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Chapter 431: Substitute Acting Up

The filming of “Moon As Frost” was much faster than Director Li Heng had expected. Yan Ci and Xia Wanyuan’s acting skills were so good that most of the scenes were completed in one take. In the following time, they had to make up for some of the superficial scenes.

Xia Wanyuan also had a lot of free time. The teachers at Qing University could clearly feel that Master Yuan Wan had more time recently and kept asking him to help with research.

Yuan Wanxia was also very skilled. She occupied a very important position in several research projects. She even participated in the compiling of the country’s teaching materials and provided literary guidance with the teachers of Qing University.

At the same time, the “singer” on the song variety program hosted by Watermelon Platform was also in the midst of intense preparations.

The singers were recorded one episode at a time. In order to show the singers’ standards fairly, they used drawing lots to decide the content of the performance on the spot.

Accompanied by Tang Yin, Xia Wanyuan went to the Watermelon Platform to film the publicity film. Then, she met a familiar person.

Not far away, Lin Xuan and Bai Lian were chatting. When they saw Xia Wanyuan walk over, the same disgust flashed across their faces.

The last time she had participated in the “I’m a Superstar” variety show with Lin Xuan at the same time, because of the flashy actions of Star Creation Entertainment, Xia Wanyuan had stopped filming. In the end, Lin Xuan undoubtedly won the championship.

Lin Xuan didn’t expect Xia Wanyuan to participate in the “Singer” variety show this time. The scene of Xia Wanyuan composing the song in six minutes was still vivid in her mind. Xia Wanyuan had become Lin Xuan’s number one enemy again.

“Sister Xuan, you don’t like Xia Wanyuan either?” Bai Lian knew what she was thinking the moment she saw her face.

“Why? Do you have a problem with her?”

“She asked me to kneel before her in public.” Thinking of the humiliation in front of Xuan Sheng, Bai Lian hated Xia Wanyuan to the core. However, as if she had thought of something, the corners of Bai Lian’s lips curled up. “In the past, she even treated me as her best friend. I know a lot about her.”

Lin Xuan was about to ask again when the recording team called their names. The two of them could only go to the studio to take photos first.

Soon, the official Weibo account of the “Singer” announced the news that the variety program was about to meet everyone at the beginning of the next month.

Wan Shi Studio reposted this Weibo post.

[ I’m crying so loudly. Yuan Yuan, you’re finally taking on a new program. ]

[ I almost forgot that our Yuan Yuan sings amazing songs too. ]

[ I’m looking forward to Yuan Yuan’s variety show. Hehe, I can see a new goddess again. Happy. ]

Fans were very happy that Xia Wanyuan was going to film a new variety program, but some marketing accounts were about to cause trouble.

The essence of marketing accounts was to gain attention and click numbers.

Upon seeing that Xia Wanyuan was going to film a variety show, many doubts arose about her filming of “Moon As Frost”.

@ Industry dog: “I specially went to ask the production team’s staff and said that Xia Wanyuan only spent a month to end the filming of ‘Moon As Frost’. Furthermore, she often took leave during the filming. Do you think ‘Moon As Frost’ will look good?”

The marketing account even held a vote on Weibo. Most people chose “It won’t look good”, except for Xia Wanyuan’s fans who chose “It will look good”.

When the other marketing accounts saw that this topic was popular, they followed suit. They were all hinting that Xia Wanyuan did not treat acting seriously in order to film a variety show.

At that moment, the substitute that the production team of “Moon As Frost” had hired for Xia Wanyuan at the beginning also posted on Weibo.

“It’s so tiring to meet unprofessional people.”

Chapter 432: Visiting the Mysterious Master

Initially, the production team of “Moon As Frost” considered that Qin Manyue had many fighting scenes, so they found Xia Mo, who had a figure and appearance similar to Xia Wanyuan, as a substitute to film those more difficult scenes.

In the production team, doubles were given money according to the filming time. Xia Mo had originally thought that she would earn more from coming to the production team of “Moon As Frost”. Who would have thought that Xia Wanyuan would complete many filming herself? She did not even need a substitute like her.

Women’s mentality was easily unbalanced. Since they both had the surname Xia, in Xia Mo’s opinion, there was not much difference between her and Xia Wanyuan. In the end, one could be the female lead, and the other could only be a substitute. Furthermore, the female lead did not need a substitute at all, making her stay on the production team for so long in vain.

