Trembling At A High Altitude

Under Liu Shiyuan's lead, everyone retraced their steps, took the elevator, and left the tech-savvy building, passed by the enormous abstract sculpture, and arrived at the roadside.

A bus came along.

After everyone boarded the bus, it returned to the front of the café.

Once seated, the post-performance discussion began.

The first segment was the performance summary.

"Having participated in this script, do you all hate me?" Seeing that no one spoke up, Liu Shiyuan took the initiative to start a topic for discussion.

"Not at all, after performing this script, we won't be afraid of any other scripts in the future. The director gave us a great opportunity to train and improve," Huang Xun said clingingly, flattering Liu Shiyuan relentlessly.

"Hypocrite! How did you curse the director inside then? Want me to repeat it to the director?" Luo Bijiao taunted Huang Xun a few times.

"I didn't curse the director, what's with you, woman? Always jumping to conclusions! Don't spout nonsense!" Huang Xun got irritated as soon as he saw Luo Bijiao; he had been miserably bullied by her in the plot this time.

"I hope we don't have to deal with this kind of script ever again, it's too terrifying, I don't want to go through it another time," Elsa said honestly.

"Exactly, I just can't take it anymore," Gao Fei chimed in.

"Acting like I wanted to die, yet couldn't die," Liu Yin added.

Guo Haopeng and his wife remained silent. Mrs. Guo, seeing everyone else had spoken up, wanted to say something but was stopped by Guo Haopeng kicking her leg.

"Li Teng, what's your take on this script?" Liu Shiyuan turned to Li Teng, who hadn't yet spoken.

"It's quite good, you reap what you sow, to gain something you must first pay a price," Li Teng commented casually.

The torture he had experienced at the top of the stone column was no less than that in this script, and there had been no food, nothing to do, and boredom to the point of madness on the stone column. Compared to that, this script was practically heaven to him.

"Look at his positive attitude! How clear-headed he is! You really should learn from him. If a Best Actor is to emerge from those present here, it will definitely be him," Liu Shiyuan lauded Li Teng loudly to everyone.

"Damn! All my brown-nosing for nothing," Huang Xun grumbled to himself, it seemed like Li Teng was going to be favored by the new director too. These directors had no discernment, why did they all appreciate Li Teng? He was clearly better than Li Teng.

Thankfully, Li Teng had turned into an old wreck, not long for this world. Thinking of this, Huang Xun felt a lot more balanced inwardly.

After a round of summaries, the discussion moved on to the next segment.

The wax-sealing procedure.

Before the results were out, Elsa felt quite anxious.

Liu Shiyuan quickly announced the outcome, new actor Luo Bijiao ranked bottom in the Time Index and was eliminated from this performance; she was to be subjected to the wax-sealing procedure.

Luo Bijiao seemed not at all sad, thinking she could finally leave this god-forsaken place. The others didn't care to remind her of anything, they all wished her well and then watched her get turned into a wax statue.

Then came the points distribution segment.

Only Li Teng succeeded in his Prison Break, receiving the reward of doubled points, with a total reward of 40 points.

The rest, according to their ranks, all received a reward of 10 points.

The fourth segment was the question-and-answer session, and only Li Teng, a Minor Special Contract Extra, was present on site, ranking higher than the rest, so the other six could only direct their questions to him.

In this segment, Li Teng earned a total of 19 points.

It seemed that the new director also had a high opinion of Li Teng, awarding him the maximum points allowed by his authority.

With the 1-point balance in his account, Li Teng now had 60 points in his account again.

Gao Fei took the opportunity to ask Guo Haopeng a question about how he and his wife managed to get on the helicopter together and arrive at the Film and Television City.

When Gao Fei's girlfriend got on the helicopter, it had flown off, preventing him from entering the Film and Television City with his girlfriend, who then was eliminated and sealed in wax after the first scene.

"She was very weak at the time. I carried her up the ladder onto the helicopter, so we came together," Guo Haopeng answered Gao Fei.

After hearing Guo Haopeng's response, Gao Fei felt quite regretful. If he had done the same back then, perhaps his girlfriend wouldn't have been sealed in wax... or they could have been sealed together, at least having the chance to be together before being sealed.

The fifth was the lottery segment for newcomers.

One of the three newcomers had been eliminated and sealed in wax, leaving only the Guo couple to draw.

Both of them won a full refund.

Mrs. Guo complained to Guo Haopeng, saying he shouldn't have stopped her from spending.

Guo Haopeng, on the other hand, pointed to the other two areas and told her that reckless spending could lead directly to elimination.

After a few words of persuasion from the others, they stopped arguing.

The sixth segment was for handling special extras.

There was only one special extra to deal with.

And that was the matter of whether Li Teng could become younger.

This issue was not dealt with publicly, as director Liu Shiyuan called Li Teng to a private room in the café.

Liu Shiyuan also had the waitstaff bring several plates of nuts and snacks to the table.

"You've invalidated my script. Got any thoughts? Anything you want to say to me?" Liu Shiyuan asked, with a smile on his face.

"It wasn't intentional. I was just following the rules of the script," Li Teng replied to Liu Shiyuan.

"Haha, in the last moment, when you saw the chest was empty, what were your thoughts?" Liu Shiyuan changed the subject. The fact that Li Teng had completely mastered the script was a first for an actor, and so it didn't hold much significance for Liu Shiyuan anymore; he wasn't particularly troubled by it.

"I didn't have any special feelings about it. The treasures from the script couldn't be taken out into the real world. I had already broken through the Scripted World, and it was on the verge of collapsing. Even if I had received an extraordinary treasure at that time, it wouldn't have been of much use," Li Teng was quite open-minded about this.

"Actually, you did receive a treasure in that chest. If it wasn't for that chest, you might not have been so determined to fight with my AI, nor would you have developed such professional close-combat skills. Treasures may not be taken out of the Scripted World, but your muscle memory can be, and that's the most valuable treasure the chest offered you," Liu Shiyuan said a few words to Li Teng.

"It's just a pity that at this age, the body can't keep up. No matter how skilled the close-combat techniques, there's no strength left to exert them," Li Teng sighed, of course, to steer the conversation toward the main topic.

"Film and Television City is a magical place. Turning someone young isn't a very difficult task here. Of course, we can't make someone young for no reason; a certain price must be paid, and that price might be quite painful. Are you willing to give it a try?" Liu Shiyuan asked Li Teng.

"Pain? What is pain?" Li Teng laughed. After emerging from the script of 'Time Prison', the word 'pain' was completely erased from his dictionary.