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

Chapter 616:

In the end, both sides walked away satisfied.Although the title "tech company" sounded impressive, the actual itemized price was ridiculously cheap, even less than what some people spend opening a bubble tea shop on the street.

But of course, while the bare-bones price was indeed cheap, no one should take that to mean they could just find one on the open market.

The truth was, companies like this never circulated on the open market to begin with. Even a company on the verge of bankruptcy—one with no technology, no projects, and no talent, stripped down to being worthless—still had one thing going for it: zero debt and no disputes. That alone made it a scarce, niche resource that ordinary people could never access. The information barrier was incredibly high.

Having industry connections and resource channels was the prerequisite for obtaining such a company.

And that was precisely the leverage Yun Ziqi was showing Xiao He.

As for Xiao He, he accepted the offer without much fuss, showing no intention of fighting Yun Ziqi to the bitter end.

Before leaving, Yun Ziqi stood up and proactively extended his hand to Xiao He as a final gesture of reconciliation. "Teacher Xiao is a straightforward man. I hope we can still collaborate in the future."

Xiao He curled his lips into a smile and stood up to shake his hand. "Teacher Yun is a man of action too. Too bad collaboration might not be on the table—but competition definitely will be."

Back when Yun Ziqi had schemed against Jiang Junjie in just a single night, laying out a chain of traps to take him down, and now, in just a few days, he'd come up with chips Xiao He couldn't refuse and was shaking hands to make peace.

That took guts, Xiao He had to admit. This guy had survived so long in this cutthroat industry for a reason.

Flexible and resilient—that alone put him ahead of most people.

Too bad someone like that couldn't be an enemy for now, but they would never be friends either.

Yun Ziqi paused, taking a long, deep look at Xiao He, as if once again choked by Xiao He's blunt, almost cutting words. But he said nothing and simply strode out.

Once he was gone, Xiao He took a sip of the water beside him and slowly let out a breath.

Liu Rulan signaled Xiao Chen to have breakfast brought to the table, then said to Xiao He, "I didn't expect him to come in person."

The company wasn't worth much, but the fact that he came himself showed genuine sincerity. It was really hard to refuse.

"This shows how important 'Imperial Enterprise' is to them."

Xiao He set down his water glass, his expression calm.

"Yeah." Liu Rulan shrugged. "Huang Mang also notified me last night. The paparazzi tailing us were all warned. If they actually got dragged into the bureau, it'd be trouble, so they've all backed off."

Xiao He: "No surprise there."

Since Yun Ziqi had come right to their doorstep, he'd obviously dealt with the eyes and ears around them too.

"Only—" Xiao He thought about Ding Cheng, who was still constantly stirring up trouble for Yun Ziqi, and felt a twinge of pity for the guy. "If we don't quietly help, that guy's going to be in for a rough time soon enough."

Once Yun Ziqi freed up his hands, taking care of Ding Cheng would be a side errand.

"Good enough. They've caused us plenty of trouble already. Since Spring Festival's coming up soon, we might as well all head home early for the new year." Liu Rulan snorted with a laugh. "And I bet it won't be long before Ding Cheng realizes we pulled a fast one on him."

By the time he discovered that Director Yang's recommendation slot had actually been given to no one, who knew if Ding Cheng would cough up blood from sheer rage.

But by then, he'd probably already be in deep trouble.

"Tsk tsk."

Xiao He shook his head with a sigh, pulled his breakfast toward himself, and signaled Xiao Chen to sit down and join him. "Let's eat breakfast first. It's been busy these past few days. If they want to fight, they can figure it out on their own."

...

After yet another rehearsal, the Rong City Cultural Tourism Department finally made a new move.

After two weeks of rushed editing and review, a documentary-style short film titled "Flying Over the Snowy Mountain" dropped unexpectedly one noon, instantly becoming one of the best cultural tourism short films of the year.

This would also become the most breakout cultural tourism promotional short film in Rong City's recent years, directly defeating several winter tourism cities that had long held a geographical advantage, making snowy mountain scenery the new hallmark of winter tourism in both Rong City and the entire Province C.

And in this cultural tourism campaign, Xiao He successfully "cleared his name" with this image. That red figure in the snow was wildly uninhibited, finally carrying the vitality a young person should have. It was so stunning people couldn't look away, as if their own souls were also traveling through the snow with the young man in the frame, soaring to the heavens—

"Ding—Dear passengers, [Rongdu University Station] has arrived. Passengers getting off, please take your belongings..."

Inside a certain subway station.

Xiao Wen stood on the train, still staring blankly at the screen in front of her, completely unaware that her subway line had reached its stop.

Not only had she not moved, but several people standing nearby hadn't budged either.

Everyone was staring at the screen ahead, watching the content intently.

Subway screens had always been an important platform for promoting a city's cultural tourism landscape. Usually, besides displaying ads from heavy investors, they also featured important city culture promotional videos. And with Spring Festival just around the corner, the video content was getting more and more festive, occasionally interspersed with brands and merchants wishing everyone a happy new year.

But today was rare—a break from the flashy red and gold, replaced by a vast expanse of white snowy mountain beauty. At the same time, that streak of red in the snow made people's eyes instinctively follow, completely unable to look away.

The young man in the snow executed various high-difficulty skiing moves, his posture cool and agile. Midway through, he casually crossed the skis on his feet, and before the audience could even react, he turned around and slid down backward, looking up to wave at the camera.

The audience couldn't even imagine how this guy managed it.

That sense of roaming freely between heaven and earth, of having the path beneath his feet completely under his control, deeply captivated the busy city dwellers and instinctively filled them with longing for this place.

Finally, the young man made a smooth turn on the gentle slope and took off his helmet.

Against the backdrop of the snowy mountain, what emerged was another handsome, striking face.

He smiled slightly at the camera slowly landing in his palm, then turned sideways to show the audience the snowy mountain behind him and that sliver of bright light breaking through the clouds in the distance—

"Look, everyone."

The young man's voice was clear and warm.

"The sun is coming out—"

"Ding!"

"Ding—Dear passengers, [XXX Station] has arrived. Passengers getting off, please take your belongings..."

After the short film ended, the audience, still immersed in the grandeur of the snowy mountain and the young man's handsome face, belatedly realized something.

"Damn! I missed my stop!"

"Ahh, damn, I missed mine too!"

"Seriously, how could the subway station put this video in the carriage! This is a straight-up stop-misser ambush!"

"Forget it, since I already missed my stop, I'm choosing to watch it one more time."

"I give up fighting. I'm that idiot who missed my stop going forward, turned back, and then missed it again because of Brother Xiao."

"Wow! I'm just staying right here today and not moving!"

That night, according to an anonymous interested party's statistics, the probability of missing subway stops in Rong City skyrocketed.

Countless passengers cursed as they rode back, but without exception, they logged onto various platforms to watch "Flying Over the Snowy Mountain" again and liked and bookmarked it.

And the most liked comment reply under these videos was:

[Today, I missed my stop because of Brother Xiao—]

[Perfectly understandable.]