Chapter 306: Why? She Wanted to Humiliate Her?
Jiang Yuning was very gentle and she was fluent in English too. It was impossible for them to refuse to communicate with her.
“Miss Jiang, our company has been unable to achieve good sales levels even though we have put in many years of hard work and have already penetrated the Asian market for a considerable amount of time. How are you able to turn this around for us? Moreover, in our opinion, the price quoted by your company is a little too high. The price quoted by Miss Zhong’s side is within our budget and the degree of cooperation that they have agreed to assist us in is to our satisfaction too.”
Jiang Yuning smiled after listening to his words. After that, she replied, “Mr. Lyle, the choice of your ambassador should not be determined by the price that you have to pay but instead, it should be determined by the value that the artiste can provide you. Sorry, I do not mean to belittle Miss Zhong, but you have to picture the various billboards being hung around the many different amusement parks in the future. Would you prefer an ambassador with a sweet and pleasant image or a singer with a heavy rock metal image endorsing your brand? I have to admit that Miss Zhong is certainly a great singer, but her rock style is obviously not in line with the requirements of your branding at all.”
“I know that your itinerary is very short and packed, and you have to find an ambassador for the Asian region very urgently. However, if you really think that price is really the main concern, then I am sorry to say that it would definitely be very difficult for Fairy Tale to succeed in the Asian market. We can always negotiate and discuss the price, but a suitable ambassador is difficult to come by.”
“I believe that you have a very good understanding about the market, Mr. Lyle, and I believe in your judgment too. Moreover, I believe that you might have some misunderstanding as to the degree of cooperation that my company and I would be willing to provide. As long as we are in a mutually agreeable and happy working relationship, I will definitely participate and cooperate in all the promotional activities and events unconditionally.”
After listening to Jiang Yuning’s words, Mr. Lyle frowned as he looked at Jiang Yuning.
This was because Zhong Hongyu had indeed smeared Jiang Yuning’s image in front of him in order to secure this endorsement for herself.
Furthermore, Zhong Hongyu had done it in a very deliberate manner, as well as prepared a lot of defamatory materials against Jiang Yuning to prove her point.
However, after meeting Jiang Yuning personally, Mr. Lyle felt that she was a very open-minded and frank person. Jiang Yuning had not only talked about Zhong Hongyu’s weakness, but she had also generously admitted the fact that Zhong Hongyu was a famous and good singer.
This Jiang Yuning was completely different from how Zhong Hongyu had portrayed her to be.
“Moreover, I have already shown you my greatest sincerity. As far as you are concerned, Mr. Lyle, who do you think will garner more interest from the ad sponsors?”
Zhong Hongyu was a singer and she definitely could not surpass Jiang Yuning’s appearance and value as an actress.
As a singer, her limitations were far greater in comparison to that of an actress.
“What other talents do you have to convince us that we will be making the right choice?”
Jiang Yuning then imitated the style and voice of several anime characters. “Besides that, I can also save you the cost of having people to do the voiceovers. This will definitely save you a lot of money. If you arrange for a grand signing ceremony for me, I will also prepare a promotional gift for you.”
No one knew what kind of gift Jiang Yuning would prepare for the ceremony, but just thinking about it was exciting enough for them.
…
About fifteen minutes later, Jiang Yuning successfully won over the hearts of other party and managed to obtain the endorsement contract with an overwhelming victory. The person in charge of securing the contract arranged for his subordinate to stay behind and prepare the contract for Jiang Yuning immediately.
The young paparazzo was so impressed and fascinated as his idol was really impressive. “My idol can represent herself as an agent.”
Jiang Yuning could not help but knock the young paparazzo on his head. “Don’t talk so much.”
“Hehehe.”
“You cannot let your Sister Vera find out about this, okay? I have already spoken to the people at Fairy Tale and they have promised me to tell Vera that they have changed their minds after further consideration. Therefore, this meeting never happened at all.”
“You are really too fond of Sister Vera,” the young paparazzo said as he pouted.
“Your Sister Vera finally found someone who loves her. Let’s allow her to be in love and go on dates instead of disturbing her love life. We need her brain to secrete more dopamine so that she can be a more pleasant and happy person, okay?”
“Oh!”
After the negotiation process and the signing of the contract, both parties left the hotel. At this time, they were photographed by people who had been arranged by Zhong Hongyu’s agent and team to tail them.
Zhong Hongyu’s team should not be underestimated because they had already done the necessary preparations. They were not at ease and they could not relax because the contract had not been signed yet.
However, they would never have imagined that Jiang Yuning would step up and approach Fairy Tale personally.
Zhong Hongyu’s team could not help but laugh out loud and make fun of Jiang Yuning because of her appearance. “Isn’t she a famous artiste now? Why must she go to this extend just to secure an endorsement contract? Is Jiang Yuning really that desperate?”
“She dropped out of college without even completing her freshman year. After spending all these years in the entertainment industry and getting blacklisted so many times, it is not surprising that she would be so desperate,” Zhong Hongyu, who was sitting in the office, replied as she played around with her bright red nails.
“So, what should we do now? Should we just let the endorsement go?” Zhong Hongyu’s agent asked her immediately.
