Chapter 259: A young girl's ambition

The progress of Li Qin and Li Yitong's grinding off-screen was unknown to others.

But the performance of Meng Jie, this unknown little nobody, brought quite a surprise to the director's team.

Eyebrows like willow leaves, black eyes turning with every glance, lips like vermilion, naturally revealing a sense of style in every light opening and closing...

She was the hottest girl on the Kyoto show stage: Si Lili.

Meng Jie: I've said it, I was born to play a courtesan!

What do you call the number one female idol of Southern Qing~

During the time after joining the cast, Meng Jie hadn't made any moves, which made Li Yitong feel surprised.

She was guessing all sorts of things about whether she was holding back some big move~

She was indeed holding back, but not to fight with the young ladies for a man; Meng Jie was working hard for serious business.

To play the role of Si Lili well, she truly devoted herself heart and soul, not even going to cling to Bai Liang.

Directly entering the game with her body, what she wanted was that feeling of wanting but not being able to get.

When acting opposite Bai Liang, she really wanted to cling to him and rub herself fiercely into his body... but she held back.

The specific reason even Bai Liang didn't remember, but it was indeed because of the good deed he had done.

Previously, Meng Jie chatted with Bai Liang about the play, asking him how she could play this role well.

Bai Liang casually said: "Meng Jie, just play yourself, and then restrain yourself a little."

His original intention was actually thinking that Meng Jie was relatively unskilled, so he would just take the lead and influence her, and that would be it.

As a result, the other party understood it wrongly, but it hit the mark by mistake.

Si Lili in *Joy of Life* was a character with extreme complexity and contradiction.

Her surface identity was the courtesan of the Drunken Immortal Residence in Kyoto, peerless in talent and beauty, full of style, and the focus of the pursuit of the powerful.

Her true identity was the leader of the spies from Northern Qi lurking in Southern Qing, carrying the mission of her family and country.

Her identity, emotions, and fate were intertwined in the vortex of power struggles and the world of martial arts.

These settings and backgrounds built the fullness of this character, and because of the script changes, the male lead, Fan Xian, couldn't "open a harem," but Si Lili liked him more straightforwardly.

And for Meng Jie, to play this role well, the most important thing was two words: restraint.

The result of this restraint was:

While being charming and seductive, her entire speech and behavior, even her micro-expressions, were very appropriate.

It gave people a sense of a gentle and charming woman from ancient times.

It left her little friends stunned~

Li Yitong, Jin Cheng, and others:???

Originally, everyone was slacking off together, acting in a standard way, anyway, with Bai Liang leading the way, how did you suddenly open a cheat code?!

Meng Jie: I just put the time you all used to do some strange things into studying the character and acting.

She indicated that she wasn't in a hurry at all, because she didn't have many scenes.

However, although there weren't many scenes, the character was quite brilliant and memorable.

So she had to find a way to reach her limit within these limited scenes.

Meng Jie even stole a line from a Han Han movie to be her recent "motto":

Liking is indulgence, but love is restraint.

A bit pretentious, but she liked this kind of thing, so what could she do~

And Meng Jie's pattern had gradually opened up; this recent wave of restraint gave her a feeling almost like "enlightenment in the Dragon Field."

What was a small situation in the *Joy of Life* crew?

Some good friend stealing her old pasture, some good friend's friend also wanting to taste it, some good friend's look-alike sister also seeming to want to taste it—none of these were the main contradictions!

Because the truly powerful ones weren't in this crew at all... even if she "cleaned up" everyone in the crew, what would be the use?

Those two girls from the new generation outside were like two dark clouds covering the sky, looming over every girl who wanted to have a story with Bai Liang.

If one only thought about having a short-term story, or didn't even need a story, just wanted to have a relationship, that would be fine.

But once one thought too much and longed for more of a future, the pressure would suddenly rise.

So, she had to stand high enough to break through those two dark clouds and see the sun!

The first sentence every morning, first give herself a boost.

Bai Liang stood in awe: Wow! Truly ambitious~

Meng Jie: Hmph~

Bai Liang: By the way, want to play cards?

Meng Jie: Play!

