Chapter 48 I... feel heartbroken.
Ren Limeng's voice was very soft, her eyes were like a clear spring shining in the sun, staring straight at Shen Xingzhi, her teasing expression suddenly became a little serious, as if she was expecting something, or maybe it was just a casual question from a partner.
"Since you don't like it, we don't have to use this method. We can just make it public that we're divorced. Then Xu Jiao won't be able to threaten you, and we can turn the passive situation into the active one."
Ren Limeng's tone was calm and even, with a hint of tentativeness. After hearing Shen Xingzhi say that his agent Xu Jiao knew about her, she panicked for a second. After calming down, her first reaction was to make it public directly. It was too risky to hype up the CP in front of the camera. She always felt like she was doing something wrong, like having an affair. She didn't want to be entangled with Shen Xingzhi anymore.
The best way to resist temptation is to stay away from it.
Shen Xingzhi looked at Ren Limeng with a deep gaze, and his eyes had quietly returned to calm. He listened to Ren Limeng's proposal expressionlessly, and suddenly came in front of her, looking directly into her eyes, "Ren Limeng, is it important to like it?"
"Whatever the senior thinks is important is important."
Ren Limeng raised her head and stared at Shen Xingzhi's handsome eyebrows and big eyes, with an impeccable smile on her face. "Senior Xingzhi, I like you. What's there to worry about? I thought we were already past that age."
Ren Limeng's voice is meaningful, and her gentle tone hits the nail on the head. With her pretended vicissitudes and maturity, she also shows her determination. She came to "Shan Hai" with only one purpose.
"Of course, liking it doesn't matter."
Chen Xingzhi's eyes were still fixed on Ren Limeng. "But it's very important to the audience. Ren Limeng, you're joining the entertainment industry by joining 'Shan Hai'. The audience likes to see romance, so we have to act well. What can we gain by being open about it? No one knows you now. If you want to leave the audience with only the impression of 'Chen Xing's ex-wife', I'll grant you that."
Chen Xingzhi spoke slowly and forcefully, his voice was magnetic and unquestionably tough, as if he didn't care at all about the possibility of losing a large number of fans after the announcement. Ren Limeng was slightly shocked.
Now that her divorce from Shen Xingzhi has been made public, "Shan Hai" has just premiered and few viewers know her. Their first impression of her may only remain as "Shen Xingzhi's ex-wife". This is more damaging than "Shen Xingzhi's girlfriend" and can help her become famous overnight and directly become a black and red star. However, behind the fame that she gained so easily is all the mark of Shen Xingzhi, and it is extremely difficult for her to wash off this label.
Even if she could win the Golden Melody Award, the highest honor in the hosting industry, one day, she might not be able to change the audience's reputation.
After all, countless precedents have proven that for women, gossip and anecdotes are sometimes more eye-catching than professional achievements.
Ren Limeng originally just wanted to take this opportunity to make Shen Xingzhi ask for something from her, so as to completely regain the initiative in their relationship. But now, she had no choice but to give up.
"Senior Xingzhi, you've been so wronged. I... feel bad for you."
After one plan was over, Ren Limeng suddenly came up with a new countermeasure. A sly smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, with a shallow dimple. After she finished smiling, she suddenly raised her arms, as if ready to embrace Chen Xingzhi who was so close to her.
"Senior said to hype up CP, so naturally I won't say a word."
The two completely different faces made Shen Xingzhi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "That's good."
He leaned back and quietly distanced himself from Ren Limeng, avoiding her arm. The light shone on his side, and the shadow also blocked his earlobe, which had suddenly turned slightly red.
"Just adapt to the situation."
This was Chen Xingzhi's final plan for the two of them to hype up their relationship. Ren Limeng wanted to say something, but looking at Chen Xingzhi's cold demeanor, and considering that it was already late, she just nodded and gave up.
Last night was not without gain. At least she found that she should use softness to overcome hardness when dealing with Shen Xingzhi.
In the training room, Ren Limeng turned her head to look at Shen Xingzhi who came in from the door, and took the initiative to meet his deep gaze, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a bit of just the right amount of playfulness hidden in her dignified smile.
Shen Xingzhi quickly joined in the training. He stood next to the banggu, relaxed his shoulders and neck, and moved his body, while Ren Limeng continued to guide Xu Chichi's dance moves. Although the two were obviously unrelated, Ren Limeng quickly discovered something was wrong.
"Sister Chi Chi, it's still the same problem. Your rhythm is messed up."
Ren Limeng's tone was helpless as she pointed out for the fifth time in three minutes that Xu Chichi had made a mistake in the same beat. This morning's advance training had not been going well, but it was too much to not be able to make any progress at all.
Hearing Ren Limeng talking, Xu Chichi's first reaction was to observe the indifferent Shen Xingzhi, and then she hurriedly met Ren Limeng's insightful eyes, and a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes.
"How about...we practice the banggu together, Li Meng. I'm basically familiar with the dance."
Is it cooked?
A hint of doubt flashed across Ren Limeng's eyes. Perhaps because the training had just started today, Xu Chichi's error rate in movements today was even higher than at the end of yesterday's training. When she and Xu Chichi had just listened to the entire song "Song of Heaven and Earth", Xu Chichi was still a little flustered in the connecting movements that she had almost practiced into muscle memory.
