Chapter 383

"The lineup for this press conference is so exaggerated! There's so-and-so, there's so-and-so... who is Sister Meng? Which senior in the circle is this?"

"I'm truly defeated, does Chen Daoming call her that so naturally? This is definitely not the first time he's called her that today."

"What kind of heaven-defying background does this young lady have? I'm stunned~ Is this the reason why the 'Great Immortal' brings her along to play all the time?"

"Case solved, case solved! Hurry up and dig into Meng Ziyi's background, she's truly a 'Purple Star' descended from heaven!"

"What kind of thing is a 'Purple Star' descended from heaven? It seems she hasn't even acted as a female lead until now~"

"She could have acted in it, the female lead of 'The Untamed,' but didn't she not go? She turned around and went to act as a supporting role in 'Joy of Life.' She was even mocked a while ago, saying she had no eye for talent."

"Bullshit no eye for talent, she clearly had her emergency avoidance awareness maxed out~ She knew that if two men were in love, nothing good would come of her tagging along."

"..."

Without a doubt, Sister Meng is popular!

With a posture that broke through the circle, before the TV drama even aired, she successfully led the other leads and walked into everyone's sight in such a way.

And left an extremely deep impression!

Currently the only young artist in the entertainment industry with the "Sister" title.

How does that saying go?

Small popularity relies on promotion, big popularity relies on fate, forced promotion leads to ashes.

Great Tian Tian has a lot of experience with this. As the "Purple Star" descended from heaven of the 85-flower generation, she acted for so many years and only became slightly popular relying on the label of "cannot be made popular."

Then she had a sudden inspiration and chose to ride on someone's coattails, and only now has her career rebounded, entering the first tier of 85-flowers.

And last year, Yang Chaoyue appeared; she couldn't do anything well, but she broke through the siege relying on her looks and audience favor.

Although it's highly probable that without improvement in her professional level, there won't be much of a future, but being able to be popular for a few years is already something many people dream of.

There's really a reason why she's called a koi fish by everyone; after all, all her experiences before her debut had already been dug up clean.

Quite heaven-defying.

And this year, this "fate" seems to have fallen on Sister Meng...

The currently airing "The Untamed" really has something to it.

While promoting two top-tier male celebrities, it actually also promoted a female artist.

But those two were because they participated, while Sister Meng was because she didn't participate.

As for the "Purple Star descended from heaven" theory, her resources aren't very bad, but obviously not very good either.

When netizens found her "Legend of the Fool: Resistance to the End" and "God of War: Blood-Stained Youth," they were all amused.

Obviously, no "Purple Star descended from heaven" would go act in this kind of thing when they debut.

That would be looking down on the "Purple Star descended from heaven" too much.

Previous "Purple Stars" like Jing Tian all collaborated with big names and participated in big projects.

And the new-era "Purple Stars" are slightly smarter, playing the "tailor-made" game.

This overwhelming traffic made Sister Meng a bit silly.

After being silly, she was excited and agitated, but her boss was even more agitated than her; when he called, his voice was sharp.

Jia Shikai also didn't expect that he originally thought Sister Meng could eat a wave of popularity relying on "Joy of Life," and then he could find a way to get her female lead resources.

As a result, before the TV drama even aired, she broke through the circle in this way.

When he saw the trending search, he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood... then hurriedly arranged various marketing for her.

Even better news is that what follows closely behind is a "drama king."

Jia Shikai: I don't care if it can become a drama king, anyway, it already is one to me!

Then for the next half year, Sister Meng won't lack marketing resources, exerting strength fiercely!

Of course, he still has a question: how exactly is Sister Meng's acting in "Joy of Life"?

Don't let her act terribly and be wildly criticized; then it might be a backlash of traffic~

There are not a few such examples.

Sister Meng is quite confident about this, in one sentence: she was born to act as a courtesan~

It is said that popularity nourishes people.

Don't know if it's her illusion, but looking at herself in the mirror, she inexplicably feels more charming than before.

