Chapter 564: The Director Is Not Such an Inconvenient Thing

"Come on, say cheese."

"Click~"

"Send me the photo first, I need to edit it a bit."

"Huh? It still needs editing?" Bai Liang looked at the selfie on his phone, thinking it had turned out pretty well.

Although his photography skills couldn't compare with truly professional ones, his floor was still quite high, and occasionally he could catch a lucky flash of brilliance.

Today's performance was pretty good — the shots he took of Meng Jie were absolutely presentable.

Just plain cute~ puffing up those cheeks, giving people a real urge to pinch them.

Yet Meng Jie's face was set firm!

It needs editing!

How can a girl's photo be sent out completely unedited? What if there are flaws?

Even a tiny flaw is absolutely not allowed!

Wang Churan beside her was nodding along vigorously, very much agreeing with Meng Jie's view.

No matter how good-looking you are, photos still need editing!

Or rather, the better-looking you are, the more you need to edit~ which celebrity doesn't edit their photos before posting on Weibo?

Really?

Looking at the two Misses in front of him speaking so earnestly, Bai Liang scratched his head, and for a moment couldn't think of any reason to argue back, but he had a nagging feeling something was off.

So he casually tapped open Weibo and refreshed.

What a coincidence!

He scrolled to Liu Yifei's Weibo, tapped to enlarge it — this goddess of an older sister had posted a full-face "bare-faced" photo!

She seemed to have just finished working out, her face a little flushed, and her nose looked slightly big, but overall she was still quite pretty — though admittedly a bit too down-to-earth.

Bai Liang said nothing, just held up his phone to show the two of them.

Especially Wang Churan!

Hadn't she previously run that puff piece calling herself "Little Liu Yifei"? She hadn't learned the essence!

Wang Churan: Why would I learn that stuff?

This left her feeling rather awkward, like she'd been called out point-blank.

She was KO'd on her end, but Meng Jie was stubborn!

She stared at Liu Yifei's photo for a long time, clearly not finding any flaw, but she immediately unleashed a wave of "genius"-level imagination:

"You don't understand girls' photos — you think it's unedited, but it might just be what she wants you to think, just like some makeup looks like bare skin once it's on."

"Really?"

"Yes really! You have to trust me!" Meng Jie was actually quite nervous inside, but she tried hard to put on a very reasonable look.

And her way of proving she was reasonable was to puff out her chest.

Well, that was indeed pretty convincing!

But the trouble was, Meng Jie just had to add: "Male celebrities are the same, everyone posts really polished photos these days!"

Hearing that, Bai Liang gave his phone a little swipe — hey! Hu Ge!

This guy was also a heavyweight — Liu Yifei's photo at most counted as down-to-earth, but he went straight for down-to-hell!

Unshaved stubble, face seemingly unwashed, hair like a bird's nest. That slovenly vibe was almost catching up to Sharp Brother.

Now Meng Jie was stumped too, suspecting her little hedgehog's Weibo had some hidden mode turned on.

Normally when you scroll, don't you see all kinds of gorgeous and handsome shots of fellow celebs? How come every time he swipes it's these "weird and wonderful" ones?

"Awesome! I'll try shooting like that too sometime."

Bai Liang looked at the absurd number of comments under Hu Ge's Weibo post, thinking this was actually a pretty good trick for gaming the metrics~

Being a celebrity, sometimes you just have to pull off some bold moves!

Of course, he himself had pulled off plenty of bold moves too, though usually not through contrast photos, but by physically doing some dangerous stunts — the kind that send fans' blood pressure soaring, afraid he might suddenly croak.

Now some people even think that if Bai Liang were to die from extreme sports in the next couple of years, his posthumous status in the entertainment industry might not catch up to Li Xiaolong, but catching up to Leslie Cheung would be no problem.

Unfortunately, getting him to croak is indeed a rather difficult thing to do.

Reba: Not necessarily~

To be honest, the probability of Bai Liang dying at her hands is extremely small, but it's not zero.

After all, this bastard really does pull some infuriating stuff sometimes!

Yesterday at the Golden Eagle Awards he was all lovey-dovey with Gulnazar, and even freaking gave her a trophy.

Today he's taking "intimate photos" with another girl!

At the peak of Reba's blood boiling, she really did entertain the thought of "murder."

Time is a funny thing — in the past, she was actually quite calm about this stuff, at least much calmer than Gulnazar.

But as time went on, both their attitudes began to change.

The one who used to care more and get jealous and pout — Nazha — grew increasingly "tolerant," while Reba grew more and more concerned about these things, coming across as quite "petty."

This shift was actually quite fascinating, and the reason probably had something to do with their career development.

The old Nazha only wanted to earn more money and save it up regarding her career, basically no ambition, but now her thinking is: next year I'm going to be the boss's wife at Little Treasure's company! I have to help him properly!

Although this kind of career drive was relatively half-baked, it did count as career drive — after all, as long as it fit Nazha's own logic, that was enough.

As for Reba, she was originally a career-oriented woman who worked crazy overtime with Big Mi Mi to push through the gambling contract.

Even back then, even though she and Bai Liang had taken a liking to each other, she actually behaved quite restrained — relatively restrained.

But as time went on, she hadn't exactly become a love-struck fool, but her career drive had indeed faded quite a bit.

One of the main reasons was absurd!

Just because Bai Liang once jokingly said, "If you squeeze yourself too hard, you might age really fast~"

No one stays eighteen forever, but there's always someone who's eighteen.

The earliest post-90s generation are already thirty, and Reba is already 28, turning 29 after New Year.

She's not that young anymore either.

Looking at the photo of Bai Liang and Meng Jie with their faces almost pressed together, Reba couldn't help feeling sour inside, like a spilled jar of vinegar.

Does taking a photo together require being this close? If you don't zoom in, it really makes people think their faces are pressed together!

The other party is only twenty-five, right?

"What's her name, Meng something?"

Reba actually remembered the other person's name — every Miss who had unclear or close relations with Bai Liang, she knew them all! She had it all figured out in her heart!

But she just wanted to pretend she didn't recognize this "small-time nobody," so she could appear more imposing.

As a result, her assistant glanced at it and blurted out: "Oh right, this is Meng Jie."

"Meng Jie?" Reba gave her assistant a death stare, meaning I'm giving you a chance to reorganize your words.

"Ahem, sis, her 'Meng Jie' is a nickname, everyone calls her that," the assistant explained awkwardly.

Hmph!

"Looks like a pufferfish, silly and dumb, and she's Meng Jie?!" Reba muttered her complaints.

Assistant:. Reba-jie is on a killing spree!

The other person is just puffing up her cheeks to act cute, and that's a pufferfish?

She seemed to remember that when her own Reba-jie had encountered this "Meng Jie" before, her attitude toward her seemed quite friendly — anyway, she didn't single her out.

Now, though, she found the other person an eyesore.

After staring once more at the intimate photo of Bai Liang and Meng Jie, Reba couldn't help rolling her eyes.

With that eye roll, her hand trembled, and she accidentally swiped to a Weibo post below.