Chapter 162: Sister Has Experience, Sister Will Take You Flying (Double Request for Monthly Tickets)

The recording of "Grade One" naturally took place before the Golden Eagle Festival began.

Although Meng Jie had a moment of emotional slump, she mustered her energy and tried her best to smile sweetly and confidently once recording started.

But one advantage was that although she and Yu Yu Shuxin were heavily criticized, the production team was quite willing to give them screen time.

Especially Meng Meng.

The production team had subtly hinted to her multiple times to gently steer the conversation toward her CP with Bai Liang, especially after "Wee" went viral.

Why not ride the trend if you have the opportunity?

Yet Meng Meng, who debuted as a black-red figure, dared to overshadow Lin Yu'er, yet never once mentioned Bai Liang's name during the entire recording.

Even when others deliberately tried to steer the topic toward him, this girl would pretend not to understand and refuse to respond.

Even her agent had complaints: "Bai Liang probably wouldn't mind at all—why are you acting so aloof?"

But sometimes, young girls are just like this—there's no real reason, they simply don't want to.

This episode of "Grade One" was still tightly scheduled, as it had to follow the rhythm of the Golden Eagle Festival.

Their first step was to recreate two classic Hunan TV shows: "Big Camp" and "Daily Upward."

After finishing that segment, the real highlight arrived.

The young actors participating in the recording would collectively head backstage to intercept guests before the Golden Eagle Festival began.

To invite them to join the recording.

During this time, a large number of entertainment industry stars would appear on screen, at least making a brief appearance.

At this point, what was being tested was not the students' professional skills, but their thick skin—and most importantly—their connections.

"Grade One" had previously held a live-streamed PK, pitting the formal students against the audit students to see which side had higher popularity and thus won.

The result was that a male actor named Cheng Yi, who starred in "Qingyun Zhi," made a live call to Li Yifeng during the stream and connected directly.

Live-stream viewership naturally skyrocketed~

Too bad, this episode will likely be taken down soon—who knew the person he contacted had a habit of ordering takeout?

Not everyone is like Bai Liang, who's skilled at ordering takeout.

And not just any takeout—proper takeout.

This recording was the plus version of that live stream: directly demonstrating connections backstage at the Golden Eagle Festival.

Besides the pre-arranged "plants," there were naturally also artists caught off-guard.

The caught artists looked utterly bewildered.

"Teacher, hello, could you possibly spare a moment?"

"Sorry, I really don't have time right now~"

Fortunately, these students had cameras following them; otherwise, some artists wouldn't have been so polite in refusing.

But running into rejection was inevitable—most artists attending the event were extremely busy, and why would they join a last-minute surprise without any appearance fee?

"Don't lose heart! Let's keep pushing forward!"

Yu Yu Shuxin, who had just been turned down by Tang Yan, comforted her teammates; she herself remained consistently energetic and held a clear advantage in extroversion.

When she knocked and opened the door to the next makeup room, a puzzled face came into view.

Hmm—it was Jiang Jinfu.

"Teacher, hello, could I possibly trouble you—"

Mid-sentence, Yu Yu Shuxin suddenly froze, her pupils seemingly widening several times.

Because behind Jiang Jinfu sat a figure—someone she had never met in person, yet was extraordinarily familiar with!

The girl instinctively wanted to let out a screaming squeal.

Fortunately, she remembered where she was and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

The result made her look like a giant squirrel—oddly amusing at first glance.

Three seconds later, she bowed deeply, muttered "Sorry for the disturbance," and turned to run!

Her legs moved at an astonishing speed, even abandoning her own group's "teammates."

The camera operators nearly couldn't keep up.

No way around it—girls are more emotional; even if it's not their own story, they still easily slip into it.

Meng Meng! The cherry blossoms at Jiming Temple are blooming—the impossible person has arrived—these matter far more than recording a show!

"What the hell just happened?!" Jiang Jinfu looked bewildered, thinking: That girl must be crazy.

But… Miss?

He turned to look at Bai Liang, who had shamelessly claimed his entire sofa since arriving, "Is this your doing?"

Bai Liang's expression was innocent. "It's clearly because you've overtrained and ended up with a pointy head that scared her—what does that have to do with me?"

"You're full of shit—I already said it was a hairstyle issue! Is my head still pointy now?"

"Hmm," Bai Liang studied him carefully and sincerely advised: "Stop using stuff like Sith Dragon—it's a dead end. Ever heard of Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin?"

"Can you just get out of here and stop hanging around me?"

