Entertainment: Starting with a complete collapse

Chapter 138 Tomomi

"I know"

Kim Ji-mi nodded: "But I think I can become better through hard work."

As she spoke, Kim Ji-mi scratched her head and said, "I'm pretty stupid. Back in the training class at Chung Teng Film Studio, everyone else could quickly master their lines, but I couldn't. I'm really stupid—"

Kim Ji-mi gave a distressed look, as if she was exasperated by her own stupidity: "I can only catch up with others by working twice as hard. Actually, being a little tired isn't scary. What's scary is finding that you're not making any progress at all. Also—even though I'm not smart, after working hard for a while, I can always find myself making some subtle improvements."

After extending her finger to indicate a distance the size of a fingernail, Kim Ji-mi's slightly chubby face once again revealed a clean and comfortable smile.

Perhaps due to the intense training during this period, the baby fat on her cheeks has decreased significantly, and Kim Ji-mi has become much thinner overall.

She laughed a few times and continued, "This just proves that I'm only a little slow; as long as I work hard enough, I can keep up with others."

"But I think you're very smart."

Seeing the smile on Kim Ji-mi's face, Huang Yun also laughed: "Even my brother said you have a lot of acting talent. It's just that Zhongteng Pictures doesn't know its value. Sooner or later, that entertainment company will regret it."

"hehe"

Kim Ji-mi chuckled softly.

Without saying anything, after the masseuse finished massaging her legs, Kim Ji-mi stood up from the chair and continued her training. Huang Yun sat on the long stool where Kim Ji-mi had sat and watched.

She met Kim Ji-mi in the second week of school in September, which was in mid-September. She heard that the company had a training room where a girl was undergoing physical training all day long, so out of curiosity, she went in to take a look.

At that time, Teacher Cai Dong was pressing her legs down. Even Huang Yun could feel that this older sister, who looked two or three years older than her with single eyelids, was in so much pain that tears were welling up in her eyes, but she didn't utter a sound.

It was she who asked Teacher Cai Dong to let her go and give her a break. It was on that occasion that she learned the name of the company's only female artist, Kim Ji-mi, and also learned from her older brother that he had met this girl on the bus.

Because they were close in age, they gradually became familiar with each other.

This time it's jump rope practice.

Watching Kim Ji-mi, dressed in short sleeves, jump one after another, Huang Yun, sitting on a stool, silently counted until she reached 1,500 jumps before Kim Ji-mi stopped and switched to stretching exercises.

When Cai Dong told her to stop and rest again, Jin Zhimei sat down next to Huang Yun. The female masseuse came over and began to massage Jin Zhimei's calf muscles with her palms.

In addition to relaxing Kim Ji-mi's body and clearing her fascia, it also helps prevent her legs from becoming thicker or her body from deforming due to high-intensity training.

"After lunch, I'll ask Sister Su for a day off, and we can go shopping together!"

It wasn't that Huang Yun simply wanted to find someone to go shopping with and thus interfere with Kim Ji-mi's training; she mainly felt that Kim Ji-mi's training was too strenuous, starting from Monday.

The training continued uninterrupted until Sunday.

No matter how hard you try, there's no way to do it this way.

It's not like studying for college entrance exams where you can get more points by rote memorization. You can't keep training like this forever. Huang Yun is very worried that Kim Ji-mi will develop problems from all this training, even with a professional nutritionist and masseur.

The intensity was too high, and the duration was too long.

Just as Kim Ji-mi was about to shake her head in refusal, she heard a figure walk into the training room. Su Qing looked at Kim Ji-mi and said, "Since Huang Yun invited you to go shopping, then go. A balance of tension and relaxation is necessary for better results. If you push yourself too hard, you'll run into problems once you exceed your body's capacity. Teacher Zhou Bo's scenes are almost finished filming. We'll redesign your training plan when he gets back."

"Did you hear that? Even Manager Su said so."

Huang Yun smiled and said, "I'll just rest for half a day and come back tomorrow morning."

Go!

Seeing Kim Ji-mi hesitate, Su Qing spoke again, "This is a company order. Whether you go shopping or ride shared bikes with Huang Yun in a scenic spot, it's fine! Anyway, the company is giving you the afternoon off, and you'll get two afternoons off every week from now on."

Effort is a good thing.

However, it has to be done in moderation. Excessive effort can be harmful, especially the high-intensity training like Kim Ji-mi's.

Let's go.

Huang Yun proactively took Jin Zhimei's coat from the shelf and pulled her outside, saying, "Don't eat the nutritional meal today, it's awful. I'll treat you to something better."

He took the cardigan and sweatshirt that Huang Yun handed him and put it on.

Kim Ji-mi was pulled out of the company by Huang Yun. Huang Yun lifted the seat of the electric scooter and took out a bright red helmet, handing it to Kim Ji-mi. As Kim Ji-mi put it on and sat on the back of the scooter, Huang Yun smiled and said, "Sit tight, let's go. What do you want to eat? It's on me today."

"Let me take you somewhere!"

Kim Ji-mi, with her hand on Huang Yun's waist, spoke.

"where!?"

Huang Yun asked.

Following Jin Zhimei's instructions, Huang Yun rode the electric scooter through the city center, heading west. After about forty minutes, worried that the scooter might not have enough power to get home, she found a fast charging station nearby when she arrived at the place Jin Zhimei had indicated and charged the scooter.

Afterwards, Huang Yun followed Jin Zhimei through a small bamboo grove and arrived at a restaurant adjacent to the lake. Looking at the surrounding environment, Huang Yun exclaimed in surprise, "This place is so beautiful! Zhimei-jie, how did you know about this place? Why haven't I heard of it before!?"

My parents brought me here once before they divorced.

Kim Ji-mi replied, "Later, whenever I had free time, I would come over often."

The restaurant wasn't big; the owner seemed to have no intention of expanding the business too much. After entering the restaurant, Kim Ji-mi ordered a few dishes, and after eating with Huang Yun, the two strolled along the lakeside.

Beside the lake was a narrow stream, and the sound of flowing water filled the air. The two walked slowly forward, stepping on the stones. When they saw a large rock, Kim Ji-mi quickened her pace. Soon after, she led Huang Yun to sit on the large rock.

Kim Ji-mi opened her palm.

As the afternoon sun shone through the gaps in the surrounding trees and fell on her face, a gentle breeze touched her hands, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

Under Huang Yun's questioning gaze, she rested her elbows on her knees, cupped her cheeks in her hands, and stared blankly at the stream and the shade of the trees stretching out in front of her.

Huang Yun glanced at Kim Ji-mi.

Then I took another look.

She noticed that Kim Ji-mi seemed so quiet at this moment, even her eyes were gentle, and her usually ordinary appearance seemed to have become very beautiful now.

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