Over the next few days, Xiao He made a brief stop in China, where he completed some of the filming for the upcoming promotional events ahead of schedule, and also participated in some interviews and activities.
During the filming of "The Phantom Thieves 2", many things also happened in China.
First of all, Linghui Entertainment's investment in "Public Enemy Number One" has been filmed more ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) than halfway through. He Junhao racked his brains and overcame all obstacles, finally managing to enter the finals as the second-place finisher in his group.
In variety shows, he successfully transitioned from a food blogger seeking novelty to a food blogger focused on healing and comfort.
Note: The "healing" aspect here refers to genuine healing.
This includes, but is not limited to, soft and cute marshmallow cakes, cute Q-version macarons that make your heart melt, and cartoon panda rice balls, etc.
He Junhao was a little chubby a few years ago, but after his account was destroyed, he was busy with a new account and gradually lost a lot of weight. Later, he even started working out and created a rough and tough guy persona. Now, he deliberately makes funny faces while making these cute foods, creating a strong contrast with the delicious food on the table.
As a result, two different sounds often appear in his videos recently.
【So cute, so cringeworthy, so cute, so cringeworthy.】
When the camera pans to the food, it shows beautiful desserts that melt the hearts of netizens; but when the camera pans to He Xiaoshuai's face, it shows greasy food that makes netizens' eyes go black and prompts them to complain wildly.
【He Xiaoshuai, please stop skirting the edge. You have this sleazy vibe that you can't seem to shake off no matter how you try.】
【I feel so hopeless. The thought that such an adorable creature was created by He Xiaoshuai fills me with a sense of despair, like my own precious child has been defiled.】
【He Xiaoshuai, I agree to let you go to the exotic section. Please, just be yourself.】
All I can say is that He Junhao really went all out.
When he lamented in the group chat that he had finally reached the point where he had to "make a living by performing," he was met with a barrage of ridicule from his old friends.
【Dai Bai: Maybe we should just give up. The harder we try, the more heartbroken we become.】
【Zhai Zhipeng: He Xiaoshuai, why don't you go ask your brother Xiao for some advice? I feel like your suggestive behavior is bothering me.】
Xiao He, who was filming in France at the time: ?
【Xiao He: What does this have to do with me? I'm a legitimate actor.】
Although everyone was laughing, He Junhao's performance was still quite effective.
However, after the finals, the news of the recording of "Public Enemy" was completely leaked, and many people knew about the internal filming of the variety show by Rednet. Now the progress has reached the later stage of the live challenge, and food bloggers like He Junhao are slightly inferior.
It's no exaggeration to say that He Junhao rarely does live streams, and his ability to create engaging content is far inferior to other types of streamers. Food bloggers like him who have risen to fame through food are extremely rare. The other person is a teammate that He Junhao recruited, who is also a food content creator on Bilibili.
After returning to China, Xiao He took the time to ask He Junhao a few more questions. After receiving a confident reply from He Junhao, he did not interfere.
Meanwhile, while the variety show "Public Enemy Number One" was being filmed, "Ace Deduction" had already begun airing.
The second episode of "Ace Deduction" aired the day after Xiao He landed in China.
As a key case at the start of the season, this first case is divided into two parts, with the second part officially revealing the truth of the case and the murderer.
Almost on the night of its broadcast, "Ace Detective" immediately topped the trending searches.
The exquisite costumes and props, the chilling plot twists, and the intricately linked relationships between the characters have successfully won over audiences.
The final truth of the case and the killer's narration brought many viewers to tears.
The guests chosen for this season of "Ace Deduction" are truly excellent. None of them are come-on fools or clowns; almost all of them are intelligent. Even those artists who initially positioned themselves as comedic characters are able to deliver their own opinions and doubts while frequently coming up with jokes, making the audience nod in agreement and subconsciously follow their lead.
Among them, Liang Cheng is probably the least famous and least well-known. Because he debuted relatively early, Liang Cheng's education level is also very low, making him arguably the worst among the guests. He was not favored by netizens from the very beginning. However, despite this, he tried his best to keep up with his seniors, worked hard to play his role, completed tasks efficiently, and was very honest about acknowledging his own "stupidity."
After all, netizens are very discerning these days, and pretending to know what you don't will only get you criticized.
So Liang Cheng worked hard to find clues, then gave the clues to smart people to study, and then followed the smart people's steps to carry out the task. Overall, his performance was flawless.
His fame even rose because of the popularity of "The King's Avatar". Many fans began to gather around him and started to pay serious attention to him as a person, instead of because of the boy band he was in before.
Meanwhile, the killer, whom netizens were most eagerly anticipating, was also revealed in the latest episode.
Because the pilot episode featuring Xiao He was released early, netizens already knew that the murderer was a forensic doctor. However, what was unexpected was that all the guests involved were forensic professionals. The first episode only revealed the truth of the case from back then and found the murderer's motive. Based on the content of the first episode alone, it is not possible to determine who the final murderer is.
It wasn't until the second episode revealed the truth that viewers realized the real culprit was the comedian.
After watching the murderer in the main episode of the variety show and then watching the murderer in the preview episode, netizens fell into a long silence.
The main issue is that the celebrity guest who drew the murderer's name wasn't exactly good-looking.
If he were just playing the murderer himself, it wouldn't matter. After all, what everyone is watching is the performance of the characters, similar to a murder mystery game. Everything is based on the characters drawn from the script. If the guests perform well and the plot is convincing, the audience's sense of immersion is very strong. But unfortunately... the masterpiece came first, and the box is now empty.
With Xiao He playing the forensic murderer, the audience's expectations for the other guests to play murderers have risen infinitely. Furthermore, since there are indeed handsome and popular young male celebrities among the participating guests, the audience is more inclined to choose those few as the murderers.
The production team probably didn't expect that when the guests were drawing their identity cards, the murderer card played by Xiao He was drawn by this comedian.
To prevent netizens from attacking the production team for deliberately creating comparisons and disparaging elements, the production team, showing a strong desire to survive, released a video recording of the character card drawing process.
Fortunately, the character card drawing took place in the same studio where the guests were shooting the promotional poster for the first episode. Everyone was in the shot and each held an envelope, so this dramatic arrangement couldn't have been orchestrated by the production team, nor could it have been a reshoot.
But...
The audience really didn't know what to say. Even Xiao Ge's fans were too embarrassed to continue praising the trailer for the murderer, for fear of being labeled as "disrespectful to their seniors" by other fans.
In the end, it was this comedian who took the initiative to post a comment on Weibo.
【Zhou Nanye: The production team promised me that next time I'll play such a handsome murderer, okay? 【doge】】
Xiao He received the message and was both amused and exasperated by the comment. He quickly replied below.
【Xiao He: Teacher Zhou and I worked seamlessly together and successfully fooled the detective. Hope we can work together again next time. 【doge emoji】】
The somewhat awkward atmosphere vanished abruptly.
Both sides' fans breathed a sigh of relief, while the person who was having fun jumped around and laughed heartily.
【Production team, promise me you won't use misleading trailers next time, okay?】
【Pilot clip: A handsome killer, a cold and aloof criminal. Main clip: Hmm, he's a killer.】
【Haha, is this some real teasing from netizens? Her lips are as sweet as honey.】
【Teacher Zhou, please don't look, it's a negative review.】
【You didn't let them off the hook either.】