Unable to help but hold her own face and sigh: "Wow~ I'm so cute!"

"Sister Meng... the phone hasn't hung up yet, you can be narcissistic later, let's arrange the work for later first." Jia Shikai couldn't help but complain.

"Boss, you haven't hung up yet?"

What kind of talk is that, "haven't hung up yet"? This sounds like cursing him to die~

If this were normal times, Jia Shikai would still have to show some boss-like authority, at least seriously warn this young lady not to speak without thinking.

But today...

"Hanging up now, hanging up now~"

"Ah? Is your boss sick?"

Bai Liang, who happened to pass by, heard the voice on the phone and couldn't help asking.

Jia Shikai: Do you really need me to get a terminal illness to help you two celebrate?

However, the moment he heard Bai Liang's voice, he had already hung up the phone with lightning speed.

It would be impolite to continue the call; young people have their own things to do.

Do it well!

Do it hard!

And enjoy it!

He can help cheer them on at the company; if Bai Liang needs it, he can go over and help push... forget it, he'd get beaten up.

But Jia Shikai thought of Song Qian and felt she could help with this.

He had so many messy thoughts in his head mainly because this wave of overwhelming traffic for Sister Meng came too strangely and was too exaggerated.

He couldn't help but imagine a scene of a capybara smiling and calling out "Sister Meng."

According to Sister Meng herself, she's been calling it for a few years now, and it's really been carried forward...

And after Jia Shikai hung up the phone, Sister Meng turned back and complained to Bai Liang: "My boss is very strange, right?"

"A little bit~"

"Then don't you think I'm cuter than before?" Sister Meng continued to ask expectantly, holding her face.

Bai Liang felt that even if there is a saying that popularity nourishes people, it shouldn't be this fast...

What she said sounded as if a ray of light had been poured into her from the top of her head.

In fact, it wasn't poured in from the top of her head at all...

Bai Liang carefully observed her face; her big eyes were watery, and the corners of her eyes carried a hint of charm.

Her face was flushed, appearing to have a hint of crystal-clear feeling.

Hmm... it has absolutely nothing to do with being popular; it's mainly Bai Liang's credit.

So he gently hugged Sister Meng from behind, "Then do you want to be even cuter?"

"Can I be even cuter? How do I do that?"

Very simple, do a horse stance...

Subconsciously, Sister Meng hugged Bai Liang's neck with both hands behind her back; she initially wanted to close her eyes, but couldn't help but look in the mirror.

She discovered that the little hedgehog really didn't lie to her; she was indeed cuter.

But it was also so shameful~ It was her first time seeing it so clearly... she felt that in some thin-skinned places on her body, veins were exposed, but it didn't look ugly; instead, it added a bit of charm~

This made her quickly close her eyes again. After biting her lip and persisting for a while, she said pitifully: "My legs are sore, I can't stand anymore, let's change places."

That's easy to handle; turn around and hug her to the bathroom counter to sit.

This height is very suitable, and both are very effortless.

Bai Liang can even use the leverage.

As for after today's second wave of "popularity nourishing people," Sister Meng, whose combat power still hadn't been trained up, had weak hands and feet and directly turned into a caterpillar.

In the end, it was Bai Liang who carried her back and wrapped her in a quilt~

Now she looked even more like a caterpillar.

Wrapped in the quilt and huddled there, only her head was exposed, and she was still foolishly smiling at Bai Liang.

Just exposing her head is fine too.

Bai Liang observed carefully, and after Sister Meng recovered a little, he decided to let her work overtime again.

Sister Meng herself was quite cooperative with this, because she knew she was going to be very busy soon... she didn't know when she would see Bai Liang again.

But her only request was: "You should wash up~"

"I just washed up, didn't I?"

"It smells weird..."

"Do you guess there's a possibility that this isn't mine, but..."

Shut up!

Sister Meng didn't say this at all; that's what she did.

But the effect was exceptionally outstanding; Bai Liang immediately shut his mouth.

At the same time, he discovered that big eyes have this advantage; when rolling eyes, it's also exceptionally obvious...