Ren Limeng disagreed with Xu Chichi's idea of multitasking. She preferred to help Xu Chichi build a solid dance foundation first. "Sister Chichi, shall we go over 'Song of Heaven and Earth' again?"
"It's okay. We still have to continue practicing the dance later. Before Bai Wei and Qing Zi arrive, let's go over the banggu first!"
Xu Chichi was a little persistent. Noticing Xu Chichi's wandering eyes, Ren Limeng finally understood. She also turned to look at Shen Xingzhi, "Brother Xingzhi, which one are you going to practice first?"
Even though Chen Xingzhi was standing next to the banggu, Ren Limeng still asked knowingly. Chen Xingzhi looked up at Ren Limeng and said slowly, "I'm going to go over the music of 'Song of Heaven and Earth'."
"Brother Xingzhi, do you still need to practice your vocal music? You're so professional, you could be a vocal music teacher!"
Xu Chichi said in surprise, his exaggerated tone was full of obvious disbelief, and even Ren Limeng couldn't help but look at Shen Xingzhi.
"Do you want to come together?"
Chen Xingzhi walked slowly to the electronic keyboard in the corner of the practice room, and his slender fingers stroked the keys, as if plucking his heartstrings.
Xu Chichi wanted to nod, but the camera was nearby. After a moment of hesitation, she suddenly had an idea. "Brother Xingzhi, could you please accompany us with some music? Li Meng, let's go through 'Ode to Heaven and Earth' again!"
Ren Limeng had a forced smile on her face, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. As she expected, Xu Chichi's heart was not on practice at all.
After the first episode of "Mountains and Seas" was broadcast, the reviews were mixed. The different feedbacks also deeply affected different guests, and everyone's performance also changed quietly.
This is also true for Li Qingzi and Yan Baiwei.
The two arrived arm in arm and were affectionate. During training, they always smiled at each other, their eyes conveying affection. Yesterday, the most popular term discussed by the audience about the two was "sisterly love". Before recording "Mountains and Seas", the two had already collaborated on a work, and were placed in the same team in the team-forming segment aired last night. In addition, they have been interacting frequently on online social media in the past two days. "Sisterly Love" has become popular among the various marketing campaigns of the guests and successfully became a hot search on Weibo.
Ren Limeng clicked on the discussion topic of "Shan Hai" on Weibo this morning and saw other discussion terms of the two, such as "Yan Baiwei Yan Ya" and "Li Qingzi Chen Xingzhi", but none of them were on the hot search list. It seems that the teams of the two have also adjusted their marketing strategies based on the broadcast feedback.
It's her fault too.
After a ten-minute break in training, Ren Limeng looked at Li Qingzi. If she hadn't "stealed" the topic as Shen Xingzhi's junior, Li Qingzi might not have made this choice.
However, although Li Qingzi maintained interaction with Shen Xingzhi these days, she also chose to act with Yan Baiwei, which was also an early bet on both sides.
Ren Limeng never underestimated the brokerage team, but she was still shocked these two days. Although both are programs on the Orange platform, the reality show variety show and the agricultural channel have completely different content, highlights, and logic. She thought about the difference between the two, but she didn't expect the gap to be so big.
It’s like...the guest’s stage performance and homework are not that important. What’s more important is marketing, topics, and not even the truth that the news media puts first.
From an agricultural channel host to a reality show guest, can she really break through her career bottleneck and find a better future by choosing to enter the entertainment industry?
She was afraid that she would be like Shen Xingzhi, lost in the world of fame and fortune. Her plan was for fame, but not just for fame. If she gradually put the cart before the horse, would she be able to notice it?
"Ren Limeng."
Shen Xingzhi's sudden call startled Ren Limeng, and her thoughts returned to the training room, her eyes immediately meeting everyone's gaze.
"Brother Xingzhi, what's wrong?"
Noticing the obvious shock and confusion on everyone's faces, she smiled calmly, trying hard to hide the slight guilt she felt at the moment.
She just complained about Shen Xingzhi in her heart. Why did Shen Xingzhi target her?
This is outrageous. Even if Shen Xingzhi can read people's minds, he shouldn't be so powerful!
"I said, when will you contact me through WeChat?"
Chen Xingzhi opened his thin lips slightly, each word was so clear, but when put together, it sounded so unfamiliar. Ren Limeng opened her lips slightly, thinking that there must be something wrong with her reflex arc, and she had misheard what Chen Xingzhi meant.
When their eyes met, Shen Xingzhi's deep eyes revealed obvious emotions, with a hint of impatience in his indifference, and seemed to reveal a bit of grievance. He sat beside Xu Chichi, raised his hand and pointed at his mobile phone, as if silently urging him.
"Li Meng, have you never contacted Brother Xingzhi through WeChat?"
Yan Baiwei exclaimed, sensing the hidden dissatisfaction in Shen Xingzhi's words, with some gloating in her eyes, and took the opportunity to step on him, "You are so arrogant, come to think of it, you didn't add me on WeChat?"
It's obvious that you didn't pass.
Ren Limeng really wanted to take a look at Bai Yan and Bai Wei, but only the two of them knew the truth. Yan Baiwei mentioned it at this moment just to show that she was being a big shot. She didn't add half of the guests on the same team on WeChat, let alone the two who were more famous. When this scene was broadcast, Ren Limeng could already imagine the explosive discussion among the audience.
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