CH 42

Zheng Qi, Bi Lei, and Chen Xin were rich children, and they are favored at home. They had parents and grandparents and a lot of brothers and sisters who gave them money often, adding up to a lot of money in their small vaults.

But, at this moment, they all became Jiang Nian’s small red envelopes. In fact, she wasn’t too much of a gold digger, and she very gently did not specify how much she wanted.

Zheng Qi: “…How much should we honor with?”

Bi Lei and Chen Xin were also dazed while grabbing their wallets.

Jiang Nian: “How much to honor me with, of course, depends on your mind!”

……Mind, ah? This was an excellent time to show their hearts!

Of course, Zheng Qi didn’t think Jiang jie was fond of money, but that this was the test of their elder sister! Since it was a test, naturally, he must show his full heart. Bi Lei and Chen Xin thought they understood her meaning as well. Of course, seeing Zheng Qi’s red envelope was not weak, they also felt like they couldn’t be too stingy, at least no less than Zheng Qi. They didn’t want to lose face after all!

After worshiping, their wallet size decreased more than half! Zheng Qi even gave Jiang Nian the thick gold necklace on his neck. Jiang Nian loved money but couldn’t take people’s precious items and returned it to him after touching it twice.

The effect of the three was quite powerful; Jiang Nian’s small wallet was bulging again. Although it was still far from her dream, it didn’t matter. The younger brothers couldn’t possibly honor her only once!

Zheng Qi, Bi Lei, and Chen Xin were all clever young masters. Since they mastered the art of sweet talk and learned to make people happy, they’d never been so poor. Looking at my shrunken purses, they inexplicably wanted to vent the pain of the poor.

However, they were also big brothers in school, so they still knew some rules. Honoring a big sister was what younger brothers should do but, for the first time, they realized it wasn’t easy to be a younger brother.

There was no way, after all, they were chasing down the elder sister to worship, and they can only grit their teeth and honor her.

……Looking at the purse with fewer than five digits inside, a smell of poverty exuded from their hearts. QAQ

After receiving the help fee, Jiang Nian was no longer unfamiliar with them. They also specially made a WeChat group and named it ‘Shen Li Gang’ 1. Jiang Nian specially made the title herself- she had no scruples in front of money.

Although the wallet was deflated, it did not affect Zheng Qi’s happiness at all: “Jiang jie, when are you going to return to the capital?”

Jiang Nian thought for a while before speaking, “Early tomorrow morning.”

She finally came to visit and couldn’t return empty-handed. Ji Yaling was already sent running and the gold had been worshiped. So, all that was left was for the male lead to know that she worshiped gold, and a vigorous quarrel followed by a breakup, so she could go to worship gold with all her heart. After all, how could she change from a genuine girlfriend to a little lover without breaking up?

But she didn’t need to worry about this. She didn’t believe that Ji Yaling, who ate a loss with her, would say anything good about her in front of Zhao Heng. It would be stranger if she didn’t tell Zhao Heng what high branches she had climbed and who she hooked up with and whatever else she could say to discredit her.

Jiang Nian took a look at the wealthy younger brothers in front of her and reluctantly said, “If you have nothing to do, go back first. I may have to wait until tomorrow.”

Bi Lei said, “We will also leave early tomorrow, there is nothing else to do. Jiang jie, why don’t we wait for tomorrow to go back together?”

Zheng Qi finally felt that Bi Lei was pleasing to the eye, and immediately agreed.

“Let’s go together tomorrow! ”

Chen Xin had no opinion and went along with the other two.

Jiang Nian raised her eyebrows and said kindly, “In that case, we will return together tomorrow. Anyway, today is the first day of our Shen Li Gang, we should celebrate.”

Zheng Qi and Bi Lei, Chen Xin, were people who were used to having fun. As soon as they heard a celebration, they thought of drinking and playing cards and immediately were in high spirits. Even though they were very poor now, since Jiang jie was the one who brought up celebrating, it must be her treat!

Jiang Nian first settled the meal, and then took the excited young masters to the gym on the eighth floor.

“We’re called ‘Divine Help.’ Isn’t it too sorry for our reputation to be weak? Let’s go, go practice!”

Zheng Qi: “……????”

Bi Lei: “……!!!”

Chen Xin: “………”

They were the students who made every excuse to escape from physical education. Now, she let them take the initiative to enter the gym to practice. Was she trying to kill them?

No, this wasn’t the celebration they knew! This was not the way to celebrate!

While the gold master younger brothers looked around unwillingly, Jiang Nian had already stepped forward. The few boys looked at each other silently before Zheng Qi followed Jiang Nian first. As Jiang Nian’s number one loyal fan, he felt Jiang Nian was right; as divine helpers, shouldn’t they be capable? Zheng Qi had gone and, of course, Bi Lei and Chen Xin could not run.

