The next day, Jiang Dao completed the last shot that was missed the night before, and the filming officially entered the next major stage.
The next two weeks were scheduled for battlefield scenes, and it was almost the most difficult battle in the whole film - because Little Gray Wolf had delivered information to the city lord's guards, the rebels had an extremely difficult battle, and it was only thanks to Xia Tian's on-the-spot response that they were able to save most of the manpower and avoid total defeat.
Most of this scene is the "one-sentence plot" that the crew fears the most.
On the first day, after more than ten hours of filming, even the line "Late at night, the rebel front-line camp was raided by the city lord's guards" failed to satisfy Director Mu. Not surprisingly, it would take at least three days to polish just this one sentence.
Just at this time, Xiang Yunru brought a piece of news that had not yet broken out, asking Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong to prepare for the impact.
"What's going on?" Chu Yinlong avoided the crew members and asked with a frown.
On the phone, Xiang Yunru's tone was somewhat helpless: "The little model that Zhang Wenyu likes will expose the shady dealings of the model company under Xinghe Media tomorrow, and will also expose Qin Xiao's pimping. You have to help Xiaodao keep an eye on them, I'm afraid they will be desperate and make random accusations."
Chu Yinlong suddenly said seriously: "I know. However, Tianqin has not collapsed yet, and Qin Xiao has capital operation behind him. It's just a 'small matter', I'm afraid it's unlikely to cause him any serious damage."
Xiang Yunru naturally understood: "That's why I asked you to be careful. If Qin Jiangshan protects Qin Xiao and the capital is involved, it might make things even more chaotic. Xiaodao's background is there. If it is exposed and used to divert public attention, you know the entertainment industry, muddy waters are too easy to be stirred up."
Chu Yinlong replied solemnly: "Okay, I'll tell Lu Zhengrong right away."
But no one expected that as soon as Chu Yinlong informed Lu Zhengrong of the matter and before he hung up the phone, Lu Zhengrong received the latest news immediately.
"Wait a minute! Don't hang up yet!" Lu Zhengrong's voice was filled with shock, "Qin Jiangshan and Jiang Ruo actually got a marriage certificate back then?!"
Chu Yinlong was stunned for a moment before he asked in surprise, "What?"
Lu Zhengrong said anxiously, "I just saw the news from the PR department. The senior executive of Tianqin Capital who had previously moved with a project broke the news that Qin Jiangshan used a forged divorce certificate to deceive Jiang Ruo into registering for marriage at a small local civil affairs bureau, and then he was able to get his hands on her...hiss, this is getting complicated."
Chu Yinlong also understood that this matter was becoming complicated.
He originally thought that things would start with Liu Yueran revealing that Qin Xiao was a pimp, and he had plenty of time to prepare. However, he never expected that the dispute would be caused by the incident between Qin Jiangshan and Jiang Ruo in the past, and this incident was obviously not exposed by the Qin family themselves.
However, even if the revelations are true and Qin Jiangshan did commit bigamy, it has been 20 years since the incident and the statute of limitations has long expired. Even if it is still illegal, it is at most a scandal and will not cause any serious damage to Tianqin Capital.
On the contrary, once this incident came out, Jiang Dao was once again pushed to the forefront.
"Don't panic, this is actually a good thing for Jiang Dao." Lu Zhengrong responded quickly, "He has always been questioned because of his illegitimate status, but now, all the mistakes can be pushed onto Qin Jiangshan. Jiang Ruo deserves sympathy, and so does Jiang Dao."
"I know." Chu Yinlong said in a cold voice, "Thank you for your hard work on the PR side. I will contact Xiaodao immediately to discuss preparations. If you have any news, please contact me in time."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Yinlong found Director Mu to explain the situation.
Director Mu naturally took the public opinion storm involving the film's leading actors very seriously. He immediately discussed with the coordinator and temporarily postponed Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao's roles in the battle for a day or two.
"What happened?" Jiang Dao was very perceptive. "Is Qin Xiao up to something again?"
