Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 111 Sheng Entertainment’s Chairman is Ye Wanlan?! [1 more update]

Chapter 111: 111 Sheng Entertainment’s Chairman is Ye Wanlan?! [1 more update]

[When did Zhou Chengyu suddenly have a little junior sister from the same sect?!]

[I remember Zhou Chengyu doesn’t come from a professional background, where did this junior sister come from?]

[Holy crap, guys, I’ve got a wild idea—could it be that Sister Song is mentoring a newcomer again?]

[Sister Song is a real talent spotter in Domestic Entertainment, whoever catches her eye can expect to rake in mainstream awards in the future.]

"This kid, he actually beat me to the punch," Song Lingyi shook her head, "But it’s good, his speaking out has done a lot for Shuangyi."

Clear-minded about the situation, Song Lingyi, despite Zhou Chengyu being her artist, wouldn’t force him to help Nie Shuangyi.

Now that he had responded to the slander on his own initiative, it proved that Nie Shuangyi’s abilities had indeed won his approval.

Zhou Chengyu’s intervention quickly brought the "Annus Mirabilis" crew’s popularity to unprecedented heights, making Director Ge and the producer cry tears of joy once more.

At the same time, Song Lingyi logged into her Weibo to clear up all the smears against Yeh Jialing.

[@SongLingyiV: Without real dirt, some will fabricate it, and pin their own misdeeds on others. My artists are clean and clear, we won’t stand for any filthy rumors and slander! Legal notice has been sent, please check, @YehJialing.]

Song Lingyi posted just one image, clear and to the point.

Because she knew well that rumors are easy to start but hard to dispel, and most netizens won’t bother with lengthy explanations.

The simpler, the more forceful the counterattack.

[Having seen it all, I can only say... it was a dark past liking Yeh Jialing.]

[I never liked her to begin with, it’s just that the little princess role had too big of a filter, she’s not like her character in real life at all!]

[So, it’s Yeh Jialing herself who’s climbed up by stepping on others? Nie Shuangyi was even your roommate, buying you food and medicine, and this is how you repay her? Disgusting.]

[Yeh Jialing really knows how to play the thief crying "stop the thief," now she’s turned to the dark side.]

Following the clearance post, the public sentiment quickly reversed, and Yeh Jialing’s fans plummeted from eighteen million to fifteen million in an instant.

Sky Emperor Media still hadn’t made a move, obviously having given up on her long ago.

Not being afraid of scandals is one thing, but lacking strong backers is another.

This time, Yeh Jialing was completely unable to hold her place in the entertainment industry.

**

Meanwhile, with the "Annus Mirabilis" crew, Nie Shuangyi only found out about the multiple uproars sparked by her on the internet after changing out of her costume.

"Shuangyi sister, your phone," the assistant handed over the mobile phone, "It has rung many times already, it’s an unknown number, not sure who it is."

Nie Shuangyi answered, "Hello?"

"Nie Shuangyi, you must be feeling pretty smug right now, huh?" Yeh Jialing said with a sneer, "After eight years, you’ve finally turned the tables and become the boss, not only stealing my leading lady spot but also signing with Shengshi Entertainment, even Song Lingyi has come out of retirement to be your agent."

Nie Shuangyi didn’t speak.

"You’ve got so much now, why can’t you let me go?" Yeh Jialing suddenly screeched, "Why do you want to ruin me? And you even said that the necklace was from a no-name brand!"

"I never intended to harm you," Nie Shuangyi calmly stated, "And I don’t know why you turned out this way when we still used to go out to eat together in our freshman and sophomore years."

"Don’t know? Oh, Nie Shuangyi, how generous you are!" Yeh Jialing laughed until tears came, "Haven’t you learned from all your time in the industry? Resources are limited, they can’t be evenly distributed to everyone!"

If she didn’t snatch them, someone else would snatch hers.

"Now that you have capital backing you, you’ve become the one plundering others’ resources, Nie Shuangyi, one day you will become just like me!"

"I won’t," Nie Shuangyi scoffed, "Just because you couldn’t do it doesn’t mean I can’t."

Yeh Jialing opened her mouth, wanting to retort but in the end, said nothing.

A feeling called regret suddenly surged in her heart.

If she hadn’t destroyed that necklace... no, going further back, if she had just accepted the clothes offered by Pulling the Sky, would she now be the one signed under Song Lingyi?

But many things, it’s too late for regret.

"Shuangyi?" As Ye Wanlan saw Nie Shuangyi come out, looking downcast, she asked, "What’s wrong?"

Nie Shuangyi briefly recounted her conversation with Yeh Jialing.

"It’s true that resources must be fought for, but there is an old saying in Shenzhou that ’Virtue must match one’s position,’" Ye Wanlan said with a faint smile, "Only when your abilities match your ambition will you be able to firmly hold onto the resources you fought for."

Nie Shuangyi hung her head, "I still feel a bit upset."

She had thought she and Yeh Jialing would be friends for life, but they hadn’t made it halfway there; at the start, their friendship had already fallen apart.

"Feeling upset is inevitable, after all, the heart is made of flesh," Ye Wanlan patted her on the shoulder, offering a slight smile, "But you still need to buck up, don’t lose to Teacher Zhou in tomorrow’s scene."

