[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s":3,"chapter-brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-chapter-520":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},300899,567,"Chapter 520: Reuniting with an Old Acquaintance from the Slaughterlife Era","brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-chapter-520",520,"\u003Cp>The awards hall was now gradually filling with many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Xiao He unexpectedly encountered several familiar faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exchanged greetings with Ning Jiaqi, then stood up and walked toward another section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Hou, Brother Zehang, it's really been a while since we last met.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He greeted several people from that production team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar faces sitting here were all people he had met during the \"Killing Life\" period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting right in the middle was the director from back then, Hou Rongxuan—the very person who had dragged Xiao He on set to play Zhu Third Brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other person was an even older acquaintance, Liu Zehang, who had already collaborated with Xiao He twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zehang's first collaboration with Director Hou was also in \"Killing Life,\" where he played Zhu Second Brother. Later, Director Hou formed a new production team and invited Liu Zehang to play the protagonist. The final work successfully premiered earlier this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that sense, they were actually competitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Director Hou had essentially recognized Xiao He's talent and given him his big break, and Xiao He and Liu Zehang were long-time friends within the industry circle, so this competitive tension wasn't that important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiao Xiao, come, have a seat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Rongxuan also had a deep impression of Xiao He and immediately smiled, inviting him to sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zehang also made room for Xiao He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He smiled and sat down, casually greeting the other members of this production team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, many of this production team's personnel overlapped with those from the \"Killing Life\" period. Xiao He was quite familiar with many of the people he had collaborated with back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon asking in detail, he learned that Hou Rongxuan's latest work was also a suspenseful crime film. Considering their relatively pleasant collaboration during the \"Killing Life\" period, Hou Rongxuan had called upon many old acquaintances to work together again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, he had invited Xiao He before, but Xiao He was already committed to \"No Bait\" and filming abroad at the time. Plus, his career trajectory back then probably wouldn't have involved repeating a role like Zhu Third Brother, so the matter wasn't brought up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He nodded understandingly, his gaze sweeping over everyone. He quickly noticed someone seemed to be missing: \"Where's Li Hanyue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He noticed that when he asked this question, the atmosphere around them suddenly turned somewhat chilly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Rongxuan's smile faded slightly. Everyone else fell silent, not daring to make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanyue, who played the victim in \"Killing Life\" back then. Later, because her image fit the real-life case victim too perfectly, she was targeted by the actual murderer from that year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Xiao He hadn't appeared and disrupted the rhythm of everything, Li Hanyue might have truly been in mortal danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this incident had somewhat affected her. Later, Li Hanyue didn't return to any production teams to act. Instead, she chose to travel to relax and clear her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The above was Xiao He's last impression of Li Hanyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he progressed too quickly, went too far. These people from the past gradually drifted out of his life. Xiao He simply didn't have the energy to maintain these relationships or care about others' current situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in Xiao He's memory, Director Hou had been quite good to Li Hanyue, intending to nurture her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Li Hanyue, while still a performing arts student, play the important tragic role in \"Killing Life.\" Moreover, Li Hanyue's appearance was the delicate, innocent type. Her acting wasn't forced or exaggerated; she belonged to the more natural, authentic category of actors. This type of actor is generally favored by directors of realistic genre films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Xiao He originally thought that after Li Hanyue returned from her travels to relax, she would choose to collaborate with Director Hou again, even participating in this film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... now that he thought about it, it seemed not just on social media Moments, but even on the broader internet, he hadn't really heard anything about Li Hanyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That young woman who started with such high promise, entering the entertainment industry almost simultaneously with him, seemed to have completely vanished without a trace within the circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to have said the wrong thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, her? She came too, but she seemed to have stepped out just now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zehang cleared his throat lightly, then proactively introduced to Xiao He, \"Ah, right, this is our female lead this time! Let me introduce you! I can tell you haven't watched our film! That's really too much, especially since I went to contribute to 'No Bait's' box office for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He indeed hadn't watched Liu Zehang's film. He gave an awkward, embarrassed chuckle, then smiled and greeted the female lead here, not bringing up Li Hanyue again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, his heart felt somewhat heavy, as if something bad had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After chatting with the people from this production team for a while, Xiao He stood up and patted Liu Zehang beside him: \"Brother Zehang, come with me to get something to eat next door?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zehang probably guessed what Xiao He wanted to ask. He also stood up: \"Sure, let me tell Director Hou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then walked over to Director Hou, whispered a few words in his ear. Director Hou let out a long sigh and waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ze, who was the screenwriter for \"Killing Life\" and now the screenwriter for the new film, also glanced at the two leaving the hall. His gaze slowly retracted, looking forward: \"What a pity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Rongxuan didn't speak, just shook his head: \"It's all fate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over here, the two walked out of the hall but didn't head to the lounge. Instead, they found an empty corner to talk about Li Hanyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did something happen to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When asking this question, Xiao He's feelings were quite complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, their relationship during filming was genuinely quite good. They had kept in touch intermittently afterward. But later, Xiao He became busy with his career, and Li Hanyue stopped actively contacting him, so they gradually lost touch. Calculating carefully now, exactly three years had passed since their first meeting during \"Killing Life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old friends from the past were no longer as they once were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zehang indeed brought bad news: \"She got into a relationship later. Her mental state hasn't been very good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He immediately frowned: \"Depression? Tell me in detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bad premonition came true. Xiao He was genuinely somewhat worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She dated a boyfriend before. It seems the relationship wasn't very smooth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they were outside, Liu Zehang spoke somewhat vaguely, just outlining the situation simply, \"Then she went to get plastic surgery, but it failed. After that, she kept getting more surgeries, kept getting more... Now she's somewhat obsessed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Xiao He found it hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hanyue, to put it without exaggeration, her looks were at least campus belle level. With that kind of beauty, she still needed plastic surgery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A natural, delicate, innocent appearance that made everyone feel protective—was she still dissatisfied with her own beauty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao He then tightened his brows, feeling something was off. Something flashed through his mind, but he couldn't grasp it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li Hanyue he once knew shouldn't have been like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly happened these past few years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would it cause such a drastic change in a person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Liu Zehang was about to say more, the two suddenly heard a commotion coming from the distant front lobby of the venue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two exchanged a look, both having a bad feeling. They immediately started running toward that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>",1278,"2026-05-29T18:50:46.243Z","2026-06-01T04:29:59.536Z",1,"novelbin.me","9639dcccf6d6015e3ecc0d801807cd71f85a04447b263392a6194305fb543a21","brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-chapter-521","brother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-chapter-519",734,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbrother-dao-took-the-entertainment-industry-by-s-cover.jpg"]