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

Chapter 580: Chatting Lively at the Gala Scene

Finally, Liu Rulan reluctantly gave up on that idea with great regret.Xiao He also breathed a sigh of relief.

So, the two of them went straight back to the villa area.

This villa was usually taken care of by a professional butler, so even though Xiao He was away filming, the cleanliness of the house remained exactly as it was before he left, basically requiring no extra effort from Xiao He.

As soon as he entered, the lights in the living room lit up one by one. Xiao He casually tossed his car keys aside and sprawled lazily on the sofa.

Liu Rulan, however, didn't sit down immediately. Instead, she first went to the walk-in closet and wheeled out several suitcases.

"After tomorrow's New Year's Eve event, you'll probably be staying in Province C for a while. It's very humid there, and the snow mountain is also very cold. You need to prepare your gear in advance."

It was already unbearably cold in the desert, and now they were heading to a snow mountain. If he didn't bring enough warm clothes, he might really freeze and get sick.

Liu Rulan opened the suitcases, then stood there and started typing a list into her phone, planning to have the young assistant come over later to pack.

"Okay."

Xiao He stood up again. "I'll pack it myself."

"Fine, I'll have Xiao Chen double-check everything for you later."

Liu Rulan went over the schedule with Xiao He once more. "Tomorrow morning is the Banana Video event, in the afternoon it's Hunan TV, and in the evening is the Penguin Video live-streamed gala."

"—The day after tomorrow is the last day of the year."

Liu Rulan closed her phone screen and looked seriously at Xiao He. "I haven't scheduled anything for you that day. You can do as you please. Once we turn the page on the new year, 'Corner Also 2' and 'The Phantom Thief Alliance 2' will gradually enter their promotional periods. After you finish filming in Province C, you'll be busy again."

'Corner Also 2' was actually filmed together with 'Corner Also 1', just split into two seasons for broadcast. The first season aired at the beginning of this year, so the second season should air around January or February after the new year. As for 'The Phantom Thief Alliance 2', being a Spring Festival Slot movie, it would naturally be scheduled for release during the Spring Festival period.

Xiao He couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. "Time really flies, doesn't it?"

It felt like Xiao He didn't have much backlog left, but looking at it this way, two more works were about to enter their promotional phases...

Once you join a production team, time really does start flying by.

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The next day, Xiao He ran between several venues again to attend the day's events.

Because the recording for the afternoon gala was delayed by someone, Xiao He arrived latest for the evening live-streamed gala.

Fortunately, his current status had grown significantly. Even though he entered among the last few, not many people would say anything. After walking the red carpet, he smoothly entered the venue.

Since it was a Penguin Video special event, the organizer had seated Xiao He with crew members whose works premiered on Penguin this year, such as Yuan Sitong and Li Haoxuan from 'Corner Also'. Other actors Xiao He knew were assigned to different seats.

Xiao He greeted a few people as usual, then asked Yuan Sitong, "What about Sister Xinya? Isn't she attending this gala?"

"Sister Xinya is probably filming on set somewhere."

Yuan Sitong said offhandedly.

"Oh."

Xiao He nodded.

"By the way, 'Corner Also' Season 2 is scheduled to premiere at the end of January. You already know about that, right?"

"Yeah, my agent told me."

"Then do you know the 'Corner Also' comic officially entered its grand finale arc a while ago?"

"I really didn't notice that." Xiao He was surprised. "Director Yan works fast then, actually finishing the updates to the grand finale within a year."

The reason they didn't film all the 'Corner Also' content in one go back then was precisely because Yan Shaohan, the author and director, hadn't finished drawing it himself.

But Xiao He originally thought, given Yan Shaohan's lazy personality, the comic's grand finale could be dragged out to who knows when.

He never expected it to be almost finished as soon as it was mentioned.

Truly impressive.

This efficiency didn't seem like Yan Shaohan at all.

"Right, I heard the final chapter is already drawn. Director Zhuang asked him to wait, to time the final update's completion with the promotion of 'Corner Also 2'. That way, the comic and the TV series can echo each other, and both can ride on each other's heat."

Xiao He gave a thumbs up. "That's Director Zhuang for you."

This move of mutual IP traffic diversion was truly brilliant.

"So, have you heard any news about 'Corner Also' Season 3?"

This time, Yuan Sitong shook her head regretfully. "I don't know either. Yan Shaohan worked on the grand finale until he was sick of it. Recently, he just shut himself in to play games. Director Zhuang is also busy with the theatrical release of 'The Phantom Thief Alliance 2'. It's unlikely the final season will be put on the agenda anytime soon."

Of course, if 'Corner Also' Season 2 could maintain high heat and high traffic, then based on Zhuang Hongyi's character of never acting without benefit, he would definitely assemble a new production team at the fastest speed.

"Ah, right, right."

Yuan Sitong covered her mouth this time. "Do you know Zhao Qinyuan successfully changed companies?"

"Huh?"

Xiao He hadn't fully processed it yet. Li Haoxuan, who was beside them, couldn't help but interject in his clumsy Mandarin, "What gossip are you two secretly chatting about again? Why are you hiding it from me this time?"

Li Haoxuan had been listening to Yuan Sitong and Xiao He's conversation just now. Although he still couldn't understand everything completely, he roughly knew it was about 'Corner Also'.

Now, seeing Yuan Sitong suddenly cover her mouth and lower her voice, Li Haoxuan instinctively felt she was talking about him behind his back again.

Yuan Sitong shot Li Haoxuan an annoyed look. "What's it to you? Xiao He and I are gossiping about people, of course we have to be discreet. You don't even know them, why do you want to hear so much gossip? You can't understand it anyway."

Darn it, this little foreigner's Chinese learning speed was getting faster and faster. Maybe by the time 'Corner Also' Season 3 started filming, she wouldn't be able to curse at him in Chinese to his face anymore, because he would actually understand.

—Oh, not that she would stop cursing at him to his face later.

Li Haoxuan didn't understand what "gossiping" meant and kept asking, "What's 'chichi'? Are you going to go eat outside without me later?"

Yuan Sitong was utterly speechless, but her desire to share gossip made her too lazy to bother with him. Ignoring Li Haoxuan who was trying to lean in and listen, she continued whispering to Xiao He, "He had a really nasty falling out with his old company! Just you wait, there will definitely be some damaging information about him coming out soon."

Xiao He raised an eyebrow, then pressed further. "Who did he jump to? That damaging information probably won't cause much of a stir, right?"

Actually, what Xiao He was most concerned about was whether the fight between them would affect his 'Record of Chasing the Wind'. He hoped the commotion wouldn't get too big and end up overturning his own project.

Although 'Record of Chasing the Wind' had already finished airing, no actor would be happy if their work suddenly got implicated one day, ending up as a 404 error, returning to being a newcomer with no works to their name.

"Don't worry, it won't."

Yuan Sitong winked meaningfully. "He jumped to Hanbei Pictures in Beijing. Taidong won't dare to be too brazen."

One was in Beijing, the other in Shanghai. Their main circles would likely be quite different in the future. Taidong would probably just release some damaging information symbolically, not taking things too far.

"Hanbei Pictures? That's quite the impressive path he took."

Xiao He also hadn't expected Zhao Qinyuan to have such luck.

It's just that this Hanbei Pictures... he seemed to have heard about it not long ago somewhere—

Xiao He thought hard for a moment, then it dawned on him.

Oh!

This Zhao Qinyuan had now jumped to the same company as Ren Yibai!

That main actor from 'Let the Mistake Slide', Ren Yibai!

Well now, this circle really does go round and round, full of familiar faces!