On Weibo, Xia Mo was a slightly famous Internet celebrity. She knew how to take photos and photoshop photos. Soon, someone dug out that she was Xia Wanyuan’s substitute in the production team.

[ My heart aches for our Momo. Rub your head. ]

[ Xia Wanyuan is amazing too. No wonder she filmed so quickly. It turns out that there was a substitute fighting desperately behind. ]

[ I think Momo looks similar to Xia Wanyuan. It’s such a loss for such a good-looking girl to be a substitute for her. If you act as the female lead, I’ll definitely watch it. Forget about Xia Wanyuan acting. ]

[ You fans are really interesting. You’re accusing Xia Wanyuan the moment you open your mouth? Also, her mother won’t even recognize her with this photoshopped picture, yet you have the cheek to say that she’s prettier than Xia Wanyuan? Are you crazy? ]

Xia Mo’s ambiguous Weibo post attracted many fans’ guesses and scolding, but she did not respond at all. She quietly hid behind and watched the Weibo constantly increase in fans.

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“Is it here?” Accompanied by Shen Qian, Xia Wanyuan arrived at a very old house in the suburbs of Beijing. The stone lion at the door had already become extremely dilapidated after being drenched in the wind and rain, but it still had a dignified aura.

“It’s here. I’ve already checked,” Shen Qian said respectfully.

“Knock.”

Shen Qian knocked on the wooden door. After a long time, footsteps came from inside.

A young boy looked at the two of them in confusion. “Who are you looking for?”

“We’re here to to visit Old Master Liu.”

“Then come in. I’ll talk to him first.” The little boy opened the door and welcomed them in.

The courtyard looked dilapidated but was extremely clean. As they walked in, they could see traces of burning porcelain everywhere. There were also some extremely beautiful porcelain bottles that were discarded.

Xia Wanyuan sat in the living room. Before she could finish a cup of tea, a thin man walked in. “May I know why the two of you are looking for me?”

]”I would like to invite Old Master Liu to come out and be our company’s chief consultant for porcelain production.” Xia Wanyuan put down her teacup and looked calmly at this very famous Old Master Liu.

This young lady, you’re really funny. I’m just a brick burner in the countryside. How would I understand what you’re saying?” Old Master Liu was first stunned before he laughed loudly.

“This is a greeting gift.” After Xia Wanyuan finished speaking, Shen Qian placed a large box in front of Old Master Liu.

Old Master Liu opened it and saw a familiar scroll. He opened it with trembling hands. The large seal of the Liu family at the bottom made his eyes red.

“Where did you get these? Weren’t these already…”

“Old Master Liu, don’t you want to take back what has been snatched?” Xia Wanyuan said again. Looking at Old Master Liu’s wavering expression, she knew that this trip had not been for nothing.

“What do you want to do?” Old Master Liu lowered his head and thought for a while. Finally, he looked up with determination in his eyes.

“I want to build a full industrial chain connected to culture and business. The first batch of products is related to porcelain. I know that your family is well-educated and your standards are extremely high, so I want to hire you as the chief consultant.”

Seeing Old Master Liu hesitate to speak, Xia Wanyuan added, “Whoever snatched it from you, I will help you snatch it back.”

“Okay! I agree.” Even though Xia Wanyuan looked young, Old Master Liu felt her calm and imposing aura. He could not tell if he had agreed because he wanted to take revenge or because he was intimidated by Xia Wanyuan’s aura.

Chapter 433: Li Heng Clarifies the Truth

After Old Master Liu’s matter was settled, Xia Wanyuan was thinking about embroidery again. Shen Qian accompanied her by the side and suddenly suggested, “CEO Xia, there’s actually a family in Beijing that has the largest embroidery base in the world under their name.”

“You’re talking about the Wei family?”

“Yes, it’s the Wei family.” The Wei family had started from the south, and the largest textile factory in Jiangnan belonged to them. “However, a big family like the Wei family probably won’t be willing to cooperate with us.”

“Go back and draft the contract. Leave this to me.”

“Huh? Okay.” If anyone else said this, Shen Qian might think that she was crazy. After all, their small Xiafeng Group could not go together with the Wei family.

However, if it was Xia Wanyuan who said this, he felt that there seemed to be nothing that Xia Wanyuan could not do. It was just the Wei family. There was definitely no problem.

——

If one ignored rumors, they would spread faster and more ridiculously. Soon, the rumors about Xia Wanyuan’s unprofessional behavior spread to Li Heng.

