Chapter 412: The Next One Will Be More Obedient, the Next One Cuter!

The premiere times of the three films—《China's Captain》, 《My People, My Country》, and 《The Climbers》—were quite interesting.

They didn't overlap at all, as if they had deliberately coordinated.

Probably, like Bai Liang, there were no shortage of artists who needed to shuttle around to show support.

Again, it's the seventieth anniversary, and these films have gathered a host of big names.

Of course, the most extravagant lineup was undoubtedly 《My People, My Country》.

Previous films like 《The Founding of a Nation》 and 《The Founding of an Army》 also featured star-studded casts, but 《My People, My Country》 pulled in all the directors too.

Absolutely a super upgraded version.

The first to hold its premiere was the crew of 《China's Captain》.

Their premiere was quite creative, divided into two parts.

The second half was a normal premiere, but the first half took place ten thousand meters in the air.

On Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8803 from Shancheng to Beijing, Bai Liang had just settled into first class when a beautiful flight attendant came over to "serve" him.

It's said that among domestic airlines, Sichuan Airlines has the most beautiful flight attendants, blending the freshness of southerners with the boldness of northerners.

And each one had flawless makeup, a curvaceous figure beneath the uniform, becoming a beautiful sight wherever they went.

Bai Liang had never paid much attention to comparing the appearance of flight attendants across flights before, but today he felt Sichuan Airlines' quality was truly top-notch!

"Mr., may I help you with anything?"

The beautiful flight attendant crouched before Bai Liang, tilting her face up to look at him, her smile exceptionally sweet.

Add to that the elegant purple-red flight attendant uniform—Wu Gao's classmate really didn't lie.

"Give me a glass of ice cola."

"Don't drink carbonated beverages—how about ice water?"

Bold! The esteemed first-class passenger only wants a cola, and you refuse?

Is there still law? Is there still justice?

Bai Liang unhesitatingly gave her a poor rating, indicating he wanted to switch attendants~

The next one will be more obedient, the next one cuter!

So Zhang Tian'ai pouted and swayed her hips back to her seat, hmph! Fine, switch then!

"Mr., may I help you with anything? Ice cola?"

"I don't want ice cola anymore—I want mung bean soup."

"We don't serve mung bean soup on the plane."

"That's your problem. By the way, open the window—I need some fresh air."

Li Xin nearly laughed out loud, instinctively reaching out to pat him. "Open the window? Do you think this is your private car?"

"You're assaulting a passenger? I'm filing a complaint—call your chief attendant!"

Here comes the chief attendant~

Big sister Yuan Quan seemed to be in a good mood today too, even playing along with Bai Liang.

"Mr., I'm the chief attendant of this flight. Please tell me your needs—even mung bean soup is available~"

The other attendants were watching the spectacle, eager to see whether Bai Liang could keep up his arrogance in front of Yuan Quan.

"Mung bean soup? No more mung bean soup—bring me a cup of Wu Jia Pi double-distilled twenty-four-herb herbal tea soy milk, add a turtle egg stirred in, then a drop of ink. Got it?"

This line, copied from Zhou Xingchi, made Yuan Quan's temple veins twitch.

You little brat—eat shit!

"We have it~ Are you sure you want it?" The big sister's eyes held a hint of danger.

But the capybara felt nothing, only thinking: no wonder the chief attendant has such class.

Then he waved his hand. "Serve a cup to each attendant—I'm treating them. I'll just have orange juice myself."

At these words, the girls immediately "fired back," their playful scolding echoing through the cabin.

Seeing this, Bai Liang quickly "backed down," saying he had brought some champagne to toast everyone and wish the film a huge success.

Hearing the word "champagne," Li Xin and Zhang Tian'ai both looked uneasy.

They exchanged a glance, then quickly looked away.

Zhang Tian'ai felt embarrassed and slightly flustered, while Li Xin's face puffed up—she seemed to recall something, fists clenched, as if grinding her teeth.

Damn evil little kitty, you wait!

She'd remember this grudge.

Just thinking about what happened that night a few days ago, Li Xin found it utterly absurd.

She should've just poured Chinese medicine into the evil little kitty's mouth.

If it were just discussing prop usage, fine—everyone's an adult, and she's no little girl. But she kept kissing and touching randomly!

And this damn evil little kitty didn't clean up afterward—this was far worse than Bai Liang's behavior~

He's the better one!

Oh, by the way, Li Xin had stopped hyping up the "look-alike sisters" rumor with Li Yitong, and even stopped promoting her gossip with Bai Liang.