Holy crap! Rolled her eyes?

"Are you okay?!"

"My nose is a bit blocked..." Sister Meng said aggrievedly.

Maybe she had a small cold; after all, the air conditioning temperature in this room was set a bit low, and after sweating twice and then being blown by it, it's indeed easy to catch a cold.

However, a general small cold wouldn't cause any life-threatening danger.

But just now it really almost caused a suffocation effect; Bai Liang also gained some knowledge, realizing there was such a risk.

Just when he was thinking about letting Sister Meng rest well for a while, this girl silently stretched out her little hand from the quilt again...

So Bai Liang appreciated the manicure she had just done.

At the same time, he raised a question, "Do you girls all like doing this? I see Li Yitong doesn't seem to have done it~ her nails are cut as short as mine."

"Tong Tong should drink some Chinese medicine..." Sister Meng gossiped secretly.

Regarding this aspect, they reached a consensus in their group, all feeling that Li Yitong was a bit strange.

Bai Liang's evaluation of this was: No way~ what era is it, still using such an "ancient" method?

"Hey?"

"Ouch!"

This hand was retracted, and her head was completely retracted into the quilt.

The little secret was discovered~

After being ashamed and annoyed, Sister Meng sold out her sisters without hesitation, indicating that she also found the link in the group and was really curious, so she placed an order.

The user feedback is... not very good.

"Tong Tong knows a lot, the links are all shared by her."

Tsk, the evil little kitten is really getting more and more evil.

Speaking of which, this also suddenly reminded Bai Liang of something, the last time at "Back to Field."

The night Li Yitong secretly tricked him out of the Mushroom House, this young lady even measured... she actually carried a tape measure with her!

At the time, it surprised Bai Liang quite a bit, asking her why she was measuring that thing.

She said she was curious and wanted to know the specific dimensions...

Pondering it now, he felt that this evil little kitten might take his data to do some outrageous things.

He even suspects now that there was a period when he was blindfolded by that young lady; did the other party secretly take photos?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, but hearing Sister Meng say this, he felt she could do it.

Actually, there's no need to be that troublesome; she could just propose the need to Bai Liang... it's not impossible to help her make a mold.

Everyone is an adult; it's not incomprehensible to have some relatively strange hobbies.

At this time at the airport, Jin Cheng and Li Yitong, plus a Chen Yao, were chatting in the waiting hall.

Chen Yao was going back to the company and then joining a crew.

And Jin Cheng and Li Yitong were about to collaborate on a drama; Li Yitong is the first lead, Jin Cheng is the second lead, and the title is "The Amazing Girl."

Speaking of which, it's quite uncomfortable; Jin Cheng, who debuted earlier, went around in circles and ended up not as good as her little fellow villager from Shandong who debuted a few years later than her.

Fortunately, her mentality has always been quite good; when she jumped ship from Tang Ren, she had psychological preparation in this regard.

"Ding dong~"

"Hey, the order is ready!" Looking at her phone, Li Yitong's eyes lit up and she said with a smile.

"What order?"

Looking at her crescent eyes, Jin Cheng thought to herself, what did she buy that made her so happy?

"Good stuff, do you want some?"

"Skincare products? Are you trying to make me your guinea pig?" Jin Cheng said with a vigilant face.

"If you don't want it, I'll give it to Yao Yao, she definitely wants it!"

"What is it?" Chen Yao asked with some curiosity.

"It's really good stuff..."

After seeing the screen on the phone, the two girls were directly broken.

"Ouch! You evil little kitten, are you trying to die!"

What is she thinking about all day?

She is too evil...

Chen Yao waved her hand, her face red, indicating she didn't need it; she was still young, only twenty-four, and didn't have such a big need.

Jin Cheng, after pretending to hesitate for a while, lowered her voice and asked what was special about this new product.

After all, this evil little kitten had sent quite a few in the group before~

Ahem, basically everyone placed an order.

But everyone placed orders secretly and generally wouldn't share their usage experience with each other.

