Chapter 478: Accidental discharge of a prop gun

On the Black Pearl pirate ship, Link stood behind camera No. 2, staring at the photographers to take pictures.

The chief photographer of the crew is Dariusz Wolski, 42 years old, with superb photography skills, and has collaborated with Link many times.

In addition to his good skills and rich experience, Dariz Voski also has the advantage that he can understand what he says.

Before each shoot, Link would meet with the photographers to tell them what type of shots were needed for the scene and what feeling and connotation they wanted to capture.

Dariusz Wolski understood what he meant quickly and delivered perfect results during filming.

“Cut!”

After shooting a set of shots, Link watched them and was very satisfied. Both the leading actors and the extras performed very well. The leading actors acted out the characteristics of the characters, and the extras acting as background boards also looked hideous, like a group of real pirates.

This shows that assistant director Gary Febrali has great skills in coaching extras.

After finishing this set of shots, the crew members got busy again and started shooting the next set ten minutes later.

Bald Johnson also repositioned himself under the command of the assistant director and the stage manager. Because of his good performance, Johnson was given an extra line. Although it was only three words, it made the other extras envious.

After a busy day, Bald Johnson dragged his tired body back to the hotel, took out a can of Boston Beer from the refrigerator, gulped it down, and his sunburned body instantly felt refreshed.

"John, have you seen Link today?"

Killer Jon came in hurriedly.

"Not only did I meet him, I almost killed him."

Johnson grinned, revealing a hideous smile.

"Oh, what happened?"

"When we were filming, Link came to the back of the camera to watch. He was less than ten meters away from me. I only needed to pull out my gun and pull the trigger to blow his skull off with one shot."

Johnson raised his index finger and made a shooting gesture, then blew on it. "Unfortunately, there were too many people there, and Link's bodyguards were also nearby. If I pulled out a gun, I might be discovered. The risk was too great, so I didn't act rashly."

"You are right. Link is a public figure who often appears in public. It is easy for us to assassinate him. There is no need to rush. It is best to shoot him at a hidden time and place. This will also avoid our exposure."

"I understand, but Link is always surrounded by bodyguards. If I want to kill him quietly, I'm afraid I won't find a chance to do it."

Bald Johnson has seen the bodyguards around Link. They are very vigilant. Whether they are patrolling or resting, they are always in combat mode and look very difficult to deal with.

"There will be opportunities, we just need to be patient."

Killer Jon chatted with Johnson about the crew and asked him about the filming process.

Johnson said that filming was very boring and not at all as exciting as watching a movie. He also mentioned the beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones and cursed Link as a sex demon who had all the beauties in the world.

Jon also envied Link.

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"It's so hot in Baja California that filming in an open-air location is torture."

In the seaside hotel, Catherine Zeta-Jones finished her shower and came out of the bathroom in her silk pajamas. Her slightly damp long curly hair was draped over her shoulders and the air was filled with a faint floral scent.

"Hold on, we'll be done in a few days."

"knew."

Catherine Zeta-Jones bent down and kissed his cheek. She sat on the sofa, curled up her slender white legs, and looked sideways at the information in his hand. "This week's box office data? How are our company's movies?"

"not bad."

"Rush Hour 2", "There's Something About Mary" and "Just Go" still maintain a relatively stable box office growth.

This week, Guess What Pictures has another new movie released, a romantic comedy "As Good as It Gets," produced in collaboration with Columbia Pictures.

The film tells the story of the writer Melvin, who was originally an old man with a weird temper. Under the influence of his neighbor Simon, restaurant waitress Carol Connelly and others, he changed from a racist and sexist person to a philanthropist.

Directed by James Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Julianne Moore and others.

The film cost $50 million to produce and earned $24.39 million from 1,572 theaters in its first week, which was a good box office result and was highly praised by film critics.

I believe that as word of mouth spreads, this movie should be able to get more box office revenue.

However, "The Last Airbender" will be released next week, and the box office performance of "As Good as It Gets" will probably be affected.

"Boss, Chris Bauer called. Something happened on the crew."

Aishwarya comes hurriedly in with her mobile.

Link took the call. Chris Bauer was still on the line. "Link, something happened. According to your instructions, we will recheck the props on site after finishing work every day. Just now, when checking the props, we found a real gun. An employee was injured. Fortunately, only the palm was shot through. The situation is not serious."

"The crew's muskets are all props. How come there are real guns?" Link asked with a frown.

"I don't know, but I can guarantee that all the prop guns are fake. We have checked many times, and the barrels of the prop guns are all solid. They can't be loaded with bullets, and the triggers can't be pulled. I don't know how this real gun got mixed in. It's really damn stupid!"

Chris Bauer cursed a few words in frustration. According to Link's previous rules, if something went wrong with the props team again, he would not be able to get his bonus this year.

"Send the injured to the hospital for treatment first. I'll let the security company handle the gun issue. They are professionals in this area. By the way, how many people were there at the scene when the incident happened? Can you keep it a secret for now and not let more people know?"

"Well, there were only a few of us in the props group at the time. After the gunshot, people from other groups came over to watch the excitement. When we were sending the wounded to the hospital, many people also gathered around to watch and discuss. It was probably too late to keep it secret at this point."

