Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore-Chapter 426: “Phantom Thieves Alliance 2” Wraps Filming

France, Frank Goethe Grand Theater.

"Alright, I understand."

Han Jae-woo hung up the phone, and the door to his lounge was pushed open.

An Yuanshan saw Han Jae-woo still sitting on the sofa and immediately felt a headache coming on. She jogged over to remind him, "The performance is about to start. Aren't you going to prepare?"

"It's just going through the motions. No need to be so nervous."

Han Jae-woo played with his phone, his tone indifferent.

However, An Yuanshan's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of a familiar Chinese face flashing across the phone screen as his fingers swiped.

Thinking of recent events, a look of worry appeared on her face. "Actually, we don't need to perform in the stage play anymore. We already have the script in hand. Even if the director truly appreciates someone, it won't change anything."

"Hah, but I'm still extremely annoyed," Han Jae-woo sneered. "We were in contact with the film adaptation rights for 'Twelve Sins', and they went ahead and performed the stage play first. We were marketing the 'Chaebol Young Master' persona overseas, and they came up with a 'Gangster Prince' marketing angle. What exactly is the meaning of this? Chasing after me to ride on my coattails?"

Within his own country, he certainly wouldn't dare to openly promote himself as a chaebol heir. But overseas was different; it was originally just a persona, a bit of marketing to attract attention.

However, before their marketing efforts had even gained much traction, an even more aggressive persona marketing campaign popped up from who-knows-where, claiming to be a "Gangster Prince." Coupled with also being an Asian face, all the traffic instantly shifted over there, leaving their side completely ignored.

When Han Jae-woo found out about this, he was absolutely furious.

Upon further inquiry, good grief, it was the same Chinese actor!

He, the legitimate descendant of an actual gangster-turned-chaebol, hadn't said anything, so how dare that side have the nerve to do this?

If both sides weren't abroad, Han Jae-woo would have really liked to find a few people to show that poser over there what a real gangster looks like.

An Yuanshan gave an awkward smile, not daring to voice her own thoughts.

Although, judging by all circumstances, this was most likely a coincidence... but, as the saying goes, those in the same trade are enemies. Their overseas marketing strategy and development path highly overlapped with Han Jae-woo's, making them a potential formidable rival in the future.

Starting to take precautions in advance now was also a good choice—

Just at that moment, the lounge door was pushed open again.

Director Anni of the Frank Goethe Grand Theater and Manager El of Shield Screen Pictures from the United States walked in.

Glancing at the two people in the room, Director Anni cleared his throat and got straight to the point. "As a stage play, 'Twelve Mirrors' is quite challenging to perform. I ask that Mr. Han Jae-woo's upcoming performance provides me with sufficient convincing power and does not tarnish the sanctity of our opera house."

"Rest assured," Manager El promised earnestly. "Entrusting the 'Twelve Sins' script to us will undoubtedly be your wisest choice, Director Anni."

Very few people knew that the stage play script for 'Twelve Mirrors' was adapted by Director Anni's father.

And the original author of 'Twelve Sins' was actually Director Anni's maternal grandfather. He immigrated to the United States in his early years and achieved great success writing books there. Later, through various twists and turns, Director Anni's family inherited all the assets of the original author—naturally including the copyright to 'Twelve Sins'.

Of course, it now belonged to Shield Screen Pictures, one of the American film giants, and had nothing to do with Director Anni or the Frank Goethe Grand Theater anymore.

A stiff smile appeared on Director Anni's face before he turned and left.

Only after Director Anni left did Manager El, who had been all smiles, finally drop his expression and look down at Han Jae-woo, issuing a command. "Perform well in the stage play. We went to great lengths to secure this opportunity for you to record a video on-site. You must cherish it."

"Please rest assured, Han Jae-woo will definitely perform well."

An Yuanshan nodded, then seemed to remember something and hesitantly asked in a roundabout way, "About that Chinese actor recommended by Director Anni—"

"Hah, don't worry about it. Our company does not cooperate with Chinese actors."

Manager El curled his lip disdainfully.

Thinking of Shield Screen Pictures' international stance in recent years, An Yuansan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Manager El an ingratiating smile.

Han Jae-woo also visibly relaxed.

...

After the festival activities in Grasse concluded, Xiao He's filming with the production team of 'The Phantom Thief Alliance 2' also went very smoothly.

As a shady, behind-the-scenes mastermind type, the White-haired Hacker's scenes weren't actually that many.

The final highlight plot was probably when the White-haired Hacker successfully obtained the perfume formula for "Black Marie" from Lu Xiaokong and, in just two short days, actually managed to recreate the finished perfume product, fooling the employer.

—Of course, it was later proven that what the employer wanted from the start wasn't "Black Marie." This entire employment transaction was a setup from the beginning. However, this key plot point where the counterfeit replaced the genuine article still gave the hacker a chance to shine. His superb counterfeit replication skills once again successfully validated his world's third-ranked master thief status.

At the end of the story, Lu Xiaokong deduced that since the hacker could replicate the "Black Marie" perfume and pass the employer's inspection, then the "Black Marie" that never showed its face from start to finish must truly exist. It was just that the hacker had already swapped it out and stolen it. This time, not only were they set up by the employer, but the employer was also played by the hacker.

The facts were indeed so. The hacker later not only swapped out the genuine article but even sold the formula to the employer's rivals, mass-producing it in a huge wave and making a massive profit from it.

But all this had nothing to do with Lu Xiaokong anymore.

Because when leaving, Lu Xiaokong turned the tables on the hacker, taking Shi Ji along to abscond with all the hacker's cash and electronic devices, then boarded a plane and made a stylish getaway.

Only the hacker was left, being frantically pursued by the gangsters hired by the employer, cursing Lu Xiaokong and Shi Ji the entire time he ran.

And so, the grudge was once again firmly established.

After this long stretch of plot was finished, Xiao He's scenes were pretty much done filming.

This was also partly Director Zhuang accommodating Xiao He, knowing that Xiao He had to fly to the neighboring 'Fast Speed Shadow 7' production team later. So, he tried to concentrate the filming, finishing all of Xiao He's scenes first before moving on to the others.

It's just that this efficiency was genuinely a bit high—

The official start date for joining the 'Fast Speed Shadow 7' team was early April, but 'The Phantom Thief Alliance 2' had already finished filming smoothly by mid-March. This meant Xiao He suddenly had a gap of nearly half a month.

Liu Rulan originally planned to arrange for Xiao He to return to China, but O'Deen, that dog with a keen nose, caught wind of it. As soon as he heard Xiao He had free time, he rushed over to the production team without delay, inviting Xiao He to participate in the car race at the end of the month.

And coming along with O'Deen was that aristocratic young master from last time who wanted to poach Xiao He for his racing team to fulfill his own dream.

As soon as the young master arrived, without a word of explanation, he directly threw money at the problem.

Before Xiao He could even state his position, he was first stunned by the money.

Seeing the money, Liu Rulan also chose silence.

Excellent, hit the road immediately!

So Xiao He decisively abandoned work and followed O'Deen to Canada, coming back with a championship trophy, finally making up for the young master's regret of not winning the championship last time.

But before this championship trophy could even warm up in his hands, Xiao He was stunned by the new news brought by Liu Rulan.

"Get ready. 'No Bait' has been shortlisted for Cannes."

Over the phone, Liu Rulan's tone carried a trace of barely concealed excitement.

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, not yet processing the information, when Liu Rulan immediately urged him, "Quick, return to China immediately!"