Xia Wanyuan could be said to be the benefactor of Yang Jiu and Li Heng when they were at their wits’ end. How could Li Heng watch Xia Wanyuan make others say that? With his impatient nature, he immediately took photos of Xia Wanyuan’s schedule and posted them on Weibo. At the same time, he also posted photos of Xia Wanyuan herself.

Li Heng was furious by the comments online targeting Xia Wanyuan. Before he could react, the photos he had taken had already leaked the appearance of the production team, but it was too late to retract them.

Because many netizens had already discovered his Weibo.

@ Li Heng: “Xia Wanyuan basically filmed all the scenes in one take. Can’t she act quickly if her acting skills are good? Xia Wanyuan has never used a substitute for ‘Moon As Frost’ before. She completed all the fighting scenes herself. There’s no situation where a substitute is tired.”

[ Aiyo, the person who washed the ground is here? How did you know that she passed it once? Do you think you’re the director? ]

[ The fool in front, he’s really the director. You have to see clearly before you criticize him. ]

[ Wow, these styles look so beautiful. I suddenly feel that the country drama isn’t that ugly. ]

In the photos that Li Heng released, there were photos of Xia Wanyuan in a cheongsam, others of her in military uniform, and others of her wrapped in plain clothes and climbing the snow mountain in a sorry state.

He had originally sent the photo to clarify things for Xia Wanyuan. Who would have thought that it would attract so much attention? Everyone was very interested in Xia Wanyuan’s appearance and attire.

The director had already personally come out to refute the rumors. Even though a small number of people were unwilling to believe and felt that Li Heng had said this to protect the reputation of the female lead, most people still had eyes. Seeing the schedule Li Heng had posted, Xia Wanyuan had indeed filmed all the scenes that needed to be filmed.

Initially, no one was looking forward to “Moon As Frost” drama. However, after seeing Director Li Heng’s Weibo, everyone’s interest in “Moon As Frost” soared. This was something that the production team had not expected.

Xia Wanyuan had never cared about the comments on her online. She had been practicing for “Singer” recently.

She flipped through the first few episodes and realized that “Singer” was really a more professional and fair program.

The songs that she sang covered all types of songs. When Jun Shiling returned home, he saw Xia Wanyuan humming pop music while reading ancient books.

“You’re back? I have something to tell you.” Hearing footsteps, Xia Wanyuan looked up.

“Speak.”

“I’m going to Suzhou for a while. The recording of Singer is in Suzhou. I happen to be busy over there too, so I’ll probably be gone for four to five days.”

The smile in Jun Shiling’s eyes disappeared.

Chapter 434: The Princess Learned How to be a Star Student??

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Four to five days?” Jun Shiling’s voice sank.

“Mm, it will take some time to film the program. I still have to stay there for two days to investigate.”

The largest embroidery workshop in China was in Suhang. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Wanyuan wanted to take a look.

Jun Shiling wanted to say that he would accompany her, but he suddenly recalled that he had a delegation meeting the day after tomorrow. He had to attend it and could not decline.

“When are you leaving?”

“Tomorrow.”

“Oh.”

Xia Wanyuan finally realized that there was something wrong with Jun Shiling’s tone. She looked up from the messy book and saw Jun Shiling’s unhappy expression.

“I’ll only be gone for a few days. Why do you have such an expression?”

“Hmph, with who? Your Brother Wei Zimu?” Jun Shiling was a smart person. Hearing that Xia Wanyuan was going to Suhang for an inspection, he quickly thought of the Wei family’s embroidery workshop and silk base.

“…” Xia Wanyuan was rarely silent. This time, Jun Shiling was right.

Among the younger generation of the Wei family, only Wei Zimu was in charge. Regarding this cooperation, the Old Madam had specially assigned Wei Zimu to be in charge of receiving Xia Wanyuan. Naturally, it was Wei Zimu who accompanied Xia Wanyuan to Suhang.

Seeing Xia Wanyuan’s expression, Jun Shiling knew that he had guessed right. His expression darkened.

For the entire night, Jun Shiling sulked and did not speak.

Before sleeping, Xia Wanyuan came out of the shower. Jun Shiling was still reading on the sofa.

However, the page number was no different from before she entered the bathroom.

Xia Wanyuan felt that Jun Shiling’s entire body was filled with “Come and coax me. If you don’t coax me, I won’t talk to you.” She was amused.

