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"Ahem." Tan Wen pushed Meng Ziyi aside. "Finished recording?"

"Um."

Upon hearing Lu Yuxiao's voice, Meng Ziyi immediately turned around to share her good news, completely unaware that she had just hugged Tan Wen.

"Are you sick?" Lu Yu asked.

"Yeah, I wasn't feeling too well before, but I'm much better now." Meng Ziyi waved casually. "Come on, let's go get some canned food to soothe our throats."

Tan Wen casually took the bag from her: "You're sick, so don't lift heavy things."

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By 7:30 p.m., all the group videos had been edited and sent to the four judges for them to discuss and score.

studio.

The four judges were the observation room guests for the first episode of the edited version. The content of the first episode was from the first three days, and they had just finished watching it.

Du Haitao: "Ms. Yangzi, after watching these three days of content, which guest impressed you the most?"

Yoko: "William, you know, a guy should have gentlemanly manners, like jade. You know how to tell the quality of jade, right..."

Du Haitao listened patiently to the end. Yangzi's long speech was too boring and would definitely be cut out in post-production.

Yoko: "The guest I had the worst impression of was Tan Wen. He didn't have any real ability; he just relied on his good looks and his smooth talk. In my opinion, this kind of guy is too ordinary and too confident."

Yang Li, who was standing to the side, scratched her head and thought, "Isn't this my line?"

Du Haitao learned from Yangzi that he hadn't done his homework beforehand and was completely unaware of Tan Wen's subsequent performance.

Yoko continued, "To maintain a relationship, you have to..."

After another long and rambling speech.

Yang Li: "I heard that you and Teacher Shengyi will be participating in the recording of 'Goodbye Lover'. What is your relationship with each other...?"

After a brief exchange, the guests began reviewing the short films from each group.

"There's no need to watch Ao Ruipeng and Sun Yike's group. The finished product looks like a slideshow, and the background music is terrible."

After watching the other groups, Yoko watched Tan Wen's group last.

He raised an eyebrow: "Tan Wen does have some acting talent, but it feels like their short film went off-topic and didn't focus on his relationship with Lu Yuxiao."

Du Haitao pointed out: "Actually, this point is not required in the rules, so it's not off-topic."

Yoko touched her nose, as if she hadn't heard Du Haitao's words: "And the background music, I think Liu Haochun's group's background music is better than Tan Wen's group's."

Du Haitao: "The background music for Liu Haochun's group was composed by Tan Wen."

Yoko······

"The background music for He Mi'er and Xu Jing's groups is also better."

Du Haitao: "They are all original works by Tan Wen."

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Inside the Heartbeat House, five groups of guests sat together on the sofa, waiting for the judges' results, each with a different expression.

Some were nervous, some were quite natural, and some were indifferent.

Meng Ziyi was eating canned yellow peaches with a very satisfied expression. "Chunzi, would you like some? Tan Wen gave them to me; they taste just like they came from my hometown."

Tan Wen's eyelids twitched upon hearing this, and with his back to Liu Haochun, he felt a chill on his neck.

"By the way, Tan Wen," Meng Ziyi said, taking a sip of her sweet juice, "you're going to the Xiang River tomorrow, right?"

"Um."

"Great, we can go together. Director Xie has been in Xiangjiang for a while, I'll go with you tomorrow. The interview is the day after tomorrow, I'll buy the tickets later."

"Business class!"

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Director's office.

Lei Yi looked at his phone; the screen showed a trailer for the variety show "The Actor." The trailer was only two minutes long, but half of it was filled with Tan Wen confronting Guo Jinming.

To convey the same line Tan Wen utters, the camera must cut to the expressions of several characters, showing a range of emotions from coldness and amusement to smug satisfaction. The goal is to maximize the dramatic conflict.

Lei Yi sighed. Tan Wen was always restless wherever he went, and he always became the center of attention. In the end, he felt that, judging from Tan Wen's attitude towards Guo Jinming, Tan Wen was quite respectful and loving towards him.

