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

”I can almost imagine their promotional tactics. I suggest that the promotion and operation team of ʼTime Confrontationʼ take a look and learn from them. They can give your actor He Yingdi some advice then.”

He even deliberately bolded and highlighted ”Actor He” in the subtitles, as if it were an intentional emphasis and mockery.

A director promoted himself as having acting skills comparable to an award-winning actor—oh, an award-winning actor, I mean.

Haha, then itʼs alright.

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What no one at Linghui Entertainment expected was that the promotion of ”Time and Space Standoff” would first stumble because of director He Jinnianʼs role.

They had assumed that their competitors would focus their attacks on Xiao He and Shu Han, and had already prepared countermeasures and anti-black tactics.

But upon closer reflection, it makes sense.

He Jinnian has been out of the entertainment industry for more than a year, but in reality, apart from mandatory events and unfinished press releases, he basically doesnʼt take on any work. He was already on the verge of fading out of the industry two years ago, and most of his fans have become very indifferent to it.

After he retired from the entertainment industry to become a director, his fans became even more indifferent, and many left and stopped paying attention to him.

So he does have a high level of national recognition and fame, but he has gradually lost his influence in terms of online traffic and discourse.

Traffic itself is a very cruel thing.

As long as they appear frequently, whether for good or bad, for fame or infamy, they still stand at the pinnacle of popularity and hold the power of discourse.

Once they leave behind all this commotion and lose the support of negative and positive online traffic, this person can ”disappear” quite quickly.

Xiao He and Shu Han are like that; because they consistently produce good new works, they have a large and active fan base.

Xiao He gained over 100,000 new followers yesterday after hosting a New Yearʼs Eve live stream, making many people secretly envious.

In reality, few people dare to mock Xiao He under these circumstances. Almost everyone speaks of Xiao He with great politeness, and some even lie and claim to be fans of Brother Xiao in order to gain more traffic.

—Itʼs not that everyone suddenly lost their minds and fell in love with Xiao He; they were just afraid of Xiao Heʼs fans and Linghui Entertainmentʼs powerful legal team.

They would never risk attacking Xiao He before they have concrete dirt on him or before Xiao Heʼs public image collapses.

And so, director Ho Kam-nin became the easy target.

”I really never thought this day would come.”

He Jinnian looked at the chorus of criticism against him and felt both amused and exasperated.

”Fortunately, with you holding the line, things are much easier for us.”

He Wenming, who has a good relationship with He Jinnian, joked with his arms crossed.

Looking at his former agent, He Jinnian shrugged helplessly: ”I thought that because of our past relationship, you would help me deal with the public opinion issues.”

“That won’t do. You stay in front and hold them off. Otherwise, once you’ve dealt with things here, their fighting will shift to Shu Han and Xiao He.”

He Wenming patted his old friend on the shoulder with great magnanimity: ”If you want to be a good director, the first step is to know how to take the blame.”

He Jinnianʼs lips twitched: ”But I see everyone else is learning how to shift the blame, so why is it different when it comes to me?”

”Hey, would we possibly harm you?”

He Wenming blinked and looked at Liu Rulan, trying to find an ally.

Liu Rulan was still looking at her phone when she noticed the two of them looking at her. She immediately looked away from her phone and said, ”Yes, Director He, then Iʼll have to trouble you.”

Seeing that Liu Rulan was still looking at her phone, He Wenming asked out of curiosity, ”By the way, howʼs the publicity for Xiao He on the foreign website going?”