Chapter 200 Someone is here to steal the show

Xie Weihua didn't like older men in the first place, and when she saw Zhao Zhenchuan's polite yet distant attitude, she had an even worse impression of him.

In this blind date party, except for the matchmaker who was very enthusiastic, the two protagonists were not interested.

The blind date ended unpleasantly. Neither Xie Weihua nor Zhao Zhenchuan took each other seriously and quickly forgot about it.

Until one day, when Zhao Zhenchuan was carrying out the task of eliminating traitors, he was targeted by the Japanese, and the Japanese and the security team kept chasing him.

Zhao Zhenchuan was trapped in a department store. Several exits of the department store were blocked by the Japanese and the security team. They were about to search every floor to identify everyone's identity.

There was no reason for Zhao Zhenchuan to appear in the department store at this time. He was a grown man, and it was not his usual style to come shopping alone.

Just when Zhao Zhenchuan was at his wit's end and prepared for the worst, he met Xie Weihua shopping in a department store and asked Xie Weihua for help.

Xie Weihua looked at Zhao Zhenchuan, then at the searching Japanese soldiers and security team, and said meaningfully, "Mr. Zhao has quite a few secrets."

Zhao Zhenchuan laughed and said, "Miss Xie, you're joking. I'm a businessman, what secrets can I have?"

Finally, Xie Weihua agreed to help Zhao Zhenchuan cover up because she did not like the Japanese. These Japanese burned, killed and looted in China, and no Chinese would like them.

Anyone the Japanese want to capture must be a good person.

When the security team searched Zhao Zhenchuan and Xie Weihua, Zhao Zhenchuan realized that Xie Weihua was now working in the Wang Puppet Government. He immediately became alert and his hand quietly touched the gun on his waist.

The security team was an armed force formed by the Wang Puppet Government and often helped the Japanese. Xie Weihua looked at them with disgust.

The security captain knew Xie Weihua and became suspicious of Xie Weihua and Zhao Zhenchuan appearing together in the department store. How come he didn't know that the two were related before?

Xie Weihua put her arm around Zhao Zhenchuan's and looked down at the security captain with a haughty expression. "My boyfriend is shopping with me, do you have any objections?"

"I dare not, I dare not." The security captain said doubtfully, "I haven't heard that Miss Xie has a boyfriend."

"My elders introduced us to you. Why do I need to report to you? Who are you to deserve my report?"

Xie Weihua was stunningly beautiful, and Zhao Zhenchuan was handsome and dignified. Standing together, they looked a perfect match. The security captain looked at the two and somewhat believed Xie Weihua's words.

Zhao Zhenchuan's brows were cold as he said, "Your security team is supposed to maintain public order in Shanghai, but instead of doing your job, you're disrupting people's lives. The day after tomorrow, when I attend the mayor's dinner, I'll definitely report this to him. Especially you. I think you're tired of being the security captain."

The mayor also served as the director of the Security Department. The security captain did not dare to investigate further and nodded and bowed as he saw them off.

After coming out of the department store, the two walked together for a while. After making sure that no one was following them, they turned into a sparsely populated forest path.

They were like an ordinary couple, strolling leisurely along the forest path. The autumn wind blew the leaves down and landed on their hair and shoulders.

"Why did you go to work for the Wang Puppet Government?"

"I always hear them talking about saving the country through a roundabout way. I want to go and see how they do it."

The topics they talked about became more and more diverse, and they began to understand each other better.

Later, when Zhao Zhenchuan was about to ship a batch of goods out of Shanghai, Xie Weihua helped him get a pass. To thank Xie Weihua, Zhao Zhenchuan treated her to dinner.

“Cut!”

After the director shouted to stop filming, Hu Xiaoxiao looked at the steak on the table. Because the filming went very smoothly, the steak was still slightly warm, so she quickly took the knife and fork and started eating.

The thing that should never be wasted is food.

Today's steak was provided by Song Yan'an. During the filming, he heard Hu Xiaoxiao complain that all the food props were rotten, so he asked a high-end Western restaurant he often went to to deliver freshly fried steak.

Only I-Gang has this privilege. If it were any other actor, even if the director didn't scold him, the staff would still complain about him behind his back for being pretentious.

Seeing Hu Xiaoxiao eating with such relish and a pleasing appearance, Song Yanan pushed the steak in front of him towards Hu Xiaoxiao and said, "We only cut it when filming just now, and didn't touch it."

Hu Xiaoxiao was not polite about food and said, "It just saved me lunch."

Hu Xiaoxiao was eating steak while the staff were packing up and preparing to move.

Director Qi Weiming turned off the camera, flipped through the script, and prepared to transition. Xia Lu arrived on the set and saw Hu Xiaoxiao sitting there, oblivious to the world around him, eating steak. Song Yanan, smiling beside her, was saying something to her, but the two of them looked incredibly harmonious.

Xia Lu went up to help Director Qi Weiming pack up his things and asked him what the next scene was.

Qi Weiming said, "Jiang Yu has two scenes to direct, and Song Yan'an also has a big scene tomorrow where he's going to confront a gangster boss."

"I'm setting up the ballroom over there. I wonder what day the show will be?"

"The Mayor's Dinner is tentatively scheduled for three days from now." Qi Weiming thought Xia Lu was asking about her role and said, "You don't have a scene for the Mayor's Dinner. You can take a break first."

Xia Lujian was already far away from Hu Xiaoxiao, so she suggested to Qi Weiming, "Director Qi, I've been studying the script these past few days, and I feel like a lot of the scenes are too uneventful, not tight enough, and not thrilling enough. I think we should add more thrilling elements, so the audience can feel the thrill of the ups and downs..."

"Really?" Qi Weiming looked puzzled.

"Yes, for example, the mayor's dinner scene is a bit too bland. We can make a small change and give this dinner the urgency of the Hongmen Banquet." Xia Lu took out the script from her bag and circled the scene between Hu Xiaoxiao and Song Yan'an.

Zhao Zhenchuan and Xie Weihua attended the mayor's dinner together. This scene not only showed Zhao Zhenchuan's personal charm and means of dealing with various factions, but also was an emotional scene between Zhao Zhenchuan and Xie Weihua. Through a ballroom dance, the two found that they had developed strange feelings for each other.

"Director Qi, it's a shame to only shoot a few scenes for such a grand mayoral banquet and such an important scene. Why not add in Yamamoto Masako's scenes? Yamamoto Masako is attracted to Zhao Zhenchuan, but at the same time, she has doubts about his identity. She constantly tests Zhao Zhenchuan at the banquet and almost catches him several times, which makes the audience nervous. Then Zhao Zhenchuan uses his wit to resolve the crisis, which makes the audience breathe a sigh of relief..."

Xia Lu told Qi Weiming about her idea for the play. In order to convince Qi Weiming to give her more roles, she specially asked several screenwriters to help her come up with an exciting plot that Qi Weiming would not refuse.

Qi Weiming really listened and thought this scene was very catchy. However, he asked, "If the person dancing with Zhao Zhenchuan was replaced by Yamamoto Masako, what about Xie Weihua's scene?"

"Deleted." Xia Lu said.