Chapter 449

The show "Chase Me" alone, just by its recording schedule, is enough to mess with people's circadian rhythms.

You only sleep in the morning, and when you wake up, it's already afternoon.

But what left Bai Liang speechless was that this evil little kitten, Li Yitong, truly seemed to have picked up some cat habits.

Bai Liang had lived for a while with that little thing, Naza's cat, and this little creature loved climbing onto the bed at night.

Even though its own cat bed was expensive and comfortable, it refused to use it, so during that time, Bai Liang often woke up feeling a heavy weight on his chest, opened his eyes, and found the cat's butt facing him.

Those who didn't know might think his charm had grown so great it affected even this little female cat.

If it were a male cat, Bai Liang would definitely flick its little bell.

Give it a lesson.

For a female cat, Bai Liang felt it would be too strange to flick its kitty pleasure spot.

Later he asked Naza whether she spoiled the cat too much, causing it to develop this bad habit of sleeping on people and facing them with its butt.

Naza said no, she was also troubled by this.

And unlike Bai Liang, who didn't mind the little thing's weight, she was actually woken up by it.

She even once worried the little thing might crush her chest, so she tried locking it in another room every night.

But this trick worked on a real cat—Bai Liang couldn't lock this evil little kitten in another room.

She wanted to snuggle up to him~

He couldn't flick the kitty pleasure spot, but he could flick the human pleasure spot.

But this early in the morning, even the softest, sweetest girl, after a night's fermentation, actually also…

"You unhygienic male fox!"

During "breakfast," the evil little kitten bared her teeth, face flushed, feeling an absurd sense of shame.

"I'm sorry, I won't dare again," Bai Liang admitted meekly on this matter—after all, who made him spend so long tinkering and then suddenly change targets?

And he did respect girls; generally, if he wanted to try something slightly stimulating, he needed their consent or at least interest.

Not ambush tactics~

In the end, he dirtied the sheets, breaking her defenses completely.

Still, the evil little kitten wasn't as angry as he imagined.

With her face flushed, fiddling with her diet meal, she thought for a long time and finally blurted out, "... It's not impossible."

"Huh?"

After Bai Liang said "huh," he received no further reply.

Because Li Yitong had already started daydreaming.

Actually, if it were like that, then like this, after that, wouldn't it be possible to… use both the real and fake ones together~

Li Yitong thought this plan was truly evil!

Can't think about it, can't think about it~

How could this be! That's too absurd!

If it really happened, what would she become in front of him?

Bai Liang kindly noticed the girl's sudden embarrassment and decided to temporarily drop the topic.

After all, life can't be only lewdness.

Their conversation had already gone far beyond lewd.

Fortunately, a new topic had just come up: last night's "Chase Me" episode had already trended online.

One was Bai Liang allegedly having an argument with the production team; the other was Fan Fan Chengcheng, that unlucky kid, ending up in the hospital.

The latter had higher popularity—after all, he was actually in the hospital.

In this way, Fan Fan Chengcheng actually surpassed Bai Liang in trending popularity.

This made him, freshly discharged from the hospital, feel ecstatic—he almost wanted to lie right back down.

As for whether any real medical issues were found in the hospital—of course there were issues.

Fan Fan Chengcheng had originally thought: I'm just faking, they won't find out, right?

But he clearly overestimated himself.

How many young people today are completely healthy?

Add to that his company, Yuehua's boss, Du Hua, who was famously ruthless toward his own artists—his artists, especially those from trainee backgrounds, were forced to train relentlessly: phones confiscated, if you couldn't learn the dance, you got beaten.

Some artists even leaked that poor performers were beaten with hollow iron rods.

Fan Fan Chengcheng, with his connections, wasn't treated that badly—but the strictness was still maxed out, making the kid genuinely afraid of his boss, Du Hua.

Under these conditions, check him—check him and he stays silent; how could his body possibly be healthy~

But in this case, where real medical issues were found, although it didn't expose his fake performance yesterday, it perfectly matched the current online narrative.