"It's definitely very special... you'll know once you use it! It just so happens we're filming together."

Hearing this, Jin Cheng silently moved her butt further away and leaned against Chen Yao.

And vowed: "I can't sleep with you anymore, don't even think about it, you're not right."

"No... don't wrong me! I'm really not..." Li Yitong hurriedly clarified and directly counterattacked, "I suspect it's you gossiping about me behind my back, talking nonsense about these things."

"It wasn't me, I didn't say anything, don't frame me." Jin Cheng shook her head like a rattle-drum, hurriedly denying it.

"Then it's either Sister Meng or Li Xin? It must be Li Xin! This bad woman..."

The evil little kitten gritted her teeth, thinking to herself that she must find an opportunity to retaliate.

"By the way, why didn't Li Xin leave with us? Didn't she say she had something to do too?"

"Don't know, but hasn't she signed her contract with New Classics now? It won't expire until next year, right? Her resources are better than Tong Tong, this resource-backed actress."

Speaking of this, Li Yitong was a bit unhappy, because everyone on the internet says she is a resource-backed actress, but when they talk about Li Xin, it's... what a pity, why isn't she popular.

Ah ah ah! So angry!

Her salary is at a discount... if it weren't for income from endorsements and such, she wouldn't be able to afford the team's expenses just relying on her salary.

And female celebrities also have to spend a lot of money on themselves.

All kinds of maintenance, etc., that the male fox can touch such smooth and fair skin, it's all piled up with money!

"Hmph! It's probably that she went to find the male fox; she's very bad~"

"Sister Meng's company is also in Yanjing, she hasn't left yet, right?"

"Don't know, Sister Meng's popularity is so high tonight, she probably has to go back to the company for a meeting; she can be considered to have waited for this overwhelming wealth."

These young ladies obviously underestimated Sister Meng's determination to "not do her proper job."

Instead, Li Xin really returned to her studio and went to find her team for a meeting.

Mainly to study how to eat the popularity of this wave of "Joy of Life," and also wanted to wait for the ratings of tonight's broadcast.

The press conference was just a warm-up before the broadcast; the real traffic is still to come!

"The ratings for the first episode are out!"

"How much?"

"Broken two, my god..." Li Xin covered her mouth, feeling her heartbeat rising rapidly.

In her view, this data was already quite exaggerated; originally she even felt that the premiere ratings breaking one, or reaching one point five, would be very good.

Facts proved that she might have failed too many times, and in terms of imagination, she was somewhat lacking.

And she had never experienced... what a real drama king is!

First-day ratings broke two.

Second-day ratings directly soared to over three.

Third day directly broke four!

One step a day, stunning countless people's jaws.

Brother, it wasn't just a casual remark about it being a drama king in advance, you're actually playing for real?!

This is the answer sheet "Joy of Life" handed in after it started airing; obviously, this exaggerated result is still in the rising period, and it hasn't even aired to the climax of the drama yet.

In addition to the TV station's ratings statistics, what's even more exaggerated is the online broadcast data.

No need to talk about click counts or anything; just look at the market share, there's nothing more intuitive than this.

The market share after it started airing exceeded thirty-five percent! Afterwards, it soared all the way... looking like it was heading towards fifty percent.

Half of the online broadcast ratings market in the same period? What kind of concept is this?!

This is no longer an ordinary drama king; it struck hard as soon as it came out... stunning all competing products in the same period.

"The Untamed," which originally had the loudest voice, was directly suppressed by a large margin.

Danmei adaptation fans have loud voices?

Feel what it's like for a top-tier celebrity with a gap-style lead to fire on all cylinders~

Unlike movies, TV dramas are truly Bai Liang's comfort zone; he doesn't even need to jump around himself, as he has massive fans to build momentum for him.

The two newly promoted top-tier celebrities promoted by "The Untamed" are still participating in various activities together.

When the news came, the two who had just become popular hadn't even reacted to what this meant...

Ah this, can anyone help translate?

(End of chapter)