A Quick Transmigration Guide to Getting Back to Work as the Villainess

After playing countless supporting roles and cannon fodder in the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Pei Zhaoyue finally scraped together enough points to retire with a billion-dollar bonus and return to her original world for a quiet life.

Only then did she realize she still had one last cannon-fodder script in hand.

In her original world, Pei Zhaoyue had also been a supporting character destined to set off the beloved female lead.

The female lead was sweet and adorable; Pei Zhaoyue was gloomy and antisocial.

The female lead was loved by everyone; Pei Zhaoyue was hated by cats and dogs alike.

The female lead dazzled everyone, going viral and shooting straight to top-tier star status in the entertainment industry with nothing but a single photo. Pei Zhaoyue was consumed by jealousy, but all she managed was a clumsy imitation, making herself look like a clown.

When Pei Zhaoyue transmigrated back, her biased parents had just kicked her out. She was surviving on steamed buns and bit parts on a film set.

Soon, she would accept a variety show out of financial desperation, where she would be cast as the female lead's foil, edited maliciously and slandered, until everyone turned against her.

Looking at the billion-dollar bonus that had just landed in her account, Pei Zhaoyue decisively tore up the script and kept working as an extra.

Not for money or fame, but to add a little variety to the dull life of a rich retiree.

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After transmigrating for years, she had acted in family dramas and walked the edge of a knife.

Pei Zhaoyue had seen countless over-the-top stories, and her acting had been honed until it came as naturally as breathing.

So the bit parts she played became popular, then her supporting roles, then her lead roles. She even won awards...

Word spread that some big shot, the female lead's backer, disliked her and had threatened to blacklist her.

Many people privately wondered when Pei Zhaoyue would disappear from the industry.

But they waited and waited, and all they saw was Pei Zhaoyue flourishing more than ever, while also bringing up a whole new generation of stars in the entertainment industry.

A director who quit in anger rather than give in to investors, a screenwriter who refused to waste their hard work, a newcomer who was suppressed for refusing to sleep with powerful people...

No production company? She would fund one herself.

No script? She would write one herself.

No actors? She would spend her own money to start a company.

Years later, Pei Zhaoyue had a pile of awards to her name and ran the industry's most versatile, highest-quality entertainment company. She was widely recognized as the queen of the entertainment industry.

Meanwhile, without a foil, the female lead, once a top-tier star, was exposed from every angle, including how she had once bullied and framed Pei Zhaoyue, the "poor little thing."

One glowing tribute after another, along with long analyses of her hardships, flooded in.

Pei Zhaoyue: ...

Pei Zhaoyue: You probably won't believe me, but I really just wanted to add a little variety to my retirement.

Pei Zhaoyue: Look into my sincere eyes OvO

#Career-focused story (acting) + stories within stories

#Lots of over-the-top, satisfying face-slapping scenes, written for fun

#An idealistic career storyline, not based on real people, so please don't read it as one

Theme: Stand on your own two feet, be strong, and love yourself