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

Chapter 660: Yan Shaohan — The Mass Assault

As expected, Xiao He was also kicked into the Writing Cave by Yan Shaohan.

He twisted his neck, rolled his wrist, and after a moment of thought decided not to use his hacking skills to pull himself out so he could curse Yan Shaohan one more time.

He could, but it wasn’t necessary.

He decided to end it cleanly and light the fire with the right person.

—For example, Yin Lan’s real-life model, Yan Shaohan’s goddess, Guo Xinya.

[Xiao He: Sister Xinya, have you watched the finale of Corner Also? You must watch it! The comic just ended recently, lots of people are posting to celebrate, and Yan Shaohan is especially happy!]

[Guo Xinya: Oh? Sorry, I was secluded filming for a while and only just started watching again. Thanks for the reminder, Xiao Xiao. After I finish I’ll post on Weibo to help promote Xiao Yan’s work.]

[Guo Xinya: It seems the finale must be very exciting, I can’t wait. Sitong has been urging me to watch for days. I promise I’ll finish it before tomorrow night.]

Xiao He nearly laughed out loud when he saw the familiar name.

Hahaha, worthy of Yuan Sitong — she had already set things in motion ahead of him.
Not bad, not bad.

Seeing everyone pushing in the same direction warmed his heart.

[Xiao He: Haha, okay, okay. After all, we’re all actors in Corner Also, so everyone’s naturally curious about how their characters end up. It’s hard not to get a bit excited.]

[Guo Xinya: Okay, thank you.]

Satisfied, Xiao He shut off his computer.

Yan Shaohan, you better accept the gift everyone’s sending you tomorrow with a smile!

After all, those who stab others will themselves be stabbed!

The next day, Xiao He saw Yan Shaohan’s Moments and was pleased.

[Yan Shaohan: Does anyone have my goddess’s contact info? Wuwu, can someone ask her why she blocked me? The child has fainted crying in the bathroom.]

Xiao He grinned.

Perfect. Because Guo Xinya had blocked Yan Shaohan, Yan Shaohan had now taken everyone else off his blacklist.

As usual, the one grabbing the front row was the ever-spectating Yuan Sitong.

[Yuan Sitong: Hahaha, served you right? Told you to write a bad ending, told you to draw everyone in the graveyard! Your goddess doesn’t want you, nyah nyah nyah~]

Then everyone else proceeded to “comfort” him in their own concerned way.

[Zhuang Hongyi: ? Still got time to cry? Has the script for Season Three been finished? [smile.jpg]]

[Fan Congwen: Shaohan, how about cutting off the internet for a while? Don’t show your face lately.]

[Xiao He: Your goddess doesn’t want you, nyah nyah nyah~]

Below that, the same phrase “your goddess doesn’t want you” was echoed like a broken record, flooding the display.

Yes, it was obvious everyone was feeling refreshed.

A few hours later, Guo Xinya reconnected to the Moments thread and politely replied.

[Guo Xinya: Sorry, my finger slipped by mistake.]

[Yan Shaohan: QAQ]

Yan Shaohan knew he was about to lose his goddess, at least for the short term.

“Sigh—”

He tilted his face up to the sky, making a 135° angle between his chin and chest, and felt a chill in his heart over his plight.

Those cold, heartless people!

…

Yan Shaohan’s amusing incident paused here. How he would regain readers’ forgiveness and write the Season Three script was a problem he would have to consider.

Xiao He was still waiting for the audition results, but nothing had come through, and even the other top candidates were at a loss.

Although the audition results hadn’t been announced, Let the Mistake Slide was getting ready for an official release.

Because of some previous public opinion storms around Ren Yibai, and with the Spring Festival Slot’s afterglow still lingering, Let the Mistake Slide wisely decided not to hold early preview screenings. Its final trailer came out relatively late, and the key creative personnel’s offline interactions were scheduled directly on the Lantern Festival itself, with no prior roadshow promotion.

Still, after the news broke, its presale box office increased quite rapidly.

Both leads had a decent amount of traffic: Xiao He was currently one of the hottest young skilled actors, and Ren Yibai was an idol-turned-actor with fans who generally had strong purchasing power.

Add the body-swap premise of Let the Mistake Slide and the classic screenplay it introduced, and even though the Lantern Festival is not a holiday for most, many people were willing to buy tickets to try it out.

That included bloggers from major film districts.

Tiger Brother was right on that list.

At the Spring Festival Slot event for The Phantom Thief Alliance 2, Xiao He hadn’t attended, so Tiger Brother didn’t bother with that crowd either.

This time, hearing Xiao He would participate in the Let the Mistake Slide premiere roadshow, Tiger Brother flew straight to Beijing without hesitation, bought the earliest on-site movie ticket from a scalper before the Lantern Festival, and prepared to be a live fangirl at the venue.

…

On the Lantern Festival, Tiger Brother arrived at the cinema early to film.

This Let the Mistake Slide roadshow featuring the main creative team took place at Beijing’s largest Guolou Cinema.

The building’s overall decoration leaned toward a Republican Era fusion of East and West. The exterior looked like a small Western-style villa, while the interior featured many classical wooden furnishings and instruments, mixed with high-tech machines that wouldn’t have fit the era. Together they didn’t feel cluttered; instead they added a certain charm, blending ancient Eastern elegance with Western simplicity and solemnity. This place was more than a cinema — it was a small sightseeing photo spot.

Just after the Spring Festival and on the approach of the Lantern Festival, the venue’s decorations were even more festive. Everywhere you looked was red. Posters for several Spring Festival films remained up, scattered throughout the lobby. As champion of the season, The Phantom Thief Alliance 2’s poster was the most prominent, placed front and center where nearly everyone who entered would see it.

The poster for Let the Mistake Slide was also eye-catching, positioned right at the entrance.

That poster, however, was not as celebratory as The Phantom Thief Alliance 2’s. It featured only two actors: Ren Yibai and Xiao He, standing back to back in close-up silhouettes.

Before coming, Tiger Brother had scoured some insider gossip online and chatted with industry people in Beijing, so he knew some behind-the-scenes details ordinary fans or bloggers didn’t.

For example, Xiao He did indeed come to help out, but his screen time wasn’t particularly large. He filmed for only a few days and then left. His relationship with the Let the Mistake Slide crew was ordinary; he barely interacted with Ren Yibai, purely a normal colleague relationship.

Ren Yibai, on the other hand, seemed to have serious opinions about him. It looked like Ren’s company wanted to pivot Ren Yibai toward Xiao He’s style — to rise by playing villains and preferably win some awards…

So from a future development standpoint, Ren Yibai and Xiao He were competitors.

That might be one reason Ren disliked Xiao He.

Though Tiger Brother didn’t know the exact motives, he thought it very possible that Xiao He simply never took Ren Yibai seriously, and so had no real hostility toward him.

Thus the situation boiled down to this: Ren treated Xiao He as an imagined rival and was quietly trying to outdo him, while in reality Xiao He hardly gave Ren a second glance.

Because of the scandal that broke around New Year’s, Ren Yibai’s reputation had been severely damaged. The film originally groomed for him, Let the Mistake Slide, now had to rely on Xiao He’s fame for marketing.

Tiger Brother didn’t know how Ren felt about it, but when he heard this piece of gossip, he was eager to come see the situation in person.