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Chen Lan was also an old player in the industry. She’d seen many scenes in which couples broke up and tore each other’s images apart.`

 

So she was just a little sad.

 

But Li Huairou was not happy. Jiang Xinyue was a rare heroine whose three views were in line with her own. In the plot, she’d become well-known to the public due to her role as a junior sister, and various opportunities came her, one after another. If  she missed this opportunity—although, the heroine was likely to get ahead with other roles, but it appeared that Liang Tian didn’t want to give Jiang Xinyue a chance. Now that he was in touch with some big bosses, it was more than enough for him to deal with Jiang Xinyue.

 

“Sister, help me think of a way. The role of junior sister can only belong to Jiang Xinyue.” Li Huairou didn’t want Liang Tian to get his way.

 

Chen Lan looked at Li Huairou. “Are you serious?”

 

Li Huairou nodded. “Mmhm, I don’t want to see a person like Liang Tian get complacent.” She was confident that, with Jiang Xinyue’s acting skills, she’d be able to dump Liang Tian to an 18th-tier star.

[A star or artist that is not famous or basically has no fame]

 

“Ok, no problem. I’ll figure out a way,” Chen Lan said, nodding. In fact, as a woman, she also felt that Liang Tian’s actions were disrespectful.

 

Although she wanted to do good deeds, she didn’t have the habit of not leaving her name when doing good deeds. At the very least, she had to let the person know who was helping her and who was stopping her.

 

Jiang Xinyue also attached great importance to the drama Flying Clouds. Although the script was incomplete, she’d specially read the original novel. The role of the little junior sister was only the fourth in terms of its female roles, but this role was too exciting. Whether it was her simplicity and ignorance of the world in the beginning, or the bad things she did after being deceived and blackened in the middle, or, towards the end, regretting the pain after learning the truth, finally sacrificing herself for the hero and heroine—Jiang Xinyue believed that, if she played this role well, it would definitely be a milestone role in her acting career.

 

Therefore, she’d been actively fighting for this role. In order to audition, she prepared for a long time and even wrote more than ten pages of biographies. But she was told that she didn’t need to go to the audition. This role had been set for others.

 

Her agent also had some contacts in the industry, and she found out that Liang Tian was behind it.

 

“Liang Tian? Did he go into acting?” Jiang Xinyue was surprised. Wasn’t he sticking to his music dream all the time? Why was he also going with the flow of acting? But it wasn’t surprising. He could do this kind of thing, so what was the surprise?

 

“Mm, he was recommended by an investor. He didn’t need to audition, and he was directly accepted. He is the second male lead, the Daoist Changqing.” The agent said, “Xinyue, why don’t we try other roles? This Republic of China play is not bad, and the second female lead’s role is also very challenging.”

 

But Jiang Xinyue remained silent. She’d been preparing for the role of the junior sister for a long time, and she didn’t want to give up. She wanted to try again.

 

The agent saw her thoughts and understood her stubbornness, so she had no choice but to compromise. “Alright, I’ll think of a way. If it doesn’t work, Xinyue, listen to me and give up.”

 

Jiang Xinyue nodded.

 

But to everyone’s surprise, the next day, the agent received a notice to let Jiang Xinyue go to the crew of Flying Clouds for an audition.

 

After inquiring into it, the agent found out that it’d been a bonus from one of the investors. Century Pictures had made an additional investment, and the condition was to let Jiang Xinyue audition.

 

The agent was a little uneasy. Century Pictures? That company had nothing to do with their company, right? The agent was worried and wanted to find out.

 

Afterwards, the agent found out that Tianhua International was behind Century Pictures.

 

From the looks of it, it was Li Huairou who’d helped out this time.

 

But why did Li Huairou want to help?

 

The agent was puzzled, and Jiang Xinyue didn’t know either. The last time, it was the grace of saving her life, and this time, she won a favorite role for her again. Jiang Xinyue didn’t know why Li Huairou had helped her, but she really liked the role of the junior sister.

