Chapter 339: This Kind of Segment Would Be Perfect for the Spring Festival Gala

Goodbye, youth, with bow drawn to the full.

On the set of "Super Star New Sports Meet," today was the second day of filming, and Bai Liang was once again playing the archery event.

Since he was already here, he had to take home a gold medal.

Just like the Weibo Best Actor title, a gold medal from "Super Star New Sports Meet" is still a gold medal~

Bai Liang didn't care about the title in front; he only cared whether this thing looked good, whether it was shiny enough, whether it sparkled enough~

This time he didn't just casually draw the bow and fire randomly like yesterday.

After all, a young lady had scolded him before—something about how spitting on the ground is immoral, and occasionally he could still correct that.

After receiving guidance from a professional archer, namely an Olympic champion, he had improved quite a bit.

Of course, he couldn't learn any real aim; he still didn't aim at all from the start.

But that posture was absolutely handsomely proper!

When the big screen on site gave him a close-up, his resolute eyes, his cold, stern face, the swelling muscle lines of his arm—

Many artists suddenly realized that this big demon's godly photos being plentiful really wasn't without reason.

That strange atmosphere just comes on command!

It's not just a matter of being handsome in the face; even if Bai Liang's face dropped two notches in handsomeness, relying solely on that wonderful atmosphere and aura, he could still make people unable to look away.

Standing there, he makes people feel terrifyingly powerful!

An ancient, spirited young general seemed to have been given concrete form at this very moment.

To the point that every guy thinks he's freaking handsome!

As for whether Bai Liang looks more handsome with his cheerful, warm-guy look, or with his cold, meticulous cold-faced male-god look, in his fan community it's always been a topic of debate with no conclusion to this day.

One can only say, whatever look the misses like, he has it all.

Just then, after firing several shots with a cold face, Bai Liang noticed the big screen.

Suddenly the corner of his mouth curled up, revealing his signature smile, and that air of focus and cold sternness instantly vanished into nothing.

But the misses on site completely couldn't hold it in and let out groundhog screams.

And right at this moment, Bai Liang's smile faded, and his eyes actually closed.

Drew the bow, released the string~

Bullseye!

Ten rings!

Gold medal secured~

Alright, alright, alright, so that's how we're playing, huh?!

And this hasn't even started yet?!

After Bai Liang showed off a round of shooting with his eyes closed, his opponents were truly dumbfounded.

Everyone could only be relieved that this big brother wasn't playing the other events—consider it him letting them off the hook.

The funny thing is, later Yang Chaoyue also pulled off a round of shooting with eyes closed and got nine rings!

Truly the Lucky Girl~

Everyone felt that actually seemed quite reasonable.

But on second thought, if the Lucky Girl shooting randomly with eyes closed only gets nine rings, then what does that make Bai Liang?

The Chosen One?

"So amazing!" Zhao Jinmai is today's best cheerleader—her little hands were about to clap so fast they left afterimages.

After serving as Bai Liang's cheer squad for a bit, she did have a question.

Where are Li Yitong and Jin Cheng, those two sisters?

Why didn't they come today?

"Jin Cheng's rhythmic gymnastics only starts in the afternoon; she's still sleeping in right now." Bai Liang explained to her.

After those two girls were startled by the flashbulbs last night, their mental state actually wasn't too bad off.

A little tangled up, but as they kept tangling, they almost burst out laughing.

Jin Cheng just gave up entirely, saying stuff like if this got exposed, she'd quit the industry and become Bai Liang's mistress in the future, absolutely serving him so comfortably—full-on wild talk that even Li Yitong couldn't hold it together.

So Li Yitong said, since someone already volunteered to be the mistress, she'd be the official wife, the one who registers the marriage.

The two of them almost got into a fight on the spot.

That talk made Bai Liang couldn't help but wonder—did those paparazzi secretly arrange it themselves?

However, based on his personal experience.

Since the paparazzi are already dancing right in his face, that means... someone is about to have bad luck!

"Oh~ right, brother, did you know about the paparazzi getting stuck in the fire escape at the hotel yesterday? It's trending on the hot search!"

