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After coming back to her dressing room which she shared with other co-actresses, Ran Yue threw her script to the bench inside the room and was so angry.

The display on Ran Xueyi's phone screen showing her recent messages still played in her mind.

Especially the total amount of money Ran Xueyi received. From the details and time, it seems she had just received it when they were speaking to each other. No wonder Ran Xueyi was in a daze when Ran Yue had been attacking her for a while and got no response from her.

But 520 million?!!

Was she seeing things? But it didn't seem like it was a lie nor did it look like Ran Xueyi edited it out of spite to her. On the contrary, the shock and surprise in Ran Xueyi's expression when she received that message was realistic and no pretentious acting was added in it.

So, did Ran Xueyi really have a gold master who gave her 100 -- no, 520 million?

Just thinking about it was enough for Ran Yue to gloat and become as gloom as the bad weather for several years. Even the man who saved her career could not even compare to Ran Xueyi's gold master!

"What's wrong with you? Do you think you can just go out there on the stage and act like a rookie actress who had her first filming in her life?!" Manager Zhang quickly stormed inside the dressing room and checked it to see if there was no one in then he finally scolded her.

Ran Yue already learned her lesson three years ago and did not want to get on Manager Zhang's bad side. She gloomily apologized, "Sorry, I just saw something unexpected and was lost in thought."

Manager Zhang also saw that this was the case and tried to ask her, "What's going on? Did something happen between you and Mr. Li?"

Mr. Li was Ran Yue's gold master. He was the one who saved her from her ruination three years ago. If he hadn't appeared in her life, Ran Yue was sure that she wouldn't be able to find herself anywhere but as another one of Yang Baihua's sleeve holes.

Ran Yue shook her head.

She considered telling the truth to Manager Zhang. Ran Xueyi's gold master was really rich for him to be able to fork out 520 million in just one morning. But that wasn't the problem. Ran Yue knew that even if she told the press about what she saw or even showed them a screenshot of it, nobody would truly believe her.

After all, Ran Xueyi fearlessly admitted that she had a gold master and even told everyone she got a hundred million per month as pocket money. Yet, nobody believed her words and even followed the trend.

Who could possibly believe that the amount Ran Xueyi would get would be five times the amount of what she told everyone in her post.

Ran Yue was not reconciled, but she was smart enough to not say anything about this. Even if she really hated Ran Xueyi, she learned the lesson the hard way through Ran Xueyi three years ago.

Would she want to fall back to a ground filled with muddy water or stay where she's more comfortable? Between these two choices, Ran Yue knew what she would pick at a glance.

Manager Zhang was glad to hear that nothing was wrong between Ran Yue and Mr. Li. At least, he could still get his money's worth out of her if she continued being that man's sugar baby.

"If there's nothing wrong, don't embarrass me in front of everyone! Act properly as you've been taught by those professional acting teachers Mr. Li got for you!"

"I know." Ran Xueyi finally calmed down.

Ran Xueyi was already difficult enough to handle and now that she had someone to back her up, maybe in this lifetime, Ran Yue will never ever catch up to her.

...

A few days later.

Ran Xueyi sighed deeply while sitting in a corner and pressed her fingers on the bridge of her nose.

Adelle came up to stand beside and was holding a cup of ginger milk she bought from a cafe across the street. "Are you feeling alright?"

Ran Xueyi weakly smiled. "Still alive."

Adelle did not expect that filming in Hua country could be so intense and vigorous that everyday there would be no rest for the main leads. The reason why it was like that was because there was a time limit for the entire filming. << The Untamed >> got lucky and was picked for the slot to film at White City and was given a time limit of two months to finish.

A short time for a 26-episode drama to be filmed. But if they hurried things off and filmed everything on time then everything would be fine.

However, because of this, Ran Xueyi was unable to take a break and could not sleep very well for the past few days.

