Chapter 229

The biggest scale in history?

This sentence made many people confused, and then subconsciously curled their lips.

Don't we understand the routine? How big can an anti-corruption drama be?

However, their faces were disdainful, but their bodies were very honest, and they clicked on the trailer quickly.

I'm not interested in anti-corruption dramas, but Su Meng's work... I'm still curious, right?

In the tense music, the curtain slowly opened, and then...

"Holy crap!" Almost all netizens jumped up.

What was displayed on the screen was actually a wall of banknotes!

This... is the scale so big?

"Holy crap! You... are you Su Meng?"

Boss Yang saw Su Meng and was startled.

Deng Deng Deng Ziqi also circled Su Meng several times, clicking her tongue in wonder.

"I know your makeup skills are great, but what's going on with this body? Where are your eight-pack abs?"

"Deng Deng Ziqi, please respect yourself!" Su Meng angrily opened her hand.

"In order to act, I adjusted my diet and changed my body shape."

Well, this was a lie, the real reason is...

"Hundred-change body shape: While maintaining the same height, you can adjust your body shape within a certain range!"

This skill cost Su Meng a full 20 million popularity points.

It made him almost cry with heartache.

But for him, this is also an investment, which is very helpful for expanding his acting path.

With god-level acting skills + makeup skills + hundred-change body shape, he can control many roles.

Even female roles... cough cough cough, no, absolutely not!

"It seems you value this play very much, then summoning me here, what role do you want me to play?"

Boss Yang was surprised for a long time before asking.

"Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you, I won't grab the female lead, you can just give me a female second or female third."

Female second? Female third?

Su Meng looked at her expressionlessly, looking at her until she felt uncomfortable.

Boss Yang was stunned.

Is there something wrong with what I said? According to my status, playing a female second or female third is already a price drop, right?

"Su Meng, is this requirement inappropriate?"

"Then... female fourth? It wouldn't make me play a dragon set, right?"

Su Meng pointed to Liu Liu Liu Tianxian and said.

"Ask Liu Liu Tianxian, what role did she play in the last play?"

"Cut! Pretending to be mysterious!" Boss Yang looked triumphant.

"Liu Liu Tianxian has already told me."

"In the last play, you were the male lead, she played your lover, it should be female first or female second?"

Liu Liu Liu Tianxian sighed and said leisurely.

"You might not believe it."

"The last play was a group play, and all the outstanding roles were male roles."

"But even so, among the female roles, I can only be... female fourth or female fifth?"

"It doesn't matter, anyway, you just need to know that I can hang a name on the actor list, and I'm already very satisfied."

"So... Da Da Mimi, what number female do you think you can play?"

What the hell? Boss Yang was completely dumbfounded.

Liu Liu Liu Tianxian's status can only play female fourth or female fifth?

Deng Deng Deng Ziqi laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, fortunately I am a business actor, I don't need to consider these problems, I'm thankful to be able to show my face."

"Let me see... oh, this script is the thinnest."

She found a thin script from the script and opened it to look at it, and was immediately excited.

"Female, 26 years old, short stature... isn't this talking about me?"

"Su Meng, is this a role tailored for me?"

"You are really too good to me!"

Su Meng sighed and said leisurely.

"Deng Deng Ziqi, this person, it is precious to have self-knowledge."

"The scenes of this role are not heavy, but the requirements for acting skills are extremely high!"

"Just you..."

He pulled out two sheets of paper and stuffed them over.

"Take a look at this, this is your role."

Ah? Deng Deng Deng Ziqi took it suspiciously, just glanced at it, and her little face drooped.

"So... I don't even deserve a name?"

"Alright, alright, stop making trouble, just listen to Su Meng's arrangement."

"He has high requirements for the play, don't mess it up."

Liu Liu Liu Tianxian smoothed things over.

"By the way, Su Meng, what number female do I play this time?"

"Um... count as female third." Su Meng thought for a while and said casually.

Flipped through the documents in his hand and handed over a script.

"This is yours, the front is a pure female college student, the back is a cold imperial sister."

"The difficulty is not too great, you should be able to control it."

"Da Da Mimi, this is yours." Su Meng pulled another one and handed it over.

"You play a workplace woman this time, barely count as female fourth."

"I'll train you well, you should have no problem."

"Oh right, if you want to play the role well, you have to let me change your hair to short hair!"

What? Boss Yang was dumbfounded.

Liu Liu Liu Tianxian and Deng Deng Deng Ziqi were also stunned.

Boss Yang's hair is so long, so soft, so sexy.

Don't you like black long straight?

Boss Yang touched her long hair, gritted her teeth, and finally made up her mind.

"Okay! I listen to you, I'll cut it!"

As she spoke, she felt a burst of grievance, tears swirling in her eyes, and they were about to fall.

Old lady for Su Meng... oh no, for this play, paid too much...

"Director Su, what are you doing?"

Secretary Secretary Dakang... oh no, Teacher Wu Gang walked in from outside the door.

Seeing Boss Yang's tearful appearance, he was a bit numb.

"Um... did I come at a bad time?"

As he said this, he turned around to leave.

But before he could even reach the doorway, a group of people rushed in from outside, blocking his path.

"Director Su, we... uh..."

Seeing the scene inside the room, the group froze.

Their gazes darted between Su Meng and Boss Yang, their eyes filled with gossip.

Boss Yang finally managed to hold back her tears, though her voice still carried a hint of a sob.

"Fine, I agree!"

"But you have to promise me too—you must take good care of my hair..."

What the hell?

Had the two of them already progressed to the point of exchanging locks of hair as tokens of affection?

The group of veteran actors widened their eyes, ready to pull up stools and crack open some sunflower seeds.

