“Yes, it’s actually a short film, similar in length to a micro-movie,” Li Qing explained quickly. “The script is very simple, and the filming time isn’t very long. As long as you’re willing to come, we can start filming anytime.”
After Li Qing's explanation, Xiao He finally understood what was going on.
Actually, Li Qing and his team didn't want to invite Xiao He to be a guest on the variety show. Instead, they wanted to film a short preview of the murder case for the first episode of the show.
Li Qing's show, to put it bluntly, is a live-action version of Werewolf, a detective-style reasoning show. There have been many variety shows like this in recent years, and Xiao He could understand most of it without Li Qing having to explain much.
However, although Xiao He was not interested in participating in this kind of variety show, he was still somewhat interested in the filming invitation that Li Qing mentioned.
To put it bluntly, this is basically making him play the murderer!
If it were anything else, Xiao He would have refused outright, but... who could refuse to play a murderer in the spare time?
To be honest, it's been a long time since he's played a role like this, and now that he's suddenly back to his old profession, he's really itching to get back to it...
Before Xiao He could answer, Liu Rulan knocked on the door and came in.
Upon seeing Li Qing, Liu Rulan smiled and said, "Director Li, it's been a long time."
Li Qing was surprised by Liu Rulan's arrival so quickly, and he stood up somewhat awkwardly to greet her: "Manager Liu, it's been a long time."
"Sit down, sit down, there's no need to be so formal."
As Liu Rulan spoke, she sat down on another sofa next to Xiao He, then smoothed a stray hair behind her ear and asked calmly, "What's going on here? Would you mind letting me hear about it?"
“Of course I don’t mind.”
Li Qing quickly sat down and then repeated everything he had just said to Xiao He.
At the same time, he looked at Xiao He with hope, hoping to gain Xiao He's approval.
However, Xiao He was not stupid. Although he was interested in playing a murderer, he was offered scripts to play murderers all the time. He was not really at the point where he would not be picky about any murderer. Therefore, Xiao He did not immediately respond to Director Li's praying look, but instead focused his attention on Liu Rulan.
He wasn't really familiar with Director Li, so Liu Rulan knew more about him.
Sure enough, Liu Rulan spoke up: "I heard that the Hunan TV station next door is about to start a detective-themed variety show. What's your relationship with them?"
A hint of hesitation appeared on Li Qing's face.
Xiao He narrowed his eyes.
Haha, there was definitely something wrong! No wonder he came to find him first instead of Sister Liu.
Look at him, so young, he's easy to fool, isn't he!
Seeing Xiao He's displeasure and Liu Rulan's aggressive demeanor, Li Qing gave a wry smile and said seriously, "Our program has nothing to do with that variety show, so please don't worry. It won't involve any copyright issues. We were just unlucky; we happened to run into it when we were starting the project."
There was no script-stealing or any grudges or rivalries arising from who came first. It was simply that two unrelated production teams both set their sights on this field, and their schedules clashed precisely, making them destined to fight each other in the future.
From now on, it's destined to be a head-to-head competition—comparing publicity, cast, script, viewership, and final results.
However, compared to the other program's lavish spending, their program was rather meager. Although they also hired first- or second-tier celebrities, the other program started with a bang, directly bringing in classic villains from Hong Kong films to participate in the filming of their promotional trailer, while their start was rather unremarkable.
So, after careful consideration within the production team, they set their sights on Xiao He.
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