They felt they couldn’t look directly at the celebration in front of them but, when they saw Jiang Nian easily lift a 100-kg barbell, with steady breathing and not even a drop of sweat on her white face, they fell to the feet of Jiang Nian instantly. Jiang jie was definitely a long-lost master of ancient martial arts!

Their enthusiasm rose instantly and immediately ran to join Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian nodded with satisfaction. It seemed they bowed to her powerful force. These gold master younger brothers were still very interesting.

Here, Jiang Nian was training the younger master of gold and, over there, Ji Yaling was living up to Jiang Nian’s expectations. She was actually smart. She didn’t specifically say Jiang Nian was dealing with those wealthy sons, just pointed out that the relationship between them was really good, which was enough to make people think.

In fact, Ji Yaling didn’t want to waste her energy on Jiang Nian. After all, she was a lucky girl with a memory of more than ten years of future events. She was a true goddess favored by heaven. She knew which dramas would be popular in the future, and which songs would explode. If Jiang Nian wasn’t Zhao Heng’s future wife, Ji Yaling wouldn’t take a second look at her.

When she was just reborn, she was excited and happy thinking about her future in the entertainment industry, but reality quickly cut her down to size. She knew what movies would be popular, but she couldn’t write a script. Even if she hired someone to write it, it was difficult to guarantee the effect she wanted since it was impossible to remember all the lines. She knew what songs would explode in the future, but she wasn’t talented in music originally. Even if she wanted to write down the lyrics, she could only remember vaguely. As for the people who would become popular in the future, she really did know some, but few had better achievements than Zhao Heng. As for the ones who did, those people were either extras in small crews or still in school. She wasn’t in a hurry to sign those people. Her main purpose now was to let Jiang Nian leave Zhao Heng.

Although she hadn’t made any achievements since coming back for more than two months, she’d made a lot of money through stock trading by virtue of the memory of her previous life at least. She wasn’t in a hurry, anyway. The director of “The Spy” would soon be found, Zhao Heng would become as popular as the last life, and she would naturally rise with him.

Zhao Heng looked at Ji Yaling, who was caught in her aspirations, frowning invisibly.

He now knew that Ji Yaling had an opinion on Jiang Nian, and even secretly tried to meddle with him and Jiang Nian, so how could he take her words seriously now? Jiang Nian may have met someone, but it definitely wasn’t what Ji Yaling said.

Zhao Heng: “Have Ji jie’s affairs been dealt with?”

Ji Yaling smiled softly before replying, “It’s done, it’s all small things.”

“I don’t know who Ji jie went back to the hotel to see? I haven’t heard that there are any important people coming over these days? ”

“No, I didn’t go to see anyone specifically, what makes you ask that? If there are really important people coming, I will definitely tell you.”

Ji Yaling denied. She certainly wouldn’t tell Zhao Heng that she went to see Jiang Nian.

Or did Jiang Nian tattle to Zhao Heng? No, it should not be. Ji Yaling ignored so many of Jiang Nian’s phone calls and deleted her messages with Zhao Heng’s former assistant so many times and never saw her run to Zhao Heng. This time should be the same.

Zhao Heng faintly said, “I thought Ji-jie would see Niannian in the restaurant because you went to the restaurant to meet someone, but it seems I was wrong.”

Ji Yaling smiled helplessly, “I was suddenly hungry and just happened to meet while buying something to eat. You read the script, first. I’ll go to the director’s side to see.”

“Um.”

Zhao Heng looked at Ji Yaling’s back. A deliberate agent always playing schemes behind his back was not a good thing. He couldn’t always guard her all the time. If he wasn’t careful, he could be in trouble.

He needed to think of a way.

****

Zhao Heng returned to the hotel after filming his daytime scene. Ji Yaling also thoughtfully reminded him to be careful: “It would be unpleasant if things were revealed.”

Zhao Heng raised the corner of his lips, but his smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

“My girlfriend and I are interacting normally, and it’s not uncommon for her to come to see me. How can it be unpleasant?”

Ji Yaling hurriedly said, “You haven’t become famous yet, so it’s not that big, but won’t it be an issue if it spreads when you become famous in the future? Which fans nowadays want their idols to have girlfriends?”

“I really want to be famous, but my dream is not to be an idol, but an actor.”

Zhao Heng frowned and continued, “Ji jie, I thought that, since you’ve been with me so long, you should know me very well and have a good plan for my future direction. But now, it seems that there is a big difference between us.”

Ji Yaling was jammed for a moment, and said, “I don’t mean that- I know you want to be an actor. Now there are many good actors, but they have no fans, traffic, or topic. No matter how good the acting is, they can’t get a good script. You have to be popular before you can choose scripts, ah!”

