Chapter 798: The Faded Actress (8)
After being completely abandoned, Shangguan Hao drank heavily every day. When he was drunk and not sober, he would beat Qiao Mingyue. Anyway, he had been abandoned and replaced by the illegitimate child he despised the most. He was also ruined and would never have the child he wanted again. No one else would have a good time.
Qiao Mingyue lived in constant fear every day.
Finally, fearing that Qiao Mingyue would miscarry, Shangguan Hao's father separated the two.
A few months later, Qiao Mingyue gave birth prematurely to a stillborn baby. Gu's father gave up completely. He had originally thought of keeping the child and removing the mother, but now that the child was gone, there was no need to keep the mother either.
Afterwards, Qiao Mingyue and Shangguan Hao tormented each other.
Qiao Mingyue felt like she was living in hell. She finally gave up all her delusions and wanted a divorce.
But Shangguan Hao refused to leave. You insisted on marrying me back then, so now you deserve to suffer.
She was imprisoned in Shangguan Hao's villa, spending every day with a madman.
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Gu Yuan appeared in Director Ming's film.
Director Ming's habit is to act like he's from the secret service before filming is even finished.
The casting will remain unknown to the entire internet.
When the official announcement came, netizens looked at the cast list and, as expected, it was another newcomer taking on a leading role—familiar newcomers from the Ming family.
Qiwen Entertainment started a big publicity campaign, and only then did people remember that this handsome young man was the artist who had been rumored to be dating Lin Xi.
The two leaked photos were dug up again. The internet has no shortage of shippers, so since they're fearless, they can confidently invest in these pairings.
A stunningly beautiful female CEO × A gentle and charming male celebrity.
With this amazing picture as the main image, the CP (couple) hashtag has been created.
Editing and fan-made content have also been created.
As director Ming's film began its promotional campaign, when interviewing Gu Yuan, one question that entertainment reporters couldn't avoid was about Lin Xi.
After all, this is all about popularity. Lin Xi isn't in the entertainment industry, but her popularity is higher than many first- and second-tier celebrities.
Then everyone discovered it.
Gu Yuan blushed immediately upon hearing Lin Xi's name, looking like a complete innocent fool.
An entertainment reporter asked, "Gu Yuan, you're working with Director Ming, so you must have seen his previous works. What do you think? Do you feel any pressure?"
"There is a lot of pressure. I have seen 'Leaving Spring,' and Senior Lin's acting is excellent. Every expression is perfect, and the lines are very charming and outstanding. 'Leaving Spring' is a very good work and it is also my goal in learning acting. I will work hard to improve my acting skills and will not let Senior Lin down."
audience:"???"
We know Lin Xi is your boss.
But isn't it just too cute to give such sincere compliments?
Entertainment reporter: "Do you think you can surpass Lin Xi's achievements with this new film?"
“How could that be? Senior Lin is unsurpassable.” Gu Yuan said seriously, even thinking it was a stupid question.
The audience laughed, and Director Ming next to him laughed too. "So you're saying that my films haven't improved?"
Gu Yuan was alarmed. "No, all of Director Ming's films are excellent. It's just that in my heart, my favorite is 'Leaving Spring.' I didn't mean anything by it."
Director Ming, seeing that he had frightened the person, laughed and said:
"Don't worry, I also love 'Leaving Spring' the most. It's no exaggeration to say that it's the most satisfying work in my directing career. I was so worried about casting for this movie that I almost went bald. When I went out for drinks to relax, Lin Xi walked right past me in a floral dress. I immediately saw my leading lady and quickly tricked her into joining the crew."
"She was the most perfect leading lady I ever chose. I originally thought she could continue on the path of acting and would definitely bring many surprises to the film industry. It's a pity."
Director Ming also felt regret.
The following segment turned into a praise session for Lin Xi, but the director didn't mind, the male lead didn't mind, even the "president" of the fan club didn't mind, and the other actors had even less to say.
Throughout the entire performance, Gu Yuan's face would turn red whenever Lin Xi's music was played, every single time, which caused the entertainment reporters to tease him relentlessly, and the other actors would also joke around with him.
Everyone is extremely excited about Ming's new film.
Why?
Because director Ming has never made a mistake, and right now, everyone is rewatching the first film he collaborated on with Lin Xi.
Enthusiasm is at its peak.
Everyone started to connect Gu Yuan and Lin Xi, and the fans of Lin Xi even joined Gu Yuan's fan club in a completely new way.
While doing data for Lin Xi, I also did data for the handsome and charming young man, and casually urged him to let Lin Xi come out so they could meet.
Amidst much anticipation, Director Lin's film was finally released.
Unsurprisingly, it was another critically acclaimed masterpiece, and Gu Yuan, who played the male lead, became a sensation. His explosive popularity shocked everyone. He didn't seem like a newcomer at all; his acting was extremely explosive, and several of his scenes became legendary.
The number of fans has also grown rapidly.
The movie is called "White Night", and Gu Yuan plays a mental patient. To the world, he is the patient Bai Fei, but to himself, everyone in the world is sick.
He treats the world in his own way.
Anyway, he's an extremely crazy character, while Gu Yuan has the appearance of an innocent and well-behaved person. No one expected that he would portray him so perfectly. He truly deserves to be called a master director. His eyes are like a ruler, able to unearth this treasure, Gu Yuan.