“Let’s just give it to her. For someone who is so pitiful and cannot even afford to finish college, I will treat this as a gift to her. However, I want you to send the photo to me. I have not seen this classmate of mine for a long time.”
Back then, Jiang Yuning was like an angel who had been sent from heaven. She was both beautiful and very talented. After enrolling as a music major, she had attracted the attention of many people in college.
There was no one who could compete with her in terms of popularity.
However, the heavens must have been playing a joke on her because in a blink of an eye, this beautiful girl suddenly fell from her altar and became a small time artiste in the entertainment industry. Moreover, at that time, rumors started circulating that Jiang Yuning was the type of artiste who would sleep with anyone to get ahead in her career.
“Did you deliberately snatch this endorsement because you knew that Jiang Yuning’s agent was trying to secure this endorsement for her?” Zhong Hongyu’s agent suddenly asked as she looked at Zhong Hongyu. “I do not understand why you are doing this. Do you hold some sort of grudge against her?”
“Well, I am not even sure if it can be considered a grudge…but I have to admit that it had indeed been quite lonely having one person less to compete with in college,” Zhong Hongyu replied as she thought about the grievances that she suffered in college because of Jiang Yuning.
“I don’t know about Jiang Yuning but I really do not like her agent, Vera, at all. Therefore, I cannot wait to deal with her in future.”
At the end of the day, Zhong Hongyu merely regraded Jiang Yuning as a beggar who had nothing at all.
Zhong Hongyu had snatched Jiang Yuning’s resource for fun and then decided to let go of the opportunity as a form of charity to Jiang Yuning.
Was a singer really this free?
…
At five o’clock in the evening, Vera received a phone call from the person in charge at Fairy Tale. He informed Vera that they had already decided that the endorsement should be returned to Jiang Yuning. Besides that, Fairy Tale also sent a set of jewelry from their collection to Jiang Yuning as a gift for their collaboration.
Vera was very curious. The other party had been so determined. Why did they suddenly changed their mind?
This was really amazing.
After confirming the contract, Vera called Jiang Yuning immediately. “Yuning, we have a few more jobs added to your itinerary next week. We have also successfully secured an endorsement contract with Fairy Tale.”
“Oh, is it a new endorsement? Alright, I got it,” Jiang Yuning replied as though she knew nothing about it at all.
“I will remind you again when the time comes.”
It was obvious that Vera was in a very good mood.
In fact, Jiang Yuning had received a prompt friend request just before Vera had called her. The verification information for the friend request was very simple: Zhong Hongyu.
Jiang Yuning approved the friend request immediately because she was also interested in knowing what sort of tricks the other party was up to.
No one leaked her information because she had already been using the same account even before she debuted as an artiste. In fact, Zhong Hongyu and Jiang Yuning were already friends when they were in their freshman year but after Jiang Yuning dropped out of college, Zhong Hongyu had decided to delete Jiang Yuning as her friend. Then, why had she decided to add her back as a friend now?
After passing the verification process, Zhong Hongyu transferred some money to Jiang Yuning before she sent an apologetic message to her. “Yuning, I did not know that you were also trying to obtain the endorsement contract from Fairy Tale. After finding out about it, I asked my agent to withdraw my contest immediately.”
She wanted to discredit everything now? This young girl was such a good actress.
The people at Fairy Tale had already told Jiang Yuning the entire story.
Jiang Yuning also knew how Zhong Hongyu’s agent and team had disparaged and insulted her in front of Fairy Tale.
“I am just wondering if you will be free anytime soon? A few of our university classmates are arranging for a small gathering because we have not met up for a long time. Would you like to come out and meet up with us?”
Why? Did she want to humiliate her?
Chapter 307: Does My Son Not Want Us Anymore?
“Okay, but my schedule is packed this week,” Jiang Yuning replied with a playful smile on her face. “I should be free to meet up with all of you next week.”
“Alright then, we will catch up with you soon. Please keep the money that I have just transferred to you. After all, I should not have snatched the endorsement from you in the first place.”
Jiang Yuning was unfazed and she actually transferred out the money that Zhong Hongyu had transferred to her into her bank account. With this additional money, she could buy more books for poor children living in rural areas.
Jiang Yuning already knew the kind of mentality that Zhong Hongyu had and she knew that Zhong Hongyu would definitely use this opportunity to humiliate her and spread the rumor that Jiang Yuning had received money from her.
However, did Zhong Hongyu really needed to humiliate Jiang Yuning just because she had to drop out of college during her freshman year?
Jiang Yuning smiled to herself before transferring the money over to Vera’s bank account. “Use this money for charity work.”
Vera looked at her questioningly.
“Unexpected wealth,” Jiang Yuning replied.
“What kind of charity work do you expect me to do with this small sum of money?” Vera asked with a disgusted expression on her face.
Vera wanted to continue asking for more details. However, Zhong Hongyu continued texting Jiang Yuning. “No one else entered our dormitory after you left, Yuning. That room will always belong to you. None of us had wanted to forget you. I believe you must have lost contact with Tao Tao and Yi Fan after so many years. I have heard that they are both also very successful right now.”
“Yuning, would you blame us for not helping you at all when your family was in trouble in the past?”
“Why would I blame you? That had nothing to do with you at all,” Jiang Yuning replied immediately.
