This director is vindictive.

Chapter 423: I told you to play the victim, but I didn't expect you to actually be that miserable!

Once the "playing the victim" contest started, it snowballed and became more and more exciting.

The onlookers were satisfied; this was exactly the kind of gossip they wanted.

Moreover, the celebrities also put in a lot of effort. Shen Teng's perfunctory comedic performance is one thing, but Lei Jiayin is truly ruthless. He directly exposed his own shortcomings and used his big head as a joke. For many netizens, this is a sincere performance!
For example, if Yang Mi used the joke about smelly feet, the effect would be absolutely explosive.

uh-huh!

When Chen Mo said those words, Yang Mi immediately lost her temper.

She kicked off her high heels and then placed her delicate, pink-painted feet directly on Chen Mo's leg!
"Chen Mo! What did you say?"

No wonder Yang Mi got angry; this could be considered a stain on her life!
"Well, I was just stating the facts. Exposing one's own shortcomings does make things more amusing, doesn't it?" Chen Mo explained with an embarrassed smile.

"Hahaha! Chen Mo, take a sniff and see if she really has smelly feet!" Zhang Yuqi, always eager for a good show, laughed loudly without a care for her image.

"Tiger girl, stop stirring things up. It's like you don't have any dirt on yourself!" Yang Mi glared at Zhang Yuqi fiercely.

Then she turned her head and threateningly rubbed her jade-like feet against Chen Mo's leg, the pink nail polish gleaming dangerously under the light.

To be honest, it really is quite good-looking. Although Chen Mo isn't a foot fetishist, he couldn't help but start playing with it.

This actually made Yang Mi break down instantly.

Although there was no foot odor there, it was extremely sensitive. Chen Mo's action, though unintentional, caused Yang Mi considerable discomfort.

She didn't know whether to back down or continue grinding!
Chen Mo played with it for a moment, then quickly raised his hands in surrender: "Just kidding! This is a classic case of the 'playing the victim' contest! Look how explosive Lei Datou's self-deprecating humor is!"

"Then why don't you use Zhang Yuqi as an example?"

Yang Mi narrowed her fox-like eyes, and suddenly hooked her toes around the hem of Chen Mo's shirt, tapping his waist with her toes and saying slyly, "The story of her and that ex-ex-boyfriend slapping each other in the street back then was much more sensational than mine!"

"Yang! Mi!" Zhang Yuqi sprang up from the sofa instantly, grabbed a cushion, and threw it at her!

Yang Mi didn't care at all about Zhang Yuqi's anger and embarrassment. After all, it's only polite to reciprocate. You've been encouraging her to stir up trouble!

"Oh, right, she was also photographed picking her toes on set." Yang Mi glanced at her own feet, then smiled and teased.

Zhang Yuqi immediately bristled: "I was picking out the sand from my sandals!"

"I know! But, just like how I don't have smelly feet at all, netizens only care about what I think, not what you think! What do you think?" Yang Mi knows how to expose weaknesses. Look, Zhang Yuqi is completely overwhelmed by Yang Mi's criticism and can only rage helplessly!
"Ahem, alright, alright, you two stop hurting each other. This is someone else's sob story, what does it have to do with you? Let's talk about what the others will do next." Chen Mo saw that Zhang Yuqi was furious and about to explode. If a physical palace intrigue were to unfold here, Chen Mo would be in trouble with either side!

So he quickly changed the subject.

"Humph!"

"Humph!"

"Lei Datou has made a good start! Now the pressure is on Huang Bo and the others," Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Brother Bo, is there anything embarrassing going on?" Yang Mi was indeed drawn in by Chen Mo's words and asked.

"Does being a bit abstract count? But he's already used that meme, it's nothing new." Chen Mo shook his head with a smile.

Actually, netizens are also speculating about what Huang Bo will do next, and how Ge Si will respond.

After all, Lei Datou's big head joke is indeed a rather bizarre joke, but the two of them really don't have much to reveal.

