Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 155 - 142: Buy One, Get One Free! Hopeless
She had gained so many fans overnight, something she would have never dared to imagine before.
She eagerly started scrolling through videos related to herself and quickly found many clips featuring her.
Seeing these videos made her happy. It was the first time she had so much screen time online.
Soon, she came across another video from a clip account, this one showing the boss with a woman on each arm.
She was on the left, and on the right was none other than that Wang Qiqi from last night.
Moreover, many people in the comments were asking who the other woman was, suggesting she might be the boss’s new ’Miss Cheng’.
’If she’s the new ’Miss Cheng’, then what am I?’
’Did my Miss Cheng trial pass expire after just one day?’
A sense of crisis inexplicably washed over her.
’The boss is such a player. He can make videos to promote me now, but he might hook up with some other girl in the blink of an eye. When that happens, who knows if it’ll still be my turn.’
She was well aware of this. Didn’t Wang Qiqi play her games right in front of her last night?
’There must be a lot of women like that in the company.’
Now that she’d had a taste of overnight fame, she wasn’t about to let it stop.
But she was self-aware enough to know that a player like the boss wouldn’t keep his eyes on her forever. She had to fight for her own screen time.
The silly video that was accidentally filmed at the dinner party gave her an idea. As long as she stayed by the boss’s side, she was bound to get more exposure.
「...」
Chen Jincheng, however, had no idea the girl was pretending to be asleep. He certainly didn’t know that his kind gesture of letting her sleep in had instead sent her mind racing with wild thoughts.
After getting in the car, he took out his phone to check WeChat. He had several unread messages, one of which was from Lin Leqing.
She had already sent him a message saying she’d boarded the plane, along with a sweet selfie.
His nominal junior sister would be arriving at the airport at 9:30. Heading over now would be perfect timing.
Once he arrived at the parking garage and found a spot, he sent Lin Leqing a message on WeChat, telling her where he was.
Soon, a plane descended from the sky.
Lin Leqing watched the airport grow closer, her pretty face full of anticipation for the future. She believed her Senior Brother could definitely make her famous.
Next to her, a pretty girl said unhappily, "I really don’t understand what you’re thinking. I already spoke with the assistant director over there. He could have gotten us an audition for a major supporting role, and you gave it up for some internet celebrity."
Lin Leqing said with a smile, "Cousin, didn’t you fail your audition too?"
Li Muchen was rendered speechless. "If some third-rate starlet with a backer hadn’t been suddenly shoehorned in, that major supporting female role would have been mine. But even so, I still landed the part of the fifth handmaiden. Any screen time is a chance to get famous. And being famous as an actress is way better than being an influencer."
"I really don’t know what kind of Kool-Aid that ’Senior Brother’ of yours has been feeding you to make you give up on our promise to become big stars together. Anyway, I don’t have to join the production for another half a month. I’ll keep an eye on things for you for two weeks. If he’s unreliable, you’re coming with me to the set. It’s better to start as an extra than do nothing."
"Cousin, we haven’t even started and you’re already discouraging me," Lin Leqing said, displeased. "Besides, my Senior Brother is amazing. He said I’m going to be famous. Maybe a big-name director will even see me and want me for a movie."
The more Li Muchen listened, the more unreliable it all sounded. "This guy is clearly a smooth-talking swindler. What are you thinking? Even if you become an influencer, there’s no way a big-name director would invite an influencer to be in a movie. Do you have any idea the weight those three words—’big-name director’—carry?"
"I believe in my Senior Brother!" Lin Leqing insisted.
"..." Li Muchen was speechless.
’This cousin of mine is a lost cause.’
She simply couldn’t understand how her cousin had gotten so thoroughly brainwashed after just one trip to Coastal City.
She had been trying her best to deprogram her, but to no avail.
Finally, the plane came to a stop, and the two of them disembarked.
Lin Leqing immediately pulled out her phone, saw the WeChat message from her Senior Brother, and pulled her cousin toward the parking garage.
When they reached the area her Senior Brother had mentioned, she said to her cousin, "Cousin, help me look for his car. The license plate is A6666."
Li Muchen sighed and looked around. ’Even if A6666 isn’t a true "leopard plate," it’s not a plate an ordinary person could get, is it?’
The next moment, her gaze suddenly landed on a gold Lamborghini. Wasn’t the license plate A6666?
"Is that it?" Li Muchen asked with a frown.
Lin Leqing looked over and saw her Senior Brother getting out of the Lamborghini, and she nodded subconsciously.
Li Muchen was floored. "You didn’t tell him there were two of us?"
There’s only room for one of us!
"I... forgot," Lin Leqing said, embarrassed.
Chen Jincheng also spotted Lin Leqing right away and got out of the car, waving to her.
His nominal junior sister was wearing a pure-white dress today with her hair in a half-updo, looking youthful and beautiful.
"Senior Brother!" Yueqing chirped, happily jogging toward him.
Looking at her, Chen Jincheng couldn’t help but marvel once again. The 20-year-old her and the 22-year-old her were like two completely different people. It was truly hard to associate her current sweet and lovely appearance with the term ’Innate Young Housewife Sacred Body’.
’What on earth could cause a person to change so drastically in just two years?’
Lin Leqing, oblivious to his thoughts, immediately made an introduction. "Senior Brother, this is my cousin. She came to Coastal City with me for fun."
Chen Jincheng turned to the girl with Lin Leqing, a look of surprise in his eyes.
’Isn’t this Li Muchen?’
’Before he transmigrated, she was known as the Zhao Liying of short dramas, and she starred in a huge number of hit shorts.’
’She’s Lin Leqing’s cousin who was just an extra?’
’Isn’t this a fucking buy one, get one free deal?’
’In his other world, this Li Muchen, just like Lin Leqing, had also started out as an extra, playing everything from handmaidens to beggars. On the strength of her looks, she started landing some minor supporting roles in ’18, and by ’22, she had worked her way up to the level of a mid-tier actress.’
