Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore-Chapter 435: Xiao He: They Steal Whenever They Feel Like It—What Do They Take Me For?

Perhaps no one could have imagined that on the day of the birthday party, Xiao He's stunning performance not only brought immense pressure and deep shock to many other actors present at the time, but also successfully broke the defenses of a certain petty individual from next door.

But in reality, that wasn't the only thing that caused someone to break.

After finally obtaining the opera house's permission to record a one-minute performance video during the show, Han Jae-woo's team immediately sent it to foreign websites, hoping to gain traffic and support, but it didn't even create a single ripple.

There was even a passing Chinese netizen who, upon discovering Han Jae-woo's clumsy imitation, found it hilarious and immediately left a few sarcastic, insinuating comments in the comment section. Surprisingly, the number of likes on those comments ended up being higher than on the video itself.

What delivered an even more devastating blow was that someone, with a particularly sharp and mocking tongue, made a side-by-side comparison of Xiao He's version and Han Jae-woo's version. The conclusion was regretful: Xiao He's performance was genuinely brilliant, while Han Jae-woo's wasn't actually bad on its own. But when compared to Xiao He's, it became obvious that Han Jae-woo had frequently peeked at Xiao He's video, silently stealing and imitating it. The final result was that Han Jae-woo's performance wasn't very convincing, and his imitation wasn't very accurate either. Placed next to Xiao He, it was like comparing heaven to earth.

Upon seeing this comment, Han Jae-woo was truly broken, cursing incessantly with "Aish!" and similar exclamations.

Consequently, his team decisively switched strategies. They abandoned the blatant comparisons and disparagement and moved straight to outright "taking." They treated Xiao He's performance version with a shameless "Give it to me!" attitude, launching a full-on, braindead campaign across the internet. Ironically, Han Jae-woo's official stage play performance recording video has now been completely scrubbed clean from the web by his own team.

And now, returning to the present.

After Liu Rulan clearly understood the situation, she decisively focused her target on that performance video.

"Are there any circulating videos of Han Jae-woo's version of the performance online right now?"

Liu Rulan asked.

"We've already investigated. Han Jae-woo performed two shows at the Frank Goethe Grand Theater in France about half a month ago. That major theater has always prohibited audience recording, so we haven't been able to find any related video clips of his performance yet."

Lin Cheng answered very honestly, "In fact, almost all the related videos our searches retrieve are either Brother Xiao's or performances by other actors."

The other side is truly using Xiao He as a skin suit. They've strongly bound keywords and the name "Han Jae-woo" to related videos. Searching yields results that leave one speechless, and it's genuinely nauseating.

Of course, Han Jae-woo's side isn't completely brainless. He hasn't pulled these little stunts in his own country, but has conducted them entirely on foreign website platforms. This creates a natural barrier, isolating both Xiao He's fans and his own fans.

After hearing this, Liu Rulan directly rolled her eyes. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"However, based on our tracking, Han Jae-woo actually posted a video of his performance during the initial phase. But later, it seems someone mocked him a few times. He got too broken and deleted the video. Now, it's very difficult to find any traces of the related video across the entire internet."

After all, it's a foreign social media platform. Cross-platform screening is already quite difficult for them. Moreover, based on current interest relationships, Han Jae-woo clearly has closer ties with foreign capital. As a Chinese person, Xiao He naturally faces many restrictions and doesn't have as much of a voice on these platforms.

Whether it's countering the water army or pulling traffic on foreign websites, they are at a disadvantage compared to actors from over there.

—This is the most troublesome part.

Liu Rulan frowned.

Even she couldn't easily claim she could control the public opinion situation on foreign websites.

Otherwise, when Shu Han went abroad back then, he wouldn't have needed to sever ties with her and her backing, Jiaxing Entertainment, and ultimately sign with a foreign company for development.

However, the current situation isn't too severe. She only said, "Alright, I roughly understand. You guys proceed with handling it according to the previous plan. If there are any other arrangements later, I'll notify you again."