Xia Wanyuan walked over and gently poked Jun Shiling’s shoulder. “CEO Jun, I’m a little cold. Can I borrow your arms for a while?”

“No.” Jun Shiling lowered his head.

“Really? I won’t be back for four to five days. It’s fine if you don’t hug me.” With that, Xia Wanyuan turned to leave.

As expected, a force came from her arm and pulled her back.

“You’re going to anger me to death!” Jun Shiling gritted his teeth.

“Don’t be angry.” Xia Wanyuan patted Jun Shiling’s back and whispered into his ear.

“Really?!” Jun Shiling’s eyes lit up as he looked at Xia Wanyuan with burning eyes. “You said that.”

“Mm.” Xia Wanyuan nodded. “Can we go to bed now?”

“Let’s go to bed!” Jun Shiling, who had been cured by Xia Wanyuan’s words, happily picked her up and walked upstairs to the bedroom.

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After eating breakfast with Xia Wanyuan, Jun Shiling went to the company first. Chen Yun and Tang Yin came to pick Xia Wanyuan up and bring her to the airport.

It was rainy season in the south, and the flight had been delayed for a long time. Most people were anxious from waiting.

In the crowd, only Xia Wanyuan, who was dressed in an azure dress and had ink-black hair, quietly looked at the book in her hand. She had an aura of her own, and even the people beside her seat felt much calmer.

Xia Wanyuan didn’t realize it herself. Unknowingly, she already had some fans. Many people rushed over when they heard that Xia Wanyuan was at the Beijing airport.

When Xia Wanyuan was not paying attention, many people were taking pictures of her outside the waiting room.

Xia Wanyuan’s airport photos were quickly posted online. In the bustling waiting room, Xia Wanyuan quietly bloomed like a lotus, instantly winning the favor of everyone.

She did not forget to read and charge while waiting for the plane. Not bad. This young lady can really calm down.

In the end, when everyone zoomed in on the picture,

“History of Criticism in Ancient Chinese Literature”

?????????????

There was no need to put on such an act.

[How meaningless! Why are you reading ancient literature at the airport? There’s no limit to hyping things up. You’re too pretentious. ]

[ The person in front, just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean that others can’t either, okay? Go and look through the video of Xia Wanyuan getting full marks for challenging the national television station’s question bank. Thank you. Xia Wanyuan has real skills to begin with. ]

[ Haha, you even believe the post-production? Look at Xia Wanyuan’s college entrance examination results and university. If she’s really that amazing, why didn’t she enter Qing University? ]

[ That’s right. What are you pretending for? Look at your master’s score. She doesn’t even have the right to carry shoes for Qing University. Now, she’s even pretending to be a person who loves literature. It’s too funny. ]

Below, there was a group of people who, in order to mock Xia Wanyuan, directly @ Official Qing to get someone to accept Xia Wanyuan.

In order to get close to his rebellious son’s mentality, Principal Yang had taken the time to surf the Internet and read the news of his son’s goddess, Xia Wanyuan. He was caught off guard by the pile of comments.

Principal Yang was speechless. We really can’t accept her. After all, she’s already a professor at Qing University.

In the hearts of the Chinese, the entertainment industry’s status was completely different from those in literature.

In the past, there had been cases of celebrities in the entertainment industry buying academic qualifications to sell their academic badges. Later on, they were boycotted by the entire Internet and everyone was very disgusted by celebrities selling fake academic badges.

Xia Wanyuan’s fans did not expect that they had originally wanted to use the airport photos to promote their idol, but in the end, they had attracted so much trouble. They felt extremely guilty.

They hurriedly deleted all sorts of airport photos, but it was too late. The photos had already been circulated wantonly.

After two hours of delay, Xia Wanyuan’s flight could finally depart.

Xia Wanyuan was arranged to be in first class. Just as she walked to her seat, she saw a pile of pudding cakes on the table beside her.

Xia Wanyuan raised an eyebrow slightly. As expected, in the next second, she heard a gentle “Sister Wanyuan”.

Xia Wanyuan turned around. Wei Zimu stood tall and looked at Xia Wanyuan with a gentle smile.

“Did you bring this back from your business trip?” Xia Wanyuan pointed at the pudding.

The pudding looked extremely cute as they were in the shape of little animals. Like the chocolate last time, their packaging attracted children the most.

“Mm.” Wei Zimu nodded. “I saw you at the airport originally. Seeing that your fans were filming you, I didn’t dare to go over.”

