Chapter 680: Chapter 680

Every time he was nominated for a major award, it was a glorious item on an actor’s résumé. Zhang Ming took a certain risk to do this, also aiming to boost Sheng Yan’s value in film and television.

In the global Star Celebrities List, Sheng Yan had just made it into the TOP50. There were 49 high mountains waiting for him to conquer, and it was essential to seize the opportunity.

In the office, Zhang Ming finished reading the press release sent by his team. He made some deletions and revisions and finally clicked send, sighing deeply, wondering what would happen next — that would depend on the PR team.

He navigated to the settings interface, ready to log into Sheng Yan’s account to repost a message from Tonghua Entertainment’s official Weibo. Just as he inputted the password and clicked log in, suddenly, a pop-up window appeared on his screen—

"The password you entered is incorrect!"

Zhang Ming: "..." Damn, what’s with this bad feeling?

His first thought was that something tricky was happening on Sheng Yan’s end, and his second thought was to pray that Sheng Yan wouldn’t give him any trouble.

Unfortunately, dreams and reality often clash.

After trying the password five times and getting it wrong each time, Zhang Ming, whose account was now locked, spent ten minutes constantly calling Sheng Yan.

Without exception, all he heard was a melodious ringtone that would never be answered.

Zhang Ming’s bad feeling grew stronger, and his face darkened more and more.

He always felt that Sheng Yan was about to do something big this time.

As soon as the ten minutes were up, he quickly picked up his phone to log into the account again, only to see that the account had been logged into by someone else.

Zhang Ming’s heart skipped a beat, quickly exiting the login page. He went straight to Sheng Yan’s Weibo page and saw that he had just posted a new Weibo—

V Sheng Yan: [[Reposted from VTonghua Entertainment: Congratulations to "World" for sweeping the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, Best...] Thanks to everyone from the "World" crew for their hard work. When the hardships of filming are recognized, it’s all worth it!]

Ha ha, did you think that was all there was to the Weibo?

The next second, Sheng Yan’s style shifted—

[...here, let me recommend a movie, performed by my little junior sister from the company in "Eighteen Years Old Sky." It’s a critical film about early marriage and pregnancy among minors, using direct satire to expose some realities. I’ve seen it, and it’s pretty good.]

Zhang Ming felt a rush of blood to his head, his vision darkened, and it was all over...

On Weibo, due to its popularity, fans and netizens from all directions came to watch, flooding the official Tonghua Entertainment Weibo and then rushing to see Sheng Yan’s Weibo, quickly finding Sheng Yan’s recommendation. Thıs content belongs to novel⟡fire.net

[66666, this is the first time Emperor Sheng has acknowledged that He Jinxia is his junior sister, right?]

[What did I just see, what did I just see!]

[The Emperor himself has spoken, how can I not go watch it? Just for Emperor Sheng’s endorsement, I’m sold on this movie!]

[Ding dong, I’ve booked a ticket for "Eighteen Years Old Sky"~]

[Hey, hey, don’t forget the old when the new comes; Emperor Sheng starred in "World" which has been nominated at the Oscars to compete for Movie King, aren’t you going to congratulate him?]

Then, the style uniformly changed to—

[XXX on behalf of the people of XX sends a congratulatory message, wishing Emperor Sheng a triumphant return from conquering the Oscars!]

Under Sheng Yan’s Weibo, there were hardly any fans criticizing He Jinxia for riding on his coattails anymore. Look, Sheng Yan himself was advertising for her, openly wanting to support her. How could that be considered clout-chasing?

Staring at Weibo for a while, Zhang Ming finally came to his senses and acknowledged this harsh reality, and he dialed Sheng Yan’s number again to instruct him on some matters.

Unexpectedly, the call went through immediately this time.

On the phone, Zhang Ming didn’t mention He Jinxia to Sheng Yan, not even the fact that he had reposted He Jinxia’s Weibo to help promote her.

As artists get older, it’s time they settled down and had their own ideas. He, well, couldn’t manage that much anymore!

After being proven wrong so many times when he tried to advise, Zhang Ming had wised up and no longer meddled in what was going on between Sheng Yan and He Jinxia. Sheng Yan had his own ideas, and he surely knew the impact this Weibo post would create.

Knowing that and still choosing to post it meant that he was ready to face any consequences himself.

What was done was done, and even if Zhang Ming criticized him afterward, it would be of no use.

Zhang Ming thought that instead of spending time criticizing, he might as well go home early to spend time with his wife, perhaps even have a child. Wife and child by a warm stove, what a fulfilling life!

On the other side, Luo You came out of the meeting room, just turned on his phone, and received a call from Zhang Dayou, who informed him that Sheng Yan had actually helped promote "Eighteen Years Old Sky" for He Jinxia on Weibo!

Luo You’s lips curled up. The frustration he felt during the meeting about possibly scolding Jinxia had vanished, leaving only joy. He quickly hung up on Dayou and called Jinxia.

On set, He Jinxia had just finished a strenuous martial arts scene, feeling as if every tendon and bone in her body had been remodeled. The sensation was indescribably... thrilling yet exhausting.

Finding a place to sit down and rest for a while, Sister Xiao Hua came over with her phone, whispering, "Brother Luo’s call."

He Jinxia paused, then whispered back, "Good or bad?"

Cheng Xiaohua shook her head, shrugging her shoulders. She couldn’t tell.

He Jinxia sat upright, took the phone, "Hello, Brother Luo."

Luo You: "Is filming tough?"

He Jinxia: "It’s alright."

After a pause, she added, "Filmed martial arts scenes today, those were quite tough."

Luo You hummed, "You said before that you wanted to slot someone into the company to be a trainee. Why didn’t you say that person was Xi Jing?"

He Jinxia responded without hesitation, "Xi Jing asked me to inquire that way. She didn’t want to put me in a difficult position, so she just asked if I could get someone in as a trainee. If yes, then great; if no, then never mind."

Luo You: "Then when I said yes, why didn’t you tell me it was Xi Jing?

He Jinxia frowned, "I did say it. Didn’t you then ask your assistant to communicate with me? I told your assistant it was Xi Jing, and then I asked him to contact Xi Jing for her details."

He had almost forgotten that gathering data was a clerk’s job in the company; these people were only responsible for collecting and organizing details, not involved in other tasks, and were very tight-lipped. Mainly because their tasks were so menial, no one bothered to pry information out of them.

Not to mention these clerks having keen insight to suspect anything odd about Xi Jing becoming a trainee at Tonghua Entertainment. Even if He Jinxia herself had gone to be a trainee, they would have been surprised but definitely wouldn’t create trouble by reporting it to their superiors.

So, after going around in circles, was it really his fault?

Luo You was speechlessly choked up.