Pu Rong, naturally unaware of Xiao He's thoughts at the moment, was still curious about Xiao He catching the thief: "So, Old Xiao, did you really catch a cross-dressing man at the scene?"
Xiao He: "...Shouldn't the focus be on the thief?"
Pu Rong slapped Xiao He's back hard: "Hey, it's all the same! Quick, tell me what happened!"
Xiao He could only pick out the main points and briefly explain to Pu Rong, who gave him a thumbs up: "Brother, you're the best."
In that situation, even he himself might not have been sure that the other party was the one who stole his phone, yet Xiao He was so certain and insistent on his own judgment. From this point alone, Pu Rong felt inferior.
"Just good luck, that's all."
Xiao He spread his hands.
"I think I heard someone being humblebragging," Lin Yipeng walked over and teased.
Xiao He blinked innocently: "Eh? Who? I don't know."
Lin Yipeng rolled his eyes exasperatedly: "Alright, let's talk business. I have audition news for a major production team that I think you'll be interested in. You're wrapping up tomorrow anyway, so you can go check it out."
Xiao He pointed to himself: "Me?"
Lin Yipeng nodded: "That's right, that role isn't quite suitable for Pu Rong."
Pu Rong was speechless: "Hey, hey, I'm still here, why isn't it suitable?"
Lin Yipeng glanced at him sideways: "They want a dark and cruel villain. Are you sure you can do it?"
Pu Rong, who had an upright appearance: "...Then I'll take back what I said."
Xiao He's interest was indeed piqued: "What kind of role?"
"A spy film, the leader of the puppet party's special agent team, one of the important villains in the entire series," Lin Yipeng said, "Although by billing, he's only the male fourth, he has quite a lot of screen time in the drama."
"A spy film, huh..."
Xiao He pondered for a moment.
That era was bound to be bloody, tragic, and brutal.
For such a villainous role, Xiao He knew without asking that a lot of blood would certainly be on his hands.
It's just... if he went, he might not be chosen!
Besides, it sounded like a major production team...
Xiao He asked somewhat strangely: "Such a juicy role, aren't others vying for it?"
The competition in the Inner Entertainment Circle is naturally quite fierce. If Xiao He hadn't gotten lucky, he really might not have been able to join three production teams in a row.
"Oh, they're fighting over it like crazy, of course."
Lin Yipeng coughed lightly, a strange smile appearing on his face, "So, several of the previously shortlisted actors 'killed' each other in the competition and currently can't come."
Xiao He: "..."
Wait, is there a lot of information in that statement?
Xiao He swallowed, suddenly not very keen on getting involved in this mess.
Lin Yipeng, however, had an inexplicable confidence in Xiao He: "Don't worry, after the incident of changing actors five times in a row, the only requirement the production team has for this role now is good acting, fitting the character's image, and no trouble. I think you can definitely do it."
Wait? How many times did you say?
Xiao He: "...What kind of role is it that they still haven't given up after changing five times?"
Xiao He felt that sometimes it was okay to believe in metaphysics. If it didn't work out five times, the role definitely wouldn't work out! Didn't they say people in the entertainment industry are very superstitious!
Lin Yipeng, on the other hand, raised his finger and seriously analyzed for Xiao He: "Their first actor was sent by the capital, and the director didn't like him much but still used him grudgingly. As a result, that guy was two-timing and was exposed by the original partner of his sugar daddy, so the first actor was naturally kicked out of the production team."
Xiao He: "Hiss."
That certainly—deserved it!
"The second actor was originally ready, but because the first actor suspected that this actor had exposed his affair, this actor was hit by a car when he went out and is currently recovering in the hospital."
Xiao He: "Uh..."
"Don't worry about that, the first actor is already in jail, so he can't threaten you."
Xiao He: ...
"Later, because so much time had been wasted back and forth, the third reserve actor, whom the director had originally favored, had already joined another production team and couldn't free up his schedule, so the third one was also out."
Xiao He: "...Does the production team really not want to find a master to take a look?"
Lin Yipeng clapped his hands: "The producer thought so too! So they found a master to calculate the fourth actor's fortune, and found that this fourth actor had bad luck, wasn't destined to be a star, and clashed with their production team, harming their financial luck. So the fourth one was also passed over."
Xiao He: ...
"Cough cough, the final twist is here!"
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"The fifth actor they found later, although his acting wasn't very good, the master saw that his fortune was very compatible with the production team, so they had already been filming for a while. But then the producer discovered that the master they hired had colluded with this fifth actor, deliberately suppressing the fourth actor, and later that master also took advantage of this opportunity to scam the producer out of another sum of money. The producer was so angry that he called the police to arrest that master, and also kicked out the fifth actor."
Xiao He: "...What kind of unpretentious competition tactic is this?"
Other people's business wars involve pouring boiling water on money trees, while here, they directly bribe a master to say it harms financial luck.
Who can withstand that? It's about harming financial luck!
Xiao He felt that this was indeed quite insidious: "What about the fourth one from before?"
"The fourth one thought the master was right, so he retired from the industry and went back to inherit the family business."
Xiao He: ...Impressive, the young master came down to experience life.
"But then again—" Xiao He suspiciously scrutinized Lin Yipeng up and down, "How do you know so much?"
This must be internal production team information, right? It shouldn't have spread outside. How did Lin Yipeng know?
"Hmmph." Lin Yipeng just crossed his arms and tilted his head slightly with an arrogant look, "Guess?"
Xiao He: "I won't guess."
Anyway, as early as when Senior Zhuo Jianhua recommended the script to him, he had guessed that this guy's identity was not simple, but it didn't matter. If the other party didn't want to say, he was happy to play dumb along with him.
"How boring." Lin Yipeng pouted, "However, there's one more thing I need to remind you about—"
"Speak."
"This is the production team Su Shengxi is currently in."
Su Shengxi? Xu Youyou's boyfriend?
Xiao He asked sincerely: "I've been doing pretty well lately, right? Do you really want me to die?"
If his identity were dug up by netizens, wouldn't Xu Youyou's real and fake boyfriends be in the same production team?
He couldn't even imagine how dramatic that would be.
Lin Yipeng: "What's the big deal? You're innocent in Xu Youyou's matter. You can't just not go because you're afraid of being scolded by netizens, can you? This is a really good opportunity. Are you sure you're not going?"
"I'm not..."
"That's quite a shame. This character is super evil and has killed many people. Most actors really can't handle it—"
"—Of course I'm going!"
Xiao He stood up, his gaze firm and solemn: "I have no other intentions. I just hope more people can understand that period of history and help more people remember history!"
