Chapter 19 An “accident” on the set?
"I'm telling you, these are all my team members, don't think about hitting on them, isn't it enough that so many girls like you?"
Ming Yi sneered: "Why haven't I seen you defend your team members like this before? What's wrong with you today? You're still meddling in this kind of thing. I want to treat them to a meal, which is perfectly normal. Are you hiding something?"
Feng Charlie sneered: "How could that be?"
Mingyi stood up from the sofa: "Then don't worry about what I think."
He approached Charlie Feng, raised his chin, and said, "I also know that you have developed some interest in that female medical examiner. I didn't expect that you have such a talent hidden under your command. And to be honest, I have seen her deeds, and to be honest, I have admired her for a long time."
"Are you a fan of Lin the Forensic Pathologist? Just like Liang Yifeng from our group."
"I can't say I'm a fan, but I do have some interest in him. It wouldn't hurt to get to know him more closely. Maybe in the future I can..." Ming Yi stopped talking halfway, leaving Feng Charlie with endless room for imagination.
Feng Charlie narrowed his eyes and warned him: "Put away your cunning thoughts. Not everyone can mess with her."
"How do you know I'm not serious?"
Mingyi laughed twice, turned and walked away.
Soon, photographers were looking for him to adjust the lens. His figure was enviable whenever he stood there.
When adjusting the lens, the staff couldn't help but praise Mingyi: "This ratio is the best I have ever seen with my naked eyes, and it is so perfect in the lens."
Feng Charlie always felt some worries in his heart, and he couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was.
But anyway, I felt sad and uncomfortable.
Soon, Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi came back with ice cream. By the time Mingyi had adjusted the lens and finished all the necessary tasks, the sky had darkened.
"Let's go. I know a private restaurant nearby that's quite delicious. The key is that the place is also very private."
"Oh? Really?"
"No wonder it's so hard to see big stars. It turns out they know such a great place. Let's go and have a look."
Several people went there together. It was a restaurant not too far from the small Western-style building. However, the location was difficult to find. It was inside an ancient building with no obvious doorway. The door seemed to be embedded in the wall.
If it's not turned on, you can't see it at all.
“Is there another store here?”
Mingyi went forward and knocked on the door. It creaked open and there was no door head, which was strange.
“How do you all find that there is still business in the store?”
"Of course, this is for privacy, so reservations must be made in advance. Actually, you are lucky today. I originally made an appointment with a director to discuss new cooperation here, but the director of that film had something urgent to do and couldn't come. So the place is vacant, and I'm free anyway, so I'll bring you here to eat together."
"I see."
Mingyi smiled and raised the corners of his lips.
In fact, it was not as he said, but he took the initiative to ask his assistant to notify and cancel the next work and reserved this time.
After all, he knew that the serious crime squad was usually very busy. If they hadn't just solved a case and had a few days of free time to come to him, it would be extremely difficult for him to have dinner with them next time.
On the one hand, it was for the reunion of the brothers who had not seen each other for a long time and were busy with their own business, and on the other hand, it was also for his two little female fans.
A few people sat down and the waiter brought the menu.
When she saw the prices, Lin Meiqi opened her mouth wide: "I didn't expect such a small restaurant to have such expensive dishes!"
He Wanyi leaned forward and whispered to Lin Meiqi, "Wow, these ingredients look very rare. This is black truffle, I've never eaten it. I've never eaten porcini either, I really want to try it, it's said to be very delicious."
"Just order whatever you want to eat." Mingyi said.
Lin Meiqi coughed twice: "Then I won't be polite."
She ordered a few of her favorite dishes, and He Wanyi also ordered some.
When the food came, looking at the various kinds of food on the plates, the ingredients were indeed different from usual ones.
There is only a little bit of food on such a big plate, and I always feel like I’m not full.
Lin Meiqi was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to fill her stomach, but luckily there were some appetizer breads served, and she swallowed her portion in just a few bites.
It tasted really good, with a rich buttery flavor, and purer than what she usually tasted.
Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi almost finished the meal with sighs.
Although the number of dishes was not large, there were many varieties. They were served one after another, such as abalone, lobster, crab roe noodles... Until the end, Lin Meiqi even burped. She quickly covered her mouth with her eyes wide open.
It's so embarrassing that I would do such a disgrace in front of my boss and idol!
Ming Yi raised the corners of his lips and said, "He is completely different from the forensic doctor Lin I imagined."
