Chapter 309: Bad People Male Model Gang

Bai Liang had no idea what happened—he'd just climbed onto the roof out of boredom to enjoy the view, and somehow the director got inspired.

A crowd gathered to discuss, then began assigning positions and camera setups.

The large crane arm was already ready, apparently preparing for a slow push-in from a distant back view to a full three-hundred-sixty-degree frontal showcase.

Watching the other Bad People actors climb onto the roof one by one, Bai Liang couldn't shake the feeling that this scene felt strangely familiar.

Male models gang—Bad People?!

Has the anime been released yet?

It was clear the actors playing Bad People were also eager to get striking photos, each striking their poses with astonishing seriousness.

The martial world rumor: Follow Bai Liang, and even a cat can land a breakout image.

Who's the current top pet influencer?

Hmm. It's the Traveling Frog.

But that's a virtual pet.

Among real pets, the most famous is still that cat named Xiao Bao from Zha, which has been popular for over a year and still lands ads.

That cat has more fans than many celebrities.

Of course, due to being confined to the pet world, its monetization ability is far weaker than celebrities of the same level—but it's absolutely the Fan Fan Bingbing of the cat world.

This refers to Fan Fan Bingbing at her peak, not the one who got fined now.

Though its career is limited, the little cat won't suffer the kind of scandals celebrities often face.

Even if one day it shows up at a cat café doing part-time work "going down," no one would turn from fan to hater.

All of this started because it was brought onto the show by Bai Liang and joined him in creating a breakout image!

If a cat can do this, what about people?

Young Lady Li Xin has already set the precedent—she's still riding the traffic wave from that Bvlgari dinner, and her endorsement tier is only one level below Bai Liang's.

Endorsements at this level are enough to make a whole group of entertainers fight over them in the industry.

Yet she got one just by appearing in a single photo.

Of course, the outside world doesn't know about Young Lady Li Xin's champagne story—but this was actually her own creation, not some harem plot where she compromised with the "evil" Bai Da for resources.

Bai Liang: It's clearly her who corrupted me!

In short, Bai Liang's ability to generate breakout images is now quite famous.

When the director called out, these extras—who in the drama barely qualified as supporting roles—suddenly felt like they'd spotted their chance to break through.

Especially that guy crouching right in front of Bai Liang—you're really good at posing.

His tense face and gaze, contrasted with Bai Liang's relaxed, casually slouched stance on the roof, created a strange yet perfect pairing.

One crouching, one standing—the lead utterly dominates.

Even as they were still slowly adjusting angles and shooting, the onlookers below already felt the scene's impact.

Zee~ Just by their stances, you can tell these guys are terrifyingly strong!

Especially when viewed from behind or the side, the overwhelming pressure makes you feel any one of them could be a major boss.

Today happened to be full moon—but now the moon was hidden behind clouds.

More than a dozen dark silhouettes coalesced along the eaves, their faces and expressions obscured.

Yet as the camera pushed forward and rotated, each cold face beneath the brow ridge hardened into shadow.

The central figure's robe flapped like wings stretching to the heavens; the outer cloak stirred slightly in the wind, revealing glimpses of cold-gleaming armor beneath.

When moonlight pierced through the broken clouds, every silhouette suddenly seemed edged in silver.

At this moment, coolness was truly a feeling!

And this coolness? It worked for both men and women.

When even men think it's cool, it's genuinely off-the-charts cool.

Still, while their poses on the roof were undeniably cool and dramatic, the way they carefully climbed down the ladder looked downright awkward.

Bai Liang had planned a cool exit—hang from the eave first, then jump down.

But the crew nearly had heart attacks and begged him to come down the ladder instead.

It made him feel like they were treating him like a baby.

At that moment, he finally understood why some of his peers acted so delicate—it was entirely the environment spoiling them.

When everyone watched the playback on the monitor, the result naturally satisfied everyone.

But Xi Zi Ge felt a prickling sensation on his scalp.

Xi Zi Ge: Shit, even the minor characters are stealing my spotlight now?

Honestly, his pressure on this set was immense.

The drama "The Longest Day in Chang'an" has two male leads—of course, the primary lead is Bai Liang.

Hmm. The secondary lead is Unlike Ni Ni; although Xi Zi Ge is officially listed as a lead, his ranking was pushed to third.

But now, as the third-ranked lead, Xi Zi Ge felt more and more suffocated with every scene shot.

The main source of pressure? Bai Liang.

This big brother always smiled warmly, friendly to everyone, seemed so approachable.

But during scenes, Xi Zi Ge finally realized what a "scene-stealer" really meant.

The worst part? He couldn't even complain.