"Nope, Yang Mi's chasing me outside… I just don't get it—why do people with no works crowd into award ceremonies? So shameless."

Jiang Jinfu: This bastard is really bold—he just insulted at least half the guests at this Golden Eagle Festival in one sentence!

He should be recorded and exposed so he learns what happens when you speak without restraint.

Bai Liang was in Jiang Jinfu's dressing room mainly because he still didn't understand the entertainment industry well enough.

Events like the Golden Eagle Festival happen every two years and offer extremely high exposure.

So what if you have no works? You still walk the red carpet, still show up in formal attire.

Take this guy—he didn't even get a single official nomination, but since he's from Xingcheng, they dragged him here just to fill the scene.

Everyone knows his career is basically over, but still, might as well put a useless thing to some use.

But Yang Mi didn't come this time to show off her "girlish vibe"—this older sister was wearing a "uniform."

At first glance he couldn't tell if it was a police uniform or a women's military outfit, but Bai Liang felt it couldn't compare to Miss Zhang of Xiangjiang in her national-dress top female cop look.

Besides, Yang Mi wearing this kind of outfit looked a bit "burdensome."

It didn't suit her.

But with the skin boost, Yang Mi came off a little fierce, her aura like a school disciplinarian.

Probably because Bai Liang ultimately couldn't win against Dou Dou Xiao Zhao jiejie, and let her hang on him like an accessory, letting her loop her arm through his as they entered, and the result was Yang Mi spotted them.

Right now she's scouring the whole backstage to catch him!

Mainly because before "Eternal Love" wrapped, Yang Mi had asked him whether he'd be attending this Golden Eagle Festival.

And said if he went, jiejie has experience, jiejie will carry you.

Bai Liang had been spacing out at the time and didn't hear clearly, so he casually denied and refused.

Then the next moment he was letting Dou Dou Xiao Zhao jiejie hug him for photos.

At this rate it'd be a miracle if she didn't "get him"—our Mi jie had long wanted to try out the ears that Reba loves pinching so much, to see what they actually felt like.

"Got you!"

"Oh my god."

Yang Mi suddenly pushing the door open startled the two of them—Bai Liang and Jiang Jinfu were in the middle of an arm-wrestling match.

After all, once the two had trash-talked for a while, they found neither was willing to back down, so naturally they had to bring out the real stuff.

The victor would earn the supreme title of "Impressive, you win."

But obviously the game couldn't continue now. Watching Bai Liang being ruthlessly dragged off by Yang Mi, Jiang Jinfu was quite moved: Justice is served, heroine!

A regular person really couldn't handle this guy—the Great Immortal? A demon! But the result was, no sooner had Bai Liang been taken away by Yang Mi than, less than half a minute later, the door was pushed open again.

Jiang Jinfu declared today was truly freaking bizarre!

He was an artist gradually sliding toward the fringes of the entertainment circle, his dressing room tiny as hell, and yet it was still freaking popular.

A bit speechless, but facing the camera he still had to force a smile, pretending he was a shy young man.

But his rolled-up sleeves, plus the arm muscles engorged from arm-wrestling, still gave the girls standing at the door a fright.

Eek~ his arms are so thick, so scary!

"Hello, can I help you?"

The girl who pushed the door open this time was quite a bit prettier than the previous one, and Jiang Jinfu's tone improved considerably.

As a result, when Meng Ziyi peeked her head in, the especially delighted and excited expression on her face seemed to recede like the tide.

"He's not here."

"Huh? I just saw him though!" Yu Shuxin behind her declared with absolute certainty.

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"Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hearing their conversation, Jiang Jinfu understood—damn, they were here for Bai Liang.

"The Great Immortal's with Yang Mi, hurry over, or he'll run off again in a bit."

"Thank you, senior!"

"Grade One" had been recorded to this point, and everyone else had already become a supporting character.

Meng Ziyi and Yu Shuxin, these two troublemaker sisters, continued to show off their skills—they really did have the ability to pull the topic onto themselves.

Forget trained students or auditing students, these two simply formed a wild party and activated search mode.

Now please enjoy the variety show "Where Did the Great Immortal Go?"

This wasn't Bai Liang doing it on purpose either—he had inadvertently gotten mixed up in the "battle" among the 85 Flowers.

Whether out of rivalry or pure boredom, Yang Mi and Zhao Liying had carried out a long-distance contest over the question of his "belonging."

During this period, even Tang Yan, whom Bai Liang didn't know at all and had never had contact with, joined in the fun.