Hmm… she was now teaming up with Zhang Tian'ai for promotion—perhaps inspired by Li Yitong.

At past screenings and press events, the two had exchanged plenty of "meaningful glances," raising eyebrows and the like.

Too bad… the effect was poor.

Because both were too dominant—audiences might admire how beautiful they were, but almost no one shipped them; those claiming "I'm shipped!" sounded like trolls.

Someone did say something honest: even when pretending to be intimate, the two gave off a vibe of trying to overpower each other.

Put more bluntly: both wanted to be the top, the one on top.

Of course there'd be no shipping chemistry~

A glamorous one, a cold one—they rubbed shoulders for ages, but the sparks felt pretty underwhelming.

Actually, Li Xin also found it strange: in front of Bai Liang, she acted so girlish, cooing and pouting with effortless ease, never feeling out of place.

But whenever she got together with other girls, it instantly felt off.

She didn't hesitate to ask—especially not from an "expert player" renowned in the CP realm.

Bai Liang: Of course it's me~

But he couldn't offer Li Xin any useful advice—when it came to same-sex CPs, Bai Liang had zero experience.

Still, he enthusiastically helped Li Xin find someone with experience and asked for them.

Huang Jingyu: You only think of me when it's something like this?

So he refused to answer: male-male CPs pack way more punch than female-female ones—he still dared not appear alongside Xu Weizhou, and figured he'd probably never speak to him again in this lifetime.

Since he wouldn't share his experience, no matter—Bai Liang knew someone else who'd made quite a splash in this area.

Hu Ge~ He seemed to have a male CP too, and the effect was actually pretty good.

But his style was still a bit "old-school"—if you wanted something up-to-date, you could ask Xiao Zhan.

His CP with Wang Yibo made a huge stir~ They were arguably the most intense pair right now.

One CP created two top-flow stars!

But Bai Liang only knew Xiao Zhan—he didn't even have his contact info, so he couldn't ask on Li Xin's behalf; she'd have to ask herself.

Li Xin: How could I possibly ask him directly~

But she'd analyzed something herself.

Age gap.

For same-sex CPs, it seemed you needed at least a bit of age difference to maximize the effect.

That was a disaster—between her and Zhang Tian'ai, there wasn't even an age gap; she still didn't know how old Zhang Tian'ai was this year.

She used to be slightly older than Li Xin, but now she'd somehow become younger—how could this be?!

Destroy it all!

Li Xin had vented a bit about this in the group chat with her sisters, and Jin Cheng chimed in with "I feel you."

Because her team and Li Yitong's team had also discussed this kind of thing.

They'd filmed "Amazing Girls," which could've been perfect for female-female CP—but there was just no chemistry between them.

Though the Evil Little Kitten could play the 0 role—her kitten face and crescent eyes were undeniably cute—she was actually quite a dominant type.

Two Shandong giant 1s couldn't spark anything.

During these discussions, Li Yitong quietly absorbed the lessons: Oh~ age gap, huh? Best to pair with a little sister.

By the way, Meng Jie's age was actually quite suitable—but she was also a glamorous type; though her personality was girlish, her looks just didn't fit.

And Yao Mei was another type entirely—clearly a well-behaved girl who'd never do female-female.

So there was zero chance of internal consumption.

The Evil Little Kitten could only pray: Dear God, please give me a cute little sister~—

The stunt of holding a "premiere" at ten thousand meters in "Chinese Captain" wasn't bad.

But since the plane's capacity was limited, only a tiny handful of lucky passengers got in—most were theater managers and media personnel.

Luckily, Bai Liang was the only "hard-to-please" passenger; when the flight attendants served the others, everyone gave good reviews.

Even just handing out meals or some Lao Gan Ma made them feel utterly delighted.

After all, it was star-exclusive service.

Once the event was mostly over and all the footage had been shot, it was finally Bai Liang's turn to enjoy it alone.

No choice—he was the most "hard-to-please" VIP passenger~

Today was truly "rewarded by noise."

Several girls in flight attendant uniforms took turns serving him alone.

Yu Dong, the boss of Bonai, sat beside Bai Liang, grinning broadly—he was clearly delighted by Bai Liang's help in creating program effects.

Money well spent!

After the plane landed in Beijing, no need to relocate—everyone got straight into cars bound for the official premiere venue.

Of course, it wouldn't start that early—the girls still needed to touch up their makeup.

After Bai Liang had long since found a seat at the premiere venue, the attending stars began arriving one by one.

"Why are you here alone? Where's your husband?"

"What husband? Big bro, don't say that nonsense—boyfriend!" Guan Xiaotong hastily corrected him, then feigned helplessness: "He didn't even make a cameo in this movie—why would he come?"

