Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 133: Family!

Chapter 133: Chapter 133: Family!

"I don’t want to be polite," Liu Rui said as she took a bite of celery. It really tasted good.

This flavor was completely different from what she had outside.

After seeing Ye Zhenzhen start to eat, Yu Lili smiled sheepishly and said, "Sister Zhenzhen, thank you!"

Yu Lili was very grateful to Ye Zhenzhen for stepping in to help her just now, and it made her feel much more at ease.

Just like her mother said, Sister Zhenzhen was a really nice person.

After taking a bite of shrimp, Ye Zhenzhen replied in a low voice, "Why thank me? You brought me lunch, I should be thanking you."

She didn’t care at all about Shao Qiqi’s accusation of Yu Lili being a scammer.

What she cared about was Yu Lili’s performance.

When Madam Song called earlier to say she was sending lunch over, she specifically mentioned Yu Lili to see Madam Song’s reaction.

After all, Madam Song was the true lady of the Song family, and she knew the servants well. If there was really something wrong with Yu Lili’s character, Madam Song probably wouldn’t have allowed her to be her assistant.

Based on her recent interactions with the Song family members, she felt that both Madam Song and Grandfather were good to her, so naturally, she trusted her mother-in-law.

Liu Rui took a sip of soup and asked Ye Zhenzhen, "What’s your relationship with this little assistant?"

Ye Zhenzhen glanced at Yu Lili, "Find a place to sit down, don’t just stand there. You don’t need to be so formal with me."

Then she answered Liu Rui, "Family."

Yu Lili looked at Ye Zhenzhen in shock. She didn’t expect Ye Zhenzhen to respond like that.

Was she really considered part of Sister Zhenzhen’s family?

Liu Rui nodded, not probing further about what kind of family member.

From the way Yu Lili had come in wearing branded clothes, she could tell that this person must have a significant status. Even if she wasn’t a wealthy heiress, her relationship with Ye Zhenzhen had to be close.

In that case, Yu Lili was indeed better suited to be Ye Zhenzhen’s assistant than Shao Qiqi.

Whether it was in terms of personality or familiarity with Ye Zhenzhen.

In the afternoon.

After planning the schedule for the upcoming days, Liu Rui made an appointment with Ye Zhenzhen to go to Lemon Channel around next Monday to take promotional photos for "Ren Pingsheng."

The studio planned to start filming once the second season of the child variety show finished recording.

After that, Liu Rui asked Xiao Ruan to bring the advertising sponsorship information from companies that had sought them out in the past few days.

"Zhenzhen, all these are advertisers who want to work with you recently. Take a look."

In the past, when Ye Zhenzhen wasn’t popular, it was she, Liu Rui, who had to plead with potential sponsors and seek endorsement deals for their YG Entertainment’s artists.

Now things had changed. Those companies that used to ignore her were now coming to her, begging her to let Ye Zhenzhen endorse their products and shoot commercials.

Some even agreed to a bundling mode, where as long as Ye Zhenzhen was willing to endorse or shoot for them, YG could bring along two other artists.

Such terms were undoubtedly tempting for an agency.

So, as Ye Zhenzhen was looking through them, Liu Rui specifically pointed out which companies were easy to talk to and which offered high endorsement and commercial fees.

Ye Zhenzhen finished looking through all the materials. They were mostly skincare products, small home appliances, and maternity and baby product advertisements.

Most of them are necessary for everyday life, but the brands are not very well-known.

Ye Zhenzhen smiled at Liu Rui and asked, "Have our company done background checks on these products?"

Liu Rui was slightly startled and replied honestly, "No."

"Then let’s not accept any for now. Pick a few suitable products to try out first, and then have someone from the company do a background check. Once there is no issue, I will consider whether to accept them or not," Ye Zhenzhen spoke very seriously.

Liu Rui was taken aback, "Why? Some of these products are well-established domestic brands, which we can trust without background checks. You can accept these."

Ye Zhenzhen said, "I’ve just recently become popular, and if I start accepting advertisement endorsements too quickly, there is a risk that these products might have hidden problems. It would be easy for me to have a setback.

Fans buy the products because they trust me, but if I end up hurting them, it would be much more difficult to recover my reputation when I am bashed by the entire internet later on.

That’s why I think, at this stage, I shouldn’t focus solely on making money but also consider my reputation for the future. I am an actress, not a commercial model. My livelihood doesn’t depend on these advertisements, but on my acting skills."

These were the lessons Ye Zhenzhen had summed up from her past life. The more popular one is, the more cautious one should be about accepting endorsements, not rush into things, and must be thorough with company product background checks, all while being worthy of her fans’ trust.

She must also cherish her reputation, not making choices based on money, but instead, choose with her conscience.

Given her current status, the remuneration offered by these advertisers was indeed generous, but in the long run, it was not of much benefit to her.

After all, it was others who were leveraging her popularity, not her seeking exposure by looking for advertisers or endorsements for the sake of popularity.

Once she truly rose to fame and joined the A-list, the brands she would endorse would be different. Apart from remuneration, her popularity and reputation could complement those brands and her own image, which was the result she wanted.

After hearing Ye Zhenzhen’s point of view, Liu Rui was surprised but also very much agreed, "Yes, you are absolutely right. Let’s focus on acting now. Once we have the fame, we won’t have to worry about finding better endorsements."

Ye Zhenzhen smiled, glanced at the time on her phone, and stood up to tell Liu Rui, "It’s about time, I need to go pick up Xiao Chen from school."

While she wasn’t busy, she needed to spend more time with this little bundle of joy.

Liu Rui also stood up, "Then have your little assistant start familiarizing herself with the company environment from tomorrow. I will have Xiao Ruan take her around the film crew and some of the cooperative studios to make things easier for you in the future."

Ye Zhenzhen asked Yu Lili, "Coming to work tomorrow won’t be a problem, right?"

Yu Lili: "No problem."

"Alright, then let’s go," Ye Zhenzhen said with a smile.

Liu Rui: "Okay, if there’s anything, I’ll WeChat you."

"Good."

Ye Zhenzhen and Yu Lili left Liu Rui’s office.

Seeing that they had gone far, Shao Qiqi quickly ran to Liu Rui’s office and said with a flattering smile, "Sister Rui Rui, there are requirements for hiring assistants in the company, right? That woman is definitely a fraudster."

Hearing Shao Qiqi’s words, Liu Rui felt her scalp tingle.

She waved her hand at Shao Qiqi, "Cut it out, Qiqi. Zhenzhen’s assistant is her own choice, and she has the right to do so. Don’t bring it up again. Jiang Lu will wrap up her shoot this week and come back from the film city. You’ll be Jiang Lu’s life assistant."

"No, Sister Rui Rui..."

"Don’t say anything more. If you have complaints, go talk to Director Chen. You might even lose the chance to be Jiang Lu’s life assistant and end up being an assistant to some newly debuted idols instead. Make your choice."

Repeated setbacks made Shao Qiqi feel utterly disheartened.

Her mood today had been like riding a roller coaster—imaginations are beautiful, yet reality is cruel.

Shao Qiqi gritted her teeth with resentment, Jiang Lu it is, then!