Zhao Heng disagreed.

“Ji jie, look at those people who have good scripts and good roles in your mouth. Which one can really impress the audience with their characters? Which of them can really support a drama? Are they winning awards that truly recognize their ability? What you said is indeed the current trend in the entertainment industry, but this is not a good phenomenon. I am acting, I am an actor, and the audience being willing to come to see me is the biggest affirmation of me. They will not give up on me because I have a girlfriend. Ji jie, I think our ideas are inconsistent.”

“A Heng, I don’t mean that…”

“I’m tired, I’ll go back to rest first.”

“………”

He no longer said anymore and strode away, leaving an indifferent back.

Ji Yaling was also embarrassed and somewhat inexplicable. What did she say? Why was he so angry? Even if Zhao Heng was right, wasn’t she saying all this for him?

Xiao Wang kept quietly aside, looking at Zhao Heng and Ji Yaling. In his opinion, of course, he was standing with Zhao Heng, because Zhao Heng was good, both to the director and as a small assistant. He never had two faces- unlike Ji Yaling, who laughed at the director and scorned him.

Although he was slow, he could still see that Ji Yaling was a very snobbish woman. He didn’t like Ji Yaling in particular. Now he was a little happy to see her getting chewed out.

Ji Yaling scratched her hair in irritation, and then looked at Xiao Wang and opened her mouth and wanted to curse. Xiao Wang was used to her bad temper and ran away.

When Ji Yaling saw Xiao Wang run away, she was even more upset.

In fact, she regretted it. She should not argue with Zhao Heng because of Jiang Nian. She should follow Zhao Heng. After all, Zhao Heng was right. And his insistence was not wrong; he really relied on excellent acting skills and word of mouth to attract a large number of diehard fans and audience. It’s a pity that it was too late. Forget it, she’d explain herself tomorrow.

****

Zhao Heng and Jiang Nian settled in the hotel’s western restaurant at night and ordered a bottle of red wine. Jiang Nian drank two glasses in a good mood. She looked up at the man who was quietly cutting the steak in front of her. His temperament was outstanding, clean, and elegant.

“I heard Ji jie met you in the restaurant in the morning?”

“Yeah, we hurried back to the set after we talked, did she tell you?”

“Um. What did she say?”

“Nothing, Just tell me how hard you work, let me be more considerate of you.”

“You don’t need to worry about that.”

Zhao Heng frowned, put down her knife and fork, and said, “I may have changes in my work in the future. Ji jie and I are having some problems with our work together. If she said something to you in the future, first ask me.”

Jiang Nian snorted unexpectedly.

Seeing that, Zhao Heng smiled and spoke politely, “Don’t worry, it’s nothing big. Just a simple work conflict.”

Since discovering that Ji Yaling’s mind wasn’t pure, he’d given more thought to evaluating Ji Yaling. Ji Yaling’s ability was okay, but her mind was too complicated, and sometimes her eyes made him feel strange, overly enthusiastic, as if thinking about something. And she liked to play too many tricks.

He hadn’t paid much attention to Ji Yaling before, and he didn’t realize that she still used her bad mind on Jiang Nian. Now that he found out, he couldn’t sit idly by. She was no longer suitable as his agent.

Jiang Nian nodded and said yes and said that she had booked an air ticket tomorrow morning to return to the imperial capital. Zhao Heng also said that he was almost finished. If there were no accidents, he would be able to take a few days off after leaving the crew.

Zhao Heng rarely did nothing to her while resting that night. Jiang Nian sympathized with his hard work and told herself not to trouble him, but she didn’t resist touching his firm and wide chest, and his strong arms were strong. Sleeping in the arms of such a man gave her a unique sense of security. It was no wonder Ji Yaling was obsessed with him.

The next day, Jiang Nian woke up early and made a mess with Zhao Heng. The man who had enough rest was really amazing. Of course, Jiang Nian was also very good. When she went out in the morning, the whole person was glowing, walking with the wind, leading her three flamboyant young gold masters to set off violently to the airport.

Of course, Jiang Nian could not admit that her three younger brothers were not very good. They stayed in the gym for a while yesterday and couldn’t get out of bed the next day, their legs shaking every few steps. Oh, so weak, it was too detrimental to the prestige of their name as the Shen Li Gang! But, in the end, they were her little gold masters. She could only accept such weak gold masters with a broad mind.

