Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

Chapter 14 The Movie Emperor's Pet Baby

Qiao Li had watched "Come Play" before and thought highly of the show, so when Qi Yuan offered him the opportunity, he didn't refuse. However, after participating in the recording, he discovered that everything was different from what he had imagined, simply because he lacked fame and had gotten in through connections.

He noticed the director's disdain for him. A simple recording session made him feel humiliated, so after starting second, he began to chase the man in black frantically. He wanted to take first place and let those who looked down on him know that he was much better than those pretty-but-nothing actors.

Fan Yulong, who started third, leisurely found Qi Jing, ordered a cup of coffee as well, and sat watching Qiao Li's frenzy outside.

The other guests made the same choice as Fan Yulong. The six of them reached a tacit agreement and did not arrest any of the men in black. They quietly drank coffee for an hour.

In the end, Qiao Li won, but it was just a harmless game. The others didn't care too much about the rankings, which is why Qiao Li was so crazy.

"It's more lively when six people are together. Who wants to travel alone on a plane?"

Fan Yulong spoke for everyone, and after disguising themselves, they boarded the train, and the journey was lively and bustling.

At the very beginning of the show's recording, Qiao Li had already distanced himself from everyone else on the show. As an unknown novelist, he treated everyone with an arrogant attitude, which had long since made everyone unhappy. However, in this industry, everyone knows how to act.

Over the next two days of recording, Qi Jing witnessed Qiao Li almost unconsciously offending everyone. Of course, he also attracted several fans who had read his novels and thus became fascinated with his writing.

After the recording ended, Qi Jing was almost certain that his previous judgment was correct. Qiao Li was an arrogant, self-centered, and selfish person. Moreover, he said whatever he thought. Unlike Fan Yulong's straightforwardness, what he said was basically equivalent to his malicious thoughts, which offended many people.

Such people are actually quite easy to deal with.

Qi Jing smiled dangerously.

After the show aired, Qiao Li attracted many fans, but they were all haters.

His behavior also made everyone look down on him. Everyone is equal, so who is he trying to impress with his arrogant attitude? Moreover, if you really think about it, the other six guests in this circle are all of higher status than him, but they have always acted very friendly. Only Qiao Li, from beginning to end, had an arrogant look on his face. When he grabbed the man in black, his fierce expression made it seem like he was going to kill him.

The entire performance failed to please the audience, which also affected Qiao Li's fledgling novel career. The little bit of attention she had just received from the company disappeared without a trace.

Qi Jing had anticipated Qiao Li's current situation, and he even played a little role in it. The director already disliked Qiao Li, and Qi Jing gave him a few hints. After the show aired, the editors deliberately exaggerated Qiao Li's shortcomings, which led to the current situation.

In the study, Qi Jing was having a video conference with his subordinates. In a spot out of the camera's view, Yu Liu was bouncing around on her phone, tapping away at the keyboard.

For Qi Jing, who was already on guard, Qiao Li, this newcomer who had just transmigrated, was no match for him. Although he hadn't had time to do anything yet, Qi Jing couldn't just stand by and watch his enemy grow stronger. So he planned to cut off Qiao Li's escape route, so that Qiao Li would never have the chance to become powerful again.

Now all the plans are in place, and we're just waiting to implement them.

Yu Liu had long disliked Qiao Li's arrogant demeanor, so she took control of some of the details of the plan, intending to indulge in the pleasure of harming her enemy.

After entering her account information, Yu Liu touched the login button again. After the page loaded, a Shuxiu account appeared. Although the account was not verified, it had more than a million followers, making it a small-time internet celebrity.

Following Qi Jing's instructions, Yu Liu found Qiao Li's book show account online. The latest book show message was Qiao Li clarifying public opinion. After the broadcast of "Come Play," many people doubted that Qiao Li, an unknown writer, could participate. So many big-name celebrities expressed their desire to come and play, but none of them went up. Instead, a complete stranger went up. Nobody would believe there was no inside story.

As a result, a large army of fans from all walks of life gathered under Qiao Li's book post.

In the previous life when Qiao Li caused Qi Jing's death, Qiao Li also participated in the recording of "Come Play" and a similar incident of condemnation occurred. However, in that life, Qi Jing did not participate in "Come Play," and the person who replaced him was also an unknown minor celebrity. Qiao Li was very lucky at that time. After the show aired, the other party was exposed for drug use, which attracted all attention to that minor celebrity, and Qiao Li naturally remained unscathed. But things are different now. Without the minor celebrity to attract attention, Qiao Li has become the target of public criticism.

