Chapter 134: Internal Entertainment Circle’s Bizarre Variety Show! Father-son Reunion, Brothers Reunite!
《Actors Please Take Place Season 3》.
This is a performance variety show that continuously supplies the internal entertainment circle with all sorts of bizarre “actors.”
Perhaps because the novelty track has so much traffic, this variety show has continued all the way to its third season.
At the beginning of this year, it even caused an unbelievable commotion. The result was that it hadn’t aired for long before it was suspended, and it wasn’t until early August that news of its resumption spread.
At the same time, this variety show is extremely wealthy. The invited mentors, consultant group, and other guests all have incredibly high star power. It is the most lavish competitive performance variety show in the internal entertainment circle to date.
Take a look at the mentor lineup:
Beijing Circle famous director, Jiang Cheng’s representative work Jiang Kaige.
Internal entertainment circle’s three major awards grand slam Teacher Zhang.
International film empress Isabelle Huppert.
Hong Kong movie emperor Wu Zhenyu, Teacher Wu.
Hong Kong renowned producer Teacher Zeng.
All five mentors are of top value, and the program also adopts a rotation mechanism. In other words, in the mid-to-late stages, other big shots from the movie circle will join.
Including the consultant group’s Sheng Ning, Shang Youshu, Li Qian, Chi Ye.
And 46 “competing actors,” this lineup can be called luxurious…
Yes, this program has 46 “actors.” They will compete on the same stage after the “preliminary selection rating.”
Chi Ye couldn’t imagine how much the program team hates the internal entertainment circle to gather all these people in one show!
Even in death, they must supply the internal entertainment circle with all sorts of humanoid creatures.
In the list of auditioning actors, just the ones he recognizes include Zhang Xianming, Lin Ze Yu, Su Ran, Rise sister-in-law group and other “Rise relatives group,” Yang Zi, Yang Zi’s ex-wife, Xiang You and other “friends and family group,” focusing on a brothers reunion, father-son reunion!
This doesn’t even count the even more little internet celebrities, idols, unpopular stars…
Too chaotic. This program isn’t a performance variety show; it’s clearly a novelty variety show!
“Is Teacher Wu your partner in your new movie?”
“Yeah.”
Half a month later.
Jin Xia was helping Chi Ye pack his things… um, she was squatting next to the suitcase, and after half an hour, she was still folding Chi Ye’s clothes, dissatisfied no matter how she folded them: “Why doesn’t this shirt fold nicely… Start over, start over.”
At Chi Ye’s signal, Xiao Liu timidly took over the task. The Empress Dowager finally looked up unhappily and said, “Teacher Chi, do you mind that I can’t do this work?”
“I do.”
The Empress Dowager’s little face drooped, and she stopped talking.
“See, I tell the truth and you’re unhappy.”
“Say it again, say it again!”
Jin Xia urged.
“Then you ask.”
“Teacher Chi, do you mind that I can’t do this work?”
“I do.”
“Teacher Chi, I’m angry!”
Chi Ye saw her already flushed little face and was amused. He realized that as long as he extricated himself from the Empress Dowager’s little tricks, the initiative was still in his hands!
“No, no, how could I mind that you can’t do this work? I’d only mind that you’re too tired.”
Chi Ye scolded the clothes: “This shirt is too disobedient. How can it make our Empress Dowager fold it so many times?! Throw it away later!”
“……I can’t be coaxed now, Teacher Chi. You go ahead. As soon as you leave, I’ll go out and find… find… play with your sculpture! I’ll carve two little claws on your sculpture.”
Chi Ye was puzzled: “Why little claws?”
“Because if you have little claws, you’re not afraid of Sheng Ning anymore. Sheng Ning is a hen. If she bullies you, you claw her and it’s done!”
Chi Ye: “?”
The Empress Dowager put away her smile, lowered her little head, and her emotions were low: “Teacher Chi, can you really manage without me? That program has Sheng Ning on it. Without me, what if she bullies you?”
“What’s not okay about that?”
Chi Ye was a bit speechless. In the Empress Dowager’s eyes, was he really this “weak”?
He laughed: “Don’t worry. Who bullies whom is uncertain. Little Sheng Ning is nothing to worry about.”
“……Then go early and come back early.”
The Empress Dowager nodded listlessly.
Chi Ye gave her a sideways glance: “Hey, don’t pretend with me. Don’t you have announcements to run too?”
The aggrieved expression Jin Xia had just maintained collapsed. She looked up and huffed twice: “That’s different. The ones I go to are all good variety shows.”
“Hey, the way you say it, is 《Actors Please Take Place》 not a good variety show?”
“I don’t think so!”
“Quite the opposite!”
“……”
The two bantered as usual, and Chi Ye’s things were almost packed.
《Xing Ni》 had been filming for over a month. After Chi Ye’s scenes started shooting, this month the film crew basically focused on the male and female protagonists’ scenes.
This is also the industry norm, because the male and female protagonists have higher popularity and star power. Sometimes they need to rush announcements midway, so shoot as much of their scenes as possible first.