After eating and drinking, they returned to the small western-style building. Mingyi was going to shoot some scenes in the evening, so they planned to take a look at the shooting site and learn about the work content in the entertainment industry.
Lin Meiqi and the other girl were very curious about the shooting lighting props, lines, and how to tailor the look for a big star. They were so curious that they walked around the scene.
It just got dark, but because of the lighting from the filming, even the outside of the window was brightly illuminated, making it easy to confuse people. Is it day or night?
"Alright, let's start shooting for Section 34 right away. All crews, get ready."
The director gave the order, "Action!"
Ming Yi entered the camera, and his handsome face stood out particularly in the camera, and he caught people's attention wherever he stood.
He had just said two lines when he suddenly screamed "Ah——".
Lin Meiqi looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure falling from the upstairs, followed by a heavy object falling to the ground with a "bang".
In an instant, they all realized what was happening.
Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi looked at each other and said, "Oh no! Someone fell from the building!"
Feng Charlie also hurriedly got up from the sofa, Ming Yi's filming was interrupted, and his expression was serious: "How could this happen?"
Charlie Feng rushed to the scene with Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi. In the trunk were things needed for forensic examination, ready at any time.
As soon as Lin Meiqi put on the forensic white coat, she immediately looked more professional.
She went outside the building, squatted down, felt the victim's breath, and sighed: "The person is dead."
After a moment, she came to a conclusion.
"There is no dispute about the cause of death, death by fall."
The distance from the small western-style building to the ground was too solid to provide any cushioning, and he hit his head against the ground, causing his internal organs to rupture and blood to flow all over the ground. The scene looked very bloody. The crew members and onlookers were all frightened and retreated in a hurry.
I just don't know whether this person committed suicide by jumping off the building or was pushed down by someone.
"Was there anyone on the roof just now?"
Lin Meiqi looked up curiously, took two steps back, and saw no one.
At this moment, Feng Charlie was rushing up the stairs frantically.
If someone had just pushed the deceased, you might just happen to see it if you go up now.
If there is a blockage in the stairwell, that person is a suspect.
However, there is another possibility that it was done by someone from the crew. In that case, they would leave under the pretext of going to the toilet, quickly push the deceased down, and then return to the set. Within the fifth floor, there are people making props and decorations on different floors. It is easy for them to blend back into the staff and the tracking will be lost.
But in terms of motivation, there may not be so many people who are motivated, so a group of them can be screened out.
Feng Charlie thought so and walked up.
As soon as Lin Meiqi stood up, He Wanyi set up a cordon to prevent anyone from approaching.
At this moment, Ming Yi walked closer, took a look at the dead woman lying on the ground, and frowned.
"Do you know her?" Lin Meiqi asked.
"She is an actress. She recently starred in a popular drama called "Daytime". Her name is Yu Xingming and she has accumulated a lot of fans. I thought her acting career could continue to move forward, but I didn't expect..."
"Has she offended anyone on the set? Or has she had any suicidal thoughts recently?"
Ming Yi shrugged: "I don't know about this. I think you should ask her agent. My cooperation with her has not officially started yet. We will play opposite each other in the next play."
"Then why did she appear in this building today?"
"I don't know. Maybe she has something to ask the director or other crew members?"
Lin Meiqi understood and nodded.
There are only a few people from the serious crime squad, and Charlie Feng is the only one there, so it is difficult to search every corner. No one was seen coming down the stairs, so it was most likely a suicide.
After going downstairs, Charlie Feng reunited with Maggie Lam and Wan-yee Ho, and found a public phone to call the task force. The office sent several police officers to assist and cordon off the scene.
Just now, Lin Meiqi and Feng Charlie got the same answer from different people.
The rooftop terrace of this small western-style building is open to anyone, which makes the scope very wide and provides various possibilities. However, in the absence of any signs of pushing or shoving, the case cannot be definitively determined. Everything has to wait until we investigate the relationships surrounding the victim, Yu Xingming.
Dahuang got out of the police car, deeply shocked.
The woman in front of him was wearing a beautiful long dress, but the front was stained with blood, and her curly hair was stained with blood. He couldn't help but frown when he saw it.
This was exactly the role played by the heroine in the TV series he watched a few days ago. He had originally had a good impression of this actress, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen a few days later.
