Chapter 381: Heat
“When are you going back?”
This morning, Sakurai Reina was having breakfast and happened to ask about her. Yu Linna had been staying at the Sakurai house for quite some time, and she wouldn’t be staying here for too long.
“Probably next week.”
“So soon? It’s fine if you go back a little later.”
“No, I’ve already troubled you for too long. It’s about time I went back.”
Yu Linna replied to her in Japanese and also served her a bowl of rice.
She had stayed in Japan for too long. She had originally planned to stay for only a month, but who knew that three months had passed? She really couldn’t stay here any longer. She had to go back, back to her own country.
“I see…”
Sakurai Reina didn’t say anything more, just silently ate her breakfast. In other words, starting next week, she would no longer be able to enjoy such a delicious breakfast. The thought was truly a shame.
If she could, she still wanted to continue to live with her. She now quite liked this little younger sister, who was willing to endure hardship and work hard, and her cooking was also delicious. To just let her go back was really not very willing.
But Miss Sakurai could not stop her from doing so. No matter how good Yu Linna was, she was just passing by here on her journey. She would not be staying here for long. Her real stage was not here.
This stage, Japan, had her, Sakurai Reina and Hase Yuki, but there was no Yu Linna. This stage did not belong to her.
The place she should go was not here.
“Then I’ll take you to the airport. Little Yuki has a car.”
“Okay.”
And so, Yu Linna’s return date was set. But before that, she would continue to work with the crew, supervise the work, and at the same time, revise the loopholes in the script to avoid problems. Before she left, she had told the director that the script was almost done here and didn’t need to be changed. It was no problem to just keep filming.
She had spent a lot of effort on the script of the TV series The Big Sister Head is a Teacher, and she had also put in a lot of effort into the filming of the TV series. She didn’t want to just put this drama aside and go back. But she knew that she couldn’t stay here for long. She still had more important things to do.
“Shion-sensei, if you leave, we’ll be quite lonely. Are you sure you don’t want to consider it a little more?”
Han Ying had looked for her during a break and had talked about this topic.
“Mmm, no need. I won’t change. Thank you for your concern, but I’ve already decided.”
Yu Linna actually quite liked this Chinese-American actress, Han Ying. They were both from China. Although they had chosen different professions, they got along very well on the set. Plus, Han Ying had also helped Yu Linna before. She was quite friendly to Han Ying.
Since she had said so, Han Ying naturally did not intend to make her persist and changed the topic.
Besides this, two other things had happened recently.
Just when Yu Linna was rumored to be possibly signing in Japan to become an artist of Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd., many people in Japan had also questioned the truth of the official event. Many fans of her looks had also said they would be happy to see her join. But most of it was probably just for the fun of it.
The most ruthless was probably mainland China. They had been causing trouble on Weibo all along, and many people had also questioned Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd. on Twitter. Clearly, they were not very willing for Yu Linna to sign in Japan. This was also the mentality of many Chinese people. Although most people could not decide whether their idols were willing to immigrate or sign with which company, they always wanted their idols to respond to their expectations with a perfect attitude. Of course, this was impossible.
Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd. had no choice but to issue a notice, severely condemning the rumor-monger, and publicly stating to the outside world that besides Han Ying, there was no second Chinese-American actor among the artists under Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd., let alone signing Yu Linna as an artist.
When this news came out, many Chinese netizens ate a reassurance pill.
And the Japanese netizens who were watching the fun also had a disappointed tone. They had originally been looking forward to Yu Linna joining the Japanese entertainment industry.
Originally, the matter could have ended happily here, and no one would mention Yu Linna’s matter anymore.
At this time, Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd. announced the list of the main creators of the drama The Big Sister Head is a Teacher. The director, lead actors, supporting actors, voice actors, supervisors, screenwriters, theme song, producers, and so on were all on the list. Before looking at this list, everyone knew that there was a Chinese-American actor who had joined this drama, and that was Han Ying, who played the second female lead, Mizutani Suzuon. After the list was announced, they didn’t think there was any problem. The problem was that they had found a familiar name on the list.
Screenwriter: Shion.
This name might be quite unfamiliar to the Japanese, but for the Chinese netizens, it was still quite familiar. The first time they saw this name, they were stunned, and then Weibo started to argue again.
“What’s going on, what’s going on? Shion-sensei?? Hasn’t he been missing for a long time!”
“Yeah! His book release speed has dropped a lot now. There’s only one volume of Zixuan and the Paper Airplane every month. It’s not at all as good as his peak! But how could he appear on the list of a Japanese drama!”
“I can’t understand it at all. Has Shion-sensei run off to Japan because he can’t make it in the country?”
“That’s not right. Think about it. Although Shion-sensei is a novelist, on top of that, he’s also written a script, drawn illustrations, and even done character design for a mobile game. Have you forgotten? The Smile of the Rose and Wulin Kitchen Maiden are both scripts written by this great author!”
