Lü Wenwen was also a contracted artist of Huohua Media.
She entered the entertainment industry two years earlier than Jiang Ling.
Due to her not as stunning looks as Jiang Ling, coupled with the backing of a wealthy patron like the Shen family.
Her career had been in a lukewarm state for several years.
It wasn't until Chinese New Year last year that a distant cousin brought her young and wealthy boyfriend to Lü Wenwen's home for the holiday. He subtly bragged about how great her boyfriend was and how she would soon enter a wealthy family and become a rich man's wife.
They say that showing off one's affection leads to a swift downfall.
After some investigation, Lü Wenwen learned that her cousin's boyfriend's father was a major figure investing in the entertainment industry. She then schemed to poach him and became that man's mistress.
Under that man's arrangement, Lü Wenwen landed several quality acting roles. Combined with paid promotion and traffic-buying, she quickly rose to become a second-tier star.
Perhaps because her rise to fame was too rapid and effortless, Lü Wenwen became arrogant after achieving success. Like other trending celebrities, she grew proud, conceited, and difficult to work with.
Lü Wenwen's rise to fame coincided with Jiang Ling's peak period.
In terms of popularity, looks, traffic, and fan base, Jiang Ling absolutely dominated.
Whenever there were good resources, Huohua Media would prioritize Jiang Ling's choices. Others would only get them after she had picked what she didn't want.
Being in the same company, Lü Wenwen was extremely envious and jealous of Jiang Ling's resource allocation and treatment.
She was confident that her beauty was no less than Jiang Ling's, so why should Jiang Ling always get the advantage? She harbored immense hatred for Jiang Ling.
One day, Lü Wenwen learned that Huohua Media was investing in a major film, casting the newly acclaimed film emperor Jiang Yulei as the male lead. The entire company had high hopes for this film, believing it would be a huge hit upon release.
Lü Wenwen saw this film as her opportunity to ascend to superstardom. She persuaded her cousin's boyfriend to help arrange it.
However, before the man could even exert his influence, the film was already internally decided for Jiang Ling, casting her as the female lead.
Upon hearing this, Lü Wenwen was disappointed, and her jealousy and resentment towards Jiang Ling escalated several notches.
Six months ago, Jiang Ling lost Shen Mingjue's favor due to an assassination attempt. To make matters worse, she faced a nationwide backlash, her persona collapsed, and she was forced to terminate her contract, becoming a discarded piece.
Lü Wenwen was ecstatic, almost setting off firecrackers to celebrate.
Now, seeing how popular the role of Zhao Hede was, with clips of her circulating on Douyin, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu.
Lü Wenwen was so enraged she almost exploded.
In her opinion, the role of Zhao Hede was originally hers.
If it weren't for an unreliable director who allowed Jiang Ling to seize the role, she should have been the one to become popular this time.
Seeing netizens making sarcastic remarks and mocking her for her poor judgment in her comment section, Lü Wenwen's hatred burned even deeper.
Therefore, unable to suppress her anger, Lü Wenwen complained to the company about Jiang Ling snatching her role and simultaneously wrote a lengthy post on Weibo, accusing Jiang Ling of her "malicious act" of intercepting her opportunity.
Previously, if Lü Wenwen had complained about Jiang Ling, Huohua Media would have completely ignored her.
However, now that Jiang Ling was no longer under the company's control, and with Zheng Yueshan, Wang Tian, and others siding with her, they arranged for various internet trolls to stir up trouble and spread rumors.
In her lengthy post, Lü Wenwen depicted herself as an innocent and naive white rabbit.
The director of "Empress of the Realm," Wang Jianzhong, was portrayed as a wolf driven by lust and obsession.
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