Shi Jihan retorted, "How could I possibly—"
Halfway through, he cursed.
It really did seem that way. A gloomy social-phobe like Xiao Yuan did not even need acting skills; he could just play himself.
How could this movie possibly flop?
The spy was me all along.
The Main System had clearly received the update at the same time. When it issued the task, it immediately went all out without restraint.
[Ding, task issued: Smear Xiao Yuan's image with all your might! Reward: Malice Points +16]
Shi Jihan immediately went online to search for Xiao Yuan's scandals and dark history.
Xiao Yuan had stepped away from the industry for several years, making him impossible to track down, but there was far too much information from before. Shi Jihan could barely keep up with scrolling through it all.
He directly had Zero-Zero-Zero activate its information search.
Zero-Zero-Zero finally put its Higher-Dimensional Machine Intelligence to use. After searching, it let out a surprised sound. [Your second brother's information is in here too.]
[Where? Let me see.]
Shi Zhongye and Xiao Yuan had been in the same college year but different departments—one in directing, the other in acting. They had met in university. Shi Zhongye had wanted to direct a film, but he encountered all kinds of setbacks along the way. His family and friends neither understood nor supported him; only Xiao Yuan stood by him. The film eventually won an award, but the two had a huge fight over creative differences and parted on bad terms.
Shi Jihan looked through all sorts of materials from their university days. In particular, everyone had sported the then-popular long fringe hairstyle, and an idea came to him.
With such a perfect ship, how could there be no editor to produce content for it?
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