This newly crowned Golden Eagle Goddess, who clearly had a mature-sister face yet somehow broke through with a silly-sweet-white persona, was quite enthusiastic.

Her enthusiasm even carried a hint of bewilderment.

Tang Yan: I don't know what Yang Mi and Zhao Liying are up to either, but whatever those two are fighting over has to be good stuff—I'll leave my mark first and see what it's like.

Cross the river by feeling the stones alongside your peers~

She might be relatively "silly" among the 85 Flowers, but to have made it to where she is today, she must have her own exclusive insights.

But just as the two were exchanging contact info, the "dimensional reduction strike" from the 95 Flowers arrived!

Meng Ziyi and Yu Shuxin, these two little girls, were panting—clearly they'd been getting quite a workout.

Their faces were a little flushed from running.

But Meng jie didn't feel tired—at least the moment she actually saw Bai Liang, all her weariness vanished in an instant.

She had originally thought she'd be very excited, and even planned to restrain herself, not to leap into his arms on impulse—there were cameras filming.

But once she really saw him, her instinctive reaction was completely different from what she'd imagined.

"Little hedgehog~"

Meng jie's voice was very soft, and as she spoke she even reached out to cover the mic on her.

But those big eyes looking at Bai Liang were rippling with light~

Yu Shuxin stared wide-eyed at her good sister—the other had completed, in the space of one second, the transformation from a noisy little girl into a gentle, refined lady.

To put it bluntly, she was putting on an act~

Even before she opened her mouth, Yu Shuxin, a professional little-voice girl herself, knew that Meng jie was definitely about to squeal to a psychotic degree!

Sure enough!

"Teacher Bai Bai, would it be convenient for you to come join our show~ It'll only take a little bit of your time~"

Acting coquettish, pretentious, squirmy, pinched voice. At this moment, Meng Jie was as if possessed by an '82 Longjing.

What a seasoned green tea!

"Pfft!"

Bai Liang held it together for two seconds, but still couldn't hold it in. He first said goodbye to Tang Yan to signal he was done chatting, then turned his head to look at Meng Jie again.

His gaze was somewhat amused: "Meng Jie, how about you talk normally?"

"Is the way I talk not normal?" Mencius continued squirming, this time adding body language—two hands clasped together, body swaying slightly.

But unfortunately, she should have been swaying her upper body—that's the proper way to act cute.

He didn't know who taught her, but she was actually using her hips to generate the motion. Swaying her hips?

Bai Liang: Seems like it was me, then never mind!

"I was just wondering why people online have been scolding you lately. Pulling this kind of act—no wonder you get scolded."

"Huh? You saw that too?" Mencius covered her own mouth as if very surprised, the gesture exceptionally affected.

Bai Liang nodded, grinning wickedly at the same time: "I even made a burner account to like those posts roasting you."

"How could you do that?!"

"Because you always talk without thinking. You look like a bad woman, but you're actually a dummy."

"I'm very smart!"

These two... flirting?

No!

Yu Yu Shuxin rubbed her own head, suddenly realizing something.

The guy she liked seemed to be helping Meng Meng "whitewash" herself!

What burner account liking hate posts, calling her a bad woman, a dummy... all of it was a facade. What he actually wanted to express was nothing of the sort.

With her clever brain engaged, Yu Yu Shuxin felt she had suddenly found the key point.

Wow... a little envious.

This is practically a peerless hero stepping on colorful auspicious clouds!

As for Mencius's "invitation," Bai Liang of course still put on a show of reluctance, then "reluctantly" agreed.

But when this episode aired, the audience and Meng Jie herself would discover that these two Misses were by no means the first show trainees to run into Bai Liang.

Bai Liang had been dragged around by the '85 Flowers, and had long since been caught several times along the way.

But facing the others, he very naturally declined politely, saying he was waiting for someone.

The show's post-production editing would surely know what to do.

How could they possibly pass up such a highlight.

Every variety show on every TV station has the potential to transform on the spot into a "dating show."

Just like the direction of many film and TV dramas nowadays—no matter if the subject matter fits or not, first arrange for the leads to have a romance.

Adding a bit of pink bubble is practically the ratings code these days.

Of course, even without any post-production effects, just watching Mencius's performance, the audience could probably pick up on the clues.

This Miss was suddenly completely different from her previously proactive, competitive demeanor on the show.

A pretty face always tinged with a slight blush, stealing glances at Bai Liang every now and then.

The key was her eyes were big, so her so-called "sneaking glances" were conspicuously obvious.

She'd been caught on camera goodness knows how many times.

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(End of chapter)