RPAGF Chapter 139: Surely we can't just drag out a lunatic?
Chapter 139: Surely we can't just drag out a lunatic?
To be honest, if it were the younger Gu Chenming who disliked An Ling because of this reason written in the book, An Ling could understand.
But Gu Chenming is already in his mid-twenties, and he still wants to drag the entire An family down with him for such an outrageous reason. He must be seriously ill.
Even if you're going to write a crazy male protagonist, you can't actually cast a mentally ill person, can you?
The recent incident involving the real and fake young masters confirmed to An Ling that there are differences between novels and reality.
An Ling felt that even if the original novel really wrote it that way, Gu Chenming in the real world wouldn't be that brain-dead; there must be some more specific reason.
But the problem is that An Ling can't use the character lookup tool to find Gu Chenming!
Why is it that the male and female leads are the only ones who can't find out?
Anling tried again, but it still didn't work.
【Ughhhhh, why is it still not working?!】
Why is Gu Chenming's information considered more valuable than others?! Is there any complaint channel? I want to complain about this query tool for discrimination based on user roles!
The An family members had just finished dinner and were resting in the living room. This was an unspoken habit of the An family members; they would stay in the living room for about an hour after dinner each day instead of immediately going back to their rooms.
It doesn't necessarily have to be chatting. Even watching TV or lounging on the sofa is fine. As long as the family can be together, it's a way to cultivate relationships.
An Ling belongs to the category of those who lie dead.
She lay sprawled on the sofa with her hands in her pockets, looking like a salted fish, her eyes vacant as if she were in a daze. In reality, she was extremely annoyed because she couldn't figure out Gu Chenming's thoughts.
The other members of the An family subconsciously turned to look at An Ling because of the roar in her heart, but after realizing how inappropriate their behavior was, they all looked away.
An family member: That was close, we almost got discovered.
Fortunately, An Ling didn't notice their movements at all; otherwise, she would have felt strange being stared at by so many people at the same time.
Then, they tacitly lowered their heads, took out their phones, and opened the group chat.
I wonder how Qiu Nian is doing. She promised me that she wouldn't have any private contact with Gu Chenming except when filming. I hope she won't break her promise?
While listening to An Ling's rambling, the An family members started analyzing and discussing it in the group chat.
An Shuhai: What exactly is Xiaoling's attitude towards Gu Chenming now? I don't understand.
An Yun: You still like him, right? She used to fawn over Gu Chenming so much, how could she just stop?
An Chong: How is it impossible?
An Yun: Being love-struck isn't that easy to cure!
An Chong: What, is this based on experience?
An Yun: ...
Pei Yuning: I think she probably doesn't like him anymore. Xiaoling seems to really dislike Gu Chenming now.
An Yun: No way, then why would she forbid Xiao Nian and Gu Chenming from contacting each other in private? Isn't it because of jealousy and possessiveness?
Pei Yuning: There is a kind of feeling called "I would be heartbroken if my sisters liked the trash I don't like!"
Pei Yuning: You don't understand.
[But what if Gu Chenming shamelessly seduces her? Can Qiu Nian resist?]
[No way, no way. Qiu Nian hasn't even been on set for ten days yet; she shouldn't lack this much self-control.]
[You can't just ask Qiu Nian about this...]
[How about I sneak off to Ningcheng to investigate?]
"Ahem," Pei Yuning cleared her throat to get An Ling's attention, "Xiao Ling, you'll be attending the Tomato Video Star Gala, right?"
"A star-studded gala?" An Ling paused for a moment before realizing what she meant. "Oh, I should go."
[I told Yang Yao I wasn't taking any more jobs, and she really did act like she was dead, not even popping up. I almost forgot about the Starlight Gala.]
Pei Yuning frowned. "Xiaoling, your agent is too irresponsible. You should terminate your contract with Golden Pages Entertainment and sign with Mom's company."
Although An Ling has her own studio, her artist contract is with Golden Page Entertainment, which is an entertainment company under the Gu family. Gu Chenming is also with that company.
Leaving her own company to sign with another company is certainly a remarkable feat in Anling's career as a sycophant.
“No need, Mom,” Anling replied. “My contract expires next year, and I’ll sign with you then.”
Terminating the contract now would be too costly. It's not that I can't afford the penalty for breach of contract, but it's more cost-effective to wait until the contract expires.
Pei Yuning: ...
“Alright, then I’ll do as you say,” Pei Yuning thought for a moment, but was still worried. “How about I assign you two assistants first? Even if you don’t take any acting roles for the time being, you’ll still need someone to arrange things for events like banquets.”
This time, An Ling did not refuse.
Even if An Ling took the initiative to remind Yang Yao to make the arrangements for her, she definitely wouldn't do her best. It would be better to just listen to Pei Yuning's arrangements, which would save a lot of trouble.
As the year draws to a close, there are many gala events on various platforms, with the Starlight Gala being the largest and most discussed. Therefore, almost every celebrity who is invited will dress up for the occasion.
At that time, every piece of clothing they wear will be discussed and compared, fans will fight fiercely over a few photos of them looking good, and industry insiders will analyze the brand treatment of celebrities based on their clothing.
Furthermore, the Starlight Gala also features a red carpet segment that is highly popular every year. Unlike other platforms, the rule for this red carpet is that two celebrities, a male and a female, walk together.
In this era where everyone loves shipping couples, even just walking the red carpet together can attract a wave of fans. Even without any romantic tension, marketing topics like "rich family siblings" or "aristocratic brother and sister" can boost their popularity.
In short, participating means gaining extremely high exposure, and almost no one in the entertainment industry would refuse such a good opportunity.
The original novel also mentions this banquet, but it's not an important plot point. It's just to show that the male and female leads walked the red carpet together because they were filming a movie together, which gained them a wave of CP fans and aroused the jealousy of the villainous female supporting character An Ling. This is to lay the groundwork for An Ling to target Qiu Nian later.
So, Qiu Nian and Gu Chenming will be returning to Haicheng soon?
【Then I don't need to go to Ningcheng! I can just secretly observe how the two of them get along, right?】
Pei Yuning breathed a sigh of relief.
She suddenly brought up the Starlight Banquet now to remind An Ling that Qiu Nian would be going home in a while. An Ling is too efficient, and Pei Yuning is afraid that if she waits a little longer, An Ling might sneak off to Ningcheng.
“Xiao Nian and Xiao Luo will be there too. Mom thinks that when they walk the red carpet, Xiao Jun should take Xiao Nian and you should take Xiao Luo, what do you think?”
“Okay.” An Ling had no objections; breaking up Gu Chenming and Qiu Nian’s relationship was exactly what she wanted.
In fact, this arrangement was also a personal wish of Pei Yuning as a mother.
An family's original plan was to hold a banquet before the new year to introduce Qiu Nian's identity. However, Qiu Nian took on a role in a drama, and now that An Luo has joined the family, everyone decided that the banquet to recognize the real daughter and the real young master should be held together.
However, both of them were quite busy before the new year, and Anjia didn't want to rush the banquet, so in the end they could only set the date for when Nian finished filming next autumn.
Therefore, Pei Yuning wanted to use the red carpet segment of the star-studded banquet to convey to the outside world Anjia's attitude towards the two issues of the real and fake heiress and the real and fake young master.
The fact that Anling, Qiunian, and Anluo could appear together and get along harmoniously on such an important occasion speaks volumes.