The chief director asks if he's sure he wants to end the call. He's smart enough to know that the audience didn't like the show, and that's why Gao ran won first place. He wants to know why she won, but the chief director doesn't want to give him back the first prize. He tells Gao to cheer up, because the show is planning to use her as a "stepping stone" for xin. Gao runs off to get her mother, and Gao tells her that she'll be walking the red carpet that night. She tells him that she owes him nothing, and he tells her to take it easy on her.