"Lose to me?" Zhou Chengyu had also changed into his daily wear, "Teacher Nie performed very well today, so much that I had to take it more seriously."

"Chengyu, this is Chairman Ye." Song Lingyi waved towards him, "Quickly greet her."

When Zhou Chengyu looked over, he was so shocked he almost jumped on the spot, suddenly erupting in a cough.

Many people still didn’t know about the change of chairman at Sheng Entertainment, and he had only learned about it from Song Lingyi.

But he could never have anticipated that the new chairman would be such a young girl.

"Chairman Ye, hello." Zhou Chengyu looked into Ye Wanlan’s eyes, a strange sense of familiarity welling up inside him, "Have I met you somewhere..."

"You should have seen me before, since we’re now partners, let’s get formally acquainted." Ye Wanlan removed her mask and nodded slightly, "Ye Wanlan, I look forward to working with you."

After seeing her face clearly, Zhou Chengyu really did jump, exclaiming, "You..."

"What’s the matter? Why such a big reaction?" Song Lingyi looked at him, "Aren’t you a Grand Slam Best Actor? Can’t you learn to hide your emotions a bit?"

Zhou Chengyu: "..."

Since he won his last Best Actor award early last year, Song Lingyi had been semi-retired and did not live in Jiangcheng, unaware of the ins and outs between Ye Wanlan, Zhou Hechen, and Sheng Yunyi.

Even for the people of Jiangcheng, unless one had access to the top echelons of the Jiang Circle, they absolutely wouldn’t know about the deep-seated feuds and grudges of the powerful families.

But as he bore his mother’s surname Zhou, making him half a member of the Zhou Family, he naturally heard about this soap-opera-like surrogate story.

He was devoted to acting and did not concern himself with the Zhou Family’s affairs, though he had occasionally seen Ye Wanlan on the streets.

Ye Wanlan’s face was such that it was absolutely unforgettable once seen.

But seeing her today, he felt she gave off an entirely new and unprecedented vibe.

Collected and composed, her calm demeanor didn’t hide the sharpness that was evident!

She was nothing like the substitute he had seen clinging behind Zhou Hechen.

Even if a person could undergo a drastic change due to a major event, how could authority be mastered overnight?

"Chairman Ye, I..." Zhou Chengyu pondered his words, unsure of how to begin.

"No need to be formal, you helped Shuangyi today, so I will give you a bonus," Ye Wanlan raised an eyebrow, "Or is there anything else you want?"

Zhou Chengyu let out a slow breath, "Chairman Ye is too kind, I am part of Sheng Entertainment, and it’s only right that I do my part. Seeing you so suddenly today truly took me by surprise."

"I understand," Ye Wanlan smiled slightly, "As for the past, I can’t deny its existence, so I have no choice but to move forward boldly."

Zhou Chengyu’s heart lightened, and he smiled as well, "Chairman Ye is magnanimous, it’s I who have been narrow-minded. Should you need anything, I’ll be sure to help."

After chatting for a while longer, Zhou Chengyu had to leave first to take care of his mother.

"Brother Zhou, the Zhou Family invites you to a family banquet," the assistant followed up, lowering his voice, "It sounds like they have something to ask of you."

Zhou Chengyu’s expression darkened instantaneously, "I won’t go, don’t involve me with the Zhou Family’s affairs in the future."

"Understood, Brother Zhou," the assistant muttered, "I heard the urgency in their voices over the phone, they probably never thought there’d come a day when they would need to ask for your help."

Zhou Chengyu closed his eyes and remained silent.

He would never help the main branch of the Zhou Family; on the contrary, he wished the Zhou Corporation would go bankrupt and all those in the Zhou Family who had insulted him and his mother would pay the price.

**

The next day, Lin Huaijin accompanied Ye Wanlan and Lin Wenli to Jiangcheng University.

There was a pop quiz this morning, and the students were all uniformly nervous about it.

After finishing the questions, many were disheartened, including the students from Yi High School.

They thought the questions from their own school were already perverse enough, but the ones from the training camp proved to be even more formidable.

"It’s over, I’m going to fail my first quiz; could I be directly eliminated?" He Jiaojiao sighed, "Wanlan, how many questions did you get right?"

Ye Wanlan: "All of them."

"All of them?!" He Jiaojiao was startled, "I didn’t even understand the last question, is this what disparity in the world looks like?"

She then reopened the notes that Ye Wanlan had given her and began to study them meticulously.

Xue Yiwei kept a close eye on Ye Wanlan’s every move and couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this conversation, "Xubai, she actually said she solved them all. Does she even know that one of the questions was wrong?"

The last big question had two errors, presumably the professor had typed them by mistake, making the entire problem unsolvable.

Su Xubai commented indifferently, "Boasting is easy for anyone."

Before the afternoon class, a teaching assistant entered with a stack of test papers.

"The pop quiz was just to check how well everyone understood the first two classes; it won’t count towards the final grade, but some students—" the assistant’s voice was icy, "if you’ve come to the training camp, then you should train properly, not think about cheating by looking up answers on the internet to improve your score. How did you solve the questions that even had mistakes? How exactly?"

He slapped a test paper on the table with force: "Ye Wanlan, come and take your zero-point paper, you also have no need to attend this training camp anymore."