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

Chapter 670: Liu Rulan: Oh, Then Go Through the OA Process!

”Whatʼs wrong?”

On the way back, Liu Rulan looked at Xiao He with some confusion.

”I feel like youʼre in a bad mood.”

”Itʼs nothing.”

Xiao He slowly put away his phone, his gaze shifting back out the window. ”Iʼm just a little tired.”

”Tired? Since when do you get tired?”

Liu Rulan was stunned.

Xiao He rolled his eyes. ”Sister Liu, canʼt you just let me have my moment of melancholy on time?”

Liu Rulan immediately straightened her expression and refused very seriously, ”Sorry, but as agents, our top priority is the artistʼs physical and mental well-being.”

So letting an artist wallow in their emotions alone? She couldnʼt do that.
”Pfft—fine.”

Xiao He couldnʼt help but laugh. ”But seriously, Iʼm fine. I just heard some gossip about the Yun family earlier, so Iʼm in a bit of a downer mood.”

”The Yun family? Yun Ziqi?”

”Mhm.”

Xiao He thought for a moment and recounted the story he knew about Yun Ziqiʼs elder relativeʼs overseas auction experience.

Liu Rulanʼs reaction wasnʼt too strong, but Lao Qi and Xiao Chen, sitting up front, were both fuming.

”How could they be so shameless? Saying things like that?”

Xiao Chen slapped his thigh in anger.

”Back then, the economy wasnʼt developed yet, and communication with foreign countries was difficult. The auction couldnʼt possibly wait for them to verify the facts. So a lot of things really just relied on a mouth and a face to create a completely wrong impression,” Lao Qi analyzed rationally, though still furious. ”So itʼs understandable that the people who went got cheated.”

Back then, being cheated wasnʼt uncommon.

That face, representing shared bloodline and heritage, along with a fluent Beijing dialect—how could someone stepping into a foreign land for the first time not subconsciously raise their goodwill?

And besides, if weʼre being fair, auctions were always about everyoneʼs own ability. They gave up bidding themselves, so they had no right to force others to return what they won.

”But still, they couldnʼt do that! At least they should have competed fairly!”

Xiao Chen said angrily.

”What happened back then is far from just that. If you get angry over everything, youʼll never run out of things to be mad about.”

Liu Rulan shrugged, remaining unusually calm—not that she was cold, but sheʼd been in the industry circle long enough to have heard it all. No moral boundaries left to shatter.

Lao Qi, however, was more concerned about the final outcome of that work. ”So the authentic piece is still with us?”

”Yeah, but itʼll be going back soon. Who knows when itʼll return.”

”If you ask me, they should have just kept their pride and confiscated it. Let the Yun family come begging for it themselves,” Xiao Chen sneered, crossing his arms. ”They were in the wrong to begin with. Iʼd love to see who loses face if this blows up.”

Liu Rulan frowned. ”Thatʼs definitely not possible. This authentic piece is legally the personal property of the Yun family now. Regardless of whether the original issue was their fault, borrowed items must be returned. Otherwise, it would drag the reputation and trust of all parties into question, causing very negative repercussions. Higher-ups wonʼt allow that.”

As satisfying as it sounded to just confiscate it and snatch it back, it involved too many problems. The Calligraphy Association and the art center—who signed the contract—along with the ”Imperial Enterprise” production team that facilitated the connection, would all be dragged into it.

Any deviation would cause major trouble, possibly escalating to an international issue.

—After all, Yun Ziqiʼs grandfather wasnʼt a Chinese citizen anymore.

”Ah—”

Xiao Chen hadnʼt thought that far ahead; he was just acting on impulse. Hearing Liu Rulanʼs words, he felt disappointed. ”So we just watch it get handed back like that?”

Just thinking about it was infuriating.

Xiao He didnʼt voice his opinion, only said, ”Whatʼs borrowed must be returned—thatʼs only natural.”

”Ah, Brother Xiao, you think so too.” Xiao Chen was silent for a moment, then sighed. ”Fine, I know. I was just venting.”

It was just that he couldnʼt let it go inside.

After all, they were just small fries! The most they could do was grumble, not decide anything.

Besides, maybe in the end, not many people would even know about this, and many had already stopped caring.

Not knowing anything was probably for the best, wasnʼt it?

Just as Xiao Chen sighed, Liu Rulan gave Xiao He a strange look. ”What are you thinking?”

”Huh?”

Xiao He looked back at her with equal confusion. ”What could I be thinking?”

”Itʼs just that youʼve seemed off from a while ago, like youʼre plotting something bad.”

Liu Rulan was silent for a moment, then leaned close to Xiao Heʼs ear and asked in an extremely low whisper, ”You havenʼt done anything, have you?”

She had a feeling this kid was up to no good.

Xiao He made a dead-fish-eyed expression. ”Hey, hey, listen to yourself. What could I do?”

He was being so wronged here!

”Sister Liu, saying that seriously damages your artistʼs physical and mental well-being and shatters our friendly cooperative relationship. Iʼm now formally lodging a protest.”

Liu Rulan: ”...”

The woman rolled her eyes, not exactly gracefully, and nodded perfunctorily, ”Oh, fine. Then go through the OA process first, and Iʼll approve it when I get back to the company.”

And she started urging Lao Qi up front, ”Lao Qi, please drive faster. Everyone worked hard today. Letʼs get back early and rest.”

In short: Canʼt be bothered with you!

Xiao He: ...Fine!

Just wait—sooner or later, Iʼll pull something big out of this!

Iʼm setting that flag right here!

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After returning, Xiao He and the others didnʼt bother checking online reactions to ”Let the Mistake Slide” and went straight to wash up and rest.

The next morning, Xiao He finally had time to look into yesterdayʼs screening results for ”Let the Mistake Slide.”

Although the Lantern Festival was a holiday, it wasnʼt an actual day off, and it fell on a workday. So fewer people had the time to specifically watch a movie. The growth clearly couldnʼt match the Spring Festival slot releases. Its box office on the first day wasnʼt great—not a flop, but not a hit either—barely trailing behind the Spring Festival blockbusters on the rankings.

However, the major bloggers and marketing accounts who had watched the film werenʼt going to let the opportunity slip. Most of them had already posted their reviews the night of the premiere.

Among them, Tiger Brother, who had flown back home overnight, single-handedly pushed the topic of his and ”Let the Mistake Slideʼs” film review to the top of the trending list.

Tiger Brother, who also chose to check his own video the next morning, was stunned by the instantly surging numbers.

”Huh?”

He stared incredulously at the playback growth curve of his latest video, wondering if heʼd slept through several days.

How had this videoʼs growth become so terrifying? It rivaled the total views of three of his previous videos!

Although Tiger Brother was now a Bilibili creator with millions of fans and was doing pretty well on Douyin, video content was always a mixed bag. Especially for accounts with a relatively stable fan base like his, traffic had essentially hit a peak.

But today, this video had undoubtedly become the latest breakout hit.

Only Tiger Brother didnʼt understand.

What was so special about this video?