Chapter 55: Chapter 055: Return to the Survival Show Crew Chapter 55: Chapter 055: Return to the Survival Show Crew Shen Yan’s personal livestream might have been a common occurrence, but with Xinyu’s top beauty promoting the link, it conveyed a message to the industry insiders.
Xinyu was fully backing Shen Yan!
Even the top beauty had to bow down to Shen Yan.
Analysing Shen Yan’s recent surge in both infamy and popularity, several entities had detected an unusual flavor to the situation.
Beautiful and rumored to come from rural origins, why would such a lovely actress receive Xinyu’s full support?
There probably was some unspeakable secret behind it all.
Everyone was in the same circle; those who knew, just knew.
Then there was bringing up the matter of Xu Zishen to analyze Shen Yan’s backing, sniffing out a scent of “significant origin!”
So, those who were eagerly brewing moves behind the scenes dared not lightly touch upon the topic of this rising star with growing influence.
They all covertly analyzed and searched for opportunities to tie themselves to Shen Yan.
Due to Shi Lian’s promotion, a professional musician, long forgotten, listened to a few songs and went straight to Weibo to declare that Shen Yan was no amateur but rather seemed to be a professional musical talent.
Although this musician was suspected of leeching off Shen Yan’s popularity, he indeed managed to ride the wave, reminding many people of who he was and his moment of glory in music.
Liu Su was at a loss when it came to such opportunists.
After all, they were bringing certain benefits to Shen Yan, only praising her musical talent without doing anything detrimental to her.
Thus, Liu Su had no grounds to rebuke them.
He even had to log into Shen Yan’s account to thank this music senior!
Shen Yan, who had been sitting in the car heading to the airport early in the morning and had handed her account over to Liu Su, now closed her eyes to rest.
Once Liu Su finished his tasks, Shen Yan slowly opened her eyes and said, “Please remember to note down Senior Shi’s favor for me, Uncle Liu.”
Xiao Zhao quickly took out her phone to take notes, “Yanyan, I’ll jot it down! Not only Mr. Shi but also…”
“Whoever they are, write them down for me,” Shen Yan didn’t know much about the company’s internal artists.
Aside from Shi Lian, the top beauty, there were several other famous artists within the company.
Where there was a top beauty, there would be a top man.
However, this top man had gone overseas to film movies and was rarely in the country for the past two years.
He could be disregarded.
At the airport.
Shen Yan took a special passage, so nobody knew about her itinerary that day.
Upon boarding the plane and entering first class, she saw Zhou Jingming and Tao Rongye, leaving her stunned.
“What a coincidence, we’re all on the same flight,” Tao Rongye greeted Shen Yan with a smile.
Shen Yan quickly came to her senses, greeted her seniors, and nodded to Zhou Jingming.
After sitting down, she was still curious about Tao Rongye being there.
Tao Rongye, sitting across the aisle, chuckled and dispelled Shen Yan’s fleeting doubt, “This time, I, an old man, am taking a risk with all you young people. Shen Yan, I’ve heard you did quite well on the survival show! I’ll need to learn from you!”
“Teacher Tao is being too modest. We’re not many years apart; you’re still youthful and far from the age of an elderly person. If we’re talking about learning, it’s me, the junior, who should be seeking advice from Teacher Tao.”
Shen Yan was momentarily surprised before she understood the situation.
Xu Zishen might have been ousted by Director Li, leading them to bring in a big shot like Tao Rongye for a last-minute save.
“What Shen Yan said is right; Teacher Tao is just being too modest,” Zhou Jingming added with a smile.
Tao Rongye was just about to speak when a surprised female voice came from behind, “Teacher Tao!”
They turned around and saw Liu Qiang, dressed coolly and seductively, staring at Tao Rongye with excitement.
Tao Rongye greeted her impartially with a smile, “Liu Qiang, you’re also on this flight!”
“How come you’re here?” Liu Qiang’s gaze clung to Tao Rongye.
Without hiding anything, Tao Rongye replied, “Director Li specifically called me up for a rescue mission. I’ve been quite interested in survival adventures lately, so I accepted! I hope for guidance from you all in the coming days.”
