Chapter 244 Confession
"Good morning, heroine."
Shen Xingzhi smiled faintly, his calm eyes fell on Ren Limeng who came in. His sudden greeting startled everyone in the room, and all the gazes in Ren Limeng's direction suddenly turned back to Shen Xingzhi.
Ren Limeng, who met Shen Xingzhi's eyes, just smiled, and the arc of her mouth widened slightly, as if she was caught off guard, but also as if it was just a timely reaction in front of the camera. Ren Limeng's eyes also looked at Shen Xingzhi, waiting for his next words.
"Li Meng, this time I can finally say 'long time no see' in front of the camera again."
Chen Xingzhi's cold voice was tinged with a hint of warmth. With just a few words, he directly exposed all the undercurrents under the camera in front of the camera. His frank attitude made the carefully designed program team a little overwhelmed. As the staff on the scene looked at each other, the subtle atmosphere in the room also moved towards the rhythm of Chen Xingzhi's emotion.
From a stranger, to a schoolmate, and then to the divorced status that everyone knows, Shen Xingzhi's seemingly relaxed words seemed to contain too many complex emotions, causing everyone's attention to unconsciously turn to the current relationship between the two people present, rather than obsessing over their past.
"Yes, Brother Xingzhi, what a coincidence."
Ren Limeng spoke calmly and generously, sitting down on the chair beside Shen Xingzhi. She seemed not to be affected by the heated discussions that dominated the screen last night, but the strangeness that flashed in her eyes was so obvious under the camera, and it was impossible for all the onlookers to ignore it.
"You probably didn't know I was coming to Shanhai, right?"
Shen Xingzhi spoke very naturally. He lowered his hands slightly and directly asked the topic that everyone was most concerned about. The room suddenly became extremely quiet. Although it was a non-formal recording site still waiting for other guests to come in, Shen Xingzhi and Ren Limeng seemed to be able to hold up the entire shot. The program crew was also fully prepared for it as if it were a formal program.
Ren Limeng noticed from the corner of her eye that there was a large group of staff members surrounding them. They all seemed to be doing their own job behind the camera, but all the work was almost entirely focused on her and Shen Xingzhi. The curiosity and excitement on everyone's faces could no longer be concealed. Even though everyone knew that after a night, it was impossible for her and Shen Xingzhi to fight an unprepared battle today, the huge traffic from dominating the charts and hot searches overnight was enough for the program crew to ignore these details.
In addition to the gossipy nature of the crowd, everyone present was more concerned about the benefits and highlights that she and Shen Xingzhi could bring to the program team. Ren Limeng was almost certain that the chat scene between her and Shen Xingzhi at this moment would definitely appear in the "Mountains and Seas" program, and would definitely be promoted in advance by the program team as a highlight of the program.
However, it is not just the program crew that benefits from this incident. All she has to do now is to act well in the communication in front of the camera. This is her job and her choice.
“I didn’t know at first, but later on…it was hard not to know.”
Ren Limeng leaned slightly on the back of the chair, she tilted her head to look at Shen Xingzhi, there was a fleeting bitterness in her frank smile, but soon only the frank look was left, she continued to speak, with some melancholy memories in her eyes.
"I only received the audition notice the weekend before the show. Time was so tight that I didn't have time to prepare. I only knew it was our platform's S+ variety show, and for an agricultural channel host like me, this kind of opportunity is truly rare."
With the help of the media of "Shan Hai", it is necessary to explain that she and Shen Xingzhi are on the same variety show. Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi already owe the audience a logical closed loop under a seemingly coincidental situation. This was a link that Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi had discussed yesterday. However, they did not deliberately finalize the details of the chat. Even though they knew the general reason, it was the first time that Shen Xingzhi knew about Ren Limeng's mental journey on the variety show.
His sincere gaze was focused and calm as he stared at Ren Limeng, who was smiling frankly and emotionally.
"I don't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, so at that time I really didn't know who the guests would be. But before I confirmed that I would be on 'Shan Hai', I did inquire about the guests in various ways. As a host, this is my professional habit."
Ren Limeng lowered her eyes slightly, as if unintentionally avoiding Shen Xingzhi's pair of dark eyes at this moment. She pursed her lips slightly, and her voice unconsciously slowed down a little, "I know you are coming, but... this should not be the reason for me to give up such a good opportunity as "Shan Hai".
This was Ren Limeng's true feelings. Last night, she had worried for a moment whether it was appropriate to speak so frankly about her ambitions in front of the camera, but this was what she wanted to express. No matter how her voice was packaged and polished, there should be some truth in it.
She wanted to smoothly weather the wave of hot searches that was enveloping almost everyone at the moment. She could accept most of the solutions given by Chen Xingzhi and Guanxing Studio, but in some aspects, Ren Limeng still had her own persistence.
Besides...
Ren Limeng smiled, then suddenly raised her head again and looked firmly at Shen Xingzhi who was sitting one step away.
