Although the matter had subsided, Ding Yun had no intention of withdrawing the lawsuit. The previously planned prosecution continued steadily.
Some people really thought no one could punish them if they weren't taught a lesson.
They really thought they could say anything they wanted without consequence.
Moreover, if they compromised in such a matter, it would inevitably fuel the arrogance of certain individuals. Therefore, only by confronting them head-on and teaching them a lesson could the situation be controlled.
In addition, the paid internet trolls who acted as promoters and spread rumors were also identified by Ding Yun and reported to the police for arrest.
It was believed that after such a demonstration, even if those skincare companies were unwilling to give up and still wanted to cause trouble, fewer people would be willing to take their money and act on their behalf to target Ding Yun.
This was Ding Yun's true intention.
In this day and age, without ruthlessness, one could not stand firm.
Especially since she had offended so many of her peers.
After handling these matters, Ding Yun sent the experimental results and data of "Mermaid's Tear" sent by Zhu Lingyun to the research institute staff she had invested in, and further increased her investment. For the time being, she did not do anything else but focused on accompanying her daughter through her final year of high school.
Ding Yun accompanied her daughter for as many days as there were days left until the college entrance examination.
This continued until the end of the exam.
After the college entrance examination ended, Ding Yun had a serious talk with her daughter. She didn't dictate what university or major her daughter had to choose, but rather urged her to seriously consider what she truly liked and to choose a major that interested her.
Otherwise, studying it in the future would be very painful.
To give her daughter a relatively deep understanding of different majors, Ding Yun took her to many schools, looked at many majors, and audited many classes.
Ding Yun even prepared a complete set of basic textbooks for each major for her to look through when she had time.
When the college entrance examination results came out,
her daughter had a relatively deep understanding of various majors and selected the one she wanted to study, which was Journalism and Communication, a field she had never shown any interest in before. This was truly unexpected for Ding Yun, but she did not refuse, as their family did not require their child to choose a major with guaranteed employment.
As long as she truly liked it, that was enough.
However, out of curiosity, Ding Yun had a good talk with her daughter that evening to understand the initial motivation behind her choice. It wasn't to stop her, but simply to inquire about the situation.
As for the outcome,
it could only be said that Ding Yun's mood was very complicated after listening.
Because her daughter expressed that she actually preferred to choose a performance major, finding it very interesting for one person to portray another, and even another group of people.
However, she had not participated in the art examinations and could not apply to art institutions. Therefore, she had to settle for the next best option, choosing Journalism and Communication, which seemed somewhat related to performance and film majors, and perhaps could lead to an entry into the industry after graduation.
The reason for Ding Yun's complex emotions was mainly due to her deceased father, Zhou Shou. Although he did not study performance, he eventually became an extra and had no intention of changing careers. Now, her daughter also had an interest in this area.
It was no wonder Ding Yun felt emotionally complicated.
However, she did not blame her daughter for her choice out of hatred for Zhou Shou. Instead, she did not immediately agree to her daughter choosing Journalism and Communication, which she didn't particularly like. She immediately said:
"You don't have to do this. If you really want to study performance, I have plenty of people who can teach you. There's something I've never told you.
That is, I also own an entertainment company.
It's not small-scale now.
Two of the six dramas that had over 100 million views this year were invested in by my company. So, if you truly want to study performance, it doesn't matter if you don't major in it. I have professional people who can teach you one-on-one, and it's easy for me to find roles in different crews for you to hone your acting skills. It's just a matter of a word.
Therefore, you don't need to do this.
You don't need to take such a roundabout way, first studying Journalism and Communication, and then indirectly entering the entertainment industry. You can enter the entertainment industry anytime you want, Mom has the capability!"
Ding Yun rarely talked about work in front of her daughter.
She had always kept the fact that she owned a talent agency a secret from her daughter, fearing that she might run to the company to chase stars and affect her studies. It was only after graduating from high school and her daughter showing interest that Ding Yun revealed this.
After she finished speaking, her daughter Zhu Mingying's first reaction was disbelief, but then she immediately remembered that her mother had never lied to her. If she said she had something, she definitely had it.
