If I hadn't met you, where would I be?

It turned out that Pan Yumei, as the agent of a former first-tier star, was still very qualified.

Feng Yufei returned to the company for a meeting after a day's rest. Zhang Ji sat in the first seat, next to him was Pan Yumei, his disciple and confidant.

When coming in, Feng Yufei noticed that the position had been arranged in advance. She was led by the company's receptionist to the second place below Pan Yumei with her name card, and the person sitting opposite her was An Zidong, whom she had only met once.

Who would sit in the first seat closest to Zhang Ji and Pan Yumei?

Feng Yufei glanced out of the corner of her eye. It was indeed Liu Sisi that Pan Yumei mentioned yesterday.

Liu Sisi was about the same age as Li Muqing, even a few months older. Her eyebrows were thicker than average. Under her long eyelashes were a pair of big shining eyes. Even if not looking at you seriously, she made you feel that they were very bright.

"I believe the three of you have received the news before coming here. The work that the company is going to arrange for you is related to the upcoming Star Institute." Zhang Ji always arrived early in the meeting, and he had always asked Pan Yumei to do the same. When seeing that everyone was there, he went straight to the point.

"The Star Institute will be the only focus of your work for the next year. There will be nothing else. This opportunity is rare. The company also put in a lot of effort to get it. I've given it to the three of you, and you will have to work hard!

Everyone more or less knows Xingyun Entertainment's previous turmoil, but it doesn't matter. Without You Ruohan, I can still train another superstar. So for the next year, you must let me see - you are worthy of my support." Zhang Ji looked around and finally set his eyes on Feng Yufei.

The heavy pressure from his gaze made Feng Yufei feel as if the air in the conference room had frozen.

When hearing Zhang Ji's encouraging words, Feng Yufei was expressionless, An Zidong was unmoved, but Liu Sisi's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

Feng Yufei's mental age had long passed the stage of shouting slogans and immediately rushing into battle. An Zidong was still on the second tier. The success or failure of this trip to Star Institute did not affect him much. Only Liu Sisi urgently needed an opportunity to prove her ability.

Star Institute's preparation work was very secretive, but it could not be hidden from everyone. Especially when the project was about to start, more and more news came out from the preparation team. Many media heard the news and kept waiting outside the big companies day and night to get first-hand inside information.

"I won't explain anything else. Newcomers and agents, please look at the big screen." Under his signal, Pan Yumei turned on the projector and released a copy of Star Institute's promotional materials.

The original idea for Star Institute came from Xiao Chuhong. She had seen the instability in the entertainment market a few years ago, especially in film and television production where the hidden contradictions were the most prominent.

However, Duan Qinghong had been rooted in the field of film distribution for more than ten years, with an unshakable position. And the Lin family's commercial real estate had also taken shape, in charge of the largest hospital in Asia. Xiao Chuhong could not compete with the two big families at all.

Therefore, she could only look at actors and off-scene production. Unfortunately, the production industry in China was weak and far from systematic. If she wanted to do it well, it would not be accomplished overnight. Therefore, she could only choose to focus on actors. However, if she intervened, she would undoubtedly be using a knife to divide the cake of the major entertainment companies. If she cut their flesh and bleed them, how could these big figures just sit by and do nothing?

However, a large part of the chaos in the entertainment industry was related to their inappropriate use of manpower and training. The entertainment industry was a place of profit. If they could not be enemies, they could only cooperate. Moreover, she had to change her way of thinking towards a mode that could be accepted by the entertainment company, herself, and the market.

From the idea to the plan to the start of the project, the entire process took nearly five years. With Zhang Ji and the others joining in, its efficiency had improved. Many details of this project were not perfect, but they did not affect its meeting with the audience. In the original plan of Zhang Ji and the others, You Ruohan would be the judge in the first episode. Unfortunately, it could not be achieved now.

Star Institute's promotional video was very short. Though less than three minutes, it was well-made. Xiao Chuhong obviously had put in a lot of effort. Most of the time, Xiao Chuhong was talking about the purpose and philosophy of the Star Institute, together with the participation of some famous star instructors, looking particularly attractive to the audience and students.

"Star Institute aims at training the perfect idols of the new era. The perfection here refers to the characteristics! I believe that everyone could understand how powerful the instructors of this idol class are through the short video. All of them are world-class figures. They represent the peak of their respective industries.

And the three of you will be fortunate enough to come into contact with these prominent instructors and learn from them for some time. Since this time, Star Institute's recording takes the recently popular reality show mode, I have to hold a meeting to emphasize some things.

No matter what kind of relationship you had before, no matter what kind of conflict you had, you will always be Xingyun Entertainment's stars when you go out. Most importantly, the idol class this time takes the elimination mode. I don't want to see our Xingyun Entertainment stars out before even starting fighting!" Zhang Ji said this with a stern expression. Always in a high position, he had a strong aura. When he looked down at people, the oppressive feeling he created scared Liu Sisi to straighten up her body.