The moment Zhao Jinmai said this, it felt like the surroundings went quiet by three degrees.

Most people were curious, waiting to hear news from this big shot Bai Liang.

After all, on this show, only he could attract this many paparazzi.

But there were also a few people whose expressions didn't look quite right.

Wearing worried looks.

Bai Liang swept a glance and felt these few were acting a bit strange—what's up with them? The masterminds?

No way... a small-time celeb couldn't pull off that job.

"I don't know about that."

Bai Liang, entering "tell a little lie" mode, wore an utterly sincere face, as if he truly knew nothing about it.

After all, he couldn't exactly say that yesterday he almost got the paparazzi sticking the camera right in his face to shoot.

Just then, gasps rose from the crowd around them, a bunch of people saying check the trending searches, check the trending searches.

Immediately after, everyone turned to look at Yu Xiaotong at once.

This guy also came out of Rongshenda, and he even played the same role as Yang Yang — both were Jia Baoyu.

Only he clearly hadn't done as well for himself as Yang Yang.

Although Yang Yang always gets "wimp fees" collected from him by Bai Liang, and is now some kind of "humiliated" top-tier gatekeeper, a gatekeeper isn't a position just anyone can hold~

If Yang Yang had come to this show, and Bai Liang hadn't come to butt in, he would undoubtedly be the C-position pick.

But today Yu Xiaotong has made a name for himself, because a paparazzo caught photos of him knocking on someone's door last night.

That room was Chen Xiaoyun's — the two of them meeting late at night was captured perfectly clearly.

Right now, the way everyone looked at him seemed to come with its own sound effect: Ooooh~~~

"Don't look at me like that, it's just dating, I'll go public in a bit." Yu Xiaotong said, a little helpless.

"Wow!"

This immediately whipped up a frenzy! Dating? Going public?! That's so juicy!

But Yu Xiaotong himself genuinely couldn't figure it out — damn it, with so many paparazzi out there, they all came just for him?

What merits or abilities does he even have?

To put it bluntly, with this level of catch, he really doesn't deserve it~

Chen Xiaoyun?

Bai Liang thought for a moment, and actually recognized her as the Miss who had posted a swimsuit perk yesterday — pretty nice figure.

Yesterday he had looked at her with purely appreciative eyes, but today... since she has a boyfriend now, Bai Liang is going to give an objective assessment.

Why does it feel like she looks a bit like Lu Han...

Of course, this isn't her problem — clearly it's Lu Han's fault.

Later he could go help this Miss get some payback, and collect "wimp fees" from Lu Han.

Here's the fun part!

The "dropping by" caught on camera last night wasn't just Yu Xiaotong and Chen Xiaoyun — the paparazzi also caught other "wild mandarin ducks."

Two and a half pairs in total.

As for why there's a "half" in the description, it's mainly because one of them already has a partner.

Holy shit, cheating!

So, before "Super Nova Games" had even aired, it had already turned into "Super Nova Blind Date" online.

Rather than calling this show a sports program, it's more accurate to call it a year-end publicly-funded dating variety show for domestic entertainment idols.

Just renaming it "If You Are the One" wouldn't be out of line.

But for Tencent, this isn't bad news — on the contrary, it's good news!

Because netizens won't stop watching the show because of this; on the contrary, they're even more interested in it.

Besides, this matter doesn't involve their own artists — like the Rocket Girls... probably not, right?

In short, dating? That's great, great — being able to take a fancy to each other so quickly, the production team will definitely help you edit some nice shots, basically free publicity.

As for that cheating little brother, it's fine — he was just a nobody to begin with, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to date.

A nobody's dating, breaking up, cheating... honestly nobody cares.

This time, he actually managed to ride a wave of popularity.

Collapsing before even getting famous is the same as not collapsing.

If he gets famous in the future, people will probably dig up his old dirt.

At the same time, because this show has a very high proportion of idols, its sudden transformation into "Super Nova Blind Date" has also made many idol fans a bit anxious.

