She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 1086 - 898: Super Star 72 (4000)_3
Hua Yan’s Weibo, Ling Yao’s Weibo, the two accounts on the short video platform, all promoted "Youth Diary". Whether it worked or not is unknown, but she did everything she could anyway.
At midnight on June 26, "Youth Diary" was released. Hua Yan first bought a movie ticket and slipped into the cinema to watch it live. Not many people bought tickets because there were many other big films released during the summer season. This low-budget production wasn’t really eye-catching; even the promotional poster was squeezed into a corner. The leads were older than her and Ling Yao, but they weren’t competing for screen time here, since from the beginning they hadn’t aimed for leading roles.
After the movie release, the aftermath of the college entrance exam was also proceeding methodically. Hua Yan had two levels left, so she simply postponed joining the filming crew, entered the space to level up again, while Ling Yao, having more scenes and working alongside the female lead, joined the crew as soon as summer break started.
Molly and Ning Hao also returned. Molly scored 486 points, much higher than expected, and she was quite satisfied. After that, she was busy with going abroad, and Ning Hao, knowing his sister would be busy again, simply took the high-speed train back to the Northeast home.
Everyone was hustling for their future. On July 4, Hua Yan finally overcame the secret realm’s training after going through a journey full of challenges.
She could now enter the Space Academy with a pass at any time to study.
After passing, Hua Yan felt completely relaxed, because this meant she no longer had to worry about transformation issues anymore and having to enter the space for refuge at specific times. Now, she could transform whenever she wanted.
A batch of admission letters was to be sent out in late July, and she had already asked Zhen Hao to hold hers for her, because she was about to join the crew, and if it was sent to her home, no one would be there and losing it would be disastrous. The best option was to entrust it to someone she trusts; Zhen Hao was originally a teacher at Central Music, naturally trustworthy.
Molly was leaving around mid-July and didn’t have time to see her off, so the two could only communicate via Wechat.
While on the way to join the crew, Hua Yan suddenly received a call from Zhou Yao. The voice on the phone was thick with nasal sounds, as if she’d suffered some major grievance.
"Sorry Yanyan, I have no one to vent my grievances to, I can only call you,"
It turned out Zhou Yao was being ostracized by other Makeup Artists for her skills. She thought isolation was bad enough, but she didn’t expect them to use underhanded tactics, tampering with her cosmetics, causing severe allergies on other actors, their faces covered in pustules. Not only was she fired, but she was also forced to pay over 30,000 yuan in compensation. She wanted to appeal and call the police, but was met with a barrage of punches and kicks. To make matters worse, her family was asking her for money, not showing any concern for her, insisting she take all the blame and apologize to keep her job.
Hua Yan had long known the horrors of that parasitic family. Taking this opportunity, Hua Yan persuaded Zhou Yao to sever ties with her family and wait for her to come over, because she was joining the crew, and if Zhou Yao didn’t mind, she could hang out with her in the future.
Zhou Yao originally just wanted to vent to Hua Yan, never expecting to get a job offer because of it. She found it hard to believe and confirmed repeatedly, only then realizing how powerful Yanyan had become, powerful enough to casually place her in the crew and even say she’d get justice for her.
Though not deeply connected, Hua Yan made such efforts for her, yet her own family, even her boyfriend, were advising her in the completely opposite direction. There was a moment when Zhou Yao felt lost, unsure of what truly constitutes family love, romantic love, friendship.
"Youth Diary" was screened for ten days, the box office rose steadily from low to high, receiving continuous praise. The Douban rating shot from four-something to 6.8. With compliments, there naturally comes criticism. Most of the negative reviews came from the first unit, while praise was primarily for the second unit led by her and Ling Yao. Even the theme song compared unfavorably to the insert song, and netizens professionally analyzed and critiqued them.
Even Hua Yan herself never expected to become familiar to the public in such a way. More surprisingly, she saw comments from her middle school and high school classmates, and aside from being surprised, the prevailing sentiment was—
’I thought the most low-key person was actually living the high-profile life all along.’
’Hua Yan’s classmate truly lives up to being a student who skipped grades; her life can’t be described as anything less than brilliant.’
’While others are studying, she’s studying too, yet can act on the side. This classmate seems capable of anything.’ 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
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