Chapter 28 Proposal and Rejection
Before Director Zheng appeared, Zhong Ling was criticized, and there were many comments on the Internet that she was a vase actress.
Except for Ye Chen, Zhong Ling didn't have any friends in the circle, but she didn't expect Shen Lian to send a long series of text messages to comfort her.
"Although the outside world always says that Huaying and Leyu are enemies, I have always regarded you as a good friend."
"Don't take those words to heart. Many powerful actors have come from the controversy. Work hard and be serious. When filming, just use the trophy to prove it to them, you'll be fine."
As a future young actor in the circle, Shen Lian's acting skills are not bad, but he is not honed enough now, and he is the same as Zhong Ling. , is regarded by many people as a little fresh meat that absorbs traffic by the face.
The same situation made Shen Lian feel the same about Zhong Ling's current situation, and he also had a good impression of Zhong Ling, so he came to comfort her.
Zhong Ling's heart warmed. Shen Lian was a serious and gentle big boy. Compared with Zhuang Yan's big pig's trotter, she still had a good impression of the second male lead in the original book.
Unfortunately, the current position of the two is destined to prevent them from having too much in-depth communication.
Thinking of Zhuang Yan, Zhong Ling's mood sank slightly.
Whether it was Xu Anran or Zhuang Yan who was behind this incident, Zhong Ling couldn't be sure, but his vigilance was already the highest.
Zhuang Yan personally threatened her with the fact that the Zhongs and his wife were gambling. Although in the original book, the reason for the huge debts of the Zhongs and his wife was not to be seduced by Zhuang Yan, but now that the plot has changed, Zhong Ling is really afraid that the neurotic will have a convulsion. She ran to her parents who were confused.
Even if she is killed, she will not sell herself to pay the debts for the Zhong family, but this does not mean that Zhong Ling wants to see her grandmother and Zhong Haoran also in crisis.
During the Chinese New Year this year, she must go back to her hometown in the south to find a way to solve the problems of the Zhong family, preferably once and for all.
Although she hasn't returned home yet, Zhong Ling still calls her family every Saturday to keep her safe.
It's just that her relationship with her parents fell out, and the phone was basically either to Grandma Zhong or Zhong Haoran.
During the call, Zhong Ling tapped Zhong Haoran as usual and asked about his study status.
In her last life, she also had a younger sister named Zhong Han, who was one year older than Zhong Haoran and was only in the third year of high school.
The two sisters have a very good relationship. Now that they came to this world, Zhong Ling instinctively relied on Zhong Haoran's feelings for her sister.
Yuanshen's academic performance is very high, Zhong Haoran has followed his sister as an example since he was a child, and ranked very high in the school.
It's just that Zhong Ling's hot search has been getting more and more recently. As soon as Zhong Haoran hears a little trouble, he has to hurriedly call to ask.
The Zhongs only know how to play cards all day, and Grandma Zhong doesn't know how to play Weibo, but she doesn't know much about these things.
"Sister, are you not being bullied? Why do those people on Weibo keep smearing you..."
As a polite three-good student, God knows how many rounds Zhong Haoran has fought with internet trolls these days.
"Don't worry, I'm doing fine in the company, someone is black and it means that the old lady is hot!"
Zhong Ling didn't talk about her own affairs, but just told Zhong Haoran again and again, let Grandma Zhong keep an eye on her parents these days, and don't let them stop playing cards.
"Sister, don't worry, I did what you said last time, and my parents have played cards much less recently."
Every time he called, Zhong Ling had to complain about his parents' addiction to playing cards. Zhong Haoran was used to it.
Once before, Zhong Ling asked him to admonish his parents like this, saying that he was going to apply to a top university in the imperial capital in the future, and the tuition fee for the selected major was very expensive.
Although the Zhong family loves to play cards, they really love their son. Thinking of saving his son's living expenses and tuition for college, they both made up their minds and reduced the frequency of going to the chess and card room.
Zhong Ling couldn't help but rolled his eyes in his heart, that's not enough, it's better to quit that thing.
There are many people who play poker purely for entertainment, but the parents love to gamble and lose more than 2,000 a day at the most extreme.
"Anyway, let them play cards less. Don't be like when you were young. You lost all your New Year's money. When I come back, I don't want to drink the Northwest Wind."
Zhong Haoran responded and said in surprise, "Sister, you are coming back for the New Year this year. ?"
"Well, I signed with Huaying last month. All small artists are paid a basic salary, and I usually take some commercials and save some money."
Zhong Ling didn't mention the film remuneration, she would pay for the film every month. I fixed money to go back, but I gave all the money to Grandma Zhong.
