I Take the Entertainment Industry by Storm with Metaphysics

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Also known as: I Conquer the Entertainment Industry by Catching Ghosts

"Those born with yin-yang eyes are reincarnations of the gods. They can communicate with spirits, capture demons, banish evil, and guide ghosts to the afterlife."

Jing Liruo has spent years languishing at the bottom of the entertainment industry as a bit-part agent. The best actors on her roster are barely C-listers, lucky to land a fifth or sixth male lead role. A few are complete unknowns who get written out after three episodes.

Who could have guessed that one of her thirty-sixth-tier unknowns would provoke a hugely popular movie star, setting off a storm online?

The reckless nobody doubles down against the star's fans, who curse him out and insist he get on his knees and apologize if he wants this to be over.

With her unknown client threatening her very livelihood, Jing Liruo decides to go home and inherit the family business, becoming a spirit medium.

Before that, though, she has to clean up the mess her client made.

The movie star finally appears after endless anticipation. The moment they meet, Jing Liruo whips out a peachwood sword and lays into him...

She knocks the star unconscious, and his fans curse her to hell. Jing Liruo must die to appease the public.

Three days later, the star posts on Weibo: "Looking forward to working with Ms. Jing Liruo."

The reckless nobody also posts: "Welcome, Brother Mu, to Sister Ruo's team!"

The star's fans: "..."

Later, everyone discovers that the entertainment industry's big names are all eager to work with Jing Liruo.

Netizens: "What the heck? An agent is more popular than the actor she manages, and that actor is a three-time award-winning movie star?"

Jing Liruo: It really is like seeing ghosts. I catch one after another, and the gigs just keep rolling in...

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Chang Ning is the most favored eldest princess of the dynasty. Raised in luxury, she is more beautiful than flowers, with a face like spring blossoms, cloudlike hair, and a slender waist. She also wields immense power and gets everything she wants. Countless noblewomen envy her.

When she first falls in love, she sets eyes on Jiang Tingnian, the flower-adorned third-place scholar at the Qionglin Banquet. He is as elegant as the moon, standing cool and aloof amid the splendid crowd. A slight curl of his lips is enough to capture her heart.

Chang Ning asks her father, the emperor, for permission and gets her wish: she marries Jiang Tingnian.

After the wedding, she gives Jiang Tingnian all her warmth, but he treats her with icy indifference and even mocks her.

Chang Ning thinks perhaps he simply hasn't seen her good qualities yet. If she keeps trying, surely sincere love will be returned in kind.

But she is wrong. For five whole years, Jiang Tingnian's heart is as hard as iron, unmoved by her.

Only later does Chang Ning learn that Jiang Tingnian has long loved a childhood friend.

Chang Ning has always been terrified of thunder. One stormy night, she faints in the pouring rain while searching for him, but Jiang Tingnian turns and runs to his childhood sweetheart instead.

Chang Ning is finally heartbroken. She takes out the divorce edict her mother once gave her and leaves the prince-consort's residence with her maid that very night.

A beautiful, noble woman has no trouble finding a husband. After her divorce, Chang Ning once again becomes the princess everyone in the capital's elite circles competes to win over.

After considering her options, Chang Ning picks the one she finds most pleasing to the eye and brings him into the princess's residence as her live-in husband.

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Jiang Tingnian gets his wish and spends three days drinking alone in his residence to celebrate his new life.

When he finally staggers out, he sees Chang Ning strolling through the market with her new husband.

Chang Ning wears a light, pale-green silk dress. Graceful and elegant, she smiles at her new husband, her almond-shaped eyes curving like blossoms in spring.

When she looks up and sees Jiang Tingnian, the smile disappears from her eyes. She turns away indifferently, as if he were a stranger.

In that moment, Jiang Tingnian regrets everything.

Written on June 23, 2022. Screenshots saved as proof.

Theme: Everyone is born with a purpose.