Chapter 24: The Highest Praise for a Man (Begging for Monthly Tickets)

When Bai Liang walked out of the audition room, his face wore a rare hint of bewilderment.

Because he didn't know whether he'd succeeded or not.

Cai Yinong hadn't even given him a "go home and wait for our call."

Neither accepting nor rejecting?

What's with this company smelling like a scumbag guy!

"Bro, how'd it go?"

"Not sure yet, but the result should be pretty good." Though puzzled, Bai Liang was never short on confidence.

Connections are ultimately just external force—his real trump card is his eight characters!

Hearing this, Wang Yanlin assumed Bai Liang had already landed the role too, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "See you later then, I've still got to head to the airport, gotta run."

After Wang Yanlin left, Nazha, who had been secretly observing, popped out and asked with some confusion: "Did you two know each other before?"

"Nope."

"Guys' friendships are so weird. First meeting and it's like they've known each other for years."

The difference between men and women in this regard really is pretty big. These creatures called men—even if total strangers—sometimes just one look and they inexplicably reach some kind of tacit understanding.

Some even fight and still end up buddies.

Honestly, Nazha was a bit envious of how fast Bai Liang made friends—wherever he went, he "hooked" someone in.

In her years in the entertainment circle, she barely had a few close friends, and sometimes even had to stay on guard against other young actresses.

You never know when the online hit pieces trashing her might come from some girl who greets her with a smile and calls her "sister."

Truly exhausting.

If not for her company and team backing her, her little brain really couldn't handle it.

It was manageable before, but now it's even more unmanageable.

"Oh right, how'd the audition go? Did you get the role?"

"No clue at all."

Nazha found it strange—that shouldn't be the case. "You're not really insisting on only playing the lead, are you?"

"I didn't even get to see the script," Bai Liang said with some regret. "What a shame, didn't even get the chance to mention Lin Genxin and Jiang Jinfu."

"Why would you bring them up!" Nazha couldn't help raising her voice a couple notches.

"We had a bet."

Nazha:???

"What's the wager?"

"That I'm impressive."

Sometimes you really wonder what these boys are actually thinking. Respect! The beauty was speechless.

Wanting to keep chatting, Nazha figured she could find a nice café, chat the whole afternoon away, then grab dinner.

Too bad, the moment her lovely daydream reached the dinner part, her manager came to drag her off!

"Nazha, President Cai is looking for you."

Daydream over, back to reality.

Bai Liang took his leave too—perfect timing to hit the gym for a session.

He hadn't been lying to Cai Yinong before; aside from those skills he genuinely had, he really had started training boxing and wrestling.

That gym was well-equipped in this regard, even having a dedicated boxing area and coaches.

Bai Liang naturally asked what one could learn to beat Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The coach thought for a long while and suggested he could learn wrestling, or just train Brazilian jiu-jitsu directly.

The moment he got there, he saw Jiang Jinfu over there throwing deliberate power punches~

Playing around with the punching bag.

Not to mention, this guy did sports in high school and has kept up with fitness—his hand strength really is quite fierce.

Thwack after thwack like that, how painful would that be on a person~

"Don't ever hit your girlfriend like that in the future," Bai Liang said thoughtfully~

"What are you saying? Could I be that kind of person?!"

"Once you train too much, you always want to try it for real. I've got a friend who's exactly like that," Bai Liang said, recalling Huang Jingyu's ways, very affirmatively.

Jiang Jinfu thought for a moment, then said very certainly: "That just means he's impulsive and hot-headed, I think—" After that, the two had a whole series of discussions about under what circumstances one should actually hit someone.

Honestly, Bai Liang didn't care either way—he trained this just to deal with Huang Jingyu someday.

He had no plans to actually use it on anyone.

Jiang Jinfu, though, was hard to say. And this guy was getting more and more addicted to pumping iron—though he hadn't built huge size, his strength output was genuinely scary.

Just yesterday, Bai Liang saw this dude deadlift 2.8 times his own bodyweight.

Keep training like this and one punch might actually kill someone.

Jiang Jinfu: You f***ing trained for two months and can already deadlift 2.5 times—that's even scarier!

A look exchanged—brother, both got top-tier physical talent~

The gym's boss lady admired the two handsome guys exchanging fitness tips from afar, while drooling inside and feeling it was a shame.

Sigh~ Young people, all that bull strength going into gym equipment, never used where it should be.

Her somewhat rusty lock really needs a brand-new, sturdy key to open it up.

Gotta say, professional ethics in business kept the boss lady from hitting on the fresh meat.

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At most, when these two passed by, she'd stick out the perky curve outlined by her yoga pants a bit more.

"Oh right, how'd your audition go today?" Jiang Jinfu held it in for ages, and finally asked the question he was most curious about.

"I don't know, I didn't even get the chance to give your name."

After Bai Liang briefly described the situation, and upon learning he had actually wanted to give his name, Jiang Jinfu gave him a thumbs-up. "You're really something, I'll give you that!"

The highest compliment a man can receive — acquired!

They didn't dwell on this topic any longer; neither of them continued the conversation.

Between men, there's always a tacit understanding not to dig too deep into certain subjects.

Because there's no need — every path is chosen by oneself, every decision is made by oneself, and being able to take responsibility or bear the consequences is enough.

As the saying goes, you gamble, you accept the loss — the more a man has his own ideas and convictions, the more so this holds true.

This thing is actually called male chauvinism.

In this life, no one is necessarily in need of others' advice or even good intentions.

Bai Liang didn't lecture Jiang Jinfu about his lawsuit, and Jiang Jinfu wasn't going to give Bai Liang much in the way of so-called advice on choosing a talent agency.

Chat a little about themselves, touch on the topic just enough — that was sufficient.

Better to chat about fitness instead~

Boss Lady: I'm begging you, talk about the Misses! There are so many pretty Misses at the gym every day, posing and preening over there.

Misses?

Oh right! On another note, Gulinazha's side is in trouble.

Yogurt thief! Arrested on the spot!

Cai Yi looked at the innocent-faced Nazha, caught between annoyance and amusement — of course it wasn't really about those two bottles of yogurt.

Well, okay, there was a little of that too; her stomach had really been very hungry before.

She gave Nazha a helpless glare, adjusted her mood, and made her tone as gentle as possible: "Nazha, what's the situation with that friend of yours?"

"Just a friend I'm pretty close with." Nazha's eyes went wide as she tried her best to make her tone sound convincing.

But everyone sitting around her right now was a thousand-year-old fox — this little bit of "Strange Tales" wasn't going to fool anyone.

Cai Yi, who had already gotten the details from the manager, broke through her defenses in a single sentence.

"Since it's your good friend, we definitely have to arrange a role for them — the second male lead in *Wu Xin Fa Shi*, how about it?"

Nazha:???

*Wu Xin Fa Shi*? No, it was clearly supposed to be *Xian Jian Yun Zhi Fan*!

Oh no! Picked up a stone only to drop it on her own foot!

(End of chapter)