Please, please don't start dating because of this show~

Under the Weibo posts of idols like the Rocket Girls, Seine River little idols, and relatively more popular artists, such "advice" has appeared.

Being an idol is just like that.

Fans manage everything — your career, your love life. Many things normal people can do, for them, constitute a scandal.

But here's the interesting part.

Under one female idol's Weibo, one comment got upvoted very high.

It was mainly advising this Miss to be careful with her words and actions, absolutely not to be bewitched by men, focus on her career blah blah blah blah, no man is a good thing, they're all big pig trotters!

But under this comment, someone asked, "Bai Liang, Bai Bai Daxian is also on this show, what if she dates him?"

Enter the double standards.

The die-hard fans who had been advising so earnestly did a super dramatic face-turn under this question:

"Bai Liang is fine."

The defenses have been breached, folks.

What do you mean, anyone else won't do, but Bai Liang is fine?

And that fan was still standing there, talking as if she had a point: "If our little idol could really date Bai Liang, for her that would be an instant career upgrade~ Isn't that just working hard for her career!"

This...

Makes sense!

#BaiLiangIsFine# — this thing hitting the trending searches does feel a bit like a joke.

But it really did make some of the female artists on "Super Nova Games" start panicking with guilt.

As for "going after" Bai Liang — yesterday, someone actually took action.

After seeing the photo Sister Yanzi had sent to his phone, Bai Liang scratched his head in confusion, simply found a corner, and made a phone call.

"What's going on?"

"It's the female artist who went to knock on your door last night, Brother Xiao Bai." Yanzi sighed on the other end of the phone. Their Brother Xiao Bai's succubus constitution—oh, it's terrifying.

Still, out of so many female artists, only three went to knock on his door in total. Thinking about it, it's actually not that bad.

"I only got back to my own room very late last night." Bai Liang felt he'd been a bit rude—not answering when someone came knocking. Even if nothing happened, he should have at least acknowledged them, rather than letting them make a wasted trip.

"So nobody opened the door for them either. I reckon once today's matter comes out, those three are going to be scared out of their wits." After sighing, Yanzi immediately changed the subject. "Brother Xiao Bai, want me to leak it to shift attention?"

"Shift attention?"

"Offer one up as a sacrifice. Knocking on a door late at night—that's basically offering themselves up, but Brother Xiao Bai, you didn't open the door for them."

Yanzi said cheerfully in a very relaxed tone words that could completely destroy someone's professional future.

Using these minor artists' futures to solve their Brother Xiao Bai's tiny bit of trouble—of course she saw no problem with it. "Forget it~ they're all hardworking, ambitious girls, no need to kill them off. Delete the photos."

Mhm. That one I can't do as you say~

Photos like these, Yanzi absolutely had to keep.

Of course, she really didn't have to release them, but what if one day she needed them~

Their Brother Xiao Bai was kind-hearted, but Yanzi declared she could play the villain. Having a few more leverage points in hand was no bad thing.

"Brother Xiao Bai, aren't you curious where I got all these photos?"

"From whoever took them, obviously."

"Then you'd be wrong~" When Yanzi got to this part, her tone was full of disbelief.

What do you call paparazzi eating their own?

At this moment, a young man sat in front of her, looking a bit nervous.

It was hard to imagine this guy had locked several paparazzi in the fire escape, and also snatched the memory card from another paparazzi's camera who'd photographed Bai Liang, and casually took a video camera someone had left in the hallway in advance.

This kid did a whole lot in one night!

This bastard was practically like a special agent—single-handedly pulling off what an entire paparazzi team might not even manage.

He even turned on his own kind, settling his fellow paparazzi, making the dirt in his hands an exclusive.

!

What a talent. Feels like he's way more capable than Zhuo Wei!

After all, Zhuo Wei only got his hands on some pretty explosive dirt, but never had the track record of screwing over so many fellow paparazzi in one go.

At first, Yanzi had been on full guard against him.

She figured this guy would definitely open his mouth wide and demand a huge hush-money payout to buy out the photos.