Recording a show and ending up in the hospital?!

Many of his fans were wailing online and demanding accountability.

Then rumors surfaced claiming Fan Fan Chengcheng had been chased into this state by Bai Liang.

Combined with the other trending topic, it started to make sense.

It seemed a wave of online abuse targeting Bai Liang was brewing.

Sister Yanzi: Get the hell out of here!

What the hell.

After discovering this online commotion and combining it with feedback from last night's recording and the situation at the time, she immediately called Du Hua, boss of Yuehua.

She asked only one question: "You haven't done anything yet—do you want me to act first?"

"Director Yan, we're still negotiating with the 'Chase Me' production team—they're also considering the impact."

"Half an hour."

Sister Yanzi didn't bother bantering with her. They weren't really in the same circle—Yuehua's business was the idol-training pipeline, while Bai Liang's studio—well, company—handled extras like film and TV production, investment, and publicity.

Sure, these days Sister Yanzi, Du Hua, Yang Tianzhen, Jia Shikai and the like were all famous entertainment-circle agents known to many, lumped together in the same tier.

But that didn't mean they were actually on equal footing.

The tier of resources and connections Sister Yanzi could reach was something some so-called famous agents could never touch no matter how hard they tried.

Even projects she'd killed off might look like glittering prizes in other people's eyes.

Put it more bluntly—what tier is your artist?

Actually, Sister Yanzi didn't really want to be that tough on the outside, but what could she do? Her little Dou Xiao Bai-ge was a capybara with a ridiculously good temper.

If she didn't get tough and domineering, there wouldn't even be anyone playing the bad cop.

Of course, Du Hua could have chosen not to give a damn about her, since they moved in different circles.

But the question was—did Wang Wang Yibo's blood run as thick as Bai Liang's?

When Sister Yanzi said half an hour, she meant that if Yuehua's side still hadn't made a move after half an hour, she was going to take some careful aim at Yuehua's current top artist, Wang Wang Yibo.

Even though this had nothing to do with Wang Wang Yibo himself, who else was Yuehua's top artist right now?

You've got to pick the biggest one to hit~

Everyone says Du Hua is lucky—before, there was Han Gen backing her up, and when Han Gen fell, along came Wang Wang Yibo.

Her company's main performance was almost entirely propped up by these two top-tier stars, one before and one after.

Wang Wang Yibo: Huh??? Me???

Sister Yanzi: Huh won't help you. Tough luck~

If she wasn't satisfied, eight hundred marketing accounts would have their eyes locked on her company's top star from then on, guaranteeing a public-opinion environment she'd find absolutely thrilling.

These were elite troops, forged from battling the previous generation's four top-tier stars!

If there were scandals and negatives, they'd hype them daily; if they couldn't find any—then they'd manufacture some!

They say learning good is hard, but learning bad comes easy.

Sister Yanzi now knew the entertainment circle's underhanded tricks like the back of her hand.

Facts proved Du Hua hadn't lost her mind—the achievements she had now weren't entirely luck.

See? Quite the pragmatist.

Originally, her company really was thinking about whether they could use this incident as a big chance to suck Bai Liang's blood—that would have been truly rare!

It was something those previous top-tier stars who went up against him couldn't manage.

But under Sister Yanzi's tigerish threats, the people at Yuehua suddenly seemed to realize: the reason no one had done this before wasn't that they didn't want to—it was that they couldn't.

Their eyes cleared up instantly.

Those self-destructive plans were quickly swept into the trash.

After several rounds of protest, Fan Fan Chengcheng finally got the login rights to his own Weibo account back.

By then his fans had already started organizing a "suicide squad"—after all, going after Bai Liang was a seriously challenging job, and even among his fans there were disagreements, no consensus reached.

After all, the little story of Bai Liang meeting with Fan Fan Bingbing after her incident was known to many.

Surely there was some old affection there with her brother—how did it end up like this?

