Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore Chapter 126: Other Crews Riding the Hype

"Rember that idol drama that started filming around the sa ti as 'Starry Radiance,' starring Xu Youyou and Ran Yunrui? We were staying at the sa hotel back then," Liu Rulan reminded him.

Xiao He suddenly rembered. "Ah, I recall now."

There had been a criminal hiding in Xu Youyou's room back then, and he had helped catch the person.

But Xu Youyou had been acting quite strange at that ti... Now so much ti had passed in the blink of an eye, and he had no idea what had happened afterward.

"'Clear Light Like Dawn' started filming almost simultaneously with 'Starry Radiance,' and they've just begun their promotional campaign now, with their broadcast date only one day after ours," Liu Rulan continued. "But their production team's tactics are rather baffling - purely annoying."

"Ah? What do you an?"

Xiao He was sowhat curious.

"You definitely know about the situation between Xu Youyou and Su Shengxi," Liu Rulan said. "Yi Man'er has romantic entanglents with Su Shengxi in the drama, and combined with Su Shengxi's relationship with Xu Youyou, they're now deliberately tying Yi Man'er into the mix, intentionally creating a love triangle buzz while riding on 'Starry Radiance's' popularity."

"Ah?" Xiao He was shocked. "They can do that? Sister Man'er probably wants to tear both of them apart."

"Yes."

Liu Rulan showed Xiao He several headlines -

[Su Shengxi Stolen? Xu Youyou Shifts Affections]

[Xu Youyou Exits Love Whirlpool: Blessing Su Shengxi and Yi Man'er?]

[Is Three People's Love Too Crowded? With Ran Yunrui Added, You Four Should Focus on Living Well Together.]

Xiao He: Subway, phone, question mark.

"What is this?"

Xiao He didn't understand, and was greatly shocked.

"Promotional headlines."

Liu Rulan said with pity in her voice.

Xiao He: "Ah?"

"Haven't you noticed? Nowadays drama promotions don't use character nas but directly use actors' nas, making it seem like they've officially announced sothing," Liu Rulan shrugged. "This is their thod of driving traffic."

Currently, when platforms promote TV dramas, their titles are deliberately ambiguous.

For example, when it's actually the female lead in the drama who gets unexpectedly pregnant, various platforms insist on using the actress's real na in promotions. This leads to uninford passersby seeing the pop-up headlines and instinctively thinking the actress herself is unexpectedly pregnant. Then, driven by curiosity and gossip-seeking ntality, they click in, only to find themselves redirected straight to the video app.

This tactic might effectively drive traffic, but it's not particularly friendly to actors, especially many female actors. These traffic-driving headlines will write anything to grab attention and generate clicks, with suggestive gossip topics being particularly common, making people feel like they've swallowed a fly - extrely uncomfortable.

Of course, male actors don't fare much better either - things like [XX Arrested], [XXX Sneaks Into Bedroom at Night], making it seem like male actors might end up on cri investigation channels just from acting.

And the reality is, this situation is mostly actively promoted by production teams and platforms, essentially done by their own people. In many cases, it's even tacitly approved by the actors themselves, since they can't afford to burn bridges with production teams and platforms over such matters.

Thus, this pathological actor traffic phenonon has gradually developed into its current form.

"But why is Xu Youyou's team trying to ride on our drama's popularity?"

Xiao He asked what puzzled him most.

He had previously looked into 'Clear Light Like Dawn' sowhat.

This work was adapted from a well-known romance novel IP with a certain fanbase. Xu Youyou's fa and status were evident, comparable to Yi Man'er's. While Ran Yunrui might not match Su Shengxi, he was still considered a relatively high-ranking traffic star. An idol drama featuring these two should definitely make so waves regardless, with no worries about traffic.

Why would they co to provoke 'Starry Radiance'? It doesn't make sense!

Liu Rulan then rembered sothing. "Right, you probably don't know about this yet—"

She picked up her tablet, searched for sothing, then placed it before Xiao He. "You were busy filming during that period and might not have noticed this news."

Curious, Xiao He picked it up and took a look.

[Xu Youyou ets New Lover at Night? Sugar Daddy or Real Boyfriend?]

"Tsk—"

Xiao He grew more serious, picking up the tablet for a closer look.

The accompanying images showed several photos: Xu Youyou holding a man's arm while talking, the man leaning close to Xu Youyou to adjust her stray hair near her ear, the man leading Xu Youyou into a black Bentley, the vehicle driving away from the scene.

Below were complete animated images - essentially a dynamic video of Xu Youyou holding the man's arm as they walked out of the hotel and got into the car together.

Xiao He was genuinely surprised this ti. "She broke up with Su Shengxi?"

To be honest, since exposing their relationship, Xiao He hadn't paid any attention to whether they had broken up or stayed together. He couldn't exactly spend his days secretly checking other people's chat records, so he had no idea about their current situation.

But judging from this almost confird revelation, Xiao He guessed they had most likely broken up.

Though it made sense - soone like Su Shengxi clearly didn't seem like the responsible type. Their relationship was dood from the mont it was exposed.

Still, Xiao He found this revelation sowhat strange too.

Especially the person walking with Xu Youyou... These photos and videos didn't capture this person's face clearly, so his identity remained unknown. But this car looked sowhat familiar...

Xiao He kept zooming in on the man's photos, when suddenly his gaze stopped on a ring that flashed briefly between the man's fingers - Xiao He rembered.

That traced back to the last day of last year, the New Year's Eve when he rescued people from the fire.

Xiao He had seen Xu Youyou back then, with two bodyguards following her as she got into a Bentley.

The sa one from the revelation.

But that was shortly after he had exposed their relationship, wasn't it?

Were they already connected back then?

"Being exposed in relationships twice consecutively has significantly impacted her," Liu Rulan continued explaining, unaware of Xiao He's shock. "As you know, Xu Youyou has maintained a pure, innocent image all these years, usually marketed as the campus goddess, the pure first love. With this incident erging, it's normal that many people can't accept it."

"Especially since the man she's reportedly dating now is said to be a developer's son from Hong Kong, an ultra-rich tycoon. He's dated both inside and outside the industry before, maintaining a playboy image - wealthy and fond of won. On the surface, he's had no apparent connection with Xu Youyou, so nobody expected Xu Youyou would end up with soone like him."

Under such circumstances, it's hard for the public not to let their imaginations run wild.