Chapter 577: But Only a Bit of Wind and Frost

Two rounds of drinks nearly drank the entire "crew" out of existence.

Reba, who had originally been set to play a supporting role in an important part, suddenly changed her tune in a hurry, said she had something on, played a quick cameo, and took off that very day.

This move was honestly baffling, as if she had come specifically to toy with everyone.

Fortunately, this wasn't exactly a proper crew, and they weren't shooting any proper film either.

Because no proper film's director's chair would stay empty like that—apart from showing up on the first day to shout "Cut" a few times, he never stuck his nose into directing again.

But the others were pretty much the same. It's hard to imagine that for a short film like this, this bunch of assistant directors actually split the work into several chunks, each filming for two days before running off.

This completely ragtag operation left the participating trainees quite uncomfortable.

"I feel like I'm really acting in the 'My People, My…' film series. The sense of déjà vu is way too strong."

"Look on the bright side—we may never get another chance in our lives to have this many famous directors waiting on us hand and foot. Think about it that way, isn't it kind of awesome?"

"You've got a point!"

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Apart from discussions on that topic, what everyone liked to discuss even more was: how exactly did Meng Jie beat Dilireba?

That's right—in other people's eyes, Meng Jie had achieved a total victory in her war with Dilireba over a man.

Driving the girl straight out—can you believe it?

What a thorough win!

Everyone thinking this way was actually pretty normal. When Reba arrived on the first day, she walked in with a gust of wind, smiled at everyone, and acted unusually intimate and open with Bai Liang—completely putting on the air of the official girlfriend arriving in person.

At the time, some people were even looking forward to seeing Meng Jie made a fool of~

After all, everyone knew Meng Jie's relationship with Bai Liang wasn't ordinary either, so Reba had clearly come to deal with her.

This kind of story wasn't anything new in the entertainment circle. There had long been cases of directors' wives storming sets to catch cheating husbands in the act with young vixens, and even legends of directors' wives banding together to blacklist some actress.

And this time Bai Liang had even landed a cameo as a director, so the storyline fit perfectly.

Besides, Meng Jie really did have the makings of a vixen.

Her looks were exactly that tempting, bad-woman type.

But the result was, Meng Jie—who should have been crushed and beaten by the official wife in this story—magically pulled off a "comeback from the brink"!

In just one night, a complete reversal, sending Reba packing "with her tail between her legs."

After Reba left, the way everyone looked at Meng Jie changed.

Full of surprise and admiration!

The way each of them addressed her as "Meng Jie" carried a bit more respect.

Whether she was the other woman, the fourth, or the fifth—she won, damn it!

Of course, some people spoke up for Meng Jie, saying she was just a smaller name, but she'd known Bai Liang for a long time, so most likely Dilireba was the other woman.

So the scene should have been: the mistress arrogantly showing up at the door, only to be crushed and beaten by the official wife, and finally slinking away in disgrace.

Makes sense! Makes damn sense!

Unfortunately, the truth of the story never came out. Forget the onlookers—even Meng Jie's good bestie here, Wang Churan, had no idea what Meng Jie actually did.

But she had a guess~

After all, the early bird gets the worm. The fact that she got up so early that day wasn't for nothing. The scene of Meng Jie and Reba's assistant tearing into each other outside Bai Liang's door actually gave quite a few hints.

"Meng Jie, you didn't beat Dilireba in bed, did you?" Wang Churan guessed boldly, sucking on her finger.

"Pfft!"

That line almost made Meng Jie, who was drinking water, choke to death on the spot—clearly thrown off balance by such wild words.

Seeing her reaction, Wang Churan immediately felt she'd probably guessed right!

"Awesome, Meng Jie! I really didn't see that coming!"

"What do you mean you didn't see it coming?" Meng Jie didn't know how to explain, since this kind of thing simply couldn't be explained.

"I thought someone like Dilireba would have the advantage in bed—after all, she's got the figure, and you're so skinny—"

Meng Jie immediately took offense. "Is my figure not good? I don't think I'm any worse than her!"

"Her butt's perky! That's a huge advantage in that department."

"It's not that dramatically perky either," Meng Jie muttered.

"What?"

"Nothing. Mine's perky too!"

"This isn't a competition—we have to face reality, learn from each other's strengths~ If you won, you must have your own advantages. Wow! Meng Jie, you can't be the legendary—"

Girls can be raunchy beyond all bounds, even surpassing men in how far they take conversations on this topic.

But jokes aside, Meng Jie was quite clear that she actually hadn't won either.

She had no idea why Dilireba suddenly took off—maybe she just couldn't accept it inside?

That was the most likely explanation, because Meng Jie could actually relate. The first time she herself did something so wild and reckless, she felt pretty down about it too.

She only had the edge of "experience."

Put another way, her bottom line was lower than the other party's.

A victory like that doesn't seem like much to be proud of~

Who in their right mind competes on that?!

But what Meng Jie didn't expect was that the fallout from this incident was only just beginning!

After their short film wrapped and before the final gala, the story seemed to have spread within a certain circle.

Although the paparazzi couldn't get any evidence, some marketing accounts don't need evidence to write stories.

Most of the wild rumors about celebrities come about exactly this way.

In short, to put it dramatically:

From the Himalayas to the Mariana Trench, the news of Meng Jie's victory was known by absolutely everyone!

She was still over there rehearsing her performance for the ultimate gala when, the moment the news spread, her phone was instantly bombarded with messages.

"Wow! Meng Jie, how did you do it?!"

"You actually went head-to-head with Dilireba and won? Please accept my bow!"

"A ten-year-old fan here uninvited—Meng Jie, can you teach me?"

"I thought Dilireba would be crushed by Gulnaza, but turns out our Meng Jie just beat her down ahead of time—badass!"

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Looking at the chaotic @-mentions and message bombardment in several group chats on her phone, Meng Jie really couldn't hold back any longer and joined in.

"Ahem, you all know already?"

Just putting on a little act, just a little act—that's not too much~

The moment she showed up, no matter which group it was, the chat was instantly flooded with sour words, or "worship and adoration," or else passive-aggressive jabs.

A handful of people generated the chat volume of dozens, spamming the screen nonstop.

Glance over every now and then, and it's always 99+.

Obviously, Meng Jie beating Reba was just too damn monumental!

Five years!

Those two newcomers from Xinjiang held every advantage—while being each other's rivals, they completely crushed everyone else.

Of course, this was also because those who could win didn't enter the fight, and those who entered simply couldn't win.