"I understand. You take care of the wounded first, and I will take care of the rest."

Link called executive producer Mike Statham and asked him to appease the crew, control internal public opinion, and deal with media reporters who might appear at any time.

He then called Wallace and asked him to take people to seal off the scene to see if there was any chance of finding the culprit through the real gun.

Originally, Link was planning to date Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as newcomers Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet, and Aishwarya Rai in the evening.

However, since something like this happened on the crew, he could only postpone the date and go to the crew first to discuss ways to resolve the issue.

I'll spend time with my girlfriends after I'm done with my work.

The next day, Bald Johnson reported to the crew. While using the bathroom, he heard someone next door say that a prop gun accidentally went off in the crew yesterday evening, and someone in the prop team was shot dead.

Upon hearing the news, Johnson curled his lips. There was a news report in the past that a prop gun turned into a real gun during filming on a certain crew, and actors and cameramen were killed by mistake. I didn't expect that such a thing would happen to the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean". It's really interesting.

etc!

He suddenly remembered that his pistol disguised as a prop gun was left in the crew. He was worried about being searched when he came in, so he did not take it out after filming.

"Is it the gun?"

'Will I be exposed?'

"Should we escape early?"

However, running away at this time would be like a guilty thief, which would expose oneself.

Johnson touched his bald head and walked into the props department to check the situation.

"Come in and get your props. Whatever you used yesterday, you should still use today. Don't take anything randomly."

Chris Bauer, head of the props team, stood at the door with a sullen face, shouting at the forty-odd extras playing pirates.

Johnson blended into the crowd, quickly walked to the cabinet, took a look, picked up a similar pistol and put it in his belt.

In the end, only one pirate extra was left who hadn't found his gun.

“Is this your gun?”

Chris Bauer asked, pointing to the remaining sawed-off gun on the counter.

"No, my gun isn't that heavy."

The slender extras shook their heads.

"So whose gun is this? Who took the wrong gun? Don't think you can get away with it by just taking it randomly. There are fingerprints on the handle of every gun. If you send the gun to the police fingerprint examination department for comparison, it will take less than a day to find out. So I hope someone is willing to stand up and take the initiative to admit their mistake."

Chris Bauer stared at the extras and shouted.

Bald Johnson had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. There were indeed his fingerprints on the gun. If the crew sent the gun to the police station for inspection, there was a high chance that he would be exposed.

What should I do? Should I take the initiative to admit it?

I just recalled the conversation I heard in the bathroom just now, where someone was said to have been shot to death.

If he admitted it at this time, the consequences would be serious and might expose his identity as a killer.

Bald Johnson refused to come forward.

Seeing that no one stepped forward, Chris Ball curled his lips helplessly and could only wave his hand and let them go out to prepare.

Wallace, who was standing in the corner, also left and found Link to report the situation.

Link asked if the owner of the pistol could be found through fingerprints, and Wallace said the probability was not high.

The prop team touched it during inspection, and after being shot, blood was spilled on the gun. Later, when Chris Bauer and others inspected the gun, they also left many fingerprints.

The gun had been wiped before.

It is very difficult to find the owner of the pistol through fingerprints now, but they will try.

Link nodded and asked Wallace and the others to keep an eye on the leading actors to prevent them from causing any more accidents.

At the same time, in order to lure that man out and test whether his target was him when he brought a gun into the crew, Link took the initiative to approach the group of extras during the filming, instructed them face to face in acting, and even signed autographs for them and took photos with them.

It's a pity that the murderer didn't jump out.

Bald Johnson looked at Link who was so close to him, gritted his teeth secretly, and kept reminding himself not to be impulsive. He barely suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and did not immediately jump out to kill Link with his fists.

We shot three scenes consecutively in the afternoon. After the war scene on the sea was finished, the extras playing the pirates and the Royal Navy also completed their tasks.

Upon leaving, Johnson received a weekly salary of $1,800.

"Ah, is that all?"

Johnson was stunned holding the envelope of US dollars. The purpose of his coming to the crew this time was to assassinate Link, so how come the filming was finished before he even started?

What a pity.

I had several chances today to kill Link and complete the mission, but unfortunately I didn't have a gun.

Johnson returned to the crew to find the killer Jon to explain the situation.

When Jon heard that the pistol was exposed, he broke out in a cold sweat for him.

Although John felt sorry about the failed assassination, he didn't dwell on it. Link was a billionaire and a big shot, with strict security measures around him, so it was not easy to kill him successfully.

Moreover, this operation was not without results.

Through these things, they know more about Link, and the chances of success will be higher when they assassinate him next time.

"I heard that Link has returned to Los Angeles. Let's go to Los Angeles and find a chance to kill him."

Killer Jon and Bald Johnson packed their bags and left the hotel.

On the way to Los Angeles, Jon received a call from his agent Kate.

Kate told him on the phone that because they were too slow, the employer could not wait any longer and arranged two groups of ace killers to assassinate Link. So if they wanted to make money, they had to speed up and kill Link before others.

Killer Jon said he understood.

(End of this chapter)