SUPERSTAR ASPIRATION

Chapter 21

SA: Chap 21 – You guys need to call me ‘very handsome’~

Translator: Vian

Editor: Aconyte

Although people often said that soap operas were too dog blood and have no sustenance, it was precisely those wanton ups and downs conflicts and intense contradictory soap operas that had very high ratings.

In recent years, TV drama programs were getting longer and longer, some with even eighty or ninety episodes. For example, in some reproductions in the old versions from the last era, it would only use one episode to narrate and resolve these few plot points; but in the remake version, it would use three episodes! So the once only about a dozen or twenty episodes would turn into a few dozens and even hundreds of episodes.       

There was an advantage to weekly dramas, which was that they were usually short. In general, it would not exceed fifteen episodes.

Therefore, if you wanted to tell an understandable story within fifteen episodes, every episode would be packed full of fierce conflicts to make the audience continued to watch while feeling annoyed, but still excitedly chased after it. This was also the reason why weekly dramas could air once a week: because there were still so many viewers willing to wait to watch.   

When Zhao Mei turned on her TV and tuned in to her favorite channel, there was only five minutes left before that ancient-style weekly drama she had been following every week started. She excitedly waited for the drama to begin. In last week’s episode, the male lead actually died and today was the finale, if the male lead really died… En, send blade, must send blade!   

Just as Zhao Mei got some melon seeds and fruits and was waiting patiently, the promotional trailer for weekly dramas on the channel suddenly played.     

The first one pulled away Zhao Mei’s attention from eating! Eating! Eating! What attracted her was the intense and hurried background music. This music was oppressive and persisted. It was as if there was someone rapidly hurrying through the dark night, the beat of the drums causing people to can not help but feel nervous. Then Zhao Mei looked up and saw one huge word——     

“AMBUSH!”

In the next moment, the scene changed in an instant and showed a heated battlefield, the gunfire roaring.

The first one to appear on screen was a young man wearing a light blue military uniform. He wore a pair of silver spectacles and looked rather refined and scholarly, but the screen shifted, and he suddenly changed into all black and whispered in a low voice in an alleyway: “804, 197.”  

Subtitles appeared on screen: Han Yanghao as Bai Mingde.

Next came a feminine and elegant woman. She was dressed in a simple floral cheongsam and stood on a podium, gently teaching the students about the Chinese classicals. But when the image shifted, she firmly looked straight at Bai Mingde, and solemnly declared: “I am willing to join you!”    

Zhang Tongtong as Liang Linghui.

Zhao Mei was instantly interested after seeing these two handsome man and beautiful lady. She attentively watched the TV screen, muttering to herself as munched on her melon seeds: “Han Yanghao ah, I haven’t seen him in a long time. This Zhang Tongtong is also very pretty ah. Where have I seen this drama again ah? Ambush, Am… bush…”   

Her voice suddenly stopped and Zhao Mei stared wide-eyed at the TV screen.  

On the screen, a man wearing a dark military uniform was riding a coal-black wild horse, pulling the reins in the middle of a heavy snowstorm. The dark overcoat contrasted against the white snow, causing a lurid contrast to the eyes. He wore a leather military visor and calmly looked ahead. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth casted a touch of an indifferent and mocking smile. Then, he drew his gun! And fired!