Metropolis: My Rising Life

Luxurious cruise ships drift along the Huangpu River, surrounded by the night view of the Bund and the bright lights of the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Chen Yi and Marion did not sit on the deck, and the November night was a bit cold after all.

The two of them were sitting in a cabin very close to the deck, with doors and windows open, and the cold wind poured in from outside, which made people feel refreshed.

On the table is a sumptuous dinner cooked by a chef from a five-star hotel, as well as various pastries.

The dining table and the luxurious sofas and coffee tables in the cabin are filled with gorgeous flowers.

The candlelight flickered, and the lights in the cabin became dim and ambiguous. This was a veritable candlelight dinner.

Chen Yi specially asked Ritz-Carlton to prepare a lot of good wines for him, and these wines are just for fun.

Mary's cheeks were reddish, tasting the red wine, and there was finally a bit of flattery in her glamorous gray eyes.

She and Chen Yi looked at each other, seemingly affectionate, but more of a liberation of desire.

"My husband is a photographer..."

The time and the environment were right, and Marion finally said what she was saying.

Chen Yi was a little weird, and there was a burst of excitement, listening to the French lady in front of him talking about his family situation.

"I was born on the outskirts of Paris, and the conditions at home are very average, even for Parisians."

"...But the financial situation at home doesn't embarrass me, it's my father who really embarrassed me..."

"He is a very controlling person, he will beat and scold me if something is wrong. I hate this kind of family atmosphere, and I hate this family very much."

Marien Xiafei's cheeks, drinking red wine, the whole person is so lazy and confused.

"Hey, big boy, you may not think, I am actually a very rebellious girl."

"...When I was a teenager, I couldn't stand the environment at home and ran away from home."

"I work in a clothing store. Although the economic situation is still not optimistic, I can barely make ends meet."

"...Until one day I met a model agency's agent, and he said that I am a good model."

"I was also stupid at the time, and I believed him without any doubt."

"...Fortunately, that agent is not a liar. He helped me enter the world of modeling."

"After a rush, I became the spokesperson of Chanel, and I have spoken for YSL before."

"But I don't like the job of modeling. To me, modeling is more like a prop that allows me to make more money and improve my life."

"...Of course, I am a conscientious person, even if I don't like this job, I will try to do it well."

"And the model has an advantage, because I always have to go to show all over the world, I can always take the opportunity of work to see all over the world, such as now."

Marion put down the wine glass, holding her cheek in one hand.

Even in this ambiguous atmosphere, she is still cold and elegant, like an elf living in the forest.

"Do you like acting?"

Chen Yi also drank a lot of alcohol, but with his amount of alcohol, these things can only make Chen Yi more excited, and not make him drunk.

"Yes, I have been a model for a few years, and I met the ghost director Ou Rong at the age of 22."

"... He caught me at a glance somehow and asked me to act as the heroine of his new work."

"You have to know that I had never acted in a play at that time, not even a small role, let alone a professional background."

When the director was mentioned, one could see the gratitude in Mary's eyes.

"But Marion is the heroine in your debut, and you did a great job."

Chen Yi poured a glass of champagne for himself and Marion, and praised.

"Thank you, Ryan! I think so too. Since then I have discovered that what I like is actually acting."(Read more @ mtlarchive.com)

Marion raised the glass and touched it with Chen Yi.

"That was my most proud and happiest time, and it was also at that time that I met my husband."

"...We were very affectionate at first, like glue, we also have a daughter, she is very beautiful."

"I'm pregnant, you know, that's a delightful thing."

It can be seen that Marion loves her child very much, that is the nature of maternal love.

But even when she said such a happy thing, her expression and tone were still so calm and fascinating.

"I thought that such a happy life would last a lifetime, but God always loves to make jokes with people."

"...Several years of modeling and acting careers have allowed me to lead a good and exquisite life."

"But I don't have high requirements on the material aspect, as long as I think about it."

