Chapter 159: Those who want to eat cakes will die
"Coco resigned."
Aunt Monroe was carrying a large bag of juice, scented tea, electric heating cushions, and warming patches, waiting for Ye Mengyu to finish filming in the rest area.
What?
"Resigned? Why did you resign?"
"This morning I went to the company to sign the salary adjustment confirmation form, and I met her in the process of resigning."
"Have you all resigned?"
While asking, Ye Mengyu took out her phone and checked WeChat. There was indeed an unread message from Coco. When she opened it, she saw that it was thanking her for her help in the past two years. It was all official rhetoric. Then she explained that her husband wanted to go out on his own and open a fitness center, and hoped that she would go over to help, so she had to resign.
From what she said, one could tell that her family and her new husband felt that being an assistant to a celebrity was just like being a nanny who ran errands for the celebrity, which was not decent. It was not as nice as being a wife at the gym.
"Okay, just resign. If an employee finds a better job, I'm happy for her. By the way, Sister Monroe, how did you manage to stay in this industry for so many years?"
Aunt Monroe smiled shyly, "I originally came here to help my niece take care of her child. At that time, I wanted to take the confinement nanny certificate and stay to work as a confinement nanny, but with my level, I couldn't pass any exams, and I couldn't cook confinement meals well. So I worked as a nanny for others. The first family was a celebrity's. Her assistant took leave and I took over for two months. I feel that this job is capable. I can't stay at home and am always running around. I like the busy and nagging life.
There was nothing going on back home. My husband had died, and we had no children. I couldn't go back to my parents' home, and my brothers' wives didn't like it. I couldn't go back to my husband's home either. My parents-in-law had taken over the house and let their youngest son and his family live there.
What are you going back for?
After all these years, I've come to like it.
After a few more years of work, when I can no longer run, I will find a small town, buy a yard, plant some flowers and plants, and retire.
Oh, have you arranged your retirement?
"Then you're all alone, aren't you afraid that no one will take care of you when you're old?"
Don’t many elders who advise people to get married and find a partner use the excuse that if they don’t have children, no one will take care of them when they are old?
Aunt Monroe shook her head. "I'm not afraid. I own a store in the suburbs of Beijing. I bought it cheaply back then, and now the rent is over 200,000 yuan a year. I can still have a little over 100,000 yuan left after paying off the mortgage. Then I'll buy a house that's easy to sell. Then I'll make a will in advance. Whoever takes care of me when I'm old will be the one I'll leave my estate to. I'll entrust it to the neighborhood committee and a lawyer. No one can take my house until I die."
I don't need anyone to support me or take care of me. When I go to the nursing home, you just need to visit me from time to time and make sure no one bullies me.
If you still can't support yourself in your old age, then there's really nothing you can do. Just consider yourself unlucky.
Even if you give birth to a child, you don’t necessarily have to rely on him.”
It’s true.
"... Tell me, what will we do when we're old? You have a big family and a lot of money, and your daughter will definitely be busy. Will she have time to take care of us? What if she gets old and confused and gets bullied by the nursing home staff?"
When he returned home in the evening, Ye Mengyu followed Jiang Fanyu and kept muttering to himself.
Jiang Fanyu was tortured and speechless. "If the two of us still have to worry about the issue of elderly care, then no one in the country will be able to provide for their old age. Look at your parents and my mom. We are also busy and we don't see each other often. Do they worry about the issue of elderly care? Look at your grandparents. Do they worry about the issue of elderly care? Isn't your dad busier than us?"
What's going on in your head day after day?
[Huh? That's right.]
"Why do I feel a bit anxious and worried about gains and losses these days? It must be because of my conversation with Aunt Monroe today. When I heard her say that she was afraid of being bullied by the caregivers when she gets old and lives in a nursing home, I thought, if I get Alzheimer's and don't know anything, being bullied would be too miserable.
Isn’t it common in the news to report on elderly people being abused by nannies or caregivers?”
There is a plot in the play where the heroine has just married into the marquis's mansion and has not yet established herself, and is struggling to protect herself. When the maidservants who came with her as a dowry are bullied, she cannot take revenge and can only endure it.
I was already immersed in the role, feeling uncomfortable, and when I heard Aunt Monroe muttering, I couldn't help but put myself in her shoes.
"After a while, when the filming gets to the point where the heroine is killing everyone, I won't feel so aggrieved and won't have such random thoughts anymore."
Jiang Fanyu understood this situation very well.
"When will you join the group?"
"Wait for Director Kong's notification."
"Baby went to the beach today and was tired. He went to bed early and fell asleep while chatting. Oh, I kind of regret taking this role. I want to go play with Baby."
"I didn't even see anyone, and you at least said a few words."
Mr. Jiang, who got off work late, regretfully missed the daily video time with his daughter.
