Chapter 636: [Xiao He - The God Who Rules Comic Adaptations!] |
As expected, the grand finale of "Corner Also" Season Two became the last top trending topic before the Spring Festival.
["Corner Also" Season Two - Grand Finale]
["Corner Also" - Yin Siblings' Fate Unknown]
["Yin Qi - White Outside Black Inside"]
["Jiao Dai, When Will You Pay Us Back?"]
After watching the final episode, netizens went absolutely crazy, practically wanting to drag the actors out on the spot to force them to film a third season immediately.
But then they remembered that the original comic's ending hadn't been released either, and both drama fans and comic fans' hearts shattered at the same time.
[A little-known fact: The original "Corner Also" comic isn't finished either.]
[Another little-known fact: Word has it that to maintain hype, the original "Corner Also" ending has been pushed to after the New Year.]
[My Yin Lan! My Yin Qi! Jiao Dai, just be a decent person for once!]
[Let's analyze this rationally - I think this ending actually foreshadows the real ending. Considering how unhinged Yin Qi is, unless Yin Lan dies and takes him with her, he will absolutely never stop.]
[Exactly, and don't forget that Yin Qi has quite a lot of meteorite fragments on him now. He's killed so many people abroad and so many back home - his power far exceeds Yin Lan and the others! I really can't imagine how Yin Lan and them could possibly win.]
[Actually, just read the original comic and you'll know. The pain has already begun.]
[Has the original comic updated?]
[The original comic is even more brutal than the TV version. Everyone, just endure it, don't read it, or your heart really won't be able to take it.]
Seeing this, Xiao He suddenly remembered that the last time he read the original "Corner Also" was during the filming period.
Although he urged Yan Shaohan to update every single day, he'd actually been saving it up and hadn't read it immediately. Later, too many things happened, and Xiao He never got around to opening the original "Corner Also" comic again.
But seeing the fans' howling, Xiao He grew a bit curious.
The story had been stuck right at the point where the Yin siblings seemed to have "died together," but judging by the plot direction, it was obvious they wouldn't die that easily.
So what happened after that?
Xiao He pulled out his tablet, ready to check the subsequent storyline. But before he could even find the comic, he was interrupted by Yan Shaohan himself.
[Yan Shaohan: Wow, you're now the god of the comic adaptation domain. Next time I start a new comic, I'm coming to you. [Link]]
Xiao He didn't quite process it at first glance.
On the second look, he noticed the link came from a certain Bilibili content creator in the editing section, and the video's title was [Xiao He - The God Who Rules Comic Adaptations!]
Xiao He: ...Wow, what a chuunibyou, such an immature statement.
But his hand was quicker than his brain, directly slapping down to click on it.
"Life means nothing to me, but your suffering - I'm happy to see it."
In the pitch-black screen, a young man's slightly amused voice sounded.
And upon hearing this chuunibyou line, Xiao He was the first one to dig three bedrooms and a living room with his toes, but then felt a bit confused.
"Huh? When did I ever say something like that?"
How come he himself didn't even remember saying anything like that?
Where was this line pulled from?
Xiao He thought back carefully and barely managed to recall - it seemed to be a line from the murderous character Mu Ze.
Sigh, this line opening from so many years ago - even he himself had almost forgotten. Was the person who edited this video an old acquaintance of his?
The next moment, a pair of familiar eyes appeared on screen.
The surrounding background was dim, rain was falling from the sky, and only those eyes shone bright, like a wolfhound that had spotted its prey.
Now Xiao He recognized it - it was the extra scene from "Law of the Jungle," the scene where Xu Ning killed people in the rain.
"You—"
Someone's pleas for mercy and pained cries came from off-screen, while the figure on screen simply swung his Tang sword and cut the person down—
"Clang—clang, clang, clang, clang..."
Accompanied by the fierce clash of weapons, at the instant the body split apart, it was a fast-paced action montage of the different characters Xiao He had played, swinging their blades to cut down enemies.
Until the very end—
Standing in a sea of corpses, the young man held up a fragment in his hand, tilting his head back to examine it closely, completely leaving the bodies behind him out of mind.
Blood stained his face, yet that innate sunny aura seemed to successfully harmonize away the danger of the bloodstains, making him appear harmless and gentle.
Only the audience knew that this kid had killed the most brutally!
When the extreme sunny kindness didn't match the scene before their eyes, all that the brain fed back was a bizarre sense of fear and hair-raising terror.
Sure enough, when he turned his head back to look at the camera, the gentleness in his eyes had vanished completely.
"I'm sorry, for touching something you shouldn't have."
"But your apology, I won't accept either."
These two lines came from different works - the former seemed to be from "Corner Also" Season One's plot, while the latter appeared to be from "Ace Reasoning's" killer short film video.
Then followed a mixed montage of various Yin Qi famous scenes, interspersed with parts of the White-haired Hacker from "The Phantom Thief Alliance" and Xu Ning from "Law of the Jungle." Because judging from the video's format and style, these two characters themselves carried a very strong comic-character vibe.
And probably to highlight the compatible style of comic adaptations, the lines and character expressions within were deliberately selected to be very chuunibyou and neurotic. When he'd watched these scenes before, Xiao He hadn't felt that way, but after seeing them cut separately, he realized that these words were indeed chuunibyou, and they were indeed spoken by him.
Ahh, so embarrassing!
But he had to admit, I really am handsome!
Bullet comments were celebrating wildly above the video, with various messages flooding in to express their love.
After watching the whole thing in one breath, Xiao He also felt a sense of pride: "I really am a god, aren't I?"
He'd run himself ragged, fought tooth and nail to leave behind so many brilliant roles and performances - wasn't this all for moments like this?
So satisfying!
Xiao He directly opened his side account to do the one-click triple action - like, favorite, and share.
This video had gone online on the day of the "Corner Also" preview screening, at a very unsociable early morning hour - not the best time to divert traffic. Yet this video still dominated the daily trending list homepage and garnered over two million views in one go.
After doing the one-click triple action, Xiao He looked at the video creator's name—
Sure enough, Xiao Zhao the Roamer. It's you again!
Opening with Mu Ze's line right from the start - after all this time, you still love him!
This content creator could be considered Xiao He's dedicated editing guru. Basically, any Xiao He video she edited could rake in views and likes in one go. Even the video she edited of Xiao He achieving Dual Best Actor status had successfully reached a million likes and ten million views, surpassing other videos to make it onto last year's Bilibili year-end list top 10.
It was no exaggeration to say that because of her, Xiao He had always maintained a very strong influence on Bilibili, transcending gender boundaries. Many longtime fans had come from Bilibili and followed him all the way.
For her latest masterpiece, Xiao He vaguely spotted traces of a paid collaboration. After all, the White-haired Hacker from "Corner Also" and "The Phantom Thief Alliance" suddenly took up a huge portion of the video, and the comment section was also talking about the White-haired Hacker - it was hard not to make Xiao He think about the upcoming "The Phantom Thief Alliance 2."
But being able to produce such high-quality work while also getting paid for it - Xiao He was genuinely happy for her.
After all, there were some videos where he wanted to send her some money himself.