Showbiz: You Call This a Washed-Up Veteran Actor?

[A tough guy cleans up the entertainment industry + Invincible protagonist + Secret identity revealed + Wild speculation turns him into a legend]

Xiang Tianxing only wants to be an ordinary middle-aged man who acts meek around his wife. He also plans to get a few acting gigs and pay off the five-hundred-million-yuan breach-of-contract penalty run up by his disgraced, useless son. Unfortunately, the entertainment industry is full of phonies. A young pretty boy gets a scrape and calls an ambulance, while action scenes rely entirely on stunt doubles and slow motion. Faced with a borderline influencer foisted on the production by the money men and arrogant, popular celebrities, Xiang Tianxing, with the physique of a fifty-year-old silverback gorilla, just can’t help loosening up his muscles a little.

He pins a spooked stallion with his bare hands, knocks out a local thug who’s collecting protection money with one slap, and wields an eighty-jin genuine iron saber with one hand... Behind-the-scenes footage with no special effects leaks online, and the internet erupts. Tens of millions of netizens flood the web, begging on their knees for someone to investigate the true background of this “washed-up veteran actor.” As the investigation deepens, a debunking blogger discovers a national-level classified file and quits the internet overnight; a Hollywood action star gets beaten so badly he questions his life; and the entertainment mogul trying to blacklist Xiang Tianxing discovers that Xiang’s name is listed as the largest shareholder in his own parent company.

During a wilderness survival variety show livestream, Xiang Tianxing, hailed as “China’s True God of War,” has just knocked out a wild boar with his bare hands and cowed the celebrities with the killing aura of a grandmaster. But the moment a mysterious guest arrives by plane, his terrifying pressure vanishes without a trace. He deftly takes the bag from his wife and puts on a sweet, ingratiating voice: “Honey, what are you doing here? This lousy show isn’t hard at all. I was just about to stew this pig for you to help you build up your strength!”