Her parents often scolded her for being a white-eyed wolf, but Zhong Ling just turned a deaf ear. She knew that the money could only be kept in Grandma Zhong's hands.
"Oh...then you must cover it up, don't let your parents know, anyway, they don't understand this, I'll help you hide it."
Zhong Haoran said, since the summer vacation when he accidentally learned that Zhong Ling is not his at all After he became his sister, he really couldn't bear what his parents did.
Zhong Ling has been raised since she was a child. Her parents are very partial. The one who really pulled her up was Grandma Zhong.
...
Zhong Ling was worried that Zhuang Banquet would stumble, but the situation in her hometown has always been normal. She didn't know, thanks to Yin Xun, Zhuang Yan was busy like a dog these days, and couldn't do anything to her at all.
Yin Xun's business acumen is well-known in the industry, and his behavior is far more brutal than his serious and cautious appearance.
In the original work, even if Huaying never had the two major streams of Ye Chen and Zhong Ling, it still caused Leyu to suffer several crises.
Previously, Yin Xun asked Tan Yuze to go abroad to discuss cooperation, and he stole a business that Le Yu had long been optimistic about. Obviously, the negotiation was about to be completed. East flow.
Not only could Zhuang Yan not be able to pull away, but even if he pulled away, facing Hua Ying's impermeable copper and iron wall, he couldn't do anything to Zhong Ling.
Only after the filming of "Longevity" starts, can Zhuang Yan move.
At that time, as long as he gives a hint, needless to say, Shen Lian and Tang Qingqing will make it difficult for Zhong Ling.
All his spare time was spent on Xu Anran.
There are several dark horses in the music world this year. The most powerful Ye Chen was snatched by Huaying, while the newcomers that Leyu specially picked up from "The King of Variety Singers" performed mediocrely, and they brought them with them after a while. No traffic.
It was probably because Ye Chen was too popular, and Xu Anran's new album's performance was not as good as expected.
What is even more troublesome is that Huaying's envoys kicked Xu Anran out of the original music team of "Longevity".
Mr. Shen had never had contact with young singers like Xu Anran, but he had been Ye Chen's music mentor in "The Voice of the Heart", and he accompanied him all the way and won the championship of the season.
Le Yu signed Shen Lian, and originally planned to pass him and let Xu Anran and Old Man Shen lead the line. The ghost knew that he would not give any face, so he turned a blind eye to this matter.
Whether it was Zhuang Yan or Xu Anran, they knew in their hearts that Yin Xun had done a good deed, which was an unbearable fact for Xu Anran.
He knew that Xu Anran had been in love with him for many years, but he still did such ruthless things to Xu Anran in order to support Huaying's artists.
"An Ran, don't cry, I'll ask the agent to change your partner. Besides "Longevity", there are still several potential IP dramas to be produced next year."
Zhuang Yan comforted her with a complicated mood. After meeting Zhong Ling, he originally thought that his feelings for Xu Anran all his life were at the level of family affection.
But at the moment, the sourness in his heart was whether he felt distressed for Xu Anran, or jealous and angered at her thinking about Yin Xun, and he couldn't tell.
When Xu Anran was sobbing in Zhuang Yan's arms, she only felt that her heart and left leg were aching.
She wouldn't know what the real cause of the secondary consequence was.
...
Ye Chen released a new single "Protecting Color" on Christmas Day.
In just a few days, her new song hit the music charts again, breaking previous records.
Before that, Xu Anran's new songs had been suppressed by Ye Chen.
After the release of the full version of "Chase", the music app reached 10,000 comments within a few days. Now two months have passed, and the comments have exceeded 100,000, which clearly proves how popular Ye Chen is. horrible.
The ranking of this song has been high. Previously, the agent contacted well-known lyricists and composers in the circle for her to cooperate twice, and Ye Chen sang the single created by the other party, but the two songs failed to catch up. The popularity of "Chase".
It was not until the release of Ye Chen's original song "Protecting Color" that he broke the record of "Chasing".
Although Ye Chen did not learn music since she was a child, with 80% of talent and 12% of hard work, her transformation in just two months is extremely amazing.
She sits in the practice room until late every day. With favorable conditions, she tirelessly absorbs music theory knowledge like a sponge.
Old Master Shen once praised Ye Chen, saying that her personal style is very unique and attractive, which is very rare.
Many singers spend a few years, but they may not be able to explore and hone their own style.
Even Xue Lan sighed, "Give her another ten years, and she must be the next Asian queen."
Xue Lan's eyes are very high, and the "Queen" in her mouth is not a casual catch, anyone can afford it.
