Chapter 786: Scandal Queen vs. The White Lotus Actor 57

Wan Jie had never expected the production team to dare to edit the footage this way.

Although none of the scenes where he lost his temper and argued with the others had been aired, what difference was there now?

The fans he had just managed to win back immediately started leaving again as soon as the episode ended.

Even his reputation among passersby had been greatly damaged.

For a time, Wan Jie was absolutely furious.

They must have seen that the Bai family was no longer as powerful as before, which was why they dared to do this!

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Not long after this episode of the variety show aired, Shang Baitong joined another film production.

This time, filming would probably take around half a year, so Tang Wan deliberately turned down her other activities and joined him on set.

Half a year later, the film starring Shang Baitong was released during the New Year period. With its exciting fight scenes, conscientious special effects, and gripping plot, it was enthusiastically embraced by fans as soon as it was released and became the hottest movie during the Spring Festival period.

At the same time, the youth film starring Wan Jie was also released.

However, because the plot could never escape the usual pregnancy-and-abortion formula of domestic youth films, the reviews were poor. Even after several days in theaters, its box office hadn't even reached a fraction of its opening-day earnings.

At this time, the xianxia drama starring him also began airing on a satellite TV channel.

But even during the Spring Festival holiday, this xianxia drama, which was filled with young male idols and traffic actresses, still bombed in the ratings.

Its online view count was equally dismal.

After all, audiences nowadays had become much more discerning. They were no longer like before, when they could barely force themselves to watch whatever garbage was served to them.

No matter how much it was marketed, if it wasn't good, it wasn't good.

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Because both his movie and television drama had flopped one after another, Wan Jie fell from being a top-tier traffic star to a second-tier one.

Although he still had access to resources, he had continually been starring in roles that didn't require much acting ability. As a result, his acting skills hadn't improved in the slightest over the past year, so naturally, the major directors who demanded real acting ability had no reason to seek him out.

Things were different for Shang Baitong.

Three months after his major hit, the patriotic modern film he had appeared in was released.

With major international events happening one after another during this period, the film did an excellent job of portraying the strength of the country. As soon as it was released, it ignited everyone's patriotism.

Countless netizens said they had cried after watching the movie.

The male lead played by Shang Baitong was especially praised by fans for his outstanding performance, with countless people going crazy over his acting skills.

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After two consecutive blockbuster films, Shang Baitong's status as a guaranteed box-office draw became unshakable. The film and television resources that Wan Jie had taken from him in the original storyline now came flying toward him like snowflakes.

But he only selected several films that would challenge his acting skills.

Three years later, a film starring Shang Baitong that explored human nature and was banned from release domestically successfully won an international award. From then on, he had collected every major authoritative film award there was.

At the awards ceremony, he announced his retirement from acting and said that he would devote himself to his family from then on.

As soon as the news came out, his fans immediately cried and begged him not to leave the entertainment industry.

He wasn't even thirty-five yet! How could he retire so soon?

Only Tang Wan felt both sweet and anxious at that moment.

The sweet part was that Tongtong was retiring so that they could properly stay together. The anxious part was that Little Cutie reminded her that the additional mission had been completed.

That meant their deaths were coming soon!

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Coincidentally, the day Shang Baitong won the International Best Actor award happened to be the day Wan Jie and Bai Pingting got married.

Wan Jie had already paid for promotional posts and gotten himself onto the Weibo trending searches. But as soon as the news of Shang Baitong winning the award came out, it immediately occupied the headlines of all the major media outlets, completely drowning out the news of his marriage beneath a sea of trending topics.