Damn it! Su Meng was almost at the point of tears himself.

"Big sister, what are you thinking?"

"I'm not a hair collector; why would I want your hair?"

"I meant that according to the script, I need to style your hair into a short cut!"

"Makeup! Do you understand? Makeup!"

"Long, straight black hair is beautiful and feminine—why would I want to cut it short?!"

Huh? Was it a misunderstanding on her part?

Boss Yang’s face turned bright red instantly.

The crowd of veteran actors let out a collective sigh, looking thoroughly disappointed.

I was already calculating how much I’d need to give for your wedding gift, and this is it? Just this? Just this?

Only Deng Deng Deng Ziqi lowered her head, touching her own coffee-colored, wavy hair, and fell into deep thought.

So, Su Meng likes long, straight black hair?

"First scene of *The Knockout*, take one, action!"

With Su Meng’s command, this grand production finally raised its curtain.

Yes, the major drama Su Meng brought out this time, aside from *In the Name of the People*, was this *The Knockout*.

However, for this show, Su Meng didn't copy the original work entirely; he made a few small adjustments.

In his past life, there were rumors that the show was filmed for 100 episodes but only 39 were aired, and some said the ending felt rushed.

Some even deduced the original plot based on lip-reading and the novel.

Meng Meng Dehai turning corrupt, and the sister-in-law Chen Shuting being killed by Huang Yao in a car accident—these were meant to fill in some plot holes.

Actually, in Su Meng’s view, it wasn't exactly a "rushed ending"; it was just that the audience's expectations were too high from the start.

They kept hoping for everyone to turn corrupt, so when Meng Meng Dehai and Huang Yao didn't fully succumb to darkness, it left some disappointed.

This time, although he had strong support from all sides, Su Meng wouldn't be so ungrateful as to mess it up.

This ending had just the right amount of intensity.

Su Meng’s adjustments were mainly in two areas.

One was the plot regarding Yang Jian’s arrest.

In the previous life, that sequence was truly awkward and logically inconsistent.

You have to realize, for that scene, a massive amount of foreshadowing had been laid out.

Saying goodbye to his wife Meng Yu, saying goodbye to his mother, and returning to the place where he once fought—these corresponded to the three threads of love, family, and career.

The buildup had reached a critical threshold.

Yet, in the end, he was just shouting to see the inspection team leader, Xu Zhong.

The point is, you didn't even know him before, so why see him?

To take a hostage? Or to negotiate?

It was neither!

It was just to listen to Xu Zhong give a lecture, and then drop the gun and surrender?

Su Meng had studied this plot carefully and even specifically bought the original novel.

He determined that the person who should have truly negotiated with Yang Jian was the protagonist, An Xin.

An Xin’s relationship with Yang Jian’s wife, Meng Yu, corresponded to the emotional thread established earlier.

An Xin called his father-in-law, Meng Meng Dehai, "Uncle," creating a bond of family between them.

In terms of career, the two were once comrades-in-arms, corresponding to the career thread.

Moreover, when Yang Jian and An Xin first met, Yang Jian had asked:

"If something happens to me in the future and I fall into your hands, can you help me out and let me go?"

Having An Xin step forward to persuade him to surrender created a perfect callback.

Besides that, the biggest change Su Meng made was actually regarding the cast.

Aside from replacing one disgraced artist.

He brought in Liu Liu Liu Tianxian to play the third of the Gao family, the cold and elegant Gao Qilan.

And Boss Yang’s role was Cheng Cheng from the Jian Gong Group.

Although Liu Liu Liu Tianxian and Boss Yang’s acting skills were... well, under the buff of Su Meng as a master director, they could manage.

As for Deng Deng Deng Ziqi, he gave her a small supporting role as Xiao Wu just for fun.

After all, in the entire entertainment industry, Su Meng had the best relationship with them.

Engaging in a little "hidden rule" shouldn't be a problem, right?

As for Su Meng himself, he naturally wouldn't miss such a great opportunity to gain popularity points.

He played the second male lead, or rather, one of the two male leads: Gao Gao Gao Qiqiang!

For this role, he specifically purchased the "Versatile Physique" skill; the cost was not insignificant.

As for the original treasure of an actor, Zhang Songwen, Su Meng could only secretly say sorry.

Maybe they could collaborate in the future.

After all, for the sake of popularity points... "If a man doesn't look out for himself, heaven and earth will destroy him," right?

"Oh my, Brother Su Meng made a huge fool of himself the moment he appeared!"

Wanzi slapped her thigh and shouted excitedly.

Xie Xie Lecheng and his wife exchanged a glance and asked with a chuckle.

"Wanzi, why do you say that?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Wanzi pointed at the TV and said righteously.

"Look at that Section Chief Zhao, living in such a dilapidated house, eating only a bowl of soybean paste noodles for dinner."

"He's so poor, he must be an honest official!"

"Brother Su Meng, this anti-corruption chief, is going to arrest him—isn't he arresting the wrong person?"

Wanzi’s mother nodded and chimed in.

"I think so too."

"But they are running two parallel storylines; I think this Section Chief Zhao might have a connection to that Ding Ding Yizhen."

"That's not necessarily true," Xie Xie Lecheng shook his head.

"You can't judge a book by its cover; we can't conclude whether he's a corrupt official just yet."

"Su Meng... oh no, Hou Hou Liangping, since he's made his move, he must be certain."

The family of three immediately fell into a heated discussion.

But they soon reached a consensus—keep watching!

Xie Xie Lecheng felt wonderful inside.

This girl Wanzi used to only watch those CEO idol dramas; when would she ever watch a serious drama like this?

Sure enough, Su Meng was his nemesis.