Chapter 468: Joining the cast of

After participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fang Fei, Seeing Jin Li returned to her apartment.

Her itinerary had originally been set for departure tomorrow, with an arrival at Chitang Village by noon.

However, after Sui Sui Lingfang checked the notification invitations previously sent by brands, she discovered that the first-tier brand "Ru Meng Ling" had inquired two months ago whether Seeing Jin Li could attend an anniversary celebration for one of their old stores.

As it happened, the date for that old store's anniversary celebration was today.

But this old store of Ru Meng Ling was not located in Nancheng; it was in the neighboring city of Fangcheng.

Sister Fang was worried that if news of Seeing Jin Li attending the ribbon-cutting for Fang Fei's new store got out, Ru Meng Ling would also demand that Seeing Jin Li make a trip to Fangcheng.

If she didn't attend any brand events, then Seeing Jin Li could simply refuse.

But once she attended one brand event, other brands would follow suit and demand that Seeing Jin Li do the same.

After all, among those brands, Seeing Jin Li was also the national spokesperson.

With the same level of endorsement, it wouldn't look good for Seeing Jin Li to show favoritism due to differences between brands; it would damage her reputation if word got out.

So, Sui Sui Lingfang calculated the situation in Seeing Jin Li's apartment and decided decisively:

"Seeing Jin Li, why don't you leave for Chitang Village right now? If any brands call later asking you to attend an event, I'll have a legitimate reason to refuse."

Seeing Jin Li tilted her head to look at her: "Sister Fang, I only have time today. Surely those brands won't all come to invite me, right?"

Sui Sui Lingfang shook her head: "Nancheng and the surrounding urban areas are very prosperous. Almost every day, there are first-tier brand stores holding events. It's hard to say whether they might happen to have an event today.

For example, Ru Meng Ling has an anniversary celebration for their old store today; we just didn't agree to it at the time.

Believe me, once news of you heading to the Fang Fei ribbon-cutting gets out, Ru Meng Ling will call in a little while to invite you to their old store's event."

Chen Qin couldn't help but say: "But Sister Seeing Jin Li didn't intend to attend any events in the first place. If the person in charge of Fang Fei hadn't called personally to invite her with such a sincere tone, she wouldn't have agreed."

Sui Sui Lingfang said helplessly: "This Fang Fei event has a different significance. You replaced the global spokesperson to cut the ribbon in your capacity as the national spokesperson. This will send a strong signal to the outside world—that you are highly valued by Fang Fei.

From the company's perspective, this helps improve your commercial value, which is why the company persuaded you to attend. But aside from this Fang Fei event, the other brands' events aren't that important."

She paused: "We just need to understand these things internally; you can't let other brands feel that you don't value them enough.

Try to treat everyone equally and be fair; everyone needs to save face, and it sounds better when talked about."

Sui Sui Lingfang continued: "If you don't leave now, then if other brands invite you to attend other events later, you'd better not refuse."

Seeing Jin Li understood Sister Fang's meaning. After pondering for a while, she felt that running around to these brand events was meaningless.

Most of the time, she was just standing there like a vase, occasionally speaking, and having to maintain a graceful posture the whole time without being able to slack off—the level of seriousness was comparable to standing at attention in military training.

Although with her current physical fitness, she could hold that posture for several hours without changing.

But Seeing Jin Li felt that if she could avoid it, she would; it was better to spend the time on more meaningful things.

So she said: "Fine, I'll leave for Chitang Village right now. My luggage is already packed, and I can hit the road at any time."

Sister Fang: "Then let's go now. Let's all hurry up and pretend we're in a rush to join the cast."

The group anxiously walked out of the apartment again and came to the underground parking garage.

Except for Sister Fang, everyone was carrying luggage, looking hurried.

Just as they were about to get into the car, Seeing Jin Li felt several camera flashes pass by her.

After getting into the car, Chen Qin said with immense admiration: "Sister Fang is truly prescient. She guessed that there would be paparazzi lurking in the parking garage, and it turns out there really were."

Xiao Cheng had been working with Sister Fang for a while and understood her capabilities.

"Sister Fang has been in the entertainment industry for so long that she has a lot of experience with paparazzi preferences; she knows when paparazzi like to lurk for celebrities.

Sister Seeing Jin Li hasn't appeared in public for a while, and the moment she does, she attends such an important event, so the paparazzi are very curious about her."

Paparazzi scoops also rely on novelty.

Especially for a celebrity like Seeing Jin Li, whose public image is relatively positive, if they could catch her in a negative scandal, the heat and profit generated after breaking the news would be even greater.

Before long, following the trending topic #Seeing Jin Li heads to Fang Fei new store ribbon-cutting#, another trending topic quickly broke out—

#Seeing Jin Li leaves apartment in a rush, suspected of facing a crisis#

Compared to the previous trending topic, netizens were more interested in the latter one and clicked in to take a look.