Even though the audience knew perfectly well that Qiao Li had gotten into the show through connections, Qiao Li stood up and publicly stated that she was wronged.

He said he didn't expect to be able to participate in the recording of "Come Play". He was surprised to receive the invitation from the program team and thought it was a scam at first. Later he found out that it was real. The reason was that someone in the production team liked the book he wrote and invited him after considering various factors.

Production team: Haha, we're not taking the blame for this!!

Just as the production team was about to clarify that Qiao Li was delusional, the investors added more money.

Production team: For money, we'll take the blame!

The silence of the production team made many overthinkers wonder if they had wronged someone. The comments section under Qiao Li's post became noisy. At this moment, Yu Liu manipulated the little pink account she had bought to forward Qiao Li's post.

Following Qi Jing's instructions, Yu Liu fumbled on the keyboard for a while before finally managing to type out a sentence.

[A small collection of funny videos: After reading that book that supposedly moved the director, I have to admit it's well-written. The protagonist's path in officialdom is described as magnificent and full of ups and downs. What's rare is that it also uses the opportunity to satirize the current state of society. The writing is vivid and captivating. However—what makes me suspicious is that after watching Mr. Qiao Li's performance on Laiwanba, I only have one feeling: Mr. Qiao Li, if you were a novelist, I think you could write those light novels with a protagonist who levels up and has a harem theme very well. This profound novel you published doesn't seem like something someone with your personality could write. Moreover, the novel subtly mentions many unspoken rules of officialdom. I think it's impossible for someone who isn't an official to know these unspoken rules so clearly. I've read your background; you come from a rural area, graduated from high school, didn't go to university, and entered the entertainment industry by chance, but you've never become famous, so you live a very frugal life. I just don't know how you, who have been playing minor roles, know so many unspoken rules of officialdom?]

In a single sentence, he sharply tore through Qiao Li's disguise.

Yu Liu naturally couldn't have come up with such a statement. It was Qi Jing who taught her this phrase. In Qi Jing's view, Qiao Li's choice to write a novel was simply foolish. He didn't deny that some people could become legends with a single book, but those people's books were more or less related to their own experiences, or their imaginations were just too rich. But what about the book that Qiao Li copied? It was a political novel, with a grand and imposing style. The protagonist went from a small, ambitious person to experiencing all kinds of darkness in the officialdom before finally stepping into the ranks of the country's leaders. Much of the content was beyond Qiao Li's comprehension. His choice of this novel was simply foolish. It was also because he was lucky that no one had suspected anything about it.

Qi Jing even suspected that Qiao Li might be like those chosen ones in novels, who would naturally escape danger when faced with something that threatened his interests. However, no matter why no one discovered this matter, Qi Jing would expose it as a pretext to ensure that Qiao Li would never have a chance to rise in the world!

As soon as Yu Liu posted this message, the online trolls that Qi Jing had hired beforehand started to frantically hype it up. Coupled with the followers that this little pink account already had, the message was on the trending list in just over ten minutes.

Those who read the message felt as if they had been jolted awake. They quickly went back to reread the book that Qiao Li had copied, comparing it with the personality they had seen on Laiwanba.com. They realized that the account "Little Funny Video Collection Station" was absolutely right. Although they couldn't judge whether the book wasn't written by Qiao Li based solely on his personality, what about Qiao Li's background? For years, he had been working as a minor supporting actor and extra in various film crews. Where did he learn so much about officialdom? Let alone knowing any officials, even if someone was an official, who would casually tell such secrets to an outsider? Just like celebrities in the entertainment industry, everyone knows about the unspoken rules, but no celebrity would openly tell others about them.

Once the audience came to their senses, they began to analyze the possibilities.

When Qiao Li received the call from his agent Lü Wei, he was having a long phone conversation with Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan was completely devoted to him, and upon learning that Qiao Li was embroiled in controversy over alleged backdoor deals, he immediately invested tens of millions of yuan in the production team to silence them.

Qi Yuan's gesture deeply moved Qiao Li, and her affection for him grew even stronger. Just as the two were getting quite intimate, their agent's call came in at the most inopportune moment.

When Qiao Li heard the phone ring, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes, and her tone was naturally not very pleasant when she answered the phone: "What is it?"

