Chapter 1725 - 839: Closing Ceremony

Chapter 1725: Chapter 839: Closing Ceremony

Lew Xi was momentarily speechless.

Regarding Zhou Yun’s statement, she didn’t quite know how to respond.

Different countries have different environments.

Lew Xi naturally knew that in China, actors had a higher status and earned more.

But in Korea, it wasn’t the same.

Even the top actors were constrained by the chaebols or were simply part of the game’s rules themselves.

In Korea, such scandals frequently surfaced, and it wasn’t unusual.

Lew Xi herself came from Korea, and she knew clearly why no one dared to offend Li ZhenTai.

Presidents and officials alike would step down.

But the chaebols would not.

Some even argued that in Korea, it wasn’t the government that controlled the functioning of society, but the chaebols.

Of course, such statements were exaggerated but not entirely without basis.

Zhou Yun knew this too.

But that’s how people are. Even though she knew what Korea’s environment was like, because she hadn’t experienced it herself, she had no real sense of Li ZhenTai’s so-called "might" or "being hard to deal with."

She didn’t care.

No matter how powerful he was, he couldn’t affect her.

Zhou Yun carried this mindset throughout, with no trace of fear.

Lew Xi could sense Zhou Yun’s emotions.

Precisely because of this, Lew Xi’s complicated feelings toward Zhou Yun bubbled up again from her heart.

An indescribable jealousy and a sort of anger akin to "how can you look down so disdainfully on the hardships we’re enduring."

Lew Xi’s nails clenched into her palms, yet she must maintain a smile. This was the expression she was already accustomed to. She had self-awareness; even Lily Cruise had given up struggling in front of Zhou Yun, let alone Lew Xi.

But these emotions remained in her heart, incessantly tormenting her.

Zhou Yun’s return made the Killing Song crew very happy.

Without the female lead returning, various aspects of work were affected.

This was also why Zhou Yun had been reluctant to ask for leave from the crew; no matter how much she said it didn’t matter, Zhou Yun knew inside that her departure was a burden on the crew.

But now Zhou Yun wasn’t as stubborn as before—previously, she wouldn’t agree to ask for leave from the crew no matter what, but now she wasn’t so insistent.

Work was just like that; it’s not just one place that needs you, and asking for leave didn’t mean the film would turn out poorly.

Zhou Yun knew she was gradually becoming familiar with many of the industry’s operational rules.

And as she became familiar, she slowly accepted many things she’d once considered absolutely unacceptable.

Zhou Yun wasn’t the kind of actor with distinct individuality or an exceptional character.

She wasn’t so indifferent to worldly matters.

Words like materialism and conventionalism are sharp, and almost no one wants to admit they’re associated with them.

But few can truly escape them.

Nor could Zhou Yun.

She only hoped to be frank, honest, accept her imperfections, and act as much as possible according to her own heart’s desires and thoughts.

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Zhou Yun’s performance and the welcome she received at the Berlin Film Festival were beyond many people’s expectations.

Zhou Lan told Zhou Yun she had received cooperation requests from over a dozen major Europe and America brands.

The collaboration between celebrity artists and brands wasn’t solely about endorsements.

In fact, for those at the top, their relationship with major brands was more of a cooperative one rather than an endorsement.

They would appear at brand shows, or cocktail parties, or on fashion magazines, with no situation of "once you go to this one, you can’t go to the other."

But few artists were at that level, only a handful.

Zhou Yun hadn’t quite reached that point, but she was undeniably popular, and because she’d signed endorsements with many brands, they could only cooperate with her in this manner.

Regarding these matters, Zhou Yun only had one request for Zhou Lan: she must have absolute autonomy, for instance with clothes, wearing them only if she wanted to, and brands couldn’t force her to wear something she didn’t like.

Meanwhile, Treasure had received a lot of buyer recognition at the Berlin Film Festival, and the bidding news, although not officially reported by the media, was gradually spreading within the Chinese-language film circle.

This news shocked many people.

Marketing a film to other countries and regions was not an easy task.

If it were easy, many things would have succeeded long ago.