The Idol with All the Connections [Entertainment Industry]

[Second-Tier Resource Darling Actress x Eighteenth-Tier Skilled Actor] [33K words already written, read with confidence ^_^]

Rong is jade held in the hand, fragile and in need of tender care. The banyan is a mountain tree, hardy enough to shelter a creeping vine.

The entertainment industry's famous resource darling Ji Rong has become a regular on the trending searches, with rumors linking her to three men:

One is Hong Kong film emperor Li Jijing,

Another is Haiyang rich second-generation heir Zhang Chao,

And the last is eighteenth-tier nobody Yan Sui.

According to the rumors,

Li Jijing is Ji Rong's sugar daddy, willing to offer her countless opportunities across the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan;

Zhang Chao spent a fortune building a top-tier video platform and taking it public overseas, ensuring Ji Rong's dramas would find an audience;

And Yan Sui? He's Ji Rong's kept man, dressed up in finery to look like a Barbie doll.

Ji Rong is Yan Sui's devoted fan. Three years ago, she bravely entered the entertainment industry for his sake. Now she's made it to the second tier, while he's still stuck in the eighteenth.

Fortunately, Ji Rong is a cash-rich player, and she's especially good at making it rain.

Want to terminate your contract? I'll pay the penalty.

Want a career boost? I'll buy bot followers.

Your show flopped? I'll invest in your next one.

Want to date? What? That kind of luck really exists?

Wait! He doesn't think I'm trying to sleep my way to the top, does he?

Yan Sui, a young man from the mountains of southern Yunnan, got his chance to enter the entertainment industry by a twist of fate. But with no connections or backing, he spent more than ten years going nowhere.

He planned to strike out on his own after terminating his contract, but someone sabotaged him behind the scenes. He was injured and saddled with a massive penalty.

Just as he was at his wit's end, a fairy suddenly fell from the sky, and luck landed right on his head.

Not only did he get out of his contract, he also caught a ride on the resource darling's fast track to success.

What? The fairy isn't just giving me money, she wants to date me too???

Wait, haven't we met somewhere before?

[Plot Version]

Ji Rong, the entertainment industry's No. 1 resource darling, coasted her way into the Golden Screen Awards, only to be stood up by the presenter at the ceremony and become a laughingstock both inside and outside the industry. But she! Does! Not! Care! At! All!

Yan Sui, an eighteenth-tier nobody despite thirteen years in the industry, was about to terminate his contract with his agency when he was injured on set and faced a massive compensation bill. He was at the end of his rope.

"Since things are already this bad, why not sign with me?" Ji Rong asked eagerly from beside Yan Sui's hospital bed, one arm in a sling.

Fresh out of surgery, Yan Sui looked her up and down without a word, as if he thought she was telling a joke.

So, to everyone's astonishment, Ji Rong quickly terminated her contract with her fair-minded former agency, Jiuhe Culture, set up her own studio, and swiftly took care of Yan Sui's penalty.

With a powerful backer, Yan Sui could enjoy the shade. He went on variety shows and took supporting roles. Backed by capital, his superb acting and good character won the affection of countless viewers.

When the great roc catches the wind, it soars ninety thousand miles into the sky.

At the same time, Ji Rong's good luck gradually began to run out...

"You really don't remember me?" Ji Rong murmured, touching the solitary purple sandalwood bead on her wrist.

That grim hospital that felt like a prison, that ward filled with machines and the stench of death, the helpless girl bound to a metal bed frame, unable to move her hands...

He had once been the only light left in her world.

One scandal after another hit her: being kept, promiscuity, pimping, gambling, assault, tax evasion... Ji Rong could only laugh and cry. Even the mob couldn't rack up that many crimes.

Looking at the little person sleeping in her arms, she suddenly understood the choice her mother had made.

She had spent her life as a flower in a greenhouse. From now on, she would become a tree in the mountains.

She founded a company, signed new talent, invested in new dramas...

Years later, whenever people talked about Ji Rong, they couldn't help but sigh, "That woman..."

There is never only one way to live your life.

What will be, will be.

Theme: There is never only one way to live your life.