After Joining the Same Variety Show as My Arch-Nemesis - Chapter 5

Fu Wen glanced at the delicate diamond watch on her wrist and spoke calmly.

“I only have half an hour. Let’s keep it short.”

Seeing this, Gu Jingxi could not help asking, “What is it, Sister Fu? If something came up, couldn’t you just call me to the company?”

Fu Wen rolled her eyes at her, then looked at her younger brother. “Let the person involved explain it himself.”

Hearing this, Gu Jingxi turned her head to look at Fu Hang.

“Cough, it’s like this, Xixi.” Fu Hang cleared his throat and said, “You know I’m preparing a variety show. Things with the television station have already been settled, but I’m still short one regular guest.”

Gu Jingxi immediately understood what he meant. She sat down to the side, crossed her arms, and looked at him. “You want me to go? But Fu Hang, don’t forget, I’ve said before that I only act. I don’t participate in variety shows.”

“See? I told you.” Fu Wen shrugged from the side.

“You can’t put it that way, Xixi.” Fu Hang simply sat down in front of her and said, “It’s good to focus on acting, sure, but just treat it as helping me out. For the sake of me introducing you to Director Xiang.”

As Fu Hang spoke, he pressed his palms together and pleaded sincerely toward Gu Jingxi.

The corner of Gu Jingxi’s mouth twitched.

The Director Xiang Fu Hang mentioned was the main director of Sentiment, the work that had won her the award this time. He was also Fu Hang’s teacher. Without Fu Hang’s recommendation, that role would never have landed on her.

Seeing her expression, Fu Hang put on a pitiful look and said, “Xixi, just help me out. I really don’t have a suitable candidate anymore.”

Gu Jingxi looked at him speechlessly. “You came prepared.”

Fu Hang said devoutly, “I just want to make a proper variety show and not mess around with all that nonsense. Great Best Actress Gu, please help me. I promise you, all the guests I invited have clean and upright backgrounds. They won’t cause trouble on the show.”

“Then why don’t you invite Jian Lan?” Gu Jingxi could not help asking.

“In terms of status, no one can compare to her now.”

Fu Hang froze. The corner of his mouth twitched as he said, “Do you think… with her status… if I invite her to be a regular guest, I really won’t get torn apart?”

Gu Jingxi: “…”

Heh, that was true. That was Jian Shen, after all. Fu Hang was a new director. If Jian Lan really appeared as a regular guest, with Fu Hang’s current status, he might really be flamed to death.

Even if they had all grown up together, netizens still had very wild imaginations.

Especially Jian Lan’s fans. They simply could not bear to see their flower on a high peak stained by even the slightest bit of dirty water.

Thinking of this, Gu Jingxi could not help grinding her teeth.

“Fine. I’ll agree. Just this once.” Gu Jingxi finally relented.

“I knew Xixi was the best!” Fu Hang subconsciously threw himself toward her.

“Get away!” Gu Jingxi immediately pushed him away and looked at him expressionlessly. “I’m only doing this because you helped me fight for the lead role in Sentiment. Don’t come looking for me for this kind of thing next time.”

Fu Hang nodded rapidly. “I know, I understand. So, uh, when are we signing the contract?”

Gu Jingxi looked at Fu Wen. Fu Wen pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on her face and said calmly, “Come to the company tomorrow. We’ll discuss it face-to-face. Don’t worry. Even if it’s Fu Hang, I’ll still fight for the benefits you deserve.”

“Okay, Sister Fu.” Gu Jingxi answered obediently.

Fu Hang’s cheek twitched. “Sister, exactly whose sister are you?!”

“I’m your sister, but even more than that, I’m Xixi’s manager. As a manager, I have to be responsible for my own artist.” Fu Wen spoke quite coldly and ruthlessly.

“But just yesterday, you said you wanted to break Xixi’s legs,” Fu Hang muttered.

Almost the instant his words fell, Gu Jingxi felt her legs ache a little. She instinctively leaned back, wanting to put some distance between herself and Fu Wen.

There were only two people in this world who would beat her. One was Ms. Tang Yun, and the other was Fu Wen.

Fu Wen was older than all of them. Ever since they were young, she had always taken care of their group of little brats as an older Sister. She was strict with discipline, and if anyone disobeyed, she really would take action and teach them a lesson.

Gu Jingxi had been a troublesome kid when she was young, and she was also one of the people Fu Wen often cleaned up.

But she was also the youngest among them. In a certain sense, she was also the one Fu Wen doted on the most.

After growing up, Fu Wen founded her own entertainment media company. She managed countless artists and achieved very good results. She could be considered a gold-medal manager in the entertainment industry. Naturally, as soon as Gu Jingxi graduated, Fu Wen signed her over. After signing her, she even handed the other artists she had been managing to other managers in the company and focused solely on managing Gu Jingxi alone.

Was she busy? How busy could managing one person be?

But if one said she was idle, Fu Wen was the first person who wanted to break Gu Jingxi’s dog legs.

She looked so obedient and well-behaved, yet her ability to stir up trouble was even more outrageous than when she was a child!

When Fu Wen managed four or five artists by herself, she had not felt as mentally exhausted as she did managing Gu Jingxi alone.

She was purely a little troublemaker. Yet this little troublemaker also had someone protecting her. Even though that person was behind the scenes, she had still arranged everything around Gu Jingxi properly.