“Alright. I am a little busy as I need to record my songs now. I will be releasing a new album in November. We can arrange to meet up on one of the days next week.”
“Okay.” Jiang Yuning shook her head helplessly as she sent the last text message to Zhong Hongyu.
No matter what it was, they were classmates in the past. Why couldn’t Zhong Hongyu be a better person?
When Lu Jingzhi came home later that evening, Jiang Yuning started complaining to him. “Second Brother, I have always thought that people should be innocent and kind during their college days. However, why are the people whom I have met in the past so evil and repulsive? We have already lost contact for so many years, so why would they still want to look for an opportunity to humiliate and insult me? Does bullying me really feel that good?”
Lu Jingzhi had never seen Jiang Yuning during her college days.
This was because he was serving in the military when Jiang Yuning was in college.
However, Lu Jingzhi knew that Jiang Yuning was intelligent, demure, and elegant even before she attended college. Moreover, Jiang Yuning was also very well-educated and well-mannered as she was from a prestigious family.
As a young, beautiful, and talented young girl, she was the first love of many of the boys in college. On the other hand, she was also a nightmare in the hearts of many girls.
“You can only blame yourself for being so beautiful,” Lu Jingzhi replied as he looked at Jiang Yuning.
“Do you really think that I am beautiful?” Jiang Yuning asked as she walked towards Lu Jingzhi with a delighted expression on her face.
Lu Jingzhi nodded his head. “Yes, beautiful. However, what I am more concerned about is the number of guys who confessed their love to you in college. Was there many of them?”
Jiang Yuning was stunned for a moment before she frowned. ‘Is he trying to dig up the past again?’
“Am I right? I think a lot of guys must have confessed their love to you…”
“What about you then? You are the top student in the School of Physics.”
“Boys majoring in music must be very good-looking and romantic…”
Jiang Yuning coughed lightly because she knew that the most jealous man in the whole of Luo City was back.
“All the guys there were even weaker than I was. They had more makeup on their faces, and they even had more jewelry and clothes than I did. They are more suited as my sisters whom I can go shopping together with.”
“Then what kind of man do you think is manly?”
Jiang Yuning placed her hand under her chin and made a gesture as though she was thinking really hard before she answered.
“He must at least have the height of my husband, the physique of my husband, legs as long as my husband’s…”
After she spoke, Jiang Yuning could feel her legs being lifted off the ground.
She was startled.
Oh no, she had dug her own grave again.
Jiang Yuning fell asleep not long after that. At this time, Lu Jingzhi turned around sideways and stared at Jiang Yuning as he held her small face in his hands.
“Do you know? Sometimes, I am even jealous of your disgusting classmates for having the privilege of attending college with you.”
“You really should not talk about college or university anymore in the future, you know?”
“I am afraid that I cannot take it.”
As for those who wanted to create trouble with Jiang Yuning, they were more than welcomed to. Lu Jingzhi was confident that Jiang Yuning would definitely teach them a good lesson.
…
Jiang Yuning and a few others gathered at the airport early the next morning to see Wen Tong and Gao Mengjin off before their flight.
Gao Mengjin and Wen Tong were no longer dressed in their formal suits but instead, they were dressed in very simple casual clothing. They looked very happy and peaceful as they embraced each another.
Jiang Yuning wore sunglasses and a hat because she was afraid that someone would recognize her. She could not help but hug both of them before they left.
“Are you two really leaving everything behind?”
Gao Mengjin looked at Wen Tong who was in his arms and he nodded his head with a contented expression on his face. “As long as I can see her smiling, I have everything that I need.”
“What about your other women?”
“Sister-in-Law…” Wen Luo blinked his eyes in surprise and he glared at Jiang Yuning, not wanting her to create tension between the couple.
However, only women understood other women best.
Since Wen Tong had already accepted Gao Mengjin again, this meant that she was willing to forget everything that had happened in the past and she would be willing to leave it all behind them.
“I trust him.”
Gao Mengjin could not help but kiss his wife after listening to what she said.
“Oh my god…”
“I can’t bring myself to watch this anymore.”
Wen Luo quickly closed his eyes.
“Remember to send us a message after you land and settle down so we know everything is going well for both of you.”
Wen Tong nodded her head as she looked at Jiang Yuning with gratitude, “Yuning, we really owe you a huge favor. Let us know if you need our help in the future and we will not hesitate to help you.”
“Both of you have already decided to run away and hide. If I refuse to let you go, I would be too inhumane, right?” Jiang Yuning replied as she laughed. “Alright, you two should leave now. It’s time to pass through the security clearance.”
The main reason that Jiang Yuning was rushing them to pass through the airport security was because it seemed as though the Gao family was already there.
Gao Mengjin quickly pushed Wen Tong’s luggage before they both passed through the security clearance and disappeared into the crowd.
At this time, Gao Mengjin’s parents finally arrived at the entrance of the airport security clearance.
“Wen Luo, where is your sister? Where is my son?” Gao Mengjin’s mother asked as she held onto Wen Luo’s hand. She failed to notice Jiang Yuning, who was standing next to them.
“They have already left,” Wen Luo replied as he shrugged.
