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Chapter 573 How could a director be such an inconvenient thing?

"Come on, Eggplant."

"Click~"

"Send me the photo first, I need to Photoshop it."

"Huh? Does this need to be photoshopped?" Bai Liang looked at the selfie on his phone and thought it was pretty good.

While his photography skills can't compare to those of highly professional photographers, his skill level is still quite high, and he occasionally gets a stroke of genius from luck.

She did a pretty good job today, and the photos she took of Sister Meng were really well taken. She looked very presentable.

Anyway, they're pretty cute~ Their pouty cheeks make you want to pinch them.

However, Sister Meng looked resolute!

It needs to be photoshopped!
How can a girl post her photos exactly as they are? What if there are flaws?
Even the slightest flaw is unacceptable!
Wang Churan, who was standing next to her, nodded vigorously in agreement with Sister Meng's point of view.

No matter how good-looking someone is, their photos still need to be photoshopped!
Or rather, the better the photo looks, the more it needs to be photoshopped. Which celebrity posts photos on Weibo without photoshopping them?

is it?

Looking at the two girls in front of him who were so confident, Bai Liang scratched his head, unable to think of any reason to refute them for a moment, but he felt that something was a little strange.

So I casually opened Weibo and refreshed it.

Skillful!

He came across Liu Yifei's Weibo post, clicked to enlarge it, and saw that this fairy-like beauty had posted a close-up "no-makeup" photo of her face!

She looked like she had just exercised; her face was a little flushed, and her nose looked a bit big, but overall she was still quite good-looking. However, she did look a bit too down-to-earth.

Bai Liang remained silent, simply showing his phone to the two of them.

Especially Wang Churan!

Didn't she release some press release about "Little Liu Yifei" before? She didn't grasp the essence!

Wang Churan: Why would I need to learn this stuff?

This put her in a rather awkward position, like she was being confronted with a powerful blow to her face.

She was basically knocked out, but Sister Meng is stubborn!

She stared at Liu Yifei's photo for a long time, clearly unable to find any flaws, but then she unleashed a burst of "genius" imagination:

"You don't understand girls' photos. You think they're unedited, but that's probably what they want you to think, just like some people look like they're not wearing makeup even when they're wearing it."

"is it?"

"Yes! You have to believe me!" Sister Meng was actually feeling guilty, but she tried her best to appear reasonable.

And the way she proved herself right was by trying to stand tall with her chest out.

That does make a lot of sense!

However, the problem was that Sister Meng had to blurt out, "Male celebrities are the same, everyone's photos are very polished these days!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Liang swiped his hand and exclaimed, "Hey! Hu Ge!"

This guy is quite something. Liu Yifei's photos are at most down-to-earth, but his photos are down-to-earth!
He hadn't shaved, his face looked unwashed, and his hair looked like a bird's nest. His颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a sense of decadence, apathy, and a lack of refinement) vibe was almost on par with "Brother Sharp" (a famous Chinese internet celebrity known for his disheveled appearance).

Now Sister Meng was also at a loss, and she suspected that her little hedgehog's Weibo account might be in some kind of hidden mode.

Normally, when you scroll through your peers' feeds, you see lots of beautiful and handsome photos, right? Why do his feeds always show these "weird" pictures?
"Wow! I'll take pictures like that too."

Looking at the exaggerated number of comments under Hu Ge's Weibo post, Bai Liang thought to himself that this was indeed a good way to inflate the numbers.
Being a celebrity sometimes means you have to do some serious stunts!

Of course, he does a lot of dangerous things himself, but usually not through contrasting photos. Instead, he does dangerous stunts that make his fans' blood pressure spike, fearing that he might suddenly collapse.

Some people even think that if Bai Liang were to die in the next two years due to his involvement in extreme sports, his status in the entertainment industry might not be as high as Li Xiaolong's, but it would be no problem for him to reach the level of Zhang Guorong.

Unfortunately, getting him to get rid of it is indeed a rather difficult thing.

Dilraba: Not necessarily~
To be honest, while the probability of Bai Liang dying at her hands is extremely small, it's not entirely impossible.

After all, the things this bastard does can be really infuriating sometimes!

Yesterday, he and Gulnazar were all lovey-dovey at the Golden Eagle Awards, and he even gave her a trophy.

Today he took "intimate photos" with another girl again!
When Dilraba was at her most intensely agitated, she did indeed have murderous thoughts.

Time is a strange thing. She was actually quite calm about this before, at least much calmer than Gulnazar.

But as time went on, their attitudes began to change.

Naza, who used to be quite sensitive and prone to jealousy and pouting, has become increasingly "tolerant," while Dilraba has become more and more concerned about these things, appearing quite "petty."

This change is actually quite remarkable, and the reason for it is probably related to career development.

Previously, Zha only wanted to make more money to save in her career and didn't have much ambition. But now, her idea is that she's going to be the boss's wife at Xiaobao's company next year! She has to help him a lot!
Although this kind of ambition is somewhat absurd, it is indeed ambition, since it only needs to conform to Naza's own logic.

As for Dilraba, she was originally a career-oriented woman who worked crazy overtime with Yang Mi to win the betting match.

Even though she and Bai Liang had hit it off back then, she actually acted quite restrained.

But as time went on, while he didn't become obsessed with romance, he definitely lost a lot of his ambition.

One of the main reasons is outrageous!
It's all because Bai Liang once jokingly said, "If you push yourself too hard, you might age very quickly!"

No one stays eighteen forever, but there are always people who are eighteen.

The earliest of the post-90s generation are already thirty years old, and Dilraba is 28. She will be 29 after the New Year.

She's not that young anymore.
Looking at the photo of Bai Liang and Sister Meng with their faces almost touching, Dilraba couldn't help but feel jealous, like a spilled jar of vinegar.

Do we really need to stand this close for a group photo? Without zooming in, it really looks like their faces are touching!
The other person is only twenty-five, right?
"What was her name again, Meng?"

Dilraba actually remembered the other person's name. She knew all the girls who had ambiguous or close relationships with Bai Liang! She knew them very well!
But she wanted to pretend she didn't know this "Little Karami" so she could appear more authoritative.

After her assistant glanced at it, she said, "Oh right, this is Sister Meng."

"Sister Meng?" Dilraba gave her assistant a death stare, as if to say, "I'm giving you a chance to rephrase your words."

"Ahem, sis, 'Sister Meng' is just a nickname, that's what everyone calls her," the assistant explained awkwardly.

snort!
"She looks like a pufferfish, and she's stupid. And she calls herself Sister Meng?!" Reba muttered in dissent.

Assistant: Dilraba is on fire!

It's just puffing out its cheeks and acting cute, and that makes it a pufferfish?
She seemed to remember that when her idol, Dilraba, met this "Sister Meng" before, her attitude towards her seemed quite friendly, and she didn't seem to be targeting her in any particular way.

Now I find myself disliking the other person.

After gazing once more at the intimate photos of Bai Liang and Sister Meng, Dilraba couldn't help but roll her eyes.

She rolled her eyes, her hand trembled, and she accidentally scrolled to the next Weibo post. Only then did she realize that Bai Liang had posted two Weibo posts in a row.

One photo is a picture of him with a girl, and the other is also a picture of him with a girl.

The girl in the Weibo post below is just rolling her eyes.
Of course, this is actually a somewhat prank photo. Bai Liang and Wang Churan are not as close as Sister Meng, but they both rolled their eyes at the same time.

Bai Liang's translation was mediocre, somewhat comical.

"Damn it!" Dilraba suddenly couldn't help but swear.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Dilraba didn't say anything, but just looked at the Baidu Baike page for Wang Churan that she had just looked up on her phone, mainly focusing on her birth year.

She was only twenty-one years old.
The assistant was a little worried about her sister Dilraba, because Dilraba's performance during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal was not good, and she even seemed a bit distracted.

Fortunately, the rehearsal wasn't very strict, and the directors didn't seem to notice much of a difference.

However, her unusual reaction still worried her assistant.

Especially after the rehearsal, Dilraba was still making things like underestimating someone's age.
The assistant thought that her older sister might need Sister Honey to give her a lesson.

Is 28 years old already experiencing age anxiety?
Honey, a mother in her thirties, still goes for a youthful style!
Yesterday, he stole the show at the Golden Eagle Awards and won an award. A quick scroll through his blog reveals countless articles praising him, making it seem like another career peak.

Turning thirty isn't necessarily the downhill phase of a female celebrity's career; it might just be the beginning of her peak!
However, it's clear that Dilraba isn't very interested in this. Her own sister is practically an "old monster"—she's been famous for so many years and is still a top-tier star.
Having no other options, the assistant casually suggested, "Sis, why don't you go have a heart-to-heart talk with Brother Bai?"

