After returning to Shanghai and settling matters with Heguang Technology, Xiao He went on several promotional trips for "Phantom Thieves 2".

With the Spring Festival approaching, the promotion of "The Phantom Thieves 2" has officially entered the right track, with several trailers and personal edits being released online, and the promotion is being carried out with great effort.

During his spare time at work, Xiao He finally had some free time to watch the trailer for "The Phantom Thieves 2".

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The scene opens with Shi Ji's distinctive voice:

"Oh dear, nephew, come quick and save me! This place is terrifying!"

"Knock knock—"

The pitch-black screen suddenly lit up, and Shi Ji and Lu Xiaokong stood in the bustling perfume market, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

Shi Ji sneezed three times in a row, the background behind him kept changing, and finally the two of them stood in front of a magnificent manor.

Shi Ji's eyes lit up, and he proudly bumped Lu Xiaokong's shoulder: "Look! If I hadn't broadened your horizons, you probably would never have seen a scene like this in your life!"

Lu Xiaokong, however, wanted to grab his uncle by the collar and roared angrily, "Fine, fine, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been tricked into coming here!"

As he finished speaking, the manor gates in front of them slowly opened—

The butler stood at the door, smiling at the two people before him, and finally opened his arms wide: "Welcome, everyone!"

"Beep beep beep beep—"

The background music instantly changed to classical instruments unique to France, and the scene continuously showed local architecture and scenery before finally settling on those exquisite perfume bottles.

Lu Xiaokong's voice slowly began to describe: "Grass, the perfume capital of France, currently supplies two-thirds of the country's natural fragrances. It boasts numerous perfume museums, laboratories, and factories, and is known as a paradise for the sense of smell..."

Before everyone's eyes appeared a variety of perfume styles. The huge display wall seemed to transport everyone to the peak era of perfume manufacturing in the 18th century, where countless famous perfumes were born and continued to develop and iterate, becoming even more diverse.

At this point, Lu Xiaokong and Shi Ji finally learned the objective of their mission—

In the video, the uncle and nephew exclaim in unison, "Stealing perfume?"

Behind them, a line of large words was deliberately displayed: 【Black Mary】.

"ah?"

Shi Ji secretly asked Lu Xiaokong, "Is the owner of this house...?"

He tapped his head: "Is there a problem here?"

Then the background music speeds up, the scene becomes more exciting, and various characters appear one after another. The seriousness is not without the addition of humor, giving it a dark comedy style that makes people feel relaxed and happy, perfectly matching the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

Even the poster has a festive style, with a large area of ​​red as the background, and several important characters hugging each other, seemingly fighting over something. Unfortunately, the beautiful glass bottle was pushed out by them and flew into the sky above the poster.

Besides this group, there was another mysterious thief lurking in the red and black border, appearing and disappearing around, as if he had been coveting it for a long time.

Among them are characters who have made a clear appearance, such as the black-clad, white-haired hacker whose figure has gradually become visible and very conspicuous. However, there are also characters who have not yet appeared and only exist in the legends of the God Thief Ranking, such as the number one and number two, whose figures are currently completely black and completely hidden in the shadows.

However, Xiao He also noticed that although the "glass bottle" that everyone was fighting over had slipped from their hands and flown into the air, according to the logic of the poster's layout, if the "glass bottle" fell along a normal trajectory, it would eventually land in the hands of the white-haired hacker.

So from the very beginning, this poster hinted at who the ultimate winner would be.

Finally, a bright yellow title is used to display the name "Phantom Thieves 2".

Upon seeing this, Xiao He couldn't help but marvel.

Zhuang Hongyi is truly a remarkable person.

Moreover, his ambition is evident. If "The Thieves 2" also achieves box office success, then they will have firmly established themselves in the Spring Festival film season, and their subsequent films will undoubtedly be strong contenders for the same slot.

Great, that kid's made a fortune again!

Xiao He couldn't help but open the comments section and take a look.

The comments section hasn't yet noticed the clever details on the "Phantom Thieves 2" poster; most are focusing on the plot. Upon seeing that the setting for this sequel is in Franco, everyone started making jokes about Louis XVI's hellish humor and expressed their anticipation for the film's release on Chinese New Year's Day.

【My favorite phantom thief duo is finally back! I'm already planning to see them on Chinese New Year's Day!】

【This time the setting is in France! And it's all about perfumes! I'm so excited, I can almost smell the fragrance through the screen.】

【So, does the perfume "Black Mary" really exist in real life? I'm quite curious.】

【Probably not? But antique perfumes are really expensive. There was a bottle of antique perfume that sold for £300,000 at an auction in France before.】

【Wow, thanks to Shi Ji and Lu Xiaokong for broadening our horizons!】

【So this is the world of the rich?】

【Isn't this just like Director Zhuang's own life?】

【Great, the white-haired hacker has finally shown his face! I'm already looking forward to it.】

【Every time I see Brother Xiao's white-haired look, I can't help but want to lick him, he's so handsome.】

【Are you a guy upstairs? Huh?】

【No! Let go of that white-haired one, let me have it!】

【Speaking of which, we still don't know this white-haired guy's real name. We always just call him "White Hair, White Hair," it's hilarious.】

【It's okay, that's what it's called in the script too 【doge emoji】】

Clearly, the trailer has successfully raised everyone's expectations. The increased screen time for Xiao He has also attracted more fans to join the discussion.

Xiao He found it somewhat amusing and forwarded the promotional trailer to help promote "The Phantom Thieves 2".

His post immediately attracted a large number of fans who came to watch and began to work together to help boost the pre-sale box office.

It's clear that Xiao He's box office appeal is truly extraordinary.

Fortunately, Xiao He only had a cameo role, and Zhuang Hongyi didn't ask him to join the film crew for the promotional tour, so Xiao He only needed to wait for the movie to be released and didn't have to work so hard.

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Over the next few days, Xiao He finished all his announcements for the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Looking at his neatly arranged work schedule, Xiao He, the "King of Rolls," felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Finally, I can relax.

He decided to start his vacation before the Spring Festival.

It was only then that Xiao He learned that a small group of his fans were currently protesting against the company on his behalf.

Xiao He was dumbfounded when he found out.

"Huh? Which company are you targeting? Whose rights are you protecting?"

In Linghui Entertainment's office, Xiao He was worried that he was receiving information too quickly, ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) causing auditory hallucinations, so he immediately confirmed with Xiao Zhou, the operations manager, again.

Xiao Zhou looked a little embarrassed: "Uh, there's a group of fans saying that our Linghui Entertainment team is exploiting the boss, taking on so many scripts that you're working non-stop all year round. Their current request is that you take a break and not work so hard..."

Xiao He leaned back, making a very stiff expression of shock.

Wow, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches have been reversed.

What's this?

Why did their own fans lead the charge, only to find that the target of their own fortress was actually their own?