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

Chapter 766: Burning Incense and Praying for Blessings, Worshipping the God of Wealth

Actually, the story of “Dragon,” which they were preparing to shoot this time, was very simple.

If you boiled it down to a single sentence to summarize the entire plot, it would roughly tell the story of a barely mediocre Celestial Master who accidentally uncovers a conspiracy left behind by the Cherry Blossom Island nation in China decades ago, and ultimately decides to join forces with a few other companions to eradicate the threat and save the nationʼs destiny.

Just from this sentence alone, it naturally seemed like a very common story template, nothing particularly special among works of this kind. Similar supernatural films had long been churned out using the same formula years ago, with nothing novel about them.

If it hadn’t been for Zhuang Hongyi’s invitation, Sister Liu probably would have flat-out rejected a script like this on sight. But with Director Zhuang attached to the project, the story naturally wouldn’t end up being that boring after all.

Xiao He just hadn’t expected, however, that for such an “unremarkable” role, he would actually have to specialize in “Taoist methods.”

When it came to “knife techniques,” Xiao He knew a thing or two, but as for “Taoist methods,” his level of understanding might not even match that of a freshly graduated liberal arts student.

Seeing Xiao He staring at him with that helpless look, Zhuang Hongyi could only shrug somewhat helplessly, lowering his voice to say quietly, “Our production team is too big. The fact that we can even manage to shoot this in Hong Kong this time is already pushing the boundaries a bit. Otherwise, for this type of script, we’d probably have no choice but to go shoot in a country like neighboring White Elephant or something.”

Generally speaking, if it were a small production team just messing around privately or releasing on a limited scale, it usually wouldn’t attract much regulatory attention. But with a renowned director like Zhuang Hongyi, plus a major production team of their caliber, the authorities above were definitely keeping a tight watch.

The reason they’d gotten a bit more leeway this time was that the work itself carried patriotic, red-themed elements. The post-production was also deliberately exposing that bloody chapter of history from back then—the invasion that a certain country vehemently denied. From a certain angle, this aligned with the current official foreign policy stance, so after Director Zhuang put in some effort to work the angles, he managed to achieve this outcome. Although releasing on the mainland was still out of the question, at least they were filming in China, which made location scouting much more convenient.

Now that the official Association was overseeing them and setting requirements for the actorsʼ qualifications, this was already an incredibly “lenient” treatment.
So what else could they do?

They could only sacrifice Xiao He and cremate him into a sarira relic—

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This matter lingered on Xiao He’s face with some worry even as he walked out of the villa complex.

Liu Rulan glanced at him repeatedly, then couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh, offering a half-hearted consolation: “Director Zhuang also said the Association thinks very highly of you. Even if you can’t fully master this knowledge, just getting a bit of exposure to it will still be a decent experience.”

“And even though I don’t believe in all this, who knows—maybe these things really do exist in the world? After all, everyone says the end of science is metaphysics!”

Xiao He covered his face, rubbing his brow, and let out a resigned sigh: “Sister Liu, thank you, but that didn’t comfort me at all…”

Originally, Xiao He had still been hesitating.

But the pressure that had suddenly sprung up this time finally pushed Xiao He to make a decision—

Xiao He opened the System and double-checked his points again.

He’d used up some points during the previous lottery draws, but with the release of “Thief Catcher 2,” the impact of Shen Jue’s Bone-Cleaving Knife Technique had quickly helped Xiao He make up that gap.

Now, with the two million points he’d saved up in one go, it was finally time to put them to use…

Thinking about the “Imperial Enterprise” production team, and then the upcoming “Dragon,” Xiao He let out another long sigh and murmured under his breath: “I’ve already tried my best.”

If he tried any harder, he really would turn into a sarira relic!!

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