Transmigrated as the Top-Tier Alpha's Secretly Married Ex-Wife - Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Bai Xue was angry all day.

When the groups were drawn, she and Jiang Zhizhi ended up together. Jiang Zhizhi was quite afraid of her, and seeing her angry made her even more scared. As soon as Su Tuantuan appeared, Jiang Zhizhi hid behind her.

Bai Xue looked utterly defeated, and her gaze toward Su Tuantuan was full of resentment. Su Tuantuan only found it amusing and proceeded with the class rehearsal.

In the evening, she noticed that the online sentiment had improved. She contacted Sister Zhou and asked her to help establish a good image for Bai Xue by finding a few accounts to post rehearsal clips and praise her.

At least her professional ability should be beyond reproach.

Sister Zhou was, of course, willing to help. Scripts for collaborations were pouring in daily, and she hadn’t even finished sifting through them yet. More variety shows wanted her on their roster, but Sister Zhou knew the path Su Tuantuan needed to take.

She outright rejected those variety shows. Su Tuantuan needed to have a few representative works first before discussing anything else.

Besides, she had always felt that Su Tuantuan’s variety show abilities were not strong. In Blue Skies, she was, at best, not dragging down the show, but when it came to variety sense, she was truly lacking.

At least participating in a variety show required a very distinct persona, and Su Tuantuan’s past appearances clearly showed she wanted to be invisible. It wasn’t that she avoided the camera, but she didn’t proactively seek topics or make friends.

Sister Zhou hadn’t noticed this before, but now she felt that Su Tuantuan was not a highly social person.

She had managed Su Tuantuan for so many years and hadn’t paid much attention to her before, as there wasn’t much to care about when an artist was unpopular.

Now that she had gained popularity, a count of Su Tuantuan’s friends in the industry showed that most relationships were initiated by others.

Sun Qiushuang, Qiao Yanran, and Ding Zhao all had outgoing personalities and could easily blend in with anyone, but Su Tuantuan was not like that.

Even in the competition, although she would coach Jiang Zhizhi, once their collaboration ended, if Jiang Zhizhi didn’t proactively seek her out, Su Tuantuan wouldn’t seek out Jiang Zhizhi.

Much less take the initiative to help someone like this.

Sister Zhou was a little worried and asked Su Tuantuan directly, “You haven’t fallen for Bai Xue and want to start an AO romance with her, have you?”

Su Tuantuan was speechless at her manager’s imagination. Sister Zhou also realized this was a bit ridiculous and immediately stopped talking, saying she would personally attend the finals to celebrate her success and told her to do her best.

Her tone suggested she was already certain Su Tuantuan would be this season’s champion.

Mo Xian knew Su Tuantuan was short on time for rehearsals every day, so besides sending her nightly greetings, she didn’t bother her much.

Every time Su Tuantuan saw these messages, she thought of the texts the original owner had sent to Mo Xian.

Truly, the tables have turned. What goes around comes around.

This week, Su Tuantuan worked under intense pressure. After rehearsing for two groups, she also had to prepare her own performance. Some other contestants were so stressed that they woke up crying in the middle of the night, clamoring to go home.

However, for those who had been eliminated, staying was already extremely lucky.

At least they had more opportunities to be seen, while the eliminated ones faced a much harder path.

As Jiang Zhizhi and Bai Xue spent more time together rehearsing, Jiang Zhizhi became less afraid of her. On the night before the competition, the nine people gathered for tea and conversation.

The tea party was meant to relax the mood. Jiang Zhizhi shared why she used to be afraid of Bai Xue. “Because I was bullied when I was a child. Two Female Omegas cornered me in the restroom and slapped me because I was wearing the same hairpin as them that day.”

Netizens watching this segment felt immense sympathy for Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Zhizhi held her teacup and smiled. “But after spending time with Bai Xue, I realized she’s really good. She helps me get water every time and brings me face masks at night. Sometimes when we’re tired, we give each other massages. She’s very sincere.”

Su Tuantuan sat there, resting her chin on her hand, listening to them chat.

Someone asked Su Tuantuan, “What about you, Tuantuan? Your acting is so good. Why weren’t you discovered before? Or was your acting not that good before, and you suddenly had a breakthrough after something happened?”

Su Tuantuan was suddenly put on the spot. She paused, blinked, and took a sleepy sip of tea. “No one’s acting suddenly just bursts out.”

She said calmly, “I have to admit there are some naturally gifted actors in the industry, but I’m clearly not one of them. And as for hard work, I’m still far behind many actors.”

She thought for a moment. “Maybe it’s just good luck.”

Everyone thought she was being humble.

In her previous film and television works, Su Tuantuan’s acting was not outstanding, but since joining this show, she seemed to have gained superpowers.

She let everyone see the charm of acting. Her performance was powerful and deeply moving.

Bai Xue stared at her and said slowly, “It’s not good luck.”

Everyone looked at her. Bai Xue was direct. “Tuantuan has a tenacious spirit.”

She picked up a peanut and began shelling it. “When we hit a bottleneck in performance, we just stop. But Tuantuan will try many different ways to play the role until she feels which effect is better and more aligned with the character—”

She smiled. “She can always calmly step outside the role to think, seeing further than us. I think Tuantuan is a very insightful person.”

Everyone nodded frequently, agreeing with her point of view. Su Tuantuan quickly interrupted, “Stop, stop. No more meaningless compliments. No matter how much you praise, you still have to perform well tomorrow. No one can slack off.”

She didn’t think she was guaranteed to win the championship.

Everyone here was very capable and constantly improving.

The championship might not mean much to her personally, but “Su Tuantuan” needed it to establish a foothold.

Netizens spammed the comments, praising Su Tuantuan’s cuteness. Some also felt that Su Tuantuan’s detached nature didn’t seem like someone who would deliberately ride on others’ coattails.

But this argument was quickly overwhelmed by Su Tuantuan’s fans.

Fan: “Don’t bring up the dark history. Who hasn’t been immature? Besides, riding on popularity wasn’t her decision. The company arranged it.”

A chorus of agreement followed below.

With the rapid increase in fans, besides Su Tuantuan’s reputation noticeably improving and many scripts being sent her way, advertisers were also seeking Su Tuantuan for endorsements.

Sister Zhou only asked for Su Tuantuan’s opinion, and Su Tuantuan flatly refused.

She didn’t want to accept any endorsement.

This was her consistent principle.

If she accepted an endorsement, fans would rush to buy the products, she would get an endorsement fee, and the brand would profit greatly.

On the surface, it seemed to validate her influence on sales, but she had always felt that this was due to the overly unhealthy fan culture in the real world.

There were too many cases of celebrities causing trouble with their endorsements.

She simply believed that the greater one’s influence, the more careful one should be in making choices.

Sister Zhou seemed to have anticipated this result and didn’t say much after the refusal. On Saturday, however, she brought a large number of company employees to cheer for Su Tuantuan.

When the camera cut to the scene, the crowd was full of artists preparing for debut or who had just debuted.

Sister Zhou enthusiastically introduced them. Each carefully dressed artist held a bouquet and chanted in unison, “Senior Su Tuantuan, full of confidence! Good luck in the finals! Star River supports you!”

Su Tuantuan: “…”

This was a thinly veiled promotion and advertisement.

Brilliant…