Chapter 219: Low-Key Life, High Profile Work!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Guangying Media eventually stepped up to help confirm the news spread by the Ginger Candies.
@GuangyingMedia: The next episode of will be released soon! Is anyone excited? By the way, our dear artiste @JiangJiangLovestheScenery has no intention to partic.i.p.ate in any youth idol dramas in the near future since she had already starred in the ancient drama . I hope that all of you are looking forward to it!
As soon as Guangying Media posted their comment online, this attracted a group of people who were hardcore fans of .
[Why did the cameraman focus on Tong Tong’s backpack?]
[Hahaha. I have re-watched the scene where Jin Mingchen was shouting and crying because he thought he had seen a ghost for over twenty times already!]
[Sister Yuning is really amazing! She knows everything from building a fire to sourcing all sorts of herbs and food from the jungle. She really is like a walking encyclopedia!]
[Can those speculative people just go to sleep already? This has obviously been an unexpected and accidental incident. Why do you always have to trample on others just to prove your speculations right?]
[Some of you kept insisting that Sister Yuning just wants to be the first female lead of and look what is happening right now! The turn of events right now must really be a slap in the face!]
[I am releasing this news secretly, but I heard that the director of actually called Guangying Media to invite Jiang Yuning to take on the role of the first female lead of the drama. However, they were rejected immediately!]
[I am suddenly very curious to find out where the third instalment of will be recorded. Hahaha…can the cameraman please focus on the producers’ balding head during the next episode?]
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Although the incident involving Nan Xinyue pa.s.sed by quickly, the impact caused by the incident should not be underestimated.
Many fan groups began to envy the trust and the relations.h.i.+p between Jiang Yuning and the Ginger Candies. Therefore, they started incorporating some of the behavioural norms of the Ginger Candies into their very own fan clubs.
This was a long-term issue between artistes and their fans, artistes and other artistes, and also between the fans and other fans. Everyone in the entertainment circle’s ecosystem needed to work together to fix this issue…
When the public criticized Nan Xinyue’s fans, they also indirectly affirmed the Ginger Candies’ positive image and energy.
The Ginger Candies were really very obedient. Although Sister Xue Li had never been very strict or fierce with them, they obeyed all her instructions and act in a low-key manner without creating any trouble because they were all totally devoted to anything that would help their idol.
The Ginger Candies seemed to have realized that they really loved and admired their idol.
Low-key life, high profile work!
Later that night, Jiang Yuning wore a black set of sportswear and a cap as Lu Jingzhi escorted her to the fan girl’s house to pay her a visit.
The other party would never have imagined that her idol would come to pay her a visit. This was a dream come true.
As Vera mentioned earlier, the fan girl was not well-to-do. Her family was facing some financial difficulties and struggling to make ends meet.
The young fan girl was only in her second year of high school. Her parents were running a small business by themselves and although their business was not doing very well, they were very persistent and hardworking.
When the fan girl saw Jiang Yuning, she was so excited and she quickly took out clean clothes and lay it on top of her bed so that Jiang Yuning could take a seat.
However, Jiang Yuning removed the fan girl’s clean uniform before she sat directly on her bed without despising it at all.
The room was only a few square meters and it was really very small.
Even so, every inch of her bedroom wall was covered in Jiang Yuning’s posters.
“Sister Yuning…did I cause you a lot of trouble?” the young girl looked at Jiang Yuning with guilt in her eyes.
Jiang Yuning shook her head before she said, “I was really impressed when I read the letter that you wrote. I am really pleasantly surprised to know that one of my Ginger Candies is so versatile and talented. Therefore, I want you to promise me that you will study hard. You must work hard so that you can determine and change your own fate, okay?”
The girl nodded her head immediately.
“Come here. I will give you a hug of encouragement and then I will take a photo with you, as well as give you a personalized autograph. Would you like that?”
“Yes! Yes!” The young fan girl rushed directly into Jiang Yuning’s arms. “I want to be your fan for the rest of my life.”
