Chapter 951: "The Root of the Trouble," won the Gold Award!
In the end, Xiao He took over some of Xiang Chuan's work, juggling his acting career with collaborations with the technology company.
As an actor, he participated in several gala events and commercial shoots, while as a representative of the tech company, he attended a number of tech exhibitions and academic seminars on behalf of his boss.
Without a doubt, the end of the year is indeed the busiest time for him.
The sheer number of trivial matters, both big and small, is enough to give anyone a headache.
Since they had been spending so much time in Beijing, Xiao He even bought a house here. Liu Rulan jokingly asked Xiao He if he was planning to move a branch office here.
Xiao He shook his head: "Let's not, Sister Liu. At least don't think about this for the time being."
Let's take a look at his upcoming schedule!
Leaving aside the various New Year's Eve galas, all the work will come crashing down next year.
Leaving aside events like the Spring Festival Gala and birthday celebrations, the most important thing is "Time and Space Standoff," which has already passed censorship and is scheduled for release during the Spring Festival.
This film is a project that Linghui Entertainment attaches great importance to, and everyone is looking forward to its successful release during the Spring Festival.
Ling Hui had been preparing for this publicity campaign for a long time, determined to make it the best it could be.
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Meanwhile, online discussions and attention surrounding "The Root of Evil" have continued unabated.
The financial blogger who previously published an analysis of the performance of "The Root of Calamity" quickly produced a second and third episode after capitalizing on the traffic, and even started to review other programs that had already finished performing this year, giving everyone a good look at the programs performed by other countries' teams.
This discussion continued until the World Olympic Drama Competition officially concluded.
There's really not much suspense left.
After the Chinese team's "The Root of Calamity" achieved a high score of 96.60, it essentially secured the gold medal. Other teams were caught off guard and found it difficult to surpass China on that basis.
So the final result was not unexpected.
There are no so-called dark horses that turn the tide against all odds.
As I said before, things aren't looking good across all industries.
This reunion after six years saw some teams become bolder, while others became more conservative.
I wonder if we will be able to meet again at the World Olympic Drama Competition in four years.
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When Yang Heng held the gold medal and led his team onto the stage, they all had bright smiles on their faces.
The ultimate winner can finally relax and enjoy the fruits of their victory.
At this time, the scene was already crowded with reporters dispatched from both domestic and international locations.
Their trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina was specifically to cover Yang Heng and his team's award ceremony.
In front of the reporter's camera, Yang Heng sincerely thanked everyone in the troupe, as well as the Quyuan Academy, which did not officially appear from beginning to end but only watched them receive the award from the audience.
Qu Kangcheng did not go on stage with the other members of the troupe, mainly to leave this larger stage for young and outstanding actors like Yang Heng.
Yang Heng knew Qu Kangcheng's thoughts, but in front of the reporter's camera, he still repeatedly mentioned Qu Academy, not wanting his teacher's contributions to be glossed over.
Qu Kangcheng listened to Yang Heng's words from a distance, shaking his head with a mixture of amusement and exasperation: "This kid—I'm already so old, can't I at least keep a low profile?"
Then, Yang Heng mentioned another very important person: "I am really grateful to Xiao He this time! If he hadn't come to Bosnia and Herzegovina to support our performance, the effect probably wouldn't have been so good."
It's funny, actually. When Qu Kangcheng, such a renowned veteran of the theater, was mentioned, the reporters were only lukewarm at first. It wasn't until Yang Heng brought up Xiao He that everyone perked up. Immediately, a reporter asked, "Could you tell us why you wanted to invite Xiao He in the first place? And how did you do it? Are there any interesting stories behind it that you can share with us?"
"Actually, this is quite a special story. I met Xiao He at the audition for 'The Imperial Empire.' I was quite confident about the role, but I didn't expect to lose to Xiao He in the end..."
The media were happy to collect such interesting stories, and Yang Heng was also very excited, so he obediently told about his connection with Xiao He, and in the end, he even seemed a little unsatisfied.
When these interviews were circulated back to China, Xiao He had become quite calm about his repeated appearances on trending topics. He simply reposted them and congratulated Yang Heng and the others on Weibo, inviting them to come back for a reunion.
Of course, a get-together is definitely not going to happen anytime soon.
Xiao He is really busy.
After Xiang Chuan finished dealing with the backlog of work in Shanghai, Xiao He immediately handed over the affairs of He Guang Technology to Xiang Chuan, who had flown to Beijing.
When Xiang Chuan saw another stack of business contracts suddenly appear out of nowhere, he was really at a loss. After hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Boss, can we change the name of this little black system?"
When he was discussing this collaboration with those business tycoons in the industry, he kept mentioning "Little Black" all the time. It felt like he was suddenly talking to a billionaire CEO about how "the little black cat next door is vomiting hairballs again," and then casually discussing pet care tips—it was really out of character!
Xiao He paused, looking at him with a deep gaze: "If you don't mind going through the formalities again."
Xiao Hei is now a household name across the country, and all their contracts and patent applications use this name. If they were to make a large-scale change now, the workload would undoubtedly still fall on Xiang Chuan.
Anyway, let Mukae choose for himself.
Xiang Chuan: "...Ah, then never mind. Xiao Hei is a good name. It's low-key, reserved, and cultured."
"However, there is still good news."
Xiao He said lightly, "Dai Bai and Engineer Wang's research and development is very rapid. Maybe it won't be long before Xiao Hei AI 2.0 becomes a thing of the past."
"The new Xiaohei+XI system, which we developed in cooperation with Guang Technology and research institutes, will very likely be renamed."
Once they're dressed up in the official skin, the name "Little Black" will naturally be out of the question, and the research institute will find a way to change it for them.
They won't be the ones in a hurry when that time comes.
"So let's leave it at that for now, just bear with it a little longer."
Xiao He patted Xiang Chuan on the shoulder.
Xiang Chuan forced a smile, his lips twitching slightly: "I'll do my best."
Although the company became popular and received strong support and in-depth cooperation from the government, and their earnings skyrocketed, it was really exhausting!
Resigning is out of the question.
The only option is to donate my liver.
So after calming down their working oxen—cough cough, the company's general manager—Xiao He and his group didn't linger in Beijing. Instead, they went straight back to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year there.
Fortunately, nowadays, the galas on various channels are not broadcast live; they are all pre-recorded. So even though Xiao He may appear at New Year's Eve galas in different regions at the same time, he is actually already lying in his own villa.
Of course, it's still the same as always.
Xiao He promised his fans that he would host a New Year's Eve live stream.