The Brightest Star in the Sky Episode 1 Recap
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Yang Zhenzhen, a young woman passionate about music, found herself at a crossroads a year after failing a talent show. While job hunting, she discovered that Zheng Baixu, a contestant from the same show, had successfully signed with Star Entertainment. This news made her reflect on her own stalled progress, but she held onto hope that Star Entertainment might become her "music heaven." She applied for an assistant position in the PR department at Star Entertainment.
During her interview with Chief Manager Yu Hong and Chief PR Manager Liu Yinan, Yang Zhenzhen passionately recounted her lifelong love for music, from humming songs before she could talk to secretly writing lyrics in college. She admitted that after failing multiple talent shows, she realized she might lack the talent to be a singer and now sought a music-related job, highlighting her background as a top computer science graduate.
Liu Yinan was skeptical, viewing her as just another aspiring singer, but Yu Hong seemed impressed by her persistence. After the interview, Yang Zhenzhen volunteered to help carry sponsor clothes to a filming studio, where she accidentally bumped into a dancer and disrupted a shoot. The director angrily scolded the dancer, but Zheng Baixu, the star of the shoot, interjected. He criticized the director for being unprofessional and disrespectful toward the dancers, insisting on an immediate apology.
Later, Yang Zhenzhen approached Zheng Baixu to apologize for the interruption and asked if he remembered her from their talent show, but he curtly dismissed her. This encounter left her with an unfavorable impression of the arrogant star. While still at the company building, Yang Zhenzhen overheard that President Du Wanqing's computer was broken. Using her computer science skills, she offered to fix it.
She was led to Du Wanqing’s office and began working on the computer while Du Wanqing was on a private call, discussing her troubled marriage to Chen Tianhao and her disillusionment with love. Surprised to find Zhenzhen in her office, Du Wanqing questioned if she had overheard the personal conversation. Zhenzhen denied it, and after she successfully fixed the computer, the impressed president offered her a job.
Zhenzhen later celebrated with her friend, Xia Yuan, who staged a small ceremony to wish her a future "flower road" to success. Upon reporting for work, Yang Zhenzhen found the office in turmoil. Liu Yinan was furiously reprimanding his staff over Zheng Baixu's recent defiant Weibo posts, in which Baixu criticized the crew of his MV shoot and wished for a "professional team." Liu complained that Baixu was a magnet for scandal who spoke without thinking.
Baixu's assistant, Xiao Jian, revealed that Baixu deliberately posted freely because Liu restricted his online activity. Given Baixu's rebellious nature and Zhenzhen's unexpected hiring by President Du, Liu assigned Zhenzhen the challenging task of convincing Zheng Baixu to stop posting on social media. Yang Zhenzhen went to Zheng Baixu's home, but he recognized her from the filming studio incident and was annoyed to learn she was sent by Liu Yinan.
He told her to leave, stating that Liu should come himself. Undeterred, Yang Zhenzhen shouted Liu Yinan's message through the closed door, instructing Baixu to refrain from posting on Weibo and to let the PR team draft any statements. Back at the company, Liu Yinan was enraged to discover that Zheng Baixu had not only ignored the message but had intensified his activity, posting hourly and announcing a "bomb" of a secret before going incommunicado.
Liu blamed Yang Zhenzhen for provoking Baixu by shouting at him and threatened to fire her. He gave her an ultimatum: find Zheng Baixu and stop his next post, or she was out. Unfazed, Zhenzhen accepted the challenge. As the 4:00 p. m. deadline for Baixu's post approached, the office staff buzzed with anticipation. However, the time came and went with no new post.
When questioned by Liu Yinan, Yang Zhenzhen calmly explained that she had simply changed Zheng Baixu's Weibo password, a simple trick she knew from her university days. Liu Yinan was both surprised and impressed by her unconventional but effective solution. Moments later, a furious Zheng Baixu stormed into Star Entertainment, demanding to know who had hacked his account. He confronted Liu Yinan and the PR team, who feigned ignorance.
Liu Yinan tried to diffuse the situation, attributing the hack to a "newbie" and leading Baixu to his office. To placate the star, Liu acknowledged the new girl's audacity but promised to reprimand her, which only confirmed Baixu's suspicion that Zhenzhen was responsible. Shortly after, Zhenzhen received a call to deliver milk tea to the recording studio. As she went inside, Zheng Baixu appeared behind her and slammed the door shut.
