"You're a staff member, can't you be a little more composed?" Zhu Ze said, then looked at Bai Yan and whispered, "Um, did Shen Haiqiao really find you connections by selling his genitals?"

Looking back now, he realizes that's true... Otherwise, Bai Yan had disappeared without a trace, so why would he have invited her if someone hadn't mentioned her?

Bai Yan glanced at the director helplessly.

Zhu immediately snapped out of his daze: "Ahem...Let's talk about it in private."

Since Shen Lianka was older than Bai Yan, Zhu Zexian asked her, "Actress Shen, which of you two will perform first?"

Chen Lian didn't answer, and Bai Yan said, "Should I go first?"

She looked at the dazed Shen Lian: "Actress Shen, you have no objections, do you?"

Shen Lian is almost going crazy now, so what opinion does she have... Her performance score has already been deducted by more than 500, and now it is below the passing grade. She has to consider redistributing the performance score more evenly from her face or figure.

This is such a difficult decision.

After Bai Yan and An finished their makeup, they went on stage first. The GIF of the two of them went viral. During the live broadcast, their eyes were filled with longing during rehearsals. Some people were looking forward to it, while some fans were worried that they would be nervous during their performance.

Ke An remained calm, and Bai Yan remained even more composed. They delivered a performance that, despite having few intimate scenes, still made viewers blush and their hearts race.

The ambiguous eye contact between the two was later exaggerated by the media into "the most cheesy eye contact in the world".

[I think An could switch careers and become an actor, sob sob, his physique is amazing, how can those weaklings in the Chinese entertainment industry compare to him!]

He can carry Bai Yan with one hand and lift a 20-pound knife with the other. It's such a waste for him to be a director with that skill!

Bai Yan and An exchanged a glance on stage, and only after the camera finished rolling did they prepare to take their bows.

"Bai Yan, can I ask you a question?" a reporter suddenly asked during the curtain call.

Bai Yan nodded, and the reporter immediately asked, "Did you see the trending topics this morning? Shen Haiqiao is your agent, right? Did he help you secure your resources?"

Bai Yan hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Shen Haiqiao is my agent, but I haven't gotten any resources from him. On the contrary, I only recently found out that when we worked together back then, he secretly turned down a lot of gigs for me and even told the outside world that I had a bad temper and didn't want to participate in auditions."

Bai Yan shook her head, seemingly a little embarrassed: "I feel quite sorry for him today."

"However, he breached the contract first, so I will terminate the contract with him, and my new agent, Xiao Zhong, will post this evidence online."

[So she wasn't being arrogant after all; it was that lousy manager, Shen Haiqiao, who deliberately sabotaged her!]

[Hehe, I remember Shen Lian and Shen Haiqiao seemed to have a good relationship, right? When she debuted, several of her opportunities were provided by Shen Haiqiao's company, and Shen Lian was even cast in the drama "In the Mood for Love" starring Bai Yan!]

The events of three years ago are long gone, but at least the last piece of dirt on Bai Yan about her being arrogant has been clarified—it wasn't that she refused to audition, but that Shen Haiqiao was two-faced.

[Warning, warning! The female lead's reputation has been detected to have increased further. 5,000 points will be deducted!]

Shen Lian's face turned completely pale.

"After Shen Ying, it's your turn to come on stage with Liu Zhong," the production team urged.