Chapter 145 The baby knows nothing about his mother's family
"Boom boom boom, 'Annual Rings' is a blast. Holy crap, what kind of crazy numbers are these? It's a period drama, it's a period drama. If it starts with a rating of over 2, you could say it's just a low rating but then it's at 3 in three years and 5 in one week. What's going on? Is this going to outdo that national drama that's over 10?"
No, no, what is the explosive point of this drama?
There is not a single traffic star.
It's not an idol drama.
It's a period drama that has been filmed to death.
Sister, the whole network is waiting for you to appear now.
Everyone is asking you which episode you are in.
The benefits of this bonus are amazing.
The guest appearance was worth it..."
"Annual Rings," like Ye Mengyu's previous life, was a massive hit. It received rave reviews after its release, with the first episode initially receiving only above-average ratings. From the second episode onward, the ratings skyrocketed.
"There are at least 8,000 posts online analyzing why it exploded, and all sorts of experts have weighed in.
I think some of them are right.
Most of the period dramas in the past inevitably filmed suffering and regret.
In fact, if you ask any of your elders or those who lived through that era, they'll often start by saying how hard and tiring it was. But as they go on, they'll often have more fond memories.
There are so many beautiful memories of the people at that time who were hardworking, simple, kind, honest, and so on.
I often hear adults say that the Chinese New Year has lost its festive atmosphere now, and that children's entertainment is limited to computers and mobile phones. They don't have the joy of running around the yard with all kinds of small toys as before.
This drama has it all.
In this drama, all the suffering and tiredness are for the sake of living a better life. The overall outlook of people is positive and full of hope.
The rural people are not portrayed as snobbish and short-sighted. Nor are they so extreme.
If there is a grudge, it will be avenged on the spot. No one will tolerate any injustice in their eyes, and there will be no cold-eyed spectators. The group portrait is particularly good, and each person is three-dimensional.
There is no thin good or evil. The protagonist is not blindly tall and noble, naive and innocent. If you need ability, you have ability. If you need means, you have means. Everyone's success and failure are reasonable, not like cheating.
It's something that people can relate to.
The three groups of characters also have the most distinctive characteristics of the times.
Everyone can find a little bit of themselves in the characters.”
This wasn't all Ye Mengyu's own idea; a lot of it came from reading various subreddits in his past lives. Also, it was mentioned by the director and screenwriter in interviews during promotional activities.
The core of this play is that it does not glorify suffering.
As for her getting the bonus, that is a must.
This is the heroine's famous work and also her most important representative work. She has been holding on to it all her life. As long as it has no traffic, she will take it out to stir up some sentimental lifeline.
Director Kong is a wonderful person. In her previous life, Zhou Xuran didn't even appear in the opening credits, only in one shot at the end. She wasn't listed in the opening credits either, so you have to look for her in the end credits.
In this life, Miss Ye is very popular. The drama has not been aired yet, but Ye Mengyu has become the daughter of the richest man who lives on the hot search through variety shows and various revelations. Her every move is closely watched, and her CP with Jiang Fanyu is still very popular. Although there is no interaction between them on the surface, fans can find all kinds of evidence and imagine them on their own, and they are obsessed with her.
Anyway, Jiang Fanyu, the big blood bag, was tied up.
Don’t miss the free popularity.
Whenever the official Weibo account @actors, Ye Mengyu is always included.
When the cast list was announced, she was also given a special role.
Several shots of her were added at the beginning and end of the film.
Ye Mengyu also cooperated. Although he was busy filming the drama and couldn't leave, he never missed the video.
Weibo posts are reposted every few days.
Only when the popularity exploded did they stop adding icing on the cake.
Because of this, it is normal for everyone to know that she is in the film and to be curious about when she will appear.
Ye Mengyu has never acted in a play. Apart from commercials, there is no serious work on the market.
The spoilers of the filming process cannot be revealed, and no one knows what it looks like. We can't even see the styling, we only know that it's a costume drama about power struggles.
