Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 209 Not Wasting Time (For Alliance Leader I Love YOU’s 10,000 Updates)

Chapter 209: 209 Not Wasting Time (For Alliance Leader I Love YOU’s 10,000 Updates)

The first variety show the fake entered when joining the entertainment industry was a reality dating show with Meng Chengchu.

The script they got was about a couple whose affections warmed up through the variety show. But after the Yan Family officially denied any relationship with Yan Yueqing, practically everyone abandoned her overnight, only Meng Chengchu would speak up for her now and then.

He was well raised and had strong values, gaining much adoration from fans since he entered the industry.

It was also due to his personality that he wouldn’t bow down to financiers.

Without the operation of capital, those good variety show personas would not be his turn, and even on film sets, he could only play male n-number roles, or even have all his scenes deleted...

Meng Chengchu was neither angry nor resentful for years, and now, at last, he shone brightly on a reality show about acting! Who would have known he’d steal the spotlight?

Yan Yueqing felt deeply moved after hearing this, "Director Tang, I really didn’t see you wrong! You’re the first to stand up for a common artist in the company! Don’t worry, Steward Jiang has gone to Zhongxing to offer support, you can slaughter at will! Don’t be afraid!"

Although the two of them were a teacher-student pair, in public one referred to her as Miss Yan, and the other as Steward Jiang.

Director Tang was brimming with confidence.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Yueqing opened Weibo and began to search for entries related to Meng Chengchu.

"What’s Mommy looking at?" Jun Yan clung to her like a little kitten.

Yan Yueqing casually hugged her son, holding the little guy in her arms, "Mommy is watching a video of a young uncle."

A young uncle?

Jun Yan was on alert, "I want to watch with Mommy."

"Alright." Yan Yueqing believed in fairness, and looked up at Yan Wang who was nestled at the other end of the bed, "Baby, do you want to join?"

Jun Yan eagerly: Brother! Give me a chance to be the only cherished one!

Yan Wang lifted the corners of his lips slightly, "It’s fine; little brother can keep Mom company."

Jun Yan wouldn’t miss any chance to be a brown-noser, "Look~ My brother’s not interested, only I want to keep Mom company!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Wang’s eyebrows rose quizzically, "Hmm?"

"My brother is busy with a thousand concerns every day!" Jun Yan quickly corrected himself.

The two little cuties are simply adorable to death~~~

Yan Yueqing couldn’t close her mouth from laughing, "Alright, Yan Bao can watch with Mommy~ Baby, you go ahead and be busy~"

"Mm." Yan Wang lowered his lashes, hiding the smile in his eyes.

Yan Yueqing opened the video.

Meng Chengchu participated in a reality show that tested acting skills, with contestants drawing scripts at random to compete in performance battles.

The first two rounds were staged performances, where contestants formed groups, drew scripts, and with some simple props provided by the production team on center stage, they performed live. From the third round onward, performances switched from staged to on-set. Contestants could discuss framing with the photography team and communicate with the editors about the cutting points of the scenes.

In the end, what was presented to everyone was a carefully filmed and edited final product.

Meng Chengchu’s performance in the first two rounds was passable, neither dazzling nor timid, with a middling rank.

But in this round, he and Zhong Hao, whom the financier wanted to promote, ended up in the same group. Their starkly different acting skills somehow gave the short film they made an unexpected disjointed feel.

They filmed a youth romance drama short.

The male lead was an uneducated delinquent, who fought and caused trouble in high school, leading to multiple expulsions. The female lead was a pure and pitiable little white rabbit, whom the male lead saved from a gangster’s harassment and learned that despite his bad-boy appearance, he was really kind-hearted, leading to mutual acquaintance and love. To be worthy of the girl he loved, the male lead worked hard for several years and, upon hearing her parents were forcing her into an arranged date, he showed up at the banquet to take her away.

Meng Chengchu played the role of the date guy with only a few scenes.

He had just one line, "Are you sure, you want to leave with this man?"

One could say his presence was virtually non-existent!

Yet Meng Chengchu’s exquisite acting turned what should have been just a background character into a high-profile elite that couldn’t be ignored.

The live comments were sharply divided.

"I used to think Zhong Hao was handsome, and although his acting was just okay, just looking at that face was bearable. Now I’ve grown up... I can’t stomach flower vase acting anymore! He’s really made no progress in the past few years!"

"To be honest, the persona was clearly supposed to be a bad-boy with a soft heart, but the way Zhong Hao portrayed it... it felt like he really wanted to be a domineering CEO-type loser?"

"By comparison, Meng Chengchu’s acting is awesome! Even though he only had a few scenes, the moment he appeared, my hormones skyrocketed, okay?"

"Indeed, the way he sat with his legs crossed, the sharp suit, those black glasses seemed like they put some seal on him, shrouded with metaphorical mystery. Every move he made bore an effortless nobility, as though he really was that high-profile CEO!"

"Sis has such a way with words~~~ And the few details he showed really respected women! Unlike the male lead, who just yanked the girl off the chair from the get-go! When I saw that scene, my first thought was, is he okay? What if the knives and forks accidentally fell and cut her? Even if they didn’t end up on the floor, what if they fell into the soup and stained the girl’s clothes? That would be so embarrassing."

"He probably thought he looked cool like that?! Dying of laughter!"

Jun Yan briefly glanced through the comments and concisely, with cutting accuracy, stated, "Everyone’s right, Uncle Meng’s acting is indeed better than that Zhong Hao."

"These past years, he’s really cut his teeth well," Yan Yueqing nodded in approval.

She still remembered during the dating show, the impostor had asked Meng Chengchu a question, "Why did you enter the entertainment industry?"

Meng Chengchu corrected solemnly, "It’s the performing arts circle! I want to use my own strength to empathize with the characters I love, and bring their stories to the audience..."

However, the fake thought Meng Chengchu’s words were rehearsed, and after hypocritically praising him for a bit, she cheerfully turned the topic back to the dating show...

No one noticed his lashes drooping lightly at that moment.

Now suddenly breaking through with a performance, only to be suppressed by Zhong Hao’s financiers, Yan Yueqing felt the world shouldn’t be like this!

Jun Yan thought of something, "Mommy, does the entertainment industry not accommodate talented people?"

"No," Yan Yueqing sighed, "It does not accommodate those who refuse to bow down."

Meng Chengchu’s rise to fame was beyond everyone’s expectations.

A supporting role with just one line, but he managed to completely overshadow both the male and female leads with five or six minutes of screen time... Zhong Hao was probably going insane, right?