Even if it were possible, it would be difficult to achieve that kind of effect and comedic result!

"Brother Bo directly posted a still from 'Crazy Stone' (dark-skinned look) and 'Cow' (dreadlocks), captioned 'Officially certified: My face has been listed as one of the "Top Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the Film and Television Industry"—audiences still can't tell if this is makeup or no makeup!'"

"Is there a difference?"

"Lei Datou is playing with head circumference, Huang Bo has to bring out his height! Video concept: He stands in front of the height measurement line on 'Go Fighting!' jumping up and down, with the caption 'Deserter Lu Shisi was ignored by the enemy due to insufficient height, so miserable that he couldn't even get a prisoner spot!'"

"Why not drag Shen Teng down with us! Post stills of the two of them from 'Crazy Alien' photoshopped into them being deserters from the northern desert, with the caption: 'Back then, even aliens refused to abduct us because they thought we were ugly. Isn't that tragic enough?'"

"I think it would be really fun to take a picture together with Guo Jingming and Yao Riyue!"

Back when Huang Bo was filming "Say Yes Again," he was completely overshadowed by Lin Chi-ling at the press conference.

Therefore, many netizens feel that if Huang Bo were to reveal his shortcomings, then his height would be a perfect excuse.

However, to everyone's surprise, a day passed and neither Huang Bo nor Ge Si made a move.

It was as if the two candidates didn't even exist.

"Another boring day. Where's Brother Bo? Where are the other four, Ge?"

"Yeah, where are they? Holy crap, I was waiting to see what happened, why did they just go on strike?" "Where are they? Where did Huang Boge go?"

Chen Mo was also a little puzzled. However, despite his curiosity, he knew that neither Huang Bo nor Ge Si could really go on strike.

They haven't shown up yet; they're probably preparing something big.

However, there has been no news about either candidate for two consecutive days, and the hashtag #WhereDidHuangBogeSiGo# has remained high on the trending topics list. Netizens went from anticipation to confusion, and finally launched a "wanted search" across the entire internet.

However, there are still some skilled people out there, especially those marketing accounts and studios, who quickly began to demonstrate their ability to chase after celebrity news.

Marketing accounts tracked down Huang Bo's studio's IP addresses and found that the last login location was a hotel in a desert scenic area, while Ge Si's Douyin account suddenly deleted all its posts.

What's even more outrageous is that conspiracy theorists suspect this is all part of Chen Mo's script: "First there was Lei Datou revealing his head circumference, then Shen Teng begging for food with a QR code, and now he's directly staging a 'deserter disappearance incident'? Director Chen's immersive marketing is really wild!"

Unscrupulous netizens photoshopped "wanted posters" for Huang Bo and Ge Si, accusing them of "suspected of stealing the last piece of naan bread from the crew of 'The Great Tang Desert'".

The answer was revealed in the early hours of the third day.

No one expected Huang Bo to be so ruthless!

In the early hours of the third day, @HuangBoStudio suddenly released nine high-resolution original images.

The first picture shows the electronic scale with its LCD screen flashing red, displaying "65.3kg". Next to it is Huang Bo's physical examination report from last month (the weight column is marked with a red circle, showing "70.5kg").

The caption reads: "I lost ten pounds in five days of starvation. The meat I saved is enough for the wrap party for the 'Go Fighting!' brothers."

The five photos in the middle are real shots of the desert:

The first close-up of the lips shows three bloody cracks on the lower lip, with sand stuck to the scabs, and the dry skin peeling off when magnified.

The second picture shows a bizarre way of catching sweat: a mineral water bottle is stuck under the armpit, with murky liquid accumulating at the bottom, and the label is handwritten: "Lu Shisi Brand Desert Salt Soda - Limited Edition".

The third cactus study: He squatted in front of a withered cactus, used a knife to cut open the skin to reveal yellowish fibers, and captioned it "Popular Science: Water Content ≈ Shen Teng's Joke".

