Last year's Tengying Entertainment hosting of the trainee competition was just an initial trial on a variety program, and the whole industry didn't really take it seriously.
After all, Tengying Entertainment's performances in films and television dramas over the years have been too remarkable.
It was their first foray into variety shows, and nobody thought they could really pull it off.
The subsequent events proved that Tengying Entertainment wasn't just good at making movies and TV dramas.
They also had a knack for running variety programs.
This year, the second season of the trainee competition started its national auditions two months earlier than usual.
This was a perfectly normal occurrence.
After all, if a variety show becomes popular, its commercial value is extremely high.
The available streaming resources are countless; just look at the competition itself, all the named sponsors were from Tengying Group's own brands.