Saving the Superstar

Pen name update: New pen name: Feng Xie Shi Xia. Weibo: @Dangshi Mao Please add the neighboring novel Assassinate the Imperial Guard, My Lord to your favorites~ The neighboring novel Broomstick Queen is open for advance reservations. Blurb One Cheng Jiao, the entertainment industry's top-traffic queen and ratings queen during prime time, is also a three-time consecutive winner and the record-holder since the Golden Broom Awards began: the Golden Broom Best Actress. Reporter: I hear this is your third Golden Broom Award. How do you feel? I think I'm still young. I'm not in a hurry to improve my acting, because you can't force it even if you are in a hurry. Besides, acting isn't what I make a living from. --Cheng Jiao, top-traffic queen, little princess of the capital, three-time Golden Broom Award winner. Cheng Jiao had never planned to become a good actress. Acting was tiring, and being a good actress was even more tiring. She only wanted to quietly become a household-name superstar. But while Cheng Jiao was muddling along in the entertainment industry, she suddenly heard that her idol was returning to the country. Liang Heng had once won eight Best Actor awards for a single film and swept the three major international awards. His directorial debut had won countless awards. He had been out of the industry for eight years, but his legend lived on. He was returning to select the cast for a film he'd spent eight years preparing. As soon as the news came out, hundreds and thousands of actresses rushed to audition. Cheng Jiao's manager suddenly noticed that the little princess seemed like a different person these days. She had become ambitious. She no longer used stand-ins or demanded an air-conditioned room when filming. For you, I want to become a better version of myself. Blurb Two Liang Heng liked encouraging actors, and every day after filming wrapped, he praised the actors who had performed well. Cheng Jiao wanted his encouragement, so every day she waited eagerly for him to praise her, wrapping up ten minutes later than everyone else. But Liang Heng never praised her. Finally, one day, Cheng Jiao couldn't take it anymore. She asked him outright, "Director Liang, do you think my acting is terrible? Why do you never praise me?" Liang Heng smiled with pursed lips, looking at Cheng Jiao sitting on his lap, and finally praised her: "That kissing scene just now was good." What's it like to fall in love with someone? It's as if you suddenly have a weakness, but also as if you've suddenly put on armor. Blurb One The Best Actress Zuo Ye was reborn in 2003, an era ravaged by SARS and crowded with superstars. If she could do it all over again, she would snatch Chen Fei from the hands of death. She would keep him alive. Blurb Two The Entertainment Industry's Face-Slapping Couple, Daily Life Reporter: I hear you're really "good" at card games? Zuo Ye: Oh? How did you know? Chen Fei must have told you, right? Listen, I'm very generous. When he loses at cards, I never ask him to pay me back. Reporter: But Chen Fei said that you always win at cards... Zuo Ye: ... Chen Fei: I hereby announce that I'm retiring from the music industry forever, starting today. Four years later: The King's Return concert. Someone wiped away a tear. "Thank you for still being here. I'm back." Blurb Three What I Want in a Partner Reporter: Have you thought about what you'd want in a future partner? A certain Best Actor: First, let's be clear: absolutely no one in the industry. I've been in this business too long. I can see through everything. Reporter: Would you consider looks when choosing a boyfriend? A certain Best Actress: I'm not shallow. Looks are definitely not the first thing I consider when choosing a partner. One day, Chen Fei broke from his usual chatty style on Weibo and suddenly went all domineering. He posted a photo with a woman, captioning it: "This is your sister-in-law from now on." All the fans: You said you wouldn't date anyone in the industry, and she said looks didn't matter! What gives?! My dears, this book wasn't doing very well, and honestly, the stats are still pretty bad~ But I never expected to meet such lovely readers after it was completed. Thank you for being with me all the way. Starting next Monday, the book will go behind a paywall from an earlier chapter. If you haven't finished reading, hurry and download it or read it before then. The bonus chapter will be out before it goes behind the paywall on Monday. To make sure none of you miss it, I'll also post a copy on Weibo. Theme: