“Aiyah, Little Zhang is here. Hahaha.” Yao Jiancai spotted Zhang Ye at a glance and immediately came up to greet him, putting his arm around his shoulder, “You have really been making the scenes recently. I saw your ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’. Although the other episodes weren’t to my taste as my expectations for humor are a bit higher, that episode about Korea was so well done. I saw that episode a total of three times! So addicting!”
“Teacher Zhang, you came?”
“Little Zhang, sit over here.”
A few actors, who had previously filmed with him, greeted him.
Sitting at the most important spots were the male and female leads, but Zhang Ye did not know them, nor was he familiar with them. As on the day he went to the Qingshan monastery for filming, there were no scenes for the male and female lead, so he had not seen them. Hence, after exchanging pleasantries with his old friends, he went to a corner with Yao Jiancai. The old and young duo began chatting. Their relationship was the best, and their personalities matched, allowing them to become good friends despite the great difference in age.
After Yao Jiancai joked a few times, he finally became serious, “Your Talk Show sure is new. I always felt crosstalk had its limitations. It had a limitation in broadcasting as well as regional and language barriers. However, this Talk Show of yours has perfectly surpassed the limitations that crosstalk always had. Furthermore, it is different from solo crosstalk. The style and content is packaged in a different way. Your talent in this sure isn’t trivial.”
Zhang Ye said in surprise, “Old Yao, you really know?”
Yao Jiancai said with a chuckle, “Of course, do you know what I did before movie filming? I did three years of crosstalk.”
Zhang Ye exclaimed, “Professionally?”
“Keke, self-learned, not professionally.” Yao Jiancai then said with a bit of a sigh, “Back then, there was no food to eat, so I had to do anything to survive. So I was an understudy for three years. Back then, I was a utility man, so I had to do everything. So I can’t say which was my main job and which was my side job.”
Zhang Ye asked inquisitively, “Were you a main or side character?”
Yao Jiancai laughed, “I can speak well enough while chatting with you, but I can’t do well in crosstalk. I don’t have a mouth that can reach the acme of perfection like yours, nor am I a graduated specialized major, so naturally I was a side character. Don’t look down on me though, for back in the day, I was quite a good side character!”
“Alright, I’ll believe it.”
“But why do I feel like you are giving me a distrusting expression?”
……
It was not even 7.
The premiere ceremony began.
The ceremony was a bit more complicated. However, it was quite simple for Zhang Ye. He did not need to say a word, and just followed everyone down the aisle. He and Yao Jiancai were the same, they were both side characters. He was even inferior to Yao Jiancai’s character in terms of scenetime, so there was no need for him to say anything. That was the job of Director Jiang and the male and female leads. Even though Zhang Ye’s popularity was increasing by the day, he could not compare with the male and female leads at all. The lowest ones were, after all, B-list celebrities, so whatever they did was of greater importance than Zhang Ye. A celebrity appeared after accumulating all of one’s strengths. Zhang Ye may have quite a bit of pull on the internet and was quite a topical person, but be it his notability or experience and qualifications, he was far too inferior.
After going through the motions.
The movie finally rolled.
Zhang Ye sat at the third row with Old Yao. They watched the movie silently. Zhang Ye found this movie not bad, but…it was just not bad. It would not be terrible at the box office sales, but neither would it be too good. As there were too many common tropes with nothing new. Well, that was Zhang Ye’s own personal opinion. He did not know if audiences would accept the show or not. After all, there were many movies in his world that were heavily criticized but ended up having pretty good box office sales.