The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chills ran down Weng Qi’s spine as he stood beside.

From the enthusiastic Sun Wukong to the scholarly Top Scholar, to Grandpa Tao’s humble little cabin, and ultimately ending with a black screen, as well as Grandpa Tao’s words—

“Will anyone really like this?”

Hot comment: [Grandpa, I really love it (teary-eyed)]

[With such great craftsmanship, why does grandpa seem to live so poorly?]

[Because he can’t make a living (sigh)]

[I’m in Xiangcheng, I’ll come to see you during the holiday, grandpa!]

[…]

The top hot comment was that official one mentioned by Pu Xiaohan—

[A high-quality, meaningful video.] 2,587,441 likes

Soon, the trending topic “Official Comment and a Big Bowl of Eat” was slowly climbing up.

The followers of “Eat and a Big Bowl” skyrocketed from 5.6 million to over nine million.

Weng Qi clapped Pu Xiaohan on the shoulder and said earnestly, “Don’t forget each other in wealth!”

“Share the spoils if you witness it, share the spoils if you witness it.” Pu Xiaohan escaped from the crowd and then bit her finger as she looked at Bai Lian.

Bai Lian nonchalantly took out a book.

On hearing this, she raised her eyebrows slightly, “Speak.”

Pu Xiaohan made an “oh” sound and then said seriously, “I want to film you doing that, dancing with the longsword. And also your grandfather, I want to shoot an episode about his needlework.”

She had seen Bai Lian demonstrate the longsword to Yan Lu. She hadn’t seen much, only twice.

Only after seeing it with her own eyes did she understand why Bai Lian said she was “average with the longsword,” for compared to her longsword, it really could be called “average.”

Pu Xiaohan couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Bai Lian crossed her legs and wrote a neat chemical formula in her notebook, her tone as unhurried as ever, “Next time, get Yan Lu to shoot it for you. As for my grandpa… I’ll go ask him.”

She wasn’t sure if Ji Heng would be willing to be filmed.

“You won’t do it?” Pu Xiaohan was a little disappointed, but upon hearing that Bai Lian was willing to ask Ji Heng, she perked up again, “Hey, it would be great if there were special effects, like a ‘bang’ and an explosion upon collision. Grandpa Tao’s video lacked special effects, otherwise it would have been perfect…”

Her video’s transitions, cuts, and music were all perfect; it was just missing some live-action special effects.

“Collision effects?” Bai Lian paused, her head lifting thoughtfully.

She then took out her phone—

[.]

The reply from the young master Jiang was always swift: [?]

Bai Student: [Can I borrow your lab?]

Jiang Teacher: [Oh.]

Jiang Teacher: [Is that all?]

Bai Student: [1]

The reply was cold and emotionless, and just in time for class, she put her phone away.

Early in the morning, just after a group meeting at the CRFS Dark Matter Research Institute, Jiang Fulai put away his documents. His pale fingers tapped the screen irritably at that “1” and pressed several times—

[I patted Bai Student on the shoulder and spoke of building socialism]

Jiang Young Master: “…”

**

Back to Yan Lu.

She didn’t wait for the full song to come out; the shooting ceremony was on Monday morning.

She flew back to Beicheng, then took a long car ride to rejoin the crew in Xiangcheng.

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It was already Monday morning.

The main cast of “Great Yong” had all arrived on set.

After getting her makeup and costume done, Yan Lu held a stick of incense and bowed to the altar with a group of people. Although she had secured a leading role this time, her popularity was lower than the other actors, so she stood at the edge.

Once director Wan Qiushan finished his worship, he found her, expressing some concern, “The microblog for joining the production should be posted at nine o’clock along with the public, and have you not used the character song we previously found for you?”

Yan Lu took out her phone.

Xin Jie had just sent a message: [Video]

Xin Jie: [The song wasn’t released in time, just post the video on Weibo first.]

“Thank you, director. A friend of mine wrote one for me, I’ll post the video directly later,” Yan Lu saved the video to her phone.

Wan Qiushan was shocked by Yan Lu, “You haven’t released this song yet?”

The character songs of the other actors had been released a week ago. Yan Lu had been so calm for the whole week that he had thought she found a well-known composer. But it was just a friend of hers?

He held his forehead, took out his phone, and walked to the side to call the publicity team for the program.

When Yan Lu posts her Weibo later, pay attention to controlling the comments,” Wan Qiushan said. He genuinely appreciated Yan Lu’s interpretation of the role. If he had known earlier that An Qi would back out at the last minute, he would never have sought him out.

He didn’t want the leading actress to get bashed before they even started recording the TV series.

Being criticized in the entertainment industry is commonplace, and Wan Qiushan had been through it as well, but he didn’t want Yan Lu to be affected by the negative comments while filming.

In Beicheng.

Before the recording of the variety show “Perfect”.

“An Qi, Man Xi, have you heard,” a singer who had finished recording the variety show chuckled as he slung his arm over An Qi, lowering his voice, “An Qi’s former rumored flame is looking all over for someone to write a song for her, has she not come to you?”

Man Xi’s variety show had specially invited the popular singer An Qi.

Their CP fans would surge after this episode.

The circle was more informed than the outside world. Previously, Yan Lu was banned by the Liu family, but she struck lucky as the Liu family was later found to have tax and financial issues and now most of their shareholders were detained for investigation.

An Qi, with a cool demeanor, said, “No.”

“Ah, then she’s going to be ripped apart by netizens today,” the man shrugged.

“Maybe she found a good team,” Man Xi smiled.

Someone else joined the conversation, “Haha… maybe she found someone even better than An Qi?”

Of course, everyone knew that was impossible.

Standing to the side, Man Xi’s eyes held a touch of mockery when she looked down. Whether Yan Lu had even finished recording a song was unknown.

The group headed to the makeup room.

An Qi’s manager also gave him a look and pulled him aside to caution in a low voice, “Even if Yan Lu approaches you, don’t give her that song. You’re going to Jiangjing Music Academy for further studies; you can’t be associated with any scandals.”

An Qi had been tied to Yan Lu in the past, but compared to her, who had a pretty face with no acting skills, no prospects for development, and a myriad of scandals, An Qi’s team naturally favored Man Xi.

This opportunity was given to An Qi by Time Entertainment. An Qi was only going to attend a couple of classes at Jiangjing Music Academy, but the outside world would be informed that he was there for further studies. How could the fans tell the difference?

“I understand,” An Qi nodded.

Nine o’clock.

The official “Great Yong” account mentioned all the actors, announcing the start of production.

vYan Lu: [Thank you everyone, thank you to the production team, I will give my all in portraying this character and will not let anyone down. Attached is the character song [Video]]

The Weibo world was a stormy place.

The character songs of the other main actors had already been released, but there was no news from Yan Lu.

Now that production had started, like scattered stars in a dark sky, there were fans who followed Yan Lu. They saw that she hadn’t even released her character song, just a video.

Forget it, let’s just bite the bullet.

A few despairing fans thought to themselves.

Until they looked at the comments section.

Jiangjing Music Academy retweeted and commented: Congratulations to Miss Yan Lu.