The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 979 - 978. Are insiders really this competitive?

"Oh my life, eating so much so late at night, does she even have a shred of self-awareness as a female artist?"

"I almost thought she and Bai Ping had switched identities. Actually, Tang Shu must be the one with a comedy background, right? Am I right?"

"I wonder how much exercise she’ll have to do later to burn off all these calories?"

"Are today’s actresses all this committed for the sake of a livestream? Ahhh, watching this is making me hungry late at night, dammit, looks like I’m not dieting today..."

"Hungry again, I freaking got hungry three times today, three times!"

The audience wailed in unison, but Tang Shu completely ignored them and leisurely turned her head to enter a scenic spot.

"Alright, our livestream tonight officially begins, let me introduce to you the most famous ice sculptures here..."

The camera still didn’t capture Tang Shu’s ordinary face; as she moved, the live broadcast showed one after another large, spectacular, and beautiful ice sculptures.

Round sculptures, relief sculptures, and translucent sculptures all went into action, each piece three-dimensional, independent, and distinctive. The smaller ones were the size of a walnut, while the larger works rivaled grandiose palaces. When paired with colorful lighting, it was simply a magnificent visual feast.

The audience in the chatroom was speechless once again, immersed in another round of amazement.

***

p.m., the imperial capital.

The staff of the Program Team of "One Day Idol" sat in the office, looking at the numbers on the screen and at each other with utter bewilderment, comparing them to the other three livestreams.

Nobody expected Tang Shu to be this competitive: she had casually drummed up a huge following during the day, and come evening, she didn’t rest but snatched all the online viewers back when the other guests were taking a break.

"How can she still be so active late at night?"

"Is she even human? Isn’t she tired? I’ve been watching her all day and I’m exhausted for her!"

"She’s not giving the other guests any chance to breathe—"

"All day long, the traffic from the other three livestreams has been squeezing into hers. I thought tonight would finally be the end..."

"The gap between rich and poor is a bit wide. This is a livestream; everyone can see the number of online viewers. The other three don’t have a bit of shine left on their face. What do we do now?"

The staff had never encountered such a situation before. Everyone knew that artists vied for attention in the entertainment industry to some extent.

But!

They’d seen competitiveness, but they’d never seen this level of it!

The person in charge of the Program Team was nearly worried to death, having never experienced such an awkward moment in the several years of producing reality shows.

"Cough, maybe we should talk to Tang Shu’s agent? If this continues, I’m afraid no one will watch the other guests tomorrow."

Everyone had flocked to her stream, which obviously wasn’t right.

The person in charge pinched the bridge of his nose and dialed Luo Lin of Starshine Media. However, before the call could connect, Tang Shu in the livestream announced the end of tonight’s broadcast.

Because she had left the ice sculpture attraction.

While the other three guests, especially the two young actors, were still introducing [The Real Skincare Routine of Stars], Tang Shu simply said [Goodnight] and completely disappeared off screen.

Person in charge: "..."

Is this what they call being competitive, or not being competitive at all?

All the staff were dumbfounded.

And Tang Shu, the very person responsible for keeping a bunch of people up tonight, leisurely walked back to her hotel while reporting her work to Luo Lin.

"I didn’t cause any trouble today, did I? One, I didn’t expose my face at the attractions to avoid fan panic, and two, I didn’t trouble the Program Team with a follow-up shoot, saving manpower. I was good, wasn’t I?"

"..."

"Followed the process given by the provincial station from start to finish, did what I had to do, and didn’t cause any trouble for others at all, did I?"

"..."

"And I ended the live stream early, too. You said that guests on the Program Team usually finish by 10 pm, right? Now it’s only 9 pm."

"..."

"Hello? Sister Luo, are you still there...Sister Luo?"

Tang Shu could only hear heavier and heavier breathing from the other end of the phone. Standing silently on the street corner, she reflected over and over but couldn’t figure out what she, a typically well-behaved person, had done wrong this time.

I was very well-behaved today, extremely so, yes!

***

On the second day of the reality show, Tang Shu was washing up in front of the mirror in the hotel while thinking about Luo Lin’s feeble words from the night before.

At that time, she thought that this always energetic top agent had a stomach ache—in a certain sense of energetic, especially when she was muttering curses under her breath—until after a long silence she asked a question:

"You don’t have a tourist spot to visit tomorrow morning, do you?"

"That’s right, the provincial TV station gave us three sites, and I finished all of them today."

"Okay,"

Luo Lin’s tone was clearly much better than before, "Do less talking tomorrow morning...wait, don’t do too much either. My heavens—"

Tang Shu really didn’t know what she was trying to emphasize, "What do you want me to do exactly? Please tell me directly?"

"...Nothing, didn’t you say you’re going to follow the villagers into the mountains to collect mushrooms?"

"Right."

"Then just follow them properly, try to pass the task of introducing to someone else, can you just act as a photographer, okay?"

"Okay."

Finally, Tang Shu understood, her agent wanted her to be as invisible as possible.

That’s easy, just stay quiet.

Thus, the call ended with the two reaching some sort of understanding and both sides feeling satisfied.

In front of the camera, Tang Shu snapped out of her thoughts, dressed up, and boarded the bus to the mountain area, following an experienced Mountain Guide into the desolate woods an hour later.

As far as the eye could see, desolation everywhere.

This place was nothing like the snow-covered Snow Township, nor was it the night of the splendid ice sculpture city. All there was to see were endless boring branches, one after another, as if they were infinite.

Today’s live streaming room, whether it was the online audience, or the Program Team staff looking at the data backstage, or even the other three guests worried about their fans being stolen, all breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Luo Lin also let out a sigh of relief.

"Finally, the style seems normal—"

"That’s not easy, Tang Shu doesn’t plan to be competitive today? I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling, what’s up with that?"

"I actually have the same thought? Hey! Even though the situation is normal now, I somehow feel uncomfortable?"

"It’s done for, something’s wrong with me, I actually think she’s holding back a big move..."

If there were any old fans of Tang Shu among these people, they might pat you on the shoulder, buddy-style, and tell you, brother, in certain situations, you have to trust your gut instincts.

Especially when it comes to Tang Shu!

Meanwhile, on the scene in the northern mountain forests, Tang - the host - Shu played her role as a photographer perfectly, following the Mountain Guide and listening to his introduction of the various wild, edible mushrooms.

The very rare monkey head mushrooms, the precious Lingzhi, and the easily-found hazel mushrooms...

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