Chapter 225: A Natural Talent, Gifted by the Heavens

"Holy crap! Over five billion! Did that kid Bai Liang use a cheat code or something?!"

If Yang Xing had seen Huang Jingyu acting so flustered before, she definitely would have criticized him, telling him not to make such a fuss and to stay calm.

But this time, she couldn't stay calm either.

What on earth is going on? How did this movie reach over five billion?!

Even with Yang Xing's extensive experience in the industry, this was far beyond her imagination—and not just by a little bit.

How should she put it? Regret—deep, profound regret.

Now she felt that she hadn't been fast enough or ruthless enough back then.

She should have tried every possible means to sign Bai Liang.

But this wasn't the first time Yang Xing had felt regret. She had replayed the situation many times and still felt she probably wouldn't have had any good options.

She thought for a long time and felt the only opportunity was back at that commercial KTV.

Since Bai Liang was working under Old Zhou back then, he naturally could have worked under her.

That was because, at the time, he knew nothing about the entertainment industry.

Unless she had "snapped him up" right then and there, she wouldn't have had any chances at any of the later milestones.

From the second project onwards, companies like Tang Ren were already competing, and by then, it was already too late.

Who could have guessed that Bai Liang would rise so fast and have such good luck?

Who could have imagined that a freelancer who started from scratch would shoot straight to the top tier and then continue to soar?

After feeling depressed for a while, Yang Xing noticed Huang Jingyu's expression was even more dejected than her own, so she teased him: "Aren't you two good brothers? It shouldn't be that hard for you to see him succeed, right?"

Huang Jingyu wore a look of utter despair. "His success is a good thing, of course, but... we made a bet!"

"A bet? What did you bet on?"

"The box office for *Wolf Warrior 2* and *Operation Red Sea*. We're both playing the second male lead, and both are modern war themes..."

As he spoke, he scratched his head frantically. Damn it, he was finished!

He felt that Bai Liang was already smiling and getting ready to mess with him. Who knows what kind of wicked ideas that guy could come up with?

He couldn't really make him run naked, could he?

Brother Liang, please don't!

Fine, fine, fine!

Yang Xing, previously depressed, suddenly found it amusing.

That was over five billion in box office!

For that courage alone, she was willing to call Huang Jingyu the strongest!

"Look at the bright side. Since their *Wolf Warrior 2* is a massive hit, *Operation Red Sea*, which shares the same theme, will also benefit from the audience's interest and the genre's popularity. Do you know how many similar projects have been greenlit in the industry now? Those guys chasing the trend for a quick buck—first, they don't have the time, and second, they could never have the production quality and team that *Operation Red Sea* has."

Put that way, Huang Jingyu felt much better. Although he lost the bet, it seemed his good brother was still looking out for him.

When the other guy eats meat, he still gets to have some soup~

"Sister Yang, do you think our movie can reach five billion at the box office?" Huang Jingyu asked with a cheeky grin the next second.

Sister Yang:... really want to punch his canine tooth right out.

"You should spend more time building your relationship with your Brother Liang. If you don't make it big in the future, you might have to rely on him to carry you."

Huang Jingyu noticed that Sister Yang, who used to call him "Xiao Bai," didn't use that term much anymore.

Although calling him "Xiao Bai" sounded intimate, it also carried a sense of placing herself above him.

Now, Sister Yang wouldn't do that anymore.

Let alone Bai Liang, even with Yanzi, Sister Yang no longer used that tone of a senior giving advice, but rather communicated as an equal peer.

It was somewhat moving.

In the past, when Huang Jingyu and Bai Liang stood together before Sister Yang, they were like mere lackeys; whatever she let slip through her fingers was enough to keep them both well-fed.

But now, Sister Yang didn't even talk about... signing Bai Liang anymore.

The reason was simple: she couldn't afford to sign him.

How could she sign him? Give him half the company? It was hard to say if he'd even want it.

Just then, Huang Jingyu's phone buzzed with a WeChat message. After reading it, he couldn't help himself:

"Damn! That is so freaking real!"

"What is it now?"

"The team for *My Love, Enlighten Me* wants me to ask if they can include Bai Liang's name and stills in the Weibo promotion for the drama next year. He only made a cameo for two scenes!"

"That's normal. With such huge popularity, anyone would want to ride his coattails." Yang Xing thought it was quite reasonable; she would do the same if she were in their shoes.

"Yeah, that makes sense. When he was filming his cameo, the lead actress also wanted to ride his coattails..."

"Song Qian?" Yang Xing looked at Huang Jingyu, speechless. "That's your lead actress. How did Bai Liang go there and hook your lead actress too? Can you show some backbone?"

"Sister Yang, his show seems to have its finale tonight. Bai Liang was bragging to me, saying this episode is really intense..."