The paparazzi had taken a relatively clear video, capturing the expressions of Seeing Jin Li, her two assistants, and her manager.

The manager chatted with Seeing Jin Li outside the car in a hurry before watching Seeing Jin Li leave.

And Seeing Jin Li and her two assistants were each carrying a suitcase.

Netizens who clicked in to watch expressed that they had been deceived.

【So what crisis occurred? A career crisis? Doesn't look like it. Is she busy rushing to the next engagement?】

【They must be heading out for an inter-provincial announcement, otherwise they wouldn't each be carrying a suitcase.】

【What a scam. I thought some career crisis was about to happen, wondering what explosive scoop the paparazzi were going to drop, and then they show me this? Just this?】

As soon as this video hit the top 20 trending topics, Chenxi Entertainment immediately posted a blog to debunk the rumors.

Chenxi Entertainment: 【Seeing Jin Li received a last-minute notification from the production crew to head to the filming location for her next project. She was in a bit of a rush, so we kindly ask all media reporters not to speculate wildly.

If you have any questions in the future, you can call the company directly, and the company will provide everyone with a satisfactory answer.】

Netizens who had been misled by the paparazzi flocked to Chenxi Entertainment's page to comment.

【Paparazzi: If I called you to ask for the truth, how would I spread rumors? How would I make a living? (Dog head)】

【The company's response attitude is great, but if you really caught something and asked the company, it would probably just be the four words "No comment."】

【Can you guys do a better job protecting the artists' privacy? How is it that any stray dog can squat in the underground parking lot and snap a photo of Seeing Jin Li's license plate?】

【To the person above, I suspect you're using a double entendre (funny)】

Not long after Seeing Jin Li's trending topic went up, the person in charge of Ru Meng Ling indeed called Sui Sui Lingfang.

They hadn't seen Seeing Jin Li's latest "rushing" trending topic and were only focused on Seeing Jin Li heading to Fang Fei's new store today for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

So the person in charge said: "Since Seeing Jin Li is attending Fang Fei's event, could she also head to the Ru Meng Ling flagship store in the neighboring city to attend the anniversary celebration?"

The person in charge's attitude was clear: since the precedent had been set, they should be treated equally.

Sui Sui Lingfang's eyes flickered, and she said with preparation: "After Seeing Jin Li finishes attending Fang Fei's event, I was going to have her head to the Ru Meng Ling flagship store to attend today's anniversary celebration."

The person in charge of Ru Meng Ling relaxed slightly, just about to ask if Seeing Jin Li had set off yet, when Sui Sui Lingfang added the next sentence:

"But just as she was about to leave, she received a last-minute message from the director, who requested that she head to the filming base today.

The filming base is very far from Nancheng, taking four or five hours to reach, so Seeing Jin Li had no choice but to head to the filming base first.

On behalf of Seeing Jin Li, I would like to apologize to you. It is a great pity that she cannot attend your store's anniversary celebration today."

Before the person in charge could react, Sui Sui Lingfang continued: "How about this? I'll have Seeing Jin Li record a VCR video in the car congratulating Ru Meng Ling on its anniversary, and you can play it publicly on the big screen. How does that sound?"

The person in charge had been a bit angry, feeling that Seeing Jin Li didn't want to attend the Ru Meng Ling brand event and had deliberately used the excuse of going to the filming base to decline.

But now, hearing Sui Sui Lingfang's compensation plan, the person in charge hesitated. Could it be that they were truly judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's measure and had wronged Seeing Jin Li?

The person in charge thought about it, and although she wouldn't be there in person, at least there would be a VCR video, so they said: "Then record a congratulatory video and send it over."

Having temporarily handled the situation, Sui Sui Lingfang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But she had a premonition that Ru Meng Ling would definitely not be the first brand to call.

Not long after, her phone rang again; it was a call from another brand.

On the other side, after the person in charge of Ru Meng Ling hung up, they spoke to their assistant about the subsequent arrangements and said casually:

"I don't know if Seeing Jin Li really went to the filming base or if it's just an excuse not to come."

The assistant adjusted their glasses and said: "She should have gone to the filming base. She left in a hurry, was photographed by paparazzi, and even made it to the trending topics."

The thorn in the person in charge's heart was completely smoothed out, and their brow relaxed.

They thought to themselves: So Seeing Jin Li really did rush to the filming base; Chenxi Entertainment didn't lie to them.

Although they knew that Ru Meng Ling's influence couldn't compare to Fang Fei's.

Everyone is a first-tier brand, but there are levels within the first tier; Ru Meng Ling is at most light luxury, while Fang Fei is high luxury.

Yet both brands hired Seeing Jin Li as their national spokesperson, and Ru Meng Ling didn't want to lose face compared to Seeing Jin Li's other brand announcements.

In the game between brands, as the spokesperson for both sides, Seeing Jin Li has to handle the balance well.

If you can avoid offending one, you avoid offending one.

On the other side, Lian Lian Baozhi got Seeing Jin Li's autograph and happily got into the nanny van.

