The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 232 Changes
Realizing something, Xiao Qiao swallowed hard, her eyes darting around. Suddenly, she straightened her back and adopted a serious tone: "However, it's understandable. Back when I was in Taiwan, I heard gossip about Shui Ling being scammed. It's quite fitting that her boss is comforting her now..."

"Alright," a hand said on her shoulder, "I'm not a bad person, why are you so scared?"

Chen Qiaoen tensed up again, turned around and gave a forced smile, then looked at Xu Jiuyang with a pitiful expression.

"Go pack your things, we need to go back to the hotel," Xu Jiuyang said considerately.

"Okay, boss," Chen Qiaoen replied and quickly slipped away.

She ran to a less crowded spot on set, looked around, and then took out her phone: "Junning, Junning, it's me. I've taken care of everything the big boss asked me to do."

"Yes, yes, just like you said. Find an opportunity to pretend to make a phone call near her and talk about how amazing the boss is. In just a few days, she ended up in the boss's bed."

"But I have a question. I remember you said before that she wasn't one of the big boss's people, so why did the big boss still ask us to help her?"

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll report it immediately. You have to put in a good word for me with the big boss."

After ending the call, Chen Qiaoen stuck out her tongue, looked around again, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one was nearby.

Although it's wrong to do something underhanded behind the boss's back, this is the big boss's order, and the final result is good. If all else fails, you can always crawl in front of the boss and beg for mercy.

Ignoring the assistant's self-consolation, after the crew finished packing up and returned to their hotel, they all went to the buffet restaurant for dinner.

The food was pretty good. Lunch might be a bit tiring, but in the evening, whenever we finished work around dinner time, we would go back to the hotel for a buffet. The taste wasn't great, but the advantage was that we could eat as much as we wanted.

Then, Jiang Qinqin took Xu Jiuyang's arm and walked into the restaurant in front of many people.

"Sister Qin, what do you want to eat? I'll get it for you," Xu Jiuyang asked Jiang Qinqin, pretending not to notice anything.

"It's a buffet, of course you help yourself, do you need to help me?" Jiang Qinqin rolled her eyes at him.

Sigh, if this happened 20 years from now, even a slight slowness would get you a scolding and ridicule from XXN. Women are much cuter now.

But seeing Jiang Qinqin carrying a full plate of food, Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but ask, "Sister Qin, do you have such a good appetite?"

I've seen her eat before, and it was always very simple. But now, she's eating several chicken legs.

"I'll be exercising a lot tonight, so I need to eat more to conserve my energy," Jiang Qinqin said, shrugging.

Xu Jiuyang coughed lightly: "Why does it feel like... Sister Qin seems like a completely different person?"

“Yes,” Jiang Qinqin sighed, “I only figured it out last night.”

"Oh?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow, his expression restrained.

"What your little assistant said, at least half of it is true..." Jiang Qinqin said, pursing her lips.

More than half. Xu Jiuyang thought to himself. But since she had said that, he roughly understood why she had made such a 180-degree turn.

Everyone says Jiang Qinqin is beautiful, and that's true, but besides being beautiful? It seems like she doesn't have much else to offer. Although she has acted in many productions, there are almost none that can be considered representative works.

Whether it's "Tears in Heaven," "Qinghe Love," "Wind and Cloud," or later "Qiao's Grand Courtyard," she is indeed the female lead, but the focus isn't on her. Especially in the latter two, the highlight of "Wind and Cloud" is the action, and the highlight of "Qiao's Grand Courtyard" is the business war; the female characters are merely embellishments, and it wouldn't have mattered if other beautiful actresses were in their roles.

As for the first two, although the highlight was the entanglement between men and women, unfortunately, it just so happened that the trend of Qiong Yao dramas was waning, so all we got was a splash of water.

Of course, it's not a big deal that Qiong Yao dramas have faded away; there are still quite a few people who enjoy watching stories about male-female relationships. The key is that "Princess Pearl," which was once discarded like trash, not only became a hit, but it became an exceptionally popular show, directly propelling Xiao Yanzi to the throne of a national idol.

People are afraid of comparisons. So what if Qiong Yao personally gave her a cute stage name and handpicked her to play the leading role? She can't even catch a whiff of Xiao Yanzi's exhaust fumes.

What's more, in this timeline, Jiang Qinqin didn't even get the chance to play Mu Nianci in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, so she didn't even have anything to hype up. On the contrary, Fan Xiaoyanzi, in contrast, seemed to have a cheat code. Not only did she have memorable roles every year, but she even started a film and television company. Jiang Qinqin had to beg for food from Fan Xiaoyanzi, so it's easy to imagine how depressed she felt.

Ultimately, what actresses in the entertainment industry fear most is having only one label: beauty. This is the easiest thing for them to be replaced.

Of course, they had no idea that 20 years later, even that label would be rarely found among actresses.

If it were just a setback in one's career, that would be one thing, but if one's love life is also affected, it becomes much harder to accept.

As mentioned before, at this time, scammers were rampant in the mainland entertainment industry, and actors were often scammed and lost their bearings. The men were better off, only losing some money, but the women often lost both their money and their reputation.

For example, Mr. Liu, who had Xu Xingmu completely fooled.

However, it's not just in mainland China; the entertainment industry everywhere is rife with scammers. After all, in this circle, high education and intelligence have no necessary connection to whether someone can become famous.

With the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industry having developed for many years, there are naturally more scammers with more sophisticated methods. Even Alyssa Chia fell for it, let alone a "country girl" like Jiang Qinqin who just came from the mainland.

That's right, at this time, the sense of superiority of Hong Kong and Taiwan media was that strong.

In addition, the media there are far more despicable than those on the mainland. It can be said that Bai Xiaoyan was driven to her death by them. Once certain gossip and rumors are spread, you can imagine how much they will be exaggerated.

Everything has its interconnections. A bad image leads to career setbacks, and career setbacks further damage her image—the consequences of spreading rumors about a popular celebrity are different from those of spreading rumors about an ordinary celebrity with some fame.

This is probably one of the reasons why she eventually married Fatty Orange.

In short, at this point in her life, she had suppressed herself to the extreme in every way. Once this suppression was released, it was quite normal for her to undergo a dramatic, even embarrassing, transformation. For example—

“That’s really nothing,” Xu Jiuyang said, pulling himself back from his reverie. “In this industry, you’re constantly tempted by fame and fortune, and you can easily be deceived if you’re not careful.”

"So, you'd better do your best tonight. Didn't you want to use connections last night? If you do well tonight, I'll let you go." Jiang Qinqin, sipping her drink, steered the conversation back on track, her smile becoming alluring and seductive, almost like a vixen.

Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but twitch his lips. When he first received the cast list, he had doubts about Jiang Qinqin playing Yin Susu, because she had been labeled as a tragic heroine. She was fine playing Mu Nianci, but she was afraid that she was not up to the task of playing a vixen like Yin Susu.

Unfortunately, Fan Bingbing insisted on using her, so he didn't say anything more, since it wasn't a TV series he had invested in anyway.

The filming over the past few days has proven his judgment correct. Jiang Qinqin's acting skills are very good, and she grasps the emotions well, but something is always missing.

Today was a little different. Her eyes and brows were as lively as ever, but they also showed a hint of cunning and restlessness.

It was just a sexual encounter... just a pleasant sexual encounter... well, this wasn't an ordinary sexual encounter; it was a sexual encounter that would remind someone of Gao Yuanyuan.

(End of this chapter)