210: If he changed it to killing everyone else, he probably wanted to act.

At 10 AM the next day, Villa No. 18 was quiet.

The seven people had jumped, danced, and stayed up late yesterday, and without exception, they were all still sleeping.

The city on Sunday morning was livelier than usual.

Inside the Tianji Entertainment building, Tang Chen was sitting in his office reading emails when a knock came from the door.

"Please come in."

His assistant walked in and handed him a document, "Tang Ge, these are some data indicators related to Chen Fang's martial arts performance from 8 PM last night until now."

Tang Chen took the document, "Have the official media and authoritative institutions responded?"

"You asked at just the right time. As I was coming upstairs, I saw that People's Daily just reposted and praised the performance. With it taking the lead, I estimate that other institutions will also speed up their certification and release videos one after another, right?"

Tang Chen nodded.

Official media and authoritative institutions conduct background checks when reporting and reposting content related to entertainment stars. Especially in areas involving the promotion of traditional culture and positive energy, they will conduct strict checks to prevent outlaws from mixing in, which could lead to widespread retraction of articles and damage public credibility if problems arise.

Generally speaking, stars who have participated in official projects will be added to a whitelist, and their reviews will be faster.

Other stars, however, need a few days.

But fortunately, the Chinese Martial Arts Association had already reviewed Chen Fang's background information on Thursday and Friday and signed a contract with his team. With the endorsement of the Chinese Martial Arts Association and complete documentation, People's Daily was able to issue the report so quickly.

Next, other media outlets are probably not far behind.

Tang Chen looked at his assistant, "Next, we still need to control the direction of public opinion, avoid his little kites from widely spamming, and also avoid focusing on 'Brother is so handsome,' but rather concentrate on cultural inheritance."

"Tang Ge, don't worry, they remember."

"But there's one more issue to avoid: we shouldn't specify how to inherit. We only need to promote and attract the public. As for how to inherit and whether it can be inherited, that's a matter for the relevant institutions. If they don't propose cooperation, we shouldn't proactively invite trouble."

"Okay."

Tang Chen nodded and opened the document.

From last night until now, the popularity data has been very good. The number of Weibo hot searches is good, with three on the overall list and five on the entertainment list. In the Douyin challenge, "Chen Fang's signature gun flower challenge" had the highest increase in the same period. WeChat index and overseas platform playback volume are also good, and there are even foreign guys imitating the moves and shooting videos.

The quality data is also good; the free courses from the Martial Arts Association have been claimed 510,000 times, and the playback duration data is not yet available. The claim data hasn't picked up much yet, but it's estimated that after People's Daily reposts, the evaluation of quality will improve.

Tang Chen quickly flipped through it.

Overall performance was good.

Seeing him about to reach the end, the assistant said, "Tang Ge, there's also a production crew that sent an audition invitation, wanting to invite Teacher Chen to play the male second lead, the Heavenly War God."

Tang Chen turned to the page about what his assistant mentioned and scanned the production crew's information.

This is an immortal idol drama, with a good production team and a good story. It looks like they want to create a hit for next year.

The male second lead is a deeply affectionate War God, whose life experience can be described as "beautiful, strong, and tragic."

He once fell in love with the female lead, but later they separated due to a misunderstanding, and he lost his memory and didn't try to win her back. After he regained his memory, the female lead was already with the Heavenly Prince, so he protected the female lead, protected her family, cast aside his selfish desires to protect the Heavenly Prince male lead, and finally continued to protect the world, blessing the male and female leads.

From a market perspective, if he were to play this character, the audience would definitely feel sorry for him.

But how could Chen Fang possibly play that role? He'd probably only want to play it if it were changed to him eliminating everyone else.

Tang Chen sighed softly.

Now it seems, combining his development path and his personality, the most suitable role for him would be a character who is bad from beginning to end but is perfectly whitewashed in the grand finale, revealing that everything was done with good intentions.

A positive image, yet satisfying his preference for playing villains.

"There's no rush with acting; I'll talk to him about it later."

Tang Chen closed the document and continued to his assistant:

"Then, let's proceed according to the plan. The data team needs to summarize the data in a timely manner, as it will be used to compete for the Spring Festival Gala at the end of the month. The publicity and public relations team will continue to liaise with official media and experts to strengthen authoritative certification. The business team…" Tang Chen emphasized the upcoming tasks again, "As for the Spring Festival Gala, I will handle that directly."

The assistant quickly jotted it down, "Okay, I'll re-emphasize it with each team in a bit."

"Also tell them that after this busy period, Chen Fang and I will treat everyone to a team-building trip on a workday."

"Okay."

The assistant left the office.

Tang Chen picked up his phone and called Chen Fang.

...

In the east-side bedroom on the first floor of Villa No. 18.

Chen Fang groggily picked up the phone, walked into the bathroom, closed the door, settled his breath, and tried to make his voice sound like he had been awake for a long time, "Good morning, Tang Ge."

"Are you awake?"

"Hmm, I woke up at eight."

"You're bluffing. You just said good morning to me."

Chen Fang gave up pretending, "I was woken up. What's up?"

Tang Chen briefly told him about the current situation, then asked, "You mentioned last time that one thing for image building was doing public welfare. Have you done anything in the past two or three months?"

"Hmm, I invested 2 million in intangible cultural heritage and donated 1 million to schools in mountainous areas."

"Then, when you have time, send me the certificates."

"Okay."

"Also, I told you last time about increasing your benefits. Director Sun and the vice president are on a business trip abroad these two days and will be back on Wednesday. Are you free to come to the company on Thursday?"

"I am."

"Then once the time is set, I'll let you know. You should rest well these two days."

"Okay." After chatting for a few more minutes, Chen Fang hung up, lay back on his bed, and opened his schedule app.

Today is Sunday, he'll go back in the afternoon, and have dinner with his dad, mom, and cousin in the evening.

Tomorrow, Monday, he'll go to the company to record "moonlight," then return in the evening to have dinner with Du Yunxiang, Yu Mengmeng, and Jiang Haotian, and receive Yue Qingzhu's gift.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, he'll produce the demo of "serving the country with utmost loyalty," and on Thursday, he'll discuss the contract.

That's settled, time to sleep a bit more.

Chen Fang tossed his phone aside and closed his eyes.