“Does my son not want us anymore?” Gao Mengjin’s mother asked as she shook Wen Luo’s hands, feeling the fear rising within her. “Did they really leave? Do they not care about the Gao family anymore?”
“No, they don’t want anything to do with the Gao family anymore,” Wen Luo replied. “Weren’t you hoping so badly for a grandson? Congratulations, because you don’t even have a son anymore right now.”
After hearing Wen Luo’s words, Gao Mengjin’s mother collapsed to the ground as she started crying out loud.
However, both Jiang Yuning and Wen Luo knew.
Gao Mengjin’s parents did not deserve any sympathy at all.
They were so heartless and did not hesitate at all when they decided to kill their own granddaughter in the past.
They deserved what was happening to them right now.
This was the consequences that they had to face.
Loss.
…
Jiang Yuning was in an extremely good mood because she had successfully helped Wen Tong and Gao Mengjin reconcile. After leaving the airport, she headed to Director Mong’s house immediately because she would be tested on her skills today.
“Are you ready?” Director Mong asked as he poured tea out of his little teapot.
“Yes, I am ready,” Jiang Yuning replied confidently.
“Don’t be overconfident, young girl. You will be embarrassed if you aren’t able to perform well later.”
Chapter 308: So Hypocritical?
Jiang Yuning was not being overconfident, as she really had the talent and ability.
In fact, Director Mong had long believed in Jiang Yuning’s determination and talent. However, since they had already made the arrangements in the past, they both had to keep to their words.
Director Mong hired three professional teachers to come over to test Jiang Yuning on the different skills that she had acquired.
The shooting coach prepared a target in Director Mong’s courtyard and then prepared an air gun for Jiang Yuning to start shooting at the target.
When Jiang Yuning started shooting at the target, her posture was very professional and her shooting skills were remarkable.
In the end, the shooting coach could only give her a thumbs up. “You did very well.”
Director Mong’s assistant was standing at the corner as she started recording a video of Jiang Yuning. This was this first time he was watching a woman handling a gun and he thought that she looked very cool and refreshing.
After that, the hand combat coach stepped up to test Jiang Yuning’s skills.
The coach had initially underestimated Jiang Yuning’s ability because she of her slim and small figure. However, after Jiang Yuning directly overturned him to the ground with one move, he started to take her more seriously.
Lastly, a singing coach tested Jiang Yuning’s vocal skills and discovered that she had a really beautiful and melodious voice.
“So, Director Mong, did I pass the test?”
“I hope that you will not fail me when you are reading you script and lines too,” Director Mong replied as he pointed a finger at Jiang Yuning. “Young girl, is there anything that you can’t do in this world?”
Jiang Yuning laughed before she replied with a simple sentence. “There is nothing too difficult in this world. The only thing that I am afraid of is good people.”
Director Mong’s assistant quickly rushed over to Jiang Yuning as soon as he saw that she had already passed the test. He showed her his cell phone before he said, “Sister Yuning, I recorded a short video of all your skills earlier so that I can upload it on the Internet. You were amazing.”
Jiang Yuning gave him a questioning look.
“I asked him to do it,” Director Mong explained immediately. “I wanted to shut the mouths of those who still have doubts and questions about you. So, make sure that you give your best and try hard to get the newcomer award next year for your performance in .”
“Of course, Director Mong.”
As the short videos were all uploaded on ‘s official website, it quickly attracted the attention of many passers-by. Moreover, when artistes such as Xiao Chennan and Yao Fan started sharing the videos on their official social media accounts, the videos started garnering many views in a short period of time.
@XiaoChennan: My partner is very hardworking. I really look forward to start filming with her! @FairyYao: My dearest disciple is so cool! @NamelessOrphan: The director’s test was not challenging for Jiang Yuning at all.
As soon as the Ginger Candies saw the videos, they started sharing it on Jiang Yuning’s fan page immediately.
[So cool…she is really so cool. I can’t believe how cool she looks!]
[She is definitely professionally trained!]
[When a woman is cool, no man can ever compare to her.]
[Jiang Yuning’s smile after she shot the last bullet is so beautiful. Oh my god, I am in love…]
[Isn’t it normal for every actor or actress to prepare for their drama? When did this become something that they should show off to the public? Jiang Yuning has not changed at all.]
When Xue Li saw the user ID of the person who posted the hate comment, she found the user ID very familiar.
This was because she had seen this user ID criticizing and posting hate comments about her idol over many different platforms.
It seems as though this person was a professional hater.
Xue Li started investigating the person behind the user ID and she found out that this person was in fact the fan of a singer.
So, even the fans of a singer felt threatened by her idol’s existence now?
However, such hate comment and criticism did not carry any weight at all.
…
It was Jiang Yuning’s days off the following two days, but Jiang Yuning did not sit at home and relax. In fact, she spent her time reading her script and reciting her lines for her upcoming drama.
However, there were always people with nothing better to do, and they kept sending her negative and pessimistic text messages to her cell phone.
“Yuning, I heard about a small artiste in my company who had undergone plastic surgery to look like you. I think that she is trying to imitate your career path. You have to be careful.”
“Oh, thank you,” Jiang Yuning replied indifferently.