This whole thing reeked of something fishy!

But most fan-circle fans didn't have that kind of brainpower—otherwise they wouldn't be led around by the nose so easily.

Luckily, at this point, the ones who needed to speak up finally did.

Fan Fan Chengcheng came out himself to explain, saying he'd been "running like crazy" and it was Liang-ge who saved him, and there was no situation where something happened because of him.

At the same time, Yuehua's official Weibo also issued a statement on the matter.

They didn't dare point the spear directly at the production team, but the implication was there.

Li Yitong: Can you handle it, weakling~ I'm coming in!

After checking the hot search and consulting with her team, she went straight to Weibo to tell everyone what really happened with Bai Liang's supposed argument with the production team and his diva behavior.

It was because she almost had an accident, okay~

Li Yitong's fans couldn't help commenting: Tongtong is so fierce! She's pointing the spear straight at the production team—won't this offend the TV station?

Some worried she'd offend the TV station, but most were angry and furious—damn that production team treating human life like dirt!

Fan Fan Chengcheng's fans caught the scent and swarmed over, immediately forming a victims' alliance.

With this explanation, public opinion flipped on the spot.

On top of that, other artists now seemed to have woken up, or had coordinated with their teams, one after another making their stance clear.

Production team, danger!

However, after Li Yitong stepped up to speak, she immediately got "attacked" in the sisters' little group chat.

"Oh wow, throwing your weight around with the production team for your man~ Tongtong, you really have no shame, using this to push your own agenda, right?"

"Hidden agenda! She's sneaking in her own agenda! I saw right through it!"

"Truly shameless. I've already found out what really happened. I feel like even if it had been someone else, with his personality he still would've pulled them out and gone after the production team. Tongtong made it sound like it was only because she was the one in trouble that he got extra angry."

"Pfft! Shameless wretch~"

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Looking at those sour comments in the group, the evil little kitty said she couldn't care less.

Those stinky women were just jealous of her—pure envy and hatred.

Not worth caring about.

After all, next year only one person in the group would be collaborating with Bai Liang on a drama—oh, who could it be? So hard to guess~

So she'd long been the "public enemy of the group"!

Since it's already like this, what's the harm in drawing a bit more hatred?

Just insult her—the more she's insulted, the better she feels inside!

Ding dong~

At this moment, she received another message, from Dou Xiao Tian: "Sister, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Dou Xiao Tian doesn't care about all those weird things—she only cares whether her sister is all right right now.

Cute little sister is nothing like those flashy, trashy girls in the group!

Before boarding the plane, Li Yitong took a sip of her iced Americano and found it no longer bitter—sweet and delightful.

Meanwhile, the production team of "Chase Me" remained as quiet as a chicken, targeted by all sides.

Because even internally, they hadn't reached consensus yet.

Some wanted to shift blame, pull out the big scissors, and push all this mess out—those online petty maneuvers and so-called rumors were their doing.

But others argued: No need to be stubborn and fight head-on; after all, you might not win.

"Just an artist! Can he possibly defy heaven?"

Wow.

After hearing some guy spouting such nonsense, some members of the production team silently cursed inside.

"Just an artist?" Damn, how bold of you. Is that just any ordinary artist?

"Let's wait and see what the station says."

The deputy director who had previously brought the girl to Bai Liang for a photo was calm, saying all their whining was useless—this matter still needed the station's decision.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the station rarely "coddles" artists, mainly fearing others will copy them.

This is precisely the platform's arrogance.

In the past, entertainment circles had seen satellite channels blacklisting artists, and Zhe Lan TV, as a top-tier satellite channel, naturally had such confidence.

But honestly, no satellite channel had ever directly clashed with an artist of Bai Liang's stature—there had never been a competitor so young yet so extraordinarily powerful.

The station's directive came quickly: Stand straight while being beaten, restructure the show.

