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The backstage prop room lights were on, but there was no spotlight on the stage. Only a faint beam of light swept across the girl, highlighting her slightly sweaty, fair face, resembling white jade – moist, smooth, and radiant.
There were tiny hairs that were barely visible on her snowy skin, and her pores were almost invisible.
In the hazy light, the texture of her slightly red lips seemed like jelly, and her sparkling and translucent eyes were like precious stones that had been hidden in a red sandalwood box, emitting a slight gleam.
Director Zheng did variety shows, so he had seen all kinds of beautiful women.
However, in this moment, he was shocked by the heavenly beauty before him, almost hooking his soul away to the point where it caused even his cerebral cortex to freeze for a second.
In the entertainment industry, there were very few women who were more beautiful than her. To have such a beauty wear headgear was such a waste of natural resources!
Only by revealing this level of beauty would her value be maximised, arousing the fondness of the audience as well as provoking discussion of the show.
Zheng Ming Chang quickly started calculating in his brain.
However, after two or three seconds, when she looked at him with a puzzled expression, he felt something was not quite right… There seemed to be a hint of deja vu in her eyes.
“Bao… Ruan Ruan?!”
Zheng Ming Chang had collaborated with Bao Ruan Ruan in the past. Last year, when she was still under Huangtai, she appeared on his afternoon show.
Zheng Ming Chang didn’t have a good impression of her.
She was beautiful, but it was the type of beauty that was dull and empty. Lacking in performance skills, coy and even easily offended, her conversations were uninteresting.
Her behaviour while playing games was lifeless and unsuitable for variety shows.
At that time, he thought Huangtai was declining year by year, the quality of their signed newcomers not being up to par.
Bao Ruan Ruan was undoubtedly in the top tier of the list of guests he least wanted to invite.
Yet unexpectedly, today, the mascot of ‘Happy Saturday’ exceeded all expectations and created such a brilliant scene, catching his attention. When she took off the headgear, it turned out to be the same Bao Ruan Ruan he had disliked!
Zheng Ming Chang was extremely shocked.
Had he misjudged her before?
When did she become so talented?
He sized up Bao Ruan Ruan with a complex expression, yet soon his expression became somewhat strange.
She was also sizing him, with shrewd eyes, a glint in her roaming pupils.
Even when they made eye contact, she timidly took half a step back, cautiously holding the mascot’s head against her chest, motionless.
Compared to six months ago, she had lost her stiffness and gained a lively quality that was hard to pin down, even showing the sincere and respectful attitude that a junior should have towards a senior!
If she were really an ordinary newcomer, he would definitely be willing to support her.
However… Zheng Ming Chang let out a sigh.
How unfortunate.
The internet never forgot, and artists who had been stained with a bad reputation faced difficulty in becoming popular again. Moreover, she had offended a major family, so even if she appeared on a program, she might never recover, since it might even be cut by the TV station.
Zheng Ming Chang didn’t want to battle with the bourgeois.
The Jiangcheng TV station has always had a close connection with the largest capital in Jiangcheng, the Lu family.
Even the four newly installed, latest models of elevators in this building had been sponsored by the Lu family.
Moreover, the biggest sponsor of this season’s ‘Island Restaurant’ was also the Lu family, even one of the program guests being Lu Wen Hao.
So he couldn’t possibly invite Bao Ruan Ruan.
“I’ve found the wrong person; the person I want to invite is someone else.”
Bao Ruan Ruan, who was still standing in the prop room, breathed a sigh of relief.
When this person broke in and desperately fixed his eyes on her, she even thought that this was someone the original person had wronged and was coming to settle scores.
Finding the wrong person, now wasn’t that just perfect?
Bao Ruan Ruan quickly took off the cat costume, patting her chest with lingering fear.
“It’s okay~”
She quickly smiled, nodding happily, “It’s fine that you recognised the wrong person.”
There was not a single ounce of sadness or regret on her small face, which had skin as white as snow, lips that were red and teeth that were white; only a sense of relief lingered on it.
Her tone was full of sincerity, as if she were genuinely happy, rejoicing in having avoided a bad program.
Zheng Ming Chang: “…?”
He felt offended!