He walked forward and said, "What a pity. She clearly had the potential to become a big fire. This has cut off her lifeline to rise."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone keenly realized that her rise might have blocked someone's path.
When Lin Meiqi put away the autopsy tools and prepared to return to the forensic room to make a detailed identification report, suddenly, a luxury car stopped in front of the building.
A slim woman wearing a tight skirt, gorgeous clothes, beautiful looks, with her hair tied up, revealing her slender white neck, looking very elegant.
She was carrying a bag made of some unknown leather and was swaying as she walked.
She said to the staff: "I'm looking for Yu Xingming, where is she?"
The staff member asked: "What do you want to do with her?"
Everyone was panicked. The woman frowned slightly, showing a bit of coquettishness: "Of course I'm looking for her for something. Tell me where she is quickly? I still have a score to settle with her."
Upon hearing this, even the police officer next to him widened his eyes and looked in the direction of the woman.
The woman took off her sunglasses in confusion: "Why are you looking at me? Why, am I beautiful?"
The staff member whispered, "Sister Yu can't see you. She fell from the building and is now... dead."
"What?"
The woman was so frightened that her face turned pale. She took two steps back and almost sprained her high heels.
Lin Meiqi calmly put her hands in her pockets, stepped forward and asked, "Who are you to the deceased?"
The woman with the bun replied, "I have nothing to do with her. I came to see her because...oh, I'm not in this circle, but we met at a dinner party. She saw that I had a silk scarf, which was very beautiful and limited edition, so she asked me to borrow it, saying that she needed it for filming, but couldn't buy it. After borrowing it, I asked her to return it, but later I couldn't contact her, so I had to contact her agent. They made excuses and I was very angry. Finally, I called her last time and she told me to come to the small western-style building and wait, and she would return the scarf to me at 9 o'clock in the evening."
"Oh, a scarf!"
The staff member remembered, "Sister Yu treasures that scarf very much! She said it is very valuable and must not be damaged. Last time I accidentally touched the scarf on the stool while walking, and Sister Yu scolded me."
"That's mine. See what I said was right? I just came here to get the scarf back. Nothing else."
Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi looked at each other, and He Wanyi said, "It doesn't look like suicide."
Lin Meiqi nodded: "Yes, I clearly have an appointment."
According to past experience, people often deal with all the things that happened in their lives before committing suicide, so that they will be free of worries. Why would you jump off a building at this time just because you're going to meet again soon?
All we can say is that this matter is doubtful and the possibility of homicide is higher.
"It wasn't me who killed him! I was on my way just now. It takes me some time to get here from my home. Can my maid at home prove it for me? Oh, and the boss of the store near our home, I even said hello to them. How could I kill someone just because of a small matter like a silk scarf? Besides, she promised to return it to me."
Lin Meiqi shrugged: "We haven't said you killed him yet."
The woman stroked her chest and said, "I feel relieved. I didn't expect that I would encounter such an unlucky thing when I came here to pick up a silk scarf."
She turned around and was about to leave when Lin Meiqi stopped her, "You have to go back to the serious crime unit to record a statement later. Your testimony will be very helpful in advancing the case."
The woman closed the car door reluctantly: "I had an appointment with someone for tea, and now I can't leave because of this."
…
Feng Charlie is leading people to search for evidence from the rooftop and inside the small western-style building.
The nature of homicide and suicide is completely different, and it also plays a decisive role in the characterization of the case.
Liang Yifeng somehow accidentally walked out of the rooftop storage room and found a secret passage. He didn't expect there was a second exit.
After entering, he searched along the passage and found a brown fiber.
The fiber was scraped from the rough wooden boards on both sides of the passage. In fact, the road surface of this passage is quite wide and the stairs are not crowded. Why would the wooden board be scratched and torn?
The only possibility is that someone was running very fast and in a hurry, bumping into things left and right, thus rubbing off this fiber.
Even further in, around the bend, a thinner fiber was found, also brown, coming from a human being.
Liang Yifeng called Feng Charlie up, and as they went down along this passage, their thoughts gradually became clear.
Normal people would only walk up that staircase, and the only staircase that the staff in the entire small building knew about was the one that extended from the first floor upwards to the rooftop.
The passage leading from the storage room is quite secret. Who would leave through the secret passage and flee so quickly leaving traces of clothes in it?
This seemed to add another piece of evidence to his murder, that is, after pushing the man, the man quickly left the scene. Because he left through a small path, Feng Charlie did not block his way at that time.
At this moment, this person is probably no longer in the small western-style building, or he has become a staff member. Everything is possible.
It seems that I need to contact the owner of this building now. She is overseas, but judging by the time, she has already gotten up.
Feng Charlie asked the director for the other party's phone number and called him.
The owner of the small western-style building was having breakfast overseas. When she heard that someone had died in the building, she was so scared that she dropped the coffee cup in her hand on the table, and the coffee spilled all over her. She quickly got up, and the staff next to her wiped the stains on her clothes and carpet for her.
"If I had known I would not have rented out this western-style building, now look what's happening. Who will come to my place to rent a house or film a movie in the future?" said the owner.
Feng Charlie went straight to the point: "There is a secret passage in the small western-style building. Who knows about this? When was this secret passage formed?"
The owner of the building said, "Ah, this was built when people wanted to avoid war. It was for escaping in time at critical moments, and it could also hide people. However, it has been opened now, and the entrance and exit of the passage are not deliberately blocked. However, because its entrance is at the innermost part of the sundries room, there are still sundries, and few people will find it."
"But I think the crew members spend every day shooting in that place, and the staff probably know about it, but most people don't walk through that place because it's very dark. Why don't they take the normal stairs, but have to take that passage?"
"So you think that anyone who has been in the building for a while will know the existence of this staircase?"
"I think so."
Feng Charlie and Liang Yifeng looked at each other and thought that the scope was a bit too large.
If we count the staff in the building today, there are at least dozens of people, not to mention outsiders, such as Lin Meiqi and He Wanyi, who came to meet Mingyi.
Likewise, some friends of the staff who are interested in the photography scene may also be there, to discuss business or cooperation, anything is possible.
Feng Charlie understood, and after hanging up the phone, he said to Liang Yifeng: "It seems that we still have to start with social relations to see if there are people who have motives for him."
The serious crime squad returned home and first retrieved Yu Xingming's information.
Soon, Yu Xingming identified a competitor and Liang Yifeng wrote his name on the whiteboard.
"This person is called Le Mingmei, she is also an actress, but she is a direct competitor to Yu Xingming. Several of Yu Xingming's already finalized collaborations were suddenly snatched away by Le Mingmei. It seems like she has set her sights on Yu Xingming. As long as she is in a project, she will definitely snatch it away."
"Wow, your arms are really long." Da Huang couldn't help but sigh.
"I've heard of this Le Mingmei, but she's not that famous, so how could she have the capital to snatch every one of them?"
"There must be someone behind her. Is it a big company or a powerful agent?"
"We need to find out how the two of them got together."
Feng Charlie pointed his finger at the table, "And where was the incident of Le Mingmei today?"
Everyone started investigating separately.
Lin Meiqi finished a day's work and stretched: "Finally I can go home."
No, she remembered that she had classes today, so she rode her bike to the Police Academy.
After entering, a girl came in with a drawing board and showed it to Lin Meiqi before class.
"Teacher Lin, I went to a slaughterhouse a few days ago and found that the butchers are all experts in anatomy. They have a very accurate and proficient understanding of the muscles of cattle!"
Lin Meiqi nodded: "They may not have received theoretical teaching, but because of their rich practice, they have figured out the laws of livestock's muscles and bones over time. You will get the hang of it quickly in practice in the future. You will understand it after dissecting a few corpses."
"But when will I have the chance to dissect a body?" the girl asked.
"When you become a forensic assistant, you can at least observe or help with autopsies under the guidance of a forensic doctor."
“That will be a very long process.”
"Of course, any industry takes time."
"Teacher, do you think the skeletal shape I drew based on the dissected live cow is correct?" the girl asked.
"No problem."
Lin Meiqi looked at the girl and suddenly asked, "Are you nervous when you see the slaughtering scene for the first time?"
The female student thought about it and shook her head: "I'm not nervous or scared."
Lin Meiqi said: "Then you have surpassed the average person by a lot. Even if many people are involved in the forensic profession and love the forensic profession, they still have to overcome their fear and shadow of those crime scenes every time. It's like this is the appearance setting of a person, and seeing those similar death scenes will induce psychological anxiety and pain."
"I understand that, but I'm probably just like my teacher, I'm naturally more adaptable to this kind of situation."
Lin Meiqi looked at her with some joy: "That's great, it means you are born to do this."
