We're Not Close [Entertainment Industry]

Upcoming: The Agent Who Reformed the Entertainment Industry Became a Sensation, Peeking at Romance. Please add them to your library. Blurbs at the end.

[Acting comes first. Sorry, I love acting more than I love you.]

Sheng Nanzhi looked breathtaking in her qipao, captivating countless people with her charm.

She had been engaged to Xie Tingbai since childhood. For his sake, she plunged into the entertainment industry and became a little-known actress.

Xie Tingbai was recognized throughout the industry as a talented actor. He did whatever he pleased, and no one dared cross him.

The only person he showed any warmth toward was Su Jingyue, another popular actress. In the eyes of many, Xie Tingbai and Su Jingyue were the perfect couple, and their White Moonlight pairing had become a sensation.

When asked about his engagement to Sheng Nanzhi,

Xie Tingbai sneered and gave a two-word reply:

"We aren't close."

Their engagement was nothing but a joke.

~

Later,

Sheng Nanzhi took the initiative to end their engagement. "Xie Tingbai, I'm done chasing you. I've realized that I love acting more than I love you."

Pursuing a love that never returned her feelings was exhausting.

She began to focus on acting, climbing from the bottom ranks to the A-list.

Sheng Nanzhi's eyes held the whole world, but Xie Tingbai was no longer in it.

~

At the awards ceremony, Sheng Nanzhi arrived in a stunning gown, arm in arm with her costar, holding her Best Actress trophy.

Someone brought up the past and asked, "Why did you break off your engagement to Best Actor Xie?"

Sheng Nanzhi glanced at the audience and smiled dazzlingly. "Marriage is a personal choice. Teacher Xie and I weren't that close, either."

Xie Tingbai sat below the stage, his gaze murderous.

Someone beside him asked, "Didn't you end the engagement amicably ages ago? Why are you so mad?"

Xie Tingbai glanced sideways at him. "A heartless woman who used me and tossed me aside. What do you think?"

His friend looked baffled. Who used whom?

[Note]

1. Both leads are each other's first and only. Neither has any romantic entanglements with anyone else, and there are no kissing scenes.

2. The female lead entered the entertainment industry partly because of the male lead, but mainly because she loves acting.

3. The male lead has to win his wife back. There are acting-within-the-story scenes, and the characters are imperfect.

4. 70% anti-piracy protection, 24-hour delay.

2022-02-19

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[Upcoming: The Agent Who Reformed the Entertainment Industry Became a Sensation]

After yet another celebrity scandal, Shen Qingwu transmigrated into a book and became bound to an agent System.

System: [Saving the entertainment industry from its scandal-ridden state is your duty!]

Shen Qingwu reviewed the plot. The celebrities who had recently become popular were all one criminal charge away from prison. [Whoever wants this job can do it.]

System: [Ten billion yuan in starting funds have been deposited.]

Shen Qingwu: [It's just being an agent, right? Why don't we start by setting up an entertainment company?]

Otherwise, she wouldn't feel right about keeping all that money!

And so, Chengfeng Entertainment was born.

Using her knowledge of the book's plot, Shen Qingwu signed a roster of artists whose reputations were a mess but whose actual character was decent.

A brash former top-tier star rapper reined in his temper and started treating people nicely.

A washed-up boy band selling goods at street stalls turned out to have both looks and talent, with every member a top student.

A gentle, refined actor who had been shelved for five years joined an acting variety show and outclassed everyone.

A woman accused of being a homewrecker, still playing the spoiled diva, cried in the sun as she went out to farm.

Had the entertainment industry suddenly become competitive?

Netizens dug into it and discovered that

all of these artists belonged to the same agency: Chengfeng Entertainment;

and all of them shared the same agent: Shen Qingwu.

When popular stars at other companies were publicly reprimanded for tax evasion, Chengfeng Entertainment immediately launched a law-abiding conduct training program.

When trainees at other companies met their girlfriends at night and had their careers derailed by dating scandals, Chengfeng Entertainment's trainees spent every evening at cram school preparing for the college entrance exams.

When artists at other companies were mocked for being so out of shape they couldn't carry female stars, everyone at Chengfeng Entertainment went through military training. Their dancing was powerful, and they excelled at fight scenes.

Netizens were stunned. [These idols are almost too good. Do I even deserve them?]

Shen Qingwu: [We paid good money for you all. Stand tall!]

[Upcoming: Peeking at Romance]

[She is a player. He is a yandere.]

On her first day back in Nancheng, Chen Yuwei fell in love at first sight.

The music blared in the bar, the crowd swayed, and everyone was having a great time.

The man sat alone in a booth, upright and strikingly handsome. His shirt was buttoned all the way to the top, and he calmly turned down every woman who tried to hit on him.

Chen Yuwei had always liked men who were proper and well-behaved.

She sashayed over and raised her glass. "Hey, handsome. Want to exchange contact info?"

Zhou Xubai didn't even look up. He replied unhurriedly, "Miss Chen, aren't we already friends on WeChat? And... didn't you say a good ex should be as good as dead?"

Chen Yuwei was baffled. An ex? Which of her exes was he?

That night, Chen Yuwei spent hours searching through all six of her phones, but couldn't find the man.

*

What Chen Yuwei didn't know was that

on the very first day she returned, Zhou Xubai had moved in next door.

The man shed his daytime reserve, yanked off his tie in a rage, and stood by the window all night, greedily watching her from afar.

Theme: Walking side by side and growing through hardship, I want to become a light for someone else, just as you once were for me.