Tsk, the young girl's ambition didn't seem as firm as it looked.

Bai Liang saw Meng Jie write some encouraging "slogans" on the script and thought she had really sublimated.

As a result, she was broken by a "play cards."

Meng Jie's face flushed red, the proud momentum just now disappeared, and she muttered: "I haven't played cards for a long time..."

"You're bullshitting, when I went to visit the *Ever Night* crew, I heard you guys talking about playing cards at the dinner table, didn't you lose a lot of money?"

"My technique is very good, how could I lose!" Meng Jie said anxiously.

She would never doubt her card-playing technique; even if she lost, it was because of other reasons.

In short, the technique was definitely no problem!

Bai Liang supported his face with one hand, holding back his laughter: "This time is it blaming the seat or the feng shui? Or is the clothes too tight to breathe?"

"... laming you." Meng Jie said in a low voice.

"Ah?"

"Because I miss you too much, when I touch the cards, I can't help but..."

Bai Liang paused; for a free capybara, there were few things that could make him look sideways.

Unless it was... a sincere heart.

This thing wasn't worth much in some people's eyes, but it was very heavy in others'.

Bai Liang was a good person; he generally didn't want to let people down.

But the problem now was that he had encountered too many... he could only "not let them down" from another angle.

However, to be safe, he asked one more question: "Which card were you touching when you couldn't help it?"

Meng Jie giggled, "One Chicken."

"I knew it... almost moved~"

"Who knows if your being moved is real or fake..." Meng Jie muttered in a low voice.

She still couldn't tell clearly how much of the enthusiastic feedback Bai Liang gave her back then was fake and how much was sincere.

There would always be a little bit, right~

"Ah?"

"Hmph! You should naturally be moved; I don't recognize anyone when I touch cards, but now I actually think of you..."

Makes sense! Bai Liang expressed his honor, and then arranged a card partner for Meng Jie tonight.

Chen Daoming.

Meng Jie:???

This was the first time in her life that playing cards was so difficult; looking at the Emperor sitting opposite her with a half-smile on his face, oh no, Teacher Chen Daoming, she felt the pressure was huge.

She used to think that when playing cards, she could do it regardless of who the opponent was, just play fiercely and that would be it.

There was no seniority at the card table, all relying on technique to speak.

But today, she felt that she might have been too young before.

Chen Daoming sat there, hadn't even touched the cards yet, and it made people feel... damn, can't win at all.

Or rather, did she dare to win?

Li Qin and Li Yitong also wanted to call the police at this moment.

They were tricked into playing cards.

Because *Joy of Life* had a plot about playing Pai Gow, the Fan family, after all.

And Lin Wan'er's setting was also a card master, the kind who could change cards.

Saying something like, playing mahjong to find the feeling of the character setting.

Bullshit!

When did Lin Wan'er and Fan Ruoruo ever play cards with the Emperor?!

It would be more like calling Gao Shuguang, who played Fan Jian, and Zhao Ke, who played Aunt Liu, to play together...

And was this appropriate?!

In fact, Chen Daoming looked like he was smiling, but he didn't feel right in his heart either.

What a... "Three Mothers Teaching the Son" game!

Oh right, there were three spectators for this mahjong battle~

Guo Qilin, who was responsible for commentary and livening up the atmosphere, and Jin Cheng, the sexy dealer responsible for adding tea and pouring water.

Plus a pure spectator, Bai Liang.

Occasionally helping the girls touch a card, accurately speaking, touching the girls' hands while touching the cards with them.

The best card player on the scene was definitely Chen Daoming; if it wasn't a professional mahjong player, playing with elders who had played mahjong at home for many years, one could know what was called the amazing card sense polished by time.

So, the girls were soon beaten to a pulp.

Then Chen Daoming set his sights on the two guys watching the show with smiles on their faces.

"You two come over?" "Sure, I'll play with you~" Guo Qilin agreed directly.

He was here to support the scene today, but he was actually very grateful that Bai Liang could call him here.

This was playing mahjong with Chen Daoming!

Bai Liang: Ah? What playing with Chen Daoming? This is playing cards with my Meng Jie!

Simply couldn't distinguish the primary and secondary relationship.

