What should I do… I don't want to join a company. I just want to listen to gossip! Gossip, gossip, gossip… Wait, gossip! I could enter the entertainment industry—the world of gossip! Genius, just genius! Muyao laughed silently, proud of her brilliant idea.
Everyone else in the room went completely silent. The collective thought in their minds: Enter the entertainment industry… just to gossip… so you, Lin Muyao…
"Mom, Dad, everyone! I don't want to join any company. I want to enter the entertainment industry!" Muyao exclaimed, fearing that if she hesitated, they'd assign her to some company immediately.
Lin Anguo, her father and current chairman of the Lin Group, gently patted Xuexing's hand to calm her temper. Then he asked Muyao, "Yaoyao… can you tell us why you want to enter the entertainment industry?"
Muyao blinked innocently. "I've… been interested in acting for a while. I really want to try acting myself, so I want to enter the entertainment industry," she lied flawlessly, not a flicker of doubt in her eyes.
The family all internally groaned. As if we believe that… Yet they couldn't voice it—they could only stare at her, their faces screaming, We don't trust you one bit.
Seeing their expressions, Muyao tilted her head and gave them her most earnest look. "What's with all the faces? Trust me this time! I'm telling the truth! I really want to act! You guys just don't understand my love for acting and the entertainment industry."
Why are they all staring like that? Do they know the real reason I want to enter the entertainment industry? Impossible… I just decided this! Could they predict my next thought? Muyao wondered silently, still maintaining her perfect "honest" expression.
Her acting is incredible… if we couldn't hear her inner voice, we'd never know she can show both an outer expression and an inner one at the same time, the family thought.
Xuexing finally spoke. "…Yaoyao, you have amazing acting skill, but do you even know what kind of world the entertainment industry is? It's not that we forbid you from entering it—but have you thought about what you'll face? Celebrities jealous of your success, being cut from a scene for petty reasons, gossip, backstabbing… jealousy is the scariest thing you'll encounter. Do you even realize what you're getting into?"
"Mom, I know what I'm doing," Muyao said confidently. "If you're worried about me getting into trouble in the entertainment industry, why not just put me under a company like Xing Xia or Lin Yue? They're under Xia Corporation and Lin Corporation anyway. You could assign a capable manager to supervise me and report my progress."
"But—" Xuexing began, trying to continue persuading her.
"Mom, just let me enter the entertainment industry! I know you're worried about the evil tricks there, but have you ever considered the tricks corporations and companies play in business deals? You all control one or two companies under Xia and Lin Corp. Haven't you seen disgusting tactics used just to win a contract? Lin Corp itself faces schemes like that constantly. Remember the fake news about tax evasion and poor employment treatment? Dad resolved it in three days, but the stock still dropped, and people still believed it. Evil tricks exist in every industry—no matter where I go! And honestly, do you think a simple-minded person like me would ever be happy managing a company or even interning there?"
Muyao paused, letting her words hang in the room as her family absorbed her argument, realizing just how clever and fearless she could be when defending her choices.