Working with her meant they didn’t need to worry about shortage of capital or any other form of resources or networking. Other investors brought money with them wanting to work with her; producers and screenwriters brought scripts with them to plead for her investment; actors and actresses all wanted to have facetime and a good relationship with her.
Investors from the past, looking at the success of Xinri’s productions, were already celebrating with cigars and red wine. Director Lu Sen had just earned his best director award. Yu Yi, who had partnered up with her in the past, had just landed his very first second male lead role in a movie and was moving onto the big screen.
These were the benefits of partnering with Lin Yiyi.
That being said, the more successful Lin Yiyi had become, the more the public wanted to compare Meng Yan’s two wives.
Zhang Xiying’s success, when compared to Lin Yiyi's, became insignificant all of a sudden.
She had just received a good script and was still fantasizing about how much praise she would receive after it was filmed when Lin Yiyi’s big investment in an epic movie made the news again.
This sort of thing had happened so often that she didn’t even want to get upset anymore.
Another most trending list placement on Lin Yiyi’s side had made her son known to all. This would also bring a round of publicity for Meng Yan.
Take this time for example, Zhang Xiying had been invited to a local variety show that has a very high rating. She overheard what others were saying behind her back right outside of the dressing room.
“I heard that Zhang Xiying will be here today.”
“Wasn’t Brother Yan’s son talked about in the last couple of days? They said that Brother Yan didn’t even go visit his son. The news was suppressed by their marketing team, but those who are in the knows found out anyway… Do you think Zhang Xiying was the one who stopped him from seeing his son?”
“Stuff like this happens more often than not. Will you allow your husband to go meet up with his ex-wife? Yeah, he is going to visit his kids, but who knows if the two of them will pick up where they have left off once they meet up.”
“Lin Yiyi is going up and up now. It’d only be normal if Meng Yan wants to get back with her.”
“Welp, it’s just not easy to be a stepmother.”
Zhang Xiying, “……”
There were private dressing rooms behind the studio. As soon as Zhang Xiying had gotten inside of her room, she threw herself onto a small couch.
Her assistant had gone out looking for her. When the assistant returned, she poured Zhang Xiying a glass of water. “Sister Xiying, they are just speculating mindlessly. Don’t mind them.”
Zhang Xiying had heard so much gossip recently. She wouldn’t be able to go on with her life if she was to get upset over every single one of them.
That being said…
There was still this oppressed feeling inside of her chest!
Taking the glass of hot water from her assistant, she took a sip from it and immediately spit it back out. “Are you trying to kill me? This is too hot to drink…”
The assistant looked at her apologetically.
“Nothing has been going well for me lately. I should just stay home and have a kid…”
Zhang Xiying’s thoughts on having kids had changed since she and Meng Yan had last talked about it.
Lin Yiyi’s son was only famed all of a sudden because he was the son of Meng Yan.
And now, Meng Yan was already her husband. If she was to have a child with Meng Yan, that would put Lin Yiyi’s two children in awkward positions.
More importantly, Meng Yan had almost no relationships with his two children. If she could have a child with him right now, she was confident that all of his attention would be refocused onto their child!
They needed to have children eventually anyway…
To some actors, being away from the public’s sight for a few months would be like being tossed aside. But she wasn’t one of them. Her husband was a film emperor. Topics on the two of them would never come to an end.
Besides, once word got out that she was pregnant, she would be able to draw attention from time to time.
She was confident that she could easily have a child, rest for 2 ~ 3 months afterward, and make her return like nothing had happened.
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At the same moment, Meng Yuran and Meng Shanshan had no idea that they would soon have a baby brother or sister that would compete with them for their father’s attention. Even if they knew, they probably wouldn’t care.
The Lin’s family was talking about how to celebrate Christmas.
New Year’s Day would be on a Monday so they would have three days off. Perhaps they could plan for a short trip.
Right now, what bothered Meng Yuran the most was the two unwelcome guests who were also involved in the discussion of this family trip.