"Don’t act like you’ve never seen the world!"

Zhuang Siqi reflected on herself and felt that compared to the goddess and her boyfriend, she really hadn’t seen much of the world.

"OK, I admit my worldview is limited." After admitting this openly, she invited Ning Youguang to look at the online news with her.

"Yiyi needs to produce some good works in the future." After watching for a while, Ning Youguang said, "Otherwise, with the current buzz, it’s possible he’ll just fade away like a ’three-month wonder’."

In the short span of a talent show from start to finish, her brother indeed easily captured the attention of many people.

Sometimes when Ning Youguang walked around the campus or attended classes, she could hear the students talking about "Idol 6688" and Xie Yizun.

From these phenomena, she could very easily draw a conclusion—

Xie Yizun has gained national fame.

However, life is a long, long track.

The talent show industry is particularly cruel.

Many people on the stage don’t know that this might be the peak of their lives.

This is also very harsh for Xie Yizun, but this is how the profession is.

"Three-month wonder"—after three months, no one remembers anyone.

Zhuang Siqi, of course, understood, "I will definitely support Yiyi more in the future."

She clenched her little fists, already planning in her mind how to get more money from her sister.

"Thank you." Ning Youguang chuckled at Zhuang Siqi.

From her gaze, combined with what she knew about her friend’s sister, she could already guess what she was thinking.

Next to her, Shi Wangyue put away his phone, "Yiyi’s ability to shine where he has talent is something most of us can’t achieve."

"He can’t just do what he’s talented at forever." Ning Youguang smiled, "Which young star in today’s entertainment circle doesn’t need to branch out?"

"Then let him start learning early." Shi Wangyue said, "First, find a clear crossover target and direction, don’t be greedy, then in the cross-field direction, find his most skilled niche vertical field, learn quickly and practice boldly."

"You make a good point." Ning Youguang found Shi Wangyue’s suggestion very feasible, "He may not need to slay dragons, but he can’t stop sharpening his sword."

"Working hard in areas where you’re not as talented but still maximizing your strengths can lead anyone to grow and strengthen their career." Shi Wangyue continued.

Seeing how these two effortlessly mapped out her brother’s future career path.

Zhuang Siqi and Zhuang Jianxian exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.

"No wonder the underage Xie Yizun can debut at the center position, and we’re still just nobodies."

"I finally understand why some nobodies rise while others don’t."

"Why?"

Zhuang Jianxian turned his head and found Shi Wangyue and Ning Youguang looking at him and his sister.

It was obvious they heard what he and his sister said.

After feeling ashamed for three seconds.

Zhuang Jianxian still chose to play it cool, "Some nobodies work hard, while others don’t."

"We are quite self-aware, huh." Though Zhuang Siqi thought at this moment, she still had to support her family.

Ning Youguang and Shi Wangyue exchanged a smile.

...

In a private room on the second floor of a renowned restaurant in Beijing.

"This year is tough, but when has life ever been easy?" Xie Shengxing stood up and downed a full glass of Moutai, "When I knew Xiao Shi, my career was at a bottleneck in the United States, and it felt like everything was particularly difficult then. But more often, it was the uncertainty about the future. I clearly felt I lost expectations for my company’s development. Although I kept telling my employees ’things will get better’ in meetings, I knew well that this was as good as it gets, and it wouldn’t get any better. I was especially upset then."

He turned his head, his gentle gaze scanning everyone in the private room, "Everyone around me was comforting me, encouraging me, saying it would pass soon, and that I was doing great... But only Xiao Shi didn’t feed me any empty words. He just said one sentence to me that felt like getting a bucket of cold water poured over my head, and it quickly snapped me out of my depression."

He said with deep emotion, "At that time, I wondered why someone so young and brilliant could say ’today is the best day of my life,’ and ’tomorrow being better is a huge paradox.’ You tell me, how could someone like Shi Wangyue, a person who stirs up storms at just over twenty, not have countless beautiful visions for the future? Why, when he climbs higher every year, is he always so pessimistic? I don’t understand."