Chapter 272: Dubbing an Animated Film

Looking at Miss Jing Tian's bewildered expression, Bai Liang snickered to himself on the side.

This fish is so big that just getting the flavor to soak in is no easy task.

Knowing that Huang the Little Chef is only at the level of an ordinary home kitchen, with a fish this big, and dishes like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that are almost never made at home, it'd be a wonder if he could pull it off.

If you really want to taste his cooking, you should let his wife Sun Li do the ordering—just pick the few dishes he makes most often at home; that flavor is bound to be pretty good.

But seeing Miss Jing Tian charge at the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall again at this point, Bai Liang figured she'd probably sleep well tonight.

One sip of soup, and Miss Jing Tian's face went blank again—uncertain—another sip.

After a few sips she couldn't really stop.

Slowly starting to get a buzz!

"How's the noodle taste?"

At that moment, Sister Zhao suddenly checked in on Bai Liang, who was eating instant noodles.

But what kind of question is that? How could boiled instant noodles taste bad?

Bai Liang thought for a moment. "Tastes like Mom's cooking."

Sure enough, he got swatted.

This scene cracked Miss Jing Tian up too—she held her bowl and laughed like a goof, then imitated Sister Zhao and swatted Bai Liang as well.

After smacking him, she actually rubbed the spot gently with her little hand.

Mm. Hard to judge.

Sister Zhao glanced back at the camera, then looked at Miss Jing Tian, and noticed her cheeks had already flushed red.

That kind of blush couldn't be produced by shyness alone.

Her eyes couldn't help but dart toward the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall—good lord, that stuff might as well be renamed "ruin-your-virginity soup."

The kick is a bit strong!

Case in point—even the task originally assigned to Peng Yuchang of washing Xu Zheng's hair got snatched away by Miss Jing Tian in the end.

She grabbed his big bald head and gave it a good scrub~

The show's effect was probably quite something, because Peng Yuchang might have been a bit hesitant to go at it.

But once Miss Jing Tian got a buzz going, she didn't care about any of that—almost wishing she had a razor to give Xu Zheng another full shave~

Luckily, the recording was just about wrapped up by this point.

However, Miss Jing Tian, who had been taken down by the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, became a problem.

At this point Sister Zhao was supporting her, grumbling inwardly—where's a female celebrity's self-protection instinct? One sip would've been enough, you glutton?!

"What are you looking at? Come help~"

Bai Liang scratched his head, feeling a bit at a loss for where to start.

By now Miss Jing Tian seemed to be using Sister Zhao as a body pillow, clinging to her like an octopus—thankfully without any snickering or drooling, her image was preserved; you could even say Miss Jing Tian in her drunken state looked a bit prettier.

Her skin was already great to begin with, and now with her little face flushed red like dyed, heat-treated jade, it added a few extra touches of adorable charm—making one really want to pinch her little cheeks.

But of course, adorable charm alone would've been fine—her hands just won't behave!

While clinging to the other person, she's also pinching her.

Bai Liang clearly saw Sister Zhao flinch.

After finally peeling her off and switching to a different person as her support pillar, it was Bai Liang's turn to feel the octopus's suction.

The weight that had Sister Zhao pinned in place felt feather-light to him; in two or three steps he had her tucked into the room.

Only Miss Jing Tian seemed to catch that familiar scent on him, and started standing on tiptoe, craning her neck, searching for something.

This time Bai Liang could clearly feel the smoothness of her skin and the burning heat of her cheeks~

When Miss Jing Tian found what she was looking for, his tactile experience gained another sensation—slippery and warm.

"I'm done for—I still have to sleep with her tonight."

Grumbling as she went, Sister Zhao helped Miss Jing Tian tidy up the bed, planning to tuck her straight in later.

But when she turned her head, her pupils dilated a bit.

Wow. What a venomous snake flicking its tongue!

This time she finally got to see it with her own eyes.

"You two are starting right in front of me?" Sister Zhao snapped out of it for a moment, then crossed her arms and laughed coldly.

But even as she spoke, she still glanced at the room's camera—it wasn't lit, it was off—but she was still a bit uneasy, so she found a piece of clothing and hung it up to fully cover it.

Bai Liang couldn't get a word out at this point either, barely managing to make any sound.

Something along the lines of "ah-bah ah-bah"~

But Sister Zhao seemed to get what he meant, and laughed inexplicably: "Acting all coy after getting the better of it—is her mouth sweet or not?"

This time Bai Liang didn't even need to make a sound—he just gave a thumbs-up. Like.

