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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):
-云舒( yún shū)- Yun Shu, the female lead
– 舒 儿( shū ér)- Shu’er, Yun Shu’s nickname.
– 傅然( Fù rán)- Fu Ran, the male lead in our novel and the original novel
– 方灵( fāng líng)- Fang Ling, a scriptwriter and Yun Shu’s friend.
– 乔颜( qiáo yán)- Qiao Yan, the female protagonist of the original novel.
Yun Shu froze when she heard this name and looked over in the direction Fang Ling pointed.
Qiao Yan was not the most beautiful in the entertainment industry with handsome men and gorgeous women. She could only be considered above average; however, her features were easily recognisable as her distinctive personality traits. This allowed people to easily remember her, which was a bit more important than looking beautiful.
The original novel mentioned that the male lead could remember the female lead’s face at once because of this point.
— Yes, there is no mistake. Qiao Yan is the female lead.
At this time, she had just entered the entertainment industry. She did not walk on the path of the so-called popular route. Instead, she entered various drama groups to act in minor roles to hone her acting skills. Due to this, she captured a great director’s attention, who soon gave her a role with a pleasing persona, and she became a hit from then on.
But Qiao Yan did not get cocky because of this. Instead, she became more humble and hardworking. In just a few years, she became a film empress, leaving a legend in the film industry.
Of course, the more legendary was Qiao Yan’s love experience.
A young superstar, affectionate film emperor, business tycoon, great screenwriter, talented director… and Fu Ran, the domineering president as her official partner.
Because of this, Qiao Yan was still being talked about long after her hiatus. There was no reason other than the melon <sup>[1]</sup> field was too big for the group of badgers to eat.
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However, the actual legend of the film industry was still acting in a small role and acted as the female lead’s personal junior maidservant. She did not even have a line and was merely a human prop in the background.
Mm. In summary, she was Yun Shu’s junior maidservant.
Upon learning this, Yun Shu could not help but cover her chest. When she returned, she would write this experience in her diary as it was worthy of being bragged about in the future.
As for why Fang Ling recognised Qiao Yan, who acted in minor roles, it was because something happened in the film group not long ago that made the whole film group remember Qiao Yan.
The matter started out very ordinarily. That was a celebrity who threw her weight around and bullied her assistant, actors acting in minor roles, and bottom-level staff. As long as it was not too overboard, everyone would turn a blind eye to it.
This time, it was a young female celebrity who was bullying her assistant. She asked the assistant to travel from the east to the west to buy her a drink. After running on an errand more than ten times, the young female celebrity was still not satisfied. Then, Qiao Yan couldn’t stand it and stood up to accuse that female celebrity of not treating her assistant like a human being. Then, she and the female celebrity had a huge quarrel, causing a big commotion, to the extent where everyone knew Qiao Yan.
Yun Shu did not come on that day because there weren’t any of her parts. However, Fang Ling witnessed the entire process. In the end, she spoke on behalf of Qiao Yan and that the actress had no choice but to let Qiao Yan off for the time being.
Note that it was for the time being.
After that, the female celebrity did everything possible to cause trouble for Qiao Yan. Some of them succeeded, and some were avoided by Qiao Yan. But in view of the lack of evidence, Qiao Yan had to put up with it. Who knew that young celebrity became even more enthusiastic. She bullied Qiao Yan, even more, causing the entire film group to be repulsed by the young celebrity.
Presently, the young celebrity was bullying Qiao Yan again.
Yun Shu frowned and felt that the young celebrity was too much. Just as she was about to leave and handle this matter, Fang Ling stopped Yun Shu and said to her, “You don’t need to bother. Qiao Yan is much smarter than you.”
Fang Ling lowered her voice and said, “You don’t know, that woman isn’t able to deal with Qiao Yan at all. As far as I know, that woman’s many evil schemes against Qiao Yan had never succeeded. Instead, some small pranks that were unrelated often succeeded. And it always causes people to gather. Shu’er, do you think this is a coincidence?”
<sup>[1]</sup> 瓜(guā)- It is an internet slang where melon refers to gossip.