Entertainment: The Path to Best Actor for Talented Actors

Zhang Ze voiced his thoughts, and Huang Bo, standing beside him, shook his head, indicating that he couldn't understand.

Yesterday, He Zhendong ignored me, and today he went directly to the production team to change my lines. This guy is really arrogant.

I don't know what the background is, but thankfully it's just a local TV station's Spring Festival Gala.

He'll try going to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and he even wants to compete for top billing?

The central bank will teach him a lesson in no time!

"Brother Bo, do you know this guy's background? He asked the director to change his lines, and the director actually did!"

"I don't know the specific background, I just heard from a friend that his current girlfriend is Elva Hsiao."

"Is that the theme song about love?" Zhang Ze confirmed.

Elva Hsiao is currently enjoying great popularity. She is one of Taiwan's rising four little queens, and her hit song "Love" is very popular and widely sung.

However, compared to Stefanie Sun, Fish Leong, and Jolin Tsai, her influence is much weaker, placing her at the bottom.

Suddenly, Zhang Ze realized that Elva Hsiao must be quite old! He had heard of this woman when he was in junior high school.

I took out my phone and checked, and saw the news that Elva Hsiao is 13 years older than He Zhendong.

Zhang Ze nodded and muttered, "I didn't expect my brother to be a kindred spirit! He also likes older women in the entertainment industry!"

"We're just buddies, a relationship between an older woman and a younger man is fine, but you're going a bit too far by living off her!"

Zhang Ze shook his head, not taking it to heart. He wasn't a professional singer, so he really didn't care who sang second or third.

After most of the day was spent rehearsing, we finally caught up with yesterday's schedule.

The vocal coach began to scrutinize the details of the three performers, and then the stage crew began to arrange their movements.

The initial design was to have Huang Bo in the middle, Zhang Ze to Huang Bo's left, and He Zhendong to his right.

After going through the steps several times, He Zhendong suddenly suggested that they should stand in the order of appearance and performance.

Huang Bo stood on the far right, he stood in the middle, and Zhang Ze was at the very back.

When He Zhendong made this suggestion, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

I was thinking, "Everything was fine just now. My positioning was smooth and the stage looked beautiful. Why did I suddenly want to change it?"

The set design team said that this was the pre-arranged order, and it couldn't be changed without the director's approval.

Seeing that his suggestion was rejected outright, He Zhendong was somewhat embarrassed.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Huang Bo stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Since these blocking positions were all decided in advance, we can't really change them. How about we try out He Zhendong's suggestion first, see how it goes, and then discuss it with the director!"

Huang Bo smoothed things over, and the atmosphere eased.

Next, as suggested by He Zhendong, Huang Bo went out first, standing on the far right, He Zhendong stood in the middle, and Zhang Ze was at the back.

While singing, Zhang Ze and Huang Bo exchanged a glance and understood each other's meaning.

He thought to himself, "Good lad, he's got a clever mind."

Based on this positioning, Huang Bo only attracts attention when he starts singing the first line. The rest of the time, He Zhendong stands in the center, making it look as if Huang Bo and Zhang Ze are protecting him.

"Understood?"

"Understood!"

After trying it out once, Huang Bo leaned close to Zhang Ze and whispered something to him.

"You little rascal, trying to outsmart me, huh!" Huang Bo nodded, his tone somewhat flippant, completely disregarding He Zhendong.

"I feel this movement is a bit awkward, it's still more comfortable like the first one!" Zhang Ze preemptively stated his opinion.

"Yes, yes, that's how I feel too," Huang Bo immediately agreed.

He glanced at Zhang Ze gratefully. To be honest, given his status, it wasn't appropriate for him to openly argue with a kid like He Zhendong.

Regardless of the circumstances, he ended up in a inferior position!

Fortunately, Zhang Ze took the lead, and he followed behind to support and second the motion.

The two worked together so smoothly that you couldn't tell at all that they cared about being in the center position.

Only He Zhendong said foolishly, "No! I felt very comfortable with this move."

But Huang Bo and Zhang Ze didn't give him a chance to interrupt, and they kept talking back to him until he couldn't say a word.

"I'm not talking to you guys anymore, I'm going to find the director!" He Zhendong turned and walked off the stage.

Watching his retreating figure, Huang Bo whispered to Zhang Zeyan, "Tell me, he's got such a handsome face, how come he's so stupid! How did he end up like this?"

