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Before Qiao Qiaoâs hair had completely dried, she hurriedly packed her things and left. She bid goodbye to the director and the cinematographer, then she grabbed her purse and hastily boarded the elevator to go straight to the first floor lobby of WAWA. It was already almost five in the evening, if she still didnât rush to the bus stop, it was highly likely that she would miss the last bus back to her apartment.
Qiao Qiao was currently on the 20th floor. For some unknown reason, the elevator that tended to always be full of people, was empty today. Thus, Qiao Qiao relaxed and even began to hum. In fact, Qiao Qiao was not tone-deaf, just that her tonal range was very narrow, unable to hit the high notes but also couldnât hit the low notes. She always got laughed at whenever she went to sing with her friends in KTV, but Qiao Qiao really liked to sing.
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She hummed as she watched the elevator floors light up then extinguish, and even lifted her chest as she picked up the non-existent microphone while facing the smooth, mirror-like elevator wall. When she reached high notes, she suddenly dropped an octave and when it was the low notes, she lifted her tone, without a single care about how badly she went off tune. After singing a verse, she held the side of her trousers as though it was the hem of a skirt and made a bowing posture. âDingâ the elevator stopped on the tenth floor. Qiao Qiao was still retained in her previous posture without moving, and only had time to see a pair of bright leather shoes suddenly appear in her field of vision-
Qiao Qiao felt that her whole face went âboomâ into a blazeâŚ
She hesitated, those few seconds felt like the passing of a full century. Qiao Qiao slowly squatted down, trying to make herself look like she was tying shoelaces, but she was embarrassed to find that she was wearing ankle boots today. No choice, she could only roll up her pant legs stiffly.
The man stepped in, stood next to Qiao Qiao, and reached to press the floor on the elevator panel as if he hadnât seen Qiao Qiaoâs previous embarrassing state.
This personâs poise was so goodâŚ
Qiao Qiao thought quietly in her heart, then reached out and messily pulled her shoulder-length hair in front of her forehead, blocking most of her face.
But the man did not try to turn his head to look at Qiao Qiao, he stopped moving after standing still, Qiao Qiao began to wonder about him, so she glanced at him with the aid of the mirror of the elevator, and found that he looked a little familiar.
Qiao Qiao frowned and thought for a moment, and then abruptly realized. Wasnât this the person who shot the cover page in the studio when she waited for Qin Ruicheng that day?
ZhouâŚZhou Yuanchuan, she shouldnât have remembered incorrectly.
Qiao Qiao swept her gaze up and down again. She wasnât wrong, it was that man. Although she was a little far away at the time and couldnât see clearly, looking now, it was indeed his figure and hair. The black silk blouse he wore that day was vintage. It looked like a male college student in the chaotic founding times of the Republic of China.š Today, she almost couldnât recognize him when he changed into a modern attire.
šTN: The times when the Republic of China was established, around 1912
She carefully peeked at Zhou Yuanchuan from the reflective mirror. Her stare could be considered scorching. Zhou Yuanchuan couldnât turn a blind eye even if he wanted, so he turned his head slightly and directly caught Qiao Qiao red-handed.
Qiao Qiao resorted back to her old tricks. In that thousandth of a second, she quickly emptied her eyes and made a dull look towards the ceiling as if lost in thought. Zhou Yuanchuan smiled slightly. He had seen past Qiao Qiaoâs little movements for a long time, but because Qiao Qiao was, to him, just a passer-by who didnât know each other, he just laughed it off. He has always been kind to the people around him.
So Qiao Qiao began to look at him more recklessly.
âŚso handsome in a modern outfit, within that elegance there was even more a sense of intelligenceâŚlegs were also very long, and the skin on his hands was so white! Wait, I wonder if he does the laundry by himself? That shouldnât be the case, otherwise, those hands couldnât be so delicateâŚbut what about his underwear? Would he wash his underwear himself?
Qiao Qiao was completely stumped by her own question. Underwear must be washed, who else would wash it if not himself?
With a sound of âdingâ, the elevator arrived on the first floor, Zhou Yuanchuan strode out in large steps. He seemed like he had something to do and was clearly a little hurried. Qiao Qiao also followed behind him and stepped out of the elevator step by step, her thoughts still on that ultimate question of who would wash the underwear.
It wasnât until she slowly moved to the giant exhibition board in the hall that she had a revelation. The sales of his films were so good, he must have made a lot of money. He could buy a lot of underwear back and wear them directly after letting the housekeeping company wash it. Wear one then throw one after, saving time and effort!
Qiao Qiao laughed involuntarily. Her original mood, which was slightly depressed from Liang Jize, also elevated a bit. She just lifted her foot and was about to move forward when her eyes shockingly caught sight of the giant electronic display board that occupied an entire wall on the first floor and was more than six meters tall. The display board, being so big, had actually already long entered Qiao Qiaoâs field of vision, but Qiao Qiao was blind to it since she was thinking about things. As a result, the board suddenly refreshed again, flashing the red text on the black background, bringing Qiao Qiaoâs attention to it.
She took a few steps back and began looking up at this âtowering past the cloudsâ electronic board with excitement.
So it turned outâŚthat the legendary WAWA quarterly list looks like thisâŚ
Qiao Qiao knew that the WAWA Company had a âranking boardâ, which records the quarterly sales of all WAWAâs working actors and actresses. It was automatically sorted in ascending order, updated in real-time, and changes from time to time.
Qiao Qiao had heard about this ârankings listâ while she was working in the branch before. The outside world also gave the board a nickname called âWanhua Mingshiluâ². Qiao Qiao came in from another side door today and didnât wander here. She didnât expect to see it now by accident.
²TN: Record of the ten thousand flowers and known scholars. In the past, beautiful women were called flowers, and men scholars.
The list was divided into two parts: actors and actresses. The actors only occupied about one-sixth of the space. The remaining five-sixths were crowded by actress names. The top actor was, to no surprise, that god-like existenceââJian Baiyouâ. Qiao Qiao has also never had the fortune to meet. The top actress Qiao Qiao didnât know. It was a four character name so it should be the stage name.
After seeing Jian Baiyou, Qiao Qiao swept down her gaze and saw Zhou Yuanchuan and Qin Ruicheng. To be honest, there were just a few people on the menâs list. Even though they also accounted for one-sixth of the space, there was still some blank space left. There were about 30ish people on the list. The names of the top three were followed by the total number of sales of their work this quarter. Qiao Qiao silently compared Zhou Yuanchuan and Jian Baiyou, and couldnât help but secretly be tongue-tied. The sales volume of Jian Baiyou was simply too astonishing, chucking aside the other actors by miles.
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