For example this time, Chi Ye was going to run the 《Actors Please Take Place》 announcement, and the Empress Dowager was also going to attend a fashion activity + variety show.
Chi Ye leaving in the morning, Empress Dowager flying in the evening.
“Then goodbye.”
After eating, Chi Ye said goodbye to the Empress Dowager and the rest of the film crew, and boarded the plane to Blueberry TV.
Two and a half hours later, he and his team members landed in Hangzhou. Before they could wait for the pickup staff at the airport, they encountered a tall, pure-tempered beautiful older sister wearing a pair of large goggles in the VIP passage.
“Sister Shang?”
Chi Ye called out.
“Hm?!”
Over here, Shang Youshu, who was wearing bluetooth earphones listening to dominant CEO novels, jolted. She quickly turned around, stunned for a moment at first, then carefully looked and recognized the owner of those beautiful eyes under the mask. Her eyes lit up instantly, but then she thought of something and her expression turned awkward.
But immediately she thought, it’s all in the past. Chi Ye probably forgot about the last 《Mushroom House》 incident, right?
“Teacher Xiao Chi~”
She walked over with a smiling face, looking Chi Ye up and down: “This outfit looks really good.”
Chi Ye smiled without speaking.
What he was wearing today was the haute couture he and the Empress Dowager had custom-made in France last time, of course it looked good.
“Didn’t expect to run into you at the airport. Shall we go together?”
“Let’s go.”
The two walked toward the airport exit together. Shang Youshu hesitated to speak several times.
Chi Ye was surprised: “Something wrong? If there’s something, just say it!”
“Um… cough cough… that, your group has quite a few people going this time, and there’s the sister-in-law group too… I heard our first episode is going to the film and television city for actor preliminary selection. Can I stick with you then?”
Chi Ye: “……”
He nodded readily: “This time, eat your fill.”
“Teacher Xiao Chi, you’re the best!”
Sister Shang, hearing this, instantly lost even the little composure she had left and beamed: “Yay, I knew you were a real buddy! With you around, I’ll really get to eat!”
Chi Ye: “……”
Why does this sound so weird?
“Youshu, Shang Youshu! Stop right there!”
At that moment.
A voice suddenly came from behind.
Shang Youshu’s agent ran over with a face full of black lines, holding a small trash bag in her hand containing braised chicken feet bones and remnants of other high-calorie snacks.
“Explain yourself. What’s going on? Did you sneak these again?”
Shang Youshu’s face straightened. After adjusting her expression for just a second, she put on a sighing look: “Sis, you don’t know. Mentioning this makes me mad. When I went out today, I forgot my contacts, mistook chicken feet for roasted sweet potato, and ate two by mistake. What a mess. I’m so done with myself. It pisses me off!”
She said it convincingly, looking indignant.
The agent sneered: “Roasted sweet potato isn’t okay either. It has such high calories. Can you eat that?”
Shang Youshu muttered: “Sweet potato should be okay… I just won’t eat meat.”
She acted righteously again, putting on a dead pig not afraid of boiling water attitude: “I’ve already eaten it now. What are you gonna do? Can’t make me puke it up, right?”
The agent: “……”
Chi Ye nodded while listening on the side, then shook his head, and kindly reminded: “It’s fine, no need to puke. Too painful. How about… eat some Wallace to lubricate your intestines?”
Shang Youshu: “?”
She didn’t react for a moment.
Chi Ye added: “Also, studies show that as long as you eat cleanly, you won’t gain weight. You ate the braised chicken feet clean, right? If clean, it’s fine.”
“Oh… right right! Teacher Xiao Chi is right. Not only did I eat it clean, this chicken feet is clean chicken feet too. They say as long as you eat clean, you won’t gain weight!”
Sister Shang reacted, suddenly enlightened, pointing at Chi Ye: “Teacher Xiao Chi, you’re so smart. Your brain has real knowledge. I, Shang, usually admire people with knowledge like you the most…”
“Ah… OMG… my god.”
The agent next to her looked speechless and gazed up at the sky.
One live treasure was enough, now there’s another live treasure?
She also noticed Chi Ye. This was her first time meeting him.
She’d heard about him before, but as they say, seeing is believing. Only after meeting in person could she appreciate how outrageous Chi Ye’s mouth was.
Thanks!
She turned to look at Shang Youshu frantically: “Sis, you’re my sis, okay? You’ve gained five pounds this month. If you gain more, you’ll have to switch to a sexy route. You really can’t gain more!”
Shang Youshu: “……”
The agent was the big sister who’d been with her since her debut. They’d grown together, supporting each other from nothing to now becoming partners. Not relatives, but better than relatives.
She glanced at Chi Ye, hesitated for a moment, pulled the agent aside, and whispered: “Aww, I know I was wrong… I’ll start losing weight tomorrow, okay? Don’t be mad.”