This attempt to change the subject was quite mediocre, but it piqued Yang Xing's interest.

How intense could it be?! ——

*Divas Hit the Road* Season 3, the final episode!

On the day this episode aired, the box office for *Wolf Warrior 2* had already reached 5. billion.

To be honest, the box office trend had already started to show signs of fatigue.

This could be considered barely conforming to market laws... after all, so-called experience and market trends had long lost their reference value in the face of this movie.

But finally seeing it start to "falter" made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

You finally started to drop...

Looking at it this way, it should be impossible to break 6 billion.

In movie box office, every billion is a hurdle.

*Wolf Warrior 2* suddenly raised the previous box office record of over 3 billion to over 5 billion, which was already very, very exaggerated. If it were to hit 6 billion... it would really make many people doubt their lives.

Similarly, according to the latest news, Wu Jing's roadshow schedule had ended, and Bai Liang had entered a new set...

These two shouldn't be causing any more waves.

As for *Divas Hit the Road 3*, which had caused a huge stir by "going solo in the African wilderness," it had actually "calmed down" a lot recently.

Although the CP was sweet, there were definitely no more of those overly outrageous program effects.

However, the finale gave everyone a "blow to the head"!

From the start of this episode, there was no nonsense, no hiding anything. When the Red Bull team appeared, the audience realized something was wrong.

Until the production team announced that this episode would involve skydiving, and that Bai Liang would complete a solo skydive, the popularity instantly shot to the top of the trending searches.

Production Team: He's back! He's back again! It's that same feeling, not changed at all.

"Holy crap! Every time I think Bai Liang has no more tricks up his sleeve, he always pulls out this kind of insane stunt that makes my eyes go dark."

"Solo skydive? Does he have a license?"

"If the production team dares to let him jump alone, he must have one. They wouldn't just let a guest joke with their life, would they?"

"For others, definitely not, but if it's Immortal Bai, it's hard to say. He doesn't even take his own life seriously."

"Why is everything this guy plays so exciting? Racing, wilderness adventure, skydiving... I clearly remember when I first met him, he was a straight-A student who passed the judicial exam and the civil service exam."

"Honestly, if all the top-tier stars in the industry were like this, I'd be willing to be a fan... It's too outrageous!"

"Everyone should roll up their sleeves to this standard! What about the other top stars? Can't you copy the homework?"

"The other top stars say they want to live a few more years... With Immortal Bai's way of playing, normal people wouldn't live to his age."

"Will he really jump? Thousands of meters in the air, just thinking about it makes my heart tremble."

"Weiwei fans are here. Our Xiao Nai is like this, a hexagonal god, isn't it normal for him to be all-around?"

"If the person above is a solo fan, you're welcome, but if you're a Xiao Nai and Bei Weiwei CP fan, we're going to start roasting you. This is Nazha and Bai Liang's territory, get lost, you Dilireba dogs."

"What, acting proud just because you picked up a 5-billion box office accessory as a lead actress? What does that movie have to do with your master? Would it make any difference to the box office whoever went?"

"Anyway, the lead actress isn't Dilireba, hey~ pissing you off! Also, our Nazha is now the actress with the highest box office in the industry, top 1. Can some ordinary TV drama actors please stop trying to touch porcelain?"

"Guli Nazha's dogs really forgot how she tried to touch porcelain with Reba before. So shameless, the dog biting its master." "..."

Unsurprisingly, it was a CP fan war. Discussions on these topics always seemed to end with this result.

Ordinary netizens always silently gave up their territory, watching the fierce battle between the two sides, clicking their tongues in wonder.

These two sides were really at each other's throats, with an attitude of not wanting to let the other go.

The most critical thing was that, unlike other celebrities where basically only fans come down to tear each other apart, Nazha and Reba had evolved to the point of competing offline.

Encrypted calls?

Encrypted calls didn't work anymore.

There were too many talented people online!

Even if they couldn't translate it completely, some video clips leaked out, and there were always experts who understood Uyghur who could piece together some information based on lip-reading.

The result was that everyone discovered these two Xinjiang girls really had a conflict! They had already started offline PK.

The aggression in their words was practically overflowing from the screen.

Both of these top beauties were quite good at being passive-aggressive.

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But Bai Liang's performance also proved one thing: he really had a big heart!

Facing the Shura field without changing his expression, he even dared to say: Give me some face~

Who the hell are you to be given face?

Oh, Immortal Bai... then we really have to give him some face.

In short, the plot between Reba and Nazha made everyone feel like they were dreaming back to the era of the Four Dan Actresses and Two Bings.

Back then, the first-line actresses would tear each other apart themselves.