"It wasn't him who did it, but it's also related to the Qin family." Chu Yinlong suppressed his anger and explained the whole story to Jiang Dao. Finally, he said, "You have to prepare. It's best to tell the public relations department everything about your childhood experiences and whether you have had any contact with the Qin family."
Jiang Dao laughed and said indifferently: "Okay."
After that, he picked up his phone and sent a message to his assistant Xiao Yang, adding: "Brother Yang, go back to Yan City. There is a gray folder in the second drawer on the middle layer of the safe in the apartment closet. Give it to the company's public relations department."
Assistant: “…Ah?”
Jiang Dao didn't explain: "Just do as I say."
That folder contained all the things related to the original owner's life experience that he had sorted out bit by bit.
Including some of Jiang Ruo's relics, including the fund flow records of all the original owner's bank accounts that he had thoroughly checked, and including all the information he investigated when he returned to the original owner's hometown after finishing the filming of "Operation Red Owl".
Although he did not have the original owner's memory, based on this information, he could infer that the original owner did not actually have much contact with the Qin family.
After returning to the hotel, assistant Xiao Yang immediately packed up and prepared to return to Yan City.
Seeing that Chu Yinlong still looked serious after finishing the phone call, Jiang Dao smiled and took his finger and shook it: "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Chu Yinlong turned around and hugged Jiang Dao, and said firmly in his ear: "I won't let anything happen to you."
Jiang Dao was silent for a moment, coughed lightly, and said, "Actually, if you're worried about this matter getting out of hand, we can also divert attention... I had a backup plan before, and if it doesn't work this time, I'll just use it."
Hearing this, Chu Yinlong frowned: "Backhand?"
Jiang Dao nodded and admitted straightforwardly: "I found something interesting when I went to his villa last time. But I later saw that he was so easily frightened, so there was really no need to use all my tricks. If he escapes, it will be difficult to deal with him in the future... So, I kept a powerful trick."
Looking at Jiang Dao like this, Chu Yinlong was a little frightened: "What did you do?"
Jiang Dao waved at him: "Come here, I'll tell you in secret."
Chu Yinlong moved closer - and was then ambushed by Jiang Dao, who kissed him on the cheek.
Chu Yinlong: ...
"Haha!" Jiangdao laughed.
"You..." Chu Yinlong was helpless, but couldn't help laughing.
Seeing that he finally stopped looking so gloomy, Jiang Dao said seriously, "There is a safe in the study of his villa. I opened it and found some... probably not very legal drugs and tools in it."
Chu Yinlong's expression changed immediately: "Why didn't you tell Officer Xing at that time?"
"I told you to keep a backup plan." Jiang Dao snorted and laughed, "How do I know how many tricks Tianqin Capital has? What if he finds a way to frame someone else and escapes, and then comes out to cause trouble again in the future, what can I do to him? Of course I have to keep this big trick. See, if he messes with me again this time, I can fight back."
Chu Yinlong disagreed: "It's a bad idea! The police intervened last time, and GeniUs also had this kind of thing later. How could Qin Xiao still keep the things in his hands? It must have been dealt with now!"
Jiang Dao raised his hand and gently pinched Chu Yinlong's chin: "Don't worry, even if he dealt with the ones in the safe, he still has some hidden in his home, and he probably can't think of where to hide them."
After a moment of silence, Chu Yinlong looked at Jiang Dao with a strange expression: "...You moved and hid part of it?"
Jiang Dao snapped his fingers, "Smart!"
Chu Yinlong: ...
What kind of weird boy did he find?
How can people actually do such a thing? !
"I wandered around his house all night, how could I not have done anything?" Jiang Dao said with a smile, "Come here, I'll tell you where I'm hiding in his house."
After listening to Jiang Dao's whisper, Chu Yinlong closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Then he picked up the phone again and said to Jiang Dao seriously, "Don't tell anyone about this. I'll find a way."
…
On this day, the revelations about Qin Jiangshan's bigamy in his early years continued to ferment.
Because it involved the short-lived actress Jiang Ruo, it inevitably involved Jiang Ruo's son Jiang Dao. However, this time was different from the last time. There were fewer voices of abuse and more sympathy for Jiang Ruo and Jiang Dao.