“Speaking of The Smile of the Rose, I get angry. After the screenwriter was changed for the second season, the style all changed, and the story became not good to watch! Now the third season is coming out, and the screenwriter is still not Shion!”
“Same. I hope Shion-sensei will write the fourth season of The Smile of the Rose.”
Weibo was a lively place.
Everyone probably hadn’t expected that a has-been author could actually be on the hot search again, and it was because of the influence of a Japanese drama. One had to know that this Japanese drama didn’t have much of a budget, and the investment was also small. The cost of promotion was almost zero. Now it was good. Someone was paying attention to it before it was even broadcast.
“This Shion, who is he?”
In the entertainment industry, there were of course also newcomers who would be unfamiliar with this name. They didn’t understand how a has-been author could compete with them, these popular celebrities, for the hot search on Weibo. This was really too abnormal.
“That’s Shion-sensei. You might not know him, but for a period of time, his popularity was even higher than that of the popular celebrities. His name was often at the top of the Weibo hot search list.”
A clear female voice sounded. The few newcomers turned their heads and quickly put away their phones, looking obedient.
“Hello, Senior Nangong.”
Nangong Ying nodded, as a greeting. Actually, her seniority was not that long, just that she had debuted for two years. But in front of these newcomers, she was indeed a senior. Nangong Ying had recently cut her hair short to her neck. Her previously beautiful long hair was no more. She said it was for the sake of filming. Nangong Ying’s popularity was now very high. She was one of the few female action stars in the entertainment industry. Not only did she have many male fans, but she also had a lot of female fans, maybe even more than male fans. This was a rare phenomenon among the stars in the entertainment industry.
Most importantly, she was not a popular celebrity, nor did she come from a popular celebrity background, but a star who had made her name from a “heretical” action film. But her popularity was one of the best among the new generation of actors.
“Aren’t you supposed to be filming a commercial? Still wandering around here?”
“Oh right, sorry, sorry, senior. Then I’ll be going now.”
“Mmm, go ahead.”
Nodding and letting the other party leave first, Nangong Ying took out her phone and looked at the information about Shion-sensei on Weibo. She had always been following Yu Linna, always paying attention to her news on Weibo, including the rumors that she had previously signed with the Japanese entertainment industry. Even if she was busy, she would find time to go on Weibo, to look for the hot search about Yu Linna, and never stopped.
Even if this was a meaningless thing.
“You’re still looking at these things. Do you want to make yourself feel comfortable that much?”
Tang Yumeng walked past her and sneered.
Nangong Ying looked up, didn’t talk to her, and ignored her.
Originally, their relationship was not very good. Recently, it was only because they were filming in the same movie that they had cooperated. The roles they played in the story had a very good relationship, but in private, it was a completely different matter.
There had been rumors before that Nangong Ying and Tang Yumeng did not get along in the crew and often had disputes over the script. Although the company had quickly clarified the rumors, and Nangong Ying had even specially taken a selfie with Tang Yumeng and posted it, saying that their relationship was very good, which made the netizens believe this fact, in fact, this rumor was actually the truth.
The truth is always hidden in an unknown place. It’s just that everyone likes to make subjective judgments, following the rhythm of the people. Whatever they say is what it is, and they don’t question it. If you are not the person involved, you will never know the truth of the matter.
Seeing that she was unwilling to bother with her, Tang Yumeng also didn’t go up to talk to her. That would be meaningless. Anyway, after the movie was finished, she wouldn’t cooperate with her again next time.
Walking out of the company’s main entrance, Tang Yumeng lit a cigarette and let out a puff. She still liked to find time to light a cigarette during her busy work. That feeling was really too wonderful.
But she found that that girl, Yu Linna, seemed to be on the hot search again. This girl, who was clearly already outdated, still had attention. That was also good. She had originally been worried that this girl would sink just like that. She never would have thought that she really planned to start over.
Just as she had said back then, she would come back, and set sail once again.
Yes, she had never thought of giving up. She had just changed a place, to find an opportunity, to kill her way back again.
Even if her condition was not good, even if her books were no longer so popular, she had still never thought of giving up, had never thought of being ordinary. As long as she was still moving forward, she would never stop, let alone retreat.
This girl just had that kind of drive.
Tang Yumeng smiled and finished this cigarette. Fortunately, she didn’t have a kiss scene to film, otherwise with this smell of smoke on her, it would probably be really unbearable.
…
Yu Linna, who was staying in Japan, had at this time already started the creation of her new book. After scrapping many design drafts, she had finally settled on a theme. A new story with a female lead, the theme would be an assassin theme, telling the story of a former female assassin.
The name would be Dawn Assassin. An amnesiac female assassin who had originally wanted to live an ordinary life, but was repeatedly intruded upon by her former companions.
Although she didn’t know if this story would work, she hoped that this would be her new starting point.
