Chapter 710
Not interfering with other people's fate is actually a blessing
Chapter 710 Not interfering with other people's fate is actually a blessing (Seeking monthly votes)
As soon as Jinli accepted the role of the male lead's white moonlight, the production team quickly promoted it, which calmed down the competition in the industry a little.
However, besides this character, there are many other characters in "Desperate Counterattack" that can be explored.
Although these characters have few scenes, some of them have very distinct personalities and are easy for the audience to remember.
These roles are also highly sought after by female celebrities.
If they came for Gu Cheng before, they are now coming for Jin Li.
Any drama with Jinli in the cast, whether playing a supporting role or a lead role, will be excellent.
Based solely on the news of "Jin Li joining the cast", industry insiders believed that "Desperate Counterattack" would be a huge hit.
It was also at this time that the production team quickly cast the female lead, female villain, and other important roles.
At this point, Li Xunfang discovered that none of the important supporting roles in "Desperate Counterattack" had been cast yet, and the director was just fooling her husband!
This prompted Li Xunfang to whisper in her ear.
“This Zheng Chengxin is dishonest and just going through the motions. You invested in this drama, and he didn’t even tell you about the important casting issue.”
Huang Yaowen glanced at Li Xunfang.
Although he is not a celebrity, many of his businesses involve investments in the entertainment industry.
Its business scope is very broad, including not only investing in variety shows and film and television dramas, but also in various IP cultural and creative products and other fields.
So he can be considered a semi-insider.
He was well aware that directors in the film and television industry had many complaints about Li Xunfang.
If they really valued Li Xunfang, they wouldn't have just given her small-scale web dramas.
If she really had that kind of acting skill, she would have gone to act in serious dramas long ago.
It's obvious that director Zheng Chengxin doesn't think much of Li Xunfang's acting skills, which is why he doesn't want her to get an important role.
As an investor, he saw things too clearly, so he couldn't get angry at Zheng Chengxin's actions.
Huang Yaowen said, "There are still many female roles in this drama that haven't been claimed yet. If you want one, I'll put in a good word for you."
Li Xunfang shook his hand and said coquettishly, "No, I want to play an important role. Let me play the male lead's white moonlight, or the female lead, okay?"
Huang Yaowen feigned helplessness and said, "The contract has already been signed. If we change the actor now, we will have to pay a huge breach of contract fee, which the investors will not pay."
Li Xunfang pouted, turned her head, and said angrily, "Fine."
Huang Yaowen coaxed her, "Didn't you say you wanted to participate in a popular variety show? I've secured it for you."
The variety show originally intended to renew Lian Baozhi's contract, but upon hearing that you were coming, they immediately replaced her.
Li Xunfang then smiled again, "Okay!"
At the same time, Lian Baozhi also signed on for the role of the biggest female villain in "Desperate Counterattack".
The two have similar styles and career paths, and their resources overlap within the industry.
It's either you step on me, or I step on you; neither of us will give way.
But at this moment, the two intertwined lines have separated and are flying in different directions.
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Jinli signed the role and was then notified by the production team of the filming schedule.
If I'm not mistaken, it's set for next year's winter break.
She heard some rumors: "It is said that the director wanted to start filming in mid-December, but the male lead would only have time during winter break, so it was moved to winter break."
Jinli did not believe it.
Because "Counterattack" is a special effects blockbuster, and she previously filmed "Dawn," which was also a special effects blockbuster.
This kind of film requires a lot of props to be prepared in advance, because if many props are made halfway through, it will be too late to finish.
The more thorough the preparation, the smoother the filming will go.
It's already mid-November, only a month has passed, how could preparations be completed so quickly?
Jinli suspected that the production team might not be ready when filming was scheduled to begin during the winter break.
But by then, the actors' schedules couldn't wait for the production crew to come down.
Having signed on for "Desperate Counterattack," Jinli went to the capital city center on the weekend to attend the opening ceremony of the new Jinbafu store.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was very grand; even Sui Lingfang came.
Jinli saw her after class and was somewhat surprised.
"It's just a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an opening. You could have just called your assistant. Why did you come? Did you come to the capital specifically for business?"
Sui Lingfang shook her head and didn't speak to her.
Once they were in the car, she said, "Jinbafu's opening ceremony this time is no ordinary event. You may not know, but this is the only new store Jinbafu has opened in the capital in the past three years."
It doesn't refer to the storefronts in shopping malls, but rather to shops that are entirely their own, standalone, with the land purchased outright.
