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6.59% Hitting the Entertainment News Spotlight / Chapter 45: Rent A Room

章節 45: Rent A Room

編輯: EndlessFantasy Translation

Perhaps because it had been a long time since her daughter talked back to her, Zhou Hui bit her upper lip and was at a loss as to why her daughter was having such a temper.

Du Honghong threw occasional glances from the living room with a slight hint of guilt in her expression.

Jiang Se remembered something. When she had confirmed her school of choice with her teacher in charge back then, she had clearly requested the notification letter be sent to the school. Why would it be here in the house?

"Why is this here?"

Zhou Hui sighed. "The school called your Uncle Du to inform you to pick it up from the school. One of your classmates brought your letter back since she was at school in the afternoon.

The call had actually been made a few days ago, but Du Changqun had basically ignored it. However, someone from Jiang Se's class had brought the letter back from school for her.

At this moment, Jiang Se suddenly remembered that the phone number in the school registry was Du Changqun's. She had forgotten to leave her own phone number with the school after buying her own phone because she had been busy with the filming these few days and did not manage to settle it.

Zhou Hui glanced at her daughter's expression again. Then, she said with a sigh, "Your Uncle Du has never gone to college, but isn't he doing fine right now? Does he not have a family and a career?" She did not mention the discarded notification letter. "Moreover, you can't even support your own life and are still living in this house. How're you going to pay for the tuition fees?"

Jiang Se was silent for a while before she made a decision. "I'll look for a place to rent tomorrow and I'll move out."

There was still about a month before the semester started. She had $15,000 in her bank card, and more than $30,000 had yet to be paid by the production teams. According to the contract, she would be paid once the film was completed.

"Pretense to Reality" had just begun filming, but Zhao Rang's film was almost finished. She could get her money by the end of August at the latest.

It was inconvenient for her to live with the Du family. If she wanted to go for auditions in August, she would have to go out early and come back late, so she was better off renting a room of her own.

Zhou Hui was alarmed. Her daughter's expression told her that she was not joking. She wanted to persuade her at first, but she suddenly remembered Du Changqun's cold expressions lately, hence she gave up on saying anything to make her stay.

Jiang Se did not dawdle after making her decision. She was up early the next day.

Because of the incident with her notification letter, Zhou Hui still had an awkward expression when she glanced at her. She did not greet her daughter.

Since she decided to rent a room, Jiang Se would naturally not consider anything around the immediate vicinity. There were many advertisement bills pasted on the walls around the area. However, most of the units were decades old, and they were not the most accessible as well.

Moreover, this residential area had no management office. It would not be very safe to return home late at night. Since she had to spend the money anyway, she decided to go with a real estate agent. She expected to spend about $8,000 for her tuition fees, which left her with a budget of around $7,000 for rent.

Her requirements were not high. In her current situation, it was impossible for her to have the quality of life she had when she was Feng Nan. However, she still wanted a secure neighborhood with a management office.

As for the location, the city center was naturally out of the question since she did not have much money.

The agent found a neighborhood according to her requirements.

It was built by the famous real estate company, Yunfeng Corporation. The units in the neighborhood were small and most of them were bought as real estate investments which were rented out after some simple renovation.

The agent brought Jiang Se to view the unit that was on the 11th floor. It was not spacious at only about 20 square meters. However, it was complete in other aspects despite its size. Equipped with a toilet and a kitchen, the landlord had furnished the unit as well.

The bed was by the bay window. There was a rack where she could dry her laundry on and a small couch beside her bed. Although there was no television set in the unit, the landlord had placed a used computer in it.

"The landlord is in a hurry to rent the unit out. Although the room is small, it's not too far away from the neighborhood subway station. This neighborhood is relatively new, and it isn't fully occupied yet. The management is very responsible, and the neighborhood is quiet. That ticks all your boxes. Also, the unit has already been renovated, so you can move in any time." The agent was a young man with a crew cut. He seemed shy as he spoke to Jiang Se, and he threw furtive glances at her as he spoke.

"So, I've shown you the neighborhood, and I've contacted the landlord. If you're willing to sign the contract, the landlord agrees to you paying a single month's rent for now. You'll have a grace period to pay your deposit as well." He pointed to the computer in the room. "This unit is equipped with internet connection. Just call the office to activate it if you want to use it."

After introducing everything there was about the unit, the agent could no longer restrain himself. "Are you a celebrity?"