Simply put: Kneel down, issue an apology statement, this episode must not be edited with the big scissors, someone will review it, and such incidents must never happen again—or direct accountability follows.

Good good good—now both factions were stunned.

Even those who respected Bai Liang's status thought this was utterly absurd.

They're literally making them "kneel"?

"How could this happen?"

"Bai Liang doesn't seem to have such good ties with our station—his main connections are with Mango TV, right?"

"Could it be the station is planning a project to collaborate with him?"

This remark woke up some people—they immediately checked.

A check revealed it was actually true!

Zhe Lan TV had bought the exclusive premiere rights for "My Dear Love," to air mid-year, directly competing with Mango.

But even this alone didn't seem enough to make them kneel so fast—in some people's eyes, this should've been leverage to control Bai Liang.

Besides, the drama department's reach shouldn't extend so far—it shouldn't be meddling in their variety show.

"Ahem, let's issue the apology statement first," the deputy director said with a smile.

The advantage of information asymmetry made him ecstatic—the intern had run to some office and cried her eyes out today~

And honestly, she cried beautifully—this naive little sister melted hearts; the boss who got a daughter late in life couldn't help but dote on her, giving her everything she wanted.

As for this deputy director himself, the specific restructuring work of the show was explicitly assigned to him.

He was also granted greater authority.

He looked a bit like the scapegoat—people nearby cast him sympathetic glances.

But barring accidents, after this project, he'd likely be promoted.

After "Chase Me" officially released its apology and restructuring statement, many netizens who had been storming the production team and Zhe Lan TV felt caught off guard.

Huh? We hadn't even fully ramped up yet, and they surrendered already?

Is this even Zhe Lan TV's show? It wasn't like this before.

Can't we go back? We preferred the old defiant version.

Actually, netizens are easy to please—after the production team so quickly knelt, they instead felt: this is genuinely sincere.

These days, what people hate most isn't making mistakes—it's arrogance.

But many people accustomed to looking down on others seem unaware of this—or if they are aware, they refuse to act this way.

The reason is still arrogance.

At such times, people often teach them a lesson, making them understand what "a spark can start a prairie fire" truly means.

Forcing these arrogant bastards to pay a greater price.

Netizens and artist fans might just be hyped up, but inside the industry, opinions on this matter were completely different.

A showdown between a top artist and a satellite channel—this kind of show is rare.

Many even thought this might become a prolonged tug-of-war.

Who could have imagined the outcome would come the same day—and end with one side utterly surrendering?

Throughout it all, Bai Liang, the very center of the storm, never issued a single statement.

It seemed like just another ordinary, unremarkable day.

Bai Liang: Nothing today—just took on a top-tier satellite channel for fun~

Many in the industry were speechless, finally only able to sigh helplessly: How the hell are you so fierce?!

Did a top-tier satellite channel really just bow down?!

Especially those from Yuehua, who felt like they hadn't woken up yet, tiptoeing around as if they didn't want to offend Zhe Lan TV.

They even entertained the idea of provoking Bai Liang.

But now, seeing this, cold sweat broke out on them!

Even Zhe Lan TV didn't want to "offend" Bai Liang—yet they nearly reversed this relationship entirely.

If they'd really acted on their earlier thoughts and judgments to shift blame onto the satellite channel, the boomerang would now be flying straight back at their faces!

Yuehua's boss, Du Hua, looked utterly stunned; just moments ago, she'd been muttering about how unfriendly Sister Yanzi had been to her.

She thought, What's this little girl pretending to be?

Now, seeing this, it made perfect sense.

She felt Sister Yanzi had actually been quite courteous to her. Oh no—Director Yan!

Wang Wang Yibo, who was out promoting his show, felt something flickering in his vision, but thankfully, it turned out to be just an illusion.

Still, this hollow pressure seemed to have affected him.

At an event, he suddenly couldn't remember how to write a single character.

The next day, the trending topic "Desperate Illiterate" topped the charts.

No wonder he's a top streamer!

(End of Chapter)