The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 298 Bastard!
Although Da Mimi felt incredibly proud of herself while speaking, she couldn't help but feel guilty after noticing Xu Jiuyang's strange gaze.

Fortunately, the assistant director saved her: "Ms. Xu, it's time to get ready to start filming."

Yang Mi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly focused her attention on the performance. Fortunately, she had already figured out Zhou Xiaowen, the director in charge of her group, through simulations, and the cooperation was very smooth.

This is a new use she discovered while spying on—no, observing—someone through a simulation system. Acting skills are important, but the director's requirements are also important. Actors are not the absolute factor in a good TV series; that's what someone said.

Therefore, by figuring out the director's preferences, biases, and specific requirements in advance through the system, she can naturally optimize her acting skills accordingly. Isn't this just like Liu Qianqian, who is foolish enough to stubbornly try to improve her acting skills despite having no talent?

After filming, Xu Jiuyang would occasionally tease her while rehearsing his lines, but he didn't bring up topics related to whether he liked her or not, which relieved Yang Mi.

Although she realized that it was impossible to get a good ending in the simulation unless something was triggered, the young girl was just like Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Bingbing when they first got the system, always wanting to try to bypass certain situations to achieve her goal.

Especially after spying on something.

Yes, although Da Mimi and Liu Qianqian coincidentally developed similar new functions for the simulation system—if other women knew about these functions, they would definitely call it a "waste of a precious resource"—their actual usage was worlds apart.

Liu Qianqian was content with extracting information from Xu Jiuyang and observing what he would do, so as to adjust her actions accordingly, even if the information was not entirely accurate or even completely misleading.

Although Da Mimi also does this, she is much more radical. For example, during last night's simulation, she secretly watched him from beginning to end, having sex with Guo Xianni in the hotel's safe corridor.

Although this didn't happen today, and she didn't get to see any more details, she still felt quite uncomfortable.

And this is considered mild; as mentioned before, she also witnessed him embracing Zheng Shuang and He Qing in a simulation...

Fortunately, Yang Mi had gotten to know this person early on and had a fairly good impression of him. In addition, she still felt to some extent that spying was not a good thing, which allowed her to continue to get along with him normally.

"So, I'm pretty smart. I positioned myself as a buddy early on, and I can upgrade to a male best friend later, so there won't be any problems." Yang Mi recalled her actions with a little pride.

Then a voice beside her made her shudder: "What are you saying?"

"Besides, should we keep a little distance from your buddy?" Yang Mi asked, feigning composure.

"Why is that?" Xu Jiuyang asked teasingly after sitting down next to her.

“Because… I want to start a blog,” Yang Mi said, rolling her eyes. “Qianqian’s family runs a blog website, and many celebrities have opened blogs on it. I’m thinking of opening one too, to record my rise to fame… to record my growth as an actress. In this situation, I definitely need to keep my distance from you. If any gossip gets out, it will affect my image.”

"Is that so?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow. "Alright, since you've said so..."

"Can't you even tell when someone's joking?" Yang Mi immediately showed her displeasure.

"I can tell, I was just joking too." Xu Jiuyang laughed heartily.

Yang Mi pouted. There was nothing she could do; this chapter had to be turned over eventually, and if that was to happen, someone had to give in.

"Speaking of which, what made you think of using a blog to build your image?" Xu Jiuyang asked at this moment.

“Because more and more people are going online,” Yang Mi spread her hands, “I also go online often. Using a blog to build my image is much better than letting those media outlets build it for me, right?”

“That makes some sense, but not much,” Xu Jiuyang thought for a moment. “Speaking of which, you have to have something special to start a blog. You can’t always share your daily life, nor can you reveal information about the film crew.”

"I can paint, and I'm quite good at traditional Chinese painting," Yang Mi said proudly. "Impressive, impressive, our boss is really something," Xu Jiuyang gave her a thumbs up. "But how will our boss deal with those trolls online?"

"Argumentative person? What argumentative person?" Yang Mi asked, feigning ignorance.

"They are those people who like to nitpick. They don't care about the facts; they only care about whether they can provoke you," Xu Jiuyang explained.

"Hmm...you mean a madman?" Yang Mi asked after thinking for a moment.

“In a sense, you’re right.” Xu Jiuyang nodded.

"Huh?" Yang Mi's eyes widened.

"Well, firstly, back in 94, there was a saying circulating in the American media: 'On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' Secondly, psychologists have a theory that if someone wears a mask that no one can recognize in their community, then they can do whatever they want to the people in that community," Xu Jiuyang said leisurely.

“You mean…” Yang Mi bit her lip, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Some people are like that. In real life, they may be honest and kind people, or gentlemen, but once they get online, they take pleasure in finding fault and won't stop until they provoke their target to the point of madness." Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but sigh as he said this.

“Even if…even if psychology has such a theory, these people…wouldn’t do this every single time?” Yang Mi’s brows furrowed even more.

“It’s simple,” Xu Jiuyang smiled. “You can’t just walk through the internet cable and slap him.”

Yang Mi was stunned for several seconds, then burst into laughter, laughing so hard she could barely breathe.

"Hey, are you alright?" Xu Jiuyang was startled and waved his hand in front of her twice.

"It's nothing, it's just... I suddenly found it really funny..." Yang Mi waved her hands repeatedly, laughing through her tears.

"Is it really that funny?" Xu Jiuyang asked with a puzzled expression.

"Never mind, never mind, I'm not going to say it anymore... I'm dying of laughter..." Yang Mi continued to wave her hand at the stares directed at her, indicating that she was fine. Then she took several deep breaths and finally managed to control her emotions.

"I need to go to the restroom to use the restroom and wash my face; I have snot all over my face," she said, standing up and shaking her head. She couldn't help but chuckle, looking like she was both crying and laughing at the same time.

Xu Jiuyang looked completely bewildered, seemingly not understanding what was wrong with her. He even opened his mouth as if to say something, but she ran away so fast that she didn't give him a chance.

Since the film crew was shooting at the Zicheng Film City, the facilities were quite convenient. Plus, everyone had rested enough and all departments were preparing to continue filming. There were no outsiders in the women's restroom.

Yang Mi rushed in, turned on the tap at the sink, and splashed several handfuls of water on her face before stopping.

Her hands were on the edge of the sink, her head was down, her shoulders were trembling slightly, and she was breathing softly.

After a long while, Yang Mi finally raised her head, and the girl's eyes in the mirror were slightly red.

"Bastard!" she cursed under her breath, gritting her teeth. "Fuck you, you bastard!"

(End of this chapter)