Chapter 1171: Chapter 1168: A Bumpy Road
Some people become successful purely by luck.
While some people never manage to get famous.
Ye Ning looked at him and thought, in that case, I am pretty lucky too.
Of course, she didn’t know that with Mu Yeli’s silent support behind her, she indeed had a much smoother journey.
Although she faced some backlash along the way, she basically kept moving upward, quite smoothly.
It seems she never encountered any major obstacles, like not getting any roles for years, hitting walls everywhere, or getting rejected; these things never seemed to happen to her.
Thinking about it, Ye Ning felt that her luck was astonishingly good.
Ye Ning said, "Then you’re not bad either, getting instantly famous."
Zhu Ziwen said, "What do you mean ’famous’? Do you know how many supporting roles I’ve played before?"
Ye Ning raised an eyebrow.
Zhu Ziwen said, "I started acting by playing dead people, spent three years as a background actor trying to make a debut, but the company didn’t intend to groom me. My high school grades weren’t great because of acting, and I failed to get into Drama Academy, so I kept acting in minor roles while attending vocational college. Later, I moved from minor roles to supporting roles, which wasn’t much different—just a few shots and lines in a drama. Eventually, I got noticed for a second male lead role, which didn’t have many scenes, yet got some attention. The company got me into a series that seemed destined not to be popular, but unexpectedly, that series became a hit."
He looked at her, "But, later when I became famous, people only saw how I shot to fame and never reported on those roles you couldn’t even name before."
Ye Ning indeed didn’t expect that someone who looked so young had played so many roles.
Moreover, he climbed up, step by step, through such hardships.
He said, "I remember, you haven’t played many supporting roles, right?"
Ye Ning said, "No, I haven’t."
"So, you’re luckier than me."
Ye Ning’s rise to fame was quite fast, always moving upward. Although she didn’t become famous overnight, among those who debuted around the same time, she was the quickest and most stable to gain popularity.
Ye Ning smiled, but she actually never intended to move in this direction before.
It was all just to make money.
She smiled and said, "It’s not that easy for me either, but everyone’s path is different."
She wouldn’t tell people how she went through life and death to become a strong special agent because the skills she learned back then and the abilities honed in life and death situations were what made her later journey seem smooth sailing.
There’s no real smooth sailing, it’s just someone carrying the burden for you.
If no one helps, it’s the past hardships that made the present smooth self.
After speaking, she patted his arm and even gave it a playful hit, "The reminiscing is over, remember in your next interview, to tell the journalist about that piece of inspirational advice I shared with you, okay? I have a bit of a reputation in the industry for being socially awkward, help clear that up for me."
Zhu Ziwen shook his head looking at her, finding her increasingly intriguing, as she didn’t talk much and seemed indifferent to everything, yet inexplicably gave the impression that her mind was as vast as the stars and the sea.
However, Ye Ning was indeed said to be socially awkward in the industry.
Mainly because she didn’t flatter journalists and rarely accepted interviews.