"I didn't video chat with Ms. Ye every day before, so I didn't know I was so clingy."
"All the books say that it's not necessarily the children who need their parents, but the parents who need their children more. If we don't see our daughter for a day, she will miss us, and if she doesn't see us for a day, she may not miss us either."
"Humph, you little heartless guy, you're out having fun all day long, your mind is so wild that you don't even think about the empty nester."
Well……
The more you talk, the more outrageous it gets.
Mr. Jiang turned on the computer, stood up, picked up the girl and walked towards the bedroom. He knew that if he didn't find something for her to do, she would not be able to rest.
…
"The Xianxia drama has already been filmed and is set to air at the end of the second quarter, just before the start of summer vacation, so it's time to wrap up. You'll have to be busy on both fronts for a month before filming wraps up here. No, you'll have to work on three fronts simultaneously. Director Zheng's movie is also slated for the summer, and the focus of the pre-release promotion is on your visit, Mr. Jiang."
You have to prepare yourself mentally in advance.
In addition, whether it is to move to the big screen in the future or to ensure a stable future, we have to start doing charity work openly.
You must also actively participate in official activities.
There are a lot of invitations now, and I will arrange them as appropriate.
The better your image is, the better it will be for the Zhou family."
There was a break in the film project, and Sister Luan started talking about Ye Mengyu as soon as she came back.
"I understand. You arrange it. It seems the Spring Festival Gala is really a lean camel with more than a horse. The official resources have all gone to waste, right?"
Previously, her status as the daughter of a wealthy family gave her great advantages in the entertainment industry. Similarly, her status as the daughter of a wealthy family also restricted her from official activities. She cannot be praised too much, otherwise she will easily be criticized for being a capital-licking shill.
This is not a good direction.
All the staff of the headquarters and major official departments are very cautious.
The Ye Mengyu group has been continuously doing various charity work, bringing all the artists of Mengzhu to do it together, and the fans have also promoted the various charity activities very well.
On the basis of having accumulated seven or eight public welfare ambassadors, the female general became famous again, which is why she was able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.
The Spring Festival Gala skits were very successful, which to some extent could be considered a lifting of the ban.
"It's all thanks to your peers. Compared to someone who acts irrespective of the situation, you're simply too obedient. Her performance is also better than hers, and the industry is not blind. This is an opportunity handed to you by your rivals. You'd be foolish not to take it."
Sister Luan smiled and shook her head. She didn't know whether to lament Zhou Xuran's stupidity or Ye Mengyu's luck. The opponent was giving away his head on his own initiative. It was simply unbelievable.
There is no solution.
"What Zhou Xuran should do most is to find a strong team, especially a public relations team."
This step was quite painful, but it wasn't enough to ruin her. Thanks to the photographer, the photo was eventually developed.
"What's the use of having a great team? If the artist doesn't obey, what can the team do? Did you inform me in advance about getting married, or did you discuss having children with me? Ha..."
Oh my god, waiting here.
"Wrong, wrong. Is it all my fault? But the problem is, getting married and having children is a normal life plan, and I'm also following the national call for early marriage and early childbearing. What a positive energy. She's negative and asking for trouble. We're not the same, we can't compare like this..."
After watching Boonie Bears with my baby for a few days, he started talking like Xiong Er.
Sister Luan wouldn't be easily persuaded, "They're all equally troublesome."
…
The topic was just over.
In fact, it was just as Ye Mengyu said. After spending 800 million yuan in hush money and pulling dozens of celebrities out to appear on the hot search to stand guard to divert attention, there were rumors of secret marriages and children, a top star appearing at the hotel of his rumored girlfriend, a flop being scammed by his ex-girlfriend, a couple from a certain gay drama that couldn't be broadcast visiting each other on set, and the two or three things that had to be said about the middle-aged female director who was 18 years younger than her and the top 20-year-old fresh meat...
Every day, a new melon comes out to divert attention. The internet really has no memory, and slowly, netizens have lost interest in vying for the center position.
In the entertainment industry, people fight tooth and nail to grab the ranking, the C position, and everything that can be grabbed. It's a common practice, and netizens are numb to it.
"It doesn't matter if netizens forget. Every time she appears in the future, we will help them review what the Zhou Zhuang and Ding Ran memes are. We will continue until these nicknames stick to her and become a label."
Ye Mengyu is very familiar with this kind of thing of labeling celebrities with negative names. She herself has a negative name given by her black fans, called "Air Fryer", which implies that she always creates scandals with air, but there are only scandals but no one is the one involved. She forms 800 CPs, but no one knows if there is any real person.
This doesn't matter, it's just a random thing. Anyone with high traffic will have a few black fans.
But to give a negative name like Zhou Xuran's, which is based on a real dark history, is truly heartbreaking.
