Chapter 206: This Young Lady Is Only Pleasing Herself!

White moonlight?

Just standing there and he wins?

That line really does sound pretty good, huh!

Of course, this little quip wasn't something Deng Chao came up with on the spot — it was scripted for him by the show's editors.

Naturally, he wasn't required to say it word for word either; he was free to play it by ear and drop it whenever he felt the moment was right.

And right now, Deng Chao felt the moment was very right.

But then he took one more look at Lu Han — and it was over. Half a season's worth of CP shipping, gone to waste.

Lu Han, at this moment, was tilting his head slightly to study the ceiling. His thoughts, though, were dead simple: Damn it, I've been played!

When Bai Liang came this time, the show's crew had of course given Lu Han and his team a heads-up.

When two top-tier stars appear in the same frame, you absolutely have to get both sides' opinions.

In this regard, naturally, the agents call the shots.

Sister Yanzi's side had no objections at all — she'd already agreed to go on Running Man, mentally prepared: my Xiao Bai-ge will destroy anyone he meets.

A thick cloud of blind confidence had already enveloped Sister Yanzi.

No choice — she couldn't afford not to be blind, otherwise she'd constantly get "scared half to death" by Bai Liang.

But if you put yourself in the shoes of a "blind, brain-dead fan," hey, suddenly everything makes perfect sense.

After Lu Han returned to the country, the agent he signed with was named Yang Tianzhen.

Yang Tianzhen is a top-tier PR and marketing player in the entertainment industry; some of her moves have even been widely circulated as industry PR textbook cases.

Once, the 18th-tier actor Kong Wei she was handling shared a stage with Fan Fan Bingbing. Using Kong's birthday as a pretext, she stole the topic queen's headlines with a surprise birthday celebration and a giant cake.

The kicker? That day wasn't even Kong Wei's birthday.

After pulling off this kind of wild stunt, Yang Tianzhen was immediately poached by the delighted Fan Fan Bingbing, who made her her PR director.

When she took over Fan Fan Bingbing, this topic queen was drowning in scandals and bad reviews — reversing her public image was the number-one problem Yang Tianzhen needed to crack.

Then everyone knows what happened next — the term "Fan Ye" was born.

Not to mention the famous feminist golden line, "I am the rich family myself."

In 2010, the media snapped a photo of Fan Fan Bingbing holding hands with Wang Xueqi; the very next day, news of Fan and Wang living together was all over the place.

That very evening, Yang Tianzhen published a declaration titled "This Is the Bottom Line," instantly turning the tide.

That article was directly hailed by the industry as a classic case of "moving the earth."

From that moment on, star agent Yang Tianzhen's name spread far and wide.

And Lu Han was the first "masterpiece" she produced after going solo and founding her own agency, Yixin Entertainment.

And Yang Tianzhen, upon receiving the show's heads-up, agreed without a second thought.

Same frame! Great! They have to be in the same frame!

This wave of massive traffic falling from the sky — they absolutely had to grab it.

But now, Yang Tianzhen, who couldn't resist coming to the set in person today, was starting to regret it.

Because she had miscalculated.

Honestly, as a seasoned marketing veteran and a mature agent, however she looked at Bai Liang's appearance this time, she figured he was here to "unbind" the CP.

She also figured Jiaxing probably had the same idea.

The dramas Bai Liang and Dilireba co-starred in have all aired by now; a CP bound too tightly is no good for top-tier traffic stars.

The phrase "fake it till it becomes real" is terrifying.

So Yang Tianzhen saw this as a golden opportunity. She predicted that on this show, Bai Liang and Dilireba would definitely "avoid suspicion," which meant she could stir up some buzz from it and find angles to market Lu Han.

Of course, she wasn't blindly confident like Sister Yanzi — this was a well-reasoned, highly accurate judgment.

She'd already done her homework: Jiaxing's upcoming projects had nothing to do with Bai Liang, and Dilireba and Bai Liang had no other collaborations either.

At least not for the next year or two.

Under these circumstances, the two of them naturally had to find ways to quickly unbind their CP.

And Lu Han was a perfect candidate — last time Bai Liang was on Running Man, he pushed the CP toward Lu Han, and Jiaxing would have Dilireba cooperate too.

No flaw in that logic, right?

Bai Liang's side is top-tier; his agent would never let him just "go crazy" on his own.

Jiaxing is a proper company, right? They definitely wouldn't let Dilireba "go crazy" either.

With all these safeguards, Yang Tianzhen felt her judgment was rock solid.

Then what happened, everyone already knows.

Yang Tianzhen:???

Damn it, has Dilireba lost her mind?!

Still spinning? Are you the reincarnation of a spinning top or something?

And you two still won't unbind?!

She didn't understand, but she was deeply shaken — and at the same time, her heart went numb.

Could these two possibly be about to make an official announcement after the show airs?

Thinking it over and over, Yang Tianzhen felt this was the most likely scenario — far more plausible than Bai Liang and Dilireba both "going crazy" together.

