The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 746 - 745. You Smile 2

The second place goes to Master Bai.

Tang Shu had seen the works of this elder on the wall in the President’s Office, which were on par with her own mentor and well above her level.

As for the first and third places on the list, they were names with which she was very unfamiliar, and she had no recollection of their works in her mind.

"I know, I know, they are Grandpa Qi and Grandpa Yi, both of whom are so old that they’ve long since withdrawn from the calligraphy and painting world. Now they mostly stay at home gardening, rarely leaving their houses."

As Master Bai’s little grandson, Bai Chenxi naturally had a thorough knowledge of the famous figures in the field, and he had also accompanied his grandfather to visit the two elderly gentlemen before.

Indeed, they were years older than his own retired and rehired grandfather.

Upon hearing this, Tang Shu nodded, "What’s their style of work like?"

Bai Chenxi was startled, didn’t Sister Tang know? These two were the pillars of the calligraphy and painting world!

"It’s hard to say, Grandpa Qi adheres to the doctrine of the mean, while Grandpa Yi’s style is quite varied. If Sister Tang is interested, you could have a look yourself in the gallery."

There are no high-resolution images available online.

Tang Shu raised an eyebrow. The works of the two masters had reached the level of being collected by the gallery?

Then she definitely shouldn’t miss out on seeing them.

As it turned out, she still had so much to learn about the society she was in.

"Buzz—Buzz—"

The vibration of her phone in her pocket sounded, and Tang Shu found a secluded spot to answer the call. The voice that came through the receiver was Shen Yan’s, tired and somewhat frustrated.

"Boss, what did you do again?"

"...What happened?"

"Since this morning, the Weibo account ’Give and Take’ has been gaining followers nonstop, reaching 32 million now."

Thanks to a year of "emergency training," Shen Yan felt he could stay calm in the face of the routine flood of new followers.

Tang Shu paused for a moment, then responded with a moment of doubt in her eyes, "It’s probably... because the traditional painting rankings were updated."

Despite the niche community of calligraphy and painting, there was no shortage of practitioners, evident simply by looking at the number of registered website users. Even before today, many followers who normally don’t update their news or use Weibo had been lurking, but updates to the rankings were a big deal. They were enough to shock the entire calligraphy and painting world, so it was only natural for her, as a surprisingly emerging newcomer, to draw attention.

Gaining followers was a normal phenomenon.

"The followers count isn’t important. Just make sure you control the public opinion, how are the comments section?"

Followers count isn’t important...

Shen Yan silently suppressed those five words, "The comments section is okay. Since this was the first time electronic devices like large screens were used in your competition, there were no high-definition photos or videos leaked besides the artwork."

And those few controversial comments that had popped up didn’t need his intervention; they were automatically suppressed by the netizens.

Hardly any waves were stirred up.

"Good work, I’ll give you a raise next month."

Tang Shu felt relieved.

Shen Yan’s listless mood instantly brightened, "Thank you, boss, I’ll keep working hard!"

"Mhm, the compilation video I tasked you with, is the editing done yet?"

"..."

Please let him disappear on the spot, thank you.

***

As the months-long calligraphy and painting competition came to a close, Tang Shu received news of the second season premiere of "You Smile".

Before she could attend school for a few days, Yang Tiantian dragged her into the drama crew to start filming, by which time Chen Xin and the others had already gathered in the resting area.

Taking the thick script from Scriptwriter Wen’s hands, Tang Shu raised an eyebrow.

"Sister Woon, you’ve... finished writing this time?"

What about the promised on-the-fly writing as we shoot and air?

The other party pushed up their glasses on the bridge of their nose, squinting their eyes, "Let’s just leave it at this for now; there will definitely be plot changes later, but that’s not important. I’ll adjust accordingly when the time comes."

Not important....

The corners of everyone else’s mouth twitched, their foreheads lined with black lines.

Probably in the entire circle of scriptwriters, only this person would dare to say that the script is not important.

Most of the shooting in the morning revolved around the scenes of the male and female leads, while Tang Shu, the Female Lead No.2, was scheduled for three in the afternoon. The reason she came so early was to get familiar with the cast and the script and to find her groove.

Curiously, Sister Luo also came with her today.

"Why is someone as busy as you so free today?"

Her counterpart glanced at her with extreme contempt, "You think I came for you?"

"..." Isn’t it?

"Of course not, Jiang Yan from our company also has a lot of scenes to shoot."

Tang Shu fell silent, realizing she had misread the situation. She found a spot and sneakily pulled out her phone.

At this moment, "Journey Together" had finished editing its first few episodes and was about to welcome its first broadcast. On the day of the broadcast, "Journey Together" rocketed up the Weibo hot search list.

Tang Shu and Geng Qiuqiu, along with others in the cast, continuously shared posts from the official website of the production, and even Roger and the four other international guests set up Weibo accounts, gaining a crazy number of followers within a single day.

"It’s started, it’s started, the adventure show has finally started, you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting!"

"The clash between the two big domestic and international crews, I wonder what sparks will fly? So looking forward to it~~~~"

"Not to hide from you guys, I just purely want to see the international guests’ everyday bickering—"

"Hahaha, this is a major highlight, absolutely unmissable!"

"I’m more interested in whether the domestic guests who advocate moderation will clash with the forthright international guests, muahaha~~~"

"Whoa, is the person above a devil? Clearly just loves watching the excitement!"

"But I like it, hehehe~~~~~"

...

"Journey Together" had aired four seasons domestically, gathering countless positive reviews. It was originally a very popular travel and adventure show, and now, with international collaboration, it attracted even more viewers’ attention.

Mandatory viewing!

The interactions between the ten guests, educated under different cultural backgrounds, was the biggest highlight!

This time, without any promotion from the program team, the news of the morning broadcast spread like wildfire, grabbing netizens’ attention and quickly making it into the hot search within just an hour.

Inside the "You Smile 2" production, Luo Lin sighed at the program’s immense popularity and seemed to remember something, looking worriedly towards Tang Shu in the rest area.

"Little ancestor, you didn’t cause any trouble while filming, did you?"

Tang Shu, who was drinking water, deeply reflected on her actions and looked at her with sincere little eyes.

"No."

True.

Believe me.

"..."

For some reason, Luo Lin had a bad feeling, but the video for the first episode had already been edited. She had been too busy in the past few days; she’d had a brief call with Director Lin and hadn’t watched it closely.

What was it that he said? Oh, Tang Shu did pretty well, no need to worry, I wouldn’t throw even my own people under the bus, right?

Luo Lin, with a forehead full of question marks, still hadn’t figured out the meaning behind that statement.

However, Director Lin had a good reputation in the industry and was very responsible. His words carried weight, so Luo Lin chose to believe him.

Thinking about this, she glared viciously at Tang Shu, "If you dare to lie to me, you’re dead!"

"..."

This sudden threat left her speechless.