Of course, there are some people who insist that the reason why Jiang Dao was able to enter the entertainment industry and get the excellent resources to cooperate with Chu Yinlong must be because of the support of the Qin family behind the scenes.
This speculation was instantly ignited the next morning after Liu Yueran exposed the fact that Qin Xiao was in cahoots with the modeling company under Xinghe Media and was pimping for the bosses.
"Qin Xiao is not a good guy, so how can Jiang Dao be a good guy? I think he used improper means to get close to Chu Yinlong!"
"Reply: Get lost, marketing account! Dragon Daddy would never do such a thing!"
"Reply: You can only know a person's face but not his heart."
"I heard that Jiang Dao was indeed arranged to join Xinghe Media by someone. It was Qin Xiao, right? This family is really disgusting [vomit]"
"Reply: Yes, I had never heard of Jiang Dao before Xingxiu. He suddenly appeared. It must be arranged by the capital!"
"Reply: So according to what you said, why did Jiang Dao leave Xinghe Media?"
Why did Jiang Dao leave Galaxy Media?
The answer to this question did not keep everyone waiting for long.
Zhu Yao, the former agent who had previously spoken out for Jiang Dao, published another long article, telling about something he had been blaming himself for for a long time - a senior executive of Xinghe Media once tried to arrange a meeting between Jiang Dao and Li Cheng. Fortunately, Jiang Dao was rescued by Lu Zhengrong of Longqi Entertainment.
Later, Jiang Dao learned the whole story and angrily jumped to Chu Yinlong's studio, and was also burdened with a penalty debt of up to two million yuan.
The public opinion suddenly reversed and people began to criticize Galaxy Media.
The top management of Galaxy Media had no choice but to take drastic measures and almost immediately suspended Liu from his duties for investigation. However, the incident remained on the hot search list for a whole day before it finally died down.
"Thank you very much." Lu Zhengrong looked at Zhu Yao and said with a smile, "But I'm afraid you are not suitable to be an agent in the next two years. I will arrange for you to be Wu Rui's agent assistant, the team of a popular young actress. I don't think it's unfair to you, right?"
"I don't feel wronged. Thank you, Mr. Lu." Zhu Yao took the document, with some fear still on his face. "It's also my fault that I didn't have the courage at that time, which led Jiang Dao to face..."
"It's all in the past, let's not talk about it." Lu Zhengrong interrupted, "When you're under someone's roof, sometimes you have no choice. As long as you keep your original intention, I won't pursue the past. Okay, go and handle the formalities."
Watching Zhu Yao leave respectfully, Lu Zhengrong picked up her phone and sent a message to her nephew: "Done."
Chu Yinlong received the message, breathed a sigh of relief, and silently put the phone back on the table.
Jiang Dao asked with a smile: "Did Zhu Yao enter the dragon flag?"
Chu Yinlong nodded: "Well. Since you said he is not a bad person, I will believe him this time."
Jiang Dao did not mention Zhu Yao again. He thought for a moment and said, "I think this matter is not over yet..."
Chu Yinlong said, "It's not over yet, but we're not in a hurry to do public relations. The current trend of public opinion is in our favor, so we can't go too far. Otherwise, if someone takes advantage of the public's sympathy for the weak and turns the tables on us, it will be difficult to fight back."
…
The public opinion trend has temporarily stabilized, and Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong have returned to the crew to carry out the next work.
With all the gossip these past two days, the crew members certainly had a good time. Now that Jiang Dao has returned, the way they look at him is full of curiosity and admiration - curious about what is going on between him and the Qin family, and admiring that he can look so calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.
Mu Zhixing asked with concern: "How do you feel? If it really doesn't work, I can postpone your performance and give you two more days off."
Jiang Dao said indifferently: "No, I'm fine."
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, “Don’t worry, if he can’t take the photo, I’ll stop him first.”
Director Mu curled his lips and said, "Alright, alright, I feel uncomfortable if you two don't show off... Tsk, you're protecting yourself too obviously, almost everyone in the crew can see it, let's see how you two hide it in the future!"
Jiang Dao