If she said she didn't have it, she definitely didn't.
Therefore, she immediately exclaimed with joy.
Then, she hugged Ding Yun and began to complain, asking why such a big matter had been kept from her, and asked if Ding Yun knew certain celebrities she admired.
"It's because I was afraid you'd be distracted. Look, as soon as I say it, you start chasing me and asking about those celebrities. If you had known before the college entrance examination,
wouldn't your studies have been distracted?
Alright, alright, you should think about choosing your major again. Now that you know this, do you still insist on choosing Journalism and Communication? If you insist, I won't object!"
Ding Yun frowned, pushed her daughter away, and lectured her again, then resumed the question about choosing a major.
"No, no, I won't choose Journalism and Communication anymore.
Then I'll choose a more leisurely major, like English. After all, my English is very good, and it should be relatively easy to study this major.
This way, I'll have time to do other things."
The "other things" Zhu Mingying referred to, of course, were going to Ding Yun's talent agency and learning performance.
"You're a bit emotional right now. How about this, I'll give you two more days to think it over. You can write down the major you want to study and submit it to me after two days.
I won't interfere too much in this matter.
After you've chosen your major, I'll take you to the talent agency, let you get a feel for the atmosphere, and then find you some roles as a dead body in crews to experience."
Ding Yun felt a headache seeing her immediate, unhesitating reply, but she didn't immediately reject it.
She just asked her to calm down and consider it again.
In addition, she made a promise.
She promised to let her experience the industry.
"Mom, can't I play the main character directly?"
"You've been in the fandom long enough, haven't you heard the saying 'forced popularity will be struck by lightning'? Hone your acting skills first. I'm just giving you an opportunity, not saying I'll promote you at all costs!"
"Okay, I thought I could debut as a royal family member, but it turns out I still have to work hard..."
"At least I can guarantee that you won't be suppressed, and opportunities won't be snatched away from you. Be content with that!"
Two days later, Zhu Mingying finally chose English as her major and went to the company with Ding Yun, officially taking her first step into the acting world by playing dead bodies.
And, to Ding Yun's surprise, she persisted.
Seeing this, Ding Yun no longer deliberately made things difficult for her. Soon, she arranged for many veteran artists in performance to help guide her, and even specifically sought suitable roles for her to experience based on her learning progress.
Under such unsparing cultivation, Zhu Mingying's progress was visibly rapid, even faster than those studying performance majors.
Because acting itself is not a subject that heavily emphasizes theory.
It values practice even more.
Combining theory and practice, or even practicing more, can lead to improvement. But ordinary acting students lack so many practical opportunities. Without guidance during practice, there won't be much progress. This is where Zhu Mingying's advantage lies: she not only has many practical opportunities but also has several renowned teachers focusing on her for one-on-one guidance.
If she still didn't improve under such circumstances, how foolish would she have to be?
Within three years, Zhu Mingying could barely be considered a graduate. While her acting skills might not compare to some seasoned actors, there were indeed few of her peers who could match her. Coupled with Ding Yun's ability to provide her with ample and good opportunities, she soon became popular.
And became known for producing only quality works.
After all, she didn't have to worry about the pressure from agents or talent agencies, being forced to film bad dramas, nor was she exploited as a cash cow as soon as she became popular.
With talent and not filming bad dramas,
it would be truly unjust if she didn't become popular.
A few more years later, when Zhu Mingying turned twenty-eight and officially won the Best Actress and Best Television Actress awards, Ding Yun simply transferred the talent agency to her and focused on supervising the analysis of "Mermaid's Tear."
That's right, after nearly twenty years of research,
the technology for artificially synthesizing "Mermaid's Tear" had still not been successfully achieved, even with Zhu Lingyun's help. To quickly resolve this issue and put her mind at ease, Ding Yun finally had to use the Trans-dimensional Second-hand Trading Device. She customized more professional, yet not overly absurd, equipment from a seller who had entered the interstellar era. After another ten years, she finally succeeded in cracking "Mermaid's Tear."
