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

Chapter 788: Shipping King Bao Xingsheng

"Cut!"

The final scene in the hospital corridor officially wrapped up. After Director Zhuang confirmed there were no issues, everyone immediately sprang into action.

The previously oppressive and eerie atmosphere, with the main large lights switched on, was once again bathed in brightness. Everything returned to a lively buzz, completely erasing the earlier feeling.

It wasn't until the surrounding staff members started moving back and forth again that Bao Xingsheng finally snapped out of the sensation he had just experienced from watching.

He stood rooted to the spot, staring at the young man in the center of the set, a vague understanding dawning on him as to why President Mao and the others thought so highly of this impressive junior.

Just based on that hand seal the other party had executed earlier, coupled with the expert aura radiating from his entire being—never mind acting it out on set, even if he set up a roadside fortune-telling stall, it would be easy to make people believe!

Back when Bao Xingsheng was most obsessed with Taoist methods, he had also wanted to become a disciple and learn a thing or two. However, he was told his connection to the Dao was shallow and he didn't have the right destiny for it. At the time, Bao Xingsheng was quite unwilling to accept that. Now, seeing this, he finally understood why, when a master takes on a disciple, the most important thing is the fateful bond at first sight.

"So he's Xiao He," Bao Xingsheng couldn't help but say. "He's completely different from the character image in Thief Catcher 2."

"Hahaha, that's only natural." Wang Sheng laughed. "Many of the roles Xiao He plays are actually quite unique. Maybe this is what the fans call 'effective acting'?"

Zhou Zhiyi in Dragon was a teammate who was sometimes unreliable and sometimes divine.

Of course, the "sometimes unreliable, sometimes divine" here didn't involve any supernatural metaphysics.

In daily life, Zhou Zhiyi was an extremely irresponsible guy with a slacker attitude, capable of making a complete mess of his own life—completely baffling as to how he managed to train with his master up in the mountains.

But when it came to work, Zhou Zhiyi was extremely dependable, especially when it came to "killing ghosts." That was his specialty. According to the roasting from his two colleagues and friends, it seemed that all of Zhou Zhiyi's talent had been poured into the one thing of killing ghosts.

And so it became like this.

You could work with Zhou Zhiyi, but absolutely, absolutely do not live with Zhou Zhiyi, or else you'd really end up crying.

— Sincere advice from "Dad" Wang Budao and "Mom" Chu Xin.

And a character setup like this was obviously Director Zhuang's mischievous sense of humor.

"Director Zhuang, about the next part of the plot..."

Xiao He walked over to Zhuang Hongyi's side and began discussing script issues with him.

Just then, Wang Sheng also brought Bao Xingsheng over.

"Director Zhuang, come quick, look who's here!"

Before the person had even reached them, Wang Sheng was already calling out generously to give face.

So the two who had been discussing animatedly both looked up.

Xiao He had actually noticed this unfamiliar face during the filming, but since he didn't know him, he didn't react much. However, once Zhuang Hongyi recognized who it was, he immediately smiled and greeted, "Oh wow, President Bao! It's been so long!"

Then he quickly patted Xiao He and helped introduce him: "This is President Bao of Hongyu Ocean Shipping Group, and one of the main investors for our Dragon this time."

Huh? Hongyu Ocean Shipping?

Xiao He quickly scanned the person in front of him.

If you talk about Hong Kong and large ocean shipping groups, you can't help but think of those well-known shipping kings—

This was a major figure!

"Hello, President Bao."

He immediately greeted him with great respect as well.

"Hello, hello."

Bao Xingsheng looked to be in his early forties, spoke very amiably, and showed no trace of a big boss's arrogance. He shook hands warmly with Zhuang Hongyi and Xiao He separately.

His gaze lingered on Xiao He for a moment longer before he began casually chatting with Zhuang Hongyi about recent matters.