"Your every word and action in the Star Institute are very important, but you can't just be cautious. You have to show the characteristics of a star idol. If you don't perform well in it, no matter how well you do, you can't appear in the final film to be seen by the audience of the country.

The big entertainment companies and film companies will provide a growth fund worth 300 million yuan for the final student. They will invite famous screenwriters, directors, and producers to whole-heartedly create a TV series and a movie for the winning student. I don't need to say more about the rest!"

After listening for so long, the last sentence was what Zhang Ji wanted to emphasize.

This meeting was to take the opportunity to teach the three of them a lesson, dampen their pride, and reveal an important piece of news at the end of his speech, so that they would go to any lengths to stay till the end and cooperate with the best director and team, using the best work as a stepping stone towards their debut.

"President Zhang."

After the meeting ended, Feng Yufei opened his mouth to stop Zhang Ji who was about to leave.

"Find your manager first. If she can't solve it, come to me." Zhang Ji frowned and said harsh words, but he still stopped and sat down next to Feng Yufei.

Seeing that Zhang Ji was not angry, Pan Yumei handed him a cup of tea. Zhang Ji took it and drank a few to moisten his throat. He asked,

"What do you want to say to me alone?"

Feng Yufei looked up at him. Zhang Ji's indifferent face was filled with coldness, making it difficult for her to speak.

This person was so annoying! He clearly asked her to speak, but he deliberately put pressure on her.

Although dissatisfied in her heart, Feng Yufei did not dare to show it.

She had just time-space traveled and knew nothing about the entire world. Recently, through Pan Yumei's description, what she understood was very one-sided. Many parts of the history and development here overlapped with those on earth, but the progress was a few years faster. The further they went, the greater the difference.

The difference between the two worlds greatly affected Feng Yufei's judgment and choice of her future work, but now that Star Institute was related to her life planning and career in the next few years, she could only brace herself and refuse.

"Can I not participate in this project?" Feng Yufei spoke very quickly and her words would be interrupted by Pan Yumei and Zhang Ji if she was a little slower.

"I just returned to China and know nothing here. Such a good opportunity should be given to others. I don't want to bear such great pressure, and I don't want to waste the company's resources."

"Is this your real idea or an excuse?" Zhang Ji leaned against the back of the chair and asked.

"Anyway, I don't want to go." Feng Yufei refused very thoroughly, and Pan Yumei, who was next to her, could not talk her out of it.

It was okay to watch the reality show, but there was no need to participate in the recording. Feng Yufei's debut was to pay off the debts. She was not so ambitious to be a superstar. Moreover, she remembered that her contract clearly stated that all commercial activities should only be accepted after both parties had confirmed and agreed. Star Institute was imposed by the company, which obviously violated the contract.

Zhang Ji tapped the table with his index finger and asked a question that she could not understand, "Do you know what this spot means?"

Of course, Feng Yufei did not understand, so Zhang Ji sat up straight and continued to ask her,

"Then do you know how high the spot for a student outside is?"

"I gave you this spot as compensation for Little Han's contributions to the company over the years. It has nothing to do with willingness. And if you can't quickly become famous, who knows how many years it will take for you to repay the money you owe the company." Zhang Ji finished speaking and glanced indifferently at Feng Yufei who was thinking with his head lowered. He stood up and walked out.

Many years of work experience told him that Feng Yufei could no longer refuse after hearing these words.

If he couldn't even understand the severity of the situation, even if You Ruohan came back alive to beg him, he, Zhang Ji, would not give Feng Yufei any chance, just like Li Muqing in the previous life, letting her fend for himself.

Pan Yumei picked up the teacup and followed him out. Before leaving, she gently patted Feng Yufei on the shoulder, "Although very oppressive, President Zhang is doing this for your own good."

It was all for your own good.

This was probably the sentence that hurt the most in this world.

Before coming to this world, she married a photographer in film production in his second marriage. Because she couldn't stand his work nature and time, his ex-wife chose a peaceful divorce. Through him, Feng Yufei also had some understanding of the entertainment circle, but what she remembered most and found most hard to let go of was his settlement of the relationship between his mother and wife.

After being away from home for a long time, the most he said to her when returning home was not "I love you", but the comforting words he had said countless times after she had endured and retreated,

"This is all for your own good"...

If not for the fact that he had never put himself in her shoes and protected her when she had a conflict with his mother, how could she have so willfully agreed to exchange life with a stranger in her sleep?

If not for that exchange, how could she have become Feng Yufei, with a huge debt of hundreds of millions on behalf of his deceased mother?

Without those debts, she would definitely not step into the entertainment industry.

Humans naturally feared the unknown. It had nothing to do with age or experience.

The new world and the new life. The confusion and fear that the future brought her were far greater than the fear of time-space travel. To put it bluntly, she did not know how to work and live in a completely unfamiliar environment in a man's body.

As for Zhang Ji, or the company, this casual move of dominating her life, in her opinion, was extremely terrible, because they were interfering and controlling the future that had already made her uneasy and confused, taking away the little control that was originally in her hands.

