Chapter 57- Major Changes in the Storyline

Translated by: Jellylynn

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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):

-云舒( yún shū)- Yun Shu, the female lead

– 傅然( Fù rán)- Fu Ran, the male lead in our novel and the original novel

-金媛( jīn yuàn)- Jin Yuan, the original villainess in the original novel.

-媛媛 ( yuàn yuàn)- Yuan Yuan, Jin Yuan’s nickname

-张大伟( Zhāng Dà wěi)- David Zhang, Yun Shu’s manager

– 乔颜( qiáo yán)- Qiao Yan, the female protagonist of the original novel.

David Zhang brought Jin Yuan to Yun Shu’s house to get a free meal.

It was said to get a free meal, but in fact, it was a small gathering of three people. It was just that Yun Shu’s and Jin Yuan’s schedules had been empty for a while. Therefore, David Zhang, who had these two celebrities under his belt, could relax. It was the perfect time to get together and bond.

Three people gathered together while chatting, eating and drinking… Mm. Mainly David Zhang was eating and drinking.

They started chatting about Jin Yuan’s recent situation.

Jin Yuan’s recent momentum was really good. She possessed a good appearance and was photogenic. Although she did not graduate from an acting major, she was quite talented in acting and was a gifted actress. After acting in a few dramas, a director invited her to star in their drama’s female lead. This period of rest was for the preparation of this drama.

Speaking of this, Yun Shu and David Zhang showed the same type of gratified expression, as if Jin Yuan was their daughter they had painstakingly brought up.

Jin Yuan, “….”

Before Yun Shu picked up the cup and was about to drink water, she casually asked, “What is the name of that drama, Yuan Yuan?”

David Zhang ate a mouthful of snacks and replied, “The Legend of the Empress, you know it, right? It’s an adaptation of a big hit web novel.”

“Pft—”

Yun Shu was so shocked that she spat out the water she had just drank, causing the other two people to look at her in astonishment and ask her what had happened.

— What’s wrong? What else is wrong? This plot is too distorted!

Yun Shu obviously knew about the drama “The Legend of the Empress”. Not only was she aware of this, but she also knew that it would be a big hit in the future; it would be so popular that no one would expect it.

This drama was adapted from the highly raved web novel. The novel was originally very popular. It could be said that it brought its own traffic flow. The recent hot news of this novel IP adaptation being adapted into a film and television drama had attracted a lot of attention. Once this small news was leaked, it went on the hot search.

The development afterwards also did not disappoint people. Famous directors and writers had accepted the invitation because the investment was very large and the costumes were extremely exquisite. The backbone of this drama was with talented actors. Other than the actor and actress acting as the male and female leads, respectively, were young and unknown, the drama before the broadcast had nothing for others to criticise.

Of course, after the broadcast, the quality of work was even more impeccable, even in the only area of criticism, the male and female leads. Although they were young and not well-known, they were very talented in acting, and they weren’t afraid of many veteran actors and actresses on the scene. Instead, there was a kind of young people’s unique energy, so it was tough to pick on anything.

With such a good drama, it would simply be unjustifiable if it was not popular.

Hence “The Legend of the Empress” became popular even outside of the circle, along with the entire cast.

However, the degree of popularity was also different. The most popular and the person that benefitted the most were the male and female leads. After the two soared all the way to the top, one became a film emperor, and the other became a film empress.

But—

In the original plot, the actress acting as the female lead was Qiao Yan.

This drama was also the turning point of Qiao Yan’s acting career.

But now, the actress acting as the female lead was Jin Yuan!

Yun Shu was happy for Jin Yuan because the drama would become popular in the novel, but she was fearful that the plot had changed drastically.

This female supporting character, Jin Yuan became the leading actress of “The Legend of the Empress”. What about the female lead, Qiao Yan? What is going to happen to her? And since the plot had changed so drastically, will the plot continue in the future? Will “The Legend of the Empress” still be a big hit like the original storyline? Will Fu Ran and Qiao Yan still…

Before she finished troubling over these matters, she heard David Zhang speak again, “I heard that the director wasn’t interested in Yuan Yuan at first, but another actress with the word “Yan” in her name. But the director saw Yuan Yuan and felt that Yuan Yuan was more in line with his requirements. However, that person wasn’t unlucky; the director recommended her to another drama as the lead actress. Although it was not as good as this, it was also not bad. President Fu’s film and television company invested in it. Oh, right. What was the name of that drama?”

Besides him, Jin Yuan said the name of the drama on behalf of him.

Yun Shu, “!!!”

— Isn’t… Isn’t that her work?