"Okay, we'll also keep a close eye on the situation. If there are any latest developments, I'll notify you immediately as well."

"Mhmm, thanks for the hard work."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Rulan remained standing in place, lost in thought for a long while.

Finally, she sighed helplessly and turned to walk back into the set.

Right now, the set was filming a car chase scene. The male lead's group had successfully stolen the cars and were now speeding through the gaps between grapevine trellises.

The car driven by the male lead, Movens, was undoubtedly the most eye-catching—a red Porsche.

Xiao He and another male supporting actor were each driving a black sports car, flanking the male lead on the left and right.

The vehicles' windshields were constantly whipped by grapevines. On both sides, a "green space" flashed by. Those originally neat grape trellises and dense foliage were utterly destroyed under the ruthless crushing of one sports car after another.

But the culprits leaped down from the hillside. The cars wobbled as they landed on the road beside it, then straightened their fronts and sped away with an extremely dashing attitude.

The once vibrant and lush grape estate was left in complete disarray.

It also symbolized the villains' total defeat, declaring the final victory of the protagonists!

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After filming this car chase scene, Xiao He's scenes at the castle were considered completely finished.

However, he still needed to stay at the castle for a while longer, waiting for the male lead and others to finish filming the remaining bit of dialogue scenes before moving locations together with them.

Having successfully completed his filming schedule, Xiao He grinned foolishly with delight upon seeing Liu Rulan. But as he got closer, he realized Liu Rulan wasn't in a good mood.

Almost immediately, Xiao He switched to a serious state.

"What's wrong?"

Only those kinds of things could make Liu Rulan unhappy.

"Someone is stealing your performance video on foreign websites. The narrative is being pushed very aggressively now. Apart from your fans, many people are being misled."

"Ah? Stealing my performance video?"

Xiao He was stunned for a moment.

Mainly because, based on Xiao He's understanding, he simply couldn't conceive of such a shameless, underhanded act of substitution.

And it's really dumb! If he clarifies things on his end, wouldn't that side blow up?

"It's an actor named Han Jae-woo..."

Liu Rulan briefly outlined the situation, successfully receiving an even more bewildered expression from Xiao He.

"Do people actually believe that?"

Xiao He asked cautiously.

The face in the earlier video was his, and the face on the later promotional poster was Han Jae-woo's. They should look different, right?

"His makeup and styling were similar to yours on your birthday party day. Moreover, he was deliberately imitating you during his performance. For foreigners, they might not necessarily tell the difference." Liu Rulan said, rolling her eyes again, "Besides, the internet ecosystem outside is even worse than domestically—more brainless and polluted. There are even groups of people out there who firmly believe the Earth is flat. Do you still expect them to distinguish between you and Han Jae-woo?"

"Well, that's true..."

Xiao He was left speechless.

"Looking at it this way, your feeling that day was right." Liu Rulan sighed deeply, "They were also in France recently, so on the day of the Grasse festival event, when you said someone had ill intentions towards you, it was probably them."

It's a pity they didn't manage to find any leads during their investigation at the time, which is why they didn't discover the other side's little moves in advance.

"Oh, so that's it. I really thought they were anti-fans." Xiao He shrugged, giving a self-deprecating smile, "Only now do I realize they're actually the opponent."

"Hard to say whether that's good news or bad news for the moment."

Liu Rulan spread her hands, "The worse news is, we can't get any solid evidence against them. That guy seems to have just used your video as a stepping stone to increase overseas netizens' discussion and traffic about 'Twelve Mirrors,' while also highlighting his own presence. Now that the 'Twelve Mirrors' script is officially finalized, the traffic for those stolen videos of yours is starting to decrease. If nothing unexpected happens, they'll likely clean it up soon and actively distance themselves from any connection to you."

Xiao He pursed his lips and turned to walk towards their accommodation, "What do they take me for? Something they can steal whenever they want and discard whenever they want?"

Liu Rulan raised an eyebrow and followed Xiao He's steps, "We're abroad. Take it easy."

Xiao He grinned, "It's precisely because we're abroad that it's easier to handle things—"