FCF 013

Former Cannon Fodder’s Self-Help Manual

Translator: Xiao Wentian

Editor: Kirishima Ririka

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　　Chapter 013: Marrying a Scum Man’s Mother (13)
　　
　　After coming at home, Xia Changhan covered her face and rolled over on the bed, it should have been quite awkward for her to meet up with her one night stand, especially when the one night stand was her ex-boyfriend’s mother, but Jian Yixian’s aura was too strong, the whole time Xia Changhan was led by the nose, her attention was all on the contract, Xia Changhan felt the subtle feeling of meeting with a capable girlfriend rising in her heart.
　　
　　Xia Changhan gripped the quilt to cover her reddened face, needless to say, Jian Ming’s mother was quite good-looking and capable.
　　
　　As soon as Xia Changhan left Nianhua Media, Jian Yixian went to see Fu Meijia.[1]
　　
　　She handed the script to Fu Meijia: “Mobilize all the company’s forces to prepare for this drama.”
　　
　　Fu Meijia muttered in her heart, ‘Such a big battle preparation to make a drama.’
　　
　　She took the script with both hands and skimmed through it, finding out that it was a rare and good script.
　　
　　But mobilizing the company’s entire strength just to make a web drama seemed a bit too much.
　　
　Yet Fu Meijia say nothing, she listened to what the leader told her, even if something went wrong later, it had nothing to do with her.
　　
　　Under the impetus of Jian Yixian, the working of new drama 《The Dawn is Coming》[2] has unfolded in an orderly manner.
　　
　　《The Dawn is Coming》 project was approved just in time for the SARFT’s[3] first quarterly filing period, and the preparatory work and administrative procedures were quickly approved thanks to Jian Yixian’s promotional efforts.
　　
　　It wouldn’t take long before the show start shooting.
　　
　　The news of Nianhua Media’s investment in Xia Changhan’s new drama spread quickly, and many people began to wonder if this was a sign that the ice had been broken between Jian Yixian and Xia Changhan, and they should change their attitude towards Xia Changhan from now on.
　　
　　Fu Meijia has specially dispatched the company’s most literary and senior web editor to take over the《The Dawn is Coming》’s official Weibo to create big momentum for the new drama.
　　
　　On a certain day, when a netizen opened Weibo, she discovered that the richest woman in China was on the hot search. Jian Ming was a regular on the hot search, but he also brought his mother along on the hot search.
　　
　　She happily clicked on the hot search and found that its either Jian Yixian has invested in Xia Changhan’s new drama, they held friendly talks. the other was cheering, China’s richest woman appreciates Xia Changhan’s new drama.
　　
　　‘These headlines must be bought, it’s really too fake, right!?’
　　
　　Some netizens who didn’t know Xia Changhan, began to ask who Xia Changhan was.
　　
　　The netizens who weren’t too busy to give an answer, replied that according to the previous big gossip, Xia Changhan should be Jian Ming’s ex-girlfriend.
　　
　　There were also netizens who had specially grasped a certain focus of the announcement, “Ah, then that Xia Changhan couldn’t call Jian Yixian ‘mother-in-law’.”[4]
　　
　　The netizens saw a happy event, yet the insiders have to think about the meaning when the name Jian Yixian appeared.
　　
　　The fact that Jian Yixian was on the hot seat alongside Xia Changhan represented her attitude.
　　
　　The directors and producers who had refused Xia Changhan’s offer a while ago became frustrated, it’s true that one shall not blindly speculate about Jian Yixian’s intentions, their face got hit, apparently Xia Changhan and Jian Yixian had a good relationship.
　　
　　The few directors who play a hooligan that have asked Xia Changhan to do unspoken rules were scared to death, and they couldn’t wait to slap themselves a few times, they still blamed Jian Yixian’s ambiguous and unclear attitude, at first she suppressed, and then she supported, this was truly nonsense, make them sense the wrong intention, begging for forgiveness was useless.
　　
　　Taking advantage of the hot popularity of public opinion, the official Weibo of 《The Dawn is Coming》 was also officially launched.
　　
　　The official Weibo posted a Weibo post and a photo of Jian Yixian with Xia Changhan.
　　
　　#Looking forward to Director Xia’s debut drama. The big boss personally signed the drama, the boss said, Director Xia used to be a good actress, she would definitely be a good director, I know I’m going to lick-follow director Xia’s works from now on [distressed]#
　　
　　Perfectly taking advantage of the popularity, Nianhua Media’s actors were forwarding at the order of Fu Meijia, and the number of forwarding skyrocketed to 650,000 within an hour.
　　
　　Bai Youyou went home to relax after finishing her works, and as soon as she opened her Weibo, she was overwhelmed by the overwhelming amount of Xia Changhan.[5]
　　
　　She saw that several celebrities she was following had forwarding the official 《The Dawn is Coming》 Weibo’s post, and when she read the entire article, her mind was completely blank.
　　
　　She hurriedly contacted Jian Ming. But after making a dozen calls in a row, Jian Ming didn’t answer.
　　
　　She then remembered that he had gone to the mountains to shoot scenes, there was no signal, he couldn’t make any calls, but he would come back early in the morning.
　　
　　Bai Youyou walked around the house anxiously until she heard the sound of the door’s opening and took two quick steps to jump into Jian Ming’s arms, bumping into him and causing him to stumble.
　　
　　Jian Ming put down the suitcase and held on Bai Youyou, teasing her, “We’re just one day apart and you have missed me so much?”
　　
　　Bai Youyou couldn’t care less about his joke and said urgently, “Big brother Ming, go read the Weibo.”
　　
　　Jian Ming was baffled by Bai Youyou’s reaction, he opened the Weibo and flipped through two pages, his face suddenly turning ugly.
　　
　　Bai Youyou was on edge, “Big brother Ming, what’s going on.”
　　
　　Jian Ming’s eyebrows tied in a knot, “I don’t know, I’ll go to the company tomorrow and ask about the situation.”
　　
　　They had a strong and sticky relationship, but with all of this that was happening, neither of them were in the mood to kiss, going to bed after bathing in silence, there was a long silence, Jian Ming kept his eyes opened and stayed up until dawn.
　　
　　The next morning, he arrived at the office, the agent Li Qiang saw him and pulled him into the office, anxiously said: “Ancestor, something big has happened. “
　　
　　Jian Ming lit a cigarette and took a big drag, “I know.”
　　
　　Li Qiang had been staying in the deep forest with Jian Ming yesterday, he didn’t know what was happening outside until he arrived home in the early morning, only to find that his cell phone had exploded from various notifications.
　　
　　He arrived at the office without even having time to change his clothes, and he was still unshaven and haggard looking.
　　
　　”Have you seen the Weibo?”
　　
　　Jian Ming exhaled a smoke ring and said drearily, “I’ve seen it.”
　　
　　”Alas,” Li Qiang was sad, he didn’t know what kind of demon trick Jian Ming’s ex-girlfriend had used to gain President Jian Yixian’s favor, but that didn’t matter. He was afraid if the story of Jian Ming’s cheating resurfacing again, then Jian Ming’s stardom career would be over.
　　
　　But on a second thought, Jian Yixian was suppressing it in the first place, if something happened to her son, she definitely wouldn’t sit by and watch. [6]
　　
　　Li Qiang thought he had understood his mother’s psychology, relaxed and patted Jian Ming’s shoulder: “Don’t worry about it, Since President Jian has helped you suppress the incident, I’m sure Jian Yixian would’t just stand by and watch Xia Changhan exposed the incident again. She definitely knew the difference between a son and a new director with good potential.”[7]
　　
　　Li Qiang’s words gave Jian Ming a hint of comfort, he smiled slightly, “Thank you, Brother Li.”
　　
　　Jian Ming’s thought was growing fierce, if he didn’t completely ruin Xia Changhan’s reputation, he felt he has let down his surname.
　　
　　As the starting day gradually approached, the interview was held as scheduled.
　　
　　Fu Meijia followed the instructions of Jian Yixian and sent over all the potential talents on the star-making plan list, most of them were fledgling newcomers, there were many second-tier stars who had been in the entertainment industry for a long time.
　　
　　The day before the interview, Jian Yixian said slowly after the meeting, “Put off all my work tomorrow.”
　　
　　Cao Feng was startled, “But there’s a multinational summit to attend tomorrow.”
　　
　　Jian Yixian hesitated only for a moment, “Put it off, push it all off.”
　　
　　Cao Feng put away the folder and turned around to exit the conference room to arrange the works .

