Although speechless, Ning An was still happy in her heart. She has just entered the entertainment industry but could act alongside Gu Fanghua, not to mention that they were both female leads. What a blessing.

“Thank you.” Ning An sincerely thanked Chen Cha.

“Then listen better from now on.”

Ning An: “……” She was speechless once again.

Chacha returned to her house after separating from Ning An. She took off her shoes and poured herself a glass of water. After relaxing for a bit, she called Wei Jinsheng to tell her about Gu Fanghua’s agreement to act on the movie as well as her conditions.

Wei Jinsheng was silent for several minutes and Chacha couldn’t help but say, “If you have something to say, tell me quickly, don’t waste my phone bill.”

Wei Jinsheng neither believed it nor had expectations. “Seriously? Don’t joke with me.”

“Why would I tell you such a lie?”

“Oh my goodness, ahhhhhhh! Directors in the industry will be so jealous of me, hahahahahahaha!”

Chacha: “……” This person had gone crazy.

Wei Jinsheng went crazy for about ten minutes before finally calming down. He said seriously, “Alright, I will send the agreement to you tomorrow. You must sign it as soon as possible. Right, you can make an appointment with Gu Fanghua’s manager tonight. They can sign the contract tomorrow and we can just talk about the rest. Otherwise, it would be bad if she runs away!”

He’s making someone as good as the movie queen sound like she’s a fugitive. It was fortunate that Gu Fanghua didn’t hear him, otherwise he’d probably be beaten up.

Chacha hummed and hung up the phone.

———pr

This translation is by Pocketrobbin at S h a n g h a i f a n t a s y . c o m

Inside Guangrong Hotel.

Gu Fanghua called her manager. “Hello, I accepted a movie called 《The Road to the Sky》. Someone named Chen Cha should be calling you by tomorrow. Don’t block the person.”

Manager: “???”

“Wait, why did you accept a movie without telling me?”

Gu Fanghua asked back, “Is that a problem?”

Her manager answered, “……N-no.” The other party was the boss so she had to be patient.

Gu Fanghua said, “En, I’m hanging up. Contact me again when it’s time for filming. You can negotiate with them about the schedule.”

“Mm, okay.” After the call ended, the manager punched the poor, weak and helpless pillow. It made her feel a little better.

———pr

Over the next few days, Chacha and Wei Jinsheng negotiated the contract, and Wei Jinsheng credited all his investments in Chacha’s name due to his momentary impulse.

This was also one of Chacha’s conditions. She wouldn’t feel embarrassed, after all, people had to take responsibility for their words.

Wei Jinsheng felt a bit heartbroken. That investment was all he had.

However, as soon as he thought that Gu Fanghua would come to act in his movie, he forgot all his heartache and became very happy.

After Chacha signed the contract, she contacted Gu Fanghua’s manager. The other party had no say in the matter. Although she disagreed, she could only do as Gu Fanghua says.

After the preliminary preparations were completed, Chacha transferred 40 million to Wei Jinsheng.

Of course, during this period, she didn’t forget to take the time to apply for a driver’s license.

Time was tight and her wallet was drying up.

Due to the nature of the script, this movie didn’t require many actors, so the remuneration wasn’t too important. Moreover, the two highest paid among the actors wouldn’t be paid until after the movie was released, so there was no need to worry about it.

After that, Ning An left home and went over to Wei Jinsheng’s side to start filming.

Mu Qingqing, on the other hand, decided to go back to her studies. She took advantage of the rest of the vacation to catch up on lessons she had missed before submitting a resignation letter.

After approving Mu Qingqing’s resignation, Chacha took out the receipts she had accumulated and asked the other party to calculate everything by herself.

Once she was done deducting food and accommodation from her salary, there was still almost one thousand yuan left.

When Mu Qingqing went home, as soon as she opened the door, she saw her parents who seemed as if they wanted to eat people alive.

The two stared at her with taught faces and Mu Qingqing shrank her neck.

Her mother couldn’t hold it back anymore and asked with red eyes, “Where have you been all this time?!”

Mu Qingqing answered, “Didn’t I tell you that I was working part-time……?”

Mother Mu said, “What kind of job are you doing? You’re still too young!”

Mu Qingqing continued to shrink her neck. “I still have almost a thousand left of my salary after deducting food and accommodation.”

Mother Mu pinched Mu Qingqing’s arm lightly and lectured, “Where can a thousand yuan lead you? If you study hard, your future salary can be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. Isn’t it better than keeping on working part-time?”

Mu Qingqing continuously nodded.

Father Mu tapped on the table and said, “Alright. It’s good that you’re back.”

Mu Qingqing ran back to her room while saying, “Then I’m going to study!”

Father and Mother Mu were stunned and they exchanged glances.

“Did the sun rise in the west today?”

“Sigh, it seems that it’s not a bad thing for her to go to work. Fortunately, she learned the benefits of studying through hard work. I don’t know what kind of job she did. It’s not cleaning toilets, right?”

“Stop talking, I feel heartbroken just thinking about it.”

“Sigh……”

———pr

As soon as Mu Qingqing and Ning An left, Chacha felt relieved without the troublesome girls around her. It felt like she had graduated from her career as a kindergarten teacher.

Chacha was feeling idle when the start of school arrived and she was faced with a very serious problem— Military training.

When it rains, it pours. The preliminary plan for their live stream platform has been made and it does require a large amount of money up front.

Although she had income from advertisements, compared to investments of tens of millions, it was really not enough. Moreover, during this period, new accounts were opened one after another, new employees were hired, and money was flowing out like water.

