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

Chapter 759: Good News Keeps Coming!

Even though he had already comforted Pu Rong once, giving him confidence and believing he could pull it off this time, when Xiao He learned that Pu Rong had successfully made a comeback thanks to *Thief Catcher 2*, he let out a huge sigh of relief and felt genuinely happy for him.

Moreover, with the quality of *Thief Catcher 2* leading the way, the box office pull from both Xiao He and Pu Rong backing it up, and the theater chains gradually tilting their screen allocations in its favor, the May Day holiday season wasn't even fully over yet, and *Thief Catcher 2* had already firmly secured its position as the May Day box office champion.

Once again, as the saying goes, in this current movie market, there really wasn't a single competitor worth mentioning.

Even the big-budget, major-project production team that Xiao He and the others had heard about—the one that went on *Daily Happiness* for promotion—had crashed and burned spectacularly this time, once again becoming a reliable "traffic goldmine" for all those roasting bloggers to feast on.

Ironically, because of *Thief Catcher 2's* release, many viewers and fans who had no idea the *Thief Catcher 2* team had ever been on *Mars Collision* were now flocking to the relevant platforms to watch the latest episode, just to catch the extra behind-the-scenes interactions between the cast and crew.

And then, the exclamations started pouring in.

[Wait, Brother Xiao actually knows the Bone-Cleaving Knife Technique?]

[Ahhh, I never expected there was such a story behind what happened to Goddess Qu back in the day. Boohoo, I'm watching this with tears streaming down my face.]

[I'm so glad Goddess Qu is doing okay now. My dad absolutely loves her! When I played this on TV just now, he lit a cigarette and stayed silent for a long time. No wonder she's the white moonlight goddess of the previous generation—this hits hard!]

[So those people who spread rumors about Goddess Qu back then really deserve to die! During her toughest years, they kept spreading lies and smearing her, and some even said she was dead or had gone crazy. What kind of mentality is that? How shameless can you be?]

It was only at times like this that netizens had to admit, there were really a lot of new people on the internet these days! They didn't even know that Brother Xiao could use the Bone-Cleaving Knife, and they had no clue about the truth behind Goddess Qu's past troubles.

All of that had been heavily promoted before!

During the promotional period for *Thief Catcher 1*, Xiao He and Pu Rong had been constantly active on Douyin, working the platform hard. Xiao He's short video about the Bone-Cleaving Knife already had tens of millions of likes, and yet there were still people who hadn't seen it.

As for Qu Qiuyan's situation, when she had spoken up for the victims of the former *Fearless Journey* incident, some marketing accounts had already helped clarify things. Yet, to their surprise, most people still thought she had passed away!

It was at this moment that Xiao He finally understood why Lin Yipeng had only invited Teacher Qu to appear in the second movie.

The audience reach and coverage of online movies were, after all, far inferior to films actually released in theaters!

Look at this—now that everything was linked to *Thief Catcher 2*'s success, more people were learning about the past, making it much easier for Teacher Qu to clear things up.

So these arrangements really were interconnected—

Besides the resurfacing of past events, no one was happier than the production team of *Mars Collision*.

Ever since *Mars Collision* first aired, its numbers had never once surpassed *Daily Happiness*.

Not even once.

Until now—with Xiao He's Bone-Cleaving Knife demonstration, Pu Rong's martial arts display, and Qu Qiuyan's clarification, three explosive moves had driven the topic's popularity through the roof.

Even the actor who played Deputy General Feng and had gone on stage back then was a familiar face from classic Hong Kong martial arts films. During the peak years of Hong Kong cinema, he had participated in many martial arts movie productions and was regarded as one of the best martial arts actors in everyone's hearts.

So this episode was packed with talking points from start to finish. Who could compete?

And with the explosive success of *Thief Catcher 2*, the post-release viewership numbers kept climbing higher and higher. The director's face was split wide open in a grin.

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Meanwhile, Xiao He received another piece of good news.

"*Imperial Enterprise* is getting ready to resume production. Director Chou is already regrouping the crew and insists you be back on set right after the May Day holiday."

Liu Rulan said.

Xiao He let out a long breath of relief. "That's great! Finally, we can get back to work!"

To be honest, during this forced break, his heart just hadn't felt right.

Oh, but don't get the wrong idea. Xiao He's main concern was thinking about how, once production resumed, Director Chou would squeeze every last drop out of him and everyone else to make up for lost time. Just the thought made his heart and liver ache.

—The news was indeed good news.

It was just... not very friendly to him...

And with the resumption of *Imperial Enterprise*'s production, it also meant that the battle over the project had officially come to an end.

Before many industry insiders could even react, Linghui and Jiaxing had already come away fully loaded, shaking hands amicably and dividing up their spoils together.

And naturally, this wasn't just about the *Imperial Enterprise* project alone.

As for the original owner, Jingyou Entertainment?

Although they hadn't fully withdrawn from the entertainment industry's capital arena, they were now severely wounded, a shadow of their former glory.

Let alone their artists—Yun Ziqi, for instance. As a member of the Yun family, even though he hadn't personally been involved in those affairs, with such a massive uproar online and the entire Yun family under investigation, how could Yun Ziqi possibly avoid being implicated?

He was now basically in a state of semi-retirement from the industry.

But the most unexpected events were still to come.

Back when Yun Ziqi had invited An Laijia to be his agent, he had put in a huge amount of effort and made her plenty of promises.

But now, with An Laijia's scandals exposed and the Yun family fallen, Yun Ziqi's promises had vanished into thin air. How could that woman possibly accept it quietly?

After all, she was a woman who made even Liu Rulan cautious. If she ever found an opportunity to wage a public opinion war, her tactics knew no bounds.

Yun Ziqi probably had no idea what kind of person he had dragged into his life.

So, before Xiao He or Liu Rulan could even anticipate it, the two of them suddenly started tearing into each other.

An Laijia went after Yun Ziqi and his family, digging up his damaging information. Yun Ziqi, pushed to his limit, started flipping through An Laijia's old files, trying to get her locked up.

Back and forth, they "smoothly" managed to send each other to prison.

Rumor had it that An Laijia was arrested for intentional assault, while Yun Ziqi was taken in for sexual assault.

And apparently, when they were arrested, they were in a hotel bed together. An Laijia insisted that Yun Ziqi had done something terrible to her.

Xiao He and Liu Rulan, who had watched the whole thing unfold online: ...

"So, I told you—it's best not to mess with that woman. She has nothing to lose. If she really wants to cause trouble, she'll pull out every dirty trick she has."

Liu Rulan twitched the corner of her mouth and said with a complicated expression.

Xiao He gave a dry laugh. "Ha, haha. Yeah, that's true."

But the methods were just too dirty!

Imagining Yun Ziqi's face probably turning green when he was cuffed and shoved into the police car, Xiao He couldn't help but feel a hint of pity for his enemy.

Oh, but on second thought, wasn't this all his own doing?

He knew exactly what kind of person An Laijia was. He deliberately brought her in to fight back against them, and now the consequences had just rebounded onto himself.

Well, no harm done.

Dog-eat-dog, a mouthful of fur.

Just as Xiao He and Liu Rulan were packing up, ready to head back to Hengdian, another piece of news came from Beijing—

"Yun Rongguo is dead?"

Hearing that name, Xiao He let out a light tsk.

Yun Rongguo—the Old Master of the Yun family who had been hiding overseas and didn't dare to show his face!