In the past few years, management has only expanded in southern cities and has not joined the competition in the north, which is the territory of two other brands.
"If you hadn't been studying at Tsinghua or Peking University, Jinbafu probably wouldn't have even considered opening a store in this area."
Jinli asked, "Does Jinbafu not want to open a shop here, or is it difficult to open a shop here?"
Sui Lingfang laughed: "Jinli, this is the capital city. You might bump into someone whose family is in charge of an official position."
Do you think Jinbafu wants to set up shop here? Do they want to seize the market? If they can acquire one high-quality customer, they can bring in other equally high-quality customers.
“But,” she added, “the competition here is also fierce.”
"In the early days, the other two gold and jewelry brands were fighting fiercely, tearing each other apart, and engaging in price wars or mismatched gift wars every day."
Their way of playing was too expensive, so Jin Bafu didn't participate.
Once the customer traffic for these two brands stabilized, they joined forces to drive Jinbafu out of the Beijing market.
Now that you're studying in Beijing and are also the global ambassador for Jinbafu, their opening a store here can be seen as a signal that they want to rejoin the competition.
The next few years are unlikely to be easy for you.
Jinli's eyes lit up, and she smiled.
"You mean, the other two jewelry brands might specifically target me?"
Sui Lingfang said with certainty, "It's not a possibility, it's a certainty."
"However, you don't have many scandals. In the end, the only thing that really affects you is your love life."
However, you've reached a certain age and achieved success in your career, so your fans are very accepting of your relationships. Even if you announce your marriage in a few years, it probably won't cause a big stir.
So trying to take advantage of you is likely to backfire, and I think those two brands will still choose to take the commercial warfare route.
You are Jinbafu's global spokesperson. If Jinbafu joins the competition this time, they will definitely have to make you appear on many public appearances.
Jinli already has Fangfei as her global spokesperson, and Fangfei takes up all her weekend appearances.
Now there's another company, Jinbafu, that needs promotion.
It's easy to imagine that Jinli will have very little free time on weekends in the coming year.
If other promotional activities are added at the last minute, then we'll just have to squeeze in time.
But it's normal for celebrities to be busy, so Jinli doesn't mind.
"At worst, I'll only accept event invitations from these two brands in the future, and I'll decline other invitations if I can."
Soon, they arrived at the new store.
The new store is decorated with jewels and is resplendent in gold.
In Jinli's words, it had a very nouveau riche style, as if they wanted every corner to let people know that they were a gold shop.
Jinli heard that there are hotels on Hong Kong Island with floors paved with gold bricks.
It doesn't mean the floor was made entirely of gold, but rather that the floor was made of glass, with a gold brick placed inside the glass.
The gold bars were real. On the day when gold prices were at their highest, someone removed the glass floor overnight and took out the gold bars inside.
As for whether it was sold, opinions vary, but everyone knows the truth.
Although this gold shop didn't pave the floor with gold bricks, it had an exceptionally large stock of goods, filling the store to the brim.
As Jinli entered, she heard a burst of excited cheers from outside.
Everyone was calling her name. Jinli smiled and greeted them, then proceeded with the ceremony, speaking, cutting the ribbon, listening in, and leaving.
But today, Kim Ba-fu put on a special program.
As Jinli was about to leave after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the host mentioned her again.
"Were you all happy to see Jinli today?"
"happy!"
"We have a gift for Jinli, can you guess what it is?"
Jinli smiled as she recalled the event's schedule in her mind.
There was no such operation. Was it a special program?
One fan shouted, "Milk tea!"
"tea!"
"Gold!"
BRICS!
"jewelry!"
The host said with a smile, "To celebrate the opening of our new store, Jinbafu is not only offering a 9.5% discount for the first three days, but we've also prepared a special gift for our spokesperson, Jinli:"
A complete set of gold headdress!
Jinli's lips parted slightly; she was genuinely surprised.
To be honest, as expected of someone in the gold business, the gifts they give are really generous.
Jinli took the golden headdress and could feel its weight.
If it really is all gold, then she's holding hundreds of thousands of dollars in her hands.
After the event ended, Jinli didn't leave immediately but stayed behind.
After waiting for about ten minutes, she finally met the person in charge of the store.
When the person in charge heard that Jinli had something to ask him and hadn't left yet, he immediately rushed over.
He thought something had gone wrong with the arrangements at the scene, and that Jinli was waiting to cause him trouble.
