Xiang Wan, a trainee at the Transmigration Bureau, woke up to find herself inside an entertainment-industry novel, as its heroine.
Before she could even celebrate, the System told her that this was a world full of transmigrators.
After stealing the heroine's luck, the supporting male and female characters had all risen to the top.
Only the heroine had lost her entire fortune, had her reputation ruined, and been cyberbullied after the entire internet turned against her. On the night she should have basked in glory, she jumped into a river and drowned herself.
But it got even worse.
The System told her, "You come with a magic potion shop. To open the shop, your emotions have to reach their peak. You still need emotional points to redeem potions."
"Go win over the audience! Earn their affection and turn things around!"
Xiang Wan, who had never taken a loss in her life, looked down at her wretched self and smiled meaningfully. Win them over? As if! It's time to broaden your horizons: anger can reach a peak too.
A survival-variety-show production team wanted to cash in on Xiang Wan's infamy. After she terminated her contract with her awful agency, they promptly invited her onto the show. They even invited the male and female supporting characters she had beef with as regular cast members, without any fear of stirring up trouble.
Xiang Wan, who had learned to laugh through anything: Great. That saves me the trouble of figuring out how to get everyone together.
And so:
A popular young actress revealed her colorful love life, losing her pure-and-innocent image and getting blacklisted by the industry powers.
A top-tier star snuck into Xiang Wan's room in the middle of the night. A recording showed him still acting like a lovesick puppy, and one "Wanbao" cost him tens of millions of fans. After that, his career sank to the bottom.
The nationally acclaimed director Rong got caught up in a sexual-favors scandal, then was called out by state media and forever nailed to the pillar of shame.
A Best Actor and Best Actress were photographed fighting on the roadside late at night. It turned out they were arguing over how to split their profits. Their fake marriage became a real estrangement.
Meanwhile, Xiang Wan's public image grew ever more polarized with every incident, until she became thoroughly infamous and famous at the same time.
The System was hopping mad. "Host! Affection! Turn things around! Have you forgotten? If you can't reclaim your fate, you won't become a full employee!"
Xiang Wan: "You're wrong."
System: "?"
Xiang Wan: "I'm not money. I don't need everyone to like me."
"And I won't turn things around by relying on other people's affection."
"The moment I took my stand, it was already impossible for me to fail."
Theme: If you're going to do something, make it your career
