This director lacks vision.

Chapter 157 Shu Chang: A Battle of Wits at its Peak!
With the boost in traffic from Weibo for the Sisters Who Make Waves program, Yuan Li's Weibo post received over 5 likes in just ten minutes, heading straight for the 10 mark.

There are already thousands of comments.

"Holy crap, what kind of amazing show is Sisters Who Make Waves? I just wanted to see some drama, but I didn't expect the sisters to actually fight!"

"Let's fight! Let's fight! I want to see a fight! Sisters Who Make Waves, please update this already!!!"

"Yuan Li's intention is very clear. She always talks about Tian Zhen's work, and her group's agent is Nazha."

So, Tian Zhen hit Yuan Li, and then Nazar eliminated Yuan Li from the competition?

"Haha, I'm sorry, Ms. Yuan Li. Although I feel sorry for you, I really want to laugh!"

"No matter what, hitting someone is wrong. I support Ms. Yuan Li in protecting her rights! Call the police immediately, I want to see the police on the Sisters Who Make Waves show!"

"Yuan Li, are you possessed by Qin Lan? Qin Lan is the stupid, unlucky one, getting beaten and kicked. This should be Qin Lan's script!"

What does Yuan Li mean by saying she's not playing with you guys anymore? Is she withdrawing from the competition?

"Impossible! Look at Yuan Li's selfie. Even though she was hit, her expression is full of defiance and determination. She's definitely going to get her revenge! She won't withdraw from the competition easily!"

At this time, netizens were unaware of the specifics, but upon seeing Yuan Li being beaten, they still supported her.

However, most people were just watching for fun and stirring up trouble in the comments section.

After all, fans are a minority.

Most people want to make a big fuss and have a good laugh.

Yuan Li is also very genuine; she even replied to netizens in the comments section.

"That's right, there's no way I'm going to withdraw from the competition! I respect the game and the competition! If you're going to play, you have to be able to play!"

"Qin Lan is really stupid. With her IQ, how can she be a team leader?"
When she was dating Huang Xiaoming, she paid a lot of breach of contract fees for the sake of love;
He lost a large sum of money making a movie with Lu Chuan;
Jiang Yifeng was the only one who treated her well, letting her participate in Sisters Who Make Waves and assigning her a rather dull manager to flatter her.

But to be honest, making Qin Lan the team leader was a mistake. She simply doesn't have the ability, you know that?

After the pilot episode of Sisters Who Make Waves aired, Qin Lan's impulsive and naive character was well-received.

The photo of "my sister is giving up" was widely shared by netizens and became a classic meme.

Many people don't know much about Qin Lan's situation. They only discovered it after watching the show. Qin Lan has the appearance of a mature and sophisticated woman, yet she has done so many foolish things. This woman is quite interesting.

However, many people still question whether this is a persona that Qin Lan deliberately created.

Now Yuan Li is personally revealing the truth on Weibo.

She felt she was smearing Qin Lan and mocking her for being unintelligent and unfit to be a team leader, but to the audience, Yuan Li was essentially giving Qin Lan a free drink.

It turns out that Qin Lan is really impulsive and naive in real life. She was even tricked by Huang Xiaoming once, adding another painful experience to her list!
Qin Lan has gained even more fans now.

This is the power of Yuan Li's "exposure of scandals"—it's like she's lifting someone up in the opposite direction, it's terrifying!
Deliberate attempts to promote someone will never achieve the natural effect that Yuan Li has.

Yuan Li interacted with netizens and saw her Weibo followers increasing rapidly, which made her feel much better.

While Yuan Li was using Weibo, the eliminations from other groups were being finalized one after another.

The first confirmed member of Jing Tian's group was Wen Bixia.

After a lot of back-and-forth and tug-of-war, Dilraba's team selected Chen Xiuli.

Chen Xiuli broke down in tears on the spot, crying and saying, "I knew I was a foreigner and would be targeted by you. Why did you eliminate me? I'm so talented and work so hard!"

Her show was quite dramatic and attracted a lot of attention.