Jiang Se smiled and did not answer his question.

This unit was indeed much better than her room back in the Du residence.

Although her monthly rent was $2,500, the unit was still clean and looked comfortable enough to live in. Perhaps it had never been rented out after the renovation.

When the windows were opened, the wind blew into the unit. Although the blocks were quite close to each other, Jiang Se gave it some thought and eventually decided to sign the contract and rent the unit.

The landlord's term was that the unit had to be rented for at least half a year. With the agent mediating between them, Jiang Se was allowed to pay a single month's rent for now. The remaining rent and the deposit could be paid in August.

Even so, the agent fees and the rent took a third out of Jiang Se's bank account. After swiping her card, there was only $10,000 left in her card.

Although she had to spend her own money, she felt much more at ease moving out from the Du residence. Even if she had to go out early and come back late to work for a new film, at least, she would be able to return to her own house.

Jiang Se tried to comfort herself. "The 99th Love Letter" should be wrapping up soon, and she should be able to receive her remuneration. When she thought about this and looked at the balance of her bank card on her phone screen, she felt much better.

When everything was settled, it was already three in the afternoon. She prepared to return to the Du residence to move her things.

She did not have many possessions. Aside from some clothes, all she had were some posters and accessories typically owned by girls her age. These were bought by the original Jiang Se. Because she did not have much pocket money, the quality of the things she bought was not great as well. She placed all her belongings in a box by her bed.

After Jiang Se was reborn, she never touched these things. She hesitated slightly when she was moving, but in the end, she brought them with her.

When she was leaving the house, Zhou Hui was talking to the neighbor outside the house. Upon seeing Jiang Se come out from the house, the neighbor smiled and greeted her.

"Going on a trip, Sese?"

Jiang Se nodded while Zhou Hui's gaze lingered on the bags in her hand. In the end, she lowered her head.

After paying the rent, Jiang Se looked at the computer in her room. Following a slight moment's hesitation, she called the office to activate the internet connection in her room.

Ever since her rebirth, she seemed to have cut herself off from the world. Even her phone was one of the oldest models. It had been a long time since she surfed the web. Her only source of news was random mentions by the people around her.

She was interested to search for any latest development on the Feng family of Zhongnan Industries on the internet.


章節 46: Suspicion

編輯: EndlessFantasy Translation

It had been two months since Jiang Se's rebirth. Judging from the information she heard when she was in the "Rescue Mission" cast, "Feng Nan" had a peculiar identity.

The worker came to activate her internet connection shortly after her phone call. Jiang Se placed her luggage in her room, went to the business hall to sign her tenancy agreement, and paid the stipulated amount. The worker came around 6 p.m.

After activating her internet connection, the man in the uniform helped Jiang Se connect her computer to the internet. After instructing her to set her own password and testing the connection by opening a random page, the worker put his tools away.

"It's done, but your computer is quite old, and it's been a while since it was last switched on. That's why it's sluggish."

Jiang Se naturally would not have been picky about this. After the worker left, she took her keys and went out as well.

There was a supermarket in the neighborhood. Since she had just moved into the unit, she needed to buy soap, detergent, and other household items for herself.

Although there was a bed in her rented room, she also had to buy her own sheets and pillow.

Jiang Se felt hesitant about spending her money when she imagined her dwindling account balance. She bought some condiments and ingredients to cook in her own unit.

It was almost eight o'clock when she returned home with bulging bags. She sorted out her groceries before sitting down before the computer.

She was in no hurry to visit any specific website. Instead, she began pondering about "Feng Nan's" identity.

Being reborn as Jiang Se had come as a sudden shock to her. With the Du family's condition back then, she dared not let the others notice anything different about her. She had survived her days in that house carefully.

She had guessed that the person within "Feng Nan's" body was not the original Jiang Se. However, after her rebirth, "Feng Nan" did not act out of place or call the Du family. For a 17-year-old girl, she was too calm which was odd.

Moreover, nobody knew how the Feng family was better than Jiang Se.

She accidentally overheard Zhang Jingan and Liu Ye's conversation when she was with the "Rescue Mission" cast back then. From the information she could glean, Jiang Se inferred that this "Feng Nan" might have gotten close with the Jianghua Group heir just as the Feng family arranged. She was convinced that they were intimate as well.

If her guesses were right, then "Feng Nan" was a tactful character. She had somehow worked her influence on Pei Yi's side and gotten her hands on a large batch of firearms.

