Acting According to Circumstances

Li Xun's phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was Chen Minghao calling.

"Li Xun, congratulations! Young Bao Qingtian is a huge success. Everyone is congratulating the director, producer, and actors now, but you're actually the biggest contributor to this show!"

"Uncle Ming, please don't tease me. I'm hardly the biggest contributor; I just put in some hard work at most. You should check the review section on Dou Miao Net yourself and see how many netizens are specifically mentioning your performance!"

"Hahaha, you're quite humble and not arrogant for a young man. Even if some people came for me, didn't I come for your script? Huang Zhou even turned down Director Zhao's project because of your script. So, no matter how you calculate it, you're still the number one contributor!"

"Uncle Ming, if you tease me again, I'm hanging up!"

"Hahaha, alright, alright, let's not talk about that. So, what do you think? The web drama had a great start. Do you have confidence in the rest of the plot?"

Li Xun smiled and said, "I have a little confidence, especially since you, Uncle Ming, have so much faith in this show. Even if I didn't, I do now. I believe in your judgment!"

Chen Minghao chuckled, "You slippery kid. When Young Bao Qingtian breaks 50 million daily views, I'll treat you to a big meal!"

Li Xun immediately exclaimed, "Uncle Ming, just say you don't want to treat me! What do you mean, a big meal only if we break 50 million daily views? Count on your fingers, how many web dramas have broken 50 million daily views in all these years?"

Chen Minghao laughed heartily, "What, you think my money grows on trees? It's not that easy to get me to treat you!"

Less than a few minutes after Chen Minghao hung up, Huang Zhou called.

Li Xun asked with a smile, "Brother Huang, what made you think of calling me?"

Huang Zhou chuckled, "Young Bao Qingtian broke 33 million views in 12 hours after its release. This is definitely a trend of massive popularity. How about it, do you have time to get together and celebrate?"

Li Xun smiled, "Brother Huang, please spare me. Your agent looks at me like I'm a piece of dirt. If we get together, I'm afraid your agent will find out and scold me!"

Huang Zhou laughed heartily, "Don't worry, I'm calling you because my agent asked me to."

Li Xun was stunned and asked, "She asked you to call me? Is she crazy? She never gave me a good look on set!"

Huang Zhou laughed, "On set is on set, and now is now. Young Bao Qingtian hadn't even aired back then, right? And I turned down Director Zhao's offer because of you. It's no wonder she wasn't happy! But it's different now, little brother. Don't you realize you're already famous?"

Li Xun asked, "I'm not an actor, why would I be famous?"

Huang Zhou laughed, "To the audience, you're not famous yet. But to insiders, your name is being mentioned more and more!"

Morning, Vice President's Office, Penguin Video Original Drama Center.

Dai Ying looked at the real-time data on her computer, still feeling a sense of unreality.

She knew the show would be popular, but she never imagined it would become this popular.

In just over ten hours, it felt like everyone was talking about Young Bao Qingtian.

On Weibo, forums, Tieba, short videos.

The entire internet was buzzing about it, and the vast majority of the comments were positive.

This was truly rare!

As of now...

Young Bao Qingtian's Weibo interaction volume had exceeded 300,000, its topic discussion volume had surpassed 500,000, comments exceeded 30,000, and bullet comments exceeded 50,000—all signs indicated that this would be another phenomenal web drama, following in the footsteps of The Coroner.

How did he achieve all of this?

Tang Jiahe was indeed an excellent executive producer under her, and Kong Teng was one of Penguin Video's top directors. Huang Zhou, Chen Minghao, Jin Jiawei, Feng Lan, Zhang Binghua, and others were all outstanding actors whose performances in the show were mostly commendable. But none of these were the fundamental reason for Young Bao Qingtian's explosive success.

She knew better than anyone that the soul of Young Bao Qingtian was, without a doubt, Li Xun!

But...

Dai Ying looked at Li Xun's detailed profile.

"Is the person in this profile really the same Li Xun?"

Based on his profile, there was no way he should have been able to achieve all this.

This person was simply too formidable!

So formidable... that it gave Dai Ying a huge headache.

Her parents were extremely satisfied with Li Xun, having already decided he was their "son-in-law."

Thinking of this, Dai Ying's face flushed again.

Under her parents' constant pestering, she had inexplicably sent Li Xun's profile to them.

So last night, after dinner, her parents excitedly sat on the sofa and watched their "future son-in-law's" first screenwriting work.

The plot of Young Bao Qingtian was suitable for all ages, and her parents were immediately engrossed in the story.

The script written by their daughter's boyfriend was so good! He was bound to make a name for himself sooner or later. While he still liked their daughter, why not hurry up and get them married?

Successful men had too many temptations around them. What if such a good son-in-law was snatched away by someone else?

This morning, her mother was already asking for Li Xun's phone number, saying she wanted to discuss their engagement.

"Daughter, Mom knows it's not good for girls to be too forward; it might scare the boy. How about this, you give me Little Li's number, and I'll call him. Mom will talk to him. You must get married within six months! If by any chance it scares Little Li, it'll be Mom's own doing for calling him, and it won't affect you; you'll still have room to maneuver."

"Mom, this is a crucial time in his career; he can't be distracted. Let's wait a bit longer, until after Young Bao Qingtian is finished filming!"

After finally managing to appease her parents, Dai Ying felt a splitting headache.

She had already reached the stage of getting a marriage certificate, while the man was completely unaware.

How did this situation escalate to this point?

"Why don't I just come clean to my parents?"

Dai Ying immediately shook her head again.

"Absolutely not, Mom and Dad would be furious to death!"

"Or I could just say we're incompatible and broke up?"

"Then would I be dumping him, or would he be dumping me?"

"If I dump him, my parents will definitely call every day to persuade us to get back together, and might even come directly to Jing City to force me and him to reconcile!"

"But do I have a way to 'reconcile' with him?"

"So that means he dumped me?"

"Why should he dump me?"

"What makes me not good enough for him?"

"Forget it, I'll drag it out for as long as I can!"

At the same time, in a residential complex in Shaohe City, Xiang Province.

"I have to make a trip to Jing City," a woman in her fifties said while wiping the table with a rag.

"What's the point of you going? This is an era of free love, you can't tie two young people together just by going there," the middle-aged man on the sofa said.

"You know your own precious daughter, she's very opinionated about everything, but when it comes to relationships, she just delays as much as possible. She's already 30, she really can't afford to delay any longer. The key is that a boy as suitable as Xiao Li is truly rare. If we miss this village, who knows when we'll find another one like him!" the middle-aged woman frowned.

"It's not impossible to go, but how will you tell your daughter? Will you directly say you're going to rush her into marriage?" the middle-aged man asked.

"I'll say I'm feeling particularly unwell and need to get a check-up at a big hospital in Jing City, then I'll act accordingly!" the middle-aged woman seemed to have already thought of a strategy.

Due to visiting relatives during the Lunar New Year, updates may be delayed. The parts about playback data in the previous chapters have been adjusted, but they do not affect the plot. Finally, please vote with recommendation tickets and add to your collection.