Chapter 392: Suspected of Being Poached
Nangong Ying walked out of the main entrance of Chenghe Company. This company, which had single-handedly made her famous, she didn’t have much attachment to it. At most, she would just sigh with emotion once or twice. In fact, she didn’t have a good impression of this company either. Many of the newcomer female stars who had left Chenghe in the entertainment industry were not very willing to mention Chenghe. Nangong Ying was just one of the many female stars.
She carried a cardboard box back to her studio. During this time, she met Tang Yumeng, who was packing her things to move out of the crew and go to the next one to film. When Tang Yumeng saw her, she nodded as a greeting, but she didn’t have much enthusiasm for her. Unlike the friendly relationship that was rumored outside, Nangong Ying and Tang Yumeng’s relationship in private was not very good. Although Tang Yumeng had cooperated with her in a movie, and her screen time was no less than hers, their relationship had never been harmonious. The two of them in the crew were just the type to greet each other when they met, and would not chat much in private.
“Leaving?” Nangong Ying asked casually.
“Mmm. And you? Got fired?”
Tang Yumeng lit a cigarette and let out a puff.
“I have no need to renew my contract.”
“That’s right. After all, you and Chenghe are both thoroughgoing bastards.”
Nangong Ying didn’t refute. She herself also felt that it was a fact. Now that things had come to this, she didn’t want to explain anything for herself. Rather than explaining, it was better to be silent.
Tang Yumeng put out her cigarette and then left. After this cooperation ended, she probably wouldn’t cooperate with Nangong Ying a second time. Although nothing unpleasant had happened, they simply couldn’t get along well. After all, Tang Yumeng knew that this person, Nangong Ying, owed Yu Linna. It was impossible for her to like her.
Fortunately, this person still had some self-awareness and had not renewed her contract with Chenghe. If she had chosen to renew her contract, Tang Yumeng would have looked down on her even more.
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Just after Xiao Yanhan had publicly expressed on the show that her idol was Shion-sensei, this has-been author had once again returned to everyone’s eyes. The time was just at the end of the month, and December was about to arrive. At that time, Shion-sensei’s new book, Dawn Assassin, would be on the market, which was another piece of news.
Originally, everyone didn’t have much expectation. After all, Shion-sensei’s level had been declining, and she completely lacked the strength of her peak period. At present, only one Zixuan and the Paper Airplane was still being serialized tenaciously. The other novels were really not worth people’s attention. Everyone also thought that Shion-sensei was just “going through the motions” and was here to flop again.
Until the character design of Dawn Assassin was made public.
When the official Wenqing had made the character design of Dawn Assassin public, the sharp-eyed netizens had discovered that these character designs were very familiar. They soon discovered that these character designs were not the same as the drawings on the notebook that a certain girl had picked up and had been on the hot search before!
Now it was impossible to find the Weibo of that girl named Lin Ge, because it had been deleted. But everyone still had a few of the character designs they had saved before. Although they were all hand-drawn, a careful comparison with Wenqing’s official Weibo showed that these character designs were exactly the same! The art style was also very obvious. Wenqing’s side had indicated that it was drawn by Shion-sensei herself, and looking at the hand-drawn pictures on the previous photos, besides not indicating the author, they were almost identical.
That girl named Lin Ge was a student at Guangnan University, and a freshman at that. She had said that she had accidentally picked it up at the entrance of a convenience store and wanted to ask whose it was. The vast number of netizens had followed the clues and had come to the conclusion that Shion-sensei was a student at Guangnan University.
Because a long time ago, the official Wenqing had publicly stated that Shion-sensei was a high school student taking the gaokao. Now that more than a year had passed, Shion-sensei should be a sophomore by now. It was just that no one had ever known which university Shion-sensei was at. Now, looking at Weibo, the possibility of Shion-sensei being at Guangnan University was getting higher and higher. And Lin Ge had later also posted on Weibo that the owner of the notebook had been found, and thanked everyone for their concern. The netizens were even more convinced of the fact that this fan named Lin Ge had already met Shion-sensei in person.
“Is Shion-sensei from Guangnan University? Emmm, I’m a sophomore this year, and I didn’t even know.”
“Shion-sensei is definitely from Guangnan University. Who would throw their notebook at a convenience store? Could it be another school? I can’t believe Shion-sensei also has a clumsy attribute.”
“For some reason, I find the sensei so cute. By the way, I really want to know what the sensei looks like.”
“@Wenqing Official V ? can you let Shion-sensei show his face? It’s been two years.”
Many people on Weibo were @-ing the official Wenqing. Most of them had never seen Shion-sensei’s real face, and it was understandable that they were eager to know his true identity. Some of his fellow authors would be surprised why a has-been author would still be noticed.
Just after the hot search “Shion-sensei is suspected of being a student at Guangnan University” entered Weibo, another hot search entered the sight of the Weibo netizens.
It was a photo of Fang Jiangning and Yu Linna drinking and eating cake at an open-air coffee shop. It was no secret that Yu Linna and Fang Jiangning were on good terms in private, but the problem was that a nosy person had taken a picture of Yu Linna with a notebook on the table. The cover of this notebook was exactly the same as the one that Lin Ge had posted on Weibo before. But it was unknown whether the content inside the notebook was the same.
Why would Yu Linna and Fang Jiangning go out to eat cake together? It was also very coincidental. That day, Fang Jiangning had happened to be free and had invited Yu Linna out to eat. And at that time, Yu Linna had happened to be thinking about the illustrations and had brought the notebook out with her, thinking about how to draw them. The two of them had chatted while talking about their respective work. During this time, Fang Jiangning had even flipped through Yu Linna’s notebook, smiling brightly.