And during the gap in their conversation, Xiao He also overheard something that sounded familiar—

"It's like this, in September, we're going to host a cruise party, so I wanted to ask Daoist Hu to calculate an auspicious day and hour, and then formally invite everyone on board for a chat."

Bao Xingsheng said with great enthusiasm.

Xiao He immediately thought of the cruise party Director Zhuang had mentioned to him before.

So one of the organizers of this party was the Bao family and their Hongyu Ocean Shipping Group, and the massive cruise ship that would host the event would also be provided by the Bao family.

And that brings up the maritime shipping business—

Coastal shipping families and merchants like the shipping kings made their living sailing the seas for their entire lives. Compared to ordinary businessmen, they had a much stronger belief in Feng Shui and metaphysics. After all, the winds and waves at sea were unpredictable, ocean currents treacherous, and weather and shipwrecks were entirely at heaven's mercy—beyond human control. The more people couldn't control their fate, the more reverent they became. Combined with the coastal regions' already strong traditions of ghost and deity worship and numerous taboos regarding sea voyages, it had become a long-standing practice for the wealthy tycoons in the shipping industry to place special emphasis on the theory of Feng Shui.

So they had always deeply respected genuine metaphysical masters with real skills, and they even believed in some masters' words without question.

Perhaps it was because of this that since the Bao family's rise, every generation of heirs had been quite outstanding. Even in the face of the current complex situation, they were able to stabilize their vast enterprise and continue developing steadily.

Although they couldn't compare to the Chen family, who had once been the richest, the Bao family's influence in Hong Kong was equally not to be underestimated. Bao Xingsheng was even one of the new generation of shipping kings. Even Zhuang Hongyi, who had always had a very strong background, didn't dare to be careless with him now, speaking very respectfully with an attitude Xiao He had never seen from him before.

"Speaking of which, I heard that Daoist Hu and President Mao are both on the set today..."

As their conversation wound down, Bao Xingsheng didn't forget to mention the main purpose of his visit.

Just as he asked, he saw President Mao walking over with his hands behind his back.

"President Mao!"

Bao Xingsheng immediately focused his attention on President Mao and strode over in that direction.

Zhuang Hongyi naturally had to follow along, but he signaled to Xiao He to go handle his own business.

Xiao He wasn't interested in following them to chat with this major figure anyway, and the subsequent developments wouldn't involve those areas either, so he nodded readily and turned to leave.

"Let's go this way—"

Zhuang Hongyi continued to lead the way as the group headed out of the set.

After they had walked away, Liu Rulan came over with her arms crossed.

"Bao Xingsheng—that's the third-generation shipping king of Hong Kong. To think he would come here in person. It's really surprising."

Clearly, while they were chatting just now, Liu Rulan had already recognized him, but she had chosen to stand back and observe instead of coming over.

"Yeah, he must be here for President Mao and Daoist Hu."

Xiao He nodded.

Liu Rulan recalled, "This is already the third wave, right? When we first started filming, quite a few people came, but I never thought the real heavyweights would be these ones coming over only now."

Originally, when Dragon started production, many people had come. But big groups like Hongyu Ocean Shipping had only sent a high-level executive to deliver flower baskets, without requiring the big boss to come to the set in person.

However, lately, President Mao and that senior figure called Grandmaster Hu had been coming to the Dragon set every day, which led to other bosses in Hong Kong who had caught wind of it, feeling compelled to come check out the situation.

And so, here it was—over the past few days, people had been visiting one after another, all asking for Daoist Hu as soon as they arrived.

It was only then that Liu Rulan and Xiao He learned that this Daoist Hu had long since stopped performing divination. His advice was worth a fortune, and he only offered it when fate allowed. He was rarely even seen in person.

This time, with him appearing on the set of Dragon, the big shots of Hong Kong all seemed to see hope, each hoping that Daoist Hu would resume his divinations!

Liu Rulan and Xiao He: ...You mean that old man who occasionally wanders around the set?

It seemed they really believed in this stuff here.