Song Qin watched with a hint of envy as Qi Fei packed her things. It had only been a few days, but Wu Yun was already making good on his promise, starting to help Qi Fei expand her network.
'I wish I had a perfect boyfriend like that, too,' Song Qin thought. 'But I'm not that lucky, and I'm not as perfect as Qi Fei.'
During a break as a new group took the stage, Qi Fei stood up and went over to her professor to ask for time off. She repeated, word for word, what she had told Song Qin.
The professor was a veteran actor himself and knew full well that to become a successful actor, personal ability was just the baseline; connections were also a crucial part of the equation.
No, that wasn't quite right. It was true for most industries. Without connections, it was nearly impossible to get anything done. Modern Huaxia was a society that ran on personal relationships, a legacy of thousands of years that couldn't be changed overnight.