The person eliminated from Zhang Tianai's group was quite unexpected; it was Kim Hee-sun, who has a relatively high profile.

Actually, this was Kim Hee-sun's own request. She wanted to make money in Jing Tian's group, so she planned to go to the free market first and then have Jing Tian help her out.

Liu Yifei's group eliminated Guo Feili. The process was uneventful, and Guo Feili herself didn't have any complaints.

The main group consists of five people, including Liu Yifei. He Saifei, who considers herself a veteran artist, has a very stable position.
Ah Sa has no ambition. Her co-stars were involved in a photo scandal, and she herself is embroiled in a secret marriage and divorce. She just wants to make a cameo appearance on the show.

Choo Ja-hyun is a Korean; she can't cause any trouble.

Zhang Yan is very straightforward and doesn't like beating around the bush; he speaks his mind directly.

In addition, Liu Yifei's popularity and status were enough, and He Saifei's qualifications were sufficient to be the group leader, so the group discussion was very harmonious and there were no problems at all.

Only in the Shuchang group, from the group leader to the candidates to be eliminated, there was a constant debate.

While the other groups had already made their selections, they were still arguing.

Lin Jing took out her phone, opened Yuan Li's Weibo and shared it with everyone, then said, "We can't be like the Nazha group and practice nepotism. Nazha is clinging to Qin Lan and now look what's happened. Yuan Li has started a war on Weibo, making things ugly for everyone!"

Lin Jing's words were a dig at the group to mock Shu Chang for favoring Liu Xiaoli and for practicing nepotism.

In order to stand out on the show and get more screen time, Lin Jing was very active in Shu Chang's group and often went against Shu Chang, making a lot of sarcastic remarks.

He Qing spoke with restraint, only expressing his opinion: "I also got an S grade, and I should be respected."

Shu Chang is eloquent and resourceful. Although she encountered some problems when organizing training, she solved them all.

The training time for Group 5 was guaranteed, and their performance on the first stage was the best.

Liu Xiaoli and He Qing are both S, Zheng Xiuzhen is A, and Lin Jing and Zuo Xiaoqing are B.

A high score isn't necessarily a good thing; it can easily lead to disagreements within the group, with no one willing to concede to the other.

Although Liu Xiaoli performed well, she is not considered an artist in the entertainment industry, so she cannot command respect as the group leader.

Moreover, Liu Xiaoli is very clever. She knew that making the grand finale announcement would already cause considerable controversy, so she took the approach of accumulating strength before making a decisive move.

First, put on a good performance on the show and win over the audience step by step, then you can turn your attention to dealing with these team members.

If she becomes too assertive now, it will only provoke resentment from others.

Shu Chang was a smart man. Seeing that Liu Xiaoli couldn't directly take the position, he simply said, "Since we can't reach an agreement on the group leader position, I suggest we let the results speak for themselves."

Now that Liu A... Sister Xiaoli and Sister He Qing are both S, then they will temporarily be the two leaders.

As for who will be eliminated, they will be chosen from the two sisters who received a B.

"Zuo Xiaoqing and Lin Jing, please raise your hands to vote. Raise your right hand if you want to eliminate Lin Jing, and raise your left hand if you want to eliminate Zuo Xiaoqing."

As a result, Lin Jing received four votes and was eliminated and moved to the free market.

She was extremely dissatisfied!
Lin Jing felt that Shu Chang was retaliating against her because none of the sisters on site were left-handed, and everyone was more used to raising their right hand.

Shu Chang said that raising her right hand to vote for Lin Jing was deliberately trying to harm her.

Lin Jing was right; Shu Chang did it on purpose.

She's not some naive girl who just yells and shouts; she has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.

The methods of revenge are readily available and very subtle, so that most people cannot detect them.

Lin Jing grew angrier the more she thought about it, and then she thought of Yuan Li again.

Despite Yuan Li's embarrassing incident today—stealing a card and getting beaten up—many people actually envy her.

This will generate a lot of traffic and buzz. After the show airs, Yuan Li will definitely have the most screen time.

