Huayu: Starting with Rejecting 00s Actresses on a Dating Show

Chapter 128 Zhou Ye: Don't brush your teeth

Tan Wen didn't comfort Zhou Ye or promise to help her solve her problem. After she had cried enough, he whispered to her, "After you finish rehearsing your scene, come straight to my room."

After hearing this, Zhou nervously glanced around to see if anyone was there, and finally nodded somewhat guiltily.

"Do you think I should explain this to Director Guo later?" Zhou asked.

"It's up to you, but I suspect he already knows the whole story, so whether you explain or not doesn't really matter."

"Actually, I don't need him to apologize to me. I hope he will explain the situation to the production team and not broadcast this part."

In fact, the production team knew the whole story better than anyone else. Tan Wen didn't discourage Zhou's naivety and told her that he would talk to the director on her behalf.

"Thank you, Tan Wen." Hearing that Tan Wen would speak up for her, she felt much more at ease.

After Zhou went to rehearse, Tan Wen went directly backstage to find the director.

When the director saw Tan Wen, he warmly invited him to sit down and had his assistant make him a cup of tea.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Tan Wen got down to business.

"You should know about Guo Jinming's team revising the script, right?"

The director nodded; he had already arranged to include the scene of Guo Jinming scolding Zhou in the trailer.

Tan Wen continued, "Then you must know that Zhou was framed?"

The director narrowed his eyes slightly, neither admitting nor denying it, wanting to hear what he wanted to say.

"Can we drop this segment?" Tan Wen asked calmly. "I'm sure you know very well what kind of impact this segment will have on Zhou after it airs."

The director found it a bit strange; given Tan Wen's level of maturity, he shouldn't have made such a childish request.

He didn't respond, but asked curiously, "You and Zhou?"

"She's an interesting girl," Tan Wen said vaguely.

The director gave a soft snort, guessing at the psychological dynamic between the two. He didn't press the matter, but instead said, "Almost every actress has controversial aspects; it's an inevitable part of growing up, but they all gradually overcome them. Look, even Meng Ziyi has started to move on. I plan to invite her to participate in the second season next year, so why are you interfering?"

That's utterly shameless! They only see those who have made it through; what about those who haven't? Depression, suicide, disappearing from public view...

Tan Wen didn't argue with the director, nor did he try to reason with him. His tone remained calm: "Could you please give me some face, considering how much traffic I've brought to the show?"

The director was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and Tan Wen laughed along with him.

"Fine, let's make a deal," Tan Wen said.

When the director saw that Tan Wen's expression had finally turned serious, he knew that he was now the real Tan Wen.

"Tell me about it."

"Since Guo Jinming made Zhou cry offstage, I'll make him cry onstage. In exchange, you give up that segment."

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"Oh?" The director's eyes darted around, weighing the potential for controversy. "You might not be as lucky as last time to get audience support. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Who said I was going to take action myself?" Tan Wen laughed. "Never mind that. In any case, the effect will definitely be better than Guo Jinming scolding Zhou. Are you in or not?"

After a moment of contemplation, the director said, "I need to see the results before making a comparison."

"good.

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As Tan Wen left, he sighed, "If I had the power, it would be a simple matter of a word; why would I have to go through all this trouble?"

.....

He didn't go back to the actors' dressing room, but went straight back to his hotel room.

He drank a glass of water to moisten his throat, then activated his "Various Voice Transformation" skill. After several adjustments, his voice became exactly like Guo Jinming's.

He took out his phone and recorded a short audio message.

Around 7:30, Zhou knocked on his door.

She looked a little tired, but her mood wasn't so bad anymore.

Tan Wen hugged Zhou, who jumped onto him, and said, "I'm going to brush my teeth first."

"No, I want it to smell like tobacco."

After some tender moments, Zhou took a shower and fell asleep immediately.

Tan Wen didn't sleep; he was waiting for the time to pass. He knew that the directors usually returned to the hotel around nine o'clock.

At 8:30, Tan Wen got up quietly without waking Zhou, who was fast asleep.

He called Zhou over, originally intending to carry out the plan with her, since it's no fun doing bad things alone.

But seeing how soundly she was sleeping, I let it go.

He got dressed and went out, took the elevator up to the fifth floor, and came to the stairwell, which was the route Chen Kaige had to take back to his room.

