After Song Xia's birthday, the three of them settled down again. Song Jun and Song Jiao continued to excel in junior high school, ranking first and second in the midterm exams.
The top two students in junior high school are much more prestigious than those in elementary school. After all, junior high school not only adds a lot of courses, but the experimental school they attend is also the best junior high school in the area. Sun Hui from the second aunt's family didn't come and didn't pass the exam, but her family owns a school district house in the area, and after paying some school selection fees, she was able to attend the same school as the siblings.
When they registered, Song Xia and her friends happened to run into their second aunt and Sun Hui. The second aunt rolled her eyes and, with an air of superiority, told them that junior high school was different from elementary school, and that they shouldn't be smug, as Sun Hui would definitely surpass them later.
"Sis, you don't know, there are more than 200 people in our grade, and Sun Hui is ranked 200th. It's hilarious."
Song Xia asked in confusion, "Aren't rankings not allowed now? How did you know that?"
"Officially, ranking is not allowed, but student ID numbers are changed after each exam, and these student ID numbers represent the rankings from the midterm and final exams."
"You can do that?"
Song Jiao gloated as she told her about school: "You don't know, when I passed by Sun Hui's classroom, Sun Hui lowered her head, as if she was afraid that I would mock her, thinking that I was like her and would deliberately talk bad about people?"
Song Xia frowned: "What did she say about you this time?"
"It's the same old story, saying we wear clothes that other people don't want. She's shameless. Last time when we received clothes from Sister Qianqian, she even tried to take one of my dresses. How dare she say such disparaging things about me."
“We should live our own lives and ignore her. The more we respond, the more excited she gets.”
Song Jiao raised an eyebrow and smiled: "I know, so I explained frankly that my family's conditions were not good, which is why I accepted their kindness. I also deliberately asked her, as my and Song Jun's cousin, why she looked down on us. Sister, you have no idea how strange everyone's eyes were on Sun Hui afterward."
Song Xia could easily predict that children nowadays are far more mature than those of the past, and are also taught to respect others more. Sun Hui thought this was an insult to Song Jiao and Song Jun, but after Song Jiao bluntly exposed her, she ended up being the kind of person who was disliked by both sides. Sure enough, Song Jiao was still cunning, only her target was no longer herself.
Song Jun shook his head: "I really don't understand the point of her being so persistent in slandering us. Do you think others will respect her more because of her slander? How foolish. People will only think she has bad character."
Song Xia sighed with emotion, and had to admit that the two extracurricular books she had given Song Jun had worked. In just a few months, Song Jun's mentality had become more and more stable, and his understanding of things had become more and more insightful. If he were to develop in that direction, he might really achieve great things!
After that, Song Jiao never spoke to Song Xia about anything related to Sun Hui again, and she also lost contact with her second aunt's family until the short film that Song Jiao filmed during the summer vacation was released on the website during New Year's Day.
Actually, all of their films were made in the summer. If they had been released during the summer vacation, they would have had a better effect. However, Zhou Qianqian couldn't resist after the post-production was finished, so she contacted the website and uploaded their short film.
Because they lacked funding for promotion, their short film initially attracted little attention. It wasn't until a scene depicting Song Jiao's final scene was edited together by enthusiastic netizens and posted on a popular campus beauty pageant thread that their short film gradually gained recognition.
The edited version of Song Jiao is youthful, lively, and pure. Most importantly, her age makes her stand out among a group of actors and internet celebrities who try to look young. This makes people sigh that campus dramas should be played by the right people.
Following this edited video, everyone rushed to watch this short film. In fact, given Zhou Qianqian's level, this short film was not very well made, and the script was also mediocre. But its strength lies in the fact that the young actress Song Jiao was chosen so well!
Despite the shaky camera work and awkward dialogue, she always seemed so lively and radiant. Whenever she appeared on screen, it was as if she was bathed in soft light.
And so, Song Jiao became famous in a niche circle. The Weibo account that Song Xia had registered for her also gained tens of thousands of followers, and even a talent agency wanted to sign her.
Zhou Qianqian called immediately about this: "Given Song Jiao's current experience, signing with an agency will likely only get her the worst contract. If you're going to sign, you must be very careful, especially regarding the contract term. Don't sign for too long. I would suggest you wait until Song Jiao is a bit older. However, there are advantages to signing, namely that you'll get some resources and won't need to contact production teams yourself."
"Thank you, Sister Qianqian. We will consider it carefully."
Song Jiao looked at Song Xia: "Sister, what do you think is best? I'll listen to you."
"No regrets?"
Song Jiao shook her head firmly: "No regrets."
"Then let's not sign it for now. Signing it will restrict you a lot. You're a student now, and you should focus on your studies. If they keep giving you bad movies, what will happen to your studies? My advice is to stick to the previous decision, study hard, and get into the best drama or film school. As long as your acting skills are good, with your looks and personality, you'll make it sooner or later."
"Okay, let's do it that way. I trust your judgment, sister."
After Song Xia rejected the agency, her second aunt's family somehow found out and came to confront her about it.
"Are you all stupid? Why would you want to be a celebrity? Do you know how rich celebrities are these days?"
Song Jiao stood at the door with her arms crossed, preventing the mother and daughter from entering: "Second Aunt, this has nothing to do with you, right?"
"I'm doing this for your own good! Now give me the contact information for that agency, and I'll go talk to them."
Song Xia was so angry at her shameless attitude that she laughed. This second aunt had already had several falling outs, how could she still have the nerve to come to the door?
"Second Aunt, the contact information has been deleted. We can make our own decisions and don't need your interference."
"Ungrateful!" Song Tianfang's expression changed repeatedly.
Song Jiao then looked at Sun Hui and scoffed, "What, are you jealous? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Sun Hui clenched her fist: "Song Jiao, you're just lucky. It's just acting, it's just being an actress. I'm no worse than you. If you can do it, I definitely can too."
Song Jun suddenly realized: "What do you mean by considering Song Jiao's needs? So you came all this way to recommend Sun Hui to a talent agency!"
After being exposed, Song Tianfang simply stopped pretending: "Will you give me the contact information for that agency?"
"I said I deleted it."
Song Xia slammed the door shut, not even considering that there would be any further developments.
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