[Strong female lead, character-driven growth, a gallery of women in the entertainment industry]
In her fifth year in the industry, Wen Qingshui watches as the characters she created are altered beyond recognition.
Her best friend of nine years, unwilling to bow her head, lies in a coma after an “accident.”
An industry veteran pats her on the shoulder and says earnestly, “Qingshui, that’s just how things work.”
She silently erases the handwriting on the script that doesn’t belong to her and wonders for the first time: If I were the one behind the camera, would the ending be different?
Her rules become the industry’s new standard.
A popular idol is exposed for dating at the height of their career? She verifies the facts, then terminates their contract, personally cutting off the golden goose she raised.
An actor mocked for not being good-looking enough gets a leading role in a script that transforms their image. Their acting silences every doubter.
She spends a fortune sending her team overseas to learn top-tier cinematography. One of them returns with their new skills and joins a rival company. When people press her for a response, she only smiles. “We’ll cross paths again. I wish you well.”
From short dramas nobody watched, to a breakout hit that takes the industry by storm, to a critically acclaimed work sweeping awards season...
She climbs higher and higher, leaving countless overturned “industry conventions” behind her, along with more and more eyes lit up with hope.
At the height of her fame, someone swears they’re going to expose her for “using the company to launder money and run an underground business.”
The whole internet erupts, waiting for her downfall.
But what’s exposed in the end is a subsidiary she has operated for years, specializing in high-quality games and audio dramas for women.
Its website is clean and welcoming, and its comments section is filled with heartfelt thanks from girls.
Not long after the storm subsides, it’s the night of the Golden Ling Awards.
Wen Qingshui takes home the Best Director trophy for City Summer, with camera flashes glittering like a river of stars.
A reporter doggedly asks, “Director Wen, about those rumors from before...”
She turns, her gaze clear as she faces all the cameras, and raises the trophy in her hand slightly.
“As long as I uphold my moral principles, every insult you throw at me comes from your inability to do the same.”
[From screenwriter to director, she spends five years getting closer to the truth]
[Every insult you throw at me comes from your inability to do the same]
Reading Guide
1. A strong female lead’s growth: No rebirth or transmigration, and no golden finger. She works her way up from a screenwriter at the bottom to a top director, taking every step herself.
2. Plot-driven, with several romance arcs. Read with care if that’s not your thing.
Theme: A powerful woman sets the entertainment industry straight
Shen Mingyue should be Shen Shuhe, right? [Cat's claw][cat's claw][cat's claw]
Isn't Director Xu on strike? The heroine's team replaced him, shouldn't he be kicked out of the crew? Why is he still the director?
In the short play, the actresses are all beautiful in different ways, and the male actors are all ugly in different ways.
People who are ambitious, capable, planning and determined to go on are so attractive.
The heroine seems to be a calm person, she doesn't talk much, and her voice should be gentle and light. But he is very powerful when he stands up for things. The whole writing style is a little fresh, not the kind of passionate/exciting/top-level writing, just like the heroine, cold, cool and refreshing.
I hope there won't be any emotional scenes involving Mr. Yan, I feel like he's weird. The aunt is the chairman of the board, and he has the feeling that he is always inferior to women (aunt), and whenever he meets such an outstanding woman as the heroine, he wants to suppress her in the development stage.
Ahhhh, I can't reply directly, I'm really looking forward to it! Love you! Squat update 🥰
Eh? Is this a repeat of the previous chapter?