 

Jiang Xinyue hesitated again and again, and she sent a message to Li Huairou: “Thank you!”

 

Three hours later, on Jiang Xinyue’s way to the audition location, she received a WeChat message from Li Huairou: “It has nothing to do with you. I just don’t want Liang Tian to be proud.”

 

Jiang Xinyue laughed, dumbfounded, and then put away her phone, looking out the window.

 

As a result of the audition, Jiang Xinyue’s acting skills conquered everyone, and, coupled with the addition of Century Pictures, the result was no surprise.

 

Holding the script, Jiang Xinyue was very excited. The agent next to her was chatting with the directors. Jiang Xinyue couldn’t hear what they were chatting about; her entire mind was on the script.

 

On the way back to the car, Jiang Xinyue couldn’t wait to open the script. After a rough reading, Jiang Xinyue was relieved that there’d been no magical change in the plot and no extra drama for a certain character.

 

“Don’t worry, there’s more than just one investor. The author of the novel is also one of the screenwriters, and he has a lot of say in the script. There will be no magical changes to it.” The agent told Jiang Xinyue what she knew. “Study the script carefully, and leave the rest to me!”

 

“Thank you, sister.”

 

Jiang Xinyue touched the script and smiled happily.

 

After Liang Tian finished filming an advertisement, he learned from his assistant that Jiang Xinyue had won the role. He frowned slightly. “What’s going on?”

 

Didn’t the director not use Jiang Xinyue for Sister Zhang’s sake?

 

The assistant whispered a few words in Liang Tian’s ear.

 

Liang Tian’s brows tightly furrowed. A bonus? Century Pictures? When did Jiang Xinyue make such a relationship and connections? Why hadn’t she told him? Was it because she was afraid he’d make her use her contacts to pave the way for him?

 

No, Jiang Xinyue was not such a person.

 

Then what was the problem?

 

Liang Tian asked his assistant to go and inquire about it.

 

But the assistant had been arranged for by Sister Zhang. She was a newcomer in the entertainment industry and didn’t know much about it. After asking around, she didn’t learn anything.

 

In the end, his agent found out and told Liang Tian.

 

Li Huairou—it was her again!

 

Why did she always do this to sabotage his own good deeds!

 

“I’ll warn you, you’d better not have any wayward thoughts. She has a different development path from yours, and there is no conflict. It’s best to live in peace,” the agent warned on the phone.

 

“Now she’s finding fault with me!” Liang Tian said angrily.

 

“You figure it out. Li Huairou is nothing. There is the Ji family standing behind her. Don’t think that you can do anything because Sister Zhang likes you. Sister Zhang won’t go against the Ji family for you!” his agent warned again.

 

Liang Tian frowned. Was the Ji family so powerful?

 

“I’m not trying to scare you. If you don’t believe me, you can give it a try! When the time comes, you’ll meet rejection and make Sister Zhang angry. Don’t blame me for not reminding you beforehand,” the agent said. After speaking, he hung up the phone.

 

Liang Tian’s face was gloomy. What kind of attitude was this? He was a little unhappy and silently calculated how many years were left in his contract. If he terminated the contract early, he wondered if Sister Zhang would pay him liquidated damages. It would be great if Sister Zhang could be more generous and set up a brokerage company to promote him, just like how the Ji family promoted Li Huairou.

 

Take it easy, step by step, slowly.

 

Liang Tian picked up the phone. “Hey, sister, what are you doing? Did you miss me? Are you free tonight?” 

 

In the presidential suite of the Dihao Hotel, Liang Tian worked hard to serve Sister Zhang. After the end, Liang Tian came out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, and Sister Zhang was comfortably drinking red wine.

 

Liang Tian walked over and held Sister Zhang’s shoulders. “Sister, are you comfortable?”