This person was capable of being associated with the heir of the Zhao family's group while investing in the entertainment industry under the Feng family's nose. The methods employed by this person was not something the original 17-year-old "Jiang Se" could have managed.

In other words, the current "Feng Nan" might not be the actual Jiang Se at all.

She calmed her thoughts and searched for Zhongnan Industries.

The Feng family's business ventures were completely controlled by the family members since the company was not public.

When the results of her search returned on the browser, she got the information about the Feng family's hotel in Hong Kong. There was also some basic information there and the occasional news article about the younger members of the Feng family. However, she could not find anything more about "Feng Nan".

This was extremely abnormal!

Although the Fengs were famous in Hong Kong, they were not considered a big name in the imperial capital. If "Feng Nan" had acted strangely, it should have been impossible for her to not leave any trace.

She searched for information about the Jianghua Group. This time, she got more results. Besides the latest activities of the Zhao family, most of the hottest news were about the Jianghua Group heir, Zhao Junhan, dating the young lady of the Feng family!

The paparazzi managed to take several photos, and Jiang Se could recognize the back of the person even if she had turned to ashes!

The Jianghua Group must have been eager to make the marriage between the Zhaos and the Fengs a success. Therefore, they did not pay the media to retract these photos.

However, it was thanks to these photos that Jiang Se was able to confirm "Feng Nan's" existence.

She looked at the time stamp. The news had come out in early July.

Other people might not have known it, but she was clearly aware that something had happened to her at that time. Since something had happened to her, who was the person with whom Zhao Junhan went on a date?

The person did a good job of hiding her true self and had everyone else fooled. Since she continued to keep in touch with Zhao Junhan after her incident, this meant that this person had a certain understanding of her.

If she could keep her cool and not reveal her own intentions, she must have been someone educated or experienced.

She crossed out the possibility of that person being the original Jiang Se. She began thinking about the possible identity of this person who seemed to be familiar with her.

She had kept a low profile throughout her life. She had good friends, but most of them were daughters of rich families or debutantes of similar social standing such as herself. These people shared the same characteristics as Feng Nan. They were born into rich families and frowned upon the entertainment industry.

However, "Feng Nan" chose to work with the Jianghua Group after being reborn and invested in Zhang Jingan's new film in the entertainment industry. By the looks of things, she was not making a small move. She even leveraged on her relationship with Pei Yi. This meant that she was determined on getting involved in this industry.

Such actions were completely the opposite of what the people she knew would do.

She went through the possibilities in her mind carefully. However, she could not remember meeting anyone from the entertainment industry before. She spent a long time thinking and could not think of any names. All she could do now was to forcibly suppress her suspicions for now.

No matter what, this person was capable of fooling the Feng family into not noticing anything unusual about her. Also, she used her identity as "Feng Nan" to dabble in the entertainment industry the moment she was reborn. She must have had something to do with the entertainment industry even before she was reborn.

She was not in a good mood right now. There were many news articles about the Zhao family's latest activities aside from information about Zhao Junhan and the young Miss Feng's fate. She opened Twitter and searched for Zhao Junhan's name. His profile should have stated that he was a shareholder of the Jianghua Group. However, it was now changed to the chairman of the imperial capital's Changhe Films Limited.

Jiang Se scrolled through Zhao Junhan's activities. After getting past the horde of meaningless tweets, the general impression she got was that he was interested in investing in the entertainment industry.

Before her rebirth, Jiang Se had a meal with this heir of the Jianghua Group. Although they did not know each other well back then, since they knew that their families were interested in working together, they could tell that there was the possibility of their families being allied by their marriage in the future. Therefore, Zhao Junhan did not hide some things from her.

Back then, he never showed any inclination or liking toward the entertainment industry.

She licked her lips and rested her chin on her hand. The change in Zhao Junhan must have been connected to the appearance of this "Feng Nan".

After scrolling through the search results, she returned to the Twitter homepage. Her sharp eyes noticed something about Zhao Rang.

When she saw the familiar name, she expanded the thread. The content of the tweet was Zhao Rang's new film, "The 99th Love Letter".

As a famous director, Zhao Rang attracted the attention of the media the moment he began filming. Now that the shooting was almost completed, the company was naturally preparing to publicize it.

She searched for "The 99th Love Letter" and was greeted by Cui Xing's profile.

His latest tweet was related to "The 99th Love Letter", and it was published 15 minutes ago.


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