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Returning the cat costume, Bao Ruan Ruan sent a message to the three person group chat that Xue Jing had added her into, “It’s over, I’m going downstairs now.”
The recording stage was on the fifth floor of the building.
The prop room was at the end of the corridor, and after turning left, there were elevators just a couple of steps away.
When she arrived, she bumped into Zheng Ming Chang, who was also preparing to leave.
Zheng Ming Chang also looked blankly at her when he saw her.
Just as the situation was getting awkward, the elevator door opened.
Zheng Ming Chang bowed his head and walked in.
Bao Ruan Ruan didn’t intend to greet him either. Just as she was about to follow him in, a cold chill suddenly ran down the nape of her neck.
Having died 9 million times in the game, the memory of each death was etched in her mind and followed her constantly. Rather than making her numb, it instead made her ten times more sensitive to any potential dangers.
Her senses were extremely acute to the slightest sign of danger!
She instantly stopped outside the elevator.
“Aren’t you going down?” Zheng Ming Chang frowned.
As he spoke, Bao Ruan Ruan heard the very slight sound of metal-on-metal friction, making her hair stand on end.
In the game, she had died 939 times in elevator accidents, either suffocating or falling rapidly to her death.
Later, she slowly learned to distinguish the sound of some abnormal gear failures.
Upon listening attentively, the friction of the elevator’s components was more severe, indicating that some essential parts couldn’t bear the heavy load; it was the sound of something breaking.
Bao Ruan Ruan’s eyelids twitched.
There was something wrong with this elevator!
Her body reacted faster than her brain! She reached out, grabbed Zheng Ming Chang’s collar, and pulled him out of the elevator!
Zheng Ming Chang struggled angrily, “What are you doing! This is now a civilised society—”
Bao Ruan Ruan pulled him out and quickly let go, stepping back obediently.
“Today is not an auspicious day to take the elevator. It’s more advisable to take the stairs.”
Zheng Ming Chang glared at her, wondering why she still held such feudal superstitions!
This elevator was the Lu Group’s R&D product and not only used the latest global technology but also imported components, with each one reportedly costing several hundred thousand.
Furthermore, this elevator was just about to be launched into the market as an independent product.
This girl must be upset that she had lost her job as mascot, and was deliberately causing trouble!
Zheng Ming Chang was furious, “You really don’t have manners!”
Bao Ruan Ruan didn’t force him to say anything, neither did she say anything superfluous, instead, walking towards the safe stairs.
But after she went downstairs, Zheng Ming Chang waited for half a minute, yet the elevator door didn’t open again, continuing to linger on the fourth floor.
Just as Zheng Ming Chang was beginning to feel anxious, he then heard a loud rambling, and then a bang from inside the elevator doors!
He froze.
Not long after, a staff member rushed over in a hurry, “Director Zheng!”
After he greeted him, he then shouted urgently into the walkie-talkie, “Elevator 1 has experienced an emergency power outage, with the free-fall function also malfunctioning, really don’t know if there’s still anyone inside!”
“…!”
Zheng Ming Chang’s brain went blank.
After three seconds, his right hand holding the phone began to tremble.
There was no one inside…
But he had almost gone in and turned into a pulp!
He couldn’t help but recall Bao Ruan Ruan’s delicate face, as well as her words that had urged him… Cold sweat rolled down his back.
In the nanny car, Chen Feng was panting, talking rapidly like a machine gun to Xue Jing, who had come to pick them up.
“Boss, it’s not good! Director Zheng saw her take off her headgear!”
He had run down ahead of time, and upon reaching the door of the prop room and catching sight of Director Zheng’s sudden change in expression, he immediately knew some major event had happened.
“Go find Director Zheng for a chat and save the situation!”
The cooperation Director Zheng mentioned in the call was probably already ruined. But just as he finished speaking, Bao Ruan Ruan casually strolled out with her hands in her pockets, a carefree expression on her face.
Chen Feng was confused by her nonchalant look, suddenly feeling uncertain, “Did Director Zheng still invite you to the show?”
As Bao Ruan Ruan sat down, disinfecting her hands with the hand sanitizer she carried, she opened a bottle of mineral water with a food production licence and took a few sips, “Director Zheng? Who is he ? There was only one director who said he found the wrong person.”
“Ah, it really did fall through!” Chen Feng covered his forehead.
