Chapter 601: My Wife Is Giving Birth Today

The friendly exchange with Director Huang didn't last too long, though.

After all, the two had competed from the Hundred Flowers Awards all the way to the Golden Rooster Awards, and everyone else watching them felt it was like a needle point against a wheat awn. They themselves knew it wasn't quite that dramatic, but putting on such an overly chummy appearance wasn't really appropriate either.

Still, even though the chat hadn't gone on too long, Director Huang couldn't help but let out an inexplicable sigh of relief.

How to put it—earlier he'd felt something was off, but now he felt like it wasn't off anymore.

After all, Bai Liang still had that relaxed and gentle look about him. One person's acting couldn't possibly be that good, could it?

Director Huang had just finished a round of wild imagination in his head when he suddenly stiffened all over, because he suddenly remembered that Bai Liang's acting really was "a tiny bit" good.

Otherwise he wouldn't be the biggest favorite for this Golden Rooster Best Actor.

Actually, the biggest favorite for last time's Hundred Flowers Best Actor was also him, only there'd been a little accident.

As for whether there'd be an accident this time—this guy had already popped the champagne early and gotten this drunk. Whether an accident happened or he ended up pulling it off, things were bound to get lively after the awards ceremony.

Director Huang thought that was great!

After all, this way, the heat from his ex-wife's mess would be suppressed quite a bit.

Maybe no one would even bring it up again~

At this moment, of course, he had no idea that his ex-wife had already started getting dressed up at this very moment, just waiting for "good news from the front" so she could go attend Bai Liang's victory celebration!

If Bai Liang didn't win Best Actor, where would she even go to attend a victory celebration?

After Director Huang left, Bai Liang was just about to go find Wu Jing, because that guy had been standing far away grinning at him like a pervert—how could he not go put some pressure on him?

But just then, Deng Chao, who'd come to guest-host, popped out of god knows where, with the most bizarre expression on his face, and then just couldn't hold it in:

"Pfft!"

"Brother Chao, what's so funny?"

"I thought of something happy~"

"What happy thing?"

"Just... pretend my wife is giving birth today!"

When it came to using his own memes on himself, Deng Chao naturally felt zero embarrassment—in fact, he pulled them out effortlessly.

Too bad the two cops slamming the table were missing.

The moment he saw Bai Liang, he just couldn't help bursting out laughing.

Even for someone as abstract as him, it was rare to see something this abstract at a Golden Rooster Awards.

So Deng Chao came right over and had a private chat with Bai Liang, sneaking close, whispering, not wanting anyone else to hear.

"Tell your Brother Chao the truth—you and that guy's wife—"

Looking at the bizarre grin on this guy's face, Bai Liang couldn't help his face darkening. "I'm suing you for slander, you know!"

"Aiya~ I mean, you two are friends, right? Where did your mind even go?"

"Brother Chao, can Niangniang and I be friends?"

The moment the words fell, Deng Chao's arm that had been affectionately wrapped around Bai Liang instantly sprang back as if it'd touched something toxic, while his face filled with vigilance:

"No way, don't even think about it!"

"See, you're still slandering me! You don't trust my character!"

"Actually, I do trust you"—now Deng Chao was stumped, not quite sure how to respond.

He'd come to tease someone, but ended up feeling like he was the one being played.

Bai Liang naturally pressed his advantage step by step: "Then push Niangniang's WeChat to me~"

"... Fine."

A dozen or so minutes later, when Bai Liang had finished a round of passive socializing and pulled out his phone back at his seat, he discovered that Deng Chao had actually pushed a WeChat contact card over to him—and he froze for a moment.

Bro Chao, you're serious?

How did this plot suddenly turn into a doujinshi

Of course, given how much of his bottom line Deng Chao had nearly thrown away on all those variety shows, Bai Liang suspected this WeChat card might be problematic—maybe it was just one of his alt accounts or something.

Back when they filmed "Duckweed" together, because they'd played the Penguin Ma meme in the movie, everyone had gathered to chat about that Old Ma's dark history.

Like how he'd once pretended to be a girl to chat with people just to pull in users

Maybe Deng Chao had learned that trick~ He was always very interested in this kind of shameless behavior.

Bai Liang casually added the contact, figuring whoever it was, he'd add them and let them gather dust.

After all, he really had no interest in being a "Cao thief."

But he also didn't know who was spreading rumors behind his back—seemed like a lot of people now thought he had the makings of a "Cao thief."

While Bai Liang was fiddling with his phone, Chen Duling and Zhou Ye beside him were being very well-behaved. After taking Bai Liang's coat and vest, they just sat there obediently.

This time their quietness wasn't to cause trouble.

It was because earlier, due to emotional issues, they'd actually given the Film Channel people attitude, and the two of them were a bit scared in hindsight.

Being an artist—being surrounded by starlight is glamorous, but every single move is also placed under a magnifying glass.

The bigger the fame, the more places and details people notice.

Neither of them dared imagine—if Bai Liang hadn't reminded them earlier, and they'd just walked past the Film Channel people like that, how badly it would've come back to bite them.

The last contestant who dared throw her weight around with CCTV was called Wu Jinyan. After blowing up with "Story of Yanxi Palace," by all rights her career should've been taking off.

But then it came out that she'd stood up the Film Channel people, and she got hit with the hammer of Thor! They publicly scolded her, saying an artist should learn virtue before learning art.

It caused a huge public outcry, and in the end she could only come out with her team and apologize.

After that... felt like there wasn't much news after. Although it wasn't to the point of being blacklisted or anything, the top actress at the company under Yu Zheng's banner that Wu Jinyan belonged to had now become Bai Lu.

The industry has its risks—throw your weight around with caution!

Anyway, this incident served as a good lesson for Chen Duling and Zhou Ye.

Buck up!

The two of them stole glances at Bai Liang, and in their hearts they actually admired him even more, feeling a kind of "No wonder Senior (Brother Dou Xiao Bai) can be this popular" sigh.

After all, since getting to know Bai Liang, it seemed he was very gentle with everyone, and toward the media he was also very "respectful"—what you'd call "cautious and careful"!

Bai Liang, for his part, had no idea these two Misses had developed such a misunderstanding about him.

Because he wasn't being respectful or cautious either—it was simply that beneath himself, everyone was equal.

Whether you're CCTV media or some trashy little self-media outlet, standing in front of him, he's willing to give you a very gentle attitude anyway.