Achieving preliminary large-scale artificial synthesis technology.
At this point, the last loophole was resolved.
Ding Yun immediately felt that she had done what she needed to do and completed all the tasks.
Therefore, she immediately shifted the responsibility. She transferred the remaining two companies related to "Mermaid's Tear," namely the skincare company and the health pill pharmaceutical company, to her daughter, stating that she was getting old and it was time to retire, and then she left gallantly.
After being tied down by companies and her daughter for so many years,
she had long wanted to travel the world.
However, Zhu Mingying was not one to be trifled with. Ding Yun didn't want to manage the company anymore, but did she want to abandon her acting career to manage it?
So, she quickly married someone.
Then, without giving any shares, only dividends, she had her husband, who was the CEO of a certain well-known company, transfer to her and help her manage the two companies Ding Yun had just transferred to her. She also made clear her intentions beforehand and arranged for someone to supervise him.
After that, she continued to focus on her acting career.
Not for awards, but purely for the love of it.
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A dividing line...
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"Extra short story decades later"
On July 5th, 2080, at 12:00 PM.
Zhu Mingying, through her account, announced that today, on her 60th birthday, she would be retiring from acting.
Completely withdrawing from the industry and retiring from acting.
Subsequently, related trending topics quickly topped the charts.
There was regret, emotion, reminiscence, and complaints.
There were even summaries.
Although she was not dead yet, it was impossible to make a final judgment. However, her retirement naturally meant that people could make final judgments about her past film and television performances.
【Actress Zhu really follows the latest policies closely.
The government stated that women retire at sixty, and Actress Zhu retired immediately upon reaching sixty years old...】
【Speaking of which, Actress Zhu has truly spanned my entire youth and even middle age. If I suddenly can't see her in the future, I might feel quite nostalgic.】
【Over the years, Actress Zhu has truly set many unprecedented records, which may never be broken in the future, such as the richest actress, the most skilled national richest person, the only actress with a box office of one hundred billion yuan.
And the most career-driven second-generation rich!】
【Can everyone stop boasting? If I had her excellent background and conditions, I might have done even better. If she didn't have such a capable mother, she would probably have been unknown.】
【Yes, what's so great about her status as the richest person? Isn't that all the assets her mother left her?
The later operations were managed by her husband.
She has no ability other than being lucky.】
【At most, she can be considered loyal to acting and have a career ambition, but there are countless people in the world who are loyal to acting and have career ambitions. However, without good opportunities, they are still nothing.】
【Her greatest achievement is having a good mother!】
【Yes, why would many good actors not want to act? Isn't it because they don't have good resources to act?】
【Please, no matter how much you dislike Actress Zhu, what can you do? At most, you can just not watch her dramas or movies, right? Can you not buy the cosmetics, skincare products, and health pills from her family's company? Aren't you still giving her money!】
【emmmm, I am speechless!】
【Hahaha, indeed. In this day and age, who can manage their health well and live longer without health pills? As long as a family has some capital, who hasn't been conditioning their body with health pills since childhood? It is said that the wealthy can even extract the active ingredients from the health pills and inject them into their entire body.
The richest person from the early 2000s has not been reported to have died yet. He is already over 130 years old this year.】
【No one can resist the temptation of eternal life!】
【No matter how envious you are, it's useless. The reincarnation mode is not something you can choose as you wish; it depends on fate.】
【To be honest, ever since Actress Zhu started playing mothers-in-law and housewives, I stopped watching her shows.
It feels like a goddess returning to the secular world.】
【If Actress Zhu had retired promptly at the age of thirty, or at most at forty, she would probably have left many beautiful impressions in the audience's minds. Even years later, she would still be remembered as beautiful. Unfortunately, she did not do so.
Instead, she played many strange roles.
Although an actor is good at playing any role and is willing to play any character out of dedication, most audiences don't care about these things. They only care whether they like it and whether it fits their general aesthetic standards.】
【Regardless, purely from Actress Zhu's contribution to the film and television industry, whether it's a Lifetime Achievement Award or calling her a brilliant star, there are no problems.】
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