He waited there for over an hour, but Chen Kai still hadn't returned. He regretted not calling Zhou over; otherwise, he could have played with her feet and wouldn't have been so bored.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, the elevator rang. He peeked through the crack in the door and saw it was Chen Kaige.

Tan Wen immediately opened the recording on his phone, and Guo Jinming's words echoed in the corridor.

"He only made one film, Farewell My Concubine, and the rest of his films were no good, especially The Promise, which is not as good as my Legend of Ravaging Dynasties."

"Maybe he didn't even direct Farewell My Concubine; he was just a director on set."

After playing the recording, Tan Wen didn't even look at Chen Kaige's expression before making his escape.

He originally wanted to record a message and exchange it with the director, but that seemed to have the risk of being illegal, so he adopted the current approach.

One is immoral, the other is illegal; it's an easy choice.

Hopefully, Chen Kaige won't embarrass himself tomorrow and will have a proper talk with Guo Jinming.

Tan Wen returned to the hotel, took off his clothes, and crawled into bed. Then, he found that he couldn't sleep. He realized that people could be so excited about doing bad things.

He put his hand inside Zhou's clothes, and Zhou, still half-asleep, responded to him.

One night passed.

The recording of the third episode of "The Actor" has officially begun.

Many audience members came to the event, but only a limited number of people received tickets, and many gathered outside the recording building.

They held up banners and light sticks, waiting quietly until the man they were waiting for appeared.

Tan Wen yawned without regard for his image; he had been up until almost dawn last night and was now extremely sleepy.

Suddenly, he heard many screams calling his name. He thought his bad deeds had been discovered, which startled him and brought him to his senses.

He followed the sound and looked closely. Good heavens, there were more than 100 people gathered outside the fence not far ahead, all of them girls.

The banner they held read: "You can tell a woman by her fragrance; you are the fragrance, we are the women."

His name was also displayed on the light board.

Tan Wen touched his nose; these people seemed to be his fans.

It was only then that he truly realized that he seemed to be a public figure.

The feeling was somewhat strange and unreal, especially when he saw the excitement, nervousness, and exhilaration of the group of people upon seeing him. He inexplicably felt a sense of responsibility.

He needs to calm down and think carefully about what this sense of responsibility is.

In short, I need to be more careful with my words and actions from now on.

He walked up to the fans and gestured for them to be quiet and not disturb others.

The fans immediately fell silent, but even seeing Tan Wen standing right in front of them, they couldn't help but tremble.

Tan Wen took the card and patiently signed it for them.

"There's room for everyone, don't push." ​​Tan Wen activated his kindness skill, gently reminding everyone.

Seeing Tan Wen's gentle and patient demeanor, these fans suddenly felt incredibly happy, realizing they hadn't made a mistake in investing in him.

At this moment, many actors passing by saw this scene. They were a little surprised, but upon reflection, it made perfect sense.

The fact that Tan Wen received this treatment despite never having acted before might cause some resentment among them.

When Wang Churan passed by and saw the fans' infatuated expressions, she gave up on greeting them and quickly walked away.

"Who came up with this support color?" Tan Wen asked while signing autographs.

"It was a decision we made together," a group of people said at once.

Tan Wen opened his mouth, wanting to say it was too green, but then decided against it. As long as they were happy, that was fine, since he doted on his fans.

After everyone had signed their names, Tan Wen waved goodbye and reminded them to be careful when they left.

After Tan Wen left, most of the people stayed and decided to wait for him to finish recording so they could give him a surprise.

They started posting on Weibo.

"Girls, I got Tan Wen's autograph! I found Tan Wen to be so gentle, completely different from what people online say."

"I have a feeling that Tan Wen seems easy to pursue, like you can win him over by being shameless."

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Tan Wen walked to the actors' dressing room, saw Wang Churan, and sat down next to her.

"Looks like you'll have to wear a mask when you go out from now on," Wang Churan joked.

"Only a little over 100 followers, it's not that exaggerated." Tan Wen was unusually modest.

"These 100+ are all female fans, tsk tsk, I'm really a little worried about you..." If they were all male fans, then you can worry about me.

.....

Wang Churan pursed her lips and said, "Do you have any other work scheduled after the show?"

"That's all for this month, what about you?"

"I haven't received any work yet, and I'm planning to take a break for a while. So, where are you going after the show?"

"Let's go to Jianye City first."

"Then will you take me with you? We can play together for a few days."