Putting everything else aside, her Weibo post today alone has become a hot topic and the focus of public opinion, which will gain her a huge number of followers.

If one person steals a card, they will naturally be ridiculed by the audience. But if the production team explicitly supports it, then if someone steals a card later, that's just part of the game rules.

Although there may be controversy, it will not have a significant impact on one's personal image.

Moreover, Lin Jing has been in the industry for over a decade and considers herself to be quite attractive, yet she has never become famous.

In order to become famous, she even did a photoshoot for a pink ribbon magazine last year.

Now that she's on Sisters Who Make Waves, she wants to stand out and become famous.

Lin Jing had noticed where Shu Chang kept her cards before, and she also knew where the drawer key was.

Taking advantage of a break, Lin Jing stole the cards from Shu Chang's group.

She first approached Jing Tian, ​​offering the card as a token of her loyalty, but Jing Tian refused. She then approached Zhang Tian'ai, but Zhang Tian'ai, fearing the consequences, dared not accept the challenge.

Finally, as a last resort, they turned to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei didn't care; she and Shu Chang had a very good relationship and could joke around freely.

Moreover, she wanted to see Shu Chang and her mother Liu Xiaoli's shocked expressions.

So Liu Yifei made a promise to rescue Lin Jing from the free market, thus accepting Lin Jing's pledge of loyalty.

……

Half an hour later, everyone gathered in a large room.

Executive director Zhang Fanghua stepped forward and said, "Now it's time to use the cards. Each card is very important, so please use them wisely."

Let me explain again: a core card can be bound to one sister, and the bound sister cannot be swapped out by other groups.

The Forced Swap Card allows you to force one of the sisters in your group to swap with a sister from another group.

"Let's start with the first group of order..."

After Zhang Fanghua finished explaining the card's functions, she was interrupted.

Yuan Li stepped forward and said, "I have a question. I have two cards right now. If I don't use them this round, can I still use them in the next round?"

Zhang Fanghua nodded and said, "It can be used. The card is a one-time use card with no expiration date. It becomes invalid after use, but remains valid if it is not used."

But everyone should understand that the earlier you use the core card, the better.

In the best-case scenario, after 5 rounds of competition, a group will be able to bind five core players and form its own fixed team.

The earlier the team roster is finalized, the longer the training and integration time will be, and the greater the advantage will be in future competitions.

Hearing this, Yuan Li glanced at Na Zha, held up the card in her hand, and said smugly, "Whichever group picks me up in the free market later will get two cards."

With me, you won't even need five rounds of competition; you can secure your ideal team members in just four rounds—a huge advantage!

Compared to Lin Jing, Yuan Li was more blatant and confident.

That smug little expression made Dilraba grit her teeth; she hated those who disrupted order the most!

Zhang Fanghua continued, "Now, starting with the first group of the Order team, do you want to use cards?"

The Dilraba group used the core card given by Jing Tian to bind Tian Zhen.

Jing Tian's group did not use any cards, but kept one forced exchange card.

The Naza group used a core card to bind Qin Lan, and then used a forced exchange card to exchange Li Xiaolu for Xue Jianing from the Reba group.

In Nazar's view, she would rather her group's results be poor than cause any more trouble.

Li Xiaolu was sarcastic and unpredictable all the time. Nazha didn't notice it at first, but now she's gradually understanding.

"The Dilraba group has no core card and cannot bind Xue Jianing, so the forced card exchange was successfully used and this exchange is effective!"
Li Xiaolu joined Dilraba's group, and Xue Jianing joined Nezha's group!

Seeing Nazar's decision, Li Xiaolu was actually very happy, after all, she could stay away from her eldest sister Qin Lan and no one would be above her anymore.

But the expression on his face was one of grievance and sadness.

She immediately got into character.

Her eyes reddened, and tears fell.

He truly deserves to be called a professional actor; his delivery of lines is also excellent.

