The Entertainment Industry in Turmoil: Young Actresses All Want to Rise to the Top

The second group was Shen Mo and his team.

When it came to arranging the order, Sha Yi and Bai Lu were remarkably in agreement, handing over the third baton to Shen Mo.

"Brother Mo~ You wouldn't want a young girl like me to be completely crushed, would you!"

"Cough cough! Mo, I'm getting old. I even tripped and fell just now."

Shen Mo craned his neck, pointed his index finger at himself with a puzzled look on his face, "Me?"

Sha Yi and Bai Lu nodded simultaneously, "Yes! You."

Shen Mo looked at the "father and daughter" pair singing in unison and shook his head helplessly.

"Okay," he said, stretching his wrists and ankles. "I'll do it then."

Bai Lu immediately beamed and fawned over him, giving him a shoulder massage.

"Go, Mo Ge! You're the best! Our chances of winning depend on you!"

Sha Yi also patted Shen Mo's arm in a serious manner.

"Mo, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just do your best. The main thing is that we believe in you!"

Shen Mo ignored them, rolled his eyes, and walked straight to the third leg handover area on the acupressure mat track.

The whistle blew!

Sha Yi roared as he rushed onto the acupressure mat, grimacing as he jumped. His expression was even more contorted as he jumped rope, causing the two teams watching to burst into laughter.

Bai Lu took the stick, took a deep breath, and looked at the arched hole that was only a few dozen centimeters high and close to the ground, her eyes sharpening.

Instead of using Dilraba's back-to-the-ground posture, she quickly lay down and used her hands and feet to crawl under the rope net.

The acupressure board pressed against her elbows and knees, causing her face to contort in pain, and her eyebrows and nose flew about wildly.

When she emerged from the other end, her high ponytail was a mess from the archway railing. Without bothering to fix it, she scrambled to her feet and charged toward Shen Mo.

This section requires crossing several obstacles in succession.

Bai Lu thought to herself, jumping over hurdles must be fast, but the moment of landing would definitely be fatal.

and so!

She charged headlong through, crashing into all the barriers.

Anyway, it only said that the relay race had to go to the finish line, it didn't say that it had to be a hurdle race.

When Bai Lu bumped into the first railing, the surroundings fell silent instantly. But when the second, third, and fourth railings were all bumped into, a burst of loud laughter erupted.

"Is that even possible?"

"Bai Lu, you cheated!"

"Referee! Referee! She's breaking the rules!"

Shen Mo was also stunned by Bai Lu's actions, and didn't even realize that the connecting rod was in his hands.

Bai Lu slapped him across the face, and he gave her a meaningful smile before running away.

Shen Mo easily ate the donut on the pull-up bar, but before the finish line, there was another burly "heavyweight" uncle waiting there, with the same four big words on his chest: "Carry me across."

Shen Mo stood still, took a deep breath, then raised his hands, bulging his biceps, showing off to the surrounding crowd, and even making a provocative gesture of pounding his chest.

Everyone burst out laughing at the sight; it was the first time they had ever seen Shen Mo act so arrogantly.

However, when he bent down and the "heavyweight uncle" opened his arms and pounced on him, his face turned red at a visible speed.

"Whoa—!" A gasp of surprise rang out from the crowd.

He took a step out at an extremely fast speed, startling even the middle-aged man, who instinctively grabbed Shen Mo's shoulder.

However, the bulging veins on his neck were still clearly visible, but this did not affect his speed too much. It just made his steps much heavier, with each step sinking deep into the bamboo shoots.

"Shen Mo's physical fitness is impressive!"

"A man of few words, yet possessing great talent!"

Gradually, Shen Mo's brows furrowed slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Bai Lu and Sha Yi, watching from the starting area, held their breath.

Bai Lu clasped her hands tightly to her chest, staring intently at Shen Mo, unconsciously muttering to herself, "Go for it... Go for it, Mo-ge..."

Finally, Shen Mo carried the uncle steadily across the finish line!

Almost the instant he landed, the director timing the game announced the result loudly: "Red Team—87 seconds!"

"yeah--!!!"

Bai Lu jumped up instantly, cheering as she rushed towards Shen Mo, with Sha Yi following along, laughing loudly.

Shen Mo gently put the uncle down. After landing, the uncle patted Shen Mo on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

"Young man, you're amazing! When the crew members were carrying us on their backs during the test, none of them were as fast as you."

