The Blacklisted Top-Tier Star's Comeback Plan [Showbiz]

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*Blurb for the main story

Ran Xing was once a sensation in the entertainment industry, but he was framed and suddenly fell from grace.

His contract was terminated, he was abused online, hit with compensation claims, and abandoned by everyone... He swore he would return to the top and clear his name.

Can't afford to rent a van? No problem. He can ride a shared bike and still be the hottest guy on the block.

All his scenes as the lead got cut? No problem. He can still shine in a bit part.

But with the whole internet hating him, no matter how hard Ran Xing tried, he couldn't see a way back.

Just when he was at his wit's end, Lu Xiuqi, CEO of Yingcheng Entertainment, offered him a contract worth tens of millions and signed him.

On the day of negotiations, Ran Xing declared righteously: "I've stayed up all night studying more than ten CEO romance novels. Tell me, are you going to make me donate an organ or be your stand-in? No matter how much you offer, I won't do anything so utterly immoral!"

Lu Xiuqi: ?

"Unless you double the price!"

Lu Xiuqi: ???

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Lu Xiuqi had a secret: he had transmigrated here.

He was helping Ran Xing only because the plot required it.

But gradually, he realized...

Ran Xing might be picky, but when he was full, he always smiled with satisfaction.

He might stand up to haters, but afterward he'd secretly crouch in a corner and wipe away his tears.

He might sing terribly, but he always sang out boldly and confidently, saying that sunshine always comes after the storm.

Lu Xiuqi fell for him so hard it was like an old house catching fire, crackling and blazing. But he still kept a straight face and mocked him: "What a waste. That voice should be used for braking."

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Ran Xing made a powerful comeback on the strength of his talent, but the negative comments kept coming.

"Problematic celebrities should get out of the entertainment industry!"

"A piece of trash like you shouldn't come back to ruin everyone's lives."

"You've got so many flaws. I wonder where you got them from!"

That day, Lu Xiuqi posted the astronomical contract and wrote: "I spoiled him. Got a problem with that?"

The entire internet went wild.

· Extra scene

Ran Xing: Sleepy.

Lu Xiuqi (takes off his shirt to show off his muscles)

Ran Xing: I'm awake.

Ran Xing, admiring himself in the mirror: Oh my, why do I keep getting more handsome?

Lu Xiuqi: Maybe you're getting older, and your eyesight's getting worse too.

Ran Xing: ...

I'll give you one more chance to stop me from leaving.

Proud, sunny beauty shou x outwardly cocky and cool, inwardly sharp-tongued childish gong

They can't give up their prejudice against you, but I can't give up my affection for you.

A story about a star smudged with dust returning to the sky.

The characters aren't based on real people. Hope you enjoy following the story~

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*Blurb follows

On a bright spring day, during recruitment for the Western Music Club, first-year student Jiang Ning sat down at the piano, holding his breath as he prepared to play the first note. Suddenly, next door at the Traditional Music Club, a suona blared like a thunderclap.

Jiang Ning hit a wrong note, and from that day on, he and Song Kaiji became enemies.

The two competed all the way from their first year onward.

You play the wedding march, I'll play a funeral dirge.

You perform The Phoenix Welcomes the Sun, I'll play Flight of the Bumblebee.

Neither of us will let the other get away with anything.

They competed over everything, from musical genres to volume, fighting tooth and nail until they became club presidents. Their college years were nearly over, and they hadn't even had a proper relationship.

During a game of Truth or Dare, they somehow ended up betting on a relationship: whoever fell in love first within three months would lose.

Their competitive spirits ignited, and the two club presidents, who had been rivals for nearly four years, pulled out all the stops.

When they kissed, Song Kaiji used circular breathing, flutter-tonguing, and every trick in the book, kissing Jiang Ning until he was nearly breathless.

When things got intimate, Jiang Ning's nimble fingers and deft hands made Song Kaiji blush and gasp.

When the three months were up, things between them were still awkward. Everyone thought their relationship would go nowhere.

But gradually, the club members noticed that the usually icy Jiang Ning had started sneaking glances at his phone and blushing all the way to his ears.

Meanwhile, Song Kaiji, who usually flirted up a storm, had become restrained and reserved. He bought flowers and stuffed toys, acting as bashful as a grade-schooler.

Until one day, the club members on both sides were utterly shocked when they caught the two locked in a passionate kiss in the rehearsal room.

Song Kaiji, bright red: Don't believe me if you don't want to, but I was trying to steal the air from his mouth and suffocate him.

Jiang Ning, avoiding his gaze: I really was short of breath.

Club members: ...Do you think we're buying that?

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Some say the piano and the suona are the least compatible instruments in the world, just like you and me: one calm and restrained, the other free-spirited and uninhibited.

But only we know that when we play together, every note is the grandest expression of our love for each other.

Icy beauty piano shou x sunny, loud suona gong

Theme: Love yourself, then love others