“It was not easy for you to finally make it this far in your career. Therefore, if you ever need my help in the future, please do not hesitate to ask me,” Zhong Hongyu said to Jiang Yuning in a charitable tone. “I feel bad for not helping you when you were struggling in the past.”
So hypocritical?
“Oh, by the way, Yuning, I have some contacts that might be useful to you. You have not had the opportunity to win any of the big awards yet, have you? Would you like me to introduce you to any of my contacts so they can help you?”
“No, thank you. I do not want you to waste your efforts on my 4.0 rated acting skills. We can talk about this later on when my acting skills have improved,” Jiang Yuning replied politely.
“Alright then. Make sure that you ask for my help in the future.”
Jiang Yuning could not help rolling her eyes.
She did not finish college, but this does not mean that she was an idiot or that she had become mentally retarded.
After that, Jiang Yuning decided to search up Zhong Hongyu’s songs so that she could listen to some of her singing…
However, after listening to it for a short while, she felt as if her ears were burning and she turned off the music immediately…
As for those who were trying to imitate her career path, Jiang Yuning could not help but laugh as she thought about it. There were no fixed plans or specific pattern to her career path. Therefore, Jiang Yuning was also curious to find out how anyone else would be able to imitate her.
Jiang Yuning had also paid attention to the name of the young artiste who was trying to follow her career path.
Her name was Xia Yun and she had recently been involved in a big idol drama.
…
On Monday morning, Vera brought Jiang Yuning to meet the person in charge of the Asian region for the endorsement of a certain watch. The other party was very cheerful and pleasant as they discussed the terms of the endorsement.
The treatment and endorsement fee that the other party was willing to offer to Jiang Yuning was extremely good. This made Vera feel a little incredulous.
“Why are they treating you so well? We hardly had to request for anything at all…”
The person in charge of the Asian region was a tall business woman. After listening to Vera’s words, she smiled before she replied, “Actually, we have already gone through our filtering process. We have already listed out the candidates that we felt were suitable to endorse our product before we started to slowly cancel out their names on the list. I hope that you do not mind me speaking like this…”
“No, please continue…” Vera replied as she really wanted to know the other reasons that had contributed to Jiang Yuning getting the endorsement contract.
“We evaluated the few artistes left on the list before finally deciding to appoint Jiang Yuning as our ambassador. We hope that this will be a long-term collaboration and we also believe that Miss Jiang’s career development will be rising steadily. Miss Jiang…has a lot of good karma.”
Jiang Yuning did not understand why the woman had said that and she looked at her with a puzzled expression on her face before she asked politely, “Could you…please explain what you mean?”
“You saved my younger brother,” the other party replied as she laughed. “My younger brother, who is only sixteen years old, was on vacation when the island was attacked by the typhoon. He was almost blown away but you grabbed his hand and saved his life that day…”
Jiang Yuning did have an idea of what the other party was referring to.
“I have not been able to thank you personally. Can I buy you a meal later in the afternoon if it is convenient for you?”
“You really don’t have to. The ones who had really helped were the hotel staff and waiters. I did not do much at all…”
“You don’t have to be so humble. My family and I are all very grateful to you.”
When Jiang Yuning saw that the other party was so insistent, she smiled before she replied, “I just feel ashamed.”
“There are no longer that many female artistes like you. You can rest assured that your appointment as the ambassador for our product has nothing to do with this private matter at all. I had merely reported everything that I know and in the end, the results were decided on and finalised by the person in charge at our headquarters in France. They had agreed with my point of view that a person’s character is in fact the most important trait we are looking for. Therefore, you do not have to worry or feel ashamed at all.”
After listening to her words, Vera felt that Jiang Yuning was bursting with good luck of late.
As long as she did good deeds, she would definitely be repaid greatly.
Was this the reward for kind and good people?
In any case, Jiang Yuning had officially secured this endorsement contract and everything was progressing smoothly for them…
Furthermore, Jiang Yuning would also be signing another endorsement contract with Fairy Tale tomorrow.
It seemed as though Jiang Yuning had really good luck recently.
Chapter 309: Who Dares to Bully Sister-in-Law? Deal with Them!
Later that afternoon, after they had both left the hotel, Jiang Yuning received a text message from Zhong Hongyu before they arrived back at the villa. “Do you want to come out for a drink with me tonight? I will introduce a good resource to you.”
Jiang Yuning could not help but snort after reading the text message.
When Vera saw the expression on Jiang Yuning’s face, she quickly asked, “Who is that? Why do you have such an expression on your face?”
“Zhong Hongyu.”
“Isn’t she the one…who tried to steal your resource?”
“Then I should also tell you that she has another identity…she was my roommate in the dormitory during my college days,” Jiang Yuning replied immediately.
Vera nodded her head after listening to Jiang Yuning’s answer. “So, what is she contacting you for?”
“She wants to invite me out for a drink. She says that she wants to introduce a good resource to me,” Jiang Yuning replied in a very helpless manner. “She was also the one who had given me the two thousand yuan the other day. She told me how she did not know I was already talking to the person in charge about the endorsement contract for Fairy Tale, and that is why she feels really guilty for trying to snatch it away from me.”