"But my husband is different. He is dissatisfied that I always go to work based on my preferences, urging me to make more money, and even let me go to model catwalks again."

Marion took a deep breath, a flash of disgust flashed across her face:

"...I said before, I don't like to be a model, and his toughness also reminds me of my father, that terrible father!"

Chen Yi didn't speak, he stretched out his hand boldly and held the slender hand of the cold-tempered French beauty in front of him.

Marion did not evade, allowing Chen Yi to grab her hand and scratch her palm with her nails.

In other words, a romantic Frenchman knew that he had agreed to go on this yacht with Chen Yi and came to have this candlelight dinner, and he knew what would happen.

If she refused, she would not agree to Chen Yi's date from the beginning.

"You are really good, Marion..."

"...I admire you very much, this is the truth."

"Even if you are so famous in France, your life is still so low-key, and you haven't fallen into this glamorous vanity fair."

After Chen Yi got to know Marion, she naturally searched for a lot of information about her.

Then he was surprised to find that this famous French star almost didn't live like a person in the film and television industry.

She has won awards in several plays, but the movies she has acted in do not match her fame, very few.

And Mary seldom accepts interviews from the media, rarely appears in the newspapers, and never hype about herself, so that her life seems to be secluded.

"What I like is acting, not the life of being a star... But because of this, my husband urged me."

Marion laughed at herself.

Chen Yi understands her quite well.

European films are all literary and artistic films, which may have won numerous awards, but they are not well received, and the box office income is very low.

Just to see that there is no European movie in China on the big screen.

Marion's pay is very low, she is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of euros for a movie.

This is the limitation of European movies. It's not that her pay is low. Even if Sophie Marceau is allowed to play, the pay is not high.

If she were put in Hollywood, she would not be considered a third-tier star, after all, she has no reputation in the world.

In contrast, if she were to be a first-tier Hollywood star, it is estimated that her salary would be doubled tenfold.

Marion's real income is mainly from advertising and endorsing brands such as Chanel.

However, this kind of advertising revenue will not be given to you in one go, but a part of it every year until the end of the contract.

As for the endorsement fee, the total is only a few million euros. After all, Marion is only famous in France, and very few people know her outside of France.

Those companies of Chanel are not charitable enterprises, how could they give you too much money.

Marion's total income a year is estimated to be only one or two million euros, which is more than enough for ordinary people.

But if it is the kind of people who are used to living a luxurious life, this kind of income is far from enough.

After all, no one knows whether you will be famous and qualified to endorse those high-end luxury brands in a few years.

If there is no endorsement fee, then the income will drop sharply.

I'm afraid Marion's husband thinks so too, so I hope she can work more and work hard to maintain her reputation.

But by the way...

"I am a person who likes a free and romantic life. I don't want others to control me, and I don't want others to tell me to do this, do that..."

"...For me, I am very satisfied with my life now. The material things are enough."

"It's just that no one thought that after leaving the family with a father, there was still a husband."

Marion's tone was a little irritable, and a kind of depression that wanted to vent.

She is like an elf in the forest, and she should lead a natural and eternal life instead of being tied to a birdcage by others.

As time passed, the lights on the Bund gradually went out, and the behavior on the shore also decreased.

Marion just stared at the scenery outside the yacht, she suddenly looked at Chen Yi, showing a rare, fascinating smile.

"Big boy, you said you were not confident... Then, do you want to be more confident?"

Her brown eyes were still so cold and lazy.

But in the depths of the eyes, there is a desire to seek ‘freedom’.

It was as if she wanted to cut off the shackles that entangled her.

Chen Yi didn't speak, he just drank the wine in the glass and stood up and walked to Marion's side.

He picked up her legs, picked her up in the form of a princess, and strode towards the yacht's bedroom.

Marien kept holding the wine glass and didn't put it down, she just looked at her bright face in the reflection of the cabin.

So cold, so alluring.

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