Chapter 553: “Mistaken All the Way” Wraps Up

"Teacher Xiao, thank you for your hard work during these past few days of filming. Please also review this schedule. We should be able to wrap around the day after tomorrow. Is that acceptable to you?"

Zhan Min asked Xiao He again.

Xiao He nodded. "No problem."

"Good, good."

Zhan Min hurried away once more.

Ren Yibai gave Xiao He a smile, then also turned and headed back to his own dressing room.

Xiao Chen brought Xiao He's phone over. Seeing Ren Yibai turn away, he whispered in Xiao He's ear, "This Ren Yibai is a bit strange. I heard Xiao Gao is already his thirty-fifth assistant."

"Really? That's so exaggerated."

Xiao He was surprised.

And that's how he heard about this.

"Some people say Ren Yibai has OCD, so he's especially strict with his assistants. If there's anything he's not satisfied with, he gets extremely angry. There's been an experience before where he directly scolded a young assistant until they cried."

As Xiao Chen spoke, he also shrank his neck a little, feeling somewhat fortunate that he was following Brother Xiao.

High pressure and many eccentric people are already very normal things within the industry circle.

After hearing this, Xiao He was a bit surprised. "OCD? I didn't notice that."

Shouldn't OCD involve forcing others and also forcing oneself? It's like mysophobia. True mysophobia isn't just about demanding friends be clean; the person themselves must be clean from head to toe. As soon as someone comes to their home, they act as if facing a great enemy.

But from watching Ren Yibai's performances, they all seemed to stop at just the right point. There was no so-called OCD!

Some performances even made Xiao He's own OCD about to act up, yet he didn't see the other party react at all. When the director yelled "Cut," he just left directly, not even looking back, as if he simply didn't care.

So is this OCD also double-standard?

Xiao He genuinely didn't understand this; he was just reasonably puzzled.

Of course, Xiao Chen naturally didn't know that Xiao He automatically associated OCD with work. Otherwise, he might have turned around and roasted Brother Xiao, saying you yourself are also in the late stages of OCD. However, Xiao He's confusion still made him choke for a moment.

"Uh, uh, maybe everyone's standards are different?"

Xiao Chen explained tactfully.

Xiao He shrugged. "Forget it. Let's not interfere with each other. Once we've repaid the favor, we'll smoothly roll back to our own territory."

Lately, he just wanted to cultivate his mind and body and work well.

...

Soon, Xiao He completed his filming for the 'Let the Mistake Slide' production team and successfully wrapped.

Only at this moment did many people in the production team finally show reluctant expressions towards him.

It left Xiao He utterly confused.

Did these people welcome him or not?

They were pretty cold when he first arrived.

Even Director Zhan looked at Xiao He with a kind of grief, as if his protector was about to leave him, his voice carrying a hint of a choke. "Teacher Xiao, the time you were here was the most relaxed period of filming for me. Now that you're leaving, I'm so reluctant to part with you—"

Xiao He: "Haha, it's not that serious, not that serious."

What a strange, strange production team.

Zhan Min looked at Xiao He, wanting to say something but stopping, finally saying nothing. He just grasped Xiao He's hand and thanked him again. "Teacher Xiao, I hope we still have a chance to cooperate in the future."

Xiao He just smiled, not dampening Zhan Min's enthusiasm. He nodded and agreed readily. "Alright, then I'll be waiting for you, Director Zhan."

Finally, amidst the production team's farewell, Xiao He left the 'Let the Mistake Slide' production team.

-

After Xiao He left, as soon as Zhan Min turned his head, he was stopped by Ren Yibai's assistant, Xiao Gao. "Director Zhan, Brother Ren has something to discuss with you."

Zhan Min sighed inwardly.

What was coming had finally arrived.

"Okay, Xiao Gao, please wait a moment."

Xiao Gao pressed his lips together tightly. "Brother Ren is a bit anxious over there. Director Zhan, you know his temper. He especially hates it when others aren't punctual..."

"Just a moment, very quickly."

Zhan Min glanced at Xiao Gao. "He won't do anything to me. Say less, okay?"

Xiao Gao hesitated for a moment. Remembering that Xiao He hadn't made an issue of him spilling coffee before and that his attitude towards everyone in the production team had been good during this period, he finally bit the flesh inside his cheek and nodded. "Then please be quick."

"Xiao Jia."

Zhan Min called over his trusted aide, his young assistant. "Come here for a moment."

He handed the key in his hand to the young assistant, then lowered his voice and said, "For the footage recorded recently, go make a separate backup copy. Remember to handle it properly, don't let anyone discover it."

The young assistant took the key, nodded, then turned and left.

One minute later, Zhan Min and Xiao Gao knocked on Ren Yibai's door right on time.

Seeing the two enter, a bit more of a smile finally appeared on Ren Yibai's face, though the smile didn't reach his eyes.

He glanced at his watch, then raised his chin slightly towards Zhan Min. "Little Zhan came in quite punctually."

Zhan Min wore an ingratiating smile on his face. "When Teacher Ren calls me, I naturally have to come over quickly."

Ren Yibai didn't buy Zhan Min's act. He just stated matter-of-factly, "This movie is on a tight schedule. Little Zhan alone probably can't oversee everything. So I've already called people from the company. They'll come to help your team complete the post-production work."

"Good, good, no problem. Thank you so much, Teacher Ren." Zhan Min had no objections at all. On the contrary, he was very supportive of Ren Yibai asking the company to send more people. At the same time, rubbing his hands together cautiously, he inquired, "Teacher Ren, since you've already spoken to the company, could we possibly add just a little bit of extra funding..."

Ren Yibai frowned, stared at Zhan Min for a long time, and finally nodded. "Fine."

So Ren Yibai went to call the company again.

Zhan Min left with a hearty laugh.

Xiao Gao glanced in the direction Zhan Min left, then looked at Ren Yibai making the call outside. After hesitating for a moment, he said nothing.

Director Zhan is just making a backup in advance. There's nothing wrong with that, right? It's not like he can do anything with it himself anyway.

By the time the movie is released, whether he can still work here or not is uncertain!

In the end, Xiao Gao said nothing, decisively pretending he didn't know.

After Ren Yibai finished his call and came back in, he saw Xiao Gao just standing there dumbly, not doing anything. He was instantly a bit speechless. Raising his hand to check the time, he said in a neutral tone, "It's this time already. You should start preparing my dinner. Be quick, don't be late."

"Okay, Brother Ren."

Xiao Gao nodded and jogged out of the dressing room.

...

After finishing the filming for the 'Let the Mistake Slide' production team, Xiao He returned to the 'Super Spacetime Confrontation' production team.

When he smelled the unique scent of prop machine oil in the production team, Xiao He felt refreshed and invigorated, as if he had come back to life.

Seeing Xiao He in an extremely good mood on his first day back at work, Pu Rong curiously asked, "Bro Xiao, did you go to prison? Why do you have the expression of someone finally free?"

Shu Han also walked over, took a look at Xiao He, and then said, "Most likely, the atmosphere in that production team was very oppressive."

Pu Rong understood, putting on the air of someone who had been through it all. He patted Xiao He's shoulder. "Brother, opening a blind box with production teams is like this. You'll get used to it."

"You guys don't understand. Actually, the production team as a whole was quite good. The filming was also very smooth, without any abnormalities. When the state was good, we basically got it in one take. That main actor was also fine; he didn't target me or anything. It's just inexplicably..."

Xiao He thought for a moment, then summarized, "It's just that there was always this frustrated feeling that someone was going to scheme against you from behind, but after being on guard for a long time, the other party did nothing."

But he was just helping out. He shouldn't have offended anyone, right?