Several film crews even came to their door, saying nothing, and directly presented a blank check, asking them to act with any amount they wished.
Jiang Ling and Jian Zhou were in perfect sync, rejecting the offers without a second thought.
They weren't short of money, so they wouldn't pander for attention and ruin their reputation by chasing this fleeting trend.
Reputation, once tarnished, was difficult to repair.
Especially in Jiang Ling's case, the original owner of her body had starred in one bad movie after another during her time at Spark Media.
After Jiang Ling transmigrated, she had to exert all her efforts, with the help of the system, just to salvage her reputation.
If these trash films ruined it again, she would have no one to blame but herself.
As for Jian Zhou, his role as Shan Junhao was a reluctant undertaking, something he had to force himself to do.
His acting skills weren't as good as the online praise suggested; most of his scenes were imitations of his elder brother or him playing himself.
If he were to act in anything else, it wouldn't be as remarkable.
At this very moment, Jian Zhou was rather enjoying the feeling of being praised for his acting and good looks.
He needed to maintain this impression and couldn't afford to break character because of other dramas.
After all, he wasn't short of money and only needed one work that he could be proud of.
As the plot continued to unfold, it was time for another switch between the prince and the frog roles.
Previously, the car accident and amnesia were the prince becoming a frog; now, regaining his memories meant the frog transforming back into the prince.
Jian Zhou's true-to-life performance made the character of Tong Hao even more lively and expressive than Shan Junhao.
Many viewers expressed that compared to the aloof, domineering CEO, they preferred Tong Hao, as Tong Hao was simply too adorable, like a little sun that could warm everyone around him.
As the viewers watched Tong Hao's scenes to the end, they finally understood the ingenious design of the drama's director and screenwriter.
After Shan Junhao transformed into Tong Hao, Jian Zhou switched to playing himself, which led many viewers to believe that Shan Junhao and Tong Hao were two different people.
However, when the amnesiac frog finally returned to being the prince, the audience was astonished to discover that Tong Hao and Shan Junhao were the same person.
Shan Junhao was inherently a benevolent, kind, gentle, and considerate person. It was simply the burden of the family business and the need to deal with the insatiable old foxes in the business world that forced him to adopt the persona of a cold, arrogant, unapproachable, and unfeeling executive.
After the car accident and his transformation into Tong Hao, having forgotten the past and unburdened by those concerns and ties, his icy facade melted away, allowing his warmest, purest inner self to gradually emerge.
In other words, Tong Hao was the true self of Shan Junhao, while the aloof CEO was merely a superficial facade.
This character development made Shan Junhao an exceptionally vibrant, realistic, and flesh-and-blood character.
In contrast, the male leads in other domestic idol dramas had characters as thin as paper.
They were all stereotypically aloof, endlessly rich and domineering, consistently ill-tempered, predictably possessive and jealous after falling for the female lead, and habitually threw money around without any manners or upbringing...
Dominant CEOs are also human; they have their own thoughts, their own joys and sorrows.
Simply creating a CEO character for the sake of having a wealthy and powerful man for the female lead had long deviated from the essence of character development.
It was a pity that most screenwriters and directors today failed to grasp this point, merely imitating others, ultimately resulting in an attempt to draw a tiger that ended up looking like a dog.