Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

Chapter 435: Xiao He: They Steal Whenever They Feel Like It—What Do They Take Me For?

Perhaps no one could have imagined that on the day of the birthday party, Xiao Heʼs stunning performance not only brought immense pressure and deep shock to many other actors present at the time, but also successfully broke the defenses of a certain petty individual from next door.

But in reality, that wasnʼt the only thing that caused someone to break.

After finally obtaining the opera houseʼs permission to record a one-minute performance video during the show, Han Jae-wooʼs team immediately sent it to foreign websites, hoping to gain traffic and support, but it didnʼt even create a single ripple.

There was even a passing Chinese netizen who, upon discovering Han Jae-wooʼs clumsy imitation, found it hilarious and immediately left a few sarcastic, insinuating comments in the comment section. Surprisingly, the number of likes on those comments ended up being higher than on the video itself.

What delivered an even more devastating blow was that someone, with a particularly sharp and mocking tongue, made a side-by-side comparison of Xiao Heʼs version and Han Jae-wooʼs version. The conclusion was regretful: Xiao Heʼs performance was genuinely brilliant, while Han Jae-wooʼs wasnʼt actually bad on its own. But when compared to Xiao Heʼs, it became obvious that Han Jae-woo had frequently peeked at Xiao Heʼs video, silently stealing and imitating it. The final result was that Han Jae-wooʼs performance wasnʼt very convincing, and his imitation wasnʼt very accurate either. Placed next to Xiao He, it was like comparing heaven to earth.

Upon seeing this comment, Han Jae-woo was truly broken, cursing incessantly with ”Aish!” and similar exclamations.

Consequently, his team decisively switched strategies. They abandoned the blatant comparisons and disparagement and moved straight to outright ”taking.” They treated Xiao Heʼs performance version with a shameless ”Give it to me!” attitude, launching a full-on, braindead campaign across the internet. Ironically, Han Jae-wooʼs official stage play performance recording video has now been completely scrubbed clean from the web by his own team.

And now, returning to the present.

After Liu Rulan clearly understood the situation, she decisively focused her target on that performance video.

”Are there any circulating videos of Han Jae-wooʼs version of the performance online right now?”
Liu Rulan asked.

”Weʼve already investigated. Han Jae-woo performed two shows at the Frank Goethe Grand Theater in France about half a month ago. That major theater has always prohibited audience recording, so we havenʼt been able to find any related video clips of his performance yet.”

Lin Cheng answered very honestly, ”In fact, almost all the related videos our searches retrieve are either Brother Xiaoʼs or performances by other actors.”

The other side is truly using Xiao He as a skin suit. Theyʼve strongly bound keywords and the name ”Han Jae-woo” to related videos. Searching yields results that leave one speechless, and itʼs genuinely nauseating.

Of course, Han Jae-wooʼs side isnʼt completely brainless. He hasnʼt pulled these little stunts in his own country, but has conducted them entirely on foreign website platforms. This creates a natural barrier, isolating both Xiao Heʼs fans and his own fans.

After hearing this, Liu Rulan directly rolled her eyes.

”However, based on our tracking, Han Jae-woo actually posted a video of his performance during the initial phase. But later, it seems someone mocked him a few times. He got too broken and deleted the video. Now, itʼs very difficult to find any traces of the related video across the entire internet.”

After all, itʼs a foreign social media platform. Cross-platform screening is already quite difficult for them. Moreover, based on current interest relationships, Han Jae-woo clearly has closer ties with foreign capital. As a Chinese person, Xiao He naturally faces many restrictions and doesnʼt have as much of a voice on these platforms.

Whether itʼs countering the water army or pulling traffic on foreign websites, they are at a disadvantage compared to actors from over there.

—This is the most troublesome part.

Liu Rulan frowned.

Even she couldnʼt easily claim she could control the public opinion situation on foreign websites.

Otherwise, when Shu Han went abroad back then, he wouldnʼt have needed to sever ties with her and her backing, Jiaxing Entertainment, and ultimately sign with a foreign company for development.

However, the current situation isnʼt too severe. She only said, ”Alright, I roughly understand. You guys proceed with handling it according to the previous plan. If there are any other arrangements later, Iʼll notify you again.”

”Okay, weʼll also keep a close eye on the situation. If there are any latest developments, Iʼll notify you immediately as well.”

