[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-chinese-entertainment-starting-as-a-male-model":3,"chapter-chinese-entertainment-starting-as-a-male-model-showbiz-begins-as-a-male-model-chapter-99":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Chinese Showbiz: Starting as a Male Model",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2217207,3922,"Chapter 99: That girl is leaning too close (Seeking monthly votes)","showbiz-begins-as-a-male-model-chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>The launch press conference wasn't completely harmonious; there were still some \"sharp\" questions raised on the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had nothing to do with Bai Liang; those book fans recognized him, and anyone who raised objections would probably be torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were aimed at Dilireba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably saying things like whether a girl with such exotic features could play Bei Weiwei, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dilireba herself, of course, said things like \"I’ve done my homework well\" and \"I’m very well prepared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it probably couldn't stop those voices of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, her \"predecessor\" was Shuangzi, who was even less in line with the character setting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one body condition was enough to crush her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Dilireba’s figure wasn't as hot as Yang Mi’s, she was dressed relatively conservatively today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she was doing makeup for Bai Liang earlier, the arc of her knees bending and leaning over had already revealed clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nazha didn't lose unjustly~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that Bai Liang still didn't understand what Dilireba meant by \"thanking him for his recommendation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the press conference ended, although those original fans weren't necessarily very satisfied with Dilireba, getting a male lead who fit the character so well was like the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, they were more \"tolerant\" toward the female lead; those saying her exotic features weren't suitable were only a minority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, how can there be such perfect casting? It was already much better than the movie version next door~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jing Boran: I knew it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And regarding the confusion about \"thanks for the recommendation,\" Bai Liang also got the answer from Yanzi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was exactly the gossip the two hadn't finished chatting about earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah? You told Director Lin Yufen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know if it had any effect. I felt that saying Sister Nazha’s name directly might be too... so I just said Brother Bai, you wanted to collaborate with a Xinjiang girl, and then a Dilireba popped up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanzi seemed a bit discouraged in her words, looking like a frustrated person who failed to fulfill the good thing between the two of you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Liang didn't really believe it, \"Director Lin was teasing you, right? Probably already chosen by then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the incident with Yang Mi earlier; this first-line female star definitely couldn't come for nothing; maybe some PY transaction had already happened by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it this way, Nazha might not have had a chance from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head itchy, Bai Liang was too lazy to ponder these messy things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The launch press conference was over, and part of his pay had already been transferred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very subtle number: 2.08 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After paying off the final payment for the RV, this money could still leave a portion for Yanzi to operate the studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yanzi wasn't worried about money now; the proportion of acting pay in an artist’s income wasn't actually very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real big head was in business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, endorsements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which of those top-tier artists who are currently popular doesn't have double-digit endorsements?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming the cost of each endorsement per year is several million, adding them up is a quite scary number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is much faster than the miserable work of acting for a few months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yanzi wouldn't impatiently help Bai Liang take a bunch of endorsements; she had long seen that her Brother Bai’s interest in acting was obviously above making money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't take pay or billing very seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the launch press conference, people from the crew specifically explained that Bai Liang was the first lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, he was uninterested and had no interest in this topic at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the launch press conference, the \"Love O2O\" crew seemed to have pressed the fast-forward button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like they wanted to make up for all the time wasted before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Start filming immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The filming location was naturally also in Shanghai, with most of the scenes taken at Songjiang University Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a filming location naturally attracted many students to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, university students have always been a relatively strange group; of course, there are those who chase stars, no different from ordinary star-chasing girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there is also a considerable portion who have no feeling for most stars in the entertainment industry; many stars have \"suffered losses\" in universities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some crews even received reports when they went in to film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Students who want autographs, please be orderly, don't crowd, everyone has a share.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanzi tried hard to maintain order; thanks to the crew’s staff helping, otherwise her throat would have been hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Liang’s popularity in the university town far exceeded imagination!