During her first appearance at a press conference since the surfacing of the sex photo scandal, Hong Kong actress Gillian Chung put on a brave face and forced a smile but did not shed any tears, which met with overwhelmingly negative reactions from the media and the public, blaming the actress for feeling no remorse.
Very Salt, and Bitter, and Good is a recreation of the video work 0.7% Salt. The original was made a year after the scandal by artist Jiang Zhi, showing Gillian performing the emotional transition from smiling to breaking down in tears. In Very Salt, and Bitter, and Good, computer vision algorithms track the viewer in real-time, the video continues only when the viewer's facial expression matches Gillian's.