After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Ended Up with the Movie Queen - Chapter 11

Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei were very efficient.

The day after visiting Lin Zhaoyang, they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau and got their marriage certificate.

They had only just gotten the certificate and posted it on Weibo in the morning, coordinating with both companies for another round of clarification. That afternoon, Ding Ziyan, in order to maintain Shen Zhibei’s exposure, brought variety show, endorsement, and film invitations with her and prepared to go to the Gu residence to find Shen Zhibei, letting her choose a few from among them.

At present, because Shen Zhibei had posted her marriage certificate on Big-Eye, the platform was in a state of paralysis. Even more paparazzi had begun gathering outside the Gu residence.

However, because the place where the Gu family lived was far too high-end, and the community security was also extremely capable, the paparazzi could not even touch the outer wall of the neighborhood. They could only circle around far away from the community, hoping that Shen Zhibei or Gu Nan would appear.

When Ding Ziyan came to the Gu residence again, she changed cars, afraid of being followed by the paparazzi.

Because she had reported the temporary license plate to security in advance, she entered very smoothly.

When she arrived, Shen Zhibei was learning how to make dumplings from Yin Yuehua, while Gu Nan was rolling out dumpling wrappers. The atmosphere among the three of them really did look a little like a family.

Ding Ziyan’s expression turned strange. She did not know what exactly had happened during the few days she had not come.

Uncle Quan, who had led her in, looked at the three people focused on making dumplings and reminded them, “Miss Shen’s manager is here.”

Seeing the three of them raise their heads, Ding Ziyan greeted them with a smile. “Madam Gu, Miss Gu, Zhibei.”

“Sister Yan.” When Shen Zhibei saw Ding Ziyan, she immediately put down the dumpling wrapper and happily came over, wanting to hold her arm.

When she was about to do so, she remembered that there was still flour on her hands. She could only smile apologetically. “Sister Yan, sit down first. I’ll go wash my hands.”

“Sister Yan,” Gu Nan also greeted her.

In front of Yin Yuehua, Ding Ziyan nodded at her with a gentle expression.

“Ziyan, you’re here. Hurry and sit. Did you come this time because something happened?” Yin Yuehua greeted her warmly. “Is it urgent? If it isn’t, stay and eat some dumplings later. Zhibei made them.”

“It’s not urgent. Then I’ll wait to eat Zhibei’s dumplings later.” Ding Ziyan sat down on the sofa before saying, “I mainly came this time to let Zhibei choose some work invitations from the ones recently received, so we can arrange her work schedule afterward.”

Shen Zhibei had already finished washing her hands and come out. Hearing Ding Ziyan’s words, both of them nervously observed Yin Yuehua’s and Gu Nan’s expressions.

Although the Gu family had previously agreed that Shen Zhibei could work after marriage, that had been before they got their certificate. Now that it had become a fact, it was hard to guarantee that the Gu family would not change their minds.

“That sounds good.” Yin Yuehua was still thinking about that variety show she wanted to send the two of them to, to cultivate their relationship.

A food company under the Gu Group had already sponsored that variety show. Now all that was left was to get Shen Zhibei and Gu Nan to agree.

Her eyes swept over Gu Nan, who was silently rolling out dumpling wrappers at the side. “Nannan, shouldn’t you also go out to work?”

“?”

Gu Nan raised her head, not knowing why her mom had suddenly brought the topic to her. But thinking about it, she really could not stay at home all the time.

She did not want to film anymore. She had no acting skills to begin with, and if she went to film, she would end up like the shadow, doomed to be mocked by the whole internet. It was better to return to her old profession.

Before Gu Nan returned, she had studied a minor language and worked as a simultaneous interpreter.

The pay for simultaneous interpretation was very considerable. Otherwise, no matter how much overtime she worked, she would never have been able to earn enough for a car and a house before returning.

Although, to be precise, she had only just paid the down payments for both the car and the house.