Before Shen Mo could even catch his breath, Bai Lu had already rammed into his arm like a small cannonball.

"Brother Mo, you're so cool! We won! 87 seconds! Faster than Team Yellow!"

Shen Mo was slightly swayed by her bump and ended up sitting on the ground with his feet raised in the air, covered in bright red marks. Now that he was relaxed, the pain was excruciating, so he simply sat on the ground and rubbed his feet hard.

"Oh? That's terrible~"

Seeing Bai Lu reach out to help rub it, Shen Mo was so frightened that he quickly stopped her.

"Go and get my shoes quickly."

This is a TV show being filmed, how can this girl be so unrestrained?

"Oh~"

Sha Yi arrived a step later, patted Shen Mo's shoulder heavily, and said smugly, "I told you you could do it!"

On the other side, Chen He, Li Chen, and Wang Baoqiang from the blue team looked at each other for a long time, their expressions exaggerated. "Are they that fierce? The pressure is immense!"

"Chen'er, the third baton is yours!"

As the blue team took to the field, Shen Mo took a sip of water from the water Bai Lu handed him, his gaze sweeping over Dilraba of the yellow team not far away.

She was talking to Deng Chao and Zheng Kai, smiling, but when her gaze occasionally drifted over, it would wander before quickly looking away.

Shen Mo withdrew his gaze, his expression remaining unchanged.

The second activity was a game that could be played while eating – the catapult flying chair.

One member of each group sits on a catapult chair by the pool, while the other members eat in the order the dishes were served by the production team. If a member makes a mistake, they will be ejected from the catapult chair and fall into the pool.

In fact, given Shen Mo's enhanced memory ability at this stage, even if the production team brought another twenty dishes and arranged them in order, he wouldn't make a single mistake.

However, for the sake of fun and variety show effect, he deliberately made a few mistakes, since it was Sha Yi who ended up sitting on the flying chair anyway.

So every time Bai Lu chose the right order, Shen Mo would always ask her, "Are you sure? Should we think about it again?"

Then Bai Lu, who has absolute faith in Shen Mo, will decisively replace him, and Sha Yi by the pool will decisively take flight.

"You brat, are you doing this on purpose?"

"Next time, let Bai Lu choose for herself! If you interrupt again, we'll switch places later, and I'll fly you to your death!"

When it was Shen Mo's turn to sit on the flying chair, no matter how much Sha Yi caused trouble, Bai Lu insisted on choosing the ones she remembered. Even if she couldn't remember them, Dilraba next to her would try her best to help her with hints.

"Hehehe, you two have gone too far. How about the three of you form a group?"

Sha Yi, whose hair was still dripping wet, angrily pointed at Bai Lu and Reba.

"There's nothing I can do, satay. He's our boss. If I don't let him get away with it, he won't let me get away with it either."

Sha Yi pretended to slap Bai Lu hard on the head.

"You're so stubborn, girl. Isn't this a perfect opportunity to get revenge on your boss in a perfectly legitimate way?"

"Don't you ever think about whether he has ever done anything to annoy you or offend you?"

"If you eat any dish now, he'll be thrown into the water. It's not your fault, you just didn't remember."

"So many of us are here to witness this for you. If he dares to go back and retaliate, we'll back him up!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The crowd around them chorused.

Bai Lu's eyes darted around, she glanced timidly at Shen Mo, and then turned to look at Sha Yi.

"Then, I won't choose the one I like; I'll choose the one you chose, satay!"

"Yes! I believe in your choice, Brother Sha!"

"Good job, girl, that's the choice! Listen to me, choose this one!"

Sha Yi, wrapped in a white bath towel and ignoring his dripping hair, felt that this time the order of dishes couldn't possibly be this one.

He stared intently at Bai Lu's chopsticks, picked up the dish, and put it into her mouth.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Why isn't there a sound of the flying chair launching into the water?

How is that possible?

"Haha, thank you, Brother Sha, for sparing my life."

Shen Mo took a big step and jumped off the flying chair. He turned around, grabbed Sha Yi's hand, and forced a high-five with him, despite Sha Yi's puzzled look.

Then, seeing Bai Lu's surprised expression, he viciously pushed her onto the flying chair.

"Bai Mengyan! You just wait, you're next."