Jiang Yuning smiled as she hugged the young girl in her arms because she felt as though she was looking at her past self. After that, she wrote a message for the young fan girl in her notebook: “May your heart always be filled with love and joy. May your future be bright. May you forget all of yesterday’s worries and focus on embracing your future self.”
After that, Jiang Yuning left some money and gifts for the young girl before she left her house.
This might be an extremely small sacrifice and gesture on Jiang Yuning’s part, but to that young fan girl, this was something that she would never have dreamed of in her whole life…
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When Jiang Yuning returned to the car a short while later, she was smiling brightly because she was in a good mood.
“Why…why did you want to visit this girl?”
“Because she reminds me of myself. In the past, I was just like this girl until you pulled me out of the darkness. I want to pa.s.s this power and strength on to others. This may just be a slight inconvenience to us, but this could change the life of this little girl,” Jiang Yuning replied.
Lu Jingzhi patted Jiang Yuning gently on her head.
Jiang Yuning had always been this way. She could be very vengeful but at the same time, she was also very compa.s.sionate.
“But I am suddenly very envious of that girl.”
“Why?” Jiang Yuning asked as she looked at Lu Jingzhi with doubt in her eyes.
“Because I did not have the opportunity to hug you, encourage you, or write any messages for you in your notebook.”
“But you turned my life around,” Jiang Yuning replied as she wrapped her arms around Lu Jingzhi’s waist and hugged him tightly.
“Alright then. Come on, we have to go. We have already made plans to visit your grandfather. After that, I can give you more swimming lessons when we get home…”
Jiang Yuning frowned as soon as she heard the word ‘swimming’. “Can we skip that?”
Lu Jingzhi nibbled on Jiang Yuning’s ears before he whispered, “No.”
Who knew what the production team would plan for the next episode?
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The entertainment section in the news should have calmed down by the next day, but there were still some r.e.t.a.r.ded self-proclaimed experts who wanted to further aggravate things.
“Why did Jiang Yuning reject the chance to become the first female lead of even after the director had already personally extended his invitation to her? In my opinion, the only reason why she’s rejecting this role is because she knows how the public would react as soon as she accepts the role. She does not want to admit that she has manipulated the entire situation from the start. Otherwise, why is she asking us to leave her alone?”
How much more r.e.t.a.r.ded could anyone get?
Early on Friday morning, Director Mong’s personal a.s.sistant suddenly called Vera. “Vera, I have called to give you some good news. Director Mong had already decided to cast Sister Yuning as the first female lead of . Therefore, Sister Yuning will not be required to partic.i.p.ate in the upcoming audition on the coming Tuesday. However, there will be some script study sessions and other arrangements made in the future and I hope that Sister Yuning can actively partic.i.p.ate in those sessions at that time.”
“Why…why the sudden change of heart?”
“Because Director Mong was really impressed by Sister Yuning’s excellent conduct. Moreover, Director Mong had dinner with Director Shen Guobang a few days ago and I heard that Director Shen Guobang showed him some videos of Sister Yuning acting. Director Mong thought about it for a few days after he came back. After the incident involving Nan Xinyue and the Ginger Candies occurred, Director Mong asked me about how Sister Yuning resolved the matter. The director then instructed me to call you and inform you of his decision today!” the kind a.s.sistant explained patiently.
“Alright then, thank you. Although Yuning no longer needs to attend an audition, we will still drop by Director Mong’s office on Tuesday to talk more about the character’s role. You can be rest a.s.sured that Yuning has already decided to take on the role and she will definitely give her best so that she would not let Director Mong down,” Vera quickly a.s.sured Director Mong’s personal a.s.sistant over the phone.
“I believe in Sister Yuning. Let me tell you a secret…I am currently watching the variety show that Sister Yuning is in. Can you give me some spoilers? I really want to know the content of the episode that was apparently filmed in the desert.”
Vera was astonished.
My dear. Even I do not have the opportunity to look at the next episode!