then gradually moving into field hosting and eventually becoming a program host. Feng Yang's major is journalism. He'll definitely take the conventional path in the future, so staying at the television station is what's best for his development." Zhang Maoxuan spoke at length, and his reasoning did make sense.
"Besides, with the influence of our Capital Television Station, if we want to promote someone, Feng Yang's future popularity and influence definitely won't be inferior to those trendy idol stars outside."
In recent years, domestic talent shows had sprung up one after another, along with an overwhelming array of marketing and publicity tactics. Terms like "good-looking," "fresh-faced heartthrob," and "traffic" had long ceased to be measures of a celebrity's popularity and instead become stale social pleasantries. It was like how people nowadays greeted one another by calling them "handsome guy" or "beautiful lady." Yet in Zhang Maoxuan's mouth, these words remained simple units of measurement. He sincerely wanted to invite Feng Yang to intern at the television station, even willing to break the ironclad rule that interns needed a certain level of professional foundation.
Moreover, Zhang Maoxuan knew that Feng Yang had his own new media team. He did not mind if Feng Yang first interned at