◇ Powerhouse singer x beloved national actress
After her work was plagiarized and she was relentlessly attacked by paid online trolls, Ye Xunqing fell into a slump. By chance, she opened a file of unknown origin. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself at a music event mentioned in a novel: she was a marginal idol sent by her company to be a well-connected hanger-on, and one of the story's cannon fodder characters.
Ye Xunqing: "..." What a hilarious opening.
Beyond the Stars is a tragic entertainment-industry novel, full of merciless tearjerker scenes and melodramatic twists. Clinging to her "white lotus" persona, Ye Xunqing avoids the two heroines like the plague. But in order to fit into this world, she can only grit her teeth and play out the plot points. The butterfly effect brings plenty of other "surprises," but one person in the midst of all the chaos catches Ye Xunqing's interest.
Jiang Xiwei, the heroine's long-admired white moonlight, earned a nomination for an internationally renowned award with her debut film, which had only recently been released. She also won the domestic Best Supporting Actress award that year. With her bright beauty and graceful aura, she is hailed as a national sweetheart, and deservedly so.
Meanwhile, thanks to her company's schemes and her own neglected training, Ye Xunqing is mocked by the industry as all looks and no worth. She has the potential to impress, but somehow always manages to make a fool of herself.
It isn't until a variety show brings the two of them together that they discover each other's unique strengths.
Ye Xunqing seems like a tea-sipping white lotus, but in truth she's a strikingly talented, gentle, and considerate beauty who cries easily.
Jiang Xiwei seems like an aloof beauty, but her true self is a double-standard-setting, sharp-tongued, secretly passionate oddball.
Most shocking of all, these two hypocrites actually get together!
Viewers: I'm not seeing things, am I?!
Fans: I'm not seeing things, am I??
◇ Fictional setting, same-sex marriage is legal, one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, happy ending.
◇ Any resemblance is purely coincidental. I'll try to update daily, though I'm a student.
Theme: Keep love and ideals in your heart