It's normal to be curious when suddenly there's a TV series in which I officially star, and it's just a small supporting role before I become famous.
Xiao Qi is in an excited state every day. Together with Ke Ke and other staff members, they would say many times that Ye Mengyu is so lucky. She became a hit in her first drama. They will definitely bring good luck to the crew of Female General. "Our drama will definitely soar to the sky. It will be a big hit."
It has to be said that people in the entertainment industry are more or less a bit superstitious.
Did my mom also star in "Annual Rings"? The book doesn't mention it. What a crappy book, it doesn't say anything. Besides saying the supporting actress's mom died young, it doesn't mention her age, occupation, or family background. Later, the supporting actress resorts to all sorts of treachery, using connections that are all from the richest man's father's side, and they're pretty low-end at that.
Is it because the author's writing skills aren't good enough and he can't imagine any advanced techniques? Is the background too strong, so there's no chance of the heroine turning over a new leaf?
With parents like that, how could I still be so stubborn about being a green tea girl and a white lotus? The hero has a heavenly law engraved on his thing. Sleeping with him will make him immortal and become an immortal or something? Must he hang himself on that tree?
I don't think my parents are love-brained. My dad's infatuation is probably because he is too lazy to have another relationship and wants to focus all his time on his career and raising children.
I don't think I can inherit the love brain gene.
Was she cursed? Did she mess up a good hand? With such a strong background, why didn't she just crush her to death instead of keeping her alive for the New Year?
I can’t think about it anymore. I’m tired.
If I were to grow up to look like that, I might as well die. It's so embarrassing to think about it.
Oh mom, could it be that my dad thinks I’m too stupid, looks down on me, and doesn’t want to take care of me, so he has so few resources at his disposal?
That shouldn't be the case. I'm still the darling of my uncles and aunts. They don't just have money but no skills, do they? Oh, I wonder what they do for a living? They must be pretty impressive, right?
My grandfather looks very powerful and my grandmother is so elegant, they must not be ordinary people, right?
My grandmother gave birth to six children, which is quite impressive.
My mother has a gene that makes her fertile. When she has time and I can speak, I will ask her to help me give birth to more brothers and sisters.
Oh, so annoying, I don’t know how my mom died…]
After a hundred days, the baby's energy is a little stronger, and she stays awake longer every day. Her little head is never idle. Look, the confinement nanny is holding her, and the whole family is watching TV series together. Her mind is never idle, and she has a lot of ideas.
After hearing what she said, Ye Mengyu realized that apart from knowing that her father was the richest man and her mother was a white moonlight who died early, the baby knew nothing about her family background and relatives.
Yes, after she finished her confinement, she was brought out to film. When her family came to visit her on set, they would bring her gifts in large and small packages. When she was 100 days old, all kinds of lavish gifts piled up like a mountain.
But apart from the couple holding their child and saying thank you to so-and-so, they didn't introduce their names or occupations.
Who would tell a baby about family history? It's sick.
Later, through her deliberate efforts, she finally knew some of the situations of her brothers and sisters in the book.
What the heck? What's my fifth uncle's name? Bai Yichi? Didn't he just say that thing in his hand is called Phoenix Tail? Holy crap, Phoenix Tail, a mysterious, legendary jewel. It was only exhibited once, privately, and not even a single image has been released. Yet, twenty years later, it's become a legendary, top-tier jewel. Is he just waving it around like that?
No, the point is not the Phoenix Tail, the point is that my fifth uncle is Bai Yichi, the Bai Yichi who designed and made the Phoenix Tail.
In the biggest scam of the century, a gambling stone case, he turned the tables and launched a desperate counterattack, making the scammer bankrupt.
When the work is done, he will leave, hiding his achievements and fame.
After that, the jewelry industry was full of legends about Bai Yichi, but there was no news about this person.
No wonder in the book, the female supporting character always takes out top-notch jewelry on various occasions to overwhelm the female protagonist, making her look so poor.
It must be because of my fifth uncle. Bai's Jewelry is the best in the industry, so they have all kinds of good stuff.
