Chapter 1734 - 1555: Entertainment Tycoon of Another World 15
Chapter 1734: Chapter 1555: Entertainment Tycoon of Another World 15
Just when Ji Yuzhe was sweating coldly all over and feeling dizzy, a gentle voice sounded in his ear, and his body was supported by a pair of soft hands, then slowly moved forward.
Ji Yuzhe endured the pain and looked at the person supporting him. It was a pretty girl. Ji Yuzhe sighed in relief; it turned out to be his Junior Sister Jiang Wanling.
Ji Yuzhe gritted his teeth and said, "So it’s Junior Sister Jiang. Why did you come out? You should hurry back. If you came out without permission like this, the troupe master will be angry and punish you."
Ji Yuzhe was well aware of how strict the troupe master was with teaching apprentices; his methods of punishment were extremely varied and difficult to endure. He had suffered plenty when learning theater under the troupe master’s hand.
Now that the troupe master had already given up on him, he certainly wouldn’t be kind enough to let Jiang Wanling come out to take care of him on her own initiative, so Jiang Wanling must have come out on her own. When she goes back, she won’t be well received.
For this Junior Sister who was willing to come out to find him at this time, Ji Yuzhe didn’t want to implicate Jiang Wanling.
Jiang Wanling struggled to support the weak and pained Ji Yuzhe as they walked forward, shaking her head and saying, "Brother Ji, you don’t need to say that. Back in the theater troupe, you took care of me a lot, and it was you who paid for my father’s illness to be treated.
Now that you’re in trouble, how could I be ungrateful and not care for you? Don’t worry about me; I’ve started performing on stage now, I’m somewhat of a role. The troupe master won’t punish me too heavily; he’s still counting on me to make money.
Next time you have a problem, Brother Ji, just come to me directly. Don’t go to the troupe master. That person never saw anyone without benefit, always putting interests first, completely ignoring sentiments."
Ji Yuzhe smiled bitterly. In the past, he kept his ears closed to outside matters, focused solely on practicing and singing, and didn’t feel that the troupe master was cold-hearted, just strict with his subordinates. Ji Yuzhe only thought it was him being strict.
Now, as he was down and out, he realized how cold-hearted the troupe master truly was. This feeling wasn’t good; it could be said that Ji Yuzhe was truly a bit disheartened. He asked himself; he treated everyone in the troupe well, never bullying any of them.
Yet today, those people seemed to see him as an enemy, speaking with extreme malice, ultimately leaving just one Junior Sister, Jiang Wanling, willing to extend a helping hand to him. He really failed as a person.
Jiang Wanling wasn’t aware of Ji Yuzhe’s thoughts. She struggled to support Ji Yuzhe as they walked forward until finally sending Ji Yuzhe to the nearest medical clinic nearby.
By the time they arrived, Ji Yuzhe was already in a semi-comatose state. The resident doctor checked his pulse for quite a while, saying a bunch of professional terms that Jiang Wanling didn’t understand at all.
Finally, the doctor said that Ji Yuzhe’s stomach ailment was very severe, ordinary medicine wouldn’t cure it. It required an elixir containing Mystic Energy refined by a Mystic Doctor to treat, and he gave Ji Yuzhe an unknown elixir.
This elixir was extremely expensive, costing twenty Gold Coins for one pill. Jiang Wanling emptied all the Gold Coins from her purse to barely afford it.
Fortunately, this extremely expensive elixir was exceptionally effective. Ji Yuzhe recovered within minutes of taking it, his pale complexion regained color, his aching stomach no longer hurt, and he felt overall well.
Seeing Ji Yuzhe’s recovery, Jiang Wanling left two silver coins for Ji Yuzhe as living expenses before hastily returning to the theater troupe; she had a performance that night.
Originally, Jiang Wanling planned to leave more Gold Coins for Ji Yuzhe, but she hadn’t expected Ji Yuzhe’s stomach ailment to be so severe, nearly emptying her savings.
Now, Jiang Wanling only had two silver coins, over two hundred copper coins left; she left the majority for Ji Yuzhe.
After Jiang Wanling left, the doctor at the clinic said somewhat sentimentally to Ji Yuzhe, "Your little girlfriend is really generous, not blinking as she bought you a twenty Gold Coin elixir. You ought to treat this girl well in the future; she’s a good girl."
Ji Yuzhe was taken aback; he didn’t expect Jiang Wanling to spend so much money on him. His heart suddenly felt a bit sour, a bit soft, and a bit warm. It seemed he wasn’t entirely a failure as a person.
Leaving the clinic, Ji Yuzhe took a deep breath, preparing to muster up the spirit to quickly find a job. Since acting was out of the question, and he couldn’t do anything else, he could at least do some physical labor.
Ji Yuzhe thought that at least he could repay Jiang Wanling some money, although twenty Gold Coins were incredibly difficult to earn for him at the moment, it was still better than not repaying anything at all.
Ji Yuzhe had tried looking for jobs before, but in Wujia Town, jobs weren’t easy to find.
Even positions like waiter at a restaurant weren’t for just anyone; employers preferred those who were eloquent and preferably experienced. He went, but they didn’t want him.
Turning around again and again, he found that only jobs requiring physical effort were relatively easy to find, but Ji Yuzhe hadn’t wanted to do those before. He ultimately couldn’t bear to make a living by doing menial work.
However, today Ji Yuzhe decided not to cling to that ridiculous sense of dignity anymore; he didn’t want to rely on his Junior Sister’s good will to support himself, along with relying on a woman’s charity, there was even less dignity.
Wujia Town is close to Kangyuan River, which is the largest river within Lin Country, with many ships passing by.
Wujia Town, being near this river, had so many wealthy people who chased performances daily, being quite generous in their rewards.
Ji Yuzhe went directly to the docks. Wujia Town was a transit station converting from waterway to roadway, so there were always many people at the docks waiting to help unload ships or load carts.
Ji Yuzhe quickly found work at the docks, spent most of the day carrying packages, earning more than twenty copper coins, though compared to what he used to make, it was nothing. But at least he had income.
At night, Ji Yuzhe dragged his fatigued body back to the temporary place he rented, which was a courtyard where the landlord lived in the main house and rented out the side rooms.
A total of four families rented here; Ji Yuzhe lived in a particularly small room. Although small, it was cheap, with a monthly rent of sixty copper coins.
When Ji Yuzhe returned home, he found a little girl waiting at the doorway. Her face appeared very youthful, probably no more than twelve or thirteen years old.
Yet she was as tall as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, very tall and slender, and her looks were astonishingly beautiful, clearly a budding beauty.
Ji Yuzhe looked at her with some confusion, hesitating as he asked, "Little sister, are you here to find me for something?"
The girl smiled at Ji Yuzhe and said, "I’ve been waiting here for Boss Ji for quite a while. I am Jian Shuangshuang, I’ve specifically come to invite Boss Ji for acting."
"Invite me for acting?" Ji Yuzhe felt a bit puzzled about acting, but he didn’t think much of it, instead managing a somewhat bitter smile.
"Although I don’t know which family you belong to, whether you’re serious or here to make fun of me, please leave. You must have heard my voice; I can no longer sing. You’ve found the wrong person."
Jian Shuangshuang smiled and said, "No, I haven’t found the wrong person. Even though you can no longer sing, acting doesn’t require singing. As long as you understand performance skills and undergo some training, you’ll be able to do it."