Chapter 793: Xiao He: So this is how you can use multiple identities!
"Speaking of which, Teacher Tong is a bit too cautious, isn't he? He didn't even reveal a hint of his own surname."
Xiao He looked over the report once more before finally noticing this particular detail.
"The surname Tong isn't that uncommon, is it? His former fans probably wouldn't imagine he'd go and become a reporter."
Liu Rulan also took another look, and her eyes flickered slightly when she saw the pseudonym 'Reporter Li'.
Xiao He noticed this and immediately asked curiously, "Does this surname have some special meaning?"
"The surname Li belongs to Tong Junhui's first official on-screen character with a proper name."
Liu Rulan said with a complex expression, "This name is as special to Tong Junhui as Mu Ze was to you back then."
Mu Ze was Xiao He's first named character, and this character named Li was likewise Tong Junhui's first named character.
So it was a sort of special nostalgia that only he himself would understand.
While Liu Rulan felt a bit melancholy, Xiao He suddenly pumped his fist. "Right! So there's this way of picking names!"
"It's all my fault. My previous names were either 'Xiao Hei' or 'Xiao Bai'. As a result, things got so out of hand and netizens' imaginations ran so wild that my alt accounts were on the verge of being exposed! I never thought there was such a way to pick names!"
"I've learned something! Next time I can do it this way!" Light burst from Xiao He's eyes. "I've played so many characters; I can just mix and match them to create a new name!"
Liu Rulan:...
*Cough, cough!*
The veins on the woman's temples throbbed as she gave a speechless, light cough in warning. "I'm warning you now, don't go messing around with alt accounts just because you can't be traced online! Also, those Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai accounts—if they're no longer useful, clean them up promptly. If they actually get dug up later, I'll be the one stuck cleaning up your mess!"
"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry. I've already deleted that Xiao Bai account I used for making trouble. It's just that the videos on Bilibili are still gaining traction, but that's out of my hands."
Xiao He gave a sheepish grin.
"As for that Xiao Hei account on the international web, I'm planning to use it to join some competitions for fun when I have time later, so I won't delete it for now. But don't worry, Sister Liu, I definitely won't let my mask slip!"
Xiao He waved his hand dismissively. "It's fine, it's fine!"
Liu Rulan was helpless. "...Fine, do whatever you want."
She'd just deal with the fallout when it happened.
While pondering, Liu Rulan picked up her phone and walked out. "I'm going to make a call to check on the situation. You do what you need to do."
Liu Rulan then left the room.
"Alright, alright."
Xiao He leaned back lazily and crossed his legs, planning to browse through some comments before moving on to other things.
Just as he picked up his phone, he saw an incoming call from Zhou Junhao.
Thinking about the recent news, Xiao He answered the phone readily.
Sure enough, as soon as it connected, Zhou Junhao's hearty voice came through: "Brother Xiao, have you seen the news?"
Xiao He chuckled. "I saw it, of course I did. Reporter Zhou has achieved another great feat this time, successfully stirring up a wave of medical reform! It's just a pity I'm not in the mainland, otherwise I'd definitely have to find you guys for a celebration."
"Hehehe, this is also thanks to Brother Xiao's help."
Zhou Junhao said bashfully.
"I really didn't help much this time. At most, I gave you a heads-up. It's because you had a sharp nose for it yourselves, following up with investigations at major Hospitals, that the truth was unearthed."
Xiao He truly felt embarrassed to accept the praise this time.
After all, when he initially got Zhou Junhao to investigate and expose it, he was simply annoyed by that anti-fan who tried to poison him. He wanted to use their momentum to get revenge through the subsequent investigation and public opinion.
He never expected this! Zhou Junhao and the others were actually investigating seriously, even following this lead to other Hospitals to investigate and gather evidence.
This instead made Xiao He feel a bit guilty.
If anything had happened to Zhou Junhao and the others during their investigation, he would have felt terrible.
"You didn't run into any danger, did you?"
Xiao He asked with concern.
"Ah, I didn't. I went with Brother Tong this time. The two of us cooperated very well, and he's really amazing!"
Zhou Junhao glanced sideways at Tong Junhui, who had also gone outside to take a call, and said in a low voice, "This time, Brother Tong even went undercover in a private psychiatric Hospital for a while. He's really incredible, and he trusts me a lot."
"Huh?"
This time, Xiao He was truly shocked.
"No, you guys were too bold this time. Is that the kind of place you can just enter? If he got carried away, why didn't you hold him back?"
"Uh, actually, I was the one who wanted to go in, but my acting was too bad. Brother Tong just sat on the ground and started acting right then and there, stealing my role. I didn't even have time to react..."
Thinking back to what happened, Zhou Junhao couldn't help but want to hide his face.
"The main thing is, Brother Tong actually got in smoothly..."
Although the subsequent investigation revealed that the psychiatric Hospital itself had many procedural issues and faked medical resources, Zhou Junhao truly admired Tong Junhui's move back then.
As for the details of the situation, Zhou Junhao didn't say, but Xiao He could roughly guess.
Thus, he gained an even deeper understanding of this man's character.
Was Tong Junhui ruthless enough?
He certainly was ruthless enough toward himself.
This much could be glimpsed from many of his past experiences.
While Xiao He admired him, he was also faintly worried.
But this was Zhou Junhao and the others' job; he didn't seem to have any standing to advise or stop them.
However, during the months he had been busy, Tong Junhui and Zhou Junhao's lives had certainly been colorful.
Xiao He felt that these adventure stories could warrant a separate script for them.
But unfortunately, he wasn't a screenwriter and didn't have that kind of talent.
"Right, Brother Xiao, I heard there's a cruise dinner event in Hong Kong in September. Will you be attending?"
By the end, Zhou Junhao had finished the stories he wanted to tell, so he eagerly asked about Xiao He's situation.
"Hmm? You guys know about it too?"
Xiao He was quite surprised.
He didn't expect that even Zhou Junhao and the others would have received news about a cruise party.
This was too exaggerated! He thought this matter was only circulating within Hong Kong; after all, wasn't it an event for Hong Kong's socialites and aristocrats?
To his surprise, Zhou Junhao nodded on the other end and said readily, "We all know about it! I heard they're planning something big in Hong Kong this time, so they've invited not only many actors from the Hong Kong circle but also many young mainland idols to generate buzz and presence. Many people in the fandom are discussing this."
Although Hong Kong stars had gradually declined over the years, with frequent rumors of bosses coming out to earn money for their companies to pay off debts, they had been glorious once. Now, they were actively connecting with famous mainland idols, preparing for a wave of mutual traffic benefits. Plus, the big shots in Hong Kong's upper class were still wealthy and powerful capitalists. So, after their hype on the internet, it fermented and actually stirred up quite a lot of noise and discussion.
Not to mention, even the nostalgic videos on short video platforms about Hong Kong's prosperous socialites and brilliant stars had increased several times over. It was clearly someone deliberately hyping up the heat and driving the topic.
And the reason Zhou Junhao knew all this was because he was lurking in Xiao He's fan group!
After all, Xiao He was currently filming in Hong Kong, so many fans were speculating whether he would participate.
And so, Zhou Junhao, who was lurking in the fan group to follow the gossip, couldn't help but ask Xiao He about the situation during a gap in their conversation.