"How would I know? Maybe they got in through connections!"

"If only I had his good looks!" Huang Bo exclaimed.

"Why don't you switch places with him? You want his good looks, and he wants your brains. It's a perfect match!" Zhang Ze joked.

"Never mind, I've found that sometimes, having a brain is a good thing!" Huang Bo said with a shake of his head and a smile.

He Zhendong returned shortly afterward without saying a word.

The three continued rehearsing.

During rehearsals, He Zhendong caused all sorts of trouble, either going off-script or getting the rhythm wrong.

Everyone was exhausted.

"Hey... He Zhendong, where are you going? The three of us are standing together, why are you so far away from us?"

When the three of them stood together singing, He Zhendong, for some reason, secretly slipped away more than two meters.

"Teacher He, you need to stay close to the other two teachers, otherwise you'll go out of frame when filming them," a staff member called out.

The rehearsal finally ended, and Zhang Ze quickly walked out of the studio and headed backstage.

He didn't want to spend another minute with He Zhendong!

That's fucking stupid!

If Zhang Ze encountered a classmate like that at school, he would definitely have a serious talk with him.

After rehearsing the program for Beijing TV was almost finished, Zhang Ze went to Jinan to record a program for Shandong.

Because it was a patriotic program and the show was very simple, Zhang Ze only stayed in Jinan for three days to complete the recording.

Three days later, Zhang Ze and Huang Bo met again on Shanghai TV, where they complained a lot about He Zhendong's behavior.

Because the Spring Festival Galas on satellite TV are all pre-recorded, the pace is much faster.

We only rehearsed twice before recording started, and if we didn't pass the first take, we could record it again, so the overall pressure was much less.

During the second rehearsal for Beijing TV, Zhang Ze and Huang Bo were both dressed in black Zhongshan suits, standing there waiting to go on stage.

At this moment, He Zhendong also walked over from a distance, wearing a snow-white Zhongshan suit!

Zhang Ze nudged Huang Bo and gave him a look.

"Holy crap..."

Huang Bo blurted out, "Is this guy ever going to stop?!"

Zhang Ze teased Huang Bo, "Didn't you doubt whether they even had a brain yesterday? I think they're pretty smart!"

He's got no brains at all. He's got a bit of intelligence but doesn't use it for good. Just wait and see how the director deals with him.

Just then, the director's angry voice rang out, "He Zhendong, who told you to change clothes! Everyone else is wearing black, why are you wearing white? Trying to look cool, huh?!"

"Director, I'm so sorry. My clothes were accidentally spilled with coffee by a junior actor. I only changed them because it was a rehearsal. Don't worry, I had my assistant take them to dry. It won't delay the actual performance."

He Zhendong bowed and apologized with an innocent and sincere attitude, making the director feel a little embarrassed.

Upon learning that it was a child actor who bumped into it, the director did not pursue the matter further.

There were indeed many children backstage, the youngest being only three or four years old and the oldest only seven or eight. He couldn't blame these children too much.

The director scoffed, "If that's how it is, then forget it. Just change into your clothes as soon as they're done."

Seeing the director turn and leave, Zhang Ze and Huang Bo could hardly believe it.

"That's so cruel! Making a child who's only a few years old take the blame!"

"Young man, your acting is not bad!" The two whispered among themselves, and Huang Bo gave a thumbs-up.

During rehearsals, Huang Bo and Zhang Ze obediently wore black Zhongshan suits, while He Zhendong stood there in all white.

It's extremely eye-catching!

He Zhendong managed to get away with it during the second rehearsal.

That evening, He Zhendong's management team began lobbying to get him to wear the white outfit while recording a program.

The director was perfectly aware of their intentions.

They just want to grab more attention in front of the camera!

They're all ancient foxes, why are they playing at some kind of ghost story?

I don't know what magic He Zhendong's PR team used, but they actually managed to persuade the director to agree to his unreasonable request.

The reason given was also very lame.

But this put Huang Bo and Zhang Ze in a difficult position.

Huang Bo is a big star, and he certainly wouldn't accept such an outcome. To save face, Huang Bo's team immediately engaged in friendly negotiations with the director.

Zhang Ze also reported the issue to his management team, and they are now playing a game of power with the backing of Huayi Brothers' large capital.

