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"Ye Bai, Qingqing, there's been a sudden change in the program schedule, we'll probably need to make some adjustments..."

Backstage at the studio, Tong Yan, who had just been called to an emergency meeting, ran back breathlessly, her face looking quite grim.

"What happened?"

Ye Bai and Qin Wanqing exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat puzzled.

There is now less than an hour left before the show officially starts.

Making adjustments at this time is clearly abnormal.

"The leaders all felt that the masked knife-throwing segment wasn't entertaining enough with a male audience member as the target; they needed to use a female audience member to boost the ratings..."

Tong Yan sighed, her pretty face filled with helplessness.

The "leaders" she referred to were not just the director of the TV station, but also those from higher-level departments.

And any one of these people holds a higher position than her.

So no matter how hard she argued, she couldn't change the outcome.

The excuse that the show cannot be adjusted just because it's about to start airing is simply not a big deal in the eyes of the leadership.

Even if it's a problem, it's Tong Yan's own problem, what does it have to do with the leaders?

"You mean, you want me to be the target?"

Qin Wanqing quickly understood Tong Yan's meaning and was speechless for a moment.

Ye Bai was both amused and exasperated.

Just because he's a man, he was temporarily replaced. This kind of gender discrimination is just unbelievable.

“I don’t trust anyone else, after all, not everyone has the guts to stand there and be a target…”

Tong Yan nodded dejectedly, then looked at Ye Bai apologetically and said, "I'm so sorry, I made you rehearse for so long for nothing..."

Ye Bai smiled and shook his head, saying, "There's nothing to apologize for. We were just helping you make up the numbers. It doesn't matter who goes on which show."

He's not Shen Lu; he has absolutely no interest in appearing on television.

The only reason I agreed to help was because of Tong Yan.

He was just worried about whether it would be okay to use Qin Wanqing as a target.

Although being a masked knife-throwing guest is very simple and requires no skill, it still demands a lot of courage.

After all, standing there motionless, watching a blindfolded guy keep throwing sharp knives, the fear is something most people might not be able to withstand.

If the actors make a mistake, the consequences will be extremely serious.

"What are you looking at? Do you think I'm less courageous than you?"

Seeing Ye Bai looking at her with suspicion, Qin Wanqing immediately felt annoyed.

Then, before the two could speak, Qin Wanqing snorted coldly, "Yan Yan, let me go. I guarantee it will be a million times better than this guy's show!"

Having persuaded the two, Tong Yan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to assign other tasks.

With only half an hour left before the show officially started, she still had a lot of work to do.

"I'll teach you a good method. When you're really scared, close your eyes and imagine yourself as one of the eighteen bronze men of Shaolin, invulnerable to swords and spears. That will make you feel better."

Ye Bai seemed to be kindly reminding him, but his winking and teasing tone didn't sound like he was saying anything nice.

"roll!"

Qin Wanqing rolled her eyes dramatically, too lazy to pay attention to the grinning guy, and went over to chat with the professional actor in charge of throwing knives.

Shortly after, the program officially began.

At first, everything went smoothly, but when Qin Wanqing took the stage, Ye Bai and Tong Yan's expressions suddenly changed.

The professional masked knife-throwing actor has been replaced!

"What's going on? Where are the previous actors?"

Backstage at the studio, Tong Yan grabbed a stagehand and angrily asked.

It's fine to just replace the guest at the last minute, since the guest doesn't need to do anything, just stand there and cooperate.

They even replaced all the professional actors; this is simply child's play!

Knife throwing skills are not something everyone can master; they require a lot of practice.

What's more, they'll have to blind themselves to the hype!

This is real, genuine skill!

Those throwing knives weren't props, they were real knives!

"It was the person I promised to replace."

Just as the stagehand was stammering, Li Decai came over, adjusted his thick glasses, and explained, "Xiao Liu had an accident during practice and injured his hand. He's already at the hospital, so we have to have someone else temporarily fill in for him."

The "Little Liu" he mentioned was a professional knife-throwing actor who had previously rehearsed with Ye Bai and Qin Wanqing.

"Why didn't anyone notify me when Xiao Liu was injured? Also, where did this actor come from? Why have I never seen him before?"

Tong Yan's pretty face was already covered in frost, and even though she tried her best to control herself, she still couldn't suppress the anger in her words.

She was genuinely furious. She was the chief planner and director of the show, yet she only found out about such a major event as changing actors at the very beginning of the program. It was an absolute joke.

"This matter was approved by Deputy Director Ge and then handed over to me for handling. As for that new actor, I'm sorry, I don't know him either. I was just doing what Deputy Director Ge instructed."

Li Decai shook his head, his expression calm.

But behind those thick glasses, there was an undisguised look of schadenfreude in his eyes.

He is increasingly losing ground in the competition for the position of deputy director.

Even a fool could tell what it would mean if Tong Yan's show were to air successfully.

He probably won't have any more chances then.

But there's nothing he can do about it, since the station director and leaders made the decision on this program.

But as the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. At this critical moment, the actor got into trouble, making it hard for him not to be unhappy.

He's now hoping for a broadcast mishap so he can see how this bitch will get away with it!

"Vice Director Ge?"

His youthful face and delicate eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and he felt an urge to curse.

The deputy director, named Ge Mingjun, is sixty years old and will be retiring soon.

That's why this old guy became even more unscrupulous, always meddling in everything and taking advantage of his age to the fullest extent.

This practice naturally displeased the younger generation within the television station, leading to frequent conflicts between the two sides.

As a representative of the younger generation, Tong Yan naturally aroused the extreme disgust of that Deputy Director Ge.

Now that they've had the chance, they're clearly trying to force their way in and deliberately cause trouble.

Unfortunately, a leader who is about to retire is still a leader, and no matter how angry Tong Yan is, it's useless.

Unless the show is temporarily canceled, she will have to accept the status quo.

However, live broadcasts are not pre-recorded broadcasts. If the program is stopped midway, it would be an extremely serious broadcasting accident!

"Huh? Where's Ye Bai?"

Just as Tong Yan was starting to feel incredibly overwhelmed, she discovered that Ye Bai, who had been with her, had also disappeared...