While sponsoring the supporting female characters, she can also ban the main female character, making it impossible for her to borrow good jewelry, and forcing her to ask the main male character, supporting male characters, and a group of bootlickers to save the situation.
Yes, if there weren't these twists and turns, there would be no need for those bootlickers.
This is the plot.
Then, when the female lead won the Best Actress award, Bai's Jewelry publicly dissed that there were problems with it, and was boycotted by Quan Gangduo and targeted by the male lead. In the end, it was thanks to my fifth uncle who had been in seclusion for more than ten years that he came out to turn the tide, and was able to barely maintain the scale of a second-tier small company.
There is a reason for this.
I told you, my fifth uncle loves me the most and will definitely support me unconditionally. How could he watch me being bullied without helping me get revenge?
So angry.
Why should I be so pessimistic about my family background? Why should I bother with someone who has nothing?
You still want to marry only one man?
I grew up looking at the faces of my dad and my uncles, why do you act like you've never seen a man before?
There are no three-legged frogs in this world, but aren’t there people with two legs everywhere on the streets?
Hanged on a tree, or in unrequited love, what kind of species is it? 】
Putting aside my complaints about the plot in the book, let’s just talk about the ending of the fifth brother Bai Yichi. Well, considering his personality, it’s not surprising.
When the company was doing well, he'd eat, drink, and have fun. When things were bad, he'd come out to help, then go back to eating, drinking, and having fun. He didn't have much ambition; he had enough money to spend.
But, that gambling stone case was actually mentioned in the later part of the book?
The mysterious phoenix tail necklace that the baby mentioned was made from the colorful jadeite won in the gambling game.
The base is made of gold and is inlaid with jadeite of various sizes and colors. It is very beautiful. Of course, the price is also priceless.
Just the hundreds of large jade pieces and thousands of fingernail-sized scraps are worth more than 10 billion.
Not to mention the ancient hand-inlaid techniques used in the entire jewelry, as well as wire wrapping, hollowing, etc., which are themselves intangible cultural heritage.
The finished product is truly priceless.
But my fifth brother only spent 130 million to get all those jadeite raw stones.
It wasn't his own money, but the money used to scam the scammers.
The other side set traps for him step by step, and he pretended to fall into the trap.
From 30 to 50 million yuan as pocket money to go out and play, to 300 to 200 million yuan, to the "absolute belief" that they really did have the best material from a large family's old mine that had been hidden for hundreds of years, they borrowed 2.5 billion yuan from all parties to buy all the raw materials and hope to make at least 5 billion yuan in profit.
After arriving at a large-scale trade fair in the raw stone market, the cash is handed over to the organizer for capital verification and third-party certification.
The largest and most important level of exchange must be placed last.
The batch of raw materials he bought was considered a small transaction compared to the large quantities of materials that could easily cost hundreds of millions.
It was also the last batch of raw stone that the scammers had actually bought from that family. They wanted to sell it early and run away with the 2.5 billion.
That family is real, the raw stones are real, and they are good materials.
However, there is a discrepancy between the quantity and value of the raw materials, with the total value being only 300 million yuan.
The 2.5 billion worth of material is just a pile of waste rocks, not even worth 2 million.
Fifth Brother had already found out all the operations behind it.
So I took action in advance and spent more than 100 million to buy the same batch of good materials that the scammers talked about.
After mining two good stones and making a fortune, he showed a determination to get the last batch of waste.
There were also people he arranged in advance and all kinds of preparations.
So before the last batch of materials was auctioned, he made calls all over the place, asking his brothers and sisters to "borrow money", determined to get the big order and double the market value of Bai's Jewelry.
The acting is so real.
The scammers are believable.
Until he could not borrow money no matter what he did, and the scammer's hire had quoted a price of 2.5 billion, he still could not afford it and had to give up.
But the agent couldn't pay the money, so he gave up the 300 million deposit and ran away.
Those three hundred million were also paid by scammers.
Afterwards, dozens of experts attending the trade fair came out to say that they were not optimistic about that batch of stones. Although they did not directly say that they were waste, their words implied that they meant that.
