Dominating the Pig, Cattle, and Sheep Circuit

Fu Sichen's assistant handled the follow-up arrangements for the donation, while the others headed home one by one.

Xu Chao had already made plans for himself. He was going into seclusion!

He would curl up alone in a dark corner of his bedroom, guzzle soda, scarf down delicious potato chips, sleep all day, and game all night. Bliss, sheer bliss!

Yet his grand undertaking died before it was even halfway complete.

He had barely stepped through his front door before Chen Chong hauled him off to the agency.

"You're really something, kid. Learning to raise pigs, cattle, and sheep during a murder mystery game. If you're so capable, why don't you fly?"

"Hehe, learning never ends. You learn wherever you go."

Chen Chong sneered. "Then when you went on that dating show full of handsome men, did you learn how to find yourself a side piece or two?"

Xu Chao jolted and instinctively shouted back, "Dog Bro, you're setting me up again! Why do I have to learn to find side pieces? Can't I learn to fall in love with my husband?"

Chen Chong jolted too. "You... you two..."

Xu Chao's eyes flickered. He toppled onto the couch, clutched his head in agony, and rolled around. "Oh no, I think a donkey just kicked me in the head."

Chen Chong: "..."

"All right, all right. Let's get serious."

Xu Chao turned serious in a second. "Okay, go ahead."

Thwack. A thick stack of A4 paper landed on the desk.

Xu Chao glanced at it. Almost all of them were contracts inviting him onto variety shows. "Not bad. I'm in pretty high demand."

Chen Chong smiled ferociously. "Yes. Five variety shows approached you: one adventure show, three livestock shows, and one dance show. What other celebrity spends all day dealing with pigs, cattle, and sheep like you do?"

Xu Chao answered with complete confidence, "Me!"

Chen Chong said, "And you're actually proud of it. Opening up a new field, the first in the industry."

Xu Chao chuckled. "Modesty, modesty. Don't fall for me. I'm just a legend."

Chen Chong was utterly speechless. "Give you an inch and you take a mile. I can't believe a whole bunch of livestock shows came looking for you."

Xu Chao said, "There's also a college student dance show. They must have realized my image is perfect for a teen idol."

Chen Chong smiled. "Yes, they want you as the lead dancer, leading a bunch of innocent, clueless college students in the Chick Dance."

Xu Chao: "..."

As Chen Chong spoke, he was genuinely worried. "In this huge world of fame and fortune, you spend all day raising pigs, cattle, and sheep. How are you supposed to land luxury brand endorsements down the line?"

Practically everyone in the entertainment industry took pride in luxury endorsements and focused on elevating their prestige.

So Chen Chong's concerns were based on the considerations of an ordinary celebrity.

But Xu Chao wasn't ordinary. He was extraordinarily odd!

"Look at it another way. While other celebrities fight tooth and nail for luxury brands, I'll blaze my own trail and exclusively take pig, cattle, and sheep ads. Hehe, wouldn't that mean I'd dominate this field?"

Chen Chong: "..." That actually made a certain amount of sense.

"No, wait. What sense does that make? Do pig farmers even need celebrity endorsements these days?"

The moment he finished speaking, his phone rang.

Chen Chong answered. "Hello, who is this...?"

Then Xu Chao watched as Chen Chong's expression shifted from disbelief to a hideous twitching, then to a strange acceptance. The whole sequence amounted to his mental world collapsing and rebuilding itself.

After hanging up, Chen Chong said blankly,

"Eight million for an endorsement. Shoot this afternoon. Okay?"

Xu Chao's eyes lit up. He had transmigrated less than a month ago, and just like that, he had already landed an endorsement.

"Hell yeah! O-fucking-K!" Xu Chao said excitedly.

Chen Chong said woodenly, "You're endorsing the Pig-Raising Handbook. Give it your best this afternoon."

Xu Chao was confused. Xu Chao was doubtful. Xu Chao accepted it. Xu Chao was ecstatic.

"Black cat or white cat, any cat that catches mice is a good cat."

"Who cares what I'm endorsing? An endorsement means money!"

Crude words, sound reasoning, but this whole thing was far too crude!

Chen Chong was starting to question his life, but after thinking it over and over, he still surrendered to the power of money. The Pig-Raising Handbook really was generous.

Just then, his phone rang again. Chen Chong answered, and his expression once again went from disbelief to suspicion, then shock, then wild joy!

Now Xu Chao was truly curious, his expression a little indescribable. "Don't tell me it's pig feed?"

