Chapter 23

     He Xiangyang was deeply shocked by the director’s words. He was in a state of despair the whole afternoon. When he didn’t have a part to play, he held a tablet in the corner and played his apology video on a loop. Maybe he was scared last night and was afraid that he would be haunted by evil spirits if he missed playing it once. When finishing work in the evening, the assistant suddenly said to He Xiangyang: “Brother Xiangyang, a set of pictures taken by a fangirl of your fan club has become popular on the Internet!”

     He Xiangyang raised his head, and the haze in his heart finally dissipated a little: “Show me quickly, do you make me look particularly handsome? Fan photos must be great photos to become popular!”

     “…”

     The assistant’s eyes became a little subtle: “Brother Xiangyang, it’s like this… The picture taken by the fan is indeed a great one, but it is not of you.”

     He Xiangyang was at a loss: “?”

     The assistant handed the phone to him, and her voice was almost pink bubbles: “The fangirl sent it with a private account. It’s a pink-haired comic girl in the film and television city. It’s so beautiful and cool. I fell in love with it immediately.”

     He Xiangyang took a look and saw that the picture was of a girl wearing a half-face fox mask. The lower half of her face was very superior. She walked on the street in the evening, her short pink hair fluttering in the wind, and even the sunset seemed to be lighting her up.

     This is a group of photos with a strong sense of the protagonist’s atmosphere. He Xiangyang just wanted to cry after seeing it: “This is Taoist Master Qingshi!”

     The assistant’s jaw dropped in shock.: “Are Taoist priests so fashionable now? This is a raw photo. The conditions are too good.”

     He Xiangyang didn’t want to talk. He’s been outshone by Shi Xi in both acting and overall ability. Even when learning Dao techniques from his uncle, he couldn’t keep up with Zhang Qingshi. His fansite’s meticulously edited photos barely made a ripple, but a casual street snap of Zhang Qing garnered tens of thousands of likes, with fans flooding the comments asking who she is.

     Because of the public apology, everyone in the crew knew what he had done, and they must have laughed at him privately.

     Because of the mistakes made by greed and malice, he was sanctioned again and again, and lost miserably.

     He Xiangyang took a deep breath and silently joined the chat group of the crew who formed a team to burn incense and ask for talismans at Wuyou Temple.

     That night, this group of photos also became popular in the crew group of “Phantom”. Everyone knows that it was Taoist Qingshi of Wuyou Temple who solved the hotel haunted incident. In everyone’s imagination, this Taoist is clean-handed and dressed simply… But this group of photos overturned their imagination. The contrast is too great, and it’s a bit overwhelming.

     Even the director was excited, saying that Taoist Qingshi has the potential to be a star.

     When Shi Xi saw the group message, she was a little panicked. The light in this group of photos is quite bright. If you compare them carefully, you may find that they look very similar to her.

     But soon she found that she was worrying too much.

 

   【Do you think that Taoist Qingshi looks a bit like Xiaoshi? Xiaoshi went home that night, right? Is there a possibility…】

   【There is no such possibility. Have you forgotten that Xiaoshi was exhausted from filming the fighting scenes? She couldn’t have the energy. What are you thinking about? Hahaha!】 

 

     These two messages were quickly drowned by rainbow farts on the screen.

     System online eating melons: 【Who would have thought, Xiaoshi actually has that kind of energy!】 

     What’s outrageous is that Lin Wenyi also forwarded this group of street photos to her on Weibo.

     Lin Wenyi: 【Look at this group of photos, they are so atmospheric. When you are free, I will arrange a street photo shoot for you. 】

     Shi Xi: “…”

     Lin Wenyi said again: 【Look at the comment area, the response is super good! The photographer is also the fan of He Xiangyang from your crew. I hope He Xiangyang will not cry after seeing this. Hahaha.】 

     Shi Xi clicked on the comment area and saw a full screen of praises.

 

   【This mask and this hair color would really fail if worn by someone else. Is this fairy lady really an amateur?】 

   【My sister’s waist is a killing knife. When my sister sees this Weibo, can she claim it? I want to see my sister show her face.】 

   【It’s really amazing. I want to be the Band-Aid on Sister’s chin. 】

 

     System: 【Oh, look at you your ears are red. 】

     Shi Xi quit Weibo and denied: “You’re imagining things.”

     Lin Wenyi asked her: 【Have you read the comment section? Do you want to take street photos? 】

     Shi Xi: “I think it’s okay.”

     Lin Wenyi: 【[I’ll arrange it when the time comes. By the way, there is something else to do. The first episode of the secret room variety show will be broadcast at 8 o’clock tonight. Remember to repost it on Weibo】. 

     Because of the live broadcast accident, the first episode of the secret room variety show has been delayed for a long time and Shi Xi almost forgot about it.

     Lin Wenyi: 【In addition, the recording time and location of the second episode of the secret room variety show have been determined. The guests of the second episode are the players who did not pass the level in the previous batch. The director wants to ask you three atmosphere groups to record a simple pilot video for friendship. He will arrange a photographer or you can record it yourself. 】

   【With the foreshadowing of the first episode, the popularity of the second episode will not be low. It won’t be a loss to show your face. See if you are free. 】

     Lin Wenyi sent her the script of the pilot video. It is indeed very simple and does not take much time.

     The atmosphere trio had a small group. Tang Niannian had just heard about this from her agent and @ed Shixi and Jiaming in the group.

     Tang Niannian: 【The pilot script is quite interesting. I think it can be filmed. What do you think?】 

     Jiaming: 【I can do it too. I have a lot of free time and can cooperate with you.】 

     Shixi replied: “How about tomorrow afternoon? Niannian and I will finish work early.”