No one took the waste, so it all rotted in their hands.
The scammers spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get 2.5 billion yuan, but not all of the money was their own, most of it was borrowed.
If you don't get the money, you have to run away to avoid debt.
I didn't even dare to stay in the country, so I ran directly across the border to go abroad.
The fifth brother immediately issued a global manhunt through an intermediary, offering a reward of 200 million yuan for the person's whereabouts, either alive or dead. Of course, even if they found him alive, those creditors would turn him into a corpse.
The fifth brother’s reason, of course, was that he was almost cheated out of 2.5 billion and he was unwilling to accept it.
He definitely didn't do it himself.
But who doesn't know what's going on?
That agent would only turn against the Fifth Brother if he received ten times the commission.
The entire trade fair was a setup by Fifth Brother. When the organizers inspected the waste materials, they made it difficult for the scammers and then took the bribes to let them pass.
The dozens of experts who were responsible for the broadcast were all invited by President Bai at the cost of his reputation and the Bai family's decades of reputation.
A Jedi counterattack, a classic among classics of gambling stone scams.
The Fifth Brother's remarkable achievement was that, not only did he not get scammed, he even managed to wriggle over 100 million yuan out of the scammer's raw materials. He didn't even take the 300 million yuan deposit, so the money was split among the various parties involved. How could everyone be so happy?
[My fourth aunt is indeed the pride of Chinese people. She is one of the top three supermodels and a great person who created her own high-end luxury brand, Zeng Qimo.
I mean, with those one-meter long legs, being a supermodel, and having the last name Zeng, it would be unacceptable if it wasn't her.
As expected.
With such resources, the female supporting role can easily dominate the entertainment industry.
She is just a second-tier star, so how come she has such good fashion resources?
I thought it was money ability.
It turns out that it’s due to her financial resources and the support of her fourth aunt, a big name in the fashion circle.
There's really no mention of that in the book.
Yes, if it were written, with so many buffs added together, how could the male and female protagonists make a comeback?
The logic that doesn't exist in the first place is even more unbearable to read.
At this point, I can no longer criticize the supporting actress. It's unacceptable to criticize her any further. It's clear that the author has forced the supporting character to be less intelligent, and she can no longer think normally.
It turns out that the fourth sister is unsuccessful in love but successful in her career.
Reasonable and reasonable.
However, her success in going so far in the fashion industry and doing so well with her own brand is definitely due to the help of Ms. Zeng and Mr. Gu.
In addition, there are so many relatives in the entertainment industry, such as her and Jiang Fanyu, who often wear her brand, so the advertisement is spread out.
There are also many big-name artists from Mengzhu and Xingyao. By promoting her brand, it will be easier for her family to get clothes, and her fashion resources will also be improved. It is a win-win situation for both parties.
As long as she can do it herself, there is no reason not to help her.
My third uncle is the legendary racing champion Gu Yize. Oh my god, what a treasure trove of relatives I have. What kind of genes does my grandfather have?
What a pity, at the age of 40, I became disabled from playing around, with a broken leg. I have to use a wheelchair for the rest of my life and will never have the chance to drive again.
But it doesn't affect his legendary status.
The fact that there is a race named after him is enough to make him a big figure in the history of racing.
Not to mention that his club in the country also has the best results in the country and hundreds of domestic championship trophies.
The most amazing thing is that instead of racing, my third uncle played video games. He even bought his own e-sports club and made a killing by training talented players and selling them off.
Well……
Is this a good review or a bad review?
He ruined himself playing cars, then played games until he started his own club. Instead of working hard to achieve results, he only thought about selling players to make money?
Where did the desire to be the first when driving go?
Unable to comment.
Ye Mengyu was speechless. When she saw her third brother again, she complained a lot in her heart. At the end, she said that reselling players was really a bit unethical. She didn't know if it was because she had lost her legs and was disabled, but her heart was twisted and perverted.
Brother Gu San was very frightened when he heard this.
