Chapter 165

"Are you okay?" The visitors were a man and a woman. The man was the crew coordinator whom he had met yesterday, and the woman was a stranger. They looked around in amazement, and after coming back to their senses, they hurriedly asked Xu Shulou.

Xu Shulou had never expected that he could actually pretend to be a victim. He was stunned for a moment, lowered his head guiltily, and spoke in a rare soft voice: "I'm fine."

It was still quite chilly in the early morning. Seeing that Xu Shulou was wearing thin clothes, the woman took off her large thick coat and put it on her. "Poor thing, how could you have such a thing happen to you? What kind of rubbish construction team is this? How could this building collapse silently in the middle of the night? That's not right. It would have to have bricks to break it down."

The coordinator thought for a moment and asked, "Are there scavengers nearby? Did they pick up the bricks in the middle of the night?"

Xu Shulou lowered her head, her guilt probably being mistaken for fear, and the woman put her coat over her and half-held her in her arms.

Song Ping and Bai Roushuang were returning from the hospital when they saw this scene. Their expressions shifted for a moment: "Master, Senior Sister?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Xu Shulou turned around and gave them a weak smile.

"Oh, you're okay," the two nodded, "Is there anything wrong with that building?"

Xu Shulou cleared his throat, returned the coat to the woman, thanked her, and returned to normal: "Are Yu Xing and the others okay?"

"I checked it out, nothing serious."

"Where are the people?"

"Yu Xing ran away, and he ran away overnight," Song Ping said. "His original words were, whoever wants to stay in that damn place can stay there, I will never go back even if you kill me."

“…”

Bai Roushuang leaned close to her senior sister's ear and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to bring him back?"

Xu Shulou was helpless: "Why arrest us? We are not bandits."

Bai Roushuang shrugged regretfully.

The coordinator hurriedly made a few phone calls and came over again, glancing at them suspiciously: "I think I heard you mention Yu Xing just now?"

"Yes," Xu Shulou nodded, "He was here last night too. My fellow apprentices took him to the hospital, and the doctor said he was fine."

The coordinator seemed to mutter a swear word and smiled at Xu Shulou: "Beauty, no, Ms. Xu, you are not injured, right? Please don't disclose this to anyone. Let's discuss how to compensate first, okay?"

I came here to find a job, but I didn't make any money. Instead, I had to lose money. Xu Shulou nodded worriedly: "How much do you have to lose?"

"Well... you can tell me your desired price first. Don't worry, I will accompany you to the hospital for a medical examination later. All expenses will be covered by the crew."

"Wait," Xu Shulou realized something was wrong, "You mean, it's not me who should pay the money, but the crew who should compensate me?"

"Of course, of course," the coordinator nodded repeatedly. He obviously didn't think that the woman in front of him could collapse a small building by herself. He naturally regarded her as a victim who had escaped by chance when the building collapsed. "This is definitely the responsibility of the construction team and the film and television city, but we will cover your medical expenses first."

Xu Shulou was touched. After causing trouble, she was comforted by someone who put clothes on her and not only did not ask her for compensation, but also offered to pay for her medical expenses. Had she ever received such treatment before?

She shook her head with mixed feelings: "No need to pay for the medical expenses, I'm really fine, and don't bother the construction team. This matter... let's just pretend it never happened, okay?"

Although it was unexpected that an alien spaceship was able to sneak in during the construction process, this construction team was somewhat outrageous.

Xu Shulou asked cautiously, and the two people opposite him were silent. For the crew who were filming, it was definitely better to have less trouble than more. The coordinator immediately had a better impression of this honest girl, and for a moment, he felt a little guilty: "Of course! But I'll have someone accompany you to the hospital later, just in case. By the way, I'll discuss with the director to give you more scenes, a lot of them!"

Xu Shulou shook his head with self-awareness: "With my acting skills, I'd better forget about adding more scenes."

“…”

During the conversation, other members of the crew also hurried over, looked at the foundation, and had the same stunned expression on their faces.

The crew had their own person in charge to negotiate with the film and television city, and Xu Shulou didn't have to worry about these things. She was almost surrounded by people to the shooting site. A group of people placed a rest chair for her, put clothes on her, and stuffed her with hot coffee, milk tea and snacks. After the enthusiastic crowd dispersed, Bai Roushuang approached and grabbed a cup of coffee, whispering: "Fortunately, there is no surveillance near the small building. They don't know that it was actually you who destroyed the building."

Xu Shulou took out a flattened piece of iron from his Qiankun bracelet: "Who said there is none?"

“…”

Sheng Wuyou was also at the scene. She played the role of Qi Wutong, whose magical instrument was a jade flute. She was holding a plastic prop and practicing spinning the flute. Xu Shulou saw that she had fallen many times without getting the hang of it, so he couldn't help but come over and gesture to her: "Hold it like this with your fingers."

Sheng Wuyou was quite surprised: "You know this?"

"Yes." Xu Shulou took the plastic prop and demonstrated it to her. She made several sword flowers in reverse and forward directions. A plastic flute of poor quality danced in her hands with a posture of resisting a thousand pounds of force.

