Chapter 578: As If the Art Style Is a Little Different

"I heard—"

"Huh? Why aren't you paying attention to me?"

"Let's chat, it's so boring just sitting here~"

"The camera's filming us, want to make a heart together?"

"You're so cold! Could it be that you got hit hard by that Mencius? How much damage did she cause you? Tell me!"

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"Can you shut up?" Reba could stand it no longer and shot back at Sister Tian Tian.

She was just so annoying. How had she never noticed before that this top-tier actress talked so much nonsense? It was hard to imagine she was a contestant from the same age bracket as her own Honey Sis — it felt like they were a whole generation apart!

But after she said that, Sister Tian Tian pursed her lips and muttered, "So fierce, no wonder someone doesn't want you~"

Her voice was very soft, but Reba heard every word of it clearly.

For a moment, she felt the veins on her forehead about to pop.

This was going too far!

She had to scold her back!

In that instant, though Reba couldn't see her own face, she suspected it had already gotten a bit twisted.

Fortunately, the emotion came quickly and left just as fast. Reba felt she'd just been too uncalm lately, which was why she'd gotten into all this messy business.

God knew how the little hometown boy was laughing at her behind her back now.

So she quickly adjusted her emotions. It didn't work instantly, but she barely managed to get her expression under control.

At least when the on-site camera panned over, the corner of her mouth still curved into a smile.

Though it certainly wasn't as radiant as Sister Tian Tian's next door~

That girl looked like she had some happy occasion, so overjoyed was she.

It's just a shame that people's joys and sorrows aren't the same — Reba only found her noisy.

But looking at how the other woman was clearly a few years older than her, already past thirty, yet could still look like a girl bursting with energy, she couldn't help feeling a bit envious inside.

How did she do it?

That personality was actually quite likable. The old Reba would definitely have enjoyed being friends with a girl like that.

But now, for some reason, she found herself disliking girls who came pre-packaged with naive, silly, dumb elements.

She'd suffered too much for it!

All these jumbled thoughts tangled together, finally turning into one long sigh.

Actually, the reason Reba had come to find Bai Liang earlier was to talk to him about something serious.

Not career serious — relationship serious.

She really couldn't hold it in anymore and wanted to lay her cards on the table, to ask this guy exactly how long he planned to keep playing around. The methods would be relatively forceful, but the attitude would definitely take the gentle route — it wasn't exactly a palace coup.

Because of all the little hometown boy's antics over the past half year, she'd truly been unable to take it before, and at the same time that sense of crisis had been maxed out.

So she'd moved up the original plan to talk to Bai Liang two or three years from now, preparing to pull out the fire-from-under-the-cauldron move and "blow up" with the little hometown boy.

Yeah — marriage.

The wedding didn't have to be held, they could keep it completely secret, but the baseline was meeting her parents and registering the certificate.

After all, she'd already met Bai Liang's parents, so it felt like it was just one quick step away.

And although Reba was somewhat impulsive, she actually hadn't forgotten to do some prep work — like obliquely working on Bai Mama.

She believed she had a pretty good handle on it.

But after being stirred up like that, there was no way to talk at all. Especially thinking back to that night now made Reba's face burn, wanting to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Today she'd even started considering — maybe just break up with Da Bai.

She'd already drafted the "breakup text" but kept hesitating to send it.

In just a few days, from wanting marriage to wanting a breakup — that huge shift in attitude was just like a roller coaster.

It was just like so many men and women whose feelings were originally fine, only to fall apart at the step of meeting parents and discussing bride price.

"The performance is starting!"

Sister Tian Tian's energy-filled voice made the contemplative Reba look up.

But the moment she raised her head, damn it, she saw Meng Jie smiling at her — to be precise, the Meng Jie on the big screen was smiling "at her."

The shot on the big screen naturally flashed by in an instant, but it still made Reba clench her fist.

How could she smile even more brilliantly than Sister Tian Tian?

She really thinks she won, huh?! —

Bai Liang felt this livestream gala was a bit boring. He still preferred the one from "Produce 101" — although that one was also a mess, at least there was a group of young girls singing and dancing on stage.

The grand finale of "The Actor," by contrast, was considerably more serious.

Although there were some performance segments interspersed in the middle, and the actors had to both PK and put on shows, in terms of atmosphere it was clearly still not as good as those talent shows.

But Meng Jie's state today was genuinely excellent!

The whole person gave off a very outgoing vibe — anyone who didn't know would think she was a stage maniac~

Just as Bai Liang was sitting there enjoying Meng Jie's performance, Chen Kaige next to him suddenly asked curiously, "How's the short film your group shot going?"

"I'm not really sure either~" Bai Liang said honestly.

Chen Kaige thought his ears were playing tricks on him: "You're not really sure?"

"Yep~"

"I heard your short film was split into quite a few shooting groups, with one assistant director in charge of each segment."

"Right~"

"How the hell can the style be unified like that?"

"Our short film style just isn't unified, right? Bold experimentation—who knows, it might actually turn out pretty good."

Although Bai Liang, as the director, held final cut privileges and could have found a way to blend the footage the several famous directors had shot into his own.

But he figured, why not leave it to luck and give it a try~

So he found a new intern at the company

This wonderful combination—just thinking about it gets the blood pumping!

A chaotic mishmash of styles, plus a non-professional handling the final cut—the "hybrid" that came out of it was brimming with the unknown.

This was also one of the things Bai Liang was looking forward to tonight, because he himself hadn't seen the finished product.

Oh right, this would be a good time to mention what exactly Bai Liang and these assistant directors had shot.

*The Three-Body Problem*.

Anyway, since they were just shooting blindly, the copyright was easier to sort out.

Moreover, while this thing counted as a sci-fi subject, it could also be stuffed with each assistant director's personal touches—almost anyone could show off their hand in their own area of expertise, including romance.

The only pity was that the runtime really was just a short film, and there weren't any big set-piece scenes either.

And so, this Pinduoduo-meets-intern version of *The Three-Body Problem* appeared, fresh as a daisy, at the Ultimate Gala.

Bai Liang watched his own "masterpiece" with great interest, hands tucked in, but as he watched, his brows gradually furrowed.

He felt like he hadn't quite understood some of it himself.

However, Chen Kaige sitting beside him seemed to be watching very intently. After the short film ended, the other man thought about it for a moment, then actually gave Bai Liang a thumbs-up.

"You're way too humble. I think you'd definitely make a great director! The plot design skill here is extraordinary—ordinary viewers might not even get it, but it's absolutely a masterpiece!"