Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
Zhong Yanting had met Gu Chen before and she met him again only last year. Gu Chen as a grown man had a look of not letting anyone in, cold and distant.
Zhong Yanting sized up Jian Sangyu and wondered what made such an exquisite flower like girl like Jian Sangyu end up being in a pile of gold-plated poop like Gu Chen?
When Zhong Yanting met Gu Chen last year, she was mumbling to herself that a man like Gu Chen would certainly end up dying alone. Few women would tolerate him, for he was simply an iceberg on the move.
“I feel sorry for you.” Zhong Yanting patted Jian Sangyu’s shoulders and was quite curious about what Jian Sangyu and Gu Chen’s life as a couple was like. But as soon as she thought of Gu Chen and his family, she stopped herself from asking anything more.
“Does Gu Chen agree with you being an actress?” Zhong Yanting realized that the biggest issue with Jian Sangyu’s husband’s family was that the Gu Family was way too powerful. That was both an advantage and a disadvantage.
If the Gu Family was willing to help Jian Sangyu, then she would be very well respected in the entertainment zone.
But if the Gu Family disapproved of Jian Sangyu’s idea of being an actress, Jian Sangyu would find it very difficult to establish herself in the entertainment zone, since no one would dare to fight against the Gu Family.
“Yes he does.” Jian Sangyu thought that Gu Chen did approve of her dream. “But I don’t want to rely upon the Gu Family and I don’t think that they would be willing to help me. So Sister Ting, I…”
Zhong Yanting raised her hand to interrupt Jian Sangyu and spoke, “Why don’t you just stay at home and be Mrs. Gu? What made you want to become an actress all of a sudden? Let me put it clear, there is never going to be any way back, and it will cost us so much energy and money for our company and me to cultivate a superstar. No one is allowed to give up halfway.”
“An actress can look quite amazing in front of the public, but they, as a matter of fact, need to go through a lot of hard work. The scene you see on screen might have been completed after hundreds or thousands of takes. There will not be any weekends off regardless of what the weather is like, and there is no such a thing as whether or not you are in the mood. Maybe because of your identity as Gu Chen’s wife, few people will dare to give you any requirements. But I require that every one of my actresses has to be diligent and that no one is allowed to show any foul temper.”
“Sister Ting, that is my wish, and I will try my best to stand on the very top.” Jian Sangyu told Zhong Yanting in an assured tone. “And I will not take advantage of the Gu Family. Sister Ting, if I am allowed to enter this entertainment zone, I will have nothing to do with the Gu Family.”
What Jian Sangyu was saying to Zhong Yanting was that she was not going to make a name for herself by relying upon the Gu Family and the Gu Family might not be so willing to help her either.
As soon as she thought of Gu Chen’s grandfather, Jian Sangyu shivered. That was an old man whom Gu Chen took after so much that they were simply duplicated. It must have been because of Gu Chen’s grandfather who brought him up that made Gu Chen become a man of this kind of personality.
“I see.” Zhong Yanting was not a woman who knew nothing about the society. She understood everything after Jian Sangyu said these words.
She had thought that even if Gu Chen approved of her dream, the Gu Family would not have approved of Jian Sangyu’s dream of being an actress. In those real noble people’s eyes, actresses and stars were all working outside the family and they were equivalent to the entertainers of the old times, who were simply looked down upon.
Actually, Zhong Yanting could turn down Jian Sangyu, because signing her was quite risky. If the Gu Family disapproved of her wish, then Jian Sangyu would be banned from the industry completely and all the energy spent on her would be gone.