No matter how she cleans herself up on various platforms and media, she has accumulated quite a few black fans and haters because of her various tricks. She has taken a shortcut to fame and her reputation is not very good.
It's normal for her to be closely watched by various parties. The cake in the entertainment industry is so small that if she eats less, others will have more opportunities.
Besides, there is no way Ye Mengyu would let her go.
She must be criticized every day she stays in the entertainment industry.
"Every day, there are so many things to do. My dear Qiqi, when will you come back? I need you. I can't even enjoy my meals when you're not around..."
There are so many things to do every day, and my mind is full of things.
Aunt Monroe can't help organize and summarize various information, nor does she have gossip skills, unlike Xiaoqi's 800 groups, which are ten thousand times more informed than paparazzi.
Moreover, Aunt Monroe's cooking skills are indeed not as good as Xiaoqi's. When she doesn't want to eat the crew's boxed lunches or takeout, she has no home-cooked meals to eat.
Xiaoqi asked for a vacation from the 15th to the end of the first lunar month, saying that an elder at home was sick and he needed to take care of him.
"...How about your husband personally bringing you food? Are you used to my cooking?"
Just as he finished speaking, Mr. Jiang joined the group, bringing with him a boxed lunch that he had made himself.
"Yes, yes, yes, that's great. It's been a long time since I had a home-cooked meal."
I go out early and come back late every day, and most of the time I can’t even have breakfast at home, let alone lunch and dinner. Don’t even think about it.
The dinner director had already banned it.
In order to look good on camera, I wasn’t allowed to drink water, let alone meals, three hours before bedtime, for fear that my face would become swollen and I wouldn’t be able to act smoothly.
When you meet a demanding director, that’s it, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Compared to the strictness of having to NG more than a dozen times for a scene, everything else is just a small matter and not considered torture.
"Ka, good, passed. Very good, Xiao Jiang, you deserve it."
Same person, different fate. Mr. Jiang came to guest star in a few scenes, all in one take, and the director kept giving him thumbs up.
This is a treatment that the entire group has not received.
It's not that Ye Mengyu's acting is particularly bad, the whole crew is about the same, and even the veteran actors are not immune, and they have to stop at least five or six times. The director's "guaranteed one shot" is really fatal.
The treatment given to Mr. Jiang is unique.
[Isn't it said that acting is different on the big screen and the small screen? When did he secretly practice to amaze everyone? Or is he just naturally gifted? This is too much. Even the Grandmaster doesn't have to be so pushy and force food into his mouth, right? He doesn't need this little bit of food. Humph.]
Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry.
The news that Jiang Fanyu would guest-star in "The Mistress of the Marquis's House" spread like wildfire.
It quickly became a hot topic.
Although there was no Reuters and no one came out to confirm, it was all just rumors.
But his nanny car was recognized when it stopped at a gas station to refuel on the way to the crew.
Someone also photographed the same car at the entrance of the set.
It can be basically confirmed that he entered the set and appeared for three consecutive days.
It's impossible for anyone to visit the set for three consecutive days. There's no other explanation except that it's a guest appearance.
Every day when he was photographed, the public opinion was that it was impossible for Actor Jiang to make a guest appearance in a TV series, and he must have come to visit the set.
There was a huge debate online about whose class he was visiting.
Of course, CP fans firmly believe that it is Tan Ye Mengyu's class, while sole fans and most passers-by just think that it is Tan Dao Kong's class, since they had collaborated on a variety show not long ago.
After that, I worked three consecutive days and the guest appearance was tacitly accepted, which was also due to the credit of these people.
In order to avoid rumors, he frantically tried to stir up trouble in his guest appearances.
It was amid this popularity that director Zheng's comedy film was officially announced. In the group photo released on the poster, there were silhouettes of several guest stars, including Ye Mengyu and Jiang Fanyu.
Fans dug out the original silhouette image in the shortest possible time.
After his last movie was released, he hadn't been back on set. The appearance of actor Jiang, who was being sought online, reassured netizens that he wasn't a missing person in the entertainment industry and hadn't retired. He still had a job.
Qiao Ran stood in the huge C position, and compared with her previous image in the short drama, she looked like two different people with different weight.
This change itself has attracted a lot of attention and discussion.
About the actors' professionalism. About whether the story is cliché. About whether the comedy sketch is a money-making scam.
There are so many topics to discuss.
This wave of popularity has just died down, and the fantasy drama has officially announced its release date.
The next round of publicity has begun.
As soon as the trailer was released, the costumes, props, and special effects were amazing.
The sharp contrast between Qiao Ran's fairy look in the drama and the fat girl in the movie attracted a lot of traffic.
Until Ye Mengyu finished filming her new drama, her popularity remained high and never went down.
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