After Being Dumped, I Became a Top-Tier Star

This story will switch to paid chapters starting April 8. The paid chapters begin after Chapter 26. Thank you for your support. "If you want to become the king of this industry, you must first learn to trample your dignity underfoot." That was the first thing Jiang Shuyan learned from Chu Jingye. At the time, she stood naked before him, letting him look her over. She was the most promising graduate of Huaying's class of 2008, hailed as the future of Huaguo's film and television industry before she had even debuted. Everyone was waiting for a rising star to shine, but she suddenly and quietly became an agent instead. No reason, no explanation. Rumors, mockery, sneers, and kicks when she was down: she experienced every kind of ugliness this industry had to offer. And then... she learned to take shortcuts. She sold herself. To secure a tiny guest role on a variety show for one of her artists, she sold herself to Chu Jingye, the actor with the most connections in the industry. The award-winning actor Chu Jingye was said to be the most indifferent to women. And he was once her teacher. This world only cares about results, not the process. Only when you trample everyone underfoot can you truly live with dignity. P.S. The heroine is neither a white lotus nor a black lotus. She just wants to live a better life. They're not really teacher and student. The male lead only mentored the heroine in the past. A sweet story disguised as angst. It really isn't angsty!!!! Please add my new novel to your reading list: Title: The Treacherous Minister Has His Eye on Me Blurb: Shen Yannong transmigrates into a widow whose husband dies on her second day in the palace. A seventeen-year-old orphan empress dowager, saddled with a young emperor who inexplicably clings to her, Shen Yannong knows that whether she survives depends entirely on a single word from Grand Tutor Gu Xingyan. To stay alive, she has no choice but to cling to this treacherous minister. If the minister says east, she wouldn't dare go west. If the minister kills someone, she keeps watch. Partners in crime, doing every kind of evil. And every day, she has to shower this minister with all sorts of awkward flattery. In truth, Shen Yannong only wants to earn a little favor, hoping Gu Xingyan will spare her life because she's sweet and obedient. Perhaps she acts too convincingly and her flattery sounds too sincere, because even Shen Yannong herself is starting to believe it. A little scene: Shen Yannong was secretly listing Gu Xingyan's ten greatest crimes: The day before yesterday, she fell in the imperial garden and the minister caught her by the waist: Shameless and reckless, making improper advances on the empress dowager! Yesterday, while reviewing memorials in the Imperial Study, the minister drank from her cup: Insolent and disrespectful, making improper advances on the empress dowager! Today She caught sight of someone entering from the corner of her eye, immediately put away her little notebook, and turned to spout nonsense to her son, who was practicing calligraphy. "The Grand Tutor helped you take the throne in a time of crisis. You must remember his kindness. Work diligently for the people in the future, and don't disappoint the Grand Tutor." Her impressionable son answered earnestly, "Don't worry, Mother. I will respect the Grand Tutor just as I respect Father." Gu Xingyan smiled without saying a word. Shen Yannong: ... That's a bit much. Title: Starlight in My Arms Blurb: Qin Shangxia went to the riverside in search of inspiration, and came back with a girl sporting a bowl-cut perm in tow. Faced with the astonished looks from everyone in his studio, he explained: "By the river, I saw this girl had extraordinary bones and exceptional talent. She's clearly a natural for voice acting, so I used my looks to lure her here. Please take good care of her!" The other members of the studio had this to say: "Pfft!" Looking at the girl before them, whose eyes were swollen like walnuts and whose voice sounded like a horror movie effect, all they wanted to say was What the hell do you mean, extraordinary bones? What the hell do you mean, exceptional talent? Girl, this isn't the place for you. You'd be better off going home to smoke, drink, and get a perm! Everyone waited to see when Qin Shangxia would remember to kick the girl out. Instead, she transformed into his personal disciple, used his name to swindle people, and Qin Shangxia even backed her up. Then everyone waited for the girl to get bored and leave on her own. They waited and waited, until she became the studio's darling, the queen of voice acting, and finally put on a wedding dress and became their sister-in-law in front of the entire country. From queen to the one and only queen consort, only then did they realize: It turned out that someone really did have a good eye. He'd hidden a precious gem in his arms from the very start. Theme: What you hear may be false, and what you see may not be true either.