"No! Satay, help me!"

"Please save your lovely daughter!"

"Daddy, it's me, Yingza..."

Sha Yi glanced furtively at Bai Lu, who was sitting on the flying chair and crying out to him, then decisively turned around and grabbed the bath towel draped over his body to cover his head.

"Oh dear, why can't I hear anything?"

In the first round, Bai Lu made the wrong choice and took off!

In the second round, Bai Lu made the wrong choice and took off!

In the third round, Bai Lu made the wrong choice and took off!

In the fourth round, Bai Lu made the wrong choice and took off!

……

"Hey Mo, how about we stop?"

"The area is packed with fans!"

Bai Lu's resentful gaze from behind almost pierced Sha Yi's skin, and he finally couldn't bear it and pleaded with Shen Mo for mercy.

Shen Mo turned around and glanced at Bai Lu, who was soaked to the bone, her little face wrinkled, and her eyes filled with resentment.

Turning back, he caught sight of Dilraba, who was trying hard to suppress her laughter but whose eyes held a hint of pleasure. He raised an eyebrow at her, and the smile on his lips deepened.

What does this mean? Is Brother Mo helping me teach her a lesson?

Haha, although Bai Mengyan is so pitiful, but I... !

"Brother Sha," he said, his voice low, "isn't this all your fault?"

"Bai Lu chose to trust you just now, and the result was..." He shrugged, his face saying, "You know what I mean."

Sha Yi was speechless, pointing at Shen Mo and stammering "you, you, you" for a long time before finally angrily covering his head with the towel again and pretending to be dead.

Deng Chao, Chen He, and others laughed so hard they were doubled over, while Wang Baoqiang chuckled and scratched his head.

"Shen Mo, keep going! Let Bai Lu fly a few more times, let her see the consequences of believing in Lao Sha!"

"Shen Mo, keep going! Let Bai Lu fly a few more times, let her see the consequences of believing in Lao Sha!"

"Hey, you!"

Bai Lu was wrapped in a towel, her lips were slightly pale, and her wet hair clung to her cheeks and neck, making her wide-open eyes appear even bigger and brighter, the resentment inside almost tangible.

She stared intently at Shen Mo, muttering to herself, though the sound engineer could still clearly hear her.

"Settling personal scores... stingy... vindictive... stinky boss... wicked boss... you're inhuman!"

As if receiving her brainwaves, Shen Mo suddenly turned his head, looked at her precisely, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Bai Lu immediately shut up, her eyes darting around as she pretended to study her reflection in the pool.

A new round of the game begins.

Shen Mo felt that the previous variety show effects were already enough, so he decided to show everyone what it means to have a photographic memory.

After the other two teams took off several times, Shen Mo cleared the level in one go, allowing the anxious Bai Lu to finally get off.

However, this further confirms the fact that Shen Mo deliberately lured Bai Lu into the water earlier.

Therefore, the first thing Bai Lu did after getting off the plane was to angrily grab the soaking wet bath towel she had been draping over herself.

With a wave of his hands, he slammed the object over Shen Mo's head. The scene was silent for a second, then burst into laughter.

When Shen Mo, whose head was buzzing, lifted the bath towel, the laughter at the scene grew even louder. His hairstyle, which had stayed dry all day, was finally wet and flat.

After the second segment ended, everyone changed into clean team uniforms. Sha Yi sat in the passenger seat, while Shen Mo and Bai Lu sat side by side in the back.

Bai Lu's hair wasn't completely dry yet; it was casually draped over her shoulders, the ends slightly curled, and had a damp, dark color.

She was holding a cartoon pillow given to her by the production team, resting her chin on it, her eyelids drooping. She was obviously exhausted from running, jumping, and falling into the water, and was very sleepy.

Bai Lu yawned slightly, buried her head deeper into the cushion, and unconsciously leaned her body towards Shen Mo.

Their arms were almost touching, and they could feel each other's body temperature through the thin fabric of their T-shirts.

Bai Lu seemed to find the position very comfortable, so she rubbed against him again, almost resting half of her body on Shen Mo's arm, and closed her eyes.

The third activity was playing billiards on West Lake.

To be honest, Shen Mo didn't find it particularly interesting. The most interesting part was actually the scene of Wang Baoqiang running wildly and plunging headfirst into the water.