Now that he had submitted the problem, Zhang Ze was somewhat at a loss.

Such matters of capital competition are beyond the reach of a small-time artist like him. He stopped rehearsing and spent his free time wandering backstage, trying to get to know his favorite celebrities and expand his network.

Zhang Ze was speechless. He really didn't expect that such a small program could cause so many problems!

There were still too many staff members backstage, and with the heating on too high, Zhang Ze felt a bit stuffy as he walked.

He pushed open the fire door and entered the fire escape, intending to clear it out.

To be honest, it was quite upsetting to encounter something like this during my first time recording a Spring Festival Gala program!

Zhang Ze leaned there, lost in thought, the hallway quiet.

A few minutes later, the fire door suddenly made a noise and was pushed open from the inside.

Zhang Ze turned his head and saw He Zhendong. He seemed not to have seen Zhang Ze and hurriedly ran upstairs.

Zhang Ze, who was about to greet him, swallowed back the words he was about to say when he saw it was him.

Seeing He Zhendong's uncomfortable expression and his unsteady gait, Zhang Ze felt a little curious.

Thinking to myself, "What's wrong with this guy?" I quietly followed him.

As Zhang Ze carefully tiptoed upstairs, he heard He Zhendong breathing heavily.

He slowly peeked over and was shocked by He Zhendong's actions!

He Zhendong, dressed in a white Zhongshan suit, leaned against the wall, his head covered in sweat, seemingly unconcerned about getting his clothes dirty.

He was holding a syringe in his hand, drawing up a liquid.

"poison!!!"

The thought flashed through Zhang Ze's mind.

His eyes widened instantly; it was truly astonishing.

He had always been a law-abiding citizen, but the sudden appearance of drugs in front of him today gave him a chilling feeling.

Zhang Ze quickly took out his phone, turned on the video recording function, and secretly recorded the scene.

He Zhendong then deeply inserted the syringe into his arm, a strange smile on his face, and lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily.

Fearing being discovered, Zhang Ze stopped recording after only thirty seconds.

He tiptoed down the stairs and found himself drenched in sweat, his shirt completely soaked.

"That was absolutely terrifying!" He breathed a long sigh of relief as he returned to the studio.

"Where have you been? Why are you sweating so much?" Huang Bo asked him curiously.

"It's nothing, the studio was just too hot!" he replied, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Brother Bo, any progress?"

Huang Bo shook his head. "I don't know how much effort his team put in, but the director agreed to his costume change request. My team is still negotiating and hasn't relented yet!"

"Even someone as famous as you can't do it?"

"What does status matter? It's all meaningless in the face of capital," Huang Bo said self-deprecatingly.

Zhang Ze comforted Huang Bo, saying, "Don't worry, I've already reported the problem to the company, and Huayi Brothers will take action."

"Then we'll both work together!"

Huang Bo nodded and said, "That's good. It's so much more comfortable to have big capital backing you up. Unlike me, who started my own studio, I can only rely on my own reputation to make a living!"

Zhang Ze got up and hid to the side, then sent the video to his agent, Huang Yu.

Call her and tell her what you just saw.

Huang Yu was overjoyed. "With this, the matter is settled. Just wait for the good news!"

"But you absolutely mustn't tell anyone else about this. It's a very important matter, so don't say a word!"

Zhang Ze replied earnestly, "I know, this involves the capital behind it! Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

If He Zhendong's drug use is exposed, it will not only ruin him personally, but also the company behind him, the movies and TV series he has acted in, and the GG endorsements he has made.

This involves an investment of several hundred million, so Zhang Ze certainly wouldn't do something so foolish as to cause trouble for himself.

An hour later, Huang Yu personally arrived at Beijing TV station and spent more than an hour alone with the director.

After Huang Yu left, the director more decisively announced that He Zhendong would be removed from the gala's lineup.

This song is sung by Huang Bo and Zhang Ze.

Upon hearing this news, He Zhendong was furious and expressed his dissatisfaction, wanting to argue with the director.

Unexpectedly, after the director whispered a few words in his ear, he was so startled that he almost fell to the ground.

He didn't dare say another word and slunk away.

Huang Bo looked at Zhang Ze in astonishment; things had really taken him by surprise to this point.

"What kind of amazing tricks did your company use to not only persuade the director but also kick him out?" Huang Bo asked curiously.