Moreover, it ultimately achieved considerable box office success, surpassing 2.5 billion yuan at the box office for an art film, a truly epic achievement.
Wen Wan also contributed a great deal to this.
All of Lin's companies had the movie's promotion on their front pages, spending money like crazy. But in essence, it was the movie's quality that could withstand such marketing. If it were a mediocre or utterly terrible movie, it would have been torn to shreds by criticism long ago.
Even her brother, after finding out, called her home, his face very serious.
"Xiao Xi, what is your relationship with Gu Yuan?"
"What relationship? It's just a boss-employee relationship. There are absolutely no under-the-table deals involved. Don't overthink it, bro. I'm doing this for Qiwen's own good. After all, Qiwen is currently lacking a pillar of strength, and I think Gu Yuan has that potential, which is why I'm promoting him so strongly."
The Lin family's main business is not in the entertainment industry, so Qiwen is not a top-tier company. The reason for the acquisition was that Qiao Mingyue and Gu Yuan were both in this small company. The top male and female stars under their company were just ordinary first-tier artists, and they lacked awards to support them, so their commercial value was not ideal.
Wen Wan did it to make money.
"real?"
Wen Wan: "Of course it's true, what else could it be? I don't want to be in a relationship right now. Shangguan Hao has given me a complete psychological trauma."
Lin Weicheng was suddenly displeased when he heard his younger sister's words.
Why should we abandon romantic relationships just because of one scumbag?
"There are still good men in the world. You were just unlucky to meet a jerk. I think Gu Yuan is pretty good. He's better looking than Shangguan Hao, and he's well-behaved. I support him dating."
Wen Yan: "..."
Brother, there's no need for such inconsistency.
She was simply doing a mission; she was only taking her mission target seriously. This was the male protagonist of the world who should have had a bright future. Although Gu Yuan's face was indeed irresistible, it was merely a case of being attracted to good looks, not love.
After Wen Wan became the president of Qiwen, she didn't really only support Gu Yuan.
Other celebrities can't really be ignored either.
Wen Wan purged some corrupt and unethical agents from the company and poached a group of professional agents at high prices.
Some artists with malicious intentions were also dismissed by Wen Wan.
The company's atmosphere is getting better and better.
However, some people were unhappy, including Qiwen's original top leader, who disliked the company's cultivation of Gu Yuan.
The top actor's name is Li Mingxuan. He has acted in many well-received TV dramas, as well as countless bad ones. He won the Best Actor award and has also been listed in the top 10 list of bad movies.
He's not exactly a top-tier beauty, but his acting skills are quite good.
Wen Wan intended to continue training him, and gave his agent several good scripts, but the agent was not satisfied and set his sights on the script that Wen Wan had arranged for Gu Yuan.
It is also a work by a top director.
Wen Wan put in a lot of effort to get the audition opportunity.
Wen Wan knew she was being a little biased, but since they had brought it up, she couldn't pretend she didn't know. So she arranged for both of them to audition. Anyway, the film company had invested in it, so having an extra audition slot was easy to do.
To everyone's surprise, Gu Yuan ended up getting the lead role in the audition.
Li Mingxuan was not selected.
This is normal, after all, there are many factors that contribute to a successful audition, such as appearance, temperament, and acting skills. These are all factors that the director and team consider. Moreover, Gu Yuan's acting skills cannot be treated with the same attitude as a typical newcomer.
But Li Mingxuan was very angry.
I think it must be Wen Wan who is manipulating things behind the scenes. She has caused trouble several times and even told her fan leader. The fans stood up for her and accused the company of being unfair and inhumanely suppressing the top star.
There were even various big-character posters implying that Gu Yuan got in through connections, and that Wen Wan was that connection, that sugar daddy.
I don't dare to openly curse, after all, Wen Wan will sue people, and I can't afford to offend her, but I can be subtle in my criticism.
Li Mingxuan even revealed his desire to leave.
Good heavens, can Wen Wan really put up with this?
Sooner or later, the male lead will stand at the top of the entertainment industry, and he might even have made it there himself.
If you can't stand it now, what will you do in the future?
It would be better to let him leave as he wished sooner, so they agreed to Li Mingxuan's termination of the contract and paid him the penalty for breach of contract.
They didn't ask for a penny more or less; it was all clearly stated in black and white.
Li Mingxuan didn't expect Wen Wan to actually dare to drive him away. When she left, she took her manager with her and then joined Shengtai, one of the top entertainment companies in the entertainment industry.
The fans were naturally happy, after all, Qiwen and Shengtai are not even in the same league.
Afterwards, all the resources given to Li Mingxuan were distributed to other artists, and a professional acting training class was set up. The best acting teacher team in the industry was hired, and every actor had to participate in the acting training. Those who were not good at acting would not be able to get good resources.
Meanwhile, Wen Wan, a dark horse with outstanding acting skills, is being vigorously cultivated.
Not only acting training classes, but also some people who are not suitable for acting and want to pursue a singing career, Wen Wan also seeks out teachers to teach them.
The dancers also hired top-notch dance instructors.
Some people who can't do anything else even try to develop a sense of variety show humor.
Anyway, we need to find suitable places to nurture them, as these are our future cash cows. No one knows how much of a storm this will cause in the entertainment industry in the future, or how legendary Qiwen will become.
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