Global Best Actor: Starting with Picking Up Attributes in America

Chapter 421 Chen Xun and Shen Man's Secret

Just as the two were arguing, Show Lo secretly climbed onto the platform, snatched the tinderbox, and shouted, "I got the tinder! The brute team wins!"

"Great!" Sun Honglei immediately cheered, "Little Pig is awesome!"

Zhao Jinmai jumped up happily, shouting, "We caught the fire!"

A smile appeared on Chen Xun's face, but it wasn't a smile of victory; rather, it was a smile of a traitor's triumph.

Just as Show Lo was about to activate the Flame Box, Chen Xun suddenly snatched it from his hand and ran away.

The entire room fell silent instantly.

Sun Honglei was stunned: "Chen Xun, what are you doing?"

Show Lo was dumbfounded: "Bro, why did you steal my spark?"

Zhao Jinmai looked on in disbelief: "Brother Chen Xun—you?"

Chen Xun stopped, turned around, smiled at them, and raised the tinderbox in his hand: "Sorry, I'm the mole."

"!!!"

Sun Honglei's eyes widened, he pointed at Chen Xun, speechless for a long time: "You—you really are the traitor?!"

"I'm sorry, Brother Honglei."

Chen Xun smiled and shrugged: "I have a mission to complete, so I have no choice but to do it."

Huang Lei, laughing so hard he couldn't stand up straight, exclaimed, "I told you so! But you wouldn't believe me! Now you're dumbfounded!"

Huang Bo also joked, "Honglei, Honglei, what's wrong with your brain? You got sold out and you're still taking the bullet for the other person."

Sun Honglei clutched his chest, looking heartbroken: "Chen Xun! I trusted you so much! You betrayed me! My heart is breaking!"

Show Lo clutched his chest, saying, "Me too! I don't believe in love anymore!"

Zhao Jinmai was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening, then covered her mouth and laughed, "Brother Chen Xun, you really fooled us!"

Chen Xun, holding the tinderbox, walked to Shen Man's side and said with a smile, "Director Shen, mission accomplished."

Shen Man announced with a smile, "I declare that Chen Xun, the traitor, has won this episode of 'Go Fighting!'!"

After saying that, she handed Chen Xun a trophy: "Congratulations on winning this week's MVP, and also a VIP ticket to the global premiere of 'The Wandering Earth'!"

Sun Honglei immediately rushed over and snatched the trophy: "No way! This trophy should be ours! You're the mole, you can't take the MVP!"

"That's right!" Show Lo chimed in.

"You stole the flame that our 'Reckless Team' worked so hard to obtain; the trophy should belong to us!"

The group of people were making a ruckus, and laughter filled the air.

It took quite a while for everyone to quiet down.

Shen Man, holding the microphone, said to the camera, "Actually, today's mole mission has a hidden meaning."

"Just like in 'The Wandering Earth,' there will always be different voices, disagreements, and conflicts in the face of disaster, but in the end, as long as we unite, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome."

She paused, then continued, "Although Chen Xun won as the mole, we've decided that everyone is a winner today! Because we all worked towards the same goal! Now, let's all cheer for 'The Wandering Earth'!"

Everyone raised their hands and shouted, "On Chinese New Year's Day, let's take the Earth on a journey! May 'The Wandering Earth' be a box office hit!"

The fans at the scene joined in the shouting, their voices echoing throughout the recording studio.

After the recording ended, fans surrounded everyone, giving them gifts and letters.

Zhao Jinmai was surrounded by several fans, who laughed and said, "Jinmai is so cute today! She didn't even realize she was being fooled by Chen Xun!"

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Zhao Jinmai blushed and laughed, "Brother Chen Xun's acting is so good, I really didn't notice at all."

Sun Honglei then grabbed Chen Xun, pretending to be angry, and said, "Chen Xun, you have to treat us to a meal! Otherwise, this isn't over!"