For some reason, the news of their outing had been captured on camera. This was all done by nosy netizens.
Weibo started to discuss it again.
“Why is Little Na’s notebook so similar to the one that was posted on Weibo before? By the way, isn’t that Shion-sensei’s character design notebook!”
“Maybe everyone will say that the notebook was just a coincidence and they bought the same one, but if you carefully compare these two photos, this is the Shion-sensei character design notebook that was posted before. There is a faint black ink mark in the lower right corner of the notebook. Now look at Little Na’s notebook. There is also a faint black ink mark in the lower right corner. Isn’t this the same notebook!”
“Holy crap, a genius! It really is!”
Weibo was on fire. Everyone was discussing, wanting to know what Yu Linna’s relationship with Shion-sensei was, and why she could get his notebook. This character design notebook was clearly a very important thing. Before, it had been rumored that Shion-sensei was having an affair with Yan Yu-sensei. Now what was the situation? Was Shion-sensei having an affair with Yu Linna?
Everyone was at a loss and could only @ the officials, asking for an explanation.
At this time, a big V blogger posted a Weibo, analyzing the notebook in detail, and also wrote a shocking deduction for Weibo.
“Maybe everyone thinks it’s all a coincidence, but I think it’s all related. I think this is related to Shion-sensei’s true identity. I boldly predict that Shion-sensei might be Little Na, which is to say, Yu Linna. First of all, don’t flame me. I also have a basis for this. Everyone, think about it. When did Shion-sensei become famous? Two years ago. When she became famous two years ago, she made a name for herself with Ballad of the Enchantress. At that time, Shion-sensei had never appeared in public, and had not even interacted with her fans on Weibo. No matter how much the readers made a fuss, it was useless. She didn’t even go to the writer’s signing event held by the official Wenqing, just left her signature.
To go back even further, the official Wenqing has publicly stated that Shion-sensei is a high school student taking the gaokao. According to the time calculation, the current Shion-sensei should be a sophomore. Now look at the notebook that Shion-sensei had lost before, and the location where it was lost. It can basically be confirmed that Shion-sensei is a sophomore at Guangnan University.
Maybe everyone thinks I’m talking nonsense, but if you think about it seriously, has Wenqing publicly proven that Shion-sensei’s gender is male? Never! All along, it has been the readers’ own imagination, imagining Shion-sensei as a literary youth, a man. But Wenqing has never said that Shion-sensei’s gender is male! Let’s analyze it from the writing style in Shion-sensei’s novels. Everyone says that Shion-sensei is a man, who has written such dark and deep things. But let’s look at the love description in Ballad of the Enchantress. It is very delicate, especially the psychological description of the female lead, which is very good. And it also talks about the details of women, which I think is something that men cannot understand. After all, before I had a girlfriend, I didn’t know these things…
Now let’s look at the recent news about Shion-sensei. The news reported that Shion-sensei had been a screenwriter for a Japanese drama called The Big Sister Head is a Teacher. Not to mention this TV series, earlier, Wenqing had announced the list of authors who would be sent to Japan for an exchange meeting this year. This year it was Shion-sensei. Wenqing sends an author to the exchange meeting in Japan every year, and this year was no exception. From a time perspective, it fits perfectly. To go to an exchange meeting and at the same time write a script in Japan, as a screenwriter, the time does not conflict. And during this period, Shion-sensei’s book release quantity has decreased.
Have you all noticed that Yu Linna happened to go to Japan at this time, and was even on a show, and was also photographed with the Japanese author Yamada-sensei and Hase-sensei? What does this mean? In addition, Yamada-sensei has said that Yu Linna is a newcomer writer. So, what can this mean?
Now, Shion-sensei’s character design manuscript has recently been leaked, and Yu Linna is now holding that missing notebook. Is all this a coincidence? Absolutely not!
I boldly predict that there is an eighty percent chance that Yu Linna is Shion-sensei!
As for why she chose not to show her face, not to participate in public activities, I don’t know. I hope someone can explain.”
This article was posted on Weibo, and many famous big Vs liked and reposted it. The fans were also half-believing and half-doubting, but all of them were amazed. After this blogger’s combing, everyone seemed to find that what he said was indeed reasonable!
The time of Shion-sensei’s disappearance and Yu Linna’s just happened to match up!
And it just so happened that Shion-sensei went to Japan, and Yu Linna also went! Was this really a coincidence!
Now it was good. Before Shion-sensei’s new book was even on the market, Weibo was once again in a state of discussion.
Not long after, Yu Linna uploaded her manuscript and illustrations to Chen Xi. Chen Xi nodded and took them to the Wenqing editors to see. After the editors saw them, they exclaimed with admiration, saying that it could be published, and that Shion-sensei’s state had returned.
But the voices on Weibo had not stopped.
“Shion-sensei, have you seen Weibo? Someone is digging up your identity.”
“I’ve seen it. I know. Let them be.”
“You’re not hiding anymore? Do you need us to clarify?”
“No need. I knew this day would come. Let them be. Anyway, I have to show my face sooner or later.”
“Mmm, good luck, Shion-sensei. The new book, I still have high hopes for it.”
Hanging up the phone, Yu Linna drew open the curtains and stretched. She didn’t care about what was on Weibo. Her true identity was not that important. It was just a matter of sooner or later. Just let them be.