“You know that she is lying to you, right? And what can we do with two thousand yuan?” Vera replied disdainfully. “How could she not know that you were trying to secure the endorsement contract? Right now, almost everyone in the entertainment industry already knows that I am your exclusive agent. She must be joking. I think that she is merely looking for an opportunity to look down on you and humiliate you.”
“You don’t need to spell it out for me…” Jiang Yuning pouted.
“Did she have any grudges against you in college?” Vera asked as she eyed Jiang Yuning suspiciously.
“I don’t even know if it can be considered a grudge.” In fact, Jiang Yuning had already discussed this matter with her second brother and the both of them agreed that whatever happened was not her fault at all.
“So, have you decided if you want to go?”
“I will go.” Jiang Yuning decided immediately. “I have not met up with any of my classmates in a long time anyway. After all, I did not even manage to finish my freshman year in college. Zhong Hongyu is a graduate of the prestigious college as well as a famous singer now. What if she really has a good resource to introduce to me and I let this opportunity go to waste?”
“Alright then, you can go. I will make the necessary arrangements but you still have to report this matter to Second Young Master Lu first.”
After that, Jiang Yuning changed the name of the old group chat that they had used to discuss Gao Mengjin’s matter to ‘The Lucky Star’s Friends’ before adding Vera into the group chat.
Previously, the main purpose of the group chat was to discuss ways to handle Gao Mengjin’s situation. However, now that the matter had already been resolved, Jiang Yuning decided to add all of her close friends and family into the group chat, for instance, Xu Liangzhou and his sister, Jian Shaoqi, Wen Luo, Wen Tong, Vera, and also Ku Jie.
Her brother was the only one who was cocky and never responded to any of the messages.
After that, Jiang Yuning replied Zhong Hongyu ‘s message to confirm that she would be meeting up with her tonight before she texted the group chat to report to Lu Jingzhi.
Jiang Jiang loves the scenery: “@Scenery Second Brother, I will be meeting my ex-classmate for dinner tonight. I will be home late.”
Vera: “Second Young Master Lu, I want to report that someone is intending to bully and humiliate Yuning at the dinner tonight.”
Lost all four pants: “Who dares to bully Sister-in-Law? Deal with them!”
Jiang Jiang loves the scenery: “Lost all four pants? Who is this?”
Lost all four pants: “Jian Shaoqi!”
Jiang Jiang loves the scenery: “…what an interesting username.”
CEO Wen is the super invincible and handsome man: “Bully our sister-in-law? Send us the address!”
Vera glanced at Jiang Yuning’s cell phone screen before she reported: “Room 3904 at Dynasty Hotel.”
Tycoon Xu: “Brothers, draw your swords!”
Scenery: “Make sure that my wife is protected, okay?”
Every single one of them were determined to protect the little matchmaker. Since both Wen Luo and Jian Shaoqi were not married yet, it was even more important for them to ensure the safety of their sister-in-law.
After that, Lu Jingzhi sent a private text message to Jiang Yuning: “Drop me a message after you are done with your dinner tonight. I will come over to pick you up.”
“Vera is coming along with me to dinner. You can rest assured that I will be having a lot of fun tonight,” Jiang Yuning replied.
“So you don’t need me to pick you up anymore?”
Jiang Yuning rolled her eyes before she replied immediately: “Yes, I need you to.”
Lu Jingzhi was finally satisfied with the answer and he put his cell phone away.
As soon as Vera saw the number of people who were going to join in the fun tonight, she suddenly felt very excited as she started having more expectations. “Your classmate is really a little unlucky.”
“She doesn’t think that she is unlucky. She think that she is so superior compared to me,” Jiang Yuning replied as she turned around to look at Vera.
“There will be so many people joining in the fun tonight. I am so happy right now. Hahaha…”
…
On the other side, Zhong Hongyu had just stepped out of the recording studio and she was pleasantly surprised because she had not expected Jiang Yuning to agree to meet up with her so easily.
Hehehe. It seemed as though Jiang Yuning was really desperate for resources as she agreed to meet up as soon as she mentioned that she was going to introduce some resource to her.
However, it was not surprising for someone who would accept a measly two thousand yuan to be so desperate for any resources at all.
“I have an appointment tonight, so I will not be having dinner with you,” Zhong Hongyu informed her assistant as she looked at the time on her watch. “I would also need you to help me to set up an appointment with Director Yu tonight. Just tell him that I would like to ask him out for a drink tonight.”
“That…that movie director?” Zhong Hongyu’s assistant stared at her in disbelief. “Isn’t he the director who has been trying to hit on you all these while?”
“Tell him that I have found him a better candidate and he would definitely be satisfied.”
The young assistant could not help but shiver a little as she heard Zhong Hongyu’s words. Who was Sister Hong trying to deal with this time?
“I am also going to stop by Young Master Lin’s house.”
“I am going to bring Young Master Lin along with me tonight.” After all, the person whom she was dealing with tonight was also from the same music course in college. Young Master Lin was the most good-looking guy in college back then, and he was also extremely talented in music.
Zhong Hongyu laughed out loud before she walked out of the recording studio confidently.
Jiang Yuning, you were all the way at the top in the past but what about now?
Now, you are right at the bottom of the chain.
…
Zhong Hongyu and Young Master Lin arrived at Dynasty Hotel at seven o’clock sharp that night. They are very familiar with this hotel because they spent most of their date nights here.