"Let Jin Cheng go, it's boring if I go." Bai Liang waved his hand.

Chen Daoming was stunned for a moment, then laughed in anger: "You kid is quite arrogant... just you come! Let me see how boring it is!"

Li Qin and Li Yitong breathed a sigh of relief, change people, change people, hurry up and change people.

Meng Jie: I want to change people too...

She cast her gaze toward Jin Cheng, seemingly wanting to ask for help.

But Jin Cheng was so smart, she trotted over to pick up the hot water kettle and went to pour tea for Teacher Chen Daoming.

She was here to do this work! Which "sexy dealer" would personally go on the field to play cards~

There was no such reason.

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But soon, the atmosphere on the scene was not right.

As Bai Liang yawned but easily and randomly won the game, Chen Daoming was silenced.

He had never seen such an opponent at the card table.

Clearly full of relaxation and ease, but gave people a very strong sense of oppression.

To be honest, Bai Liang's so-called top-tier status and other halos didn't actually feel that amazing in Chen Daoming's eyes, at most just a pretty good junior actor.

But touching like this at the card table, it immediately felt different!

This kid... not simple!

Bai Liang: If you don't play cards in a game where luck accounts for a huge proportion, seeing me is like a frog in a well seeing the moon in the sky; if you play cards, seeing me is like a mayfly seeing the blue sky!

Guo Qilin, sitting opposite Bai Liang, frantically winked at him, but couldn't stop Bai Liang from completely "beating Chen Daoming into autism" tonight.

"Continue tomorrow!"

After the card game ended tonight, Chen Daoming said this.

Obviously, he wasn't convinced, he was anxious~

"I'm asking for leave tomorrow, I won't be in the crew these few days." Bai Liang smiled, "Let them play with you first, look, she is my little apprentice~ called Meng Ziyi, Mencius said a gentleman sacrifices his life for righteousness, the name sounds good, right~"

Chen Daoming looked at Meng Ziyi, making her subconsciously straighten her waist, but her mind was blank.

"That's fine, come back early, as an actor, asking for so much leave during filming, is that appropriate?"

"I have to promote movies and TV shows, later when filming other plays, I might have to ask for leave to promote this one of ours."

Chen Daoming: Makes sense.

Awesome!

Guo Qilin and others were frantically clicking their tongues in their hearts, thinking he was truly fierce!

If it were someone else facing the "criticism" raised by Chen Daoming with a straight face, they would probably have to apologize in panic first... but Bai Liang just didn't indulge the other party.

The tone of voice was so relaxed and casual, it truly made people feel that this was too damn confident.

Chatting with the second grandfather at the village entrance?

Meng Jie:... h! Me?!

She finally came to her senses, a complex light flashing in her big eyes.

If she were still nervous and didn't dare to play now, then she really didn't need to be an artist.

Sometimes playing cards is purely for entertainment; the card games Meng Jie played before were basically like this.

But now she suddenly understood that there is a kind of card game called a business network game.

It's not that people can give her any resources; this isn't playing strip mahjong.

As long as Chen Daoming can remember her name, and mention it when reporters interview him, and praise her a little... this marketing can let her use it for years.

Definitely much more useful than the crushing she played before!

Last year, *In the Name of the People* exploded, and with the rise of short videos, all kinds of "acting highlights" spread virally, breaking the age circle barrier, all kinds of old actors raised their heads one after another, glowing with a second spring, and the voices and influences they sent out were getting bigger and bigger.

At the same time, now is the node where the world has suffered from traffic for a long time...

And there aren't many old actors of Chen Daoming's level and influence in the entire entertainment industry~

Meng Jie: Woo woo woo, little hedgehog! Was this also specially prepared by you?

Bai Liang: Actually, I just happened to think of this at the end...

In his eyes, Chen Daoming was just an actor senior, nothing special, hmm... looks a bit more handsome than the average person, this counts as a special point.

Card playing level is average~ Meng Jie can abuse him with one hand.

Right, Meng Jie?

If one isn't satisfied, I can arrange for Secretary Dakang to come later; he will join the crew soon, Bai Liang is more familiar with him.