I never dared to go on stage again!
He actually formed an e-sports club, but he is very rich now, so instead of selling players, he bought players from all over the world at high prices, just to compete for the first place.
[I'm numb, I'm numb. With such outstanding uncles like my third, fourth, and fifth uncles as my foundation, it's no surprise that my eldest uncle is among the top rich people.
Hahaha, my uncle has very few roles. Apart from saying that he got married when he was almost 50 years old, married a wife who was 20 years younger than him, and had children in his old age, a son and a daughter in three years, there is nothing else said.
The two little cousins were too far apart in age from the supporting actress, and they only appeared once or twice, helping the supporting actress to beat the heroine. Because of their status, the hero and heroine didn't dare to provoke them and could only endure it silently.
I thought my uncle, who was so indifferent to love, would be a bachelor forever. Hahaha, turns out that's not the case. It's just that he found his true love too late. Oh, then it took another ten years for my aunt to come. Isn't she only a few years older than me?
No, wait a minute, my aunt will be 30 years old in a dozen years, which means that now she is only in her teens and in junior high school?
My uncle is almost forty years old.
Oh my God, what a difference!
My uncle is actually such an uncle. 】
Yes, it turns out that big brother is this kind of big brother.
You've never been in a relationship, and you're waiting until you're almost fifty to have a twilight romance and then find a young girlfriend?
Well……
That’s not the case. The woman got married at the age of 30, so she can’t be called a girlfriend.
But this is relatively small, it is still small.
The age difference is almost twenty years, which is an absolute value and cannot be changed.
But this matter is personal privacy and has nothing to do with outsiders, and it is not her business.
Look at yourself, big brother.
He lives his own life.
However, it seems that Mr. Chu is still in a hurry.
Although it’s late to realize the wish of having a grandson, it’s not bad as it has a good character.
So my aunts and uncles weren't my grandmother's biological children. Only my mother was. Oh, let me do the math. Does that mean my grandmother is my grandfather's legal wife and can receive half of his estate, which she can then divide equally with his children? And my mother is my grandmother's sole heir?
In other words, my mother can legally get half of my grandfather's property, plus my grandmother's and her own shares. Doesn't that make her the largest shareholder of Zhou Corporation?
Doesn’t my second aunt work for my mother? 】
[It turns out that my uncles and aunts' biological mothers are all grandpa's ex-girlfriends. How exciting. Grandpa is so...
The key point is, all his ex-girlfriends are so amazing. That's amazing.
Well, he is so handsome, rich, single, and only dates but not gets married. It is no wonder that he can get so many amazing girlfriends.
I’m so envious.
I have such genes, and if I don’t inherit them well, I will only date and not get married, and I will die with my son. I will date many handsome and outstanding boyfriends. Shouldn’t I hang myself on a tree?
Am I crazy?
I will remind myself every day from now on that there is no need to give up the entire forest for a crooked tree, unless you are as perfect as my dad.
The most handsome guy, loyal and infatuated.
Alas, what a pity, I don’t seem to be as lucky as my mother.
Who can be as lucky as her?
If I could escape the catastrophe of life and death, my life would be perfect.
[I knew that my second aunt, as the pillar of the family, must be the most powerful person, otherwise how could she suppress the other uncles and aunts who are so outstanding!
The book doesn't say why she left her hometown.
In the finale, it is learned that the female supporting character is dead, and the villain's father was killed by his adopted son. He came back from Europe and turned the male and female protagonists back to their original forms, turning them into ordinary workers and office workers. They have to pay mortgages and car loans, support the female protagonist's family, and raise children. They are also exploited by their bosses and excluded by their colleagues, and have to endure the sense of loss of falling from a high place.
The author forced her to live the peaceful life that the heroine had always hoped for, and had a little happiness.
Haha, it turns out that the author is not very smart, so he can write such stupid plots.
It has to be my second aunt!
This is a much more severe revenge than just killing them directly.]
Well, the second sister is still the second sister.
If you change a few books, the plot will be full of murderous intent!
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