She'd even prepared herself for a major hemorrhage—of course, haggling was still on the table.

She couldn't just give whatever he asked for; she had a psychological price in mind.

The number he actually opened his mouth and asked for genuinely shocked Yanzi.

Staring at the five fingers this kid held up, Yanzi was silent for a long moment.

Five.

Could be five hundred thousand, could be fifty million—both reasonable. After all, five hundred million would be a bit of a joke.

But he just had to say fifty thousand!

Damn, Yanzi was dumbfounded: huh? Is there still any point keeping my voice recorder running?

Making such a huge commotion, and you bastard only wanted to earn fifty thousand yuan?

For a moment she felt like the guy might be looking down on her Brother Xiao Bai. This extortion amount didn't even match any single one of Bai Liang's titles.

Even "Weibo Best Actor" and "Super Star New Games Gold Medal."

"No, I also want a job. The kind with social insurance and a housing fund. Can the salary be a bit higher? Base pay can't be less than seven thousand a month."

How does that saying go?

Thought he came for a showdown, turns out the bastard came to beg.

Looking at the kid in front of her, the smile on Yanzi's face instantly softened a lot. "Thirsty? Can I pour you a cup of tea?"

"Not thirsty."

"Are these the photos you took? They're actually pretty good."

Yanzi looked at the photo of Bai Liang holding Jin Cheng and Li Yitong, one in each arm. It was actually much better than she'd imagined.

Li Yitong's bath towel was wrapped very tightly, with pants worn underneath, and Jin Cheng only had her stockings torn, plus her clothes seemed worn inside-out, collar not even straightened, looking all messy.

As for their Brother Xiao Bai, he was dressed the most neatly, yet caused the most trouble—damn, the lipstick mark on his neck was blindingly obvious.

A photo like this was very ambiguous.

But in the hands of someone with intent, it really could cause a huge stir.

And now that it was in Yanzi's hands, naturally nothing would happen.

"Um. The photos actually weren't taken by me, my skills are way better than this. Look, sis, the people in his shots are all a bit blurred." The young man protested, unconvinced.

Mhm, the photos really weren't taken by him.

His own camera didn't even have a memory card in it—he'd been too busy firing the flash, so shooting was the same as not shooting.

Though the flash was indeed pretty intimidating.

All the material Yanzi now had was shot by the paparazzi whose memory card got snatched—a veteran, genuinely skilled.

And ended up falling to a greenhorn.

This whole chain of absurd, outrageous plot points made Yanzi want to laugh out loud after hearing it. What a show—save it for the Spring Festival Gala!

This kid was still a solo operator.

To be precise, a freshly graduated college student doing part-time paparazzi work—he took an outsourced gig and went.

Originally he was just staking out the perimeter, but later he saw a paparazzi bribe a hotel cleaner or security guard to sneak in through the staff corridor, so he snuck in too.

As for the lock on the fire escape—that was given to him by another paparazzi, who even paid him two hundred yuan to do it.

But unfortunately, that guy got the wrong floor and only caught Yu Xiaotong, Chen Xiaoyun, and those few amateurs.

Absurd, yet oddly plausible.

Only college students—this group with such innocent stupidity—could pull off something so abstract.

"Sister, could you issue me another internship or employment certificate? My school counselor keeps demanding it—I'm dragging down the employment rate." The young man asked cautiously.

Sister Yanzi finally couldn't hold back her smile, "Sure, why not? I'll issue it today—directly make you a full employee. But don't you want to ask for more? These photos could be worth a lot, you know~"

"I'm not stupid. This is extortion—it'll land me in jail."

Sister Yanzi nodded with a smile, the voice recorder still on, and reached a conclusion:

Apparently, the photos weren't backed up.

Sometimes I really don't understand this abstract college student group—bold enough to pull off so many outrageous stunts, yet too timid to ask for even a little more money.

Oh right, that fifty thousand was the bonus for this kid after he got hired.

After further chatting, Sister Yanzi learned he was also half a fan of Bai Liang, often checking in and organizing group activities under his Weibo posts.

