As the topic shifted.
The hostility in the live stream chat indeed dissipated quite a bit.
This also made Theresa's live stream much easier. She basically chatted about her character's past to enrich and supplement the persona, while revealing that Bronya's condition was very pessimistic and they might very well have to activate St. Freya's secret equipment.
Under these circumstances, today's live stream came to an end.
Theresa looked at the rewarded gifts and sensed the change in the fans.
She couldn't help but feel deeply moved: "Director Hessian really is amazing—he completely controlled the fans' emotions."
Mobius also agreed: "Yeah, if only this guy could be a little more serious. What's with being glued to Elysia's gentle embrace every single day?"
Theresa couldn't help but laugh.
...
The next day.
Hessian arrived at the company early.
There were quite a few things to handle today—not only arranging the filming for the fourth episode, but also resolving Wendy's situation along the way.
He directly called Wendy to his office and handed her a document.
"This is my future project. Take a look."
Wendy took the file. On it were two big characters:"Genshin Impact".
Flipping to the first page, she immediately saw herself: Barbatos, founder of the free city-state of Mondstadt, the Anemo Archon among the "Seven Archons of the Mortal World." In order to grant freedom to the people of Mondstadt, he relinquished governance. Disguised as Venti the bard, he is nearly the freest person on the continent of Teyvat.
"From the original Wendy who lost her freedom, to becoming the freest existence on the continent? This is truly the life Wendy dreams of."
"But... this is a male character, right?"
Hessian said: "The character's gender isn't important. As long as you don't specify whether it's male or female, the audience will imagine the gender themselves."
Wendy held the materials and read them over several more times.
Happily, she bowed deeply to Hessian in thanks: "Thank you, President He! I will definitely portray this role well."
Hessian nodded: "You know our company doesn't have many actors right now. This series is still only in the planning stage for the time being—formal filming will take some time. But tonight, you can start portraying this character in the live stream first."
"That's more than enough. Thank you, Director Hessian!"
Wendy hugged the materials and left first.
As soon as she stepped out of the office, she saw Elysia deep in thought.
"Elysia big sis~"
Elysia patted her head: "Good girl, Wendy ~ Don't worry. I'll go out right away and sign more people to make sure this series gets filmed as soon as possible."
"Okay~"
After Wendy left.
Elysia's mood was extremely good. She skipped along with light, cheerful steps toward the company exit.
Mobius saw her like this and immediately sensed trouble. She chased after her: "Elysia, where are you going?"
Elysia turned back with a smiling expression: "I've heard, you know—the company is short on manpower right now. I have to work hard to sign more beautiful girls. This is an official mission—you can't stop me!"
Mobius was completely speechless.
The reason the company couldn't stay afloat in the beginning was precisely because Elysia kept pulling girls into the group.
It's all Hessian's fault!
It's that bastard talking about a new project.
Isn't this just encouraging Elysia to go flirt with girls?
Who spoils their wife this much—aren't you afraid of being cuckolded?
Uh...
It seems he really isn't.
But that's not the point!
Mobius said with a dark face: "Don't sign people randomly. Even if you find someone suitable, let me see them first!"
Elysia gave her an OK sign.
And left the company.
...
After Hessian finished handling the live stream-related matters.
He went to the filming studio and handed the fourth episode's script to the actors.
Himeko watched as Kiana, Theresa, Fu Hua... and others all received their scripts, while she alone received nothing.
She froze.
She quickly grabbed Hessian: "Director Hessian, what about me? Where's my script?"
Hessian said: "There are no scenes for you in the fourth episode for the time being."
Himeko immediately felt aggrieved: "How can this be? In the third episode, I clearly saved Mei together with Theresa, but her popularity skyrocketed while my follower count is still pitiful. And now the fourth episode has no scenes for me either—Director Hessian, you can't treat me like this!!"
Uh...
Hessian thought about it—indeed, that was the case.
Thanks to her outstanding performance in the third episode plus the live stream supplementing her character details, Theresa's personal account had gained a huge number of fans.
Even Wendy's account followers were about to surpass Himeko's.
This naturally made Himeko very worried.
Hessian explained: "Don't overthink it. Your highlight moment is in the fifth episode. I guarantee that after the fifth episode airs, your followers will explode and surpass everyone!"
"Really?"
Himeko immediately cheered up.
Hessian nodded: "Of course it's true. You're an extremely, extremely important person in this series."
"That's good then~"
Himeko felt relieved and quietly watched the others' filming from the side.
...
A short week passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Wendy's live stream was a huge success, and the fans' hostility was completely appeased.
Meanwhile, Elysia was doing what she loved most—signing three more girls for the company all at once.
The company's profits gradually stabilized and began to rise steadily.
Amid countless viewers' eager anticipation, the fourth episode of Honkai Impact 3rd finally arrived.
At this moment, no one expected that this was truly just the beginning of the real story.