“Hey, Young Master Lin, did you know that the person who will be coming over later used to be the goddess whom you adored in the past? You can both have a good chat to reminisce the past later.”
Young Master Lin was wearing a casual suit as he sat beside Zhong Hongyu. He had a cynical smile and there was a sly expression on his face.
“Aren’t you my goddess now?”
Zhong Hongyu pushed her reddish-brown hair to the back before she smiled vaguely at Young Master Lin.
They were both in a relationship but they did not disclose it to the public.
Young Master Lin was also Zhong Hongyu’s producer. In fact, even before they got into a romantic relationship, the both of them had already began a sexual relationship as soon as she entered the entertainment industry.
“Make sure to look after my roommate later. Try not to embarrass her too much, okay?”
Jiang Yuning was the goddess who had won over the hearts of many of the guys in college as not only was she beautiful and demure, but she was also very talented. However, as soon as Jiang Yuning entered the entertainment industry, they started to look down on her and despise her.
Everyone knew, didn’t they?
None of the women who were in the entertainment industry were clean.
Zhong Hongyu also had a sexual relationship with Young Master Lin as soon as she entered the entertainment circle.
“Speaking of it, I have not seen this classmates of ours for a very long time already. There has also been so much news about her on the Internet recently. This makes me a little curious…”
…
This was the sentence that Jiang Yuning and Vera heard as they arrived at the door of the hotel room.
Curious?
It was better for them not to be curious.
At this time, Jiang Yuning was wearing a black lacey dress and her long black hair was curled and falling right over her shoulders. She looked a little playful, yet still very elegant and charming.
The hotel staff pushed the hotel room door open for Jiang Yuning and Vera to enter.
“Oh look, Yuning is here,” Zhong Hongyu said as she got up from the sofa to welcome Jiang Yuning, who had just entered the room. Zhong Hongyu was surprised when she encountered Jiang Yuning face-to-face.
She had not expected Jiang Yuning to still look so elegant and charming, with the full characteristics of a young lady from a prestigious family even after spending so many years in the entertainment industry.
Chapter 310: You Only Have to Pay…A Small Price
Young Master Lin, who was seated on the sofa, was also shocked when he saw Jiang Yuning.
So many years had passed but Jiang Yuning was still so beautiful. Her skin was still so smooth and tender. Was she really twenty four years old?
It was such a huge contrast if they were to compare both the ladies. Zhong Hongyu looked like an middle-aged woman next to Jiang Yuning.
“Who is this?” Jiang Yuning asked, deliberately acting as she did not know who Young Master Lin was.
“Young Master Lin, the music prodigy in the past. Have you forgotten him already? He was also interested in you and he tried going after you in the past. However, we got into a relationship after that and we are already planning to get married,” Zhong Hongyu replied as she leaned against Young Master Lin to emphasize the relationship between the two of them.
“I see. I really have no recollection of him at all.”
When Young Master Lin heard that Jiang Yuning did not remember him at all, he felt a little offended.
No matter how beautiful she was, it was easy for him to sleep around and get any actress such as herself. He could do it with just a snap of his fingers.
“Yuning, in the past, you were really the most talented student in the music course. At that time, Miss Li really had great expectations and hopes for you. However, who would have expected you to drop out of college so suddenly? You must have suffered a lot in the past few years,” Zhong Hongyu said as she grabbed Jiang Yuning’s hand and pulled her towards the sofa. “Let’s have a really good talk and catch up session tonight. I have not seen you in so many years. I have missed you so much! Tell me about your life for the past few years. How did you get through all of this? Acting must be really tiring and difficult too, right?”
“Everything is fine,” Jiang Yuning simply replied.
“Yuning, you don’t have to feel embarrassed. We are all friends here. Do not hesitate to ask us for help if you need anything. I have also invited a movie director over here tonight so that you can both have a good chat. Who knows? You might be able to enter the movie industry because of him.”
“I am already very grateful towards you for letting me have the endorsement contract for Fairy Tale,” Jiang Yuning replied as she played along with Zhong Hongyu’s charade. “I think you don’t even know how important that contract was to me. It really isn’t easy to make a living in the entertainment industry nowadays. I have to film dramas, participate in variety shows, and so much more. Everyone thinks that I am having a good life because I am getting a little more fame nowadays, but no one knows of the difficulties that I have had to go through to get where I am now…”
Vera was struggling to keep a poker face as she sat next to Jiang Yuning.
Jiang Yuning was truly an impressive actress.
When Zhong Hongyu saw Jiang Yuning finally breaking down and telling them the truth, she could not help but feel extremely pleased. She patted Jiang Yuning’s shoulder gently before she said, “It’s okay. Everything is fine. You have us to depend on in the future.”
“Fate really plays around with people. I was not able to finish college and I still had to earn money to support my family. Life really was a struggle for me.”
‘You are really overdoing this,’ Vera thought to herself.
“Don’t worry, I will definitely help you to get more resources in future.”
Vera continued to hold back her feelings. ‘Who do you think you are? You are just a small time singer with terrible songs.’
“Alright then, thank you so much for your help, Hongyu.”