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Footnotes:

[1] In case you forgot, she’s the female manager who nearly wet herself when Jian Yixian was thinking of Xia Changhan in a daze.
[2] Li Ming Jiang Zhi: Lit. Dawn Will Arrive. The tl sounds catchier so we’ll use TL ver.
[3] SARFT: State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Ahhhh FL is working hard.
[4] The subtle shipping netizens who would probably write MC x FL fanfic~
[5] So yeah. Idk it’s kinda like retweeting? But reposting sounded like writing it over, but the platform is weibo, so I just wrote forwarding, idk what it should be called. So the post that got forwarded is the photo of Jian Yixian and Xia Changhan alongside the comment, so MC and FL were all Bai Youyou could see.
[6] Oh, how wrong. Jian Ming would be disowned lol.
[7] Bruh you mean a shitty adopted son and a future wife, obviously which one is more important everybody knows.

XWV: Hahaha. Well, at least we all know that Xia Changhan > Multinational Summit Conference to Jian Yixian… The scum son never mattered in the first place anyway~ Ah btw, the one night stand term was ‘firecracker friend’ – It’s like the heated type of friends (you know what I meannnn), so I just straight up writing one night stand.

Author: I meant to write a silly funny text, but! The last few chapters have been so melodramatic! Believe me, this really is a silly funny sweet text…thanks to the little angel who bought mines and nutrients~!
Thank you all so much for your support, I’ll keep trying!

Ririka: This chapter is up thanks to Anon and hori~

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