Chapter 381 - 383: Persona
Chapter 381 - 383: Persona
Seeing that the viewers in her live stream hadn’t reacted, Jiang Tianxin continued.
"I know now that being uneducated is a truly terrifying thing."
Her voice was tinged with sorrow as she spoke, but inwardly, she couldn’t have been more pleased with herself.
She almost laughed out loud as she read the fans’ praise.
’These losers would never guess in their wildest dreams that their ’goddess’ was actually a high school dropout.’
Jiang Tianxin felt a surge of smugness. In reality, she hadn’t even tested into high school; she had gone to a vocational school.
She only lasted a year. She couldn’t keep up with the coursework and was only interested in dating, so the school advised her to withdraw.
At the time, she was madly in love with her boyfriend. Since she was dropping out and could no longer hide it from her family, she simply ran away with him.
Thinking about it now, Jiang Tianxin still felt a little smug. After they ran away, they did have a good life for a while.
But as time went on, Jiang Tianxin felt something was wrong. ’Why do I have to be the one to cook?’
Her idea of a perfect life was to dress up every day and go shopping with her girlfriends.
’After all, what’s the point of being this beautiful if I can’t go out and show it off? It would be such a waste.’
But she soon discovered that her boyfriend was a total good-for-nothing. He had no skills whatsoever and even expected her to stay home, cook for him, and wait on him.
’Dream on!’
So, Jiang Tianxin cleaned out her first love’s savings and took off.
Unexpectedly, she ran into a talent scout, who gave her his number.
As luck would have it, she was assigned to an agent who was a master of marketing personas and incredibly resourceful.
In just a few years, her fame skyrocketed.
She had transformed from a boy-crazy dropout into a nationally renowned superstar.
To this day, she still vividly remembered her own Cinderella story.
Thinking of this, a smug tone crept back into her voice.
She paused, then continued, "Back then, I really didn’t like to study, either. But..."
"Later, I realized how vast the differences between people can be. I came to understand that if I wanted to set myself apart, I first needed to have some substance."
It sounded profound on the surface, but it was just another script her agent had taught her.
Jiang Tianxin had memorized countless such talking points. In the entertainment industry, this was standard practice.
Jiang Tianxin’s agent had taught her several conversational templates.
Her agent was shrewd and savvy, and thanks to her, Jiang Tianxin had managed to deliver many lines on such occasions that sounded deep and meaningful, but were really just plausible nonsense.
And it was precisely because of this that her fans adored her even more, calling her beautiful, kind, and emotionally intelligent.
In truth, it was all just a manufactured halo.
Su Nian watched her, her gaze cool and detached.
But Jiang Tianxin paid her no mind. With tears welling in her eyes, she continued her tale of how hard she had worked and how difficult life had been.
This, too, was part of the persona her agent had created for her.
She’d been told it would help bridge the gap with those losers, making them feel she had suffered just like them, which in turn would increase fan loyalty.
Jiang Tianxin rolled her eyes internally. ’These losers are delusional. How could someone as rich and beautiful as me possibly empathize with them?’
But what she said aloud was a different story entirely: "I was living in a basement back then. It was terribly damp. Sometimes, when I was in bed, I could even hear rats scurrying around. I was terrified, but what could I do? I knew that if I didn’t study, I wouldn’t stand a chance against anyone. I’d never squeeze my way into the glamorous world of entertainment. So I decided to first build a foundation for myself through learning."
[Boohoo, Tianxin is so wonderful!]
[She’s so hardworking! To come so far from a situation like that... I’m seriously about to cry.]
[Who says hard work doesn’t pay off? Jiang Tianxin is the perfect example.]
[Yeah, I’ll always love our best Tianxin!]
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