Shen Xingzhi supports all her frankness at the moment, which undoubtedly greatly supports her in finally daring to be so open in front of the camera, and also makes it difficult for her not to remember it secretly.
"Of course, we haven't seen each other for so many years, and a lot of things are in the past. If I were you, I wouldn't miss the opportunity to work on Shanhai. From the moment you introduced yourself after calling me... I understood your choice."
Chen Xingzhi's tone was slightly paused, his indifferent face hiding too many thoughts that no one could understand. However, as he spoke, everyone showed an expression of sudden enlightenment at the same time, recalling the day when Ren Limeng deliberately pretended not to know Chen Xingzhi's self-introduction when they first met on the show.
Now when I think back to Ren Limeng's words at that time when she was intentionally keeping distance and pretending to be a stranger, it seems like a completely different perspective, and even... I have a little bit of empathy.
If you have to meet your ex-boyfriend at work, pretending to be a stranger is the method that least affects the overall situation, and it is also the subconscious choice of many people.
When Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi were "aligning the granularity" in front of the camera, Yao Xin had already stood quietly behind the camera. He stared expressionlessly at Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi, who seemed calm but contained too many emotions at the scene, and a hint of satisfaction flashed across his eyes.
He couldn't help but think of Shen Xingzhi's slightly raised lips last night, "Director Yao, it's a pleasure to work with you. We all hope that the program will be better." Shen Xingzhi's eyes were so deep that Yao Xin couldn't refuse, just like the enthusiasm that was delivered to his door at this moment made Yao Xin's heart full of uncontrollable ambition.
"Today's recording process is completely confidential. Anyone who disseminates any content from the master tape before the main film airs will be held accountable..."
Yao Xin whispered instructions to his assistant. He believed that the staff present who had signed the confidentiality agreement would know the limits. Even if Chen Xingzhi or Hanxing used threats or inducements, in the face of the sky-high compensation in the agreement, there would be no problem of the program content being leaked in advance.
Even if any party wants to start with Zhong Yanjun's faction, Yao Xin has made up his mind to keep it strictly confidential and not give anyone a chance. He must keep this exclusive content this time to make the popularity of the "Shan Hai" program even higher.
But to Yao Xin's surprise, topics related to "Shan Hai" inexplicably rushed to the front of the hot search in the morning, with endless attention and curious discussions and heated debates.
A certain influential marketing account suddenly posted a thread this morning exposing rumors: "'Shan Hai' is making a lot of money. Aren't Chen Xingzhi and Ren Limeng still filming the show? Does anyone have any inside information on what's going on on set???"
"Yeah, didn't Chen Xingzhi also go to Gangcheng these past two days? By the way, was it really arranged by the production team that he go to Gangcheng for the live broadcast? Was he worried about Ren Limeng who was caught in the flood?"
"This is so good, wow, our Ren Woxing is really real! Now when I watch the program and materials, there are many details to appreciate (starry eyes)"
"Am I the only one curious about today's recording? The "Shan Hai" production team will definitely not let Chen Xingzhi and Ren Limeng go. Remember last season, when that popular couple was exposed for their underground relationship, they were in the same frame throughout the show. This time, they're not dating, they're a divorced couple. There's no other pair like them anywhere on the internet!"
"Not necessarily. Your entertainment industry is so chaotic, there might be secretly married couples appearing on variety shows together, but no one knows about it. Just like before Shen Xingzhi and Ren Limeng were exposed, who would have thought that these two actually had such a past?"
"Anyway, this season of 'Shan Hai' is so lucky! Maybe... the production team of 'Shan Hai' knew that Ren Limeng was Chen Xing's ex-wife, so Ren Limeng was able to stand out and save the day (dog head)"
"Sure enough, there's no such thing as good luck in the entertainment industry, tsk ......"
"Ren Limeng is still lucky, otherwise how could she have gotten Shen Xingzhi when he was an amateur? I wonder how many of Shen Xingzhi's fans are crying in secret now!"
"There are indeed some methods. Even if they are crooked, they are still human abilities. We can only admire them."
The topic unconsciously carried some subtle teasing. After mentioning "Chen Xingzhi", the comment section seemed to return to the chaos of last night's fan war, but this time more voices "stood up", and what made Ren Limeng stand out was no longer just the casual remark of "good luck" when mentioning Chen Xingzhi.
"How funny! Li Meng has done so much, but in the end, she's still being criticized for being with Chen Xingzhi? Chen Xingzhi has a huge following, but Li Meng isn't any worse, okay? This season, she hasn't let down Shen Xingzhi's team, whether on stage or during travels. She's been a standout. Can some people open their eyes?"
"That's right, that's right, where's the crooked trick? Li Meng relied on her own abilities to excel, both as a host and on stage, okay? When all the guests were live-streaming for the second public quiz, Li Meng was the most popular. Some people wouldn't lie and say that this first place she got by singing was also given by Chen Xingzhi, right? Why do some people blindly praise her whenever she's involved with a man? It's hilarious!"
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