”Mhmm, thanks for the hard work.”

After hanging up the phone, Liu Rulan remained standing in place, lost in thought for a long while.

Finally, she sighed helplessly and turned to walk back into the set.

Right now, the set was filming a car chase scene. The male leadʼs group had successfully stolen the cars and were now speeding through the gaps between grapevine trellises.

The car driven by the male lead, Movens, was undoubtedly the most eye-catching—a red Porsche.

Xiao He and another male supporting actor were each driving a black sports car, flanking the male lead on the left and right.

The vehiclesʼ windshields were constantly whipped by grapevines. On both sides, a ”green space” flashed by. Those originally neat grape trellises and dense foliage were utterly destroyed under the ruthless crushing of one sports car after another.

But the culprits leaped down from the hillside. The cars wobbled as they landed on the road beside it, then straightened their fronts and sped away with an extremely dashing attitude.

The once vibrant and lush grape estate was left in complete disarray.

It also symbolized the villainsʼ total defeat, declaring the final victory of the protagonists!

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After filming this car chase scene, Xiao Heʼs scenes at the castle were considered completely finished.

However, he still needed to stay at the castle for a while longer, waiting for the male lead and others to finish filming the remaining bit of dialogue scenes before moving locations together with them.

Having successfully completed his filming schedule, Xiao He grinned foolishly with delight upon seeing Liu Rulan. But as he got closer, he realized Liu Rulan wasnʼt in a good mood.

Almost immediately, Xiao He switched to a serious state.

”Whatʼs wrong?”

Only those kinds of things could make Liu Rulan unhappy.

”Someone is stealing your performance video on foreign websites. The narrative is being pushed very aggressively now. Apart from your fans, many people are being misled.”

”Ah? Stealing my performance video?”

Xiao He was stunned for a moment.

Mainly because, based on Xiao Heʼs understanding, he simply couldnʼt conceive of such a shameless, underhanded act of substitution.

And itʼs really dumb! If he clarifies things on his end, wouldnʼt that side blow up?

”Itʼs an actor named Han Jae-woo...”

Liu Rulan briefly outlined the situation, successfully receiving an even more bewildered expression from Xiao He.

”Do people actually believe that?”

Xiao He asked cautiously.

The face in the earlier video was his, and the face on the later promotional poster was Han Jae-wooʼs. They should look different, right?

”His makeup and styling were similar to yours on your birthday party day. Moreover, he was deliberately imitating you during his performance. For foreigners, they might not necessarily tell the difference.” Liu Rulan said, rolling her eyes again, ”Besides, the internet ecosystem outside is even worse than domestically—more brainless and polluted. There are even groups of people out there who firmly believe the Earth is flat. Do you still expect them to distinguish between you and Han Jae-woo?”

”Well, thatʼs true...”

Xiao He was left speechless.

”Looking at it this way, your feeling that day was right.” Liu Rulan sighed deeply, ”They were also in France recently, so on the day of the Grasse festival event, when you said someone had ill intentions towards you, it was probably them.”

Itʼs a pity they didnʼt manage to find any leads during their investigation at the time, which is why they didnʼt discover the other sideʼs little moves in advance.

”Oh, so thatʼs it. I really thought they were anti-fans.” Xiao He shrugged, giving a self-deprecating smile, ”Only now do I realize theyʼre actually the opponent.”

”Hard to say whether thatʼs good news or bad news for the moment.”

Liu Rulan spread her hands, ”The worse news is, we canʼt get any solid evidence against them. That guy seems to have just used your video as a stepping stone to increase overseas netizensʼ discussion and traffic about ʼTwelve Mirrors,ʼ while also highlighting his own presence. Now that the ʼTwelve Mirrorsʼ script is officially finalized, the traffic for those stolen videos of yours is starting to decrease. If nothing unexpected happens, theyʼll likely clean it up soon and actively distance themselves from any connection to you.”

Xiao He pursed his lips and turned to walk towards their accommodation, ”What do they take me for? Something they can steal whenever they want and discard whenever they want?”

Liu Rulan raised an eyebrow and followed Xiao Heʼs steps, ”Weʼre abroad. Take it easy.”

Xiao He grinned, ”Itʼs precisely because weʼre abroad that itʼs easier to handle things—”