"But others brought their families~"

Bai Liang was referring to Da Bao Bei and Huang Jiaozhu nearby.

Guan Xiaotong turned to look, then said: "Even if Miss Yang didn't come, Xiao Ming would probably show up—he always does."

"He's pretty nice, just like me," Bai Liang gave high praise.

"Just like you? You've bullied our Lu Han into what state already—watch out, I'm gonna get revenge on you today!"

Facing this "threat," Bai Liang remained utterly unfazed.

Though he wasn't good at bullying girls, he had plenty of girls on his side, you know.

"Revenge? Meng Jie, go!"

Meng Jie, who'd already claimed the seat beside Bai Liang, blinked and rolled up her sleeves in mock readiness, as if preparing for an immediate "proxy battle" with Guan Xiaotong.

If Meng Jie wasn't enough, once Li Xin and the others finished their makeup, they could take turns facing off with this little brat in real-life PK.

Guan Xiaotong: Fine, fine, you've got numbers—I'll bide my time for now.

How can someone actually treat being a player as a virtue?

That's way too outrageous!

She's also a top-tier star, but her Dou Xiao Lu isn't like this at all—so well-behaved!

Still, although Bai Liang is a ladies' man with a slew of scandals, his career has surpassed Lu Han's by far more than a single measure. So when facing Meng Jie and the others, Guan Xiaotong couldn't really feel any sense of superiority.

She used to have a little, actually.

After "intimidating" Guan Xiaotong for a bit, Meng Jie immediately turned her attention to another matter:

When is Bai Liang going to cameo in *Serenade of Peaceful Joy*?

*Serenade of Peaceful Joy* is a Noon Sunshine production; the male lead is Kaikai Wang, basically Noon Sunshine's go-to artist.

*Nirvana in Fire*, *The Disguiser*, *Like a Flowing River*—it feels like his rise was entirely thanks to Noon Sunshine's backing.

This *Serenade of Peaceful Joy* is no different.

Meng Jie has come up in the world too—she's even landed the second female lead in a show like this, playing Princess Fukang, Zhao Huirou.

As for Bai Liang's cameo, it wasn't her idea. Meng Jie almost never uses Bai Liang's name to throw her weight around in this regard; in the past she even lied to her own boss, saying she wasn't close with Bai Liang and didn't even have his contact info.

Jia Shikai actually fell for it for a while.

This time the cameo was actually invited by *Serenade of Peaceful Joy*'s director Zhang Kaizhou, because he was also the director of *The Story of Ming Lan*.

Back on the *The Story of Ming Lan* set, Bai Liang had taken quite a few days off, and the director had graciously opened back doors for him.

A cameo doesn't take much effort, and with Meng Jie also in the cast, Bai Liang naturally wouldn't refuse.

"So you just gave my contact info to several people on this set?"

"Uh, not entirely—there were also people I knew from before." Meng Jie said, suddenly feeling guilty.

Then she immediately defended herself: "This time I also made a good sister-friend, and she didn't even ask me for your contact info."

"So you're using this method to 'screen' your besties?" Bai Liang said, amused.

"There's a tiny bit of that reason, but we really do get along pretty well."

"A tiny bit" was Meng Jie's lie; she thought this method worked way too well.

Clearly knowing she was very close with Bai Liang, yet while getting along with her, she never once mentioned Bai Liang.

This sister-friend—her character is rock solid!

Not one of those bad women who pretend to befriend her on the surface but are really after her little hedgehog~

Bai Liang: Never mentioned me even once? Tch!

Meng Jie's habit of making friends everywhere and the speed at which she acquires new besties—Bai Liang was used to it by now; she really did have great people skills.

Of course, he didn't say anything either—no need to be so controlling about something like this; that would be way too "dad energy."

Wouldn't you say so, Teacher Huang~

When Dahe brought Teacher Huang over to say hello, Bai Liang wasn't even sure if he should stand up.

By all rights, standing would be the more polite thing to do.

But he also felt that standing up might come across as less polite.

Luckily, Teacher Huang was a clever sort—he sat down on his own initiative, then greeted Meng Jie first.

"This must be Meng Jie, I've heard so much about you!"

"Hello, Brother Xiaoming."

Meng Jie was a little flustered, and she was going to stay that way for a while.

No choice—everywhere she goes there are seniors calling her "Jie." Her seniority is really a bit too high.

It made her feel somewhat reverently uneasy.

Getting fully used to it would probably take quite a long time to adjust.

(End of chapter)