Chapter 411: A Foreign Land
The evaluation of The Big Sister Head is a Teacher was gradually rising. As a low-budget TV series, its ratings had been consistently high, and it had reached the top twenty on the Japanese TV station’s ratings chart, ranking fourteenth. For an unknown, low-budget TV series to achieve such a rating was really quite good. Many of the contestants from the same period could not achieve such an achievement.
The name Shion-sensei had also become popular. Especially after the third episode was broadcast, in the eyes of the Japanese public, Shion-sensei was almost a genius. They called for Shion-sensei to hold a fan meeting. And many Japanese film and television companies, seeing the talent in Shion-sensei, had extended an olive branch to her one after another. Some companies had even offered a price of one million, and of course, this one million was in RMB. To this, Yu Linna was also considering where to develop would be better, but she herself had said that she wanted to write a movie script. As for how many companies would be willing to find her, that was also an unknown.
Because of Shion-sensei herself, the Japanese drama The Big Sister Head is a Teacher was bought in her home country and was serialized online, updated simultaneously with Japan. The fans were very happy to see a work by Shion-sensei.
And as time entered January, the old year had passed, and a new year had arrived. The second volume of Shion-sensei’s work, Dawn Assassin, was released. This time, with the previous popularity bonus, and the continuous heat of Shion-sensei’s topic during this period, it had exploded on the market as soon as it was launched. Dawn Assassin continued the humor, meaning, and fight scenes of the first volume, and also increased the scenes between the protagonist and her former subordinate, Fiona, which could be said to be yuri candy. In addition, it also talked about the protagonist not intending to restore her memory. She felt that living an ordinary person’s life was very good, and she didn’t want to be a big shot. This reminded Fiona of the wish that the amnesiac Jing Xiaoye had occasionally mentioned, which was to be an ordinary person.
The rich and colorful plot, and the introduction of charming characters, this time, Dawn Assassin was a big hit. The sales exceeded the first volume, and what was even more terrifying was that the score of this book exceeded that of Shion-sensei’s famous work, Ballad of the Enchantress, and was crowned by many people with the title of “a work where Shion-sensei does not write a love story,” but the response was surprisingly good. Although there was no clear emotional line, many CPs were derived from the doujinshi, such as the yuri candy of Jing Xiaoye and Fiona, the teacher-student candy of Jing Xiaoye and the student Xue’er, and the CP candy of Jing Xiaoye and her crush, Lu Xingqi.
And in this issue of the Wenqing author popularity poll, Shion-sensei had once again dominated the top of the list after a year, surpassing Air-sensei. And in the annual Wenqing author selection, she was given the titles of “Most Valuable Author” and “Star of the Era,” and so on. At this point, the top spot that Air-sensei had occupied for a long time was finally handed over to Shion-sensei.
And in the annual celebrity popularity poll on Weibo, Shion-sensei ranked twenty-fourth, which was a very terrifying popularity. Although the Qidian supreme god author, Lan Shao, had the honor of being on the list, he was only ranked seventieth. Although Air-sensei was talented and good-looking, and was also Shion-sensei’s senior, in the end, she could only fall in the top one hundred, ranking one hundred and fifth.
After that, many people began to bring up the question of whether Shion-sensei could now be considered to have officially become a supreme god author. At present, this was still a controversial topic.
Yu Linna had seen the news in Japan. Seeing that the headlines of the mobile news were all her own photos, Yu Linna just wanted to laugh. She could really be said to have earned enough popularity and face, but this feeling, she would not be as excited as before.
After promoting in Japan for three weeks, her work was almost done. She should go back. Coincidentally, it was almost winter vacation. She could take this opportunity to go abroad. She wanted to have her works sold overseas, to expand her fame overseas.
Sister Chen had said that her stage should not be just there, but under a broader sky.
“It’s rare to come back once. You’re leaving so soon?”
Sakurai Reina was reluctant to let her go. It had not been easy for her to come back once. Now she was going back to her home country. It was too fast. Yu Linna had also just participated in the promotion in Japan, had been on a few shows, and had been interviewed a few times. Her popularity in Japan had just started to rise. When she needed to manage it, for her to go back now, it was not very good no matter how you said it.
“Don’t look at me like that. I’m also a very busy person.”
Yu Linna had the staff fix her makeup, tidy her clothes, and checked her face in the mirror. After confirming that there was no problem, she followed Sakurai Reina into the venue. Today was the promotional event for Sakurai Reina’s animated film, My Sister is a Delinquent Girl. She had been invited as a guest to stand on the stage. She didn’t have to say anything today, but she still had to appear for an interview.
“Welcome, Yamada-sensei, and Shion-sensei. This issue of the program will be about the animation information of My Sister is a Delinquent Girl and the publicly available materials. Yamada-sensei, thank you for your trouble today.”
“Alright. Please take care of me today.”
Today’s program was originally just a small program on a TV station, but since the popular author Yamada-sensei was personally on the program to publicly reveal information about the movie, and it was less than half a year before the movie’s premiere, everyone was very concerned about this issue of the program.
