"The male lead actor Jian Zhou, and the female lead actress Jiang Ling..."
An Qiuyan gritted her teeth as she read the words on the promotional page, her heart bleeding with hatred.
That little vixen possessed such deep and insidious schemes.
By engineering Jian Zhou to star alongside her in an idol drama, she was clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing, using the pretense of filming to ensnare this incredibly wealthy and desirable catch.
"No wonder she refused the good quality dramas and insisted on acting in an idol series. So that was her plan all along. Shameless hussy!"
An Qiuyan was consumed by anger and resentment; she felt like tearing Jiang Ling apart.
The fury came on fast and left just as quickly. As she calmed down, a profound sense of helplessness washed over her.
Ever since she suspected that Jiang Ling might be a reborn person, An Qiuyan had been desperate to bring her down, to make her suffer the same tragic fate as in her past life, where she was vilified by the entire internet and ultimately died like a rat everyone wanted to kill.
However, ideals were grand, but reality was stark.
The reason she had managed to bring Jiang Ling down in her past life was indeed because the Jiang Ling in the original story was intellectually deficient, had a huge chest and a tiny brain.
But more importantly, back then, Jiang Ling had not yet terminated her contract with Huohua Media.
She thrived at Huohua Media and had Shen Mingjue's support. The entire company was practically her domain.
Attacking a love rival on her own turf was as easy as pie.
Now, however, Jiang Ling had severed ties with Huohua Media and escaped her control. Her usual tactics, which were akin to internal feuds within a household, were completely ineffective.
Upon realizing this problem, An Qiuyan adjusted her strategy, intending to use the unsavory underbelly of the entertainment industry to deal with Jiang Ling.
She never expected Jiang Ling's growth to be so rapid.
Just as An Qiuyan would devise a plan to deal with Jiang Ling based on her current standing, Jiang Ling's popularity would skyrocket, making her efforts futile and all her plans obsolete.
After Jiang Ling signed with Liuyun Media and became their sole Platinum artist, Liuyun Media's protection of her was comprehensively upgraded.
Coupled with the backing of a massive fan base, as soon as An Qiuyan dug up some dirt on Jiang Ling, her fans would respond with an overwhelming torrent of abuse, curses, and reports, a one-click triple threat.
Before she could even lay a finger on Jiang Ling, her plans were already dashed.
This was the benefit of having immense power.
In the face of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were useless.
An Qiuyan's series of malicious schemes failed to harm Jiang Ling in the slightest.
In her despair, An Qiuyan clearly understood that Jiang Ling was no longer the same person she was in her past life, that "Wu Xia Ah Meng" (meaning someone who has improved greatly).
To deal with her, she needed to be patient, hold back a major blow, and only then might she be able to severely cripple her.
Either she wouldn't strike, or when she did, it would be a blow from which the opponent could never recover.
An Qiuyan recalled Shen Mingjue casually mentioning Jiang Ling's background in her past life. This little vixen had been abandoned shortly after birth and was then adopted by a childless, kind couple in the village.
It was rumored that her birth parents were also from the same village. The poor and harsh environment bred wicked people, and those who could heartlessly abandon their own daughter were likely not good people either.
If these ruthless parents were to learn that their daughter, whom they had abandoned years ago, had become successful and was a top-tier female star earning hundreds of millions annually, with such a large pie in front of them, wouldn't they rush to claim kinship?
Given Jiang Ling's pride and arrogance, she would definitely not allow her abandoning parents to leech off her.
At that point, there would be a good show to watch.
An Qiuyan was determined to use Jiang Ling's birth parents to her advantage and disgust her thoroughly.