After many Chinese singers went abroad, not many people knew them, but Xue Lan had already seen the potential in Ye Chen at this moment.
Ye Chen's timbre is unique and catchy, and the rhythm and pitch are very strong. Because the sound is neutral, trying European and American styles can also be sonorous and powerful.
Her appearance condition is also very good, tall stature, more three-dimensional facial features, strong plasticity.
In fact, Zhong Ling doesn't really like listening to pop songs, her music taste is very old.
Under the influence of her parents since she was a child, she especially loved to listen to the songs of "Shanghai Bund" and "Sweet Honey", but Ye Chen's songs always made her repeat infinitely many times.
"Good brother, I'm waiting for you to become an Asian queen, remember to take me to fly!" Zhong Ling patted her on the shoulder, "Don't ask for anything else, change tomorrow when you are on tour around the world, I will Just go to the stage and be a backup dancer, and you can also take care of the camera."
"In this case, I am also a person standing on the international stage!"
"God, what an Asian queen, if you continue to praise me, I will inflate into a balloon, your queen. Now I can't even read English words accurately."
Ye Chen laughed and made trouble with her, and didn't have much confidence in himself as a scumbag.
It's just that after ten years of hard work, she looks back on the ups and downs of this journey and feels a lot of emotion.
After the release of the new single, Ye Chen once again threw himself into the participation and cooperation of the original music team of "Longevity".
Ye Chen was overjoyed and shivering at the chance to suddenly hit her head. She really doubted whether Yin Xun had any other thoughts about her.
It was only very soon that Ye Chen realized that she seemed to have misunderstood something.
Yin Xun has always woken up very early. If he rested in the company dormitory on weekdays, he would knock on the door to wake them up after he went downstairs.
Ye Chen was used to the biological clock of getting up early and going to bed early, but Zhong Ling was a bed-lover. When she has class in the morning, she basically sets six alarm clocks on her mobile phone, which ring every five minutes from 6:00 am to 6:30 am.
Soon, Ye Chen found out that Yin Xun knocked on the door to wake Zhong Ling up, not her.
Because one morning, Zhong Ling was still not seen at half past six, so Yin Xun went up to the fifth floor and knocked on the door.
There are five school days a week, and there are always three mornings where Zhong Ling can be seen in a panic.
Students majoring in the performance department have to practice in the morning. The so-called morning practice, that is, everyone gets up in the morning to practice speaking lines, is counted as attendance.
Zhong Ling wanted to cry, pity her, a graduated person, to suffer such a crime, it was simply unbearable.
Sometimes Yin Xun would appear at the door of the company intentionally or unintentionally, saying that he was going out to do errands, and he would drop her off on the way.
Zhong Ling gave him a deep look, and said solemnly, "Mr. Yin, your car is too cool. When others see me getting off your car, they might think I'm being taken care of by someone.
" After Zhong Ling thanked her and left, Yin Xun's body froze, and he silently bought an inconspicuous old used car at the fastest speed.
When Zhong Ling got out of class in the evening, the window of a rather shabby-looking used car at the school gate rolled down, revealing Yin Xun who beckoned to her.
"Get in the car, I'm coming back from work, and I happened to pass by your school. Let's go back to the company together."
Yin Xun sat in the gray driver's seat. The old-fashioned and backward style of the car was incompatible with his temperament, making Zhong Ling feel like a A pearl fell into a pit of shit.
Looking at Zhong Ling's inscrutable eyes, Yin Xun coughed lightly and explained calmly.
"My car broke down, and this car was borrowed from someone else."
Such a poor excuse would make a fool take it seriously. Zhong Ling didn't believe that there were people in his circle of friends who couldn't afford a luxury car. But on second thought, no, can't she afford it?
Zhong Ling got into the car silently, and the two were speechless for a while.
The strategy article said that expressing your intentions to girls should not be made explicit, otherwise it will make the other party feel abrupt and greatly reduce the possibility of pursuing success.
The beginning of love is to be hazy.
Yin Xun quietly observed Zhong Ling's reaction through the front-view mirror. He did it so clearly, why couldn't Zhong Ling still understand?
However, Zhong Ling had already slept like a dead dog.
Yin Xun: "..."
...
Yin Xun thought that the little tricks he secretly pursued were very secret, but he couldn't hide it from Ye Chen, who was in the same room as Zhong Ling.
Ye Chen had discovered that Tan Yuze had suddenly changed his temper recently. Instead of pestering Zhong Ling, he walked around her, trying to create opportunities for Zhong Ling and Yin Xun to be alone for various reasons.