Her manager, Lv Shanjie, glanced at her overjoyed expression and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"When did you get so close to Seeing Jin Li? Didn't you have a very unpleasant time when you participated in a variety show together years ago?"

Lian Lian Baozhi wanted to recommend it to Sister Shan; she checks in on Seeing Jin Li's blog every day, and her luck has improved a lot.

Others say this is metaphysics, but she feels it's really useful!

But she was afraid of exposing herself as a die-hard fan of Seeing Jin Li. Her thoughts churned between revealing her identity and hiding it, and finally, she managed to say:

"Seeing Jin Li has a great personality. The grudge between her and me was wiped clean when the variety show ended. Didn't you help me reconcile with her later, and she said she had no grudge against me?"

Lv Shanjie: "That's what she said, but who knows what she's thinking?"

She changed the subject: "But I do see that Seeing Jin Li really has no resentment toward you. I was observing her just now and found that she didn't talk much to other first-tier artists, but talked a few more sentences with you and Jian Jian Liting."

"Not to mention your relationship with her, Jian Jian Liting isn't even a friend of hers; they only met when they were handing over in the production crew, yet Seeing Jin Li chatted with her with great interest."

Lv Shanjie said: "From this, it can be seen that Seeing Jin Li is a nostalgic artist, which is very good."

The corners of Lian Lian Baozhi's mouth were almost curling up, and no matter how she tried to press them down, she couldn't.

Worried about being exposed, she could only lower her head and turn her gaze out the window.

Lian Lian Baozhi tried to remain calm and said: "I haven't been in the entertainment industry for long, but Seeing Jin Li is the artist with the best personality I've ever come into contact with."

Lv Shanjie agreed: "Her personality is indeed very good. People who love to do public welfare and charity all have a kind heart. Otherwise, given how you offended her back then, it would have been a deadly feud with no room for reconciliation."

Lian Lian Baozhi:...

There's no need to scold me like that T﹏T

Lian Lian Baozhi caught a glimpse of a car in another lane; this car looked a bit similar to Li Li Xunfang's nanny van.

She changed the subject and said: "How is Li Li Xunfang doing lately? She kept deliberately provoking me today. Fortunately, I'm smart. I felt like she had paparazzi arranged around her, so I didn't take her bait."

Lv Shanjie was noncommittal: "She found that the effect of using other stars to hype things up wasn't very good, and she's a bit desperate, so she's resorting to this inferior tactic."

"We don't need to worry about this. Once she provokes a star she can't afford to provoke, someone will naturally deal with her."

Lian Lian Baozhi frowned: "What if she's very cautious and doesn't provoke people she shouldn't? Are we just going to let her continue to be so rampant?"

Deliberately provoking the other party, making them speak without thinking, and then having the pre-arranged paparazzi take photos for a scoop—what's the difference between this and "touching porcelain" (scamming)?

Lv Shanjie raised an eyebrow, thinking of a secret message she had received earlier.

Those stars who had been scammed wanted to pull Lian Lian Baozhi in to set a trap together and give Li Li Xunfang a hard blow.

But Lv Shanjie thought about it and felt that Lian Lian Baozhi hadn't let Li Li Xunfang take advantage of her in this hype campaign.

Plus, Lian Lian Baozhi had risen to fame relying on Li Li Xunfang before, so it was better not to get involved, and she rejected the stars' proposal.

Lv Shanjie: "Just wait and see, she won't be so carefree for long."

Seeing Jin Li arrived at Chitang Village that afternoon.

This time, she was officially joining the crew to film. After filming, her face couldn't be hidden from the people in the village, so this time she appeared openly and honestly.

Because she had to appear in front of people, as a star, she had to have some idol baggage, so Seeing Jin Li hurriedly put on some light makeup in the car.

She had no talent for makeup; she finished after applying some foundation and lipstick.

Seeing Jin Li's appearance in Chitang Village caused a bit of a stir, but not much.

There were mostly elderly people in Chitang Village, and everyone didn't really chase after stars. Even those who had heard of Seeing Jin Li's reputation weren't interested in her personally; they only knew that this star was very powerful.

After Seeing Jin Li got out of the car, listening to the sparse applause and looking at Ye Dao Ye Weijie, who was welcoming her with an excited face, and the villagers who were standing next to the director and clapping continuously, she couldn't help but smile.

She felt that if it weren't for Ye Ye Weijie's high regard for her, these villagers probably wouldn't have come to see her, let alone applaud.

Seeing Jin Li walked up to Ye Dao and high-fived him with high spirits, "Long time no see, Ye Dao."

Ye Dao said with a grin: "Not long, not long, it hasn't even been a month since you left."

He led Seeing Jin Li to the dormitory.

"I invested some money to renovate the village's self-built houses into homestays. Construction started quickly after you left and was only completed last week.

This is where you will rest after filming is finished. Take a look and see how it is. If there's anything you want to change, feel free to suggest it; there's still some time."