"Wow..." Sheng Wuyou looked at her with special admiration.

Xu Shulou simply stood behind her and held her hand: "Feel the direction of my force, and follow my force with your fingers and wrists."

Song Ping and Bai Roushuang, who were not far away, fell silent when they saw this scene.

One taught attentively and the other learned attentively. Within half an hour, Sheng Wuyou mastered the trick.

The producer on the side was surprised and said: "That's amazing."

"I originally wanted to apply for the position of martial arts director," Xu Shulou looked at him, "How is it? Your martial arts director ran away, do you want to hire me now?"

"There are many weapons in this drama. Do you know all the swords, spears, swords and halberds?" The producer hesitated.

Xu Shulou said modestly: "I understand a little bit."

"Come and try it." The producer called to her, pointing at the messy props and weapons rack.

There was a spear lying upside down on the ground next to the weapon rack. Xu Shulou stepped lightly on the spear handle. Others didn't see clearly how she did it, and the spear bounced up from the ground. She caught it in her hand and chopped, pressed, pierced, wrapped, blocked and grabbed it with ease.

She actually hadn't learned spearmanship, but she had fought many enemies with spears, so she was very familiar with these moves. The last one ended, holding the spear in one hand and holding it behind her back, she looked at the stunned producer: "How is it?"

Before he could react, the director rushed over and grabbed Xu Shulou's clothes and refused to let go: "You're hired! Sign the contract quickly!"

“……”The whole crew looked very anxious.

The assistant hurried to prepare the contract. The director stared at Xu Shulou with shining eyes: "The audience will definitely like your fighting scenes. How about this, I will go back and study the script and see how to insert a few more fighting scenes for you."

"...I don't care, I won't act!" Xu Shulou was about to answer when he heard a quarrel in the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the assistant director chasing a young girl. The girl rushed straight to the director and said, "I can't play this role, but I can afford the penalty!"

Xu Shulou took a step back and gossiped with the producer: "Who is this?"

"The crew has chosen the female lead, the rising star Bai Zhi."

The director rubbed his brows, drove away the people around him, and then asked, "What happened?"

Bai Zhi said frankly: "I don't want to play the role of Bai Roushuang."

"Your company fought hard for this role for you a few months ago," the director frowned, "and you changed your mind just before filming?"

"My agent accepted the role for me without my permission. I didn't agree to it," Bai Zhi said a little impulsively, obviously not very sophisticated. "This kind of character is no longer likable nowadays. The audience doesn't like to see a female character who is willing to compromise and let her husband take a concubine. I'm in my rising period. If I play this role, won't I be scolded to death by the audience?"

"Your character has always been the same. You just discovered it now? Besides, your agent asked to change the script and character. I made appointments with him several times to discuss it in detail, but he broke the appointments." The director also got angry. "I think your play became a hit last month, and you got better resources. You don't like our crew anymore, right?"

"I haven't read the script carefully before," Bai Zhi put on sunglasses with a guilty conscience, "Anyway, I won't act. I'll have my lawyer contact you regarding the penalty for breach of contract."

"..." After she said that, she turned and left. The director was so angry that he threw a cup.

Xu Shulou poked his head outside the door: "Director?"

“…”

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but... everyone heard it."

“…”

The producer barged in with a loud voice: "Director, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know. Let's shoot the supporting roles first," the director buried his face in his hands. "Even if she notified me a month in advance, where can I find someone to save the day?"

"It's undeniable that this character is a bit rotten." Bai Roushuang herself was holding the script that she had found from somewhere in the chaos, and she commented as she flipped through it.

“……” The director suffered another blow and sat there dejectedly.

Song Ping spoke up at this time: "Let me recommend someone, my junior sister."

He patted Bai Roushuang's shoulder, and the latter nodded excitedly: "Okay, okay, I want to play with Senior Sister in the crew."

“…”

She claims to be your sister? The crew members who didn't know the truth glanced at Song Ping and muttered in their hearts, this guy is a scumbag who promotes two girls in one play.

Song Ping wiped his face and sat upright under the stares of everyone, his expression unchanged.

The director was stunned for a moment, and looked at Bai Roushuang carefully: "Your appearance is quite suitable, but your temperament is not pitiful enough. How about this, you try it first."

"good."

Everyone got ready immediately, and a moment later, the director was sitting behind the monitor, staring at the screen intently.

"Brother Lu," Bai Roushuang bit her lower lip on the screen, "It's all my fault. I caused you to quarrel with my senior sister. After all, she is your fiancée..."

"Stop! We're auditioning, why are you laughing?"

Bai Roushuang couldn't stop laughing: "Can I change the name?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Like this," Bai Roushuang read the lines, "Sister, it's all my fault, but Senior Brother Lu is your fiancé after all. I don't want to say anything bad about him. I just feel sorry for you. I don't know if he will cook for you like I do, understand your lofty ambitions, accompany you through the winter and summer, and chat with you around the fire at night... I don't understand, you are so good, how could he bear to quarrel with you?"

"..." Everyone looked at her in shock. It seemed quite stiff when she read it just now. How come after changing the pronoun, her performance suddenly became so natural?