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

Chapter 545: “Public Enemy No. 1” Unexpectedly Goes Viral!

Wait a moment, who is this?Has he been suddenly possessed by someone?

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then pulled the person aside. "Young Master Huang, what's wrong with you?"

Huang Junhao rubbed his hands together, his eyes filled with the trepidation of someone facing death with resolve. He spoke to Xiao He cautiously, "It's about the recent stuff on the internet, do you know about it?"

"Oh, you're talking about that." Xiao He nodded. "I know. This won't have too big of an impact on us, so please calm down a bit, Young Master Huang."

"Really? Are you sure?"

Huang Junhao looked completely serious. "If you lose money, you must tell me. I'll make it up to you. And you absolutely must not forget about me for future collaborations."

Actually, everything else was fine. The main thing was he was truly afraid of accomplishing nothing, getting dragged back by his dad to go on blind dates and get married...

Then he'd really be stuck at home, mooching off his parents.

Oh, wait, no. If his dad later decided to skip over him and focus all his efforts on nurturing his future grandson, then decades from now, he'd probably be mooching off his parents above and his kids below.

Good grief, who could stand that kind of life?

Just thinking about this hellish scenario made Huang Junhao feel his life was plunged into darkness.

Xiao He genuinely didn't understand what a rich second-generation heir could possibly find dissatisfying about a future of coasting through life. But that didn't stop him from riding on the rich second-generation heir's coattails to make money and do business together.

So, with rare patience, Xiao He explained to Young Master Huang that *Public Enemy Number One* hadn't actually lost money. Back when it was taken down, they had already started trimming and editing. By now, the editing should be pretty much done. Once *Public Enemy Number One* goes back up in the next few days, they might even be able to ride this wave of popularity to earn another surge of traffic...

And that's exactly how it turned out.

The next day, the re-edited version of *Public Enemy Number One* was completely finished. Fortunately, the time gap wasn't too long, and the production team still had some footage of other contestants. So, to fill the runtime left by the edited-out parts, they intentionally allocated more screen time to the contestants who became hugely popular during *Public Enemy Number One's* original broadcast. This gave some contestants, who had little screen time early on but blew up later, more opportunities to be seen.

So when the re-edited version of *Public Enemy Number One* went live again, riding the crest of the wave, its popularity was actually higher than during its normal original broadcast!

Xiao He had just finished a day of filming when he received a call from Lin Cheng, informing him that new advertisers wanted to join *Public Enemy Number One*.

Xiao He was dumbfounded.

Wait, it's already finished airing. What are they coming for now?

When he pulled out his phone to check, wow!

The original concept of *Public Enemy Number One* was to screen for genuinely deserving internet celebrity contestants, provide reasonable traffic support, and set a good example.

So even internet celebrity contestants like Guoguo, who were backed by big companies, actually had real substance. Whether it was editing skills, copywriting ability, or live-streaming performance, they far surpassed most ordinary internet celebrities. It wasn't entirely black-box operations or company boosting.

Therefore, the contestants selected in the later stages of *Public Enemy Number One* were each a treasure trove. While watching, viewers could also see the production processes and required skills behind internet celebrities, etc. This was also an indirect way of popularizing knowledge for those outside the industry, helping everyone understand the real effort required behind being an internet celebrity.

Coinciding with this, the Rongding Media incident exposed the chaos and quality issues within the internet celebrity sphere to the public. As the "first" positive-energy variety show to publicly cut ties with Rongding Media, *Public Enemy Number One* didn't suffer negative public opinion fallout from the Rongding Media incident. Instead, it attracted even more people to watch the show, wanting to understand the industry more deeply.

Finally, this astonishing scene unfolded—even though *Public Enemy Number One* had finished airing nearly a month ago, its popularity didn't drop; it increased instead!

Originally, it was mostly fans within the internet celebrity circle or other young people watching this variety show. Now, with news coverage and the incident spreading widely, it actually attracted a huge wave of curious viewers from outside the circle!

*Public Enemy Number One*, this variety show originally threatened by its connection to the Rongding Media incident, its future life or death uncertain... this ordinary variety show that had already finished airing and was about to gradually fade from public view... after Rongding Media's reputation collapse, reached a new peak in metrics!

Don't even mention the shocked industry competitors who were secretly watching and laughing. Even Xiao He himself was shocked.

And it wasn't just the variety show *Public Enemy Number One* itself. This wave of traffic directly brought extremely high popularity to the participating contestants.

After all, *Public Enemy Number One* was able to act before the Official Media, risking being banned, taking itself down early for adjustments, and re-launching, boldly sticking its head out during this critical moment. That at least meant the remaining contestants wouldn't have reputation collapse risks for now... right?

—Yes.

That really was the case.

To prevent *Public Enemy Number One* from repeating past mistakes, before having the production team re-edit, Xiao He personally screened all these contestants himself. He marked those with hidden risks or problems one by one, instructing the production team to minimize their screen time proportionally.

So now, many viewers still didn't know that *Public Enemy Number One* would become a classic variety show within the industry, an industry benchmark, for years to come.

In an internet celebrity era where influencers were as common as dogs, with one collapsing after another, the contestants who ultimately remained in *Public Enemy Number One* basically withstood the test of time. They truly rode the exposure from this show to soar, becoming major long-lasting internet celebrities within the circle, completing the transformation and evolution of their own value in their careers.

This variety show was destined to be special, with no predecessors and no replicable successors.

It's just that nobody knew this yet.

Xiao He was simply happy about the extra money he suddenly made.

Never in a million years did he think that Rongding Media's misfortune would, in a roundabout way, contribute to his success!

However, thinking about the rotten things Rongding Media did and the people Rongding Media harmed, Xiao He's originally joyful mood vanished completely.

Such industry cancers definitely wouldn't be limited to just one.

As long as this industry continued to exist and develop, such things would inevitably happen again.

All they could do was keep promoting, keep warning everyone, so that all could take it as a cautionary tale, stay vigilant, and not be blinded by the dream of overnight fame or overnight wealth. They also needed to constantly stay true to themselves and strive to walk their own path.

Thinking of this, Xiao He pondered for a moment, then still lowered his head and dialed Li Hanyue's number.

It was just that because Li Hanyue had previously been cyberbullied and doxxed by Rongding Media, her phone was constantly being harassed. So the call Xiao He made was destined to reach a disconnected number.

He fell silent for a bit. In the end, the call went roundabout and reached Police Officer Little Jin.

Police Officer Little Jin was clearly very busy. After hearing the purpose of Xiao He's call, it took him a long time to speak from the other end of the line. "Lu Xiaoqian was arrested. She came to see her a few days ago, which helped resolve her final emotional knot. She should have gone abroad by now."

The domestic public opinion was too intense. Going abroad to repair her face could also help her mood recover properly. This outcome was already very good.

"Her state has improved a lot. Before leaving, she asked us to pass on an apology and a thank you to you. She's very sorry she couldn't thank you in person. She hopes that fate will allow her to meet you, Director Hou, Brother Zehang, and the others again in the future, with her original face."

Xiao He listened quietly, slightly tilting his head back, squinting at the clouds scattered by the wind outside the window.

At this moment, the sky had returned to its azure blue.