Chapter 478: Seven Top Actresses Vie for Favor: A High-End Game of Tea Color and Tea Fragrance

"Dear friends, welcome to Episode Six of 'Down-to-Earth Big Stars'!"

When the director shouted out this line, he almost couldn't hold back his tears.

It wasn't easy! It really wasn't easy!

Other people's shows are one episode per week.

But my show? It airs whenever it feels like it?

It wasn't just him—the livestream chat was also in an uproar.

"Not easy at all! It's been almost two months since the last episode, right?"

"This show is truly something else—it doesn't even know when it'll air itself, so I've had to check Weibo every single day."

"Weird as it is, though… it's great!"

"Exactly, and if Su Meng kept filming this show, when would he have time to shoot 'In the Name of the People'?"

……

Su Meng walked over with a grin, alongside Boss Yang, Liu Tianxian, and Deng Ziqi.

As for Xiao Yueyue… he'd been pinned down by Old Guo at the small theater to perform crosstalk!

The director greeted them with a beaming smile.

"Su Meng, congratulations—your new drama 'In the Name of the People' is a massive hit!"

Su Meng cupped his fists toward the camera and chuckled.

"That's all thanks to everyone's support!"

"By the way, I'd like to take this opportunity to place an ad—would that be alright?"

"Of course, of course!" the director nodded repeatedly.

It's just an ad, right? Go ahead!

Su Meng chuckled.

"In a few more days, 'In the Name of the People' will be heading to its grand finale."

"When that happens, the show taking over CCTV-1's slot will be another TV series called 'The Knockout'!"

"That drama is also excellent—no less than 'In the Name of the People'."

"Oh right, this drama is an anti-organized crime show, and you could say it has the boldest scope of any in its genre…"

The boldest scope?

Hearing that term, every viewer in the chat lit up.

When 'In the Name of the People' was being promoted, Su Meng had already said it was the most daring anti-corruption drama in history.

And the biggest boss in that drama had actually risen to an indescribable level.

So what would this most daring anti-organized crime drama in history be like?

What Su Meng said was also the honest truth.

In truth, if 'The Knockout' were judged only by rank, its scope wouldn't be all that big.

Gao Qiqiang's biggest backer was, after all, only a city-level senior official.

The highest-ranking official brought down in the drama was only at the provincial level.

Compared with 'In the Name of the People', it simply couldn't be mentioned in the same breath in terms of administrative rank.

But the boldest scope of this drama wasn't about administrative rank at all.

It was that, in Gao Qiqiang's process of turning to the dark side, it dissected part of the causes behind that darkness and reflected certain social contradictions.

In previous TV dramas of the same type, this had never been done before.

What's more, in this drama, aside from a few characters, many people were actually black within white, and white within black.

From these angles, calling it the most daring anti-organized crime drama was not an exaggeration in the slightest.

……

The director was also taken aback.

Why would Su Meng suddenly be promoting a show for CCTV-1?

Could it be because they had a good relationship?

The director knew how to play along, and said with a smile, picking up the thread.

"Su Meng, you seem to think very highly of this drama?"

"That's right." Su Meng nodded and said lightly.

"If 'Drawing Sword' was a slow start that built into a hit, then 'In the Name of the People' was a strong start that kept soaring."

"And this 'The Knockout'… a strong start that goes absolutely wild!"

A strong start that goes absolutely wild? Hearing that description, everyone was startled.

What on earth was the magic of this drama, that it could live up to such a prediction?

In the director's mind, an even more unbelievable thought surfaced.

"Su Meng, you compared this drama with 'Drawing Sword' and 'In the Name of the People'—could it be…"

"You're also acting in this 'The Knockout'?"

Boss Yang cut in with a smile.

"Acting? More than that."

"This 'The Knockout' was also written, directed, and starred in by Su Meng himself."

"In it, he plays a major villain."

What the heck? On set and in the livestream chat, plenty of people were stunned.

They looked at Su Meng's handsome face and felt faintly pulled out of the moment.

Whether it's Li Yunlong from "Drawing Sword" or Hou Liangping from "In the Name of the People," they're all positive characters.

This time you actually played a Dafan Sect villain?

No, that's not right... wait!

The director's eyes instantly went wide.

"Su Meng, both of these dramas were filmed by you in the past two months?"

"That's right." Su Meng nodded, an expression of complete matter-of-factness on his face.

"Mainly it's because all the teachers were pretty solid, with few NGs, so the progress could be this fast."

"If it weren't for Tianxian'er and Mimi holding things back, the progress could have been even faster!"

Huh? Many people's gazes turned once more toward Boss Yang and Liu Tianxian.

The two of you were involved too?

"And me! And me!" Deng Ziqi shouted, jumping up and down.