After returning to the imperial capital, Jiang Nian didn’t rush to a crew to work, first taking out the script of “I and Five Million Love and Hate” that she had written for several years. Now that she’d successfully clutched three golden thighs, it was time to achieve her grand domination. 2

Of course, because she had no money, she could’t make any excellent works. Her plan was to shoot eleven episodes about 20 minutes each. As for actors, Jiang Nian never thought about asking for anyone well-known; classmates from her School of Film and Television were fine. As for the shooting team, she had been running in this circle for so long, and she knew a lot of people. Everything else was okay, but the most important problem was funding.

Fortunately, fortunately, she is now also a queen of money worship with six golden thighs!

Jiang Nian went over her plan for a long time and finally completed a perfect plan. She was ready to deceive her gold master younger brothers.

Zheng Qi, as Jiang Nian’s most loyal brother, of course, raised his hands and feet in support after listening to Jiang Nian’s grand ambitions. Even the powerful title did not scare him away 3. Besides, setting aside the script name, he didn’t even really understand the content since he studied finance in college. But none of this affected his blind worship of Jiang Nian: “Jiang jie, I support you, I support all your decisions!”

Bi Lei disdained Zheng Qi’s dog legs: “Jiang jie, don’t worry, I’ll let my brother invest for you when I go back! If he doesn’t do it, I’ll roll around and hang!”4

Chen Xin raised his glasses and glanced at Bi Lei, did he think he was excellent at rolling and hanging? He said politely, “I can think of a way…”

Jiang Nian was very happy, they were indeed great gold masters. She would never abandon them again.

Jiang Nian patted him on the shoulder and said, “Rest assuredly, your Jie Jie will bring you to success. From today on, we are partners!”

****

Of course, the piecemeal team cobbled together with four small layabouts still encountered great difficulties…

For example, Bi Zheng, who invested hundreds of millions in international blockbusters led by famous directors, was given the script of a person he’d only heard about from his silly brother’s mouth.

“This script is very interesting, but don’t make a fool of yourself. If it’s because you think the pocket money is too small, just say so!”

Bi Lei: “It doesn’t have to be too much. You’ve lost hundreds of millions of dollars casually before. This time you just give a few million.”

“I’ve lost a lot, but I have made it back plus some in the past few years. Now I will give you a few million for you to lose?”

“Just take it as investing in experience for your brother…”

Bi Zheng said, “I’m doing business, not charity. Don’t fool me.”

“Brother, dear brother!”

“……” 

****

Zheng Qi was better than Bi Lei. After all, the Zheng family still knew Jiang Nian. The old lady of the Zheng family heard that Jiang Nian was going to direct a film, and she was curious to ask if she could get a role to perform.

Mother Zheng said, “Of course we need to help benefactors, right? Husband?”

Dad Zheng was holding his big belly, and his neck sported the same thick gold as Zheng Qi: “Help, I’m sure to help. I can learn from the Bi family and invest some money in the film industry. But Qiqi, you are now coming to us for cooperation, then you as a middleman must draft the contract. If there is any problem, we will not ask Jiang Nian, we will find you. At that time, you will know that Dad’s fist is very hard.”

Zheng Qi: “……… ”

Zheng Hao laughed, speaking cheerfully, “I’m looking forward to finding out what tricks you’re playing in the end.”

Zheng Qi hummed, “You wait!”

Father Zheng and Mother Zheng were quite open-minded. They’d already planned to wait for Zheng Qi to be sensible before tossing him some money to start his own business. Now was just ahead of time. In the end, it was the first time that their son seriously wanted to do something. No matter what it was, they had to support it.

****

As for Chen Xin’s side, a few people put together a lot of money and took out pocket money. In the end, they also collected the shooting funds.

Jiang Nian was also not idle. In addition to looking for staff, she also brought her promising male and female starring actors. Since this plan had been going for a long time, they had been in touch with each other before. With such connections, shooting was finally put on the agenda.

On the first day of shooting, the male lead was driven in a Maserati that was secretly taken to set by Zheng Qi when his second brother, Zheng Hao, was unaware. As the driver, Zheng Qi drove the car very seriously. The air conditioner was on, but his forehead was sweating…

Jiang Nian looked at the camera and wanted to say that she really made the best use of her resources. They had a villa, luxury car, Hermes, and even a small driver who was so powerful and handsome. She could be considered as the most resourceful.

Indeed, a queen of gold worship with six golden thighs. ^^

Just as Jiang Nian was messing about with her online drama, Zhao Heng’s drama was also finished. But he did not immediately return to the imperial capital but received news to let him try a new drama directed by Li Tang.

Li Tang was the director of The Spy.

Ji Yaling was ecstatic. Finally!

1.Divine Help Gang.^

2.’grab/hug/clutch a golden thigh’ = attach yourself to someone rich/powerful. ^

3.It’s a title that makes him not want to watch. I, on the other hand, would want to watch it more. ^

4.Make a fuss. Left in to make the next sentence make sense.