The Gilded Cage

The Entertainment Industry Waits For Our Divorce Chapter 46

The Twenty-Fourth Day of Separation (1)

Jiang Mu took a screenshot of the three neatly lined up CP’s on the super talk board and sent it to Liang Yan.
He messaged, [Yan, accept my worship.]

These three CP’s made Liang Yan’s eyes twitch.
[What do you mean?]

Jiang Mu: [You’re the first actress to have many CP’s but wasn’t scolded or torn apart for it.]

Jiang Mu added, [I have found all the marketing accounts for public relations, but you didn’t need it at all.]

Liang Yan: [………………]

Sometimes, CP’s were very mysterious.
A lot of people wanted to form CP’s in the circle, but most of them weren’t accepted and scolded.
The reason for this was the CP didn’t look natural and the pair didn’t look good, especially if someone was intentionally rubbing on the other person’s popularity.
To put it simply, the fans would think that you weren’t suitable for each other and that you were an eyesore, so they tore the CP or the other person apart.

The fans didn’t like actors forcibly drawing heat, but with Liang Yan, whoever she stood with looked gorgeous.
Also, she had the identity of Lu Lincheng’s wife before, so there was no need to rub the other party’s popularity.
Later, with Xu Jiafan and Zhou Yuqi, they were not even as high as her popularity, so it was impossible to form CP with them for the heat, and they looked so pleasing when paired with Liang Yan.
Who didn’t like to see a handsome little brother and a pretty little sister standing together? They received less scolding from fans.

After the broadcast of “On Screen,” the show officially entered the week-long online voting period.

Although the judges of the show didn’t give Liang Yan high scores because of the mistakes made during their act, her segment with Zhou Yuqi was a hit on the internet and was far ahead of the group of guests.
After watching the show, the fans praised her for her adaptability to sudden changes in the situation.
Her ability to act without letting her emotions slip after she saved Zhou Yuqi was impressive.
In addition, Liang Yan had a strong sense of aggressiveness when acting, whether with her body movements or with a simple look.
Her actions were neat and precise.
She was very professional.

In the end, Liang Yan ranked first with the combined scores of online and on-site voting.

When the final ranking was released by the show’s official account, Liang Yan was ecstatic that she posted two selfies in a row.

The comment section bursted with cheers.

[Congratulations, Yan Yan!]

[Congratulations to Liang Yingjun!” Recently, the fans called her Liang Yingjun because her neutral appearance in a martial artist's costume made her look handsome.
Liang Yan was happy to accept this name compared to the nauseous “Yan Yan.” Liang Yingjun sounded cool and was more her taste.

[Ohhhh, Yingjun’s handsomeness is next level today!]

[Liang Yan, you can do it!]

Reading the peaceful comment section, Liang Yan felt emotional for a while.
Her divorce was really worth it as no one scolded or ridiculed her everyday.

After the ranking results were released, the show would announce the identity of the mysterious superstar who was going to perform with the winner.

Liang Yan’s heart was full of anticipation and anxiety.

Since Liang Yan’s debut, she has barely touched mainstream resources.
Usually, she played in idol web dramas, and most of the people she worked with were all idols.
There was a chain of disdain in the showbiz industry; movie actors looked down on those actors acting in tv dramas, and the actors acting on tv dramas looked down on those acting in web dramas.

Then, actors looked down on singers; singers looked down on singing and dancing idols; idols looked down on variety and comedy actors.
In short, it meant that there was a hierarchy in the system and a clear barrier in the circle.
It was very difficult to break these very high standards if you didn’t have any background.

Despite the fact that fans of some idols worked hard everyday to vote for their idols on the rankings, making them seemingly very popular in the entertainment industry, most of them could only be idols that the mainstream circle looked down upon in the end.

Therefore, Liang Yan looked up to those famous directors and top celebrity queens.

Unfortunately, even though she married a movie star from that circle, she didn’t even touch the edge of that circle.

For example, a few months ago, Lu Lincheng was acting in an eccentric director’s big production movie and was clearly a shoo-in for major awards at the film festival during the year-end ceremonies.
As for her, she was still acting in a low-budget, shoddy, starless Xianxia web drama production.

Because Lu Lincheng didn’t help her career.

Liang Yan shrugged her shoulders, telling herself that even if they were husband and wife, Lu Lincheng had no obligations to help her in her career.
Now, she has worked really hard and got the opportunity to act with a superstar, even if it was only a 15-minute drama.
This was already what she had been dreaming of.

The program team was so secretive, and they didn’t even tell Liang Yan in advance, so she could only wait for the official announcement in front of the official Weibo like a fan rubbing her hands with excitement.

The show’s team was very good at tempting the audience, not directly announcing it but first releasing a tie and the adam’s apple.

Liang Yan stared at Adam's apple: The mysterious superstar was a man.

Then, they posted another photo: deep eyebrows, light amber and peach-blossom eyes.

Liang Yan focused on the photo, suddenly feeling like the eyes were beautiful and looked familiar.

Liang Yan reassured herself.
Of course they would look familiar as the man was a household name.
He was a superstar.

The last picture released was the mouth.

In the photo, the man’s lips looked thin, but the shape was excellent.
People couldn’t help themselves and wanted to bite those lips greedily.

The fans waiting for the announcement of the official Weibo had basically guessed the identity of the man from those three photos.