A few days later, Xiao ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) He and several other enthusiastic citizens gathered together to receive the official certificates and awards, and also gave interviews and reports on related news, making a big splash on the internet once again.
This time, Xiao He also encountered Meng Zihao.
When Meng Zihao saw Xiao He this time, his expression was slightly complicated. He raised his hand and patted Xiao He's shoulder, saying earnestly, "Brother, your acting skills are quite different from your real self."
Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then he understood.
He gave a wry smile.
Did this guy really go back and cram for his previous works?
Well, that's really great.
Xiao He was too embarrassed to tell Meng Zihao that, without receiving psychological suggestion, Meng Zihao could sense that he might be trying to capture him.
Now that he has done a good deed, Meng Zihao has a "good person" filter on him, which naturally reduces his sense of danger.
Xiao He looked up at the sky helplessly, and could only grip the little red booklet that symbolized honor in his hand even tighter.
...
Before we knew it, the end of the year was upon us.
Originally, Xiao's parents planned to come at the end of the year to celebrate the New Year with Xiao He, but Xiao He felt that the New Year's Day holiday was too short and there was no need for the two of them to come, so he persuaded them to change the date to the Spring Festival.
Anyway, their family doesn't have any so-called "going back to their hometown" tradition, so it's quite nice for them to come to Beijing for a visit during the Spring Festival.
After considering it, Xiao's mother thought it was indeed a good idea. Moreover, Xiao He's scenes should be coming to an end at that time, so he wouldn't be too busy and it wouldn't affect his work.
So Xiao He spent the New Year's Eve with the rest of the "Yu Ye" crew.
Although the crew of "The Corner" had many minor issues at the beginning, they got along quite well after spending some time together and found a relatively harmonious balance in their interactions.
Needless to say, Xiao He's status in the crew inexplicably rose after the car accident. Even Yuan Sitong, one of the crew's notorious troublemakers, would call him "Brother Xiao" at banquets, seemingly genuinely afraid of Xiao He, a ruthless person who "dares to risk his life."
Xiao He: ...
Xiao He looked at the woman in front of him with a complicated expression, but in the end he didn't say anything. He raised his wine glass, nodded, and then drank it all in one gulp.
To be honest, no matter how much trouble Yuan Sitong caused on set, she basically never directly offended Xiao He. To be precise, while other people on set had their own little schemes and actions, they almost all tacitly avoided Xiao He, as if he were some kind of terrifying person.
Okay, Xiao He admits that when he's not "in character" as Yin Qi, he does tend to be quite fierce, looking like a bad guy with a bad temper.
Xiao He used to find this kind of temperament a bit annoying, but he never expected that it would intimidate everyone else in the crew.
After all, Xiao He was a newcomer in the entire crew, apart from Yan Shaohan.
Those self-righteous old fogies dare to act arrogantly in front of Yan Shaohan, but they don't dare to cause trouble for Xiao He.
It just goes to show the old saying: "A kind person is bullied, and a good horse is ridden."
Xiao He's villainous face helped him avoid a lot of unnecessary social interactions and trouble.
After Yuan Sitong finished toasting, several younger actors came over to toast as well, which was a way of currying favor. After dealing with the actors there, Xiao He went to toast the more senior actors and other key members of the crew who held important positions.
The banquet ended in the early hours of the morning.
When you wake up, it will be a brand new day.
Xiao He had just gotten up when he received a New Year's gift from Liu Rulan.
"No bait?" Xiao He looked at the script in his hand, quite surprised. "This is the script that Sister Liu was busy with recently?"
“Yes.” Liu Rulan nodded with a smile. “Everyone has been busy recently, and you’ve been busy keeping up with the film crew’s schedule, so I haven’t been able to give you the script right away. Today is a holiday for the crew, so you can finally take some time to look at the script.”
"—But the final audition still depends on you. There will definitely be a lot of people competing for this script."
Xiao He thought for a moment and asked, "Is it the script that Sister Liu mentioned before, where the protagonist is almost omnipotent?"
“Not bad,” Liu Rulan explained. “This script had been shelved for a long time, but now that things have calmed down a bit, it has finally been released from the censorship gate.”
"The script you have here is an old one that was used for auditions back then. More than ten years have passed, and many plot details may have been adjusted. Also, I'm not sure if the screenwriter made any deletions or major changes to get it approved, but you can take a look at the general story content and get to know the character's personality."
"Speaking of which, when Sister Liu first mentioned this script, I had no idea what its subject matter or content was. Now that so much time has passed, I can finally see it for myself—"
Xiao He picked up the script with some curiosity and took a look.
He then raised an eyebrow slightly: "Audition version? What does this mean? The script is incomplete? And it doesn't even clearly indicate the genre?"
Liu Rulan shrugged: "We asked this question back then too. Director Ning originally said that he would show us the final version after we joined the crew, but as you know, the situation at the time was different. So far, all of us have the audition version in our hands."
As for the final version, it's probably only available to Director Ning at the moment.
Xiao He felt a little strange, but he didn't say anything and immediately opened the script to start reading.
More than twenty minutes later, Xiao He finally closed the script with mixed feelings and asked Liu Rulan with a strange expression, "Sister Liu, what do you think of this script?"
In short, this script is about the protagonist, Shu Yuxiu, experiencing a life of unparalleled success and excitement.
The protagonist, Shu Yuxiu, was originally just an ordinary employee at a car repair shop. However, he possessed exceptional intelligence, a strong learning ability, and incredible luck. Along his path, he met many benefactors, and with their help, he gradually transformed from an ordinary car mechanic into a super-rich man, eventually marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman and inheriting his father-in-law's wealth and power—a true "dragon-like" story of triumph.
This can be described as a completely mindless and overpowered wish-fulfillment novel. Even if it were placed in the realm of online novels, it would only be considered one of the lowest-level story tropes.
The only potential turning point is in the latter half of the story, when Shu Yuxiu's wife suddenly falls ill and passes away. Just as Shu Yuxiu is overwhelmed with grief, his father-in-law has a political rival who colludes with the police to smear Shu Yuxiu, falsely accusing him of poisoning his wife. This rival aims to use this opportunity to suppress Shu Yuxiu and his father-in-law, and seize power from his father-in-law.
Perhaps it's because this political struggle storyline is relatively sensitive and involves many issues that the script has been stuck until now.
Meanwhile, since this is only an audition version, Xiao He currently only knows that Shu Yuxiu was arrested and interrogated, but does not yet know what Shu Yuxiu's final fate will be, or whether he has been cleared of suspicion.
But something feels off. How could such a storyline have been suppressed for so many years?
