A struggling actor who rises from obscurity to become an award-winning star × the heir to a business empire
Lin Jianqing comes from an ordinary background but has a pure dream of becoming an actor. For five years, he struggles at the bottom of the entertainment industry, enduring cold stares and unfair treatment. By chance, he catches the eye of Jiang Chengyu, head of Xing Shuo Media, one of the country’s entertainment giants. Tempting him with top-tier resources, Jiang Chengyu offers him an exclusive three-year contract and promises to make him a star.
Lin Jianqing thinks he’s found a lifeline, unaware that he has stepped into a carefully laid trap. Jiang Chengyu is cold and controlling. What draws him to Lin Jianqing is not only his potential, but also his eyes, so much like those of the person he remembers as his first love. In a relationship that begins as a transaction with Lin Jianqing playing a stand-in, he struggles between fame and dignity, caught in the torment of Jiang Chengyu’s alternating tenderness and icy indifference.
At last, after winning the Best Actor award on the strength of his talent, Lin Jianqing thinks he has earned love and dignity. Then he unexpectedly discovers the truth about being a stand-in. Heartbroken, he leaves without hesitation. Only after losing Lin Jianqing does Jiang Chengyu finally understand that the ray of sunshine he tried to imprison has become the one irreplaceable person in his life. And so begins the story of a top CEO who regrets everything, casts aside his pride and status, and desperately tries to win his lover back.
It's a bit cruel, but it's good. Lin Jianqing is a very sober and strong person, and Jiang Chengyu is a fool who can't always recognize his own heart. But fortunately, both of them firmly choose each other. I like this kind of story where the superior bows down for love. Jiang Chengyu realizes his own heart. And mistakes, but also willing to change, this is enough. This novel also clearly explains one thing: "True love is fighting side by side, no doubt, respect and understanding, and equality." Supporting each other on the road of life also becomes each other's strength. It is different from the novels I have read in the past. The timeline is relatively rushed and there are few intimate scenes in the novel. But overall it is very good, so I chose to give it five stars. I hope that Jiang Chengyu and Lin Jianqing in the parallel world will live long and have no doubts about their love.