Although Gu Jingxi had been scolded as a vixen and occasionally had scandals spread about her, those rumors would basically be clarified by the other party in less than a day. They would hurriedly post statements, looking as if they were terrified of offending someone. But that person handled things so flawlessly that if Fu Wen had not known the truth, she might have thought the other party’s PR team was simply powerful.

Powerful, my ass. Wasn’t it because that great Buddha was sitting behind the scenes keeping everything under control?

There had been quite a few people interested in Gu Jingxi over the years. Some of the bolder ones dared invite her to dinner one second, only to never dare have any contact with her again afterward.

This little troublemaker knew none of it. She even thought she was very capable.

If someone had not already paved the road for her long ago, what she experienced would not have been limited to online public opinion.

Seeing Gu Jingxi’s movements, Fu Wen sneered. “What? Now you know to be afraid? When you didn’t inform me, did you ever think about whether I’d break your legs after finding out?”

Gu Jingxi shrank her neck and tried to argue, “I even made a fake schedule. How was there still someone waiting there?”

Fu Wen simply did not want to deal with her.

“Gu Jingxi, oh Gu Jingxi. There really aren’t many people as brainless as you!”

Fu Wen’s tone was full of disappointment at her failure to live up to expectations.

Gu Jingxi… Gu Jingxi did not dare speak. She obediently took the scolding like a little quail.

Seeing her like this, Fu Wen no longer had much desire to lecture her. She merely raised her hand to glance at her watch and said, “Alright. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back first. Keep your distance from that Tian family eldest miss. I don’t want to see you on the trending searches again because of this.”

At this, Gu Jingxi felt extremely wronged.

“I don’t want to either. She stuck to me as soon as she came up. If I really pushed her away in front of everyone, I’m afraid tomorrow’s trending headline would still be me, and it would be even worse than a scandal.”

“Oh, so you do know.” Fu Wen sneered.

“Alright, no need to worry. There’s a way to solve it. You two go back.” Fu Wen waved her hand, picked up her bag, and walked outside.

“Goodbye, Sister Fu!” Gu Jingxi instantly seemed to come back to life and smiled.

Fu Wen, who was about to push open the door and leave, turned back and glanced at her. “Don’t forget to come to the company tomorrow morning to sign the contract. If you dare be late…”

She sneered but did not continue. She pushed the door open and left on her own.

Even so, Gu Jingxi still felt a chill at the back of her neck.

She swallowed, then could not help muttering, “Do you think anyone would dare like someone as strong-willed as Sister Fu?”

The corner of Fu Hang’s mouth twitched. “That’s a fatal question.”

Gu Jingxi fell silent for a moment, then nodded seriously.

“You’re right.”

“…”

When the two of them returned to the banquet hall, Tian Rao’s eyes lit up the moment she saw them. She had just been about to come over when she seemed to think of something. She gritted her teeth and did not approach again.

Gu Jingxi could not help clicking her tongue at the sight.

“Sister Fu’s oppressive presence really is powerful.”

Fu Hang: “…”

He felt that it was not only his sister’s oppressive presence. There was also pressure from another big shot who was not present today.

But none of them would tell Gu Jingxi about this. After all, whether it was Gu Jingxi or that person who was harder to provoke, they all knew very clearly in their hearts.

Without Tian Rao pestering her, Gu Jingxi was much more relaxed. Everyone there was familiar with one another. They ate, drank, played, and made noise, but still kept a certain bottom line.

By the time it ended, both of them had drunk some alcohol. Gu Jingxi had no choice but to call her family driver to come pick them up.

After sending Fu Hang home, he even specifically reminded her.

“Xixi, you really must not be late tomorrow.”

Gu Jingxi tugged at the corners of her lips. “Don’t worry. I still want to win a few more Best Actress awards.”

Only then did Fu Hang feel reassured. He waved and watched the Gu family’s car leave.

When she got home, her parents were snuggled together watching television, making Gu Jingxi consciously feel that she had no eyes to see.

“I say, you two are an old married couple already. Can you not be this clingy every day?!” Gu Jingxi complained.

Tang Yun did not even turn her head as she said, “Jealous? If you have the ability, go find someone too.”

Gu Jingxi looked disgusted. “No way. I want to focus on my career. You two keep watching. I’m going upstairs.”

After saying that, she went upstairs on her own.

After washing up, Gu Jingxi lay comfortably in the massage chair in her bedroom and scrolled through her phone.

Her phone suddenly vibrated, and a message popped up.

Mu Yu: Sister Gu, Sister Fu told me. I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning.

She quickly replied.

Gu Jingxi: Okay~

After replying, she stretched lazily. Just then, another message came in.

Watercolor: Want to play games?

Gu Jingxi’s eyes instantly lit up.

Xixi: Yes!

Then, without another word, she opened the game.

Watercolor was someone she had met in-game. She had been pulled in by a friend back then to play together.

Watercolor’s mechanics were sharp, flashy enough to dazzle people, and she was a genuine god-tier jungler.

For Gu Jingxi, she did not like parties or going to bars. She simply liked playing games with others during her free time. Her skills could not be called very good, but at least she had positions she could show off with.

However, she often encountered jungle disasters who could not control the rhythm of the match, making ranking up suffocating.

Even with her good temper, Mu Yu could occasionally hear all kinds of complaints from her.

So when she met an excellent jungle king, of course she chose to cling tightly to the big shot’s thigh.

As soon as she entered the game, the big shot immediately sent over a team invitation.

Without another word, Gu Jingxi accepted.

Just as Gu Jingxi was about to ask if there were anyone else, the big shot started the match.

Very good. A sweet duo queue. Happy ranking up!