"Yes, I also think that I may have a talent for this, because when I actually stepped into the slaughterhouse and heard the cries of the cows and sheep, I actually felt my soul trembling. It was not fear that took over, but excitement!"
"Well, the teacher should have similar feelings, right?"
Lin Meiqi's gaze towards the female students gradually changed from admiration.
"Are you more excited by the dead bodies, or by the sound of them screaming?"
"Oh, Teacher Lin, I was wrong. I was just excited to see such a scene and teach in real life."
Lin Meiqi looked at the female student and said earnestly: "It is good to have a sense of professionalism, but remember not to lose your compassion for the victim."
"Yes, I understand, Forensic Doctor Lin."
The female student gave a beautiful smile and sat back in her seat silently.
Phew, that was close...
However, the female student herself was also surprised. She had thought that she would not be able to accept being near a place like a slaughterhouse psychologically at first. Unexpectedly, her body's adaptability was much better than she thought.
The trembling from the soul is still vivid in my mind.
Even when you see a living animal, such as a cute cat or dog, you can imagine the pleasure of dissecting them.
The girl trembled slightly just thinking about it. She controlled her trembling fingers and forced herself to forget these thoughts. She had to restrain herself.
Lin Meiqi has already started teaching on the podium. Usually the female students listen to the lectures very seriously, but today, looking at Lin Meiqi, she can't concentrate at all, and her mind is wandering.
She realized that there might be something different in her heart...
It was already very late when Lin Meiqi finished her class.
To be honest, she still prefers to sit in the forensic room, or perform dissections and work silently. Because this kind of course that does not require lectures is too exhausting. Talking for an hour straight makes me feel like my soul is being drained.
She took the lesson plan, walked out of the classroom, and looked out along the corridor at the lively and lovely students. Lin Meiqi couldn't help but wonder, how many of them would truly become her colleagues in the future?
She really has some expectations!
When she got home, Lin Meiqi saw a sealed box at the door with a note on it.
"Sister, this is a cake for you, remember to open it and eat it."
Signed Yuanyuan.
The neighbor's kids are so cute.
Lin Meiqi picked up the cake box and checked the seal. It was indeed sealed, so she must have bought it outside as a gift for herself.
It happened that she hadn't had time to eat dinner yet, so she took the cake home and ate it as dinner.
After taking a bite, the sweet taste made all the tiredness of the day disappear.
After eating and washing up, Lin Meiqi fell asleep contentedly.
…
The next morning, Feng Charlie took the police officers to check on Le Mingmei.
The group split up into several groups, and Lin Meiqi followed Feng Charlie to find the actress Le Mingmei.
When they found her, she was sitting in her luxurious home, wearing a low-necked pajamas, with her fair chest slightly exposed. The vague spring light made several male police officers look away.
Feng Charlie said seriously: "Put on some clothes, we are here to question you."
"Oh, I didn't expect there were a few handsome guys in the serious crime squad. I didn't expect the quality of the police officers could be so good!"
Lin Meiqi glanced around and found a coat to put on Le Mingmei: "If you do this, we can't work. This is not the place for you to shoot nude scenes."
The woman groaned after hearing this, but she still put on her coat and pulled up her collar herself: "Is this okay?"
Charlie Feng asked, "Where were you around 7:40 last night?"
"That time..."
The woman scratched her beautiful red nails while thinking, "Oh, I remember, I was doing my nails, see? This is my new manicure."
"So the witness is a manicurist?" asked Charlie Feng.
"Of course, you can go ask. The staff at the nail salon can see it. If I'm talking nonsense, they will know if I'm talking nonsense or not."
Liang Yifeng said, "What's the dispute between you and Yu Xingming? Why do you have to interfere in every play she performs?"
"What do you mean? Are you blaming me for stealing her spotlight? This is something we do in our industry, what do you police officers know?"
"I don't understand your showbiz business, but this involves whether you have a motive to kill her. If you've been stealing her attention for a long time, can we assume that... there's a deep conflict between you and her?"
The woman really suspected me when she heard this. She raised her hand and slapped the table, her eyes wide open, "I'm not a murderer. Don't accuse a good person."
"Then tell me clearly what happened? Otherwise we will have to label you a suspect."