 

Sister Zhang smiled, turned around, and touched Liang Tian’s face. “Tell me, what is it that you want?”

 

“Sister, what about Jiang Xinyue?” Liang Tian asked tentatively.

 

“Don’t worry about Jiang Xinyue’s affairs. She’s just a fourth female lead anyway, and she doesn’t have any rivalry with you. You should be careful on the set. Don’t get too close to her, let alone rekindle an old relationship with her. Be good!” Sister Zhang withdrew her hand and looked at Liang Tian with a half-smile.

 

“Sister, what are you talking about? I’m just trying to avoid suspicion. I’m afraid that you’ll get angry, so I don’t want to appear together with her. Sister, you know, we just broke up, and now we’re going to appear in a drama. What about the media? The paparazzi will definitely stare at us,” Liang Tian said with a smile.

 

“You really want to avoid suspicion?” Sister Zhang looked at Liang Tian with a smile.

 

Liang Tian nodded obediently, a pure and kind smile on his face.

 

“It’s very simple. If you quit this drama, I’ll invest in an idol drama to support you. How about a male lead—handsome, rich, and infatuated?” Sister Zhang said with a smile.

 

“Really?” Liang Tian quickly weighed this in his mind. He’d been preparing to join the group these days. There were many martial arts scenes, which were very hard.

 

“Of course it’s true. The script is in my bag, and you can read it yourself.” Sister Zhang said, lowering her head and hiding the contempt in her eyes.

 

“Okay, thank you, sister.” Liang Tian immediately turned around and went to find the script in Sister Zhang’s bag, then flipped through it. This was an idol drama, which didn’t require any acting skills or any dangerous moves. The leading man was a rich second-gen. Changing into several sets of clothes a day, he was handsome, wealthy, and infatuated. Liang Tian felt that this drama should be very marketable. At the very least, it could help him gain a large number of girlfriend fans.

 

“How is it? Do you like it?” Sister Zhang came over and handed Liang Tian a glass of red wine.

 

“Well, I like it. Can I act in it?” Liang Tian took the red wine and drank it down.

 

“Of course!” Sister Zhang smiled.

 

Liang Tian quit the crew of Flying Clouds and turned around to take up the leading role in Diamond Love. This news caused an uproar after the marketing account moved it to the internet. Whether it was his agent or his fans, they all thought that Liang Tian was out of his mind. Otherwise, how could such a decision be made?

 

The agent called Liang Tian and scolded him bloody, asking him why he’d taken the scene on his own initiative.

 

Liang Tian directly hung up the phone and blocked the agent’s number.

 

But Liang Tian didn’t feel very happy when he did this. He logged into Weibo with a small account, watched the fans’ indignant essays, and analyzed the differences between the two dramas from all aspects. The more he watched, the more and more empty Liang Tian felt.

 

Did I really do something wrong?

 

Just when Liang Tian wanted to call Sister Zhang and say that he still wanted to play the role of Daoist Changqing, the official blog of the crew of Flying Clouds posted a set of makeup photos. The second male lead, Daoist Changqing, was played by a second-gen star. This second-gen star had good acting skills, and was also handsome, looking quite fairy-like.

[The second-generation star is a general term for the next generation of entertainment stars. At least one of their parents is a star in the entertainment industry. Due to their special identities, most of them have attracted attention since childhood]

 

Fans of the book were generally satisfied with the casting.

 

Liang Tian saw Jiang Xinyue in the makeup photos released this time. She was playing the role of Junior Sister Qinghe, with clear eyes and a bright smile. Many fans said that she played the role of the junior sister’s innocence in the early stages, but they didn’t know whether she could control the blackened little junior sister well. They were looking forward to it.

 

Seeing the Flying Cloud makeup photos quickly rushing to the trending searches, and how the popularity remained high, Liang Tian felt a little regretful. But he didn’t give up; so what if the makeup photos were posted? There were also those who changed after turning on the phone.

 

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