The matter of the scandal was temporarily slowed down and everyone seemed to not be bothered with it anymore. Rather, there was a new trend that everybody followed and trended until it reached the top spot.

#GOLDMASTER

This topic became a hot topic that everybody followed and participated in doing the same by posting their own story about having or becoming a gold master. This all started after Ran Xueyi posted.

Some real sugar babies and gold masters even shared their own stories and some well known people ridiculed for having a gold master or being a gold master thanked Ran Xueyi for doing this and lessened the people who criticized them.

Speaking of which, Steffanie, who first secretly called out Ran Xueyi for being a sugar baby, was now ridiculed a lot by many people for being a star chaser who did not know how to be humble and lacking manners towards her seniors. Ran Xueyi was a veteran in the country since she grew up being a child actress and rose to prominence until adulthood. Yet, Steffanie actually compared her to Bai Jingjing and even smeared dirt on her.

As for Bai Jingjing, who at first coveted all sorts of benefits for being dragged into this mess and even used her water army to abuse Ran Xueyi, was caught in her act. Her water army was exposed and her fans couldn't protect her from other fans and passersby who came to attack her.

Ran Xueyi was very pleased by what had happened the previous days and how efficiently Wu Qi acted under her orders. Things had gone so smoothly that Ran Xueyi was troubled if she would ever be in a challenging situation where she had to use all her forces to defeat her enemies.

After one more intense and non-stop filming, Ran Xueyi was finally able to return to her hotel room.

But before she left the filming site, Director Xiao came to her.

Ran Xueyi stared at him as he stopped her and handed her a script.

Director Xiao explained, "Director Tang asked me to hand this to you. You can read the script first before considering taking it."

Ran Xueyi did not receive the script yet and said, "I already chose my next film. Please tell Director Tang that I am really sorry.''

Ran Xueyi previously received tons of scripts along with the script of the TV drama she was currently filming, << The Untamed >>. She already finished reading those scripts and separated the noteworthy ones to the ones she thought were not suitable for her but could be more suitable to others.

Director Xiao, however, was not ready to be rejected and added, "Director Tang is a close friend of mine. He knew that this might be the case and also told me in advance that he can wait for you to be done."

Wait? Ran Xueyi was quite surprised and asked, "Are they still in the process of preparing the film?"

The process of filming does not only consist of the actual shoot of the film where the actors and actresses will begin to act in front of the cameras. There was a very long process that needs to be done. The planning and preparation also the materials and ideas and storyboards that will be needed was a necessary thing to check several times before they can start the actual filming.

At least 2 to 5 years was needed for a film to be done with all the preparations before they could film it.

Director Xiao nodded and replied, "It's already in the last phase of preparation. If you'd like, I can tell Director Tang when you will be free."

"No need." Ran Xueyi interrupted him. Director Xiao was slightly disappointed hearing her reject him the second time. But then, Ran Xueyi continued to say, "It's better if I contact him myself after reading the script."

After saying this, Ran Xueyi finally took the script from him and left for the hotel.

As soon as she arrived in her room, Ran Xueyi felt her strength seeping out of her body like smoke and she had to lean against the wall to support herself. In truth, she was really tired and just wanted to take a long rest. But her job as an actress doesn't seem to give her any chances of getting the long-awaited break she wanted.

There were no weekends for actors like her and there was no difference between night and morning depending on how many scenes they were going to film that day.

That is why as soon as Ran Xueyi arrived inside her room, she didn't bother turning on the lights and headed straight to bed as she memorized where it was located.

And because of the darkness, Ran Xueyi was unable to see that she was about to step on one of her heeled shoes scattered on the floor, a tragic aftermath will definitely happen if she stepped on it.

But as soon as Ran Xueyi's foot was about to touch the pointed heel part of the shoes, an arm suddenly swept her off her feet.

An assault of an extremely familiar scent and cologne attacked her accompanied by a deep voice speaking from behind her.

"Are you trying to make me angry at you?"