The CEO’s Unkown Wife
Chapter 524 I Believe in You_1

Chapter 524: Chapter 524 I Believe in You_1

Cheng Bingbing was somewhat surprised when she saw all these scripts, asking, "Why are there so many scripts?"

"Well, you are the winner of the Hua Chicken Award for Best Supporting Actress, and you were also previously chosen by Director Zhao to be the leading lady in his movie. It is only reasonable for scripts to be sent to you," Xia Qingtian smacked her on the shoulder encouragingly.

Cheng Bingbing felt a warm tingle in her eyes. She knew it was not as simple as that.

She might be the winner of the Hua Chicken Award for Best Supporting Actress and a choice as a leading lady by Director Zhao, but now the leading lady’s role had been stolen by Shi Qian.

After claiming the Hua Chicken Award, she had hardly appeared in public. The turnover in the entertainment industry was quick-paced. Without any recent popularity, people would soon forget who she was.

The reason why she still had so many scripts at the moment, Xia Qingtian must have exerted a lot of effort behind the scenes.

Cheng Bingbing felt that no words of thanks would do at this moment.

In the end, her rush of emotions was reduced to two words, "Thank you..."

"Silly girl, we are partners, and also friends," Xia Qingtian spoke casually, "Besides, as your manager, it’s my job."

"Qingtian, I won’t let you down," Cheng Bingbing promised her.

Xia Qingtian nodded, "Okay, I trust you."

Cheng Bingbing picked up a script and seriously read a few of them. Eventually, she chose a historical drama.

Although this type of drama wouldn’t amass fans as quickly as idol dramas do, it could help an actor refine her acting skills. Just like the path Huo Qilin had taken, she also wanted to be a skilled actor instead of a star.

The scripts that Xia Qingtian had left behind were all good. No matter which one she would choose, nothing would go wrong.

Since Cheng Bingbing had chosen the script that she liked, the rest was her responsibility to negotiate.

Knowing that Xia Qingtian was busy, and that work was already talked about, Cheng Bingbing didn’t plan to bother her any longer. "Qingtian, go on with your work. I’m leaving."

She picked up her script and left, planning on studying it carefully at home.

Just as she was about to step out of the office, Xia Qingtian, as if thinking of something, called her back, "Wait, don’t leave yet, I have something to ask you."

Cheng Bingbing stopped in her tracks, "Qingtian, what is it?"

Xia Qingtian expressed her curiosity that had been bothering her all morning, "Is there something wrong with me today? Why is everyone looking at me strangely?"

Cheng Bingbing thought for a while, then uncertainly told her, "Perhaps it has something to do with your scandals."

"My scandals?" Xia Qingtian was stunned for a moment, her face slightly changing color, "What kind of scandal? Please don’t tell me that it’s another scandal with Qilin."

She was genuinely scared by the previous scandals with Huo Qilin, fearing that another such scandal might emerge.

"No," Cheng Bingbing answered, "You can search it online yourself, and you will see."

Hearing that it was not Huo Qilin, Xia Qingtian was relieved. She took out her phone and opened the entertainment news channel. As expected, she saw news about herself.

The male protagonist was not Huo Qilin, as Cheng Bingbing had said, but...

Bo Jingyan?

Xia Qingtian casually clicked on the link with the highest views. The article did not mention Bo Jingyan’s identity, it just mentioned a budding golden agent, and her suspected love affair had been revealed.

It talked about how during her interview yesterday, her alleged boyfriend came to deliver flowers. They embraced warmly, then had a sweet lunch together. The article was filled with a number of photos.

Perhaps due to the angle, she and Bo Jingyan looked quite intimate in front of the camera.

It was merely that she had stumbled by accident and Bo Jingyan had supported her. In the pictures, however, it looked as if she had intentionally thrown herself into his arms. During lunch, when there was a bit of sauce on the corner of her mouth, Bo Jingyan had wiped it off for her without a second thought.

In contrast, the pictures made them look as if they were flirting.

Oddly enough, she had already caught the paparazzi who had been surreptitiously snapping pictures of them yesterday and had deleted the pictures from his camera.

Where did these pictures come from? Did that paparazzo have a partner?

Xia Qingtian shook her head and put all these messy thoughts away. How the pictures had emerged was not important. What mattered was whether the news had caused any harm.

Thinking about this, she immediately checked.

Luckily, she was not an artist and did not have a big fan base. Few people were actually interested in her scandal, so it didn’t make the top trending news.

People in the company only knew about this because they were familiar with her.

Realizing this, Xia Qingtian did not bother about this anymore.

Now that Cheng Bingbing had a script to follow, as her manager, she needed to negotiate with the drama crew. If she remembered correctly, this drama crew still lacked quite a number of actors.

Since she had just signed three newcomers, she wanted to see if she could bundle them into the crew as well.

She didn’t aim for them to play important roles. It was enough to be just widely recognized among their predecessors and the netizens.

Things became much easier for Xia Qingtian now that she was known as a rising golden agent. Very soon, she closed the deal, and the two newly signed actresses were added to the crew, each playing small roles.

As for the male artist, he was not accepted by the director.

Since the drama was male-centric, each male role played a pivotal part. Even bit part roles were carefully handpicked by the director.

Xia Qingtian had to look for other opportunities for the male artist.

Soon enough, an opportunity came.

A very popular lifestyle show invited Cheng Bingbing to be their flying guest for one episode.

Cheng Bingbing’s new project was in the pre-production phase, so she didn’t have to join the crew right away. Since she had nothing to do, she might as well go and enjoy a couple of days there while gaining some exposure.

Xia Qingtian discussed the matter with Cheng Bingbing. Without any objection from Cheng Bingbing, she responded to the show’s team.

However, she posed one additional condition, that Cheng Bingbing would bring with her a fellow junior from the same agency. He was a newcomer who hadn’t debuted yet, so his appearance fee was very low. The show team really wanted Cheng Bingbing, so they agreed.

Having accepted the invitation, Xia Qingtian accompanied Cheng Bingbing along with the newly signed male artist to record the variety show.

The recording location was a fairly backward place, a small mountain village where even the signal was bad.

Although the village lacked many modern conveniences, it was famous for its amazing scenery. Any picture taken with a cell phone could easily serve as a wallpaper.

Cheng Bingbing and her junior had to work with the villagers and the permanent guests, exchanging their labor for basic necessities.

This kind of slow-paced, life-based variety show was very popular.

And so they spent two days in the virtually isolated small village, recording the show.

After two days of the shooting, not only Cheng Bingbing and her junior, even Xia Qingtian, who did not participate in the shooting, were completely worn out.