Strategy to Conquer the Vicious Female Supporting Character [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 15

In the original novel, the “Golden Film Awards” are held once every four years. They are the highest honor in the entertainment industry and are considered the ultimate benchmark of an actor’s achievements.

For Qi Lin to succeed in her career path, her ultimate goal — just like Dong Zheng before her — is to win the Golden Film Award for Best Actress and become the Film Queen.

But right now, it’s just the beginning. Even the Best Newcomer Award at the Golden Film Awards carries significant weight.

Just as Qi Lin expected, although the heroine in the original novel had a bumpy and difficult love life, her acting career went quite smoothly. Now, with the added boost of the heroine’s halo, Qi Lin’s acting skills had become even more outstanding, and naturally, the Best Newcomer Award fell into her hands.

At the moment Qi Lin smiled and accepted the trophy from the award presenter, a sharp, jarring electronic noise suddenly rang in her head.

[403: Ding—]

[403: Host’s current career storyline completion: 30%. Please keep up the good work.]

Qi Lin: “…”

She suddenly had the feeling that she had almost forgotten this little guy.

[Qi Lin: Long time no see?]

It really had been a while since she’d heard anything from it, so Qi Lin casually greeted it.

That one greeting was enough to make 403 drop its icy, official tone. Its electronic voice immediately softened.

[403: H-Host, it’s been so long QAQ… Congratulations on making a breakthrough in your career storyline!]

Ever since it almost caused a major mistake last time by goofing off, 403 had become extremely cautious. It hadn’t dared to mess around again and had been diligently monitoring Qi Lin’s situation.

But Qi Lin was just too easy to manage. The more 403 observed, the more convinced it became of its first impression when it met her, it kind of feels like I’m not even needed…

403: QAQ

But that won’t do! It was an experienced system! It had to be helpful to its host!

When a host completes tasks, the system earns a portion of experience points. 403 had used its saved-up experience to upgrade some of its features and could now report on the host’s progress in the career storyline!

…Also because it wanted to talk to the host more. After all, the host was so busy that it didn’t want to bother her, but being a lonely system watching task progress in silence was really boring QAQ!

[Qi Lin: Mm, thank you. What about the relationship storyline?]

[403: …O-Only the career storyline is available right now…]

M-Most of the experience points it earned were spent on games, and the remaining savings were just enough to buy the career progress report feature QAQ!

There was no way it could say that out loud!

Before 403 could come up with a decent excuse to explain why only the career storyline feature was available, Qi Lin already had to face the audience and deliver her acceptance speech. Since 403 didn’t respond further, she didn’t pay it any more attention either.

403 let out a big sigh of relief.

Whew, survived that for now QAQ!

Qi Lin had only asked about the relationship storyline casually — she hadn’t been particularly concerned. After all, whether it was the romance plot or the career plot, she already knew the end goal. She had a general sense of how far along she was on the path toward each.

The acceptance speech had already been prepared in advance. After all, it was just the Best Newcomer Award. Newcomers weren’t expected to stir things up. Qi Lin hadn’t planned anything dramatic — something proper and inoffensive was good enough.

But when she got to the line, “Thank you to all the seniors in the “The Bl00d-Stained Hairpin“ production crew for taking care of me,” her gaze couldn’t help but drift toward Dong Zhen’s seat in the audience.

Dong Zheng also attended this awards ceremony — she was nominated for Best Actress. From the moment Qi Lin stepped onto the stage, Dong Zheng had been watching her closely, and at this moment, she naturally caught Qi Lin’s gaze the instant it was directed toward her.

Their eyes met, and smiles unconsciously appeared in both of their eyes.

The Golden Film Awards ceremony was being streamed live online, and this moment was captured by the cameras. The livestream comments exploded instantly.

– “Oh my god, am I seeing things?! Queen Dong actually smiled?! Other than in dramas, this is the first time I’ve seen her smile!”

– “Seriously, I can’t breathe! How can Queen Dong be this beautiful?!”

– “Wait, was that… a smile shared between Queen Dong and An Xiaoxiao?! Are they that close?”

– “Same company and same drama crew. An Xiaoxiao looked at her first — Queen Dong’s just giving her junior some face…”

– “Ha, our goddess was in the same company and drama crew with her too. Funny how Queen Dong didn’t give her any face then, huh?”

– “Speaking of which, those people who used to slander our Xiaoxiao with those casting couch rumors — aren’t their faces burning now? This is the Golden Film Award! There’s no room for shady deals here! Our Xiaoxiao just won Best Newcomer at the Golden Film Awards!”

– “You’re calling axx (An Xiaoxiao) a goddess? Your industry’s standards are way too low.”

– “You guys can keep fighting — I just want to look at the screenshot I grabbed a hundred more times! Two goddesses with devastating beauty sharing one frame—double kill! Ahhh! Mom! Is this heaven?!”

– “Aaaaah please share the screenshot!!!”

– “What?! AnDong¹ girls get to celebrate New Year early today?!”

– “RPS (real people shipping) shippers, please keep it within your own circles, thanks.”

– “I didn’t expect to get some Zhimian² sugar³ after all this time… I’m crying!”

Then, after receiving her trophy and coming off stage, Qi Lin ran straight up to Dong Zheng and gave her a big hug. The camera caught it, and the livestream comments went so wild that the screen was nearly unreadable.

With so many cameras watching, Qi Lin didn’t go overboard. After the hug, she immediately sat down in the seat beside Dong Zheng, looking just like someone excitedly sharing her joy with a close friend after winning an award.

Fortunately, the lighting at the venue was dim — otherwise, the flush on Dong Zheng’s cheeks would’ve been impossible to hide.

The girl’s embrace was soft and warm; Dong Zheng felt like she was sinking into it. For just a moment, she had the thought that she never wanted to leave…

Dong Zheng did her best to steady her inexplicably quickened heartbeat and said calmly, “Congratulations.”

“Hehe!” Qi Lin grinned foolishly. “Thank you, Queen Dong! It’s all thanks to you saying I could win this before!”

“You had the talent all along,” Dong Zheng said seriously.

Qi Lin leaned in a little closer. “Even though I’m really happy about winning the award, I still feel a bit regretful…”

Dong Zheng could feel Qi Lin’s breath almost brushing against her face, and just as her heartbeat had begun to calm down, it started speeding up again. “…What are you regretting?”

“I regret that you weren’t by my side,” Qi Lin pouted, sounding a bit childishly disgruntled. “It would’ve been great if the two of us could’ve won an award together!”

Dong Zheng: “……”

“There’s no way two actors can win the same award…” Dong Zheng sighed. “Work hard and win Best Supporting Actress or even Best Actress someday. I might be the one presenting the award to you on stage when that happens.”

The Best Actress Award at the Golden Film Awards — the highest honor for a female actor — was spoken of by Dong Zhen as if it were no different from the Best Newcomer Award currently in Qi Lin’s hands.

But coming from the youngest Best Actress winner in Golden Film Awards history, her words carried undeniable weight.

Qi Lin’s eyes sparkled. “Does the great Film Queen think I could win the same award as you one day?”

What do you mean ‘the same award as me’… Dong Zheng, feeling a slight stir in her heart at Qi Lin’s words, still answered earnestly: “In my heart, you’re already the Best Actress.”