Because Bai Liang genuinely wanted to teach him—he was just… picky.

Bai Liang: I'll teach you to thoroughly study the texts, summarize the classics, write character profiles—guarantee you thirty film awards, forty as the industry's pillar. How?

Xi Zi Ge: I'm already famous, I don't have that kind of time. No, no!

Bai Liang: Then let me teach you the secrets to passing the civil service exam—give yourself a backup plan, or add luster to your future. How?

Xi Zi Ge: This is too slow, and I have my own special methods. Not learning, not learning!

Bai Liang: That's something! Then I'll teach you the secret to flirting, so the girls will go crazy feeding you.

Xi Zi Ge: Huh?! Oh no, the mom fans will revolt—no way, not learning!

Bai Liang: How about I teach you how to falsify data, recruit tons of paid commenters, ruthlessly exploit the suckers, fabricate achievements, form cliques, sideline others, sneak in extra drama, and abuse privilege?

Xi Zi Ge:??? Really? Coach, I want to learn this!

Bai Liang: I don't know any of that either—you'll have to find someone better. So you won't learn this, and you won't learn that? Think you can fly to heaven?

Then he lightly tapped three times on Xi Zi Ge's head.

Xi Zi Ge instantly understood! Overjoyed.

So after filming ended, the two met in the trailer and turned on the game console.

With this kind of thing going on, no wonder Xi Zi Ge felt pressure during filming—Bai Liang brought him almost no positive influence, just dragged him around to play games every day.

Ni Ni even said he was corrupting the little brother.

Bai Liang: If you didn't spend all day showing off your shoulders, sticking out your ass, and posing for curves, why would I have to drag him to play games?

Fortunately, after Jian Weiyi joined the cast, his gaming partner increased by one.

This Add-Money Cultivator not only wields the miaodao well, but also plays games excellently.

Aside from marrying a host wife who loves to babble nonsense, this guy's luck has been pretty good.

It feels like among all the beneficiaries of the "Embroidered Knife" IP, he's reaped the most.

One phrase: "Add money." Another: "Very lucrative." He's stuffed himself full.

Add to that his stunning performance last year in "The Birth of an Actor," and he finally broke out of his "drama-famous, person-unknown" state, gaining public attention.

Yet even though he now had a new gaming partner, Bai Liang would be leaving the set for a while.

He still had plenty on his plate—regarding "Great Ming Splendor" being moved up for early release, the decision had already been finalized.

Originally, the producers had planned to delay it until next year, taking a leisurely approach to post-production.

But Mango TV was truly going insane—help!

Of course, it wasn't just empty talk—there were real benefits.

Just the promotional resources Mango TV voluntarily provided already made "Great Ming Splendor" earn handsomely.

But if this drama turned out to be as disastrous as "Tian Sheng Chang Ge," Mango TV's prime time slot might not recover until next year, and many people would suffer along with it.

As the leading provincial satellite channel, Mango TV was currently in a remarkably weak state. Other satellite channels were all watching hungrily, clearly aiming to replace it.

So the question arises: Can Bai Liang promote the upcoming Mango TV drama on other satellite channels?

The answer is yes.

Zhe Lan TV showed great sincerity, and Youku also gave Bai Liang the green light.

Promote away, promote away—as long as you show up, you can promote however you want.

The online data for the already-aired "This! Is Basketball" looks decent—yes, an iconic sports variety hit.

Similar to "The Rap of China" and "This! Is Dance," it plays with niche circles, letting people enjoy something fresh.

But basketball as a sport has far more viewers than rap or street dance.

Every school has a basketball court, but not every school has rappers or street dancers.

Yet judging by broadcast results, "The Rap of China"—despite having the smallest circle—created the biggest impact and breakout effect.

Meanwhile, "This! Is Basketball," despite having far more potential viewers, failed to breakout, remaining only loud within its vertical niche.

Perhaps because people really can't rap or street dance, but many people truly can play basketball.

And the ratings for this show on Zhe Lan TV are also somewhat hard to describe.

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After several episodes, its highest rating was 0.35, and it never cracked the top ten in its time slot.

Summary: Li Yifeng is no match for Wu Yifan.

Both are among the Four Top Idols. Wu Yifan carried "The Rap of China" to breakout status—can't Li Yifeng carry a basketball variety show with a far broader audience?

Not even among the Four Top Idols—he couldn't even beat Xi Zi Ge from "This! Is Dance."

The Four aren't enough; even the Three Small Ones—you still can't do it~

So it's only natural the show is panicking.

Since Li Yifeng failed to use his Top Idol status to break the show out, go quick to the Western Heaven and summon the Buddha!

If three of the Four Top Idols appear together, won't the audience come?