Previously, when people said similar things, Dilraba would usually refuse with a smile, which was quite calm.

This time, she suddenly looked up, her face lighting up with a bright smile: "Okay!"

"Hey?"

Bai Liang, who filled in on the show "Actors, Please Take Your Seats," did need "external help," but not from actors.

It is often said that actors who excel in acting can become directors, and many actors like to switch careers or work part-time as directors after reaching a certain level.

Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Deng Chao, Huang Bo.
To put it simply, among the people with the strongest box office appeal in China right now, it seems that only Shen Teng and Bai Liang have no intention of trying their hand at directing.

This isn't really a big problem. No one says that once you achieve a certain level of success in acting, you have to switch careers to become a director.

But the problem is that no one told Bai Liang before he came that the mentors on the show "Actors, Please Take Your Seats" were supposed to be doing the work of directors!
If it were just about critiquing and instructing actors, that would be one thing; Bai Liang is quite familiar with that kind of work.

But after reading the planning script, Bai Liangcai realized that they actually needed to produce a work.

That is, making short films and customized film and television works.

He will not.

That's something I could learn. With Bai Liang's learning ability, if he were really interested in this, he probably would have learned it long ago.

But the fact that he hasn't been able to direct after five years of acting shows that he really has no interest in directing.

So here's the question: how will this show be recorded?
"Being a director is easy! Don't be afraid, little hedgehog!" Sister Meng encouraged him after learning about his troubles.

"It's very simple? You know how?"

"Isn't it enough to just say 'cut'?" Sister Meng said matter-of-factly.

Hmm, that makes sense!

I never expected that Sister Meng, this "prodigy," would have such a profound understanding of the directing profession! She has a bright future!
Bai Liang gave her a thumbs up, which made her a little embarrassed.

"so."

"So I've decided to run away!" Bai Liang said with a determined look.

Sister Meng: ? ? ?
No way! We've only just met, why are you running away already?
That sounds like something a scumbag would say.
Production crew: How the hell can this be allowed? No running away!
Of course, this translates into action as clinging to his leg and begging him not to leave.

The main problem is that if Bai Liang runs away, where will they find someone to replace Guo Xiaosi?

This job is actually quite risky for some well-known directors who might participate in the show.

It's because the person who jumped ship midway was Guo Xiaosi.

If someone takes over as a mentor and then makes a huge mistake, there will definitely be people online saying things like "not as good as Guo Jingming".

That's too risky!

No director wants to drink swill to participate in a program and then have to bear such risks and stigma in the end.

Only Bai Liang, a completely amateur player, doesn't have this problem, and Xiao Si's fans can't criticize him either; they can't even break through the outermost fan base.

He's absolutely the show's anchor!
He is the best candidate to suppress the "forbidden zone" on Weibo.

Therefore, the production team was quite straightforward, saying that Da Xian could make any requests he wanted, since it was impossible for him to get off his lap anyway.

Bai Liang: Don't force me to do anything reckless!
Production team: Please, please, go all out and mess things up!
All this show cares about right now is data and viewership; they just want Bai Liang to mess things up.

"Little Hedgehog, how did your discussion with the production team go? Are you really going to back out and run away?"

Sister Meng had been waiting there for a long time, and as soon as Bai Liang came out, she kept pestering him with questions.

"We're not running away anymore!"

"Wow!"

After the initial excitement, Sister Meng couldn't help but ask again, "So, what about the director's role then?"

Bai Liang patted his chest and said, "It's already solved! How could a director be such an inconvenient thing?"

Sister Meng blinked: "I didn't understand~"

Bai Liang declared he didn't have time to explain, "I'm going to call in reinforcements!"

"Call for backup? Who do you want to help you with?"

"No need, I'll just find a few more assistant directors. They all have their own teams, and the production team said I can do whatever I want."

They're bringing their own team and even a few assistant directors?

Sister Meng was startled, but she didn't know what she was startled about.

No rush, she's just starting to unleash her amazing thought process.

However, before that, Bai Liang started shaking the rocker right in front of her!

She made the calls one by one, and listening to the way he addressed her on the phone, and then thinking about the person, even Sister Meng, with her peculiar way of thinking, felt that her little hedgehog was indeed a bit too flamboyant.

He was about to send out a list of assistant directors who would "stand in" for him, and the quality of those directors was surprisingly high!

Is it really coming?!
Team up for a dungeon raid?

(End of this chapter)