The woman was frightened, and her arrogance subsided. She fiddled with her nails and said, "It's nothing. It's just a coincidence that the person she wants to work with happens to be the one I also want to work with. We are competing fairly. Everything can be changed before joining the group. It's just that my company is bigger and my agent is more powerful. Can you help me get it?"
"Since I have this backing and this ability, why not use it? For example, this time, she wanted to cooperate with Ming Yi, which really pissed me off."
"It's strange. How come she always has the same ideas and vision as me? She likes the same idols and even the same scripts. I was mad at her for several days. I went to get a manicure to get rid of my bad mood. Not to mention that it was thanks to me that I got a manicure, otherwise I would not be able to clear my suspicion."
"We will send someone to investigate. Your suspicion has not yet been cleared."
"Okay, okay, the officer will go and ask. However, I have been competing with her for a new drama recently. Because I can act with Mingyi, who wouldn't be proud to act with Mingyi now? Acting in this drama will change your position in the industry. If this drama is broadcast well, you will directly become a big star, a first-line star, you know?"
"So you want to compete with her again. Did you succeed this time?"
"It's not decided yet. But you don't suspect that I couldn't win over her, so I pushed her down from the building in a rage, right? Please, I haven't exerted my full strength this time, otherwise it's really uncertain who will win the filming of this series. The fight has just begun, why should I kill someone? I have nothing to do!"
After the questioning, Feng Charlie sent someone to investigate the nail salon, and the results confirmed that Le Mingmei was indeed doing a manicure in the salon at that time that day, and stayed there for two hours, so she had no time to go to the scene at all.
This star has a familiar face to the public. Could it be that he really promotes people himself?
Could it be that someone was hired to do it? In short, she herself was confirmed to have no time.
"Find out what other problematic relationships the victim has."
"clear."
Everyone returned to the serious crime squad.
A day later, the visit produced results.
"Yu Xingming and her agent had a dispute. Some time ago, someone heard her arguing with her agent in the victim's apartment. It seemed that it was about the ownership of the benefits of the cooperation."
"It seems like the agent is able to keep track of Yu Xingming's movements, and it would be very easy to invite her to the rooftop. However, her agent is at the press conference for the female star's death, which is being broadcast live on the media, so there is no way to ask."
"Then wait until she finishes, send a few officers to the scene, and question her immediately after she finishes."
After work, Lin Meiqi did not stay long, but went to a satay noodle restaurant near the serious crime unit building to eat.
She ordered a bowl of satay noodles with seafood.
Seeing the figure on TV, many people sat around to watch. It was the role played by Ming Yi. He played a police chief.
Not to mention wearing a uniform, his appearance was really similar to Feng Charlie. Her back view even made her mistake him and thought it was the real Feng Charlie.
Some young people who were eating in the restaurant gathered together and talked: "Wow, he is so handsome. Hong Kong hasn't seen such a handsome actor in a long time!"
"But his acting skills seem to be lacking. I always feel that he is still playing the role of a rich kid, and he lacks the down-to-earthness that a sheriff should have."
"Then you don't know, right? Who says the sheriff has to be a fixed model? He plays the role of a rich man, that's his style, isn't it good?"
"It seems that you are just mesmerized by his looks. That's not an objective assessment at all."
"Hey, hey, hey, stop talking. I still have Mingyi's autograph here."
After hearing this, several people became interested: "How did you get it?"
"Of course I found someone to buy it. Look, it's really nice."
"Wow, this photo is really nice. Where did you get the stills from?"
"You haven't seen his play 'The Big Wave'?"
"Haha, of course I have seen it, I just forgot about it when you asked."
"Hey, can you sell me this autograph? I'll pay for it."
"How can that be possible? This is the only one I have."
"Don't you have a place to buy it? Just keep buying it."
"No, I have treasured this for a long time."
The girl carefully put the still photo into her pocket and continued watching TV. They gathered together to eat and watch, and one of them mentioned: "Do you know about that female star who jumped off the building?"
"Of course. It is said that he was in the same building with Mingyi that day. Mingyi was not frightened, right?"
"Hey, why do you care about that? As long as Mingyi isn't injured, it's fine. I'm just worried that he might have a psychological trauma, and we have to record in the same place."
"You're really nosy."
"That's because I'm his biggest fan and I don't want him to suffer any injustice at all!"
Lin Meiqi listened silently, and she could understand that when a person loves another person madly and to the extreme, he cannot be stained with the slightest flaw, as if he is the most pure and flawless thing in the world.