Add the new Top Idol Zhu Yilong, and attention skyrockets!

In fact, as soon as this news broke, it immediately surged to trending.

#TopIdolBasketballBattle#

But this time, it wasn't just the fan circles going wild—even the straight male forum Hupu caught the scent and got excited.

"Oh! This show's really loaded! Gathering people like this? How are teams divided?"

"Better to fight than play ball—I'd rather see these fresh meat boys brawl on the court."

"These guys seem to actually know how to play, but their level…?"

"Stop being cryptic—we're not in fan circles—just tell us, how good are they?!"

"Not as good as my pinky finger. Call it quits."

"Can you even dunk, guy on the top?"

"Who can dunk? Don't count movie dunks—otherwise Zhou Jielun would've beaten Lin Shuhao and Guo Ai senseless. His movie 'The Big Dunk' could even freeze time!"

"Of course movie dunks don't count—if Xiao Zhu showed up, he'd sweep everything. Lan Die's Cloud-Drifting Body Step, haha~"

"When the legend of absolute invincibility plays, use this as background music—or I'll start coughing."

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Overall, on Hupu they were mocking him on one hand while waiting to watch the drama unfold.

That forum never rolls out the red carpet for fresh-faced pretty boys or so-called top-tier idols.

Still, hardly anyone went after Bai Liang — they even supported him grinding Wu Yifan into the dirt.

On one hand, some of the stuff Bai Liang plays really is hardcore, and a good chunk of his male fans came to him that way.

That group overlaps heavily with the Hupu user base to begin with, so by extension Bai Liang's reputation on Hupu genuinely is pretty solid.

They'd only occasionally roast him as an "octopus" for having too many CP pairings.

That one point really draws hate, because the Nazha and Li Xin tied to him are actually quite popular on Hupu.

On the other hand — because they have a grudge against Wu Yifan!

Earlier, the Hupu bros had roasted Wu Yifan's rap skills, which provoked his fans to launch a full-scale invasion; the two sides duked it out until the sky went dark and even the great Dao itself was nearly ground to dust.

So this time it's old grudges plus new scores all settled in one go~

But at this point it was actually the bros who saw things clearly — while the fandom circles were off daydreaming about three top-tier idols forming a team as teammates, the bros made a precise judgment:

Bai Liang is definitely going there to "crash the party"!

They even drew up a "Losers' Alliance" roster, saying Bai Liang was no longer satisfied with taking on just one at a time — this time he was bundling his opponents together to "bully" them all at once.

Gotta say, Hupu has some sharp folks! Damn, they nailed every guess.

But no matter what form the confrontation took, this round really sucked in all the attention.

Only the production crew quietly licked its "wounds" over there.

Massive hemorrhage.

Bai Liang and Wu Yifan — very expensive! This newly crowned top-tier idol Zhu Yilong isn't exactly cheap either.

The appearance fees for this episode just exploded.

Oh right, there's also Miss Jing Tian. Lucky for them she was just there to tag along, since she needed to promote "Great Ming Wind and Splendor."

But this show really does have a spot that suits her.

Basketball, right~ cheerleaders and team managers and the like are naturally a must.

In "This! Is Dunk," there are also two girls serving as team managers, though their presence isn't particularly strong.

One is Zhang Manyuan, the field host of "NBA Frontline."

The other is Chen Yihan — now this one's a "familiar face," she came out of "Produce 101."

But clearly she was one of the losers of the finals, failing to make it into the debut lineup.

Still, she's had Bai Liang's three cups of milk tea, though it was Zhu Yilong who footed the bill.

Oh right, she also seems to be a little rich girl.

This Miss's old stage name was Aifei'er; the company she signed with is called Aifei'er Pictures, and she's also the image spokesperson for Aifei'er Jewelry, and on top of that she's a shareholder in that company.

Every element maxed out — so her being Bai Liang's fan now is perfectly reasonable.

Then she got scolded by Li Yifeng's fans.

Because this little girl went and posted on Weibo, then dropped a whole nostalgia trip — it was originally just her having fun, but it ended up rubbing Li Yifeng's fans the wrong way.

What the hell! You're the team manager on his team, you know~ Damn, are you siding with the enemy?

By this point the heat from "Produce 101" had already faded quite a bit, and on top of that Chen Yihan hadn't even made it into the debut group — how could her meager fanbase possibly stand up to a top-tier idol?

She got steamrolled in an instant.

Luckily, this was on Weibo.

Capybara fans may be a bit slow, but they basically never fail to show up.

Ooh~ who's the one picking on people now?

Oh, it's the loser dog. Tsk, really no class, bullying a little girl~

Take this!

(End of chapter)