Chapter 568: The Basic Qualities of a Top-Tier Actor

The official recording began very quickly.

Bai Liang didn't really have any preparation work to do, because Meng Jie and the others' scenes had already been rehearsed long ago.

He didn't need to busy himself with anything either—just sit his butt down, watch, and then offer some commentary.

From a certain angle, this could be considered inheriting Xiaosi's "legacy"—before the other party left the show, he had already finished the preliminary preparations for this episode's content.

But precisely because of this, Meng Jie was in a bit of danger.

Her good bestie Wang Churan had already taken an S-card in another piece during the last episode and advanced directly.

Guo Xiaosi seemed to quite like that group of people—three actors in total, one basic S-card, one extra S-card, plus a top-eight lead in votes.

He had only six actors under him in total, and three had already advanced, so the remaining slots...

If nothing unexpected happened, and if Guo Xiaosi hadn't withdrawn, Meng Jie would absolutely have gotten the sacrificial-slot script.

On this show, that would have been the end of the road for her—besides getting scolded by a mentor, there wouldn't have been any other gains.

Fortunately, Bai Liang came over now.

"The S-card? Where did you put it?"

Bai Liang, sitting in the mentor's seat, was rummaging around for the prop—this thing was the show's brazenly obvious "rigged deal," giving it to whoever you wanted meant direct advancement, entirely up to the mentor's personal preference.

So finding this thing and directly fast-tracking Meng Jie would settle everything.

"He's already used his, unless your group's play ends up in the top two in the final vote—then you can still get another S-card." The female Buffett closest to Bai Liang explained the rules with a smile.

The "he" here of course referred to Xiaosi—his last basic S-card, after giving it away, had caused quite a stir online.

Because the handsome guy he fast-tracked had acting skills that drew quite a bit of criticism.

Netizens all said Xiaosi was just like a dorm supervisor auntie—nice to the boys, so-so to the girls.

"Then Sister Yanzi, do you have any extras? Spare me one, will you?"

After hearing the female Buffett's explanation, Bai Liang didn't go complain about Guo Xiaosi wasting his, but directly chose to use his most skilled method—very simply and crudely reaching out to ask for one.

The show rules didn't say you couldn't ask other mentors for one~

He'd studied law, and was very good at exploiting these kinds of loopholes.

Besides, Chen Kaige was afraid that woman had too deep waters behind her—he wasn't afraid~ There was no reason, he just wasn't afraid.

But at this moment the expression on her face was a bit strange—*what the hell, Sister Yanzi, kid, are you being polite?! *

The female Buffett even suspected that Bai Liang might really be like the rumors said, having a particularly good relationship with that bitch Jin Su, and had specifically come to toy with her.

Looking at Bai Liang's harmless, gentle expression, she dismissed that thought from her mind—Jin Su was indeed a bad woman, but this handsome guy in front of her probably wasn't that bad.

Just a feeling!

How could someone like him possibly be that kind of passive-aggressive bad person?

Impossible!

Even the address "Sister Yanzi," she felt he might be her fan, remembering her classic roles too clearly.

And he was quite polite too—at least he didn't add a "Little" in front of it.

"Mine's used up too." She spread her hands and said, the smile on her face growing even brighter, her body unconsciously leaning toward Bai Liang, her originally proper sitting posture tilting a bit.

"What a pity~"

Bai Liang shook his head helplessly—Auntie, what good are you?

Obviously, this "Sister Yanzi" was in every way inferior to the "Yanzi" at his home.

And just as the female Buffett was still wanting to take the opportunity to chat with Bai Liang about other topics, she saw him lean over and start calling out across the room:

"Director Chen, Director Chen~"

Chen Kaige turned his head somewhat strangely, looking past the female Buffett at Bai Liang but unable to see him, so he could only lean out slightly, "What is it?"

"Do you have an S-card? Get me one to use~"

"You're really not shy at all—no, used it up long ago!" Chen Kaige said, somewhat speechless.

Honestly, if it were anyone else teasing him like this, his face probably would've dropped.

After all, it was well known that Director Chen had quite a temper and not much tolerance.

But when it came to Bai Liang, his tolerance was extremely high, seemingly categorizing him into the "can joke around" column.

At this point, although the recording hadn't officially started yet, the on-site cameras were already frantically capturing footage.

Awesome! They really goddamn invited the right person.

Earlier, the show's crew had been worried that Bai Liang sitting in the mentor's seat would be too restrained, after all, those beside him were either seniors or big-name directors.

But now it seemed, how could he be restrained? The most goddamn relaxed and at ease one was him.

And the interactions he created were also full of highlights.

Of course, there was a downside too—it was just too unserious.

This show still needed some seriousness, after all, the content planning was relatively high-end, not going for a pure entertainment route.

While having memes and punchlines, the audience also wanted to see some professional stuff, even if they didn't understand it.

Fortunately, in the later segments, Bai Liang didn't go off on nonsensical tangents.

He seriously commented on the actors' performances, and gave his own suggestions and views and so on.

This let the show's crew completely breathe a sigh of relief, while also making the mentors look at him with newfound respect.

This kid really knows his stuff?!

To be fair, in terms of professionalism, they had originally thought Bai Liang, who came purely as a fill-in for fun, was actually stronger than the previous Guo Xiaosi by who knows how much.

The reason they thought Bai Liang came for fun was actually very simple—he was the type of wild-path player.

That is, an actor who hadn't received formal training, relying entirely on heaven's gift to act—at least many people previously thought he was that kind of actor.

One characteristic of this type of person is that they act very well, but if you ask them to explain why they can act so well, they can't say it.

These people rely entirely on feeling and state when acting—they're talent monsters.

Yet Bai Liang's commentary, along with his offhand references to the classics, immediately made people realize that his knowledge reserves in the professional field were rather terrifying!

Absolutely not the sort of thing an ordinary graduate of a performing-arts conservatory could match.

Why, the female Buffett sitting beside him was completely dumbfounded.

Originally there was Guo Xiaosi, and now Bai Liang had come along — she felt that the existence of these two was actually beneficial to her.

That way, she wouldn't be the weakest among the show's mentors.

That had been the case before, true.

But now, sitting together with her were:

two big-name directors born into showbiz families, and a hexagonal warrior no one could read at all.

Bro, you really know your stuff?!

Chen Kaige and Er Dongshen, of course, wouldn't worry that Bai Liang's good performance would outshine them or make them lose face or anything — they'd been in this line of work for so many years, their accumulated expertise was genuinely deep, and they had long since formed their own schools with clear direction.