After Pan Yumei and Zhang Ji went out, Feng Yufei sat alone in the conference room for a long time. She thought a lot, but she could only stop at her imagination. However unwilling she was, after leaving the conference room, she had to put away her mood and join Star Institute's challenge.

The study, work, and life.

At this age in her new life, she had to consider the three aspects earlier than teenagers of the same age.

In Beiping, many schools were suitable for her to go to. Many art schools also had a high pass rate for the professional examinations every year, but there were very few who could go to a first-tier school locally. Part of the reason was that this was the capital of China, the country's political, cultural, and economic center, with a lot of competition for enrollment. A larger part of the reason was that the academic scores of graduates in the art school were not good, plus the overall ranking of the professional scores, their pass rate was not as high as that of the regular high schools.

In addition, Pan Yumei and Zhang Ji learned that most of the professors in the major art schools did not like the students from art high schools. Most of them had a loose personality and were excessively attached to technical things, making them especially difficult to teach. Compared to the advantage of a superior performance foundation at the beginning, their drawbacks were enough to cover up the edge and let the mentors give up on them. Therefore, even if Pan Yumei had to negotiate a few more times, she did not want Feng Yufei to study at art schools.

The selection of the school would, to some extent, also affect the length of her work period and her tasks in the next few years. In theory, regular high schools would not allow students to take a long time off to film and participate in activities, apart from major competitions. The passing and admission rate every year were related to the quality of enrollment for the next year. So the teachers attached great importance to this, with particularly strict control.

Not wanting to overwork herself at such a young age, Feng Yufei felt it necessary to get into a regular high school.

When it came to life in the future, she was very sorry. Until this moment, she was still very confused.

"Who will I meet? What kind of conversation will I have? The person I am waiting for, how far will he be in the future..."

Looking at the distant scenery outside the window, Feng Yufei couldn't help but hum the climax part of "Meeting".

"What song is this? It sounds good." Pan Yumei asked in surprise.

"It's not a song. I was just humming." Feng Yufei soon realized that this was not earth. Some people and things did not exist in this time and space. She found an extremely lame excuse to stall Pan Yumei. She did not expect it to be surprisingly useful.

"Oh." Pan Yumei nodded, "How was the exam today?"

The schools would begin to grade their respective entrance examinations, but the scores wouldn't come out until tomorrow morning on the earliest agenda.

"Not bad." The tutor's guessing of the exam questions was neither good nor bad. After a few subjects, Feng Yufei felt that it would be no problem to pass with a low grade.

Pan Yumei,"..."

How was it not bad and what was considered "not bad"? Have we confirmed it before?

Pan Yumei felt that Feng Yufei was even more difficult to get along with than You Ruohan. This child lacked a sense of security. Not only did she hide many things, but she was also extremely superficial and limited. It was very difficult to understand deeper things through her words and expressions. Was it Feng Yufei's nature or was it caused by the influence of western education over the years? It would need more observations.

No matter how much strength you used, the ball Feng Yufei returned to you was always as light as a feather.

With this personality, she hoped that Star Institute's studies could teach her a lesson. Otherwise, if she really entered the circle in the future, she would have to suffer. In the short term, Pan Yumei could only pin the hope of modifying Feng Yufei's character on Xiao Chuhong.

The words that Zhang Ji said after the meeting that day still had a slight impact on Feng Yufei. A few days later, Feng Yufei very cooperatively reviewed and participated in the exam. As wished, she got the overall review of "A" and successfully got the qualification to enter the school. It was just that Star Institute started at the beginning of August and it was already the end of July. There wasn't much time left for Feng Yufei. After completing the admission and quitting procedures, it was almost time for the new students to enroll.

"Victor!" Every time Pan Yumei called Feng Yufei by the English name, it gave Feng Yufei the illusion that she was referring to the original owner or someone else instead of her.

"In face of the camera, your expression is still very unnatural." Pan Yumei sighed.

"Ok!" She was indeed not interested in knowing how she had passed.

"Alright, I understand." Feng Yufei was not used to the life of cameras everywhere. She was not afraid of cameras, but she could never turn a blind eye when she did not need them. When needing them, she would show her best side.

Pan Yumei looked at her frown and knew that she had tried her best, so she comforted her, "No one can control the camera when born. You have improved a lot."

It would be better if there was more time.

This was what Pan Yumei and Feng Yufei shared in their hearts.

Stars always had to get used to the camera, be used to displaying all kinds of poses and expressions under the dazzling spotlights, and even switch states and emotions as they pleased.

If she wanted to do all of this, Feng Yufei still had a long way to go.

In the past, it was fine to take some photos and videos as private entertainment with her ex-husband and children, but these works and abilities were still far from the standard film and television production.

She really didn't expect that after so many years, she would become a student again.

Time-space travel, hastily returning to the country, signing a contract, bidding farewell to You Ruohan, and taking the entrance examination... The recent events flashed in her mind one by one, and finally stopped on the white plane ticket.

After tomorrow, her new life began. She could finally get rid of the current fast-paced and erratic state. She could do one thing at a time, slowly understand, slowly become familiar, slowly... accept, or compromise.