But that's just imagination, it's impossible to happen in reality.
She could only be thankful that although she liked Mingyi's appearance, she was not so crazy about it, so when she encountered such things, she could still be more rational and objective.
"Sister, do you want to order one more? We have a new iced fruit tea."
"Okay." After a while, the iced fruit tea was placed on her desk.
After watching two episodes of Ming Yi's drama in the store, Lin Meiqi happened to be full.
Leaving the store, she parked her bicycle on the side of the road on this small street. She treated riding the bicycle as a way to exercise her calf muscles, pedaling forward against the wind.
That night, Charlie Feng and other police officers blocked her way after the agent finished the press conference.
Take her to the side of the venue for simple inquiries.
Lin Meiqi did not participate. She went home to sleep and waited for the follow-up results.
The next day, when she arrived at the serious crime unit office, it was quiet again.
Lin Meiqi knew that this matter might not go smoothly.
She asked He Wanyi: "What's going on? Didn't the agent yesterday have a motive?"
"But now she's gone again."
Lin Meiqi was surprised: "How could this happen? His motivation appears and disappears."
The police officer had previously learned that Yu Xingming had a dispute with her agent, so he went to ask her agent.
"The current situation of the agent is that the contract between the two has expired. As the representative of the company, the agent wants to renew the contract with Yu Xingming. After all, Yu Xingming is in the limelight now. The company's assessment is that she may continue to move up and bring more profits to the company, so they hope to keep her in the company."
"However, Yu Xingming has always been dissatisfied with the company's previous actions towards her, and the company's failure to protect her personal safety. She felt that there was no security for her in places with many fans. There was even one time when a male fan accidentally pushed her down, which made her very angry."
Another female police officer, Xie Zhiruo, also nodded.
"Generally, when an actor's contract expires, there will be all kinds of disputes. If the actor himself is doing well, he will definitely want to go solo."
Lin Meiqi nodded: "I understand this. So Yu Xingming has always refused to renew the contract, and the company is afraid of losing this cash cow, so is it using some of the black material from the past to force her to continue working for them?"
He Wanyi exclaimed: "Oh my God! Forensic Doctor Lin, your guess is so accurate! That's it!"
"The agency got hold of photos of Yu Xingming dating her ex-boyfriend. Of course, they used some tricks to get them. They used this to threaten Yu Xingming, so Yu Xingming was very angry."
Lin Meiqi touched her chin and said, "So, the dispute between the two is really not small, because it involves the interests of the agent. But what benefit does she get from getting rid of Yu Xingming? Is it purely to vent her anger? Yu Xingming will not sign with her anyway."
"If they hadn't reached a consensus yet, perhaps the agent had this idea, but now after a few arguments, they have each taken a step back and readjusted the contract."
"It is extremely beneficial to Yu Xingming at the moment. Look, we have also found the contents of the contract."
Lin Meiqi compared the two contracts and found that, as expected, in order to sign her this time, the company had tilted the profit-sharing standard towards Yu Xingming, and also increased the number of team members assigned to her.
"Is it solved like this?" Lin Meiqi was curious.
But then again, there were no completely irreconcilable conflicts between them, just dissatisfaction with their exchange of interests. If there is no company more suitable to accept Yu Xingming, and if the company offers more favorable conditions for her, she might go back.
Because previous disputes were also easily settled. So, she really had no motive.
Lin Meiqi looked at Yu Xingming's name already signed on the contract.
To be precise, she and her agent now form a community of interests, and Yu Xingming's death will also have an adverse impact on her agent.
It just so happened that Yu Xingming's agent knew more about some of the things around her. She had had a boyfriend before, so he must know who posed a threat to her.
The police officers asked her specifically, but the agent hesitated and couldn't say anything. She only said that her two previous boyfriends had broken up with her some time ago.
As soon as Yu Xingming's career started to improve a little, she cut off contact with those men for some time.
And the other party also has a new girlfriend.
"So in terms of social relationships, we may have to start with Yu Xingming's original family, which treated her badly. It is said that she is very disgusted when her family is mentioned." He Wanyi said.
While Lin Meiqi was listening to He Wanyi talking, her eyes kept intentionally or unintentionally drifting towards Feng Charlie who was sitting in front of the phone. She always felt that Feng Charlie seemed to be waiting for a call, and from time to time he was thinking about something with a slightly frown on his face.
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