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

Chapter 625: Xiao He Defends His Rights, the Competitive King Finally Gets Off Work

Actually, the issue of ”same kind of items” was unavoidable. After all, even big-name brands and major manufacturers couldnʼt escape being copied and imitated. So when they had announced the mecha design in advance, they already knew there would be factories following the trend, making knockoffs, and selling them to harvest fans like leeks.

They just hadnʼt expected to run into it here.

And right in their line of fire.

Xiao Zhou was pretty sharp. He immediately pulled out his phone, took photos, and searched for the same kind of item. Sure enough, he found similar stores on a certain shopping platform.

”Brother Xiao, Sister Liu, there really are scumbag merchants selling these!” Xiao Zhou immediately reported. ”And itʼs linked to a bunch of stores, all selling fake goods under the banner of official merchandise!”

If it were just ordinary items, like hats, glasses, or other small accessories, having the same kind of item might be let slide. Usually, celebrities wouldnʼt pursue it. But the clothes and shoes Xiao He wore on a regular basis were from legitimate brands! Using them to sell knockoffs could easily hurt his commercial value.

Not to mention this little figurine—it was something they planned to use to make money later!

”Iʼll have the companyʼs legal department follow up on this later, and Iʼll also notify Young Master Huang to protect our rights in time.” Liu Rulan said, finally shifting her gaze back to the profile picture of that account. ”And if Iʼm remembering correctly, this person has been coming after me for nearly half a year now.”

”What?”

Xiao He immediately sat up straight, looking at Liu Rulan with surprise.
”Really.”

Liu Rulan tossed her phone to Xiao He. ”Ever since you jumped straight into filming *Thief Catcher 2* last year, sheʼs been hounding me. She was really unhappy about you giving up on recording the variety show *Journey Across Mountains and Rivers*. She thought we held you back, that we made the wrong choice for you.”

Xiao He immediately picked up Liu Rulanʼs phone and scrolled through it. Sure enough, it was the same profile picture, the same account, and the same IP address.

And that wasnʼt all.

She had also listed seven major charges against Liu Rulan, each one funnier than the last—basically fabricating crimes out of thin air. Xiao He kept reading, his expression growing stranger and stranger, until he almost couldnʼt hold back a laugh.

It was just too amusing. The angle she was using to find fault was so bizarre, nobody else could match it.

But as he kept scrolling down, Xiao He couldnʼt laugh anymore.

This person hadnʼt just listed all of Liu Rulanʼs ”crimes.” She had also hurled all kinds of abuse at Liu Rulan, saying Liu Rulan and her team were inhumane, hoping Liu Rulan would get hit by a car and die so Xiao He could get a better, more obedient agent.

…Some of the things in there, they were unspeakable.

Xiao Heʼs face darkened a bit.

Leaving that private chat window, Xiao He flipped through some of Liu Rulanʼs other DMs. Sure enough, besides some collaboration offers, he also found plenty of ”warm greetings” from his own fans.

Some were genuine greetings, expressing approval of Liu Rulanʼs work and hoping she would continue to help Brother Xiao improve.

Naturally, others were curses, calling Liu Rulan too domineering, accusing her of controlling the artistʼs work, of exploiting him. There were even worse ones, directly insulting Liu Rulan, claiming she had an improper relationship with him, and taking it all the way to explicit sexual language.

To be honest, Xiao He had always thought being a celebrity was a high-risk profession.

But after looking at the agentʼs account, it was just as bad.

Liu Rulan noticed Xiao Heʼs complicated expression. She just let out a calm, detached laugh, took the phone back from his hand, and said casually, ”You know why the team always ends up being the opposition to the artist in the fansʼ eyes? Because the artist is absolutely perfect. Every decision they make is absolutely correct.”

So all the imperfections, all the failures, naturally had to be blamed on the team.

This was just a small price they paid for being part of an artistʼs career.

Luckily, Liu Rulan was already used to it.

If this hadnʼt happened, she wouldnʼt have connected the dots with this person.

Oh, right, and mainly because this one was pretty persistent. She basically came to check in every so often, very regularly.