Trembling At A High Altitude

During the performance in the Time Bubble, the director could also enter another Time Bubble with the same flow rate for real-time observation.

If the director did not observe in real-time, he would receive the performance results on his smartphone APP as soon as the performance in the Time Bubble ended.

Yuan Qiang did not observe the performance in real-time but only received the results when the performance ended.

Staring at the performance report on his smartphone screen, Yuan Qiang's eyes involuntarily bulged.

Only Li Teng and Liu Hui survived!

His six actors, including his favored number 5, had all bitten the dust?

How could that be possible?

Not to mention the disparity in arms and equipment.

Just the blizzards, zombies, and blocked passages from Qingfeng Village to Storm Ridge alone should have been enough to stop Li Teng and Liu Hui, right?

Okay, even if those two had incredibly good luck and made it through that difficult journey, how could they possibly turn the tables when up against fully-armed opponents like number 5 with bare hands?

Not to mention the Mutant Zombies he had deployed between Storm Ridge and the Black Dragon Association.

What on earth went wrong with this script?

Having no choice, Yuan Qiang decided not to wait in the green room for the eight actors to come out; he found a Time Bubble and transported himself to a room where the flow of time was roughly the same as the scripted timeline, and from start to finish, he closely watched the whole development of "Snowfield Hunter."

Of course, Film and Television City would automatically delete some scenes, such as personal activities like defecating, urinating, or bathing, as well as some overly harmonious content. These scenes were invisible not only to the directors but also to the mysterious bigwigs; however, they would receive brief textual hints about what specific content was censored when facing these parts of the storyline.

Some of the hints could be quite obscure, like 'climbing' or 'driving wedges,' only understandable to the bigwigs who were deeply experienced, knowledgeable, or intelligent.

Following the storyline, Yuan Qiang continually switched the camera between Li Teng and number 5.

Eventually, he locked the camera on Li Teng.

Because the scene on number 5's side was too bland, with nothing worth watching.

Gradually, Yuan Qiang found himself becoming immersed in Li Teng's story, anticipating Li Teng's impressive performance during the next danger and accident, and emotionally resonating with everything Li Teng encountered in the Scripted World.

This forced him to remind himself repeatedly that Li Teng was a despicable character, hated by everyone. How could he start to appreciate this character?

It was utterly disgusting.

No, shameful.

...

Li Teng and the eight returned to the green room, but Director Yuan Qiang was not there.

They had no choice but to wait there.

Number 5 and the other six began verbally attacking Li Teng, hurling unbearable obscenities at him.

But they dared not lay a hand on him or challenge the rules of Film and Television City.

After all, they harbored a hope that Director Yuan Qiang would help them report Li Teng to the higher-ups, cancel the penalties of this performance for them, and severely punish the despicable Li Teng, preferably sealing him in wax forever.

Of course, even if they dared to physically attack, the six of them together might not be a match for Li Teng.

Li Teng completely ignored them, no matter what they said or cursed, he acted as if he hadn't heard and just kept chatting happily with Liu Hui.

Even as they talked, the two of them kissed in front of everyone.

This infuriated Number 5 and the others so much that they wanted to bang their heads against the wall.

Why can some jerk live so freely and comfortably?

Why are there always beautiful, treacherous women throwing themselves at such jerks?

Why... could they only watch by the sidelines desperately?

Why is this world always so unfair!

Filled with emotions of grievance, anger, jealousy, and fury, the six people endured nearly an hour before finally seeing Director Yuan Qiang coming from the outside of the rest area.

"Director, I..."

"Director, they..."

"Director, about this scene..."

"Director..."

The six of them rushed to tell Yuan Qiang their grievances, sharing their troubles, and complained about Li Teng's shamelessness.

"Director, you must stand up for us! This script can't possibly count, right?" Number 5 confidently confirmed with Yuan Qiang at last.

"Unfortunately, this script passed the anti-cheating test of the Film and Television City and was deemed legitimate," Yuan Qiang gave Number 5 some disappointing news.

"Impossible! He definitely used cheats! Director, you should personally review the script before making a decision!" Number 5 insisted.

"I have reviewed it," Yuan Qiang frowned.

"Thoroughly, very attentively, and without missing anything, I didn't see him use any cheats," Yuan Qiang added a few more words.

He was a person who adhered to simple inner justice—right is right, wrong is wrong; he wouldn't claim that Li Teng had used cheats just because he was closer to Number 5.

After overseeing the entire "Snowfield Hunter" script, although he did not quite agree with the segment where Li Teng brutally killed three people towards the end, when it came to whether Li Teng used cheats, he had to admit that Li Teng did not; he had simply used his own skills to reverse the roles of the hunter and the prey, achieving victory in this adversarial performance.

As for things like the Virtual Companion APP and skins, they were officially released programs by the Film and Television City and had nothing to do with cheats.

Moreover, Li Teng's final victory over Number 5 and the others mainly depended on his own abilities—his strength, which was many times greater than ordinary people, and his courageous and persevering spirit.

Number 5 was simply no match for him.

"Director, this isn't fair! Are you really going to watch us being eliminated?" Number 5 looked despairingly at Yuan Qiang; he couldn't understand why Yuan Qiang was so sure that Li Teng hadn't used any cheats and was unusually unwilling to speak for them.

"I don't want this either, but these are the rules of the Film and Television City," Yuan Qiang shook his head, looking very distressed.

Before the performance started, he firmly believed that Li Teng was a cheat and thus designed a cruelly difficult script to torment Li Teng. However, it was precisely because of this that, when Li Teng still managed to counterattack under such tough conditions, Yuan Qiang's perception of Li Teng fundamentally changed.

He even began to feel guilty for having designed such an unfair script.

As for Number 5 and his group, having so many advantages yet losing the confrontation only meant they were too weak and deserved to be eliminated.

Moreover, it wasn't that he didn't want to help Number 5, but according to the rules of the Film and Television City, once the result of a scripted shoot was established, no one could alter the outcome afterward if no violations were discovered.