117: Finish

Humiliation, naked humiliation.

The crew of the legendary twins resumed filming.

Dicky Cheung and Nicholas Tse also returned to the set.

Many people in the crew looked at them with pity.

Their sentencing results had been released: a formal apology, and the two were sentenced to one year and three years of sewing machine operator service respectively.

Because Nicholas Tse had uttered a phrase inciting the Stunt Performers, he received two more years than Dicky Cheung.

They were supposed to be operating sewing machines, but they had been forcibly transferred back to complete the filming.

This was even more shameful than sending them directly to serve their sentences.

Being watched like monkeys all day on set, and they were the two Protagonists, no less.

After the crew resumed, everyone was waiting for Li Xiuwu to arrive.

Li Xiuwu did not appear again; the RV he had been staying in was now being used by Yang Xue.

Director looked at the crew, feeling utterly frustrated.

What the hell is there to shoot? Rewrite the script.

A massive amount of scenes were rewritten over and over. Although the storyline remained largely unchanged, since Li Xiuwu wasn't coming, Yan Nantian's scenes were skipped directly to him being killed by Yang Xue; they would just find a stunt double to finish it.

As for the other characters, let those who should die, die. He looked at the two Protagonists, who were cowering like quails, with a headache.

Just write them all to death. Yang Xue shouldn't love Hua Wuque either; just let her go on a killing spree and become the Empress herself.

Looking at the new script, many people were speechless.

Especially Fan Bingbing, who was now incredibly regretful; if only she hadn't taken that step back earlier.

Now, everyone knew the capability of Golden Culture. Anyone with a bit of insight could guess that Li Xiuwu had more say in Golden Culture than Wang Cheng did.

The key was Golden Culture's money and Golden Culture's influence. There must be a massive network of connections behind them.

Everyone knew there must be a massive network of connections behind Golden Culture, they just didn't know exactly how big.

Now, Yang Xue had become the biggest beneficiary of this crew. If anyone wanted to cause trouble for her, they had to consider whether they could afford to offend Li Xiuwu.

This time, the entire Hong Kong Circle had been taught a lesson and had yielded huge benefits. The Stunt Performers also had to tuck their tails between their legs, not daring to be as arrogant as before.

It could be said that the entire Hong Kong Circle hated Dicky Cheung and Nicholas Tse to death. They had caused the entire Hong Kong Circle huge losses; they hadn't gained any say, but instead had surrendered many benefits.

Dwarf Zeng cut off his tail to survive; the agency he had set up in Beijing directly changed hands, and artists under him, including Ng Man-tat, became Golden Culture stars.

The Hong Kong forces that had participated in boycotting Li Xiuwu this time had all paid some price, except for Emperor Entertainment Group; Wang Cheng had ignored them during the negotiations.

Such an anomaly made Albert Yeung feel uneasy. He contacted Wang Cheng, but was rejected by Wang Cheng.

He contacted other Hong Kong bigwigs to find Wang Cheng and talk together.

"Handle it yourself. Don't drag everyone down to die with you." Everyone else had also paid huge benefits to save themselves.

Dwarf Zeng had it the worst. Coming north to Beijing—this wasn't something he had funded alone; the background structure was complex, and now he just wanted to run away.

Others watched coldly. The matter had been stirred up by Emperor Entertainment Group in the first place, and the other side clearly hadn't vented their anger. Now that everyone had finally managed to extricate themselves, they could only sacrifice their allies to save their own skins.

...

"Boss, that is the current situation." Wang Cheng reported the final results of the matter to Li Xiuwu one by one, then stood there anxiously.

Li Xiuwu sat in his chair, looking at Wang Cheng.

"Do you remember how you analyzed Golden Culture on the day you applied for the job?"

Wang Cheng recalled. It hadn't been that long, just over half a year, and he hadn't forgotten.

Thinking of his past analysis, his development plans for Golden Culture, and his mindset at the time, he lowered his head.

"Boss, it was my arrogance and negligence. I didn't fulfill my responsibilities." Wang Cheng admitted that he had become arrogant after hearing about the capital behind the Boss.

Li Xiuwu tapped on the table. The thumping sound made Wang Cheng even more anxious; cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Qiu Wanjun will deal with Emperor Entertainment Group within a year. You go to Hong Kong and gather everything from Emperor Entertainment Group."

After consideration, Li Xiuwu made this arrangement.

The backstage team in Hong Kong, after decades of development, was indeed more professional than those in the mainland.

"Yes, I understand." Wang Cheng nodded heavily.

After arranging Wang Cheng, he commended the performance of everyone within Golden Culture during this period.

The General Manager's mistake was not everyone's mistake. In handling the incident, everyone had contributed a lot and offered ideas.

"Xu Chu, you worked the hardest this time. Reward: one month's salary."

"Thank you, Boss." Xu Chu stood up proudly, his plain face wearing a look of pride.

Everyone was speechless. This guy had a unique talent; they couldn't learn it, really couldn't learn it.

"Everyone's performance has been good. Year-end bonuses will be issued." Li Xiuwu encouraged everyone.

"The Boss is wise and mighty; this is all what we should do." Everyone cheered immediately. They had done the work and received a reward—was there anything happier than this?

They had originally thought that this matter was a failure in company management that had caused an impact on Li Xiuwu, and everyone would be punished along with him.

Now that the Boss could distinguish right from wrong, punishing only Wang Cheng and rewarding those who had contributed, no one was unhappy.

The cultural department issued a notice to clear the recordings and videos from the internet, and media were not allowed to mention the relevant content anymore. This incident had officially subsided.

Various gossip news and some martial arts enthusiasts were discussing just how powerful Li Xiuwu really was.

"He fought two people by himself and did it with ease." Many people who had seen the video could see Li Xiuwu's skills—fast and agile.

Just at this time, the crew of a deadly secret released a video.

It was a sword-fighting video between Li Xiuwu and Yu ChengHui. In the half-year, the TV series had finished post-production, and they took the opportunity of Li Xiuwu's popularity to release this video for promotion.

Because it was filmed against the light, some shots had a silhouette effect; the visual effect was very beautiful.

The two were comparing sword techniques. Li Xiuwu's sword style was gorgeous and dazzling, while Yu ChengHui's sword style was bold and unconstrained.

"Wow, there's light on Li Xiuwu's sword. Is this a special effect?" someone commented while watching the video.

"Didn't you see that Li Xiuwu was standing with his back to the sun?"

"Even Old Master Yu said he didn't follow martial ethics, hahaha."

"It's hard to say how much combat power he has, but his sword technique is so beautiful."

"Li Xiuwu had a sword performance during his art exam. It looked gorgeous and beautiful then, but I didn't expect this sword technique could actually be used in real combat."

Li Xiuwu had high attention at this moment, and this video sparked a wave of popularity.

Wang Xinmin immediately announced that a deadly secret, starring Li Xiuwu, would be broadcast soon.

a deadly secret took advantage of this popularity to air. The ratings were quite high, and the reviews were not bad, but cursing followed immediately after.

"Di Yun is so miserable. Did he destroy the world in his past life?"

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! There isn't a single good person in this show."

"My Brother Monkey actually ate human flesh! I couldn't sleep all night last night."

"Director, come out here! Where is your front door?"