The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 852: Chapter 831: Interstellar Superstar 1

When Anning opened her eyes again, she felt an indescribable depression in her heart.

She was sitting on a cloud-like soft sofa, wearing silk pajamas, which seemed to indicate she was at home. However, for some unknown reason, she felt terribly upset inside.

She touched her face and found it covered with tears.

Anning closed her eyes to recall.

She dredged up a segment from distant memories.

This world was indeed one she had visited before.

In this world, her name was Cui Anning.

This was the world of a book.

In this world, it’s an interstellar world. Humanity left the Mother Star thousands of years ago, wandering for hundreds of years before finding a planet suitable for settlement and starting to expand continuously since then. By now, humans have occupied a star system.

In this star system, there are many planets suitable for human settlement, besides the main star, there are plenty of resource stars. And because of continuous expansion, the population began to explode.

The star system where humans settled was named the Hope Star System. The entire Hope Star System has dozens of habitable planets, with a collective population of hundreds of billions.

Cui Anning was born into a middle-tier noble family on the main star. Her father, Cui Zhengxun, belonged to a branch of The Cuis. Her mother was once a third-tier celebrity, later marrying Cui Zhengxun and giving birth to a son and a daughter. Cui Anning also had a brother named Cui Anlin.

Cui Zhengxun and Cui Anning’s mother, Li Wan’er, were a loving couple, the family with a son and a daughter should have been very happy.

Li Wan’er nurtured Cui Anning from a young age. She excelled at musical instruments, sang beautifully, and had decent acting skills. She entered the entertainment industry at thirteen, debuting as a child star, with a promising future.

By the age of eighteen, Cui Anning had already acted in a few TV series and a movie, released an album, and was considered a popular Xiao Hua.

Logically, with her family’s support and her abilities, Cui Anning should have been doing quite well.

However, it was because of one person that her peaceful and affluent life was turned upside down.

That person was a transmigration girl named Fang Xiaolian.

After Fang Xiaolian transmigrated, she started plagiarizing entertainment works from another world, making her way into the entertainment industry. Then there were various occasions where she flaunted and face-slapped.

Of course, a protagonist like her naturally didn’t lack men chasing her.

And Anning’s brother, Cui Anlin, was the devoted male supporting character pursuing Fang Xiaolian. Anning’s fiancé was also one of the male supporting characters, as well as the Grand Marshal of the interstellar alliance, who liked Fang Xiaolian very much. Basically, elite men from all walks of life were fans of Fang Xiaolian, infatuated with her.

And Cui Anning, as the female supporting character, always found trouble with Fang Xiaolian, eventually being sold to the garbage star by her own brother, where she was brutally killed by a group of hooligans.

Thinking of those memories, Anning’s mood was not pleasant.

She took a deep breath, trying hard to calm her emotions.

Then she opened the main brain on her wrist, seeing comments about her online, she understood why she cried.

As a person, Cui Anning was actually quite resilient. However, she had a little-known weakness, which was her developed tear glands.

No matter what happened, she couldn’t help but cry. She couldn’t control it.

Because of this, many people said she was weak, calling her a White Lotus.

She didn’t want this, but she couldn’t control it.

This was something she managed in normal times by trying not to show it in front of people, generally crying secretly when alone.

However, it was precisely because of a reality TV show that her reputation was really ruined.

This reality show had been airing for several seasons. It was fine at the beginning, just inviting some celebrities to enter various scenarios for tasks. Since those celebrities knew they were filming a show, they were patient in completing tasks to the best of their ability, maintaining their persona.

But this time, the reality show organizers had a sudden idea. They wanted celebrities entering the scenarios to lose a portion of their memories so that once inside, they’d forget they were celebrities, that it was a show, and lose track of their persona, revealing their true nature.

This is precisely what audiences love to see.

They enjoy watching celebrities show various contrasts and wreck their personas.

Cui Anning was invited to participate in this reality show too, alongside Fang Xiaolian.

Having read the book when she transmigrated, Fang Xiaolian knew about this reality show. Before entering the scenario, she left herself a mark, so she knew it was a reality show and made sure to maintain her persona, acting smart and kind, open and cheerful, receiving all sorts of praise, her fame soared.

And Cui Anning, like the others, had no idea it was a reality show. Once in the scenario, everyone revealed their true nature.

Several celebrities wrecked their personas.

A star who appeared pure was actually a mature woman, while a seemingly soft and cute male star was a rough, crude man behind the scenes.

Everyone was wrecking their personas.

But none wrecked it as hard as Cui Anning.

Cui Anning’s persona was intellectual, yet in the reality show, she would tear up at every turn, looking in others’ eyes as weak and pretentious, disgusting others.

Because of wrecking her persona, Cui Anning was criticized, with online posts slamming her. After the reality show, her reputation was utterly ruined, endorsements she had signed sought compensation, previously agreed-upon movie roles fell through. Her career began to decline increasingly.

It could be said, this reality show was the start of Cui Anning’s tragedy.

Anning went through the memories with closed eyes, and when she opened them again, she smiled.

Others might fear being criticized for wrecking their persona in a reality show, but Anning feared nothing.

If wrecking a persona is what it takes, then let it be thoroughly wrecked.

Anning checked the time and then got up to tidy herself in the bathroom.

The timing truly seemed coincidental. After two more hours, her agent would pick her up for the reality show filming and all that followed.

Anning showered, changed her clothes, applied exquisite makeup, then went online while waiting for her agent.

After half an hour, the agent still hadn’t arrived, but Anning’s communicator rang.

She opened her communicator, and Li Waner’s holographic image appeared before her.

”Baby, are you participating in Celebrity Action?”

Anning nodded: ”Yes, the agent arranged it. The breach penalty is quite high, I can’t back out. I checked some previous shows; overall they’re not bad.”

”But those kinds of shows can be really tiring.”

Li Waner was concerned, ”Though you only send your spiritual power into the scenarios, it’s really quite draining.”

”Mom, I’m not afraid.”

Anning spoke calmly with Li Waner, ”At most, I’ll be mediocre, not causing any major problems. At this stage, I don’t seek much exposure in variety shows. I just want to avoid big mistakes. I didn’t rise by doing variety shows; I became popular through my works. Only good works are the real way.”

That’s true, Li Waner then instructed Anning, ”Be careful, take care.”

After ending the call, agent Wang Hui arrived.

Wang Hui had been with Anning since her debut, their relationship was quite deep. While sending Anning over, she repeatedly advised, ”Remember to hold back tears, if possible, don’t speak. If you really can’t hold it back, find somewhere private to cry.”

Anning cheerfully promised.

Soon they arrived at A Company’s premises.

Wang Hui led Anning in, both accompanying the staff into a spacious hall, where a dozen holographic nutrient cabins were placed. Besides, two celebrities had already arrived.