When Zhong Hongyu saw how polite and grateful Jiang Yuning was, she had really thought that Jiang Yuning was very desperate and miserable. Therefore, she started to look down on Jiang Yuning even more than she already had. Jiang Yuning used to be the prettiest goddess in college, but now, she was just a joke.
“By the way, aren’t you a shareholder of Xiya Hotel? You should be making some money too.”
“I only own a small percentage of the shares, so what use is it to me?”
Zhong Hongyu did not know how to calculate the amount of dividend that Jiang Yuning would be paid with her percentage of shares, so she simply nodded her head. “You are right. It only sounds glamorous but you are not getting much anyway.”
Vera almost laughed out loud at this point because she could not believe how dumb and naïve Zhong Hongyu was at math. For a world-renowned hotel like Xiya Hotel, even one percent of its shares would generate a huge amount of dividend for the shareholder. Moreover, the amount of shares that Jiang Yuning owned was definitely more than a small percentage.
“Since we used to be classmates in the past, I will introduce someone to you. Since you are still single, I have a lot of good friends who are established producers and directors. I believe that you will definitely be able to get along with them. That way, you can be able to relax a little and have life a bit easier for you,” Young Master Lin suddenly proposed at this time.
In fact, he had the intention to play around with Jiang Yuning but he could not do so because Zhong Hongyu was around.
As for the buddies that he wanted to introduce to Jiang Yuning, they were all also playboys who would be willing to share the women that they had fun with among themselves.
Although Young Master Lin was good looking and he was a music prodigy, Jiang Yuning could see the desire and evil thoughts that he had in his eyes.
These kind of men were not only lustful, self-righteous, and arrogant, but they were also extremely shameless.
“Are you sure your buddies are reliable?” Zhong Hongyu asked as she nudged Young Master Lin. “Don’t push Yuning into a bottomless pit.”
“Don’t worry about it. His ex-girlfriend is the actress who won an award for her movie last year. He is a good man.”
“Wow! He must be really amazing, then!” Jiang Yuning suddenly exclaimed with an expression of admiration on her face. “I would like to win an award for myself too.”
Zhong Hongyu felt incredulous as she stared at Jiang Yuning, who was still as sweet and naïve as she was during her college days.
This was not the Jiang Yuning that she heard about in all the rumors.
“Yuning, you…you are not the person that you seem to be on the variety program.”
That Jiang Yuning as smart and intelligent and she was definitely not as foolish and dumb as the Jiang Yuning sitting before her.
“Don’t you know that everything in the variety program is pre-planned?”
After listening to Jiang Yuning’s words, Vera almost spat out her drink. ‘Yuning, how much further do you intend to take this?’ Vera thought.
“It’s no wonder. I was really surprised because the Jiang Yuning on the variety program is totally different from the Jiang Yuning we used to know in college,” Zhong Hongyu replied.
As the three of them continued chatting, Director Yu had arrived at the hotel room. He was a man with a short stature and he wore glasses as he entered the hotel room dressed in a suit.
“Yuning, hurry up. This is Director Yu.”
“Director Yu, this is Jiang Yuning.”
Zhong Hongyu quickly introduced the both of us.
Director Yu was initially obsessed with Zhong Hongyu and he initially felt that she was so beautiful that she could stimulate any man’s sexual desire.
However, he changed his mind and target as soon as he saw Jiang Yuning. He could not believe his own eyes. “Miss Jiang, you are so beautiful.”
“Thank you for the compliment, Director Yu,” Jiang Yuning replied as she smiled.
Vera could not bear it anymore. What kind of crooked date was this? Did Jiang Yuning really deserved this kind of date?
It was obvious that Zhong Hongyu had wanted to mock and humiliate Jiang Yuning. Did she really expect Jiang Yuning to accompany this kind of garbage?
If Zhong Hongyu had introduced a director who produced decent movies, she would not be so angry. Zhong Hongyu’s ill intention was obvious.
Both men who were having dirty thoughts about Jiang Yuning were probably seeking their own deaths. They actually dared to set their sights on Second Young Master Lu’s woman?
Jiang Yuning knew that Vera could not take it anymore, but she placed her hand over Vera’s hand to calm her down. What was the hurry anyway?
She was not done acting.
“Director Yu, please make sure to look after Yuning. If you have any good movie or drama opportunities, please do not hesitate to offer it to Yuning.”
Director Yu kept trying to get closer to Jiang Yuning as he sat on the sofa but he could not get any closer to her because Vera was sitting in between the both of them. Therefore he pushed his glasses up before he smiled and say, “That would not be a problem at all. Miss Jiang is so beautiful. Who would not want to cast her in a movie?”
“Miss Jiang, I am not boasting right now but I will be directing and co-producing an action film with some foreign directors soon. When the time comes, the movie will definitely generate a lot of heat and attention and I believe that we will definitely be able to secure some awards with this movie.”
“I…I have not acted in any movie before so I am a little worried,” Jiang Yuning replied. “Moreover, there would definitely be many good actresses competing for the role of the female lead in the movie. Director Yu, I am not that confident.”
“Why aren’t you confident?” Director Yu retorted immediately. “You only have to pay…a small price.”
“What would you like me to do, Director Yu?” Jiang Yuning asked with a gentle voice as she looked at the piece of garbage sitting in front of her.