CHAPTER 456: CHAPTER 453: BEST ACTRESS 20

At the end of the review, Meng Meiqi gave Ning Shuangshuang’s acting a very high evaluation, "I can’t claim that Ning Shuangshuang has completely embodied all of Qin Shuangshuang’s historical charm. After all, no matter how good Ning Shuangshuang’s acting is, she couldn’t have experienced that era of raging war and truly empathize with those times. But I’m certain that Ning Shuangshuang’s portrayal of General Qin will inevitably be an unsurpassable classic!"

As a top-tier critic, Meng Meiqi’s influence is formidable. Her glowing review of Ning Shuangshuang instantly drew numerous people who previously held the same reservations and refused to watch this drama. Subsequently, countless individuals became fans of Ning Shuangshuang’s performance!

With the show’s popularity soaring, Ning Shuangshuang’s fame expanded rapidly. She even began having fans organize themselves into fan clubs. By the time the entire drama finished airing, Ning Shuangshuang had thoroughly risen to stardom. Although not yet a household name, she had become one of the top stars!

The speed at which Ning Shuangshuang rose to fame was almost like she had taken a rocket, fast and soaring. In her past life, she took three years to reach this position among top stars, but now, it had only taken her a few months, even though Ning Shuangshuang was still poor.

Contrasted with Ning Shuangshuang’s explosive popularity, the praises for a minor role in the neighboring crew on the internet were like small waves overwhelmed by the surging tide, quickly disappearing without a trace.

Currently, Ning Shuangshuang is at the height of her popularity. All the newcomers emerging online during this period have been overshadowed by Ning Shuangshuang’s meteoric rise, and completely crushed!

After her sudden fame, Ning Shuangshuang immediately faced a series of changes. Firstly, since she lived within a residential area and hadn’t concealed her whereabouts before, many people in the neighborhood recognized her.

Now that she’s famous, her residence was almost instantly exposed, immediately besieged by reporters who came in response to the news, leading to countless interviews back-to-back, and paparazzi started stalking her, making it extremely inconvenient for Ning Shuangshuang to come and go.

Although Ning Shuangshuang now had money, since she had only acted in a few lines of a role by Zheng Mingjing before, she was essentially a newcomer, and her total earnings weren’t much.

The main reason for this is that her sudden fame came unexpectedly. Ning Shuangshuang was used to renting an apartment on her own and hadn’t had the chance to rent a place with better privacy, which led to her current situation with reporters and paparazzi blocking her doors.

Now, Ning Shuangshuang urgently needs a good personal manager to help her handle these trivial matters. As for the indispensable personal assistant for actors, Ning Shuangshuang doesn’t care much whether she has one or not; after all, she’s not disabled and can take care of her own affairs quite well.

Speaking of managers, aside from reporters and paparazzi, what troubles Ning Shuangshuang the most is this. Earlier, people from major management companies approached Ning Shuangshuang to sign a contract, but unfortunately, the conditions they offered were outright exploitation.

The contract terms given by the manager from the big company were like a slavery contract, and the person had an arrogant attitude, acting like signing with Ning Shuangshuang was a favor, waiting for this newcomer in the entertainment circle to ingratiate herself.

Naturally, Ning Shuangshuang wouldn’t buy into this attitude, nor did she get angry over it. People who play up and step down won’t reach high positions. It’s said that the more capable and higher their status, the more they are amiable and courteous without arrogance.

Besides, such people aren’t worthy of being her manager, she wouldn’t bother to argue with these small fry. If she were to argue, she’d lose her own dignity, so Ning Shuangshuang simply dismissed them subtly.

There weren’t many management companies that came to Ning Shuangshuang before. The only big company sent someone like this, clearly not taking Ning Shuangshuang seriously. Therefore, even though several management companies brought looser contract terms this time, Ning Shuangshuang still rejected them all.

Okay, Ning Shuangshuang is narrow-minded, she claims not to mind but actually resents these companies for looking down on her, bringing slavery contracts for her to sign, clearly bullying her as a newcomer. Now that she’s hit it big, these companies come back to sign her up, Ning Shuangshuang resolutely avoids signing with companies that couldn’t see her value and treat her like an idiot.

But aside from these companies, many of the top managers from major management companies came with generous contract terms to sign Ning Shuangshuang, and Ning Shuangshuang experienced choice anxiety, not knowing whom to choose.

At this moment, a luxury business car carried a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with a refined and handsome look, appearing no older than twenty-seven or twenty-eight, arriving at Ning Shuangshuang’s residential area.

Beside the man was a neatly dressed woman, who followed him into the area. She glanced around and couldn’t help but wrinkle her brow, saying to the man, "Is Ning Shuangshuang out of her mind? How could she, being a public figure, live in such an area where privacy leaks everywhere?"

The man adjusted his glasses indifferently and said, "Although she’s now in the spotlight, she’s merely a fifteen-year-old girl. It’s said her economic condition wasn’t great before, living here is understandable. Besides, at that age, do you expect her to be meticulous in decision-making?"

The man, saying this, already entered the hallway, noting the piles of miscellaneous clutter and the dirty floor. The man, having somewhat of an obsession with cleanliness, frowned slightly for the first time, though his expression quickly returned to normal as he stepped onto the stairs.

"Even so, after receiving payment for her performance, she should immediately move to a high-end complex with good privacy protection, right?" As she walked through the messy and dirty hallway, the woman still felt unsettled and remarked.

The man paused his step, turned to look at the woman, and coldly warned, "If today I’m successful in signing her, you’ll be her personal assistant responsible for her daily care and all trivial matters hereafter. You are one of the best assistants trained by the company, you should know what you can and cannot say. The remarks you made today indicate your training is subpar, so I hope I won’t hear anything similar again!"

"I, I understand. I will never say those things again!" Though the man didn’t exhibit anger, the woman felt somewhat scared looking at him, her voice trembled as she replied, and her face paled. She was absolutely unwilling to defy this super ace manager with an extraordinary position in the company.

Seeing the woman’s fearful pale face, the man indifferently turned away and continued ascending, speaking coolly, "Remember, an actor’s responsibility is merely to perform well and not say inappropriate things before reporters. In both respects, she’s doing very well. As for other matters, they’re for me as the manager and you as the assistant to handle. If she could manage everything herself, what would be our roles, where would the value of managers and assistants be?"

"I am sure I’ll take good care of her, never speak out of turn again. Rest assured, Mr. Jin." The woman bowed her head, following the man while promising.

"Hmm, it’s good that you understand, but it’s still too early to consider these matters now. The other party may not agree to sign with our company." Although the man spoke with such words, his tone carried a hint of casualness, evidently not believing that Ning Shuangshuang would truly reject signing.

’That Ning Shuangshuang would have to be an idiot to refuse such generous terms from Sky Company and the favor of the super ace manager Jin An.’ The woman muttered to herself secretly, but ultimately kept this thought to herself, having learned her lesson from before.

Ning Shuangshuang lived on the seventh floor, and with no elevators in the building, the man ascended step by step, his pace unhurried but not slow, while the woman following behind began to breathe heavily, though not daring to request a pause for rest.