The fourth image shows footprints in the sand: the footprints, some deep and some shallow, extend beyond the frame, with the last half of the footprint clearly wobbling.
The fifth image shows a reverse peace sign: two fingers extended towards the setting sun, casting a shadow on the sand dunes that looks like a "surrender" gesture!
The last three pictures are of hospital IV drips, close-ups of the IV bottles: the glucose label has been photoshopped to say "Exclusively for the Northern Deserts of the Tang Dynasty".

Enlarged diagnosis report: The doctor's sloppy handwriting reads "Mild dehydration + Grade II sunburn," but Huang Bo adds a dramatic touch in red pen to the patient's self-report section: "Did you faint from hunger for art? Please write something more handsome."

The last picture shows him lying paralyzed in his hospital bed, making a peace sign!
The caption reads: "Director, report! Lu Shisi's trial card has expired. I'm applying for workers' compensation—cash, not bread!"

Not to mention netizens, even Chen Mo was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

He couldn't help but call Huang Bo: "Hey, Bo-ge, do you have to push yourself so hard? You're not young anymore, take it easy!"

And netizens were already in an uproar.

"Brother Bo has become a legend this time! Others rely on acting to play the victim, but you're just risking your life, right? I suggest changing the theme of the new season of 'Go Fighting!' to '100 Ways Huang Bo Dies'!"

"Lose 10 pounds in 5 days??? Shen Teng begging for food with a QR code next door is scripted, yours is a documentary! I suggest @Lei Jiayin next time you measure your head circumference and weigh yourself at the same time, input your head circumference first, then your weight, then your weight..."

"Cactus water content ≈ Shen Teng's joke? Brother Bo's sweeping generalization is a precise strike! @ShenTeng, use the naan bread money you earned from your QR code to buy water and fight back!" (Attached is a meme of Shen Teng eating instant noodles in "Goodbye Mr. Loser": Say that again?)

"The worst part is the hospital diagnosis report, right? 'Fainted from starvation' and they still want to write 'handsome' on it? I suggest changing it to 'A starving fugitive from the Tang Dynasty, whose looks and acting skills are inversely proportional'" (Image: Huang Bo's dirty-faced still from "Cow" with the word "handsome" watermark added)

"I suggest the Chinese entertainment industry award a 'Most Tragic Man Award': Shen Teng (comedy tragedy) → Lei Datou (physics tragedy) → Huang Bo (documentary tragedy). Next time, it'll be Ge Si's turn to eat sand on live stream, right?" (Attached is a still from Ge Si's "Transparent Man": please don't mention him)

"@ChenMo, control your actors! If this keeps up, 'The Great Tang Desert' will have to be renamed 'The Great Tang Starving Corpses'!"

On the trending topics, Huang Bo became the biggest winner.

This guy doesn't usually cause much trouble, but nobody expected him to cause such a big one.

#Huang Bo lost 10 pounds in 5 days# (Breaking news)

#Analysis of Salt Content in Underarm Sweat# (New)

#Shen Teng's jokes have zero water content# (Hot)

#I suggest investigating whether Huang Bo is a real deserter# (Hot)

#The Chinese entertainment industry's sob story has entered the science fiction era# (Trending)

Some netizens even joked: "Huang Bo's actions make me suspect that 'The Great Tang Desert' is actually a Hunger Games spin-off—Shen Teng is responsible for the comedy, Lei Datou is responsible for the physical attacks, and Huang Bo directly activates hell mode. Ge Si: I should have gone to 'The Human World' to be a corpse too!"

"Wow, Huang Bo disappeared for a few days and then played a real-life version of 'The Hunger Games,' which puts a lot of pressure on Ge Si! But Ge Si has been missing for even longer, could he be planning something even bigger?"

"Good heavens, this is unbelievable! Even a movie star is getting involved like this, how are the other ordinary actors supposed to survive?"

(End of this chapter)