Thinking of it this way, she actually did not feel that heartbroken. After all, she had just finished paying the down payments and had not even started paying the loans yet.

“Then I’ll go to the Gu Group as a translator. I can do simultaneous interpretation.”

Yin Yuehua had never known that her daughter was proficient in any language to the point that she could do simultaneous interpretation. Besides, the original intention behind her words was only to get her daughter to say that she needed to work, so she could naturally recommend that variety show.

In the end, you actually said you wanted to do simultaneous interpretation!

She looked at Gu Nan speechlessly. “Wait first. I have arrangements for you.”

“Oh.” Gu Nan was confused and did not know what was going on with her mom today.

Clearly, she had said that Gu Nan should go out to work, but now she was saying she had arrangements for her.

Seeing that Yin Yuehua and Gu Nan, this mother-daughter pair, had not shown even the slightest intention of stopping Shen Zhibei from working, not only did Ding Ziyan breathe a sigh of relief, Shen Zhibei also finally relaxed quite a bit.

Ding Ziyan quickly took a thick stack of various invitation documents from her briefcase and let Shen Zhibei look through them.

Because Shen Zhibei had previously participated in the filming of an award-contending art film by a famous director, who was also her talent scout, she had not appeared on the big screen for about a year. If they did not hurry and plan things out, her endorsement level and fees would drop.

“The variety shows are on top, the endorsements are in the middle, and the film invitations are at the bottom. There are also several television drama invitations.”

“Choose a variety show first. You haven’t appeared on the big screen in almost a year now, so you need a little more buzz. I didn’t bring you talk shows, because after Director Wang’s film is released, you’ll be going on so many interviews you’ll want to throw up. But if you want to go on one, I also brought a few for you to choose from.”

“As for the endorsement shoot you previously postponed, the other company also knows about what happened these past few days, so they’re very understanding. But you still need to go shoot it as soon as possible.”

When Yin Yuehua heard the words “variety show,” she perked up her ears and listened carefully.

“I know. Starting tomorrow, I’ll have time. I can go shoot anytime.” Shen Zhibei picked up the variety show invitation placed on top and began flipping through it.

“Good. Then I’ll communicate with their team and tell you once the time is confirmed.” Seeing that Shen Zhibei was seriously reading this variety show invitation, Ding Ziyan introduced it from the side. “A Poetic Life is a variety show from Mango Channel. This year is its third season, but the first two seasons were very popular. Its main style is a slow-paced countryside variety. I think it suits you quite well.”

Although Ding Ziyan said this, Shen Zhibei still read through the entire invitation document and learned about the program’s positioning and planning before saying, “All right. Let’s choose this variety show.”

“Then I’ll reply to the production team.”

Ding Ziyan knew Shen Zhibei’s habits. Seeing that she had chosen a variety show, she put away all the remaining variety show invitations and let her continue looking at the endorsements below.

When Yin Yuehua heard Ding Ziyan start talking about A Poetic Life, she grew nervous.

Even Gu Nan noticed this nervousness.

When she heard that the show had been decided and they were preparing to reply to the production team, that nervousness turned into happiness.

Something was wrong.

These three large words appeared in Gu Nan’s mind.

She lightly nudged Yin Yuehua’s arm with her elbow and asked, “Mom, why are you acting weird today?”

Of course Yin Yuehua could not tell Gu Nan right now that she also planned to send her into that variety show.

No matter what, she had to wait until the variety show was about to begin before saying it. That way, she could completely prevent Gu Nan from letting it slip in front of Shen Zhibei. So for now, she could only say, “What do you mean, weird? Hurry up and roll out your dumpling wrappers.”

You clearly don’t use this impatient tone with Shen Zhibei!

Gu Nan’s face was full of shock.

“Stop putting on an act.” Gu Nan’s shock was so fake that it could not be any faker. Yin Yuehua could not help lightly smacking her. “Ziyan is staying for dumplings later too. Hurry and roll the wrappers. I’ll have Sister Li come over and help wrap them.”