She secretly asked Zhong Ling, "I feel...is the boss chasing you?"
"It seems...should...yes..."
"That means his sexual orientation is normal? Sure enough, the rumors outside are all nonsense. Ba Dao, it made me worry about it for so long."
Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly realizing that his focus was skewed, and hurriedly asked, "Then what do you think?"
"What else can you think?" Zhong Ling looked at her blankly. With a glance, he shook his head and lowered his eyes, "I don't think I'm a real-life version of Cinderella, and I don't want to meet another Zhuang Yan again.
" Go..." Ye Chen felt that Yin Xun was much stronger than Zhuang Yan in every aspect, except that he was a little strict on weekdays.
"The difference is too big, it's impossible." Zhong Ling said firmly.
Ye Chen knew that, as a girl, she understood what Zhong Ling meant.
"He's a twenty-six-year-old man, I'm only nineteen, how can such a succulent cabbage be casually bowed?"
Ye Chen slightly shook the corner of his mouth: "..."
"Besides, an artist can't be casual. Falling in love."
Zhong Ling seemed reluctant to bring up this matter, so Ye Chen didn't ask any more, she had never been in a relationship, and only felt that women who had been hurt in love might be somewhat resistant to this.
However, Yin Xun was not sure what Zhong Ling's silence meant. He read the strategy article again, and the answerer said that when encountering such a situation, the girl may be shy, and when he waits for him to take the initiative, it should be more obvious. .
When Zhong Ling was called by him to the office alone, Yin Xun was sitting on a swivel chair and flipping through a brochure.
"The boss asked me for something?"
Seeing Zhong Ling coming, he motioned for Zhong Ling to sit down, got up, handed the booklet in his hand to her on the sofa, and sat beside her.
Zhong Ling's eyelids jumped, the distance between them was very close, Yin Xun would not be so close to other opposite sex.
"This is...?"
She opened the booklet and looked at it, and found that it was full of design drawings of wedding rings, each of which was extremely delicate, and it could be seen that she took great care to design it, and there were ten models in total. .
Yin Xun looked at the brochure with her, and suddenly said, "Which one do you like? I will order which one you like."
Zhong Ling's little heart beat fast, "..."
This is too exciting Now, as soon as you come up, you don't even have a confession, so you just propose marriage?
Her face flushed slightly, and after holding it for a long time, she finally couldn't help but blurt out, "Do you want to soak me?"
"No, I want to marry you." Yin Xun shook her head and looked up at her, "I'm serious. Yes, I had someone start making this booklet early in the morning."
Zhong Ling didn't know how to face Yin Xun for a while, and she, who was always eloquent, actually stuttered at this moment.
"Don't you like women..."
Zhong Ling's fingers tightened slightly, and the nails stabbed into the palm of his hand unconsciously. Seeing this scene, Yin Xun raised her hand and grasped her hand. Break lightly.
He didn't resist approaching Zhong Ling at all, and even looked forward to getting closer to her. No matter whether it is touching or hugging, only Zhong Ling can make him feel closer and closer.
"I don't like it, but you are different. I like you."
Why there are rumors that he doesn't like women? Yin Xun didn't hide his mental illness at all, and told her all honestly.
Zhong Ling's expression was dazed, it turned out that this was the real reason why the other party didn't like women.
"I haven't chased any girls, and I won't chase girls, but I'm eager to get close to you and want you to know my heart."
The temperature of those hands touching was almost boiling hot to Zhong Ling.
"Zhong Ling, I'm serious, I'm not joking, and I won't be the same as Zhuang Yan. You are the only person I want to be close to, the only medicine I have, and only you in my life."
"Apart from you, who am I? Women don't want to approach, it was like this before, it's like this now, and it's been like this all my life."
Yin Xun's voice was still clear, but it was softer than before, Zhong Ling could see her dazed reflection in his eyes.
Zhong Ling was almost lost in his voice and eyes, but in just a few seconds, she immediately regained her senses.
"Boss, artists can't fall in love casually. Sister Lan also advised me. If you want to develop well, don't think about falling in love in the past few years."
She abruptly pulled her hand from Yin Xun's palm, jumped up from the sofa, and put the Returning the wedding ring design book to the other party, bowed and left the office as quickly as possible.
Yin Xun felt the temperature disappearing from his palm, and quietly watched her fleeing back.
Zhong Ling is so smart, how could he not know that if he agrees to his pursuit, not only will it not affect his career, but it will also be of great help.
The girl rejected him mercilessly, perhaps a little shy, but more of a resistance and unease.
Zhong Ling has always been careless and heartless. Yin Xun has never seen such an expression on her face.