Li Xiaolu tearfully accused, "Why did you replace me?! I trained hard and even got a B on my first stage performance. Didn't I do right by everyone?"
I've always supported you and the eldest sister in the group! I've supported whatever you said! Yet you ended up being swapped out!
Yuan Li was right after all; you're truly a foolish agent who favors sycophants and alienates virtuous officials!

Naza couldn't take it anymore and retorted directly, "What have you supported me for? Just words, no real action whatsoever. Hypocritical! Pretentious! Disgusting! Bah!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaolu was stunned; she was quite surprised.

Unexpectedly, Naza, a newcomer who just debuted, dared to openly mock her older sister.

She didn't understand Naza's confidence as the boss's wife, and naturally misjudged the situation.

Just as Li Xiaolu was about to retaliate, Zhang Fanghua interrupted her.

"Does the Sister Ai group need to use cards?"

Zhang Tianai said, "We will bind Zhou Huimin with the core card, and we will not use the replacement card for the time being."

The forced replacement card means eliminating one more person from the group and replacing them with someone from another group. Zhang Tianai was somewhat hesitant to use it because she cared about her reputation.

But Liu Yifei did not.

She first used the core card to bind He Saifei, and then used the forced replacement card to replace Li Lingyu, an S-class player in Jing Tian's group, with Zhang Yan.

The "Soaring to the Sky" group is missing a singer, and Liu Yifei's replacement was the right decision.

Jing Tian's team thus lost its only S-rank player.

After exchanging for Li Lingyu, Liu Yifei glanced at Shu Chang with great pride and said loudly, "I still have two cards!"
I want to use this core card to bind myself to Teacher Li Lingyu.

In Liu Yifei's opinion, He Saifei can act in dramas and also dance, while Li Lingyu can sing and act.

When these two team up, they can create some classic songs that will make for an unbeatable show, making them a top contender for the championship.

So she directly used the card Lin Jing gave her to bind herself to Li Lingyu.

Jing Tian questioned, "Where did you get all those extra cards?"

Before Liu Yifei could answer, Lin Jing stepped forward.

"I took it!"

Lin Jing was secretly pleased, but on the surface she pretended to be very aggrieved.

"I worked diligently in the fifth group of Changtong, cooperating with all the work within the group, but in the end I was eliminated and sent to the free market because of Shuchang's targeting."

Since you're so heartless, you can't blame me for being ruthless. I still want to continue pursuing my dreams on stage!
So he took the card and joined the Soaring to the Sky group!

Upon hearing Lin Jing's account, the members of Shu Chang's group all looked displeased.

Liu Xiaoli held Shu Chang's small hand and comforted her, "It's okay, Changchang, it's nothing."

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "It's okay, let's sing! We're good sisters, whoever wins is a winner!"

Shu Chang sighed and remained silent.

Zhang Fanghua looked at the card and said, "After verification, your core card is fake; it doesn't have a stamp."

Liu Yifei and Lin Jing: "???"

Shu Chang smiled and said calmly, "After seeing Yuan Li steal the cards, I specially took two unstamped cards from the prop room of the production team and put them in the place where I used to hide the cards."

Originally, it was to prevent thieves from other groups from stealing and to teach the thieves a lesson.

"I never expected that we'd have a traitor within our own ranks."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.

Is this even possible?!
But then Shu Chang said, "I want to use the core card to bind Liu Xiaoli, and then use the forced exchange card to exchange Zuo Xiaoqing for Li Lingyu of the Soaring to the Sky Group."

With Shu Chang's intervention, Liu Yifei's newly acquired S-level player was replaced by Shu Chang before she could even enjoy it.

Her ideal championship team is gone just like that.

Shu Chang looked at Liu Yifei and said with a smile, "Qianqian, we're good sisters, whoever wins is a winner!"
You're being too hasty. The substitution cards in this show are most effective when used last.

Liu Yifei: "..."

Shu Chang's deceptive and convincing methods were precise and perfectly timed, completely fooling Lin Jing, and even Liu Yifei was fooled.

Jiang Yifeng was amazed; this was the pinnacle of strategic combat!

(End of this chapter)