While Gu Nan and Yin Yuehua were talking over there, Shen Zhibei had already picked out two endorsements, then kept all the film and television drama scripts, planning to slowly read them later.

Logically speaking, at this point, the work matters were already settled.

Shen Zhibei and Ding Ziyan could join the dumpling-making activity, and the group could chat together.

But there were some things Ding Ziyan could not conveniently say in front of Yin Yuehua and Gu Nan, this mother-daughter pair. She could only ask Shen Zhibei alone, so she kept frantically giving Shen Zhibei meaningful looks.

Shen Zhibei immediately understood. She stood up and said, “Mom, I’ll go back to my room with Sister Yan to handle some work matters. I’ll learn how to make dumplings with you next time.”

“You can learn that anytime. Hurry and go work.” Yin Yuehua said this with a bright smile.

Shen Zhibei brought Ding Ziyan back to her room.

Seeing Shen Zhibei lock the door, Ding Ziyan asked impatiently, “Is the soundproofing in this room good?”

“Very good.” Seeing Ding Ziyan’s appearance, Shen Zhibei also knew that she was worried about her life in the Gu family, so she quickly said, “Don’t worry. Mother and Mom treat me very well too.”

“And Gu Nan?”

“She’s also all right. We don’t see each other often. Even when we do, she treats me very… gentlemanly.”

At this point, Shen Zhibei bit her lip, and her brows furrowed tightly. “Help me investigate Bai Rui. Gu Nan’s previous assistant was one of Bai Rui’s secret boyfriends, and the inducer was also bought by him.”

“Why didn’t you tell me about something like this earlier?”

Bai Rui was the person in the industry most likely to take over Zhibei’s resources. She was probably also the person in the industry who most wanted Zhibei to disappear quickly.

In her heart, Ding Ziyan raised Bai Rui’s danger level to the highest.

“At first, I didn’t really believe it, but after getting along these past few days, Gu Nan’s behavior really doesn’t resemble that day at all.” Shen Zhibei’s expression was blank. “Logically speaking, she has no need to act to this extent.”

“All right, don’t think about it anymore. I’ll also investigate Bai Rui on my end. If there’s any news, I’ll let you know.” After persuading her, Ding Ziyan asked, “Since your relationship is currently still acceptable, can we proceed with the next step of the PR plan?”

“Yes.”

“Then after we go out later, I’ll tell Gu Nan to cooperate and send you to the endorsement shoot. Then I’ll find some paparazzi to photograph a wave and release it online, and find marketing accounts to write some soft articles about how you two are a loving married couple.”

Hearing the headline Ding Ziyan planned to have the marketing accounts write, Shen Zhibei, who had not objected all this time, immediately said, “Not that.”

Ding Ziyan was stunned. “What?”

“Don’t write anything about us being a loving married couple.” Shen Zhibei looked at Ding Ziyan and said very seriously, “That kind of thing is too fake. It would easily be exposed as marketing.”

Ding Ziyan nodded. “All right. Then I’ll have them write it more normally.”

Seeing Shen Zhibei’s resistance, she skipped over the topic and stopped mentioning it, then began talking about other aspects.

“Gu Nan really didn’t lie. Chengxin’s film and television resources, even the resources under the Gu Group, are all being tilted toward you. The movie scripts I placed on top are the ones Chengxin sent over.”

“I can tell. Several of the endorsements are also under the Gu Group.” Shen Zhibei’s gaze fell on the film script placed first. She said self-mockingly, “If you look at it from a business perspective, this marriage is actually quite profitable for me.”

Hearing Shen Zhibei’s words, Ding Ziyan held her hands tightly. “Don’t think too much. This world is just very unfair to Omegas. Once this kind of romantic scandal breaks out, the only one affected will be the Omega. As for the Alpha, they can even gain a reputation for being charming and romantic. So there’s nothing wrong with firmly grasping the resources that are now in your hands.”