Looking again at Lu Han, standing stiffly beside those two and pretending to be calm, Yang Tianzhen felt a bit helpless inside: Damn it, her own top-tier star is about to become someone else's "stepping stone."

Her mind was racing, calculating how to "salvage the situation" after this episode aired — the CP could be lost, but the momentum couldn't be allowed to falter!

Of course, if Bai Liang and Dilireba really did make it official, Yang Tianzhen would accept it.

Nothing can beat the heat of two top-tier male and female stars going public.

Once those two make it official, Weibo would crash.

Besides, fake CP from variety shows can't beat real couples — isn't that perfectly normal?

Yang Tian had already cooked up a follow-up PR marketing plan for Lu Han in her head, centered on "helping lovebirds come together." She'd play up that angle, and later they could milk another topic like "Lu Han finally breathed a sigh of relief."

Perfect!

Alright, now there's only one thing missing: Bai Liang and Dilireba making it official.

Those two — will they go public?

"Hello, boss, she just couldn't hold back her impulses again. This little girl must have some ideological issues."

"I didn't scold her. I didn't scold her last time either, but this time she really went too far."

"The show is still being recorded right now. I don't think the production team will let up — this wave of traffic is too big. Okay, got it."

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Dilireba's agent, hiding behind the crowd, secretly called Zeng Jia, then sighed.

It's over, she can't be controlled anymore.

But strangely, the company side seemed to have developed a similar "let it rot" attitude about the matter.

They're really not going to unbind the CP?

Zeng Jia: When are artists ever easy to manage? Especially ones who've made a name for themselves in a short time.

She could give Dilireba ideological lectures whenever she had nothing to do, but the company also relied on her to make money.

With her KPI nearly topping the sales charts, everyone in the company had to be polite to her — Zeng Jia couldn't say anything harsh either.

And Yang Mi was still backing her up over there — that was the most outrageous part.

With Big Mi Mi's open and tacit support, if Jiaxing wanted to forcibly make Reba unbind the CP, it was basically impossible — unless she was willing herself.

Willing? As if. She's obsessed.

Besides, Jiaxing itself couldn't figure out what was actually going on between Bai Liang and Dilireba.

What if those two were for real, and actually sued and paid to terminate their contracts for love?

Now Jiaxing only had one demand: as long as you two don't go public, anything goes.

No matter how you hype up the CP, there's always a "fake" element mixed in.

Once you go public, there's no turning back.

On this point, Dilireba agreed very crisply.

Her behavior this time seemed willful, but it was actually her finding a path everyone could barely accept between restraint and impulse — and she herself was satisfied too.

Go public? She didn't have that thought either.

But if one day she needed to, using "going public" as a threat against the company — she not only had the guts for that, she had plenty.

"Dabai, thank you~"

"Thank me for what?" Bai Liang said, a little puzzled. "Thank you for the courage you gave me."

Hm. Did he? Bai Liang honestly couldn't recall for the moment.

Because of this Miss's "fragile" attribute — constantly sending him sixty-second voice-message barrages — Bai Liang wasn't sure if, while comforting her, he'd accidentally slipped in some personal stuff.

People, sometimes once you talk too much, you just can't stop.

But no matter what, having courage is always a good thing~

Bai Liang couldn't be bothered to use his super brain to recall, so he just gave a thumbs-up and called it a day.

Good job!

"Alright, stop whispering, the competition's about to start."

The moment Deng Chao's cheeky voice rang out, Dilireba sprang away from Bai Liang like a coiled spring, putting several steps between them.

But doing that now was nothing but covering up — only covering up.

"I'm teaming up with Li Xin." Bai Liang remembered one of the tasks he'd come here for, so he volunteered.

"Wait — huh?"

"We two co-starred in a drama before, it's about to air."

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Li Xin:... Sometimes I really want to call the police.

Bro, you're doing a verbal ad spot right now?

She could only brace herself and come over, stiffly smile and say the name "Legend of Chu Qiao," then helplessly remind Bai Liang: "It's men versus women next."

"Huh?"

"Alright, alright, you kid didn't remember a single rule!"

Although the verbal ad spot was really stiff, the others felt it inexplicably had a certain comedic charm.

Production team: A variety-show effect exclusive to Bai Liang.

He really could pull off this kind of gag.

On anyone else it might be awkward, but on him it just makes people want to laugh.

Gotta say, that's also a form of variety-show sense.

"Reba, if I were you I couldn't stand it — aren't you going to step it up against him?" Chen Hech beside them started fanning the flames.

Reba, all smiles: "I'm definitely winning later!"

"That's the spirit!"

"Men versus women, we're on the same team, and you didn't listen to the rules either?" Bai Liang kindly reminded Chen Hech. "Why are you hyping up the opponent?"

Chen Hech's face went blank, seemingly not expecting Bai Liang to be this... shameless.

You f***ing... learn on the fly?