The stewardess came over at this moment and reminded everyone that they were about to set off. She fastened her seatbelt.

Xia Wanyuan sat down and didn’t speak anymore. Wei Zimu also fell silent at the right time.

“Tell me about the Jiangnan Embroidery Workshop,” Xia Wanyuan suddenly said halfway through the flight.

“Okay.” Wei Zimu seemed to like talking to Xia Wanyuan very much and happily explained to her.

The rest of the time passed under Wei Zimu’s gentle explanation.

——

Lin Xuan knew Xia Wanyuan’s strength and had always been flustered. She wanted to find a chance to make Xia Wanyuan leave, but she did not think of a way.

When she was browsing the news today, she had also seen the photos of Xia Wanyuan at the airport and the various mocking comments from the netizens.

Thinking of the netizens’ zero tolerance for the image of a genius in the entertainment industry, Lin Xuan thought of an excellent way to make Xia Wanyuan ruin her reputation herself.

Chapter 435: National Television Variety

Just as the plane arrived, Jun Shiling’s message arrived. Xia Wanyuan opened it and took a look, her eyes smiling.

Sensing the gentleness in Xia Wanyuan’s eyes, Wei Zimu paused slightly, but he did not say anything.

Knowing that Xia Wanyuan had fans who came to pick her up and get off the plane, Wei Zimu took the initiative to separate from her.

“Wow, Yuan Yuan, look here!”

The moment Xia Wanyuan appeared in the hall, she was surrounded by fans who had been waiting for her.

“Hello, everyone.” Unlike her relatives and friends, this was a pick-up from strangers who liked her. Xia Wanyuan felt that it was very novel and somewhat emotional.

Xia Wanyuan did not wear sunglasses or a mask. The strong impact of her beauty made the fans excited.

The cameras and phones in everyone’s hands kept flashing. “Yuan Yuan, you’re so beautiful!” A fan shouted boldly.

It made Xia Wanyuan laugh softly, and there was a collective gasp beside her.

“Yuan Yuan, have you eaten lunch?” A fan mustered her courage and asked Xia Wanyuan.

“I ate a little on the plane.” Unexpectedly, Xia Wanyuan, who looked extremely cold, was surprisingly very easygoing. The other fans also boldly chatted with Xia Wanyuan for a while, who replied very patiently.

When they got into the car, Xia Wanyuan waved at the fans, causing them to scream again.

Xia Wanyuan’s car disappeared into a dot on the highway before the fans slowly dispersed.

“I didn’t expect Yuan Yuan to be so gentle. Boohoo, boohoo, boohoo. I’ve always thought of her as an aloof beauty.”

“That’s right, that’s right. She even chatted with us. That’s so great. She looks so good, but is even better in person than on television.”

“Who anyone who has seen Yuan Yuan in person before stop being her fan?”

As the fans left, they discussed enthusiastically.

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“Aiyo, Beauty Lin, I’m so grateful to you. Our program was just worried that we wouldn’t be able to find a contestant who would hook up with a young person. This suggestion of yours is good. I’ll reflect to the station later and examine that Xia Wanyuan. If this matter is done, I’ll treat you to a meal!”

“It’s nothing. We’re classmates.” Lin Xuan smiled. “Then go ahead.”

“Okay, bye.”

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xuan’s eyes flashed with ill intentions.

Her high school classmate was now a staff member of the national television station. In the past few years, the country had supported the cultural industry greatly. The national television station had done several variety programs for poetry and the effects were not bad.

This “Chinese Poetry Meet” had been prepared by the national television station for a long time. As the program planner, this classmate had been in charge of finding competitors.

There were quite a number of people who signed up, but after screening them, there were not many left. As a variety show, they had to consider letting the audience be interested. The national television station had always considered introducing one or two younger and more famous people to join the variety show. This way, it could stir the interest of the younger generation.

However, such a person was not easy to find. Lin Xuan knew that her classmate had been worried about this matter, so she introduced Xia Wanyuan to him.

The national television station watched Xia Wanyuan’s performance when she passed the national television station question bank with full marks. They decided to give her a chance to interview first. If it worked, they would make her a guest on variety shows.

The moment the national television station contacted Xia Wanyuan, there was already news on the Internet from marketing accounts.

@ Duck grandson: “According to reliable news, Xia Wanyuan is going to attend ‘Chinese Poetry Meet’.”