He took every exam—civil service, postgraduate, judicial—and failed them all.

As a photography enthusiast, lost and uncertain about his future, he took this freelance job just to earn some living expenses.

Huh? Freelance?

Sister Yanzi's face lit up with a smile: "Come on, let's talk about this freelance job in detail."

If she didn't follow the vine to find the melon, she wouldn't be Sister Yanzi~—

"Got it?"

"The person we hired definitely got it! Big scoop—but the memory card was stolen by other paparazzi. Still, given Bai Liang's reckless style and personality, the price would never be settled. Just wait for the fireworks. Plus, other paparazzi might've caught it too—it was too chaotic that day. Many paparazzi and insiders are watching him; he can't pay every single one a fortune. Better to just play dead and deny everything."

"This bastard is finally going down. I told you he curses me!"

In the hotel room lit by only one desk lamp, the two figures seated on the sofa cast shadows so thick they looked exactly like the shadowy masterminds from a TV drama.

Just before one of them could barely hold back a "Hehehe" laugh, he finally blurted out: "Why not turn on the light?"

"Yeah, why not turn on the light?"

Click—the hotel room flooded with light.

The two exchanged awkward glances, then burst out laughing again.

Oh no, Bai Liang's in trouble! Let the whole world celebrate! ~

"Open the champagne!"

"Bro, should I get you…"

"One's not enough—get two!"

"Two? That's different—this place isn't as safe as 'home.'"

"What nonsense—each one for you, and one of them goes to your room."

"Thank you, boss! Boss is generous!"

Soft embrace—the grave of heroes.

After fighting so many battles, can't he enjoy himself a little?

He laughed at Bai Liang, always fixated on female stars—even if he barely escaped this time, those stars would surely turn on him someday.

Better to just spend a little money—it won't cost much!

Besides, how can an amateur compare to a professional?

Save where you should, spend where you must.

After enjoying themselves, it was already midnight. The girl, being considerate, collected her money and prepared to leave.

In this line of work, being sensible is essential—you can't wait to be kicked out. Otherwise, no repeat customers.

This was a premium client, after all—he was very handsome.

But after enjoying himself, the man suddenly thought: if she just left like this, it might not be safe.

"Aren't you taking a taxi home?"

"Yeah, I just ordered a Didi." The girl winked at him. "Brother, will you reimburse my fare?"

The man frowned. "Didi isn't safe—it leaves a record. Walk home."

The girl:.

It's winter in Yanjing! It's freezing! And she wasn't even dressed warmly~

Still, since he'd said that, and considering his sensitive status as a returning customer, she nodded. "Then I won't take a taxi."

"Good girl~"

But after leaving the hotel and walking a while, she realized her high heels were killing her feet—these weren't made for walking, they were made to boost attack speed.

So she scanned a nearby shared bike.

At midnight on Yanjing's streets, a sexy urban woman in relatively eye-catching attire, wearing high heels, pedaled furiously on a shared bike.

She thought shared bikes were great.

No one owned them—anyone who paid could ride, and paying more extended the time. Seeing the growth of the sharing economy, the girl felt more hopeful about her own career.

As long as more and more people embraced the sharing concept, her business would only get better!

Thinking this, she pedaled even harder!

If she saved a bit more, she could buy a house—she'd long had her eye on a Hengtai development.

Patrol officer:??

Weird~ Why does she smell so much like the red-light district? Better stop her and ask.

Where are you from? Where are you going? What were you doing?

The girl was terrified and immediately blurted: "Officer, I'll confess everything!"

It was still the wee hours of the morning. Someone had just finished having a good time, taken a shower, and was drifting into a wonderful dream.

The reason it was a sweet dream was that in it, he saw that bastard Bai Liang finally disgraced and ruined, slinking out of the entertainment industry in disgrace!

The shadow looming over his head seemed at last about to lift.

"Hehe~ Hehehe~"

Just as he laughed out loud, he was suddenly jolted awake by a knock at the door.

"Open up! Police inspection!"

(End of chapter)