Lei Yi opened Weibo, and sure enough, the topic of Tan Wen criticizing Guo Jinming appeared. The comments below were almost unanimously criticizing Tan Wen for being impolite and not respecting his teacher.

This situation arises because the trailer is very suggestive, something Lei Yi understands all too well. When it airs, the actual situation on set may be completely opposite to the trailer.

"Director Lei, the data from the live broadcast voting is out, and Tan Wen's group's short film is in the lead by a wide margin."

Lei Yi nodded, unsurprised. "What's the result from the studio?"

"It's Tan Wen's group too! Do you want to change the result or...?"

"How many followers does Tan Wen have on the three platforms now?"

"It's almost 300 million, which is much more than Lu Yuxiao's."

……

Inside the small house, He Mi'er moved to Tan Wen's side.

"You're trending again."

Tan Wen said somewhat nonchalantly, "I heard about it last night."

"It's not about Meng Ziyi, it's about someone else, it's a negative trending topic."

Tan Wen curiously took He Mi'er's phone and glanced at it to know that it was a trailer for "The Actor".

He glanced at the comments; there were many negative comments. He remained relatively calm, though. The day he confronted Guo Jinming, he had already foreseen this day would come.

Meng Ziyi took the phone, watched the trailer, and exclaimed, "Little brother, aren't you afraid of getting scolded?"

Meng Ziyi discovered that in just two days, her opinion of Tan Wen had changed again and again, and she even began to admire him.

Her exclamation drew the attention of others, who all took the phone to look.

Ni Ni and Liu Haochun exchanged glances. She patted Tan Wen on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you're really brave. I'd love to work with you sometime in the future."

Dou Xiao envied Tan Wen's courage; he felt that he had become increasingly cowardly since falling in love.

After watching the video, Xiang Zuo and the others felt surprisingly much better. This guy would criticize anyone, but he didn't seem to be targeting them personally.

Xiang Zuo thought that perhaps he didn't need to use any means; Tan Wen could get himself blacklisted on his own. He had no idea that the entertainment industry was actually a circle of personal connections.

Tan Wen's future path will be difficult.

"Brother, you're so handsome! But could you please not tease Guo Jinming next time? I grew up reading his novels," Xiao Ya whispered in Tan Wen's ear.

Tan Wen felt strange gazes sweeping over his back, but he ignored them, clutching the can of yellow peaches. He had to eat the last piece himself.

"Are you... alright?" Liu Haochun and Lu Yuxiao asked at the same time.

Tan Wen was somewhat surprised, but also touched.

Needless to say, it was heartwarming, but what was unexpected was that Liu Haochun's first thought was to care about himself.

Um, wait a minute, is Liu Haochun acting out a romantic relationship? Tan Wen isn't really sure about that.

Lu Yuxiao and Liu Haochun both shrank back awkwardly. Tan Wen had never seen Liu Haochun like this before; it was quite adorable.

After everyone waited, the staff finally came over with the card.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the results of this short film competition are in. I will now announce them."

"The first place in this online short film selection is the short film 'Where the Wind Blows' by Tan Wen and Lu Yu's group."

Scattered applause broke out all around, and Meng Ziyi put down his bowl and clapped happily.

"The judges' choice for first place in this short film competition, cough cough, also goes to the group of Tan Wen and Lu Yu."

Tan Wen wasn't surprised that he got first place, but he was a little surprised that Lei Yi hadn't rigged the game, since that guy had always disliked him.

After the results were announced, Lu Yuxiao's previously low spirits lifted considerably. Her first project had gotten off to a good start, especially since she was acting alongside Tan Wen.

Meng Ziyi's eyes reddened uncontrollably. Tan Wenxin kept her promise and really won first place. Tan Wenxin said that she would walk the flower path in the future, and it seems that she really is walking it.

Liu Haochun pouted and glared at Tan Wen: "You owe me a can of yellow peaches."