Dating a Top-Tier Star in My Dreams

*My other story, "Rose in the Heat of Love," has started updating! A sweet entertainment-industry romance. Please add it to your favorites (づ￣ 3￣)づ

Blurb:

Meng Xi is an utterly ordinary screenwriter from a little-known studio. One day, she dreams of the popular idol Sheng Tianwang and gets a glimpse of the superstar behind the scenes, where she can make him do whatever she wants.

All she has to do is wink, and the superstar will grit his teeth and serve her tea, bring her water, massage her shoulders, and pound her legs.

Meng Xi: What kind of magical setup is this?!

Meng Xi, a modern woman with a fierce ambition for her career, grabs the opportunity without hesitation and turns her dream into a script. Since the superstar doesn't know who she is in the dream, she uses him mercilessly as a character to boss around.

It starts out fine. Being unable to control himself is just irritating, but as time passes, Meng Xi's script starts going in a strange direction...

After being teased into reacting over and over again with no way to vent, the superstar is fuming when he happens to receive a new script.

He recognizes the story...

The superstar sneers. That damn woman who dared to take liberties with him in her dreams has finally fallen into his hands!!!

Meng Xi: My cover's blown QAQ

Sheng Tianwang: You think you're still dreaming? That won't work anymore!

Bonus scene:

After they join the production, Sheng Tianwang looks at the little screenwriter cowering in the corner and sneers to himself. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Now I've got you!

Later, the TV series becomes a huge success. A reporter asks the top-tier star how his acting improved so dramatically. Sheng Tianwang glances at the corner and says pointedly, "I owe it all to the director and screenwriter."

That night, the top-tier star leans close to the little screenwriter's ear and whispers, "Screenwriter, which scene are we rehearsing tonight?"

Meng Xi blushes. "Get lost!"

Reader's guide:

* The leads meet in real life late, and the heroine's identity is revealed late.

* Partly set in the entertainment industry. There isn't much about the real world before they meet.

* The male lead is a bad actor, sharp-tongued, and awful-tempered. He doesn't dote on the heroine at first, but he's undeniably handsome.

* The author isn't a professional. Please point out any plot holes kindly. Feedback is welcome, but personal attacks are not.

* That's probably all. I'll add more if I think of anything.

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Coming soon: Rose in the Heat of Love. Please add it to your favorites!

Blurb:

Li Yan has no money, no power, and no sugar daddy. She works hard to make her way through the entertainment industry, relying on her beautiful face and lively acting to climb step by step to the top. She's the celebrity whose name is most likely to make promotional posts hit a wall, and no one has ever managed to beat her.

But at the peak of her career, one morning she logged into her long-abandoned Weibo account.

The public was in an uproar, her fans were in tears, and the trending topics were completely taken over.

Directors, agents, investors, actors, and idols all trended alongside her name.

Netizens were like watermelons in a melon field, jumping around as they devoured the gossip.

Some were delighted and others worried. Some feared Li Yan was having a breakdown, since she wouldn't sabotage her future like this otherwise. Others seized the chance to drag her name through the mud and ride her popularity for attention.

Just when everyone thought she would disappear from the entertainment industry for good, Fu Shaoyuan, the second young master of Xingguang, sent her a love letter and publicly offered her an opportunity:

Fu Shaoyuan: @Li Yan, would you be my leading lady?

Bonus scene:

Fu Shaoyuan once appeared on a reality show with Li Yan. The show's editors cut together a romantic storyline for them, so Li Yan's fans descended on the square of this rich young master, who had plenty of business clout but no fan power, declaring: Take your stinking money and get away from my goddess!!

Later, Li Yan had a breakdown, and Fu Shaoyuan reached out to help her from the depths.

Her humble fans stormed his square again, but this time the whole screen was filled with apologies and calls for them to get married.

Fan 1: 5555, so it was true love all along. We mere mortals have wronged you! @Fu Shaoyuan, we're sorry! Please treat our girl well!

Fan 2: @Fu Shaoyuan, we're sorry. We just want her to be happy. So, when are you getting married?

Fan 3: Did Fu Shaoyuan and Li Yan announce their relationship today?

Li Yan: ?

I only took the lead role in a show!

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Everyone thought Fu Shaoyuan had pulled Li Yan out of the depths. Only he knew that he was the one down there.

He wasn't rescuing her. He was atoning.

Premise: Work hard and keep it up! You can achieve anything through hard work! Let's go!