The agent was a bit helpless, glanced sideways at Chi Ye waiting for them, and earnestly advised: “I know you’re carefree, but walking with Chi Ye, what if you’re photographed… You wouldn’t be trying to piggyback on him because his black fans and rivals have increased lately, right?”
“Aww, no problem. We’re both on the program, not doing anything shady. Being photographed is fine.”
Sister Shang smiled and dodged the topic, waving her hand: “Let’s go. The program team is probably waiting impatiently.”
After talking, the two walked back to Chi Ye and went out of the airport together, meeting the pickup staff.
“Teacher Shang, Teacher Chi.”
The 《Actors Please Take Place》 program team sent an assistant director, who enthusiastically ushered the two into the car. Their teams got into the car behind.
“Starting recording now?”
“No, ours is different. Straight to the film and television city to record there.”
The assistant director explained: “The other teachers will go there too.”
“Mm.”
The two nodded. Chi Ye sat in the back and pulled out his mobile phone, but suddenly smelled a whiff of alcohol.
He glanced sideways and saw Sister Shang stealthily lifting her water cup for a sip. Noticing his gaze, she looked back and winked with a smile.
“Teacher Xiao Chi…”
“I get it. Drink some alcohol to clean your stomach. Helps with losing weight.”
Chi Ye was quick on the uptake and offered his valuable advice: “Also, I suggest one beer a day, after meals. Wheat beer helps digestion too.”
Shang Youshu was stunned for a moment and shook her head: “One is too few…”
Chi Ye: “……”
No wonder this sister is “fat.” It’s not much to do with constitution; purely can’t control her mouth.
The Empress Dowager’s is the real constitution issue; no matter what she eats, she doesn’t gain weight.
Sister Shang probably doesn’t know, or she’d drool with envy.
The two chatted idly all the way and soon arrived at the film and television city that 《Actors Please Take Place Season 3》 had spent a fortune to build.
The program started in the afternoon, but many actors, even mentors, arrived in the morning to do various on-camera makeup and styling.
Chi Ye and Shang Youshu were relatively late arrivals.
Moreover, both had missed mealtime. Chi Ye had grabbed a bite on the road, but Sister Shang was determined to lose weight and waved off eating anything.
One hour later.
The two arrived at the film and television city. After greeting several mentors backstage, they quietly waited for the program team’s notice, then entered the film and television city to start recording the first episode of 《Actors Please Take Place》.
Chi Ye wasn’t very familiar with Teacher Zhang, Jiang the great director, or the international film empress. The three clearly weren’t familiar with Chi Ye either and didn’t want to be, so after a simple greeting, Chi Ye started chatting with Teacher Wu and Teacher Zeng.
—These two were also meeting Chi Ye for the first time, but because of Jin Sui’s relationship, their attitudes were pretty good.
“Handsome guy, 《big shot》, I’ve seen your notebook. Not bad. Keep it up.”
Teacher Wu spoke in accented Mandarin, encouraging Chi Ye.
Chi Ye smiled, just about to reply, when he heard a cold snort by his ear.
He turned around and saw the other two consultant group members, Sheng Ning and Li Qian, walking into the lounge.
The latter had a calm expression and just nodded faintly at Chi Ye.
The former… the snort was from Sister Ning.
“What, throat uncomfortable? Smoked too much?”
Chi Ye casually retorted.
Unexpectedly, hearing this, Sheng Ning’s phoenix eyes widened, full of menace: “Chi Ye, what sarcasm are you throwing at me?!”
Chi Ye: “?”
He didn’t understand what nerve he’d hit in Sheng Ning and calmly said: “You smoked too much.”
Sheng Ning stared at him for a long time, withdrew her gaze, and surprisingly didn’t get angry anymore.
The people around were surprised. Jiang Cheng representative work and Teacher Zhang, who knew Sheng Ning’s personality well, kept glancing over.
Chi Ye inwardly grumbled.
Is this woman sick?
“Um… I’ll step out for a bit.”
At this time, Sister Shang took a bite of “Sheng Ning melon,” answered a phone call, and stood up to signal.
“Come back soon. It’s about to start.”
The agent reminded.
“OK.”
Sister Shang nodded, said goodbye to Chi Ye, and went out.
Half an hour later.
The program team notified the mentor group and consultant group to enter. The 46 “actors” were ready, and the live broadcast opened.
But Shang Youshu still hadn’t returned.
The agent got anxious and called her: “Hello? Where are you? Why aren’t you back? The program is starting!”
“Wuu wuu wuu… Sis, I got hit.”
On the other end of the phone.
Sister Shang was squatting in the women’s restroom, sobbing: “My stomach is upset now.”
“Ah?! Stomach upset?!”
The agent was dumbfounded: “Weren’t you fine before? How did it suddenly get upset?”
She thought of something: “Did you sneak out to eat?!”
“I listened to Teacher Xiao Chi and secretly ordered Wallace.”
Sister Shang wailed on that end: “I didn’t expect Wallace’s chicken to be so tender. It just slid out from my butt as soon as it went into my mouth… wuu wuu wuu, sis, I’m done for. I can’t come out.”