Liu Qiang, excited by his words, suddenly blushed and stammered, “Teacher Tao, I didn’t expect you to be the special guest this season! I’m thrilled to be on this show with you!”
After checking her seat number, which happened to be next to Tao Rongye’s, Liu Qiang carefully sat down and turned to talk to him.
Tao Rongye, as a senior in the industry and well-known for being easy to get along with, did not ignore the conversation topics that Liu Qiang threw her way.
Shen Yan and Zhou Jingming sat diagonally from each other, one above the other. Seeing the two strike up a conversation as soon as they sat down, she exchanged a glance with Zhou Jingming, then they both looked away.
Shen Yan took out the prepared eye mask and put it on, then leaned her head to rest.
Even if the two of them dragged her into their conversation during this process, she could ignore it.
Shen Yan still underestimated Liu Qiang’s chit-chat combat power.
Throughout the entire flight, she never stopped talking with Tao Rongye.
Whether cooing for professional acting advice from Tao Rongye or coquettishly hinting to him, this “nice guy” Tao Rongye maintained a beaming smile throughout, accepting Liu Qiang’s various “requests for guidance.” Watching the two of them, Shen Yan felt they seemed like a natural pair.
Who knew what Tao Rongye was thinking, he even went along with it.
One could say it was quite torturous.
*
After one o’clock in the afternoon, they exited the airport together.
Shen Yan signaled to Xiao Zhao to push the luggage quickly.
Director Li had already sent a car to pick them up.
As soon as Shen Yan saw the car, she quickly chose one and sat in it, with Liu Su and Xiao Zhao joining her, urging the driver to start the car.
Xiao Zhao turned to look back. Those two who had been talking non-stop the whole way hadn’t even gotten into the car yet.
Seeing Shen Yan’s anxiety to avoid them, Xiao Zhao couldn’t help but snicker.
Shen Yan shot her a glance.
Xiao Zhao promptly stifled her laughter.
Liu Su, sitting in the passenger seat, slightly frowned and said, “Miss Shen, as for those two, staying away from them would be best.”
“It’s hard to avoid them when we’re on the same program.”
Liu Su’s frown deepened, having listened to them the entire way.
The impression the two gave others was somewhat frivolous…
Several cars arrived at the program team’s temporary workspace, one after the other, with Director Li already there waiting for them.
Director Li personally coming out to meet them felt quite flattering.
But then, considering that Tao Rongye, the esteemed actor, was among them, it didn’t seem so surprising.
Shen Yan glanced around and noticed that, apart from the male and female leads, everyone else had arrived.
Seeing no sign of Xu Zishen, everyone tacitly avoided mentioning him.
“Yanyan!”
Qin Dingyue, seeing Shen Yan, smiled so wide her eyes nearly disappeared. In an unladylike manner, she ran over, wanting to hug Shen Yan’s arm.
Shen Yan subtly dodged her. She wasn’t too fond of physical contact.
Qin Dingyue, in her carefree way, seemed not to notice Shen Yan’s little evasion and, with stars in her eyes, said, “Yanyan, you are really amazing! You’ve been praised to the skies by professional musicians!”
Shen Yan: “…”
Why did she feel like this wasn’t a compliment?
Qin Dingyue’s agent standing by wanted to hide her face. Being Qin Dingyue’s agent was so hard.
Fortunately, Shen Yan knew Qin Dingyue’s nature; otherwise, she might have thought Qin Dingyue was being sarcastic.
Around 5 o’clock, Mu Jincheng and Chu Jinghe finally arrived, fashionably late.
After so many days, seeing Shen Yan again sparked a mix of feelings in Mu Jincheng. It wasn’t outright aversion that he felt, but it also didn’t feel right to say he found her pleasing to the eye either.
He just felt that Shen Yan was different from before, colder and clearer in the way she looked at him.
Not like before when she couldn’t hide her fervor.
Mu Jincheng frowned uncomfortably.
Chu Jinghe, standing by, saw that Mu Jincheng had fixed his gaze on Shen Yan the moment he arrived, and his expression darkened.