A Scheme Long in the Making [Entertainment Industry]

[Upcoming in my collection: I Run a Cram School in the Underworld. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites!]

Just as Ni Qingyun's new movie hits theaters,

a marketing account breaks the news that she's still hung up on her married ex-boyfriend and won't stop pestering him.

They even attach an on-set photo of her gazing at him with deep affection.

Ni Qingyun posts on Weibo: "With my looks, wouldn't a hot young guy be more appealing?"

She adds a gorgeous selfie that gives off a bold, seductive vibe.?

But just a few days later, Ni Qingyun is trending again, accused of using her influence to sleep with the male lead of her production.

Ni Qingyun: I'd love to, but there's not one I'd want.

The newly crowned Best Actor, Cheng Jiyan, is perfect in every way, except that he's a little too aloof and serious.

That's what Ni Qingyun thinks, too.

Until Cheng Jiyan blocks her in an elevator. "I hear Director Ni is looking for someone to offer himself to her?"

Ni Qingyun is about to lift his chin and flirt with him when she hears his laughter above her.

He leans toward her, his deep eyes meeting hers.

Tugging at his tie, he says in a slightly hoarse voice, "What do you think of me? Am I good enough for you?"

Later, fans uncover Ni Qingyun's secret account

and discover she's been a fan of Cheng Jiyan for three years.

Ni Qingyun: I've had a crush on him for years.

Fans also uncover that the male lead founded their ship's fan group.

Cheng Jiyan: I've been plotting this for a long time.

My completed contemporary romance, Rose Soda, is available in my collection!

Here's another upcoming story: I Run a Cram School in the Underworld

While alive, Jiang Shufan was a math teacher at a tutoring center.

After dying suddenly, she arrives in the underworld and learns that she must pay two years of social insurance there before she can apply for reincarnation.

The quality of her next life depends on how much money she's saved in the underworld.

Jiang Shufan is assigned to intern at Meng Po's office.

There, she discovers that every position requires an exam.

The pass rate for the Meng Po permanent-position exam is five percent.

Jiang Shufan takes one look at it. Quadratic equations and sequences? Meng Po can make her soup in no time.

The pass rate for the ghost messenger permanent-position exam is seven percent.

The ghost messenger who brought her to the underworld explains: Pursuit and meeting problems? Solving triangles? Avoid ghost-vehicle traffic jams anytime, anywhere, and pick people up quickly and conveniently.

Even opening a shop requires an exam.

Diminishing marginal costs and maximizing marginal profits? Economics and mathematical models?

Jiang Shufan slaps her thigh. I know all this!

It's a shame one person can't hold multiple jobs, so she'll stick to what she knows.

Jiang Shufan opens a cram school.

At first, she only provides training for people preparing for government jobs in the underworld.

Later, more and more people come to her, and their needs become increasingly varied.

Before long, her school has grown into a comprehensive institution offering government job exam prep, ghost-vehicle driving test prep, business training, basic education for ghost children, and more.

She only wanted to earn enough for reincarnation.

She never expected to become a principal, the richest person in the underworld, and the chairwoman of the Netherworld Chamber of Commerce.

Most absurdly, the Netherworld Emperor establishes an Education Department for her, and she has to serve as the Netherworld's first Minister of Education.

#I just want to be reincarnated into a good life#

#I transformed the underworld#

#The Netherworld Emperor isn't human#

Note: There won't be that much math content. It's mainly the beginning of her career storyline.

Theme: Where there's a will, there's a way. Happiness is something you have to fight for.