Chapter 1043: 1042. Beca the leading actor.
“We can’t let her get what she wants.”
Luo Lin fully showcased her corporate-woman side. After figuring out the crucial point, she imdiately scheduled a eting with Director Zheng.
“I have to have a proper chat with him!”
“But didn’t Director Zheng already reject Vast Entertainnt from interfering in the editing process?”
“Editing, sure, but what about the air date? Delaying the release of ‘Cloud Gate Wind and Cloud’ by one or two months is sothing Vast Entertainnt could still manage.”
“…”
Tang Shu completely fell silent. After a long pause, she finally said, “If you need help, just let know. I might be able to lend a hand. I can at least sniff out so information.”
“Got it. You’re the lucky charm of our Starshine dia. With you as my backup, I feel much more at ease.”
“Wait a second, I recall I was supposed to be the little troublemaker instead?”
“Why not both?”
Luo Lin tossed out a quick reply and hurriedly walked out of the lounge to get back to work, leaving Tang Shu blinking awkwardly, still contemplating the vast difference between being a ‘troublemaking little lord’ and a ‘lucky charm.’
***
At so point, the comnt section of She Yu Yu’s streams started turning into a detective-style cri-solving forum.
Fans’ ssages took on increasingly weird directions. For example, now every ti a stream ended, longti fans would leave several speculative comnts below:
[Current known clues are as follows. Contributions from the audience are welco—much appreciated:
1. She Yu Yu is female;
2. Age is under 40;
3. Skilled in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, and very likely an important mber of the Calligraphy and Painting Association;
4. Has a business partnership with Cloudscape Pharma;
5. Has a boyfriend with a deep, magnetic, and steady voice;
6. Has an extrely imposing father involved in traditional Chinese dicine-related work.]
[Dropping a side note: Uncle She frequently goes out herb-gathering, with a highly irregular schedule. Clearly not dical staff at a hospital, nor a researcher in so laboratory, and definitely not a university professor.]
[Another side note: Uncle She’s ho must be pretty large. From the study setup in previous streams to the current lab setting, the decor style is absolutely high-end and likely ca with quite the price tag.]
[Adding another: The shipping address for gift parcels has always been from a warehouse in the East District of the Imperial Capital, so Uncle She’s residence is undoubtedly in the Imperial Capital, making the odds very high that she’s an Imperial Capital native.]
[Just an unfounded hunch: For so reason, I feel like Uncle She’s dad’s voice and speech patterns sound familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it. I swear I’ve heard it in so program before—it has to be soone famous!]
…
As the saying goes, “the more, the rrier.” One speculative comnt after another gradually sparked a concrete image in everyone’s minds.
However… a handful of insiders occasionally left cryptic spoilers in the comnt section.
[No need for analysis anymore. It’s Tang Shu, Tang Shu, Tang Shu! Why won’t you believe it?]
[As soone who once attended a live vote at a calligraphy competition, I swear on my integrity—it’s Tang Shu! Please, I’m begging you—believe !]
[Cloudscape Pharma factory staff: It is indeed Tang Shu!]
But as soon as these scattered comnts appeared, they were rcilessly overwheld by the sea of netizens.
[Haha, are you joking? Tang Shu’s hype is so big right now she’d even leech off this?]
[Sure, Tang Shu is a d student, but she’s just a greenhorn at this point. At best, she’d only recognize the herbs her family grows.]
[Co on, let’s be rational here. I understand your idol worship, but let’s not make a fuss.]
[…Another wasted argunt.]
The insiders suddenly felt like they were sober in a world of drunks.
Telling the truth these days, and no one believes it?
Fine, you’ll all see!
So started discreetly gathering evidence, combing through She Yu Yu and Tang Shu’s Weibo posts and videos, hunting for any breadcrumbs linking the two.
A small minority, bent on proving the connection, dove headfirst into heaps of data, bending over backward to provide justification. anwhile, the actual person in question was leisurely preparing for her graduate school application.
“Aren’t you two planning to give it a shot this year?”
“I think I’ll pass. I feel like there’s still so much material I haven’t reviewed. If the exam is this December, I’ll totally panic.”
“Sa here. I don’t want to ss up my original study plan. Xiao Shu, you go ahead.”
In their simple three-person dorm, Ye Xiaohui and Cheng Ranran sat next to Tang Shu, watching as she uploaded the required docunts and filled in information for the application, their eyes brimming with admiration.
“Tsk, prepping for grad school during fourth year—definitely the first in our departnt to do it.”
As d students in a five-year program, the extensive and complex dical curriculum left these top-tier students grappling for survival. Not to ntion, the latter half of fourth-year coursework was even more chaotic; the December exam felt nearly impossible to manage.
For those daring to try this year, the mindset was mostly to experience the exam’s intensity firsthand—not because they thought they’d succeed in one go.
But then there was Tang Shu—she was genuinely taking this seriously.
She was practically a machine!
“I can already picture the scene of you walking into the exam hall, the way everyone’s going to stare at you.”
Cheng Ranran rested her plump little chin on Tang Shu’s shoulder, her tone dripping with mixed emotions.
“What a freak of nature. You skip school day in and day out, yet you still ace every single exam, leaving the rest of us gasping for air.”
She was itching to split open her friend’s brain to take a closer look. anwhile, knowing more than she let on, Ye Xiaohui stayed uncharacteristically quiet, refraining from joining in the banter this ti.
Ha! That’s nothing. She’s also completed three research projects during university and successfully had the national dical student textbooks revised three tis!
What’s that saying? When you find yourself a little behind soone else, jealousy may stir. But when the other person’s so far ahead it feels out of reach, jealousy fades, leaving only admiration.
Right now, Tang Shu represented that lofty peak in her eyes.
“Oh, by the way, isn’t ‘You Smile 4’ starting filming soon? Can you handle the workload?”
“I can. I only have this one drama in the second half of the year. I’ll set aside two days a week for it. Besides, Female Lead No.2’s screen ti isn’t that much anyway.”
“Then great, focus on studying hard.”
Her two roommates finally felt relieved, but reality proved they’d relaxed a bit too soon. By the end of September, Tang Shu received a piece of mixed news.
***
“What? I’m the lead in season four?”
“Yes. Last year, during our production’s survey, you and your co-star were more popular than the main leads. So, we made so adjustnts to the script. So far, it seems… you’ll have more screen ti than Chen Xin.”
A perfect transformation from Female Lead No.2 to the main lead—this was Tang Shu’s very story. In the world of TV dramas, it was rare for an actor to leap like this. Yet, Tang Shu had managed it.
Of course, part of the credit went to the appeal of Female Lead No.2’s character. But more importantly, it was because Tang Shu had portrayed the role so impeccably, unleashing its charm to the fullest and leaving audiences craving more.
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