Xiao He, who had already returned to China, naturally had no idea that more and more people abroad were starting to believe he had a Gang background.

And the credit for all of this lay with Ban Zheyu and Moses.

The former firmly shared his experiences with his own people, certain that Xiao He had a powerful background abroad.

The latter was completely terrified after being dealt with by Xiao He; even his subordinates caught wind of it, becoming tight-lipped and mysterious about Xiao He. Other Gangs also received some information, and combined with the 'Gang thugs suddenly surrendering' incident from a year ago, more people's thoughts began to race toward a certain unspeakable direction...

Meanwhile, back in China, because the Film Crew of the imperial cause was urging him so urgently, Xiao He didn't even have time to catch his breath before hurriedly diving back into the filming. He didn't even have a chance to go to the cinema to watch fast car shadow 7 himself.

However, other members of the team found time to go see it one day and brought back plenty of the latest news for Xiao He.

“The release of fast car shadow 7 in China is doing quite well; it's already confirmed as the box office champion of the Qingming period.”

As mentioned before, the Qingming period isn't actually a particularly large holiday slot for the entire Chinese film market. In fact, because of the holiday's inherent meaning, many films actually avoid these dates or choose the more marketable May Day slot instead.

Therefore, most of the competition in this slot consists of imported films, so the pressure is relatively low.

However, this doesn't mean it lacks market potential. At least a few years ago, when the film market was at its peak development, imported foreign films once took over three billion in box office revenue during this period.

While fast car shadow 7 faced certain policy restrictions due to its American background, its performance this /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ time was still quite impressive. By the time Xiao He learned about it, its total domestic box office had successfully crossed the eight hundred million mark, while all other films in the same period combined hadn't even reached two hundred million.

Compared to the international box office market, these figures might seem bleak, but compared horizontally to similar domestic performances, it was indeed a brilliant success.

After all, at the same time, fast car shadow 7 was in an extremely explosive state abroad. With the series finale factor, a generation's cinematic nostalgia, the addition of new members, and early promotional filming, fast car shadow 7 reached a global box office of 500 million USD in just its opening week.

In North America specifically, platforms were dominated by topics related to fast car shadow 7. Logging onto any social media platform for young people, one could see moviegoers and fans everywhere making promotions and parodies of the film.

This incidentally led to a side story: precisely because these topics went viral, many repair shop owners were shocked to find that the number of damaged motorcycles was increasing rapidly.

Eh? Wait, something's not right! Since fast car shadow 7 mostly features car racing scenes, it should be cars that are being damaged, right?

Why is it all motorcycles?

At the same time, many renovation workers, holding a bucket of wood varnish in one hand and their hip with the other, looked at large craters at the base of staircases with confused faces, asking the homeowners in shock: “Oh, so can you tell me how you broke this?”

The homeowners, who had just sent their motorcycles for repair and had more money than sense, would give a polite but awkward grin: “Ah, I originally wanted to imitate Dan and challenge riding a motorcycle down a spiral staircase, then film a short video for the internet. I didn't expect... er, to be honest, I thought it wouldn't be that difficult, but you know, now it's like this.”

Renovation workers:...

Repair shop owners hearing the same excuse:...

Ah?

What are you saying?

You're saying all of this happened because you wanted to imitate a movie character and ride a motorcycle down the stairs?

Hmm?

Are you crazy?

What normal person rides a motorcycle on the stairs?!

However, foreigners are famously bold and full of an adventurous (death-seeking) spirit. While the numerous racing scenes in fast car shadow 7 filled them with passion and an urge to try, they weren't stupid. Compared to high-stakes, life-threatening racing where one slip-up means a fatal crash, they preferred to replicate the iconic scene of Dan Cheng riding a motorcycle to save the Female Protagonist.

After all, racing is expensive and dangerous, whereas riding a motorcycle in your own home—as long as you go slow—won't get you chased by traffic police for a ticket, nor will any major accidents happen... right?

At this moment, in their audacity, they completely forgot that in the movie, Dan Cheng was speeding through a castle on the motorcycle.

As a medieval relic, the castle naturally had enough space, and undoubtedly, Xiao He, who played Dan Cheng, possessed considerable skill. Under these mismatched conditions, their foolish attempts at replication were destined for disaster. Aside from sending more motorcycles to the repair shops, there was no other possibility.

Consequently, Xiao He gained another title abroad: “Vehicle Killer.”

When Xiao He heard about this, a giant question mark appeared over his head.

Xiao He:?

Originally, Xiao He was just asking Sister Liu about the box office of fast car shadow 7, but he didn't expect that as he listened, things would suddenly turn bad—

“So they crashed the vehicles themselves, how did the 'Vehicle Killer' blame fall on my head?”

Xiao He was more confused than ever, and even felt a little wronged.

Ah? What did I do?

You can't just spread rumors like that.

It's not like he was the one driving and crashing them!

To someone who had won a season championship trophy, this was practically a provocation!

“Ahem—”

Liu Rulan coughed lightly, explaining with a suppressed smile, “It's probably because your existence remotely caused many foreigners' vehicles to enter a state of needing repair.”

Xiao He alone had remotely disabled a large number of motorcycles in other countries; how was that not another form of being a Vehicle Killer?

He didn't even need to show up in person for the effect to be outstanding.

Xiao He:...That works too?

“There's even more interesting gossip.”

As Liu Rulan spoke, she opened her phone and looked at Xiao He with great pity, making a shiver run down his spine. “What?”

Then Liu Rulan handed the phone to Xiao He. From the familiar YinFei short video app, the most common type of marketing account voice instantly rang out:

“What?? An iconic scene of massive Gang members chasing stars appeared on the streets of America?”

Accompanied by dynamic music, this marketing account began its practiced routine of 'one picture at the start, the rest of the video is fabricated.'

“Recently, an American netizen shared a daily update, saying that the cinema in her neighborhood was booked out by a nearby Gang. When she plucked up the courage to ask, she found out that this group of terrifying-looking Gang brothers were actually there to chase a star...”

“It turns out they were all there to see fast car shadow 7! And they are all fans of Xiao He!”

“Heavens, our little box fans' ranks are growing stronger and stronger, even Gang members are coming out to support Brother Xiao...”

... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Brother Xiao himself felt goosebumps all over:...

When will these marketing accounts get off the Earth?