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

But at the same time, Zhu Feng accidentally discovers that this body is planning its latest murder, and the target is his former direct superior!

Thinking of the humiliation he suffered at the company, and considering his current identity, Zhu Feng finally grits his teeth and decides to use his current identity to kill his former boss, seeking revenge for his past self.

And so, the story unfolds from there...

Although the scriptʼs protagonist is Zhu Feng, the soul has swapped into the killerʼs body. So, while the office drone appears to be the protagonist, heʼs actually the second male lead—the role Xiao He would play. The actor playing the killerʼs body is the true male lead.

Furthermore, while reading the script, Xiao He noticed that this office drone role, while seemingly the ”protagonist,” actually bears all the frustration and humiliation that needs to be acted out. In contrast, the scenes for the killerʼs body are all about being cool, domineering, and awesome, a smooth ride of satisfaction all the way. Even the final fight scene ends in a win due to the bodyʼs superior physical fitness. So, this script actually reasonably transfers all the awkwardness and humiliation onto the second male lead actor, while the main actor only needs to look cool.

For example, the scenes of the protagonist Zhu Feng before the soul swap depict a slovenly middle-aged man, an office drone with an unsatisfactory life. At work, heʼs scolded like a dog by his boss, with no human rights to speak of, timid and submissive, swallowing his anger. At home, heʼs an incompetent husband with no voice, sleeping in separate rooms from his wife, passing his days with cigarettes and alcohol—a completely decadent state.

And all these scenes belong to Xiao He.

After the soul swap, what Xiao He plays is the ”vegetable” lying in bed, remaining there from beginning to end. Only at the very end does a plot twist occur, where, in the grand finale, he fights Zhu Feng for his own body in the killerʼs identity...

This script is indeed, as Liu Rulan said, a proper ”foil.”

The frustration is Xiao Heʼs; the cool posturing belongs to someone else.

This killerʼs villain style does carry some of the flavor of Xiao Heʼs early role, Mu Ze—purely enjoying killing, enjoying it as an art.

The plot of ʼMaking the Best of a Mistakeʼ carries a sense of absurdity similar to an honest person being forced onto a desperate path, causing a huge uproar only to return to the starting point. It combines comedy and dark satire, exploring social issues and human nature. The only pity is the forced happy ending, which, along with some incompatibility from the Korean version of the script being adapted locally, makes the scriptʼs style feel somewhat disjointed.

Xiao He guessed that the royal favorite this production team wanted to promote was probably because his own popularity had been too high recently, so they also wanted him to play a protagonist-type villain.

Well, well, this is interesting.

Replicating the personality of his breakthrough role, yet asking him to play a supporting role... This whole thing has a feeling of trying to replace him.

No wonder Liu Rulan was somewhat concerned.

But Xiao He actually found it unexpectedly interesting.

This interplay between inside and outside the script, how could it not be an interesting challenge?

In the plot, Zhu Feng in the killerʼs body kills the real killer and takes his place. In reality, could this guy have such good luck?

Xiao He pondered this, his fingers occasionally tapping lightly on the tablet, a playful smile finally spreading across his face.

He took out his phone and called Liu Rulan again.

”Hello? You couldnʼt have already made up your mind, could you?”

Liu Rulanʼs voice held surprise.

”Mm, Iʼll take it.”

Xiao Heʼs finger slid across the screen, his gaze resting on the name ʼZhu Fengʼ, as he said casually.

”The incompetent husband, the frustrated killer... Iʼve really never played roles like these. Iʼm a bit curious.”

Liu Rulan: ”...”

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