Of course, Shion-sensei, who had come to participate in the program as a guest, was also very much in the spotlight.
“Shion-sensei, welcome to our program today. Are you used to the food in Japan?”
“It’s quite good. I like Japanese food very much. I’ve also learned Japanese cuisine.”
“That’s a real honor. By the way, Shion-sensei, you and Yamada-sensei are very good friends, right? I’ve often heard news about the two of you.”
“My Japanese was taught by Reina-nee, who is also Yamada-sensei.”
“That’s really surprising.”
During the program, she would chat a sentence or two. On the surface, Yu Linna smiled properly, her tone natural, but Sakurai Reina, no matter how she looked at her, didn’t seem to be paying attention. She was also wondering if inviting her here was the wrong decision.
After the program ended, Yu Linna removed her makeup and went outside alone. She was wearing a mask and sunglasses, and also a hat to avoid being recognized. Now, in the eyes of the Japanese, she was no longer a stranger. A blonde loli author, no matter how you looked at it, it could only be her, Yu Linna. To be low-key, she still decided to disguise herself. Originally, Sakurai Reina had asked her if she wanted to go with her, but she had refused.
Yu Linna walked alone on the streets of Japan. When she wanted to eat, she would say a few words of Japanese to the stall owner to buy things. When she was tired, she would go to a cold drink shop and sit down to order a parfait. She looked at the streets of Japan. The huge electronic screen in the square was reporting news about Shion-sensei. Then she looked at the young people around her, all looking up at the screen.
She had really become famous in Japan.
She was now truly experiencing this feeling.
When she had first come to Japan, she couldn’t do anything, couldn’t even speak Japanese, and had encountered a lot of trouble. But because she had gotten the help of her friends in Japan, she had gradually adapted to the life in Japan. If she hadn’t decided to stay in Japan, she wouldn’t have learned Japanese and written a script in Japanese so quickly, and after that, she had gone back to her home country and had written Dawn Assassin. It could be said that during this period of time in Japan, she had learned a lot of things. If she had not come to Japan, she might still be that has-been author.
During these days in a foreign land, she had learned a lot of things. She was no longer lonely.
But Sister Chen, she would not be coming back. She had gone to another place, a place that others could not go to. She would never come back to her hometown.
To Sister Chen, that place was her foreign land, but she was not like Yu Linna, who could choose to come back.
But Yu Linna hoped that Sister Chen could live well in a foreign land. Even in that place, she could still show a smile after seeing her, Yu Linna, achieve this much. She remembered that Sister Chen’s smile was very beautiful.
If only she could also see it in another world.
Yu Linna smiled wryly, but she still accepted this fact. Sometimes it really is like this. After a long time, you can gradually accept a person’s departure. Her mood was much better than at the beginning. At least she wouldn’t feel so sad that she wanted to cry when she thought of Chen Xi.
She put her hands in her pockets and walked alone on the street, passing by countless people.
In the past, she had longed to be known by everyone, longed for her name to be known by everyone. She had done it.
In the past, she had always asked herself, why did she work so hard but was never successful? But now she would no longer be troubled by this question.
In the past, she had thought she was invincible, that she could conquer the world. She would not be so naive now.
In the past, she couldn’t find a clear path, wandering in the darkness. She had cried and told others that she could no longer write. But now she had found the path she wanted to take.
In the past, she had cried her heart out, crying for the person who was no longer there. Now, she had learned to accept it calmly.
In the past, how she had wished that Chen Xi could watch her grow, watch her climb to the peak, and share this happiness with her. No, not just in the past. She now also wished that Chen Xi could see her grow. She longed for it so much. But she had to learn to grow up, to learn to accept this world without her.
Because she was Shion-sensei, the Shion-sensei that Chen Xi had talked about.
Her road was still very long, and her end point was not just here. She swore that she would realize her dream. She swore to Chen Xi in heaven that she would never end her journey here.
Yu Linna took off her mask and smiled at the sky. She believed that Chen Xi would surely see it.
In a daze, she seemed to see that familiar smiling face in the sky, the smile that would appear on that plain face for her. Even now, it was so profound.
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And during this period of time when Yu Linna’s popularity in Japan was soaring, a lot of things had naturally happened. For example, Ye Zhiyun was already in the middle of filming, but had been hit by the withdrawal of investment from the investors, and was in a state of helplessness.
And the famous female star, Nangong Ying, after winning the lawsuit and confronting Chenghe, had been blacklisted for a full year. During this period, she had decided to go to Hong Kong to develop, and also to change her mood. She had seen the news of Yu Linna in Japan on her phone, and had seen how popular Yu Linna was in Japan. She had turned off her phone, thinking that she was also moving forward on the path of her dream. Now Nangong Ying had also developed the idea of not stopping here.
As for the defeated Chenghe, their mood was still not good, but they always had to move forward. After losing Nangong Ying, they were eager to find someone who could replace her.