Xue Jing’s peach blossom eyes flashed slightly.
But just as he was about to speak, a slightly plump figure hurriedly ran to the car door.
It was none other than Director Zheng Ming Chang!
“Miss Bao, wait, I want to invite you onto my show—”
Chen Feng widened his eyes, “!”
Zheng Ming Chang looked into the car and let out an exclamation in surprise. Bao Ruan Ruan’s appearance had a high level of attractiveness, and even her manager had an unusually high level of attractiveness.
Xue Jing’s narrow and amorous pair of eyes matched with his cold white skin, his long legs crossed on the seat in front of him caused him to have more of an aura of a large star about to go out onto the street.
He didn’t seem like a manager at all.
Xue Jing nodded, his slender fingers putting down his phone, “Director Zheng, I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time. I am her manager. Did you just say you wanted to invite her to a new show?”
“Yes.” Director Zheng Ming Chang, who had just caught his breath, sincerely extended an invitation.
When he had rushed downstairs just now, the more he thought about it, the more terrified he became.
If it hadn’t been for Bao Ruan Ruan pulling him out of the elevator, he would have been gone by now!
Now, looking at Bao Ruan Ruan in the car, he saw her clear eyes, snowy face, completely devoid of aggressiveness. Instead, she seemed extremely delicate, too weak to stand up against the wind.
No matter how you looked at it, she didn’t seem to have the manner of a person with a bad reputation, but rather someone who might have been played and bullied by a wealthy family’s younger master, appearing pitiful and obedient.
The entertainment industry was filled with truth and falsities, so it was already originally hard to say for sure.
Before, Zheng Ming Chang hadn’t wanted to cause trouble, and hadn’t wanted to offend the Lu family, this wealthy household.
But now, she had saved his life!
He was a Buddhist, and believed in karma and retribution. She had saved him, so if he didn’t repay her kindness, then it would damage his entire life’s karmic blessings.
He was almost retiring, so now more than ever, he couldn’t possibly repay kindness with ingratitude as he grew old, doing something like this that would damage his life’s blessings.
Moreover, there was no clear order to ban her from the industry right now, so there was still some room for manoeuvring.
Letting her be the mascot of the program; no one would know who was really inside the headgear.
Why not do it?
“There might not be many closeups, and it might be more tiring.”
“Tiring?” Bao Ruan Ruan sitting in the back seat put down the water bottle and raised her hand to interject, “Tiring is not a problem. Is the safety factor high?”
Zheng Ming Chang was stunned.
This child looked at the problem from quite a unique perspective.
But he smiled bitterly.
After the frightening incident just now, he dared not guarantee anything.
“It’s a variety show where celebrities run a restaurant. We’re missing someone who can do unskilled work, like being a waiter or washing dishes.”
Xue Jing raised an eyebrow, “Okay, we’ll take it.”
Just as Bao Ruan Ruan was about to speak, Xue Jing stopped her.
“Right next to the recording location is a top-notch hospital.”
Bao Ruan Ruan exclaimed, “Then that’s no problem then.”
After Director Zheng left, Xue Jing looked at Bao Ruan Ruan who was playing on her phone and said, “What’s happened?”
After an explanation, Chen Feng and Xue Jing finally knew about the elevator incident and could only say that her luck was just too good.
At the Lu Group Corporation president’s office.
Lu Wen Yao was in contact with a renowned Daoist master, wishing to select an auspicious day to marry Tang Yu Xin.
Choosing a good day would not only dispel Bao Ruan Ruan – that sort of vile character – but also elevate the company’s performance.
But just as he chose a five blessing day that fell half a year later, his assistant suddenly rushed in and interrupted.
五福 refers to the five blessings: longevity, wealth, health, virtue and natural death
“President Lu, the elevator we acquired last year has had an accident! It’s trending first on the hot search list, and the company’s stock price has hit an all time low!”
Lu Wen Yao: “??”
The coffee cup trembled and spilled onto the chosen day of the wedding.
Three days later, Bao Ruan Ruan followed Xue Jing to the recording of ‘Island Restaurant’.
i cam’t imagine dying 9 million times, the amount of ptsd i’d have also i’ve changed ‘agent’ -> ‘manager’ instead
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