Lu Wei was stunned for a moment. He had been an agent for many years and had a considerable network of contacts. Qiao Li was the least noticeable person among the people he managed. In the past, Qiao Li had always been respectful when she received his calls. Could it be that she dialed the wrong number?

He checked the phone number and confirmed it was indeed Qiao Li's.

Since it's Qiao Li, there's no need to hold back: "Qiao Li, you've been in this industry for so many years, I thought you'd become smarter, but I didn't expect you to be as foolish as ever!!"

Lu Wei looked down on Qiao Li. In this industry, very few people rise to the top overnight. Most people climb the ladder steadily. Qiao Li didn't have such good luck, but she also refused to settle down and act steadily. Instead, she was always thinking of crooked ways to show off her status, which Lu Wei had long looked down on.

It's happening again. Qiao Li's eyes were filled with darkness. It was clearly the original owner who was useless, yet she was the one who was constantly being scolded after transmigrating. These people would pay the price for her actions sooner or later!

He was impatient to listen to his agent's lecture any longer, so he hung up the phone decisively.

On the other end of the phone, Lü Wei's face was equally gloomy. If it weren't for the fact that Qiao Li still had some economic value, he would have stopped caring about her long ago. Now that he had been given the cold shoulder, he sneered and decided to give up on her completely.

By the time Qiao Li finished being affectionate with Qi Yuan and wanted to go online to check if her fans' impressions of her had changed, the situation was already out of control.

The power of netizens is immense. They initially suspected that Qiao Li had plagiarized a book, but after verifying each other's claims, they found that no book about officialdom could be written as profoundly as Qiao Li's. Since it wasn't plagiarism, nor was it written by Qiao Li herself, the only explanation was that Qiao Li hired a ghostwriter.

In any case, the majority of netizens have already concluded that this book was not written by Qiao Li.

Qiao Li was stunned when she saw the already widespread news about it online.

Was discovered.

Qiao Li panicked completely. He remembered the call his agent had made to him earlier and immediately called back. The phone rang for more than a minute, but no one answered. He called again, but still no one answered. Qiao Li knew that his agent might have abandoned him.

After much thought, the only person who could help him was Qi Yuan. However, he couldn't get through to Qi Yuan by phone. Qi Yuan's family wasn't incredibly wealthy, and taking out nearly ten million yuan at once was already a serious financial blow. Moreover, Qi Yuan had directly embezzled company funds. If it weren't for the fact that they were members of the Qi family, those old foxes in the company would have devoured them whole long ago.

Qi Yuan, who had made a serious mistake, was detained at home by his parents, and all his electronic devices were confiscated, so he naturally couldn't receive Qiao Li's call.

Qiao Li was now completely alone. He could only pray that the hype surrounding this matter would die down so that he could plagiarize other things from his own world and make a comeback.

The idea was wonderful, but Qi Jing wouldn't give him the chance. Yu Liu was a great help in this matter. While browsing the internet, she found Qiao Li's computer and discovered that Qiao Li was probably afraid of forgetting things from that world, so he converted his memories into text and stored them on the computer. Most of them were songs, and some were novels and scripts.

These were the most classic things in Qiao Li's world, and also the foundation of Qiao Li's fame. Yu Liu naturally copied them without hesitation.

With these documents, cutting off Qiao Li's escape route was easy. Yu Liu registered a new account and posted all the documents online. Since the authors were unknown, the authors were listed as anonymous. Anyone who needed them could use them directly.

This can be seen as a way of allowing the civilization of that world to flourish in this world, but the credit will no longer be given to Qiao Li, and he will no longer be able to receive any honor.

Qi Jing didn't go all the way. Later, Qiao Li left the entertainment industry, found an ordinary job, and became a homebody again.

As for the promise he made to the original owner, it has long since vanished. Now he is getting further and further away from Qi Jing, and he has no way to take revenge.

"It was solved so easily?"

Upon learning that Qiao Li's contract with the company had just expired and that she had left the entertainment industry, Yu Liu's eyes widened in surprise.

"You're overthinking things. Qiao Li is still just an unknown nobody. He's only just made a name for himself, and it's all bad. Dealing with him isn't too difficult right now. But once he rises to prominence, it won't be so easy."

Qi Jing poked Yu Liu's ears and tail through the screen with obvious affection, and said casually.

"Oh right! There's one more thing I forgot to do."

Yu Liu asked, somewhat puzzled, "What is it?"

"I want to retire from acting!"

This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; it was a decision that had been considered long ago.

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