Chen Chong's voice cracked. "No, it's Director Chen! He's inviting you to play a role in his new film."

Xu Chao was surprised. "Director Chen Lixin?"

Chen Chong nodded emphatically. "Yes! Chaochao, you've made it. You've really made it."

Director Chen Lixin was one of Hua Nation's foremost directors.

He excelled at using cinematic language to portray his characters' inner emotions, and his artistry was exceptional.

He held his own work to extremely high standards and had always disdained bowing to the power of money. He followed only his artistic ambitions and would never make a bad film for profit.

He was also an extreme perfectionist. This made him very strict about casting his film roles.

In the original novel, Shen Xinbai had won Director Chen's favor and played the Little Heir, successfully shedding his image as a popular pretty face and establishing himself as a skilled actor.

Xu Chao frowned. "Don't tell me it's the Little Heir?"

Chen Chong said delightedly, "Yes, yes, that's him! This character is innocence and kindness taken to the extreme, yet when he turns dark, he goes completely mad. Pure and dark at once. Director Chen auditioned so many people and wasn't satisfied with any of them. The leads finished filming two months ago, but the Little Heir's scenes still haven't been shot, so the film has been stuck there."

The corner of Xu Chao's mouth twitched. It really was.

This film had been Shen Xinbai's comeback project. He hadn't expected Director Chen Lixin to approach him after he transmigrated.

Deep down, Xu Chao only wanted to stay farther and farther away from the main couple, but with an opportunity delivered right to his doorstep, why wouldn't he seize it?

Chen Chong immediately called Director Chen back.

Director Chen was delighted too and asked Xu Chao to come over right away to try on his costume and take costume photos.

Xu Chao calmly declined. "I can't. I have something on this afternoon."

Chen Chong panicked, suddenly feeling impending disaster. Sure enough, he heard Xu Chao drawl, "I have a pig-raising ad to shoot this afternoon. I don't have time to come over."

Chen Chong was going insane!

What kind of little dumbass would turn down Director Chen's film for a pig-raising ad? Had he lost his mind?

Unable to spare the time to yell at Xu Chao, Chen Chong hurriedly explained, "Director Chen, Chaochao is joking. This afternoon, we-"

Director Chen said good-naturedly, "All right, focus on your ad. I'll send you the script first. Read it when you have time and come to the studio complex tomorrow."

Xu Chao obediently replied, "Sure. Add me on WeChat."

Chen Chong said okay and hung up.

Chen Chong had gone from frantic to bewildered. "That's it?"

Xu Chao looked puzzled. "What's it?"

Chen Chong asked, "You two just finished talking like that?"

Xu Chao accepted Director Chen's friend request and received the script, replying offhandedly, "Yep!"

The corner of Chen Chong's mouth twitched. Fine, he had been narrow-minded. The director hadn't even gotten angry after being turned down like that.

In fact, Director Chen really wasn't angry. After all, commitments came in order. Xu Chao had agreed to the other engagement first. There was no reason to turn someone else down for him.

But the man beside him couldn't stand what he had heard.

"This Xu Chao is too arrogant, too full of himself. He turned down your film invitation just for a pig-raising ad?"

Director Chen was baffled. "His schedule was already set. Isn't it only right for him to turn me down? Besides, he's coming tomorrow!"

The producer was indignant. "Does he know people out there are fighting tooth and nail for this role? And he still dares to play hard to get?"

Director Chen explained, "He isn't playing hard to get. He really has something to do."

The producer rolled his eyes. "Either way, I think his work attitude is poor, and he's arrogant too. I really don't understand why you want him."

Director Chen chuckled. "It was that wild streak he showed when facing the Mercenaries on that variety show. The moment I saw him, I thought he was the Little Heir."

Seeing that he couldn't get through to him, the producer simply put on one of the awful dramas Xu Chao had acted in before for Director Chen to watch.

Director Chen took one look and quickly waved his hands. "Take it away, take it away. Don't pollute my eyes."

The producer smiled. "Then, the Little Heir..."

Director Chen insisted, "It still has to be him."

The producer grew angry. "I don't think he can do it. I have another candidate to recommend. His acting has real spark. I'll play you a clip."

Director Chen couldn't be bothered to watch, but the producer insisted. "He was recommended by one of the major investors."

Although Director Chen was stubborn, he couldn't disregard a major investor either, and finally compromised reluctantly.

"Chaochao has a pig-raising ad to shoot this afternoon and can't come anyway. In that case, have that Shen Xinbai come over."

The producer: "..."