The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 317 Cockfighting
"Then I'll be leaving now. It's okay if I don't get to see Shishi you guys mentioned on set. I'm going to Beijing Film Academy now, so there will be plenty of opportunities in the future," Tang Yan said as she prepared to leave, her smiling face full of happiness.

Yes, after being persuaded by Liu Qianqian and Yang Mi, Tang Yan has been admitted to the Beijing Film Academy.

"Of course, but you'd better take it seriously at Beijing Film Academy. Don't wait until we arrive and ask the teacher about Senior Sister Tang's situation, only to find out she knows nothing and then suddenly realizes: 'You mean that disgrace of Beijing Film Academy?'" Yang Mi said exaggeratedly.

"What? I won't!" Tang Yan said angrily.

"Well then, Senior Sister Tang, you'd better do your best!" Liu Qianqian said encouragingly from the side.

"Just you wait and see!" Tang Yan said confidently, leaving with an air of arrogance that made Liu Qianqian and Yang Mi burst out laughing the moment the door closed.

Then, they looked at each other, and although they didn't speak again, the previous tense atmosphere disappeared.

“Speaking of which…” Yang Mi spoke first, “Are you really not planning to go to Beijing Film Academy early, Xian’er?”

"Why do you want to get into Beijing Film Academy early?" Liu Qianqian replied irritably. "Will getting into Beijing Film Academy early make me more popular, or will it improve my acting skills?"

"It's hard to say about the first one, but the second one... might be somewhat useful. At least it will allow you to not always have to think about Xu Jiuyang first when you want to play a role properly," Da Mimi shrugged.

“I know…” Liu Qianqian couldn’t help but grit her teeth, “but there’s no rush. Acting skills aren’t something you can just learn overnight, unless this damn system…”

"So you're planning to get in in 05?" Yang Mi didn't dwell on the current topic. "Can you do it, Xian'er? Even if you get 400 points, you'll still be laughed at in the future."

"Then I'll just get 500 points," Liu Qianqian said casually.

To be honest, she did have a certain air of pretentiousness about her, and she did it very well.

But that didn't stop Yang Mi from pouring cold water on her enthusiasm: "Really?"

Liu Qianqian glared at her: "Can't I run around all the college entrance exam classrooms in Beijing and look at the answers of all the top students during my mock exams the night before the exam?"

"Of course not," Yang Mi laughed. "Do you think the college entrance exam classroom is a place you can just walk into whenever you want?"

“Hmm…” Liu Qianqian frowned and thought for a moment, “Then we can wait until after the college entrance examination, sneak into the office where the exam papers are kept, and find the answers of the students with good grades.”

“I’m sorry, even if you manage to sneak in quietly, you’ll only find the answer sheet,” Yang Mi said, spreading her hands. “If you don’t compare it with the exam paper, even if you have a good memory, it will be difficult to remember everything.”

“You…” Liu Qianqian was a little unhappy.

So Yang Mi raised her hands: "Okay, okay, I'm not kidding anymore. I believe that as long as you work hard, it's entirely possible to get over 500 points."

She smiled and said, "I know, Xian'er, you want to cultivate a down-to-earth image for yourself, but have you ever thought that if you're too approachable, can you still be Xian'er?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qianqian paused for a moment and did not respond.

"Is Wang Fei who she is because she's down-to-earth?" Yang Mi asked again. "If you do your job well and leave behind a few classic roles, even if you're high and mighty, no one will mind."

Liu Qianqian pouted: "Do you want to hear what you're saying? Your only classic role seems to be Tang Xuejian, right?"

“And what about Luo Qingchuan and Weather Sister?” Yang Mi’s face immediately fell.

"I didn't get a simulation, probably some minor role." Liu Qianqian shrugged.

The two girls glared at each other like fighting cocks, and after a long while, they both turned their heads and started humming.

However, the atmosphere between them became even more harmonious.

“There’s something I need to tell you,” Liu Qianqian said, looking at the corner of the wall. “My mom… my mom got the system in 95, but I didn’t.”

Yang Mi had a sudden inspiration: "You were born in 00?"

"You too?!" Liu Qianqian's eyes widened.

“This…should be easy to make the connection, right?” Yang Mi twitched her lips. “Who knows,” Liu Qianqian sighed, “I don’t think Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan also obtained the system in 95. My mother was able to make a fortune by short-term trading, so there’s no way they couldn’t do it.”

Yang Mi opened her mouth, but quickly closed it again, unsure of what to say.

The room fell silent.

After a long pause, Liu Qianqian sighed, "Honey, no matter what, you should be my first friend in this life, and maybe my only friend. As long as you don't... don't hurt my mom, I'll support whatever you want to do."

She stared intently at her: "You don't want the great Tang Dynasty poet to die before he even begins, do you?"

"You're still talking about that great Tang Dynasty poet..." Yang Mi pursed her lips.

"What do you mean I'm nagging? You were the one who brought it up in the first place!" Liu Qianqian retorted.

"Me first? Let's be reasonable, it was clearly you!" Yang Mi's eyes widened.

"It's you!"

"It's you!"

"It's you, it's you!"

"It's you, it's you!"

The two girls started craning their necks and fighting like cocks again.

However, this childish behavior did not last long; they gave up after only about ten seconds.

Then, Liu Qianqian hugged Yang Mi and left.

After the door closed, Yang Mi collapsed onto the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Liu Qianqian's words resonated with her deeply; girls like them, though favored by God, are destined to have no friends.

After all, she could easily find out all of the other person's secrets if she wanted to.

By a twist of fate, she ended up hanging out with Liu Qianqian, and they even got along quite well.

Despite their mutual scheming, their relationship is actually quite good.

So Yang Mi occasionally confides in Liu Qianqian, and Liu Qianqian does the same, which explains why she said those things just now.

"Hmph, in the end, it's because they never suffered hardship growing up that they're so foolish as to open their hearts to others." Yang Mi couldn't help but snort, but then sighed deeply in her heart.

She turned to the side, staring intently at the chair by the window, as if it were something exquisite.

"If you think this will make me give up using you, you're sorely mistaken. I've made my decision, and I'll prioritize myself in everything!" Yang Mi muttered to herself. "Of course, the most important thing is that guy's support. There are some things I can't do in the next two years, otherwise that guy will definitely run away, so I'll focus on strengthening our relationship from buddy to best male friend first."

But there are still several problems... She shook her head with a chuckle. Nothing is perfect. Being 70-80% sure is enough for her to take the gamble.

Besides, there are Tang Yan and Liu Shishi we can use.

Unbeknownst to him, Yang Mi was preoccupied with how to make a lasting impression on him. At that moment, besides playing the role of Duan Yu well, he was more focused on the release of "The Dark Side".

The film was finally released at the end of October. The censors did not make things difficult, since the story does not involve ideology. So there were only two reviews: script review and finished product review.

Furthermore, since the investors included foreign capital, no one wanted to assert their power by drastically cutting the film, so the release went very smoothly.

(End of this chapter)