Experiencing it firsthand, Sister Tian Tian really does have off-the-charts sweetness.

But this can't keep going on~

Luckily, Miss Jing Tian was truly drunk—she wasn't faking it.

So after clinging to Bai Liang and smooching him for a while, the commotion gradually grew quieter, and she actually fell asleep with her little tongue sticking out.

That little look was just like a kitten under anesthesia, the tip of its tongue poking out.

Bai Liang simply did her a favor and tucked it back in.

Entirely out of worry that she might accidentally bite her own tongue in her sleep.

After finally tucking her into the blankets and bundling her up like a silkworm, the job was truly done.

Under Sister Zhao's meaningfully amused gaze, he slipped away in a hurry.

After all, Sister Zhao had also drunk the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall with concentrated yellow wine—that stuff is way more potent than plain water.

If one more showed up, he probably wouldn't be able to get away today.

Letting so many people at Mushroom House listen to a live broadcast late at night would be a bit impolite.

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By the time this episode of "Longing for Life" aired, Bai Liang had already finished running through several show or interview promotional gigs.

He returned to the Joy of Life crew.

The first thing to do after getting back was, of course, to play cards.

Nothing to do today—time to bully Chen Daoming.

After the mahjong session broke up, "Longing for Life" had also finished airing.

Obviously, as another Mango-system show, "Longing for Life" had also gone all out on promotion before this episode aired.

Bai Liang was on the first episode of the second season, and the production team wanted to use his fame and traffic to give the show a good start.

In fact, plenty of people were indeed very interested.

What kind of effect would Bai Liang, who had gone solo in the wilderness on "Divas Hit the Road 3," have on a slow variety show like "Longing for Life"~

Curious—gotta watch!

After watching the show, people found that Bai Liang performed as usual and was indeed very entertaining.

At the same time, fishing bros went wild!

The bullet comments were full of fishing bros asking where this episode's Mushroom House was filmed. Clearly, they had their eyes on the size of that fish and wanted to go cast a couple of rods.

Oh right, Bai Liang's mom was an extra surprise—her addictive accent and semi-professional voice actress identity made plenty of people envious. What a treasure mom.

And Zhao Liying's change also drew plenty of surprise; the style had shifted so much all at once, but most of the feedback was positive.

After all, at her age, continuing to act cute and girlish would be just like Yang Mi's "girl feeling."

Little Zhao's fans were already shouting slogans like "heaven-chosen big female lead."

And her interaction with Bai Liang on the show was, as always, gentle as spring rain.

Two words: comfortable and in sync.

But many people were surprised to find that the biggest surprise of this episode was actually Miss Jing Tian.

She was just too cute on this episode! Whether it was her using a Shaanxi accent to exchange secret codes with Bai Liang when she first appeared, or the scene of her accompanying him fishing and getting beaten up by the fish, then hauling that big fish all around the village, and her interactions with the old man by the road—people couldn't help but laugh watching it.

The key was, Miss Jing Tian was genuinely cute without being pretentious—she'd kick off her shoes and grab a fish that big, not caring about getting dirty from it.

That slightly smug little look wasn't annoying in the slightest.

This wave might attract even more fans than that time she did a livestream washing her face.

"Sister Tian Tian is just too cute! Can't take it, I wanna kiss her so bad~"

"She feels like she smells nice, cute but not fake, her personality is really great—going from passerby to fan."

"Nobody gonna mention the secret code between Bai Liang and Sister Tian Tian? What does it even mean?"

"'Venomous snake flicks its tongue, no footprints left'—it actually rhymes, I bet it's related to a movie."

"'Flicks its tongue'—I have a bold guess."

"That segment where Bai Liang chats with Teacher He, anyone else feel something? Both of them seem so clear-headed, like they've seen through the essence of life but still love it."

No errors, no missing content—read it all here!

"The Great Immortal has always been pretty free and easy, his style really is quite different from other celebrities in the entertainment circle."

"Worthy of being a top student—I only learned today that 'a gentleman stays far from the kitchen' actually means this."

"Buddy above, you even typed a wrong character."

"He's aiming for Peking University?! And putting out a strategy guide?!"

"Zhao Liying's changed so much, feels like she's way prettier than before—what's going on?"

"Seems like she's matured a lot. Last year she was still sweet, but this year those big waves are killing me~ she's got that big sister vibe now."

"Probably the makeup and styling changed, but now standing next to Bai Liang, the CP feeling really is stronger."

"Yingbao really dotes on Bai Liang, even made noodles for him—look at that gaze, so gentle."