It is false to say in his heart that he is not lost and sad, or maybe he is too anxious. When he encounters a different color in his life, he can't wait to have it.
Yin Xun didn't understand the girl's heart, but if the unpleasant experience with Zhuang Yan made Zhong Ling feel uneasy and scared, then he was willing to pay and wait first.
...
Zhong Ling went back to the room with a lot of thought and fell asleep. Ye Chen thought she was sleepy, so he lightly did not disturb her.
After these days of getting along, Yin Xun's favorability level has risen to 65 points, so Zhong Ling naturally wouldn't think he was joking.
She was afraid that Yin Xun's favorability would rise, saying that she was afraid that men would bring disaster, but the real reason for her fear was only clear to her.
Zhong Ling had never been in a relationship in two lifetimes, but the moment she saw that Yin Xun had even started preparing for her wedding ring, it was a lie in her heart to say that she was not moved.
In the face of such a handsome and rich man, she kept saying that she was a unique and special existence in his heart. She had imagined countless times in her girlhood, and she almost couldn't help agreeing to marry just now.
But Zhong Ling did not forget why he came to this world.
The system once clearly told her that if she wanted to live in this world like a normal person forever without relying on happiness, she had to complete the mission and goal of being a winner in life.
Zhong Ling still remembered what the specific requirements of that mission were.
To meet the minimum completion criteria for the ultimate mission, at least two relatives, one of the opposite sex and one of the same sex must all have 100 favorability points, and earn 100 million.
At first, she thought it was the hardest to earn 100 million yuan, but now it seems that it is the easiest.
At least as long as she works hard to develop in Huaying, she will be able to achieve this goal sooner or later.
But the feeling is different.
Not to mention that the Zhong couple's favorability rating is only 40 points, and Grandma Zhong and Zhong Haoran's family who treat her with sincerity only have 95 points.
Zhong Ling never doubted that her friendship with Ye Chen was a bit false. She liked Ye Chen, and Ye Chen also liked her. Zhong Ling was sure of this.
But Rao is that she and Ye Chen have spent the storm with each other until today. They went to the blue wine to find her in the middle of the night and help her win the opportunity to enter Huaying, but Ye Chen's favor has stayed at 90 o'clock for a long time.
Since that time, Zhong Ling has gradually realized that reaching 100 favorability points is not an easy task.
The way to obtain happiness points is also very clear, except for the occasional career line and friendship line tasks, which can only be obtained by taking the initiative to entangle with Zhuang Yan and Xu Anran.
She didn't want to go that way, so she didn't have many happiness points on her hands.
1 point of happiness can only be exchanged for 1 day of life. Zhong Ling has calculated carefully, she may not live to this time next year.
If in the near future, one day she will quietly leave this world, then why add to the pain.
Zhong Ling buried his entire face in the pillow.
She was originally alone and didn't care about anything. After she had a relationship with people in this world and had a hard-to-separate relationship, melancholy and fear all flooded in like a tide.
No one can help her.
...
After politely rejecting Yin Xun, the atmosphere between the two was a little awkward.
Yin Xun still looked as usual, and her usual attitude towards her was even more gentle now.
Zhong Ling had no choice but to avoid him as much as possible. Fortunately, the final exam was approaching, so she was so engrossed in her studies that she didn't have the heart to think about those things.
Because of the conflict between the final exam and the company's annual meeting, Zhong Ling did not attend either.
After she booked the air ticket in advance, she hurriedly embarked on the way home, and said goodbye to Ye Chen about Yuze and others, but she did not see Yin Xun alone.
Tan Yuze looked at Yin Xun's expressionless face, resisted the smile in his heart, patted his shoulder and sighed sadly: "Alas, it seems that this year, Brother Xun is the same as me, and he is destined to not be able to bring his girlfriend back. It 's New Year's Eve at home..."
He probably encountered Mercury retrograde this year, and he didn't catch a single girlfriend for half a year, which is really bad.
The author has something to say: Zhong Ling: Damn dog system, Jingte digs a hole for me, if the policy was wrong and went to attack the second male, I would have a lover and eventually become a brother and sister.
Zhong Ling: There is also the favorability of relatives. This Nima waited for me to work hard to fill up the favorability of my grandma and brother, and finally told me and the other party that we are not relatives, not friends, and what kind of dog is on our minds!
System: emmm... We are a copy of nightmare-level abuse.
Buddhist Zhong Ling waited for death for three consecutive times: if he was not saved, he could not live, and he waited to die.
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2333, don't worry, Lingling will know right away that she is not biological.
Yin Xun: Hiding is useless, I will chase to the ends of the earth.