"No problem, order whatever you want to eat," Chen Xun agreed with a smile.

Huang Lei walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Not bad, Chen Xun. You played the spy so well. Next time you come to Extreme Challenge, I'll let you be the spy again."

Chen Xun was both amused and exasperated: "Teacher Huang, please spare me. If I become an informant again, Brother Honglei will break off our friendship."

A local Shanghainese restaurant tucked away in an old alleyway in Shanghai.

The warm yellow light in the private room enveloped the sweet aroma of braised pork.

The group of people, who had just finished recording the show, relaxed from their tense moments in front of the camera and sat in a circle around a round table, their beer bottles clinking together.

Sun Honglei downed half a glass of beer in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and suddenly leaned over mysteriously, nudging Chen Xun with his elbow. He lowered his voice, deliberately making sure the whole table could hear, "Hey everyone, I have a huge secret to tell you, want to hear it?"

"What secret?"

Huang Bo immediately put down his chopsticks, leaned over, and asked with a gossipy look, "Could it be that Chen Xun secretly got married in America?"

"If I get married, I'll be the first to give a wedding gift!"

Show Lo immediately chimed in, "I'll pay double!"

Huang Lei pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "Honglei, stop keeping me in suspense and hurry up and tell me, or you won't get any of this braised pork."

Zhao Jinmai also put down her drink, leaned her little head over, and looked at her with curiosity.

Only Shen Man was drinking tea, a smile on her lips, seemingly indifferent to the situation.

Sun Honglei glanced smugly at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, word by word, "Let me tell you, I called Teacher He yesterday, and he told me that Chen Xun and Shen Man were classmates in the US back then, and they were very close!"

"!!!"

The private room was silent for two seconds, then erupted into a deafening commotion.

Show Lo was the first to slam his hand on the table and jump up, letting out a drawn-out "Oh~" as his eyes darted back and forth between Chen Xun and Shen Man. He said meaningfully, "Oh~ so it's an old classmate~ no wonder Director Shen went to so much trouble to invite Chen Xun as a guest star, turns out he's meeting up with an old classmate~"

"I knew it!"

Huang Bo slapped his thigh and joked in Qingdao dialect, "During the recording just now, Director Shen was staring at Chen Xunxiao. I thought he was looking at a big star, but it turns out he was looking at an old classmate!"

Huang Lei nodded with a smile: "No wonder, no wonder. I was wondering why Director Shen took such good care of Chen Xun, even secretly revealing the game rules to him. So that's why."

Zhao Jinmai's eyes widened as she looked at Chen Xun and then at Shen Man, whispering to Wang Xun beside her, "Wow, Brother Chen Xun is actually a classmate of Director Shen! I didn't even know that. Brother Chen Xun knows so many people in the Chinese entertainment industry!"

Wang Xun laughed and said, "Of course, Chen Xun is now a top star in the domestic film industry, who doesn't know him?"

All eyes were on Chen Xun and Shen Man. Shen Man's cheeks flushed instantly. She put down her teacup and glared at Sun Honglei: "Sun Honglei! Don't listen to Teacher He's nonsense!"

"I'm not making this up!"

Sun Honglei, sticking out his neck, said, "Teacher He told me personally that you were classmates at NYU's film school and even made an assignment together!"

Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Shen Man simply admitted it openly, raising her glass to everyone and saying, "Yes, we were indeed classmates back then, but that's all. Don't overthink it."

She paused, looked at Show Lo, who was stirring up trouble the most, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Show Lo, if you keep causing trouble, I'll give you the most tiring job on the next episode of Go Fighting!, and make you roll around in the mud all day."

"No, Director Shen!" Show Lo immediately begged for forgiveness, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I'll never talk nonsense again!"

Everyone laughed so hard they were doubled over. Sun Honglei, still not giving up, leaned over and asked, "Really just classmates? I don't believe it. Did anything happen between you two back then?"

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