"Alright, alright, Chao-ge, he's perfect for our show!"

Good, good — the ones you really dread when making a show are those aloof, pretentious artistes. You crack the whip and they don't even fart twice; pulling off any decent show effect is way too hard.

After a round of banter and clowning around, the crew discovered that Bai Liang really does have plenty to say!

And his timing picking up cues and running with memes is silky smooth~

Young man, you interested... forget it, can't keep backstabbing Lu Han again — he's a top-tier star too.

During the next game segment, Bai Liang naturally got serious and played along properly.

But no matter how seriously he played, he still couldn't outdo those born-gifted ones.

When Li Xin and Dilireba started spinning together, Bai Liang, still in the game, couldn't help stopping to watch.

Two little spinning tops?!

The key thing is the two of them had crazy chemistry — their spin speed and amplitude were almost identical, and the long sashes wrapped around their bodies looked like they were caught in gears.

Bai Liang: Nice to watch, love to watch~

Couldn't help breaking into applause.

"Your grandpa's Bai Liang, stop staring! Get over here~"

"Old fart! Weren't you just mesmerized too?"

"You can go home and take your time looking!" Deng Chao, that old rogue, proved ginger is still spicier — one line and Bai Liang was instantly shut down.

He was just taking advantage of the fact that Bai Liang was recording a show, forcing him to swallow back the corny line "wouldn't it be a bit much to take both home."

But besides shutting Bai Liang down, it also directly affected Li Xin.

Hearing that, she stumbled — nearly took a tumble.

Reba: Hmm, something feels off again.

Last time at the Weibo Night, she actually already felt that Li Xin, sitting behind her, was a bit strange.

But right now they were playing a game, so she didn't dwell on it.

After all, Li Xin only stumbled a little — maybe she just got dizzy from spinning.

Reba: She probably can't spin as well as me~

Li Xin: I've been practicing Kunqu opera spins since I was little too — who can't spin?!

Although she'd always positioned herself as "a neutral party who doesn't get involved," she did occasionally have a little competitive streak.

She wouldn't jump out openly like Nazha, but during the little games on the show, sneaking in a quiet comparison — that wasn't too much, right?

Anyway, no one could tell anyway, so consider it pleasing herself.

But while that was what she thought, when she noticed Bai Liang tilting his head to size her up and smiling at her, she still instinctively shivered.

Stinky guy — and he smiles pretty well too!

Pfft! This Miss is just pleasing herself!

Bai Liang: Double the happiness~

But given how much of a "sneaky sixth man" Miss Li Xin is, it's unlikely she'd be like Reba, who no matter the setting always has to spin for him.

Getting the two of them to do it together is even more impossible — this time it's most likely a "swan song."

Bai Liang decided to save the GIF of the two of them spinning on his phone later, and pull it out to admire from time to time.

As for the game result, naturally it proved Reba right — they won.

Wins and losses on variety shows aren't really that important, but today's Reba was especially happy about winning — she even started bouncing a little with every step.

When they switched locations to record the next segment, Bai Liang looked at the machine on set and felt it was ridiculously familiar.

"Why is this thing here again?"

He recognized it — wasn't this the heart-rate thing they played on Day Day Up or some other show before?

"The crew knew you were coming and specially prepared it for you." Deng Chao patted his shoulder and laughed.

"Then we won — I can control this thing."

"For real?"

Of course it's true.

A calm capybara — how could it possibly fail to control even its own heartbeat?

Reba, who'd gotten a little carried away, raised an eyebrow: Really? I don't believe it!

"I remember Bai Liang had a famous heart-rate moment before..." Chen Hechen got halfway through his sentence before getting whacked by Deng Chao.

You're something else! Anything dares to come out of your mouth.

There really was a famous heart-rate moment, but that moment was with Gulina Zha.

Facing other female guests, his heart rate didn't budge; only when facing Nazha did it skyrocket.

But can that thing be brought up?

Reba wore a faint smile, as if she hadn't heard anything, but Bai Liang clearly saw her cheeks tighten as if she were clenching her teeth.

But this time it wasn't just the girls teasing the boy — it was both sides challenging each other.

"Wow! Reba's heart-rate machine is about to explode!"

Bai Liang: Ah~ I haven't even done anything yet.

"Switch! Switch! Li Xin, you're up~" The female guests hurriedly grabbed Reba and pulled her back.

Li Xin: I don't want to...

She really wanted to shrink back — it felt like the gossip had landed on herself.

But she couldn't find any good excuse to back out now, so she could only brace herself and sit down in front of Bai Liang.

Silently reciting in her heart: A heart as still as ice, unmoved even if the sky collapses — and champagne, champagne?!

With a buzz, her thoughts scattered.

Hmm... huh?

No one at the scene knew what was going on; the guests, who had originally been so eloquent, all seemed to have gone mute.

Watching that skyrocketing heart rate, it felt as if a kettle had just boiled over.

(End of chapter)