     Tang Niannian said it was ok. After discussing, the three decided to let Jiaming bring the equipment to record it themselves.

     Shixi replied to Lin Wenyi and forwarded the launch notice of the secret room variety show on Weibo.

     With five minutes left before the show started, Tang Niannian came to Shixi’s room with snacks and drinks.

     Shixi turned on the variety show, and the two of them nestled comfortably on the sofa, each holding a bag of potato chips.

     Lin Ying, Zhang Qingyu and Zhuang Mei sat on the other side, with snacks and drinks prepared by Shixi in front of them, chatting while waiting for the show to start.

     In Tang Niannian’s eyes, there were only her and Shi Xi in the room, but in fact, the room was very lively.

     At 8 o’clock, the main film of “Boys and Girls Don’t Be Afraid” started. After watching for a while, they found that the post-production of the main film was very interesting.

     When Shi Xi told Tang Niannian that she was a movie character, a Q-version character shouting “The world view collapsed” was added next to Tang Niannian in the later stage, which was vivid and cute.

     When Shi Xi looked back to show the clues, several perspectives were switched, and the texture of the movie screen was created.

     When the movie blogger said “the script has been changed”, a little man tearing the script with his hands was added, and a small box popped up next to it. The little man with the word “director” on his head held a loud speaker to clarify: “There is no script for this variety show!”

     The variety show effect was full, and the barrage was laughing.

 

   【People who have watched the live broadcast said that they found new fun in the main film. All the guests were drama queens, and there were a lot of dramas in the later stage. Hahaha. 】

   【I watched it again, and I was still amazed by the little girl who took off her mask~】

   【It’s still funny to watch it again, hahaha, I’m already looking forward to the famous scene reappearing. 】

   【I passed by the live broadcast of this variety show, and passed by the hot search of this variety show. I didn’t expect that I would still fall into the pit in the end. This creative opening firmly grasped this infinite flow fan. 】

 

     The main film captures all the funny points of the live broadcast, and the post-production is awesome. It did not disappoint everyone’s expectations at all, and also attracted a group of new viewers.

     Shi Xi and Tang Niannian also watched with great interest. When seeing Hēi zǐ instinctively running away from Shi Xi to survive, Tang Niannian laughed so hard that she fell on the armrest of the sofa: “It turns out that it’s so funny from the audience’s perspective. Hēi zǐ is really funny. He doesn’t even dare to look at you directly! The comments are all shouting, let the director of “Weird Experiencer” invite you to be a guest. It’s too mean, too mean.”

     “Weird Experiencer” is a supernatural variety show. Hēi zǐ is the resident NPC of this variety show. The format and elements of this variety show are richer than those of escape room variety shows. It is also very popular and has fixed fans. Every episode invites traffic stars and powerful big stars. “I’ll go to Weibo to see what everyone says.” Tang Niannian was not satisfied with the comments, so she went to Weibo to see the real-time discussion. As she watched, the smile on her face disappeared. “Everyone is just playing a joke, do these people have to make such a big deal?”

     Shi Xi saw her reaction and guessed what she had said: “Some people say I am a nobody and don’t deserve the title of ‘Weird Experiencer’, right?”

     Tang Niannian sat upright: “You guessed it all? Aren’t you angry?”

     Shi Xi opened Weibo and saw a rapidly rising topic:

     #Let Xiao Shi go to record Weird Experiencer#

     Most netizens are just playing a joke. Everyone wants to see the sequel of Shi Xi “bullying” Hēi zǐ, and wants to see the big devil player challenge a more difficult supernatural variety show, so they are calling out to the director of the variety show where Hēi zǐ is a permanent NPC.

     But some people are full of malice.

 

   【Invite Shi Xi to Weird Experiencer? She is not qualified to be an NPC at her level. 】

   【Don’t talk about playing a joke. Maybe this hot search was bought by her team. She wants to touch the popular variety show… Oh, sorry, she should not have a team because she is too obscure. 】

  【Hot knowledge, the regular guests of Weird Experience include movie kings and top stars, and the lowest-ranking flying guests are second-tier idols. What are those who are shouting to the director of Weird Experience thinking? Don’t they think that she can turn over a new leaf just because she became a little popular in an 18th-tier variety show? 】

   【If Shi Xi can be on Weird Experience, I can do 20 backflips live. 】

   【Wouldn’t it lower the level of the variety show if she came? 】

   【Why did she get on Weird Experience? Was it because of her female sixth and seventh roles? Or was it because of this face? 】

 

     Shi Xi put down her phone and smiled softly: “Don’t be angry. They can only type at home now. In the future, they can only watch me become more and more popular helplessly.”

     “Queen’s speech!” Tang Niannian’s anger subsided a little. She raised a Coke to Shi Xi: “Not everyone has the opportunity to debut and reach the peak, but everyone has the right to climb to the top. As long as we keep moving forward, we will become popular sooner or later!”

     Shi Xi clinked glasses with her: “Yes.”

     Where Tang Niannian couldn’t see, the three ghosts were also toasting for them. Lin Ying smiled and said softly: “Yes.”

     In the second half of the secret room variety show, the program team released the other two teams’ breakthrough scenes. When Shi Xi subdued the evil ghost in the blood drawing room, other players were diligently searching for clues. Lu Lanlan had found two time travel cards, and the game was restarted.

     After watching this variety show, the two were a little unsatisfied.

     “A lot of people are urging for the second season, but we won’t be in the second season. Without the live broadcast accident and our atmosphere group, I don’t know how the second season will be received… But that’s not something we should worry about.” Tang Niannian kept talking about variety shows. She couldn’t help but think of another variety show. She asked Shi Xi: “Has “Evening Canteen” contacted you?”