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Related content from this episode of "Longing for Life" put nearly double-digit related topics on the hot search, completing a routine screen domination.

For variety shows Bai Liang appeared on, this was already basic operation.

The hottest one was Miss Jing Tian's line: "But we don't have a net that big~"

The world is so cute and lovely, accompanying you through all the weird and wonderful.

Who gets it, fam—she actually knows Kyogre?!

Even Bai Liang's line "bullying" the dogs—"Still eating? We're here to collect you!"—cracked the top ten hot searches.

The reason it was only top ten was that other topics were even hotter.

Compared to Weibo, the old battlefield, the currently booming short-video field saw the show's related clips' popularity climbing steadily.

Many people noticed that this thing called Douyin was starting to get out of hand—the user growth was terrifyingly fast.

This thing appeared in 2016, and by this year, the average daily short-video usage time had broken through 78 minutes, surpassing long-form video to become the main entertainment carrier.

Short videos are a product of the times, and for the entertainment circle, they mean one more reliable promotional channel.

Some fast movers had already started doubling down.

For example, Bai Liang's big housekeeper, Sister Yanzi.

She had been influenced by information from that rich-ladies' group and had noticed Douyin early on.

They say Lu Han's former agent Yang Tianzhen has eight hundred marketing accounts at his fingertips, calling the shots in PR and publicity. Sister Yanzi figured she might as well build a short-video marketing account matrix of her own.

The studio had already set up a relevant department, and with her own Dou Xiao Bai generously throwing money, Sister Yanzi had plenty of room and budget to experiment.

As long as this Douyin thing didn't lose traffic and drop dead after two years of operation, she'd be fine.

"Sister Yanzi, in the clip videos we made, the segment where Dou Xiao Bai teased the dog has already passed four hundred thousand likes."

"Not bad!"

Yanzi felt that Bai Liang's line "Still eating? We're coming for you" was genuinely a bit addictive — the tone was so weird and fun that she couldn't help watching it many times herself.

Sure enough, her own Dou Xiao Bai was a genius in the variety show field.

Anything he casually put together was full of entertainment effect.

After keeping an eye on the studio's layout in the short-video field, Yanzi received a very strange invitation.

Voice acting for an animated film.

This kind of job really was quite rare — Yanzi's first reaction was that she didn't know whether to refuse outright or decline tactfully.

After all, Bai Liang was so busy this year, where would he find the time to voice-act for an animated film?

If the other party hadn't reached out through Enlight Media, she probably wouldn't have even bothered to think about it.

But Yanzi also felt that her own Dou Xiao Bai might be interested in this thing — after all, what he cared about had always been a bit different from other artists.

Oh right, the other party wasn't just looking for Bai Liang — they were also looking for Bai Liang's mom.

After this episode of "Longing for Life" aired, the topic about mom being a voice actress had also been trending heavily.

Fans are like that — once they like a star, they easily end up liking everything about him, and of course that includes his mom.

Bai Liang's birth mother, who had been dabbling in voice acting for years, suddenly found that she'd actually gotten famous thanks to her son — the minor side characters she'd voiced before were being dug up one by one.

Yanzi couldn't be sure, so she very decisively tossed the decision-making power to Bai Liang himself.

"Don't you have my mom's number? Ask her if she's interested — if she wants to go, I'll tag along and have some fun too."

"Dou Xiao Bai, can you do voice acting?"

"Mm, I know a little bit."

Hearing that answer, Yanzi understood!

That definitely meant he was quite proficient!

Makes sense — her own Dou Xiao Bai learned things so fast, how could he possibly not know the skills his mom had?

And every skill Bai Liang said he knew, he always described as knowing just a little bit.

Whether it was really a little bit, or a "little bit" of a billion, that would only be known when he showed it.

Bai Liang's mom's reply to this was: Sure, sure~

"Oh my, I guess I'm riding on the handsome guy's coattails here~"

Hearing this, Yanzi suddenly felt a bit amused — her own Dou Xiao Bai's mom also seemed so cute.

But the next second, the other end of the phone gave her a vivid performance right on the spot.

"Yanzi, without you how could we mother-and-son pair even survive"

"Aiya! Auntie, please don't read those lines, I can't handle that stuff." Yanzi said helplessly.

"Hehe, by the way, what exactly is the voice acting for? Which animated film? Something that made you call specifically shouldn't be some small workshop product, right?"

"Auntie, you guessed right — the other party contacted me through a very well-known company in the industry, the production cost is also quite high, definitely not some small workshop, let me check the name."

"Ne Zha: Birth of the Demon Child."

(End of this chapter)