Meng Jie: Little hedgehog, why don't I play strip mahjong with the sisters next time...

Girls, after all, are quite easy to get carried away.

Now Meng Jie was a bit carried away; she felt that she had been clinging to Bai Liang, enjoying all kinds of help he gave her.

It made her feel a bit ashamed; clearly, they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend... if they were, she wouldn't have to be so entangled.

Always felt like something wasn't quite right...

Never mind, in short, she really couldn't think of anything to repay the other party... and she didn't want to go the dry way like last time, the experience was really too...

Of course, if he insisted...

But Bai Liang himself indicated that he was just trying it out, he didn't like playing that way much either, the experience wasn't that good, just novel.

As for the others... that's called mutual pleasing, Meng Jie felt it couldn't be considered her "repayment."

So what to do? She was very ambitious and couldn't keep enjoying Bai Liang's care for her with peace of mind.

So, with a hot head, she set her sights on her good friend Li Yitong.

Tongtong, you like to steal food, if it really doesn't work, then...

Li Yitong's back of the head went numb; she always felt that she had been targeted by many people recently—Li Qin, Jin Cheng, and today's Meng Jie, it seemed that their eyes when looking at her were a bit wrong.

What do these people want to do?

Of course, Li Qin's intention seemed the most obvious; she had already felt it.

Because the other party was already suggesting calling Bai Liang to drink together or something.

As for the other two, could it be the same purpose?

So, when Bai Liang brought Meng Jie to knock on her door late at night, Li Yitong's heart trembled.

For real? And so fast?!

"That... I'm not ready yet~" Li Yitong said while her face was red, also a bit entangled.

"Ah? Does Rou Rou need to prepare a lot of things to go out?" Bai Liang said strangely.

Li Yitong was stunned, "Rou Rou? What's wrong with it?"

"I want to take Chocolate and Rou Rou on the show together, it can be considered taking them out for a walk, didn't Meng Jie tell you?"

Li Yitong looked at Meng Jie, who scratched her head embarrassedly, ah this, her mind was full of bad thoughts, forgot~

After Bai Liang hugged the two dogs away, Li Yitong and Meng Ziyi looked at each other.

"That..."

"Let's sleep together tonight." Meng Jie said suddenly.

"Okay, okay~ but why are you suddenly in the mood, before you were afraid I would tickle you..."

"Get used to it first." Meng Jie muttered in a low voice.

Actually, she was also hot-headed; let alone a plan, now it was purely just imagination.

But just the imagination made her shy and embarrassed to the point of not being able to... if there were no accidents, she would likely give up.

However, as soon as these words came out, Li Yitong's body stiffened instantly.

It's over! For real!

So what kind of attribute is she, Li Yitong, in the eyes of these people? The best third person?

Simply outrageous!

The angry evil little kitten would "blame" everyone equally; she had to strike first!

Rather than being someone else's attachment, it's better to turn others into her attachments! ——

Bai Liang is really asking for leave to leave the crew tomorrow.

Promoting both *The Story of Minglan* and *How Long Will I Love U* at the same time, the promotional pressure is indeed a bit heavy.

So... taking Jing Tian and Zhao Liying on the show together is very reasonable.

Plus the show he is going to immediately is called *Back to Field*, Bai Liang feels that Meng Jie's Chocolate and Li Yitong's Rou Rou might be able to create some show effects.

Two young ladies, one dog each, go to the Mushroom House to smash the place~

Damn, it even rhymes.

Before leaving the next day, Guo Qilin, this kid, specifically ran over once.

He was quite funny, secretly reminding Bai Liang between words that Teacher Huang's "dad-flavor" was a bit heavy, it might be a brand new version you haven't encountered...

"Heavier than Teacher Chen Daoming's dad-flavor?" Bai Liang asked curiously.

"Brother, you are great!"

Guo Qilin gave a thumbs up in admiration; what else could he say? This big brother was obviously amazing to a certain realm, completely beyond his cognition.

He felt Bai Liang was even more free and easy than the Fan Xian he played himself.

Playing himself? This character couldn't fully exert my Brother Liang's true self at all.

"Anything else?"

"No, wish Brother Liang a good time."