Now that they've become competitors, Li Qing's side is not willing to back down.

If the opposing side wants to capitalize on nostalgia by featuring classic characters, they'll look for villainous roles that have gained popularity in recent years, preferably played by younger actors with built-in fanbases who can generate even more buzz than the original characters.

And so, Xiao He appeared.

After all, Xiao He has maintained a very high profile in recent years, especially when you enter keywords like "villain" or "murderer" on Bilibili, Xiao He will definitely be one of the first names to appear on the page.

His portrayal of Mu Ze, a minor character who only appears in a few scenes, was edited and watered down by a group of content creators over two years. He was unbeatable in his field and his performance was simply stunning.

So after some research, the production team decided to invite Xiao He to play the murderer in their first scripted pilot episode.

To everyone's surprise, Xiao He directly refused.

However, it wasn't Liu Rulan who refused, but rather Liu Rulan's assistant who refused, because Xiao He wasn't planning to film the variety show.

But no one expected that the production team had not invited Xiao He to be a guest on the show. Their "variety show invitation" was treated the same as other variety show invitations and was uniformly rejected by the assistant.

This time, I almost missed it.

Fortunately, Li Qing remained persistent.

The main reason was that he really couldn't think of a second person more suitable than Xiao He.

Xiao He's acting skills and fame make him the best candidate they can choose right now!

After Li Qing finished explaining the situation of the production team, he said to Liu Rulan with a sincere expression, "Manager Liu, our production team is absolutely sincere and guarantees Xiao He the maximum freedom to film. We can cooperate with Xiao He's filming schedule at any time. Our script is also absolutely excellent. If you can take a look, you will definitely be very interested."

Xiao He did not immediately express his opinion, but looked at Liu Rulan with a questioning expression.

Liu Rulan crossed one leg thoughtfully and met Xiao He's gaze: "Are you interested? Their filming shouldn't take long."

January's schedule is relatively relaxed. Besides the promotion of "Yu Ye" and the filming of the final part of "Zhu Feng Lu", they can squeeze in the filming of a short film as well, which is not a problem.

Xiao He also thought about his upcoming schedule. After a moment's thought, he nodded slightly to Liu Rulan: "We can take a look at the script first."

“Okay.” Liu Rulan looked at Li Qing. “Then let’s take a look at the script first.”

"That's great."

Li Qing immediately said happily, "We'll send the script to your email right away."

"Yes, we'll go back and check."

Then Liu Rulan glanced at her watch, stood up, and said, "It's almost time, we should get ready to go."

"Okay, thank you so much for taking the time to listen to me."

Li Qing also stood up and said with a slightly respectful tone.

There was no way around it; Xiao He was now, to be precise, the boss of a company, while Li Qing, the director, was ultimately just an employee and didn't have as much confidence in front of Xiao He.

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Li. Goodbye."

Xiao He also said goodbye, and then left the lounge with Liu Rulan.

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Once they were in the van, Liu Rulan brought up Li Qing's matter with Xiao He: "Li Qing has mostly worked as an assistant director on variety shows over the years. This is the first time he has been appointed as the chief director. It's a sweet reward after all his hard work. He is quite capable. Even if similar variety shows are competing against each other, he is unlikely to lose. You can think about it carefully."