She lacked money, she lacked a lot of money.

Chacha thought about several investors and finally decided to look for Jiao Yushi again. His luck as the male protagonist really made her envious and wanted to take advantage of him.

After going to the school to go through the admission procedures, she made an appointment to meet Jiao Yushi.

They scheduled a meeting at Yusong Club.

———pr

At Jiao Yushi’s lounge.

Chacha asked, “Are you interested in setting up a live stream platform with me?”

Jiao Yushi simply replied, “Alright. How much does it cost?”

Chacha was conquered by his wealth and she said, “The initial budget is tentatively set at 10 million.”

Jiao Yushi nodded. “Okay.”

Because Jiao Yushi was too straightforward, Chacha got an investment without even saying much.

Afterwards, the two worked out the details together, drew up a contract, and registered a new company.

The live stream platform was named Live Moments.

It was simple and easy to understand.

Because of the military training and starting up a new company, Chacha became even busier. After the usual military training, she would immediately leave the school to go to the company, running back and forth between two places.

Occasionally, when something comes up, she would pretend to have heat stroke and ask for leave.

Because she’s well-behaved, neither the instructor nor her schoolmates thought she was faking heatstroke.

She was extremely busy and a month had passed by.

The military training was finally over. Chacha, Jiao Yushi and Ning An were all born special. They didn’t get sunburn, but the same couldn’t be said about the other students.

———pr

That month, a fan of Gu Fanghua photographed her filming. She accepted the new movie but didn’t make an announcement right away, so when the fan posted the picture on Weibo, everyone started speculating.

The strong fan base of Gu Fanghua became so excited that they forwarded their inquiries one after another, making Gu Fanghua, who had been quiet for a while, become a hot search topic online and was featured on major news outlet.

Everyone knows that she rejected many film offers from big directors and productions that year. They were curious about whose film she accepted and what the theme was.

Gu Fanghua’s official account released a post, 【I did take on a new work recently. For more information, please ask @Wei Jinsheng Is A Handsome Guy.】

Her tone was cold, which was in line with her usual style.

Gu Fanghua’s fans flocked Wei Jinsheng’s Weibo in droves and they found that he only had a few hundred followers, and they were even zombie followers. Everyone else was crying because of poverty.

【They’re still poor today. The crew didn’t have chicken legs in their lunch boxes.】

【I’ll sell my last watch and treat the crew to a luxurious chicken and egg on rice.】

【Chacha came to visit Ning An and the crew finally got to eat meat.】

……And the list goes on.

Gu Fanghua’s fans were shocked. What kind of peasant crew was this? They were so poor that they couldn’t even give their family’s Sister Gu chicken legs???

And Chacha? Ning An? The female lead from that silly web drama was actually filming alongside their Sister Gu?

Seeing that he couldn’t hide the news anymore, Wei Jinsheng finally posted on Weibo, 【《The Road to the Sky》 is currently being filmed. We are fortunate to have @Gu Fanghua and @Ning An QAQ star in it. Everyone, let’s wait and see the final product.】

Gu Fanghua’s fans were originally happy because their Sister Gu finally took on project. However, there were actually two starring roles, one of which was Ning An, who’s acting skill was terribly poor, so they felt aggrieved on Gu Fanghua’s behalf.

To put it nicely, Sister Gu was actually going to star in a movie with a person who couldn’t act.

The rational action was to ask Wei Jinsheng for a reason.

The radical ones have already begun scolding, not only Wei Jinsheng and Ning An, but also Chen Cha who went to visit the crew.

【Is it you who stuffed money? In order to promote Ning An, why on earth are you ruining my Sister Gu?】

【Too disgusting. Capitalist.】

【I was wrong about you. I thought you’re a different kind of person, but I didn’t expect you to be worse.】

【I hope you will come forward and give an explanation. If you hide like this, I’ll keep scolding you every time I see you.】

Above were all fans of Gu Fanghua.

【Huh? Did Chacha really stuff her money? That’s Gu Fanghua. I can’t imagine how much money Chacha needs to put in.】

【It’s so hard to understand why Chacha values ​​Ning An so much.】

【Chacha, please come out and clarify, otherwise you will be scolded to death and you won’t be able to read the comment area.】

【I’m curious if Chacha really stuffed in money. The director of this movie isn’t well-known and Ning An isn’t famous either. Can they really rely on Gu Fanghua to support the whole movie? It’ll definitely lose money by then.】

Above were Chacha’s followers.

Chacha felt that her followers were all fakes. She had been scolded with almost 100,000 comments, but these people were still happily watching the show.

People were no longer simple and honest.

After Chacha followed Wei Jinsheng, she forwarded his post with the caption, 【It’s useless to scold me, the matter has become a foregone conclusion. Fans of Sister Gu, don’t you trust Sister Gu’s decision? Sister Gu isn’t someone who will compromise over things like money.

For the result, we’ll see what happens.】

As soon as her post came out, Gu Fanghua’s fans calmed down even though they were still aggrieved.

Indeed, Sister Gu wasn’t someone who would bend down for money. Sister Gu must have her own reason.

As a result, almost 90% of Gu Fanghua’s fans settled down. Some of them even went back to apologize to the three people they had scolded, while others went on hiding due to embarrassment.

Gu Fanghua, however, never appeared again. She had always been arrogant, even when dealing with fans. If she didn’t want to say anything, she wouldn’t say a word more.

Only someone as talented as her could be so willful.