When they arrived, Jinli brought up the matter of the gold headdress.
“This gift is too valuable. I want to return it. If you really want to give me something, just give me a gold bracelet.”
The person in charge quickly waved his hand: "No, no, there's no reason to take back a gift that's already been given away."
And to be honest, this gift wasn't prepared for you by the store, but rather by Ms. Chen Leyao herself; it's a small token of her appreciation.
"Chen Leyao?" A thoughtful look flashed across Jinli's eyes; she understood.
In the car, Sui Lingfang asked, "Chen Leyao is a member of the Chen family. She's just not in good health, but she has a keen eye for investment."
Have you and she kept in touch since the copyright issue was resolved?
Jinli shook her head: "No."
Sui Lingfang was surprised: "Then why did she think of giving you a gift, and such an expensive one at that? Gold is so expensive right now!"
Jinli thought for a moment and said, "Maybe they want to do good deeds."
"Huh?" Sui Lingfang didn't understand. "How can doing good deeds be applied to you?"
Jinli smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I look like a very kind person that she admires me so much that she prepared a gift for me."
This is just a gift, not a formal present; we have no business dealings involved.
Jinbafu is a business owned by the Chen family, not by Chen Leyao personally, and Chen Leyao is not the CEO of this brand.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Jin Bafu was able to list Chen Leyao as a spokesperson candidate based on just one sentence from her, which makes him seem very powerful.
But in reality, Jinbafu is run by other members of the Chen family, who could easily disregard Chen Leyao's feelings.
It's just that Chen Leyao has such a good eye for investment that everyone wants to befriend her, so they don't want to offend her.
However, Jinli was chosen as the spokesperson only after a rigorous evaluation and deemed suitable.
It's impossible to change the brand's style and direction just because of one sentence from Chen Leyao.
Now it seems that since Jinbafu officially announced Jinli as its global spokesperson, even its stock price has risen significantly.
We made the right choice in signing this spokesperson.
After returning to her apartment, Jinli locked the gold jewelry in the safe.
The product is good, but there aren't many scenarios where it can be used.
Thinking about it carefully, perhaps it will come in handy when wearing a traditional Chinese wedding dress.
But that's a bit too far off for her.
She wanted to send Chen Leyao a thank you message, but then suddenly remembered that she didn't have her WeChat.
Not only hers, but she didn't add any members of the Chen family on WeChat, including Chen Peixian.
Since that's the case, Jinli didn't plan to specifically ask someone to add her; she would just accept it as a token of her goodwill.
She understood Chen Leyao's inner desires and had seen her body during their interactions.
This person possesses a brilliant mind, but his extreme intelligence is destined to lead to his downfall and an early death.
The fact that they've survived this long is a testament to the meticulous care and defiant efforts of wealthy families.
Chen Leyao has been hovering between life and death, requiring emergency treatment at least twice a year, which may have given her a better understanding of things than the average person.
She noticed something was wrong with herself.
But even Jinli cannot change her fate.
Everyone has his own life.
When she was a goddess, she couldn't change things; now that she's a mortal, she can't change them even more.
Not interfering in her life is actually a blessing.
Unless it's a dream from her master that's connected to her karma, she won't do anything unnecessary.
After finishing her schedule with Jin Bafu, Jinli met He Wuyou in the afternoon.
He Wuyou had just graduated from university and still had a naive and inexperienced air about him, so he specially wore a suit to come.
The suit was too big, making him look somewhat sloppy.
He couldn't hide the excitement on his face and shook hands with Jinli.
"I, I, could I take a photo with you? I'm your fan!"
He was so excited that he stammered.
Jinli smiled and said, "So you're my fan. Thank you for your support over the years."
Without further ado, they got straight to the point.
Jinli asked, "Which idea are you unclear about?"
He Wuyou said, "I don't understand why the female lead, who is so outstanding, would fail to pass the exams multiple times."
Jinli chatted with him for a while and realized that he was having a logical breakdown.
“Normally, outstanding people are also very resilient to pressure, but what if the female lead is outstanding, but has been suffering from mental illness all along?”
“She would have abdominal pain every time she took an exam, and she would suppress it. Later, she went to school under a false identity. Because she was impersonating someone else, she was able to let go of her psychological burden.”
He Wuyou: "Why do people have mental illnesses?"
Jinli countered, "Why wouldn't you develop a mental illness if you saw your loved ones die in front of you?"
This question left He Wuyou speechless.
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