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

Chapter 487: Xiao He’s Biggest Network of the Semester

Office.After sitting down, Yuan Ling first took a sip of tea from the cup on the table, moistening his throat that had become dry from teaching. Only then did he speak to the person before him, "You brat, you never contact me when there's nothing going on. The moment something happens, you pop up out of nowhere."

Xiao He chuckled, "Isn't that because I'm intimidated by your imposing presence, Old Yuan? I usually don't dare to bother you."

Yuan Ling shot Xiao He a sidelong glance, feeling both fondness and frustration towards this student who had decent ability but had instead plunged headfirst into the entertainment industry.

Yuan Ling was Xiao He's professional course teacher, usually responsible for computer-related classes. However, because he taught many different classes normally and his work within the entire department was quite varied, even after teaching for over three years, he was at most familiar with the faces of students in his class, not quite at the level of knowing each one individually.

Yet, Xiao He and his group were different.

After all, Xiao He's dormitory once had all its members oversleep, causing them to miss Yuan Ling's morning class.

Yuan Ling was notoriously strict, basically taking attendance every single class. Other students in the class didn't dare skip his lessons.

Only that day, the entire class secretly called and messaged the dormitory guys, trying to wake up the sleeping quartet. Meanwhile, Yuan Ling on the podium had already started drawing "death red circles" on the attendance list.

Of course, the final outcome wasn't too bad. Although Yuan Ling had specifically emphasized before class not to be late, leave early, or skip class—otherwise face disciplinary reports and failing grades—Xiao He and the others sincerely apologized to Yuan Ling and wrote a letter of commitment by hand. The matter was then let go by Yuan Ling, who didn't pursue any further punishment.

But Xiao He's dormitory of four was thoroughly remembered by Yuan Ling. Basically, every class, he would find different ways to call on them and ask questions.

Fortunately, if such a situation happened to just one person, it might be somewhat awkward and embarrassing. But if good buddies encounter it together, it's just brothers in misery holding hands.

I don't know this question? But my buddy definitely does! Let him answer.

He doesn't know either? Then let's stand in a row together.

Anyway, the guys were thick-skinned, didn't hold grudges, studied quite well, respected teachers and valued education in class, and could also chat casually with Yuan Ling after class. So, back and forth, they actually became quite familiar.

It was only later, from other students, that Yuan Ling learned that Xiao He's dormitory of four were somewhat prominent figures in their class.

Xiao He was somewhat handsome, Zhai Zhipeng had a bit of money, He Junhao was a Bilibili content creator, and Dai Bo was the top student class monitor who got scholarships every year.

Later, when their graduating class scattered to the winds, Yuan Ling learned that Xiao He had entered the entertainment industry and wasn't the least bit surprised.

The employment pressure these days is immense, and every student has different possible paths.

Moreover, this brat Xiao He really did look passably good. Trying his luck in the entertainment industry was quite fitting.

What really gave Yuan Ling a fright was when Xiao He later suddenly produced some software programs and code.

"You really bring me a surprise every time you come."

Yuan Ling shook his head helplessly, "The few connections I have, you've dug them all up."

Xiao He let out a long sigh and decisively played the sympathy card, "Teacher Yuan, our production team this time is really poor. We don't have that much money to hire foreign teams for special effects. So, after going around in circles, only I'm left to do it."

Yuan Ling wore an expression of disbelief, "I've never seen a production team so poor they make their own actor do the special effects."

Xiao He spread his hands, "Well, now you've seen one. Yours truly, the unworthy one, is right here."

Yuan Ling: ...

Yuan Ling looked at Xiao He with a complicated expression, ultimately saying nothing. He picked up his phone and forwarded the contact information to Xiao He.

"Let me make this clear first. Their team worked for foreign companies a few years back. It's just that the pressure has been high these past few years, so they returned to China. They're teaching in our department now, but they're usually not on campus. Recently, it seems they're abroad participating in competitions. If you want to ask for their help, it definitely won't be easy. I'm only responsible for giving you the contact. The rest is up to you."

"Got it, thanks, Old Yuan."

Xiao He immediately saved the contact information into his own address book.

Prestigious universities naturally have their advantages. Although a core course teacher might just be a teacher within the school, their achievements and connections outside the university are completely incomparable to those of teachers from ordinary schools. The fact that Yuan Ling could serve as a senior teacher for the computing major at Hu University was enough to prove his outstanding ability and solid backing.

Previously, those hard-to-sell firewall system codes of Xiao He's were successfully sold at a high price because Yuan Ling helped connect him with a professor and then facilitated contact with a company. And now, the suitable candidate that even Xiao He and his team might not necessarily be able to find was also within Yuan Ling's network.

—This was precisely why Xiao He absolutely had to come back in person.

Yuan Ling was the biggest connection he could access during his university years!

If he hadn't accidentally stepped into the entertainment industry back then, Xiao He might have been able to do quite well by clinging to this person's coattails. After all, his former roommate Dai Bo's current graduate supervisor was Yuan Ling.

Advance could lead to graduate studies, retreat could lead to internships or jobs at major tech companies. This career path planning was still quite clear.

It just wasn't used, that's all.

"Lately, you've just been thinking about researching special effects production?"

Only after Xiao He saved the contact did Yuan Ling ask about Xiao He's professional matters.

Perhaps due to the teacher's inherent professional habit, when Yuan Ling chatted, he couldn't help but care about Xiao He's development in the computer field from a teacher's perspective.

Xiao He immediately scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, "Uh, Teacher Yuan, I've been too busy recently, haven't really studied these things much."

He only tinkered with code when he needed it. If not needed, Xiao He basically didn't touch it at all now and hadn't made money by "selling software" for a long time.

—Because he was just too busy, with too many things to learn and do. For a skill he had already mastered instantly, Xiao He had instead become less attentive to it. Plus, Linghui Entertainment was already on track. The money that could be made in the entertainment industry really came much faster and more intensely than him painstakingly coding software, so...

People are perhaps like this sometimes; they don't cherish what they have after obtaining it.

Xiao He was an ordinary person, and naturally, he was no exception.

Yuan Ling had also heard a lot about Xiao He recently and naturally knew how explosively popular this student was online now. He could roughly guess Xiao He's current state. He let out a long sigh, still feeling somewhat regretful inside. But he wasn't in a position to advise Xiao He not to neglect his professional skills. Instead, he congratulated him, "During the May Day holiday, I also went to see your movie. The protagonist in 'No Bait' was very good. Perhaps you really are more suited to being an actor."

The day he finished watching 'No Bait,' Yuan Ling's mood was very complex.

For a moment, he even wondered whether the computer major had held Xiao He back, or whether the acting profession had caused them to lose an outstanding talent in the field of computer science.

There are many people in the field of computer science, but there is one less Xiao He.

There are also many people in the entertainment industry, but now there is one more Xiao He.