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, this is very abnormal; he just became famous, and his popularity shouldn't have accumulated to this extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dilireba also had a wave of popularity before, although not as exaggerated as Bai Liang’s, but the contrast between the two sides was particularly strong at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side, people were about to crowd it out, and on the other side, there were only two or three kittens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made people feel a bit strange; it shouldn't be such a strong contrast, right? After Dilireba signed autographs and took photos with those fans, she couldn't help but peek at Bai Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no fewer people; instead, there were more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is so amazing! Is he that famous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Xiaotong on the side couldn't hold it back, covering her mouth and shaking with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Dilireba really wanted to ask what she was laughing at, but the two had just met and weren't very familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Mao Xiaotong took the initiative to explain to her: \"I just leaned over to look, actually there aren't many fans, many are here to get some good luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those students are all holding civil service exam or postgraduate exam materials and asking him to sign them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Dilireba couldn't hold it back either, pursed her lips, and finally, like Mao Xiaotong, covered her mouth and started laughing secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... you.... bookmark 6...9...book....!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a mascot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These university students are really fun; they usually believe in science, but believe in metaphysics when taking exams?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Mao Xiaotong wasn't entirely right; they weren't all civil service or postgraduate exam parties coming to Bai Liang to \"seek enlightenment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also many gaming brothers mixed in, holding mouse pads and asking Bai Liang to sign them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the university student group, Bai Liang’s name for the civil service exam and judicial exam was indeed the biggest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Followed by his identity as an e-sports player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two things were very familiar to university students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the shows he acted in, these students might not have all seen, but they knew of such a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other stars set up personas, either by faking an education, or saying they read this or that book; such showing off, while useful, isn't very convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But exam scores can't be faked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Bai Liang’s Weibo, there is now a considerable portion of exam parties clamoring for him to share more exam tips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he really scored very high! And he hadn't taken those training classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with such high popularity, if he had really taken any civil service or postgraduate training class, they would have jumped out to claim him long ago; what a good publicity effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, there were indeed business contacts reaching out to Yanzi; those large exam institutions wanted to spend money to have Bai Liang be their image spokesperson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prices offered were higher than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After knowing that Bai Liang was being treated as a \"mascot,\" Dilireba even felt some sympathy for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They weren't fans, and they might not support his work, feeling like it was all in vain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Bai Liang himself didn't seem to think so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Study hard, don't fail to pass an actor like me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy who just got the autograph had a weird look, \"Ah this, is this habitual pressure? Who can pass you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! You’re playing games while studying for the civil service exam?\" Bai Liang caught this guy on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finally signing autographs for these excited students, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come over here.\" Mao Xiaotong waved from the rest area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, after Bai Liang walked over, he sat down next to Dilireba without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, you changed your face after becoming the male lead, right?\" Mao Xiaotong was very direct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after she finished saying this, Dilireba was a little flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Mao Xiaotong hurriedly added, \"I’m joking with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our female lead is a bit sensitive~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Liang sipped some water: \"No, you have a boyfriend, leaning too close to you, it’s not good if it’s photographed and spread out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s true too~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Xiaotong looked around and found that there were indeed many people in the distance holding mobile phones or even cameras to take pictures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this kind of non-closed crew, actors still need to pay more attention to their words and deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially between actors of the opposite sex, the scale of getting along must be grasped well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless they intended to hype it up from the beginning, creating some ambiguous and plausible photos to leak out, it wouldn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I haven't heard of the first male lead hyping with the second female lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like for you, very thoughtful!\" Mao Xiaotong said generously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dilireba didn't make a sound, her large eyes looking back and forth, seeming to think it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that she didn't seem to realize that she was leaning a bit too close to Bai Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>",1607,"2026-06-17T12:14:10.516Z","2026-06-18T03:30:09.135Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c8d80db97deae4678a5e4dcd03f240b077ef993ac947896e528b5580df266f59","showbiz-begins-as-a-male-model-chapter-100","showbiz-begins-as-a-male-model-chapter-98",668,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshowbiz-starting-as-a-male-model-cover.jpg"]