Chapter 1746 - 846: Key Figure

Chapter 1746: Chapter 846: Key Figure

The news about the sequel preparation for "Under the Grand Dress" quickly spread online.

As a hotly debated series, the development of the sequel naturally garnered a lot of attention.

The main question everyone is concerned about is: Will Zhou Yun continue to star?

This series did not bring a very good response for Zhou Yun. Everyone still remembers that after the show aired, many people said she acted well but they didn’t like it.

There were many similar discussions.

Zhou Yun’s fans were somewhat agitated for a while, expressing unanimously that they couldn’t accept it and didn’t want to watch it.

It’s not anything else, Zhou Yun’s fans are already used to Zhou Yun’s success. "Under the Grand Dress" may not count as a failure for Zhou Yun, whether in terms of viewership ratings or commercial ad placements, it’s impressive and a big hit, but not receiving widespread acclaim is considered a failure for Zhou Yun.

That’s how it is in the eyes of Zhou Yun’s fans.

Many even went to leave comments under Zhou Yun’s Weibo, strongly expressing their opinions.

Zhou Lan asked, "Do you want to use the studio’s account to reply first, saying that you won’t act? I see everyone is making quite a fuss."

"No reply, I don’t want them to get the wrong impression that their attitudes can influence my choices. I really don’t like being influenced by fans when choosing roles," Zhou Yun said, "This is really a bad trend, but many fans are doing this now."

"There’s no way, they like you, so just like your parents, they’ll worry about every aspect of your life and hope for your well-being."

"Of course, I understand, so I didn’t say they were wrong. But I hope everyone can understand that life and career are personal, I can’t be swayed by others and not prioritize my own thoughts and judgments," Zhou Yun said directly, "As long as it’s my own decision, no matter good or bad, I can bear it."

Zhou Lan nodded.

"Yesterday, you embarrassed Liu Lan. Don’t pick a fight with her again today," Zhou Lan said.

Zhou Yun replied, "I didn’t mean to pick a fight with her, as long as her cuckoo-occupying-the-nest kind of mindset isn’t so obvious."

Zhou Lan laughed and said, "Her intentions are quite obvious, but rest assured, no matter what she thinks, she can’t occupy this nest. All the copyrights are in VX’s hands, and Chengqian is merely a production company. If they don’t wish to do it, there are plenty of film and television companies outside willing to take on this project."

Zhou Yun said, "Sister Lan, did you notice? Many times, our enthusiasm for a project is worn down bit by bit in this process."

Zhou Lan said, "Everyone has their own thoughts, where there are people, there are these troubles. Our job is to solve these troubles. I initially wanted to shield you from all these troubles, but later I thought encountering them would be beneficial for you. You became an actress and an artist right after graduation, without much work experience. Now you act mainly based on intuition, talent, and observation, but you still need to accumulate more social experience, especially as you grow older, you’ll be able to play a wider variety of roles: businesswomen, athletes, white-collar elites, entrepreneurs, and so forth. You need knowledge from all perspectives, to meet all kinds of people, and attending these meetings benefits you by exposing you to different people."

Zhou Yun looked at Zhou Lan in surprise and said, "Wow, I didn’t know you had so much thought put into this."

Zhou Lan said, "What did you think? I had nothing better to do and made you do these things for no reason."

Zhou Yun said, "These meetings are really draining and exhausting, you know what I mean."

"Of course, I know," Zhou Lan said, "But aside from these, you actually have quite a talent for negotiation. You know very well how to leverage your strengths to make the situation favorable to you. Didn’t you notice? Even Liu Lan, towards the end, dared not underestimate you anymore. Initially, she didn’t regard you as a true business collaborator, only showing you the superficial respect due to a big celebrity, not expecting your control over the project to be so substantial."

Zhou Yun said, "It must have been He Yong’s deliberate omission to not inform her, hoping I’d have conflicts with her. When we two have a dispute, he’d have space to exploit. Haven’t you noticed? He is quite adept at the art of strategy, allying with one while striking another. Wherever there is conflict, there is space for him to dance with long sleeves."