To create a stark contrast, everyone was assigned a role that differed significantly from their usual acting style.
Take Chen Feng, for example.
Throughout his advancement, he had exclusively played villainous characters.
Or the type of character who had cancer.
So, for the Top Three Competition, he was given the role of a police officer.
This was to let the audience see if his portrayal of a positive character still had the same miraculous, natural performance effect as before.
Like Xu Yao.
In previous competitions, most of his performances had a strong rustic flavor.
So, it was heard that for the Top Three Competition, he was given the image of an overbearing CEO.
And Uncle Heitu, who was acting with him, was still a rustic father figure.
There was no avoiding this.
Mainly, Uncle Heitu's image was already solidified.
He was here as a guest performer, so you couldn't possibly design a righteous police officer image for him, it wouldn't suit him.
Additionally, there was Li Han.
Because in his daily life, he was a Rich Second Generation.
Most of his previous acting segments were urban idol-style roles, which were closer to his real-life status.
So, for the Top Three Competition, he was given the image of a naive country boy.
International Zhang, the guest performer, played an urban Rich Woman.
It was a typical melodramatic plot of a country boy coming to the city and being instantly noticed by a Rich Woman.
The remaining two…
Skipped!
…
In the evening, during the prime time slot at 8 PM.
What is an Actor commenced its live broadcast with a bang.
All major competition zones had entered the final Top Three Competition of their respective sub-zones.
Inside the Yan Jing Grand Theater.
Cheers and thunderous applause erupted.
The organizers grandly introduced the lineup of guest performers for the top five contestants.
Li Han, with International Zhang as his guest performer.
Xu Yao, with Uncle Heitu as his guest performer.
Chen Feng, with Hua Zai as his guest performer.
Zhao Yiming, with Yu Baoyu as his guest performer.
Song Yunxiao, with Zhou Yijie as her guest performer.
This lineup was already quite luxurious.
Aside from the three heavyweight big-shot guests, the audience didn't expect to see the Esports Big Sister at the live broadcast.
So, Song Yunxiao had also found a unique approach.
When asked to find a guest performer, she actually found a live streaming Big Sister.
This was a complete abandonment of stage performance.
It was purely a battle of online popularity.
Regardless, the Top Three Competition in the Yan Jing zone was very eye-catching.
Therefore, the viewership ratings for this evening continued to soar.
On the judges' panel.
The four judges were also secretly surprised.
Especially Jiang Wen.
These past few days, he had actually been wondering what kind of guest performer Chen Feng would ultimately find.
If Chen Feng had called him for help, he would definitely have gone all out to assist, and if all else failed, finding Grand Uncle Ge to save the day would probably have been fine.
But what happened?
Chen Feng never called.
If he didn't call, Jiang Wen couldn't possibly proactively go and find someone for him.
That would be too fawning.
It wouldn't fit his status.
Or perhaps, Chen Feng had given up.
After all, the guest performers of his opponents were quite intimidating; whether it was Uncle Heitu or International Zhang, they were true bigwigs in the film and television industry.
Chen Feng, a small actor with no background or capital, it was reasonable that he couldn't find big stars.
So, it was normal for him to give up.
Jiang Wen, however, was quite open-minded about it.
In the future, when filming, he could give Chen Feng more opportunities.
If he truly wanted to promote him, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future, it just depended on whether Chen Feng was good at handling things.
But then!
He was startled as soon as he arrived today.
He heard that Chen Feng had brought Hua Zai, the Hong Kong film emperor, to be his guest performer.
He even heard that Gu Zai and Wang Jing had also come to support him.
What was going on?
That kid Chen Feng had such connections?
Even though Jiang Wen was aloof and arrogant, looking down on everything, he still somewhat admired old Hong Kong artists like Hua Zai.
Amazing!
It seemed that this kid Chen Feng had some tricks up his sleeve.
Meanwhile, Tong Gege, beside him, was much calmer.
Because she had known all along that Hua Zai would come.
But she hadn't expected Gu Zai and Wang Jing to come along as well.
The fact that these two had come to support Chen Feng left Tong Gege bewildered.
Did all the old Hong Kong artists know Chen Feng?
Or who helped him find them?
Who had such great influence?
With Wang Jing's notorious temper, ordinary people really couldn't get him to move.
So, who was it?
In the audience below.
Rosa had managed to get a front-row seat.
She was excitedly anticipating, hoping that tonight Chen Feng would make a stunning debut, perhaps even become the overall champion of the Yan Jing zone.
With Hua Zai's support, there should be a chance, right?
…
On the stage.
After the host finished the formalities, the program quickly entered the official competition segment.
The battle for the top three.
Actually, there was no suspense left.
The guest performers brought by Song Yunxiao and Zhao Yiming were mere small fries in front of big shots like Uncle Heitu and Hua Zai.
They were definitely going to be eliminated.
The only highlight today was who among the other three would ultimately win the overall championship of the Yan Jing zone.
They would then represent the Yan Jing zone in the national finals.
The production team was also clearly aware of this.
So, the order of the performances had been planned in advance.
Song Yunxiao and Zhao Yiming were scheduled for the first two slots.
Their performances probably wouldn't attract many viewers, so they were scheduled first.
The remaining three would draw lots to decide their order.
Thus, the first performance quickly began.
…
The first round.
Song Yunxiao and Zhou Yijie.
Since the competition content for the Top Three Battle consisted of original works, the production team, upon learning that Song Yunxiao had brought the Esports Big Sister, tailored a short play for her.
Letting Zhou Yijie play herself.
She would play an esports streamer, which compensated for her lack of acting skills.
As for Song Yunxiao, she was given the role of a female boss.
The plot was a short story about an esports streamer gradually declining, and after she could no longer bring in traffic, she was heartlessly fired by the female boss.
It was quite interesting.
And quite heartbreaking.
Since Zhou Yijie was a guest performer, she was given a significant amount of screen time.
The heartbreaking part required her to cry.
It was quite surprising that this Esports Big Sister, who had decent looks and a carefree personality, actually cried profusely on stage.
This gave the audience an unexpected bonus.
On the live streaming platform.
"Holy cow, Sister Zhou really cried?"
"I have to say, the production team is truly amazing. This plot arrangement? It's said that Sister Zhou's live stream traffic has indeed declined."
"Everyone's getting aesthetic fatigue ."
"To be fair, the popularity of esports live streaming has dropped now. Plus, Sister Zhou is not young anymore, and honestly, many young streamers who just started have amazing looks."
"This guest performance really hit hard."
"My heart aches for Sister Zhou for a second."
"Sister Zhou, esports die-hard fans will always support you."
"Yes, always support our Sister Zhou."
"Long live Sister Zhou."
"Sister Zhou is my goddess."
"Holy crap, the screen is flooded. These damn brats? Or is it that they have too little homework?"
"What kind of ghost sister? Get out of the way. I'm here to watch the live stream to see Hua Zai. A bunch of elementary school students, have you finished your homework?"
…
The short play, lasting a few minutes, quickly concluded.
Surprisingly, the performance of the two girls received very enthusiastic applause.
It was unclear if it was because of Sister Zhou's tears, or because of the two girls' appealing looks.
In any case, the men were all clapping vigorously.
And online.
Regarding Song Yunxiao's performance, netizens had already started voting.
Her popularity value was publicly displayed on the big screen, slowly climbing.