The most discussed aspect was that the couple had never quarrelled in their lifetime and had shown love for each other until now. She once believed that this was all a facade…
Miao Xing bent down and looked at their receding figures, then at her dirty hands, and broke down in tears.
That night, Miao Xing died in a small, dilapidated rental apartment. People sighed upon hearing this, saying, “That old lady was truly unfortunate.”
Two years later, General Lin Shiheng of the military and his wife, He Xuezhun, who had made significant contributions to medicine, passed away on the same day. Their daughter, Lin Leyang, was always by their bedside.
In her elderly memoirs, she recorded that her father held her mother’s hand tightly before he left. He said, “My happiness is in giving you happiness.”
Then her mother left the world with a smile, and her father followed closely behind.
Lin Leyang wrote that he was a good son, a good husband, and a good father. “I will take pride in him for my entire life.”
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【Ding! Mission completed! Please choose: 1. Vacation 2. Continue the mission.】
【Continue the mission.】
Lin Shiheng stood in front of a pure white mirror, the memories of this world blurred. Upon opening his eyes again, he found himself in front of the mirror, where a young person was chattering while helping him prepare for makeup.
“Lin Ge, she is still a girl after all. Don’t go too far; it won’t be good for your reputation…”
Lin Shiheng looked at the almost perfect face in the mirror, a slightly flamboyant expression captured his gaze, and he raised an eyebrow.
“I understand.”
The entertainment industry?
It should be quite fun.
Chapter 21: The Overlord of the Entertainment World (1)
The plot of this world is relatively simple; in short, it can be summarized in one sentence: the rise of a struggling male protagonist.
From Lin Shiheng’s brief glance, the original author intended to express how the male protagonist climbed to success step by step, eventually earning applause and glory.
This is a perfect ending. Usually, authors make the conclusion even more perfect by first lowering the protagonist’s status; that is to say, they allow him to have a humble starting point.
The original author clearly thought this way, which is why the protagonist is an orphan who relies on his younger sister in an orphanage. With only his sister as a support system, the author perhaps aimed to highlight the protagonist’s misery. When he was eight years old, his twin sister was adopted, leaving him to endure a life of bullying in the orphanage.
Following this, he had to work part-time, so his grades were not ideal.
Some may think, how could a male protagonist not excel academically?
This is because the protagonist is designed as a male star, and his path to greatness also lies in the entertainment industry.
After suffering various humiliations, the protagonist, due to his good looks, is discovered by his manager, who brought him out from the crowd. As the male lead, he has considerable talent for acting, yet he also faces numerous people who look down on him and try to suppress him.
Most of them are driven by jealousy, and many are merely influenced by the ‘cannon fodder’ halo effect.
Currently, the body of Lin Shiheng is one of those who suppress the protagonist.
The original identity was a young master of the Yuguang Group, a powerful entity in the entertainment industry. Coupled with the original’s impressive acting skills, he found himself sailing smoothly, becoming a rising star in just over a year since entering the industry.
Despite being merely a rising young star, the identity of the Yuguang Group’s young master allows the original to walk boldly through the entertainment world, at least in front of those who know his status. Others only know he comes from a powerful background but remain unaware of its true magnitude.
The reason for targeting the protagonist is straightforward: the protagonist claimed a role that the original wanted.
It was just a character that could attract fans, but for the original, it was the role he desperately wanted, and he could easily have multiple scripts to choose from. However, at that moment, he lost the audition to the protagonist.
Of course, he was unwilling to accept this and even considered revealing his identity to force the director to change their choice. However, the director was a tough nut to crack and had significant status in the industry. He refused to bow down to power, ultimately leading to the protagonist landing the role.
It was just a character, but this marked the original’s first setback since entering the entertainment industry. Coupled with the director’s sarcasm, he secretly plotted revenge against the director after returning home. Yet, his family called to warn him not to target the director.
What to do with all the pent-up anger?
Misdirect it!
It must be misdirected!
Thus, the male protagonist, who merely relied on his talent to secure a role and celebrated the prospect of using his pay as a down payment on a house, became the target of resentment.
Given the influence of the Yuguang Group behind the original, Lin Shiheng knew right away that he was the biggest boss.
Indeed, the original kept finding trouble, and the protagonist naturally refused to be randomly targeted. As the original repeatedly attacked only to face resolution each time, their enmity deepened, becoming notorious throughout the entertainment industry.
Even as the protagonist was suppressed, he continued to rise and gain more fans until he unexpectedly found his twin sister, who had been taken away when he was eight.
Unfortunately, the sister’s situation was not good.
Initially, she was adopted by a couple who could not conceive, and after raising her until she was ten, a dramatic turn of events occurred when her adoptive mother, who had been diagnosed as unlikely to conceive, surprisingly became pregnant.
With a biological child on the way, the couple found themselves in an awkward position concerning their adopted daughter. Coincidentally, the adoptive father experienced a job change, and since their younger daughter was still small, they had to take her with them. The older adopted daughter was now less convenient.
So, after a night of discussion, the couple handed the adoptive daughter over to her biological grandfather for care.
Both of them had respectable jobs and left a sum of money while ensuring her schooling was arranged before happily moving away with their younger daughter.