Many people still remember the famous scenes from that time, like Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi being passive-aggressive on a show, Li Bingbing directly calling out the other Bingbing, Zhou Xun and Zhao Yanzi openly tearing each other apart over billing on set...

All kinds of big moves when they met, no one wanted to let the other go. The plot was truly wonderful.

Unlike the 85-flower generation, who, when they met, would either huddle together to isolate others or ignore each other, treating the other as air.

Anyway, on the surface, they were always smiling.

And this wave of Nazha and Reba... Renaissance!

Yes, that's it. It's most interesting when the principals go into battle shirtless.

And similarly, the involvement of the principals could better drive the passion and motivation of the fans to tear each other apart.

The idols took the lead in charging, so what else did they have to hesitate about?

Just do it!

However, today's tearing apart obviously couldn't go to the end.

Because the battle became unbalanced.

"I want to be with you!"

In the show, when Nazha said this with a firm face while being afraid, the bullet comments exploded.

Question: What is the difference between this sentence and a confession?

Answer: This sentence is much more powerful than a confession!

However, there was something even more explosive.

It wasn't the skydiving plot, but before that, Nazha's usually not-so-bright head seemed to have suddenly opened up.

Maybe it was because she had just watched a certain anime a while ago, and she was watching it with Bai Liang, so she modified a line slightly...

Then she quietly leaned into Bai Liang's ear:

"Ten thousand rivers and mountains, I am willing to go see them with you."

The bullet comments seemed to have stalled for two seconds because of this, and then, countless neatly arranged bullet comments instantly dominated the screen!

They were frantically repeating her sentence just now.

If someone turned on full bullet comments, they would find that the entire screen was covered by them, and nothing could be seen.

Reba's CP fans were forced to withdraw. If they jumped out at this time, the attack they would attract would not just be from Nazha's fans.

I'm afraid everyone would come to beat them.

At this moment, even Dilireba, who couldn't help but watch this episode with her assistant at the hotel, was subconsciously lost in thought.

Her assistant, Lingling, beside her, widened her eyes, seeing Nazha really tying herself to Bai Liang, wanting to skydive with him, muttering: "Is she crazy?"

Honestly, assistant Lingling suddenly felt some sympathy for her Sister Reba.

How did she encounter such an opponent?!

This wasn't even the level of a love-struck brain... how much do you have to like someone to do this?

"Sister..."

"I'm actually okay~"

Reba smiled at her, resting her chin on her hand, watching the two on the screen jump off the plane.

The next second, she turned off the TV. There was no shattering... instead, she was more determined than ever.

"Then let it come."

——

Undoubtedly, tonight's episode of *Divas Hit the Road 3* was the most perfect and exciting finale.

The audience saw almost everything they wanted to see!

At the same time, it pushed the CP of Bai Liang and Nazha to a whole new level.

Tonight was a carnival for Nazha fans. Almost all of her fans were now CP fans of the two, with almost no exceptions.

Poor Red Bull felt that they had planned such a good activity and even linked it with the production team, only to find that not many people were discussing them...

Can't these people see the Red Bull logo on that huge parachute?

In a fit of anger, they made a decision.

Add another spokesperson!

Didn't Nazha say it? Ten thousand rivers and mountains, she wants to go see them with Bai Liang.

Come, we at Red Bull will help your dream.

We'll cover your travel expenses from now on, is that okay!

It can only be said... Nazha, through her own efforts... well, maybe it was talent, successfully stole the show!

This is a natural talent, gifted by the heavens.

In all these years since her debut, Nazha finally found another track of her own besides being a vase.

This track was so narrow that looking at the entire entertainment industry, one couldn't find a second person walking this path.

Maybe the risk was too great because one person couldn't play like this.

At the same time, it was quite a test of the other player's quality.

But there is no doubt that she succeeded!

She stood at the top of the traffic in a strange posture, and she stood exceptionally steadily.

Before, it was always said that her fans and traffic were not as good as Dilireba's.

And after *Wolf Warrior 2* and *Divas Hit the Road 3*, the gap between the two would likely be wiped out at a very fast speed.

It could even be said that she had overtaken her!

From today on, who is the number one female top star born in the 90s is really not that easy to say.

Perhaps, we have to ask our dear classmate Capybara.

The fact that these two could walk to this day has everything to do with him.

And it has a lot to do with him.

The relationship between their wins and losses seems to have always been held in Bai Liang's hands. As long as he expresses his stance, he might be able to destroy a female top star...

And before that, the situation of the 90s flowers seemed to have gradually become clear.

From the Four Dan Actresses and Two Bings to the Four Little Flowers, by their generation, it became a bipolar confrontation.

A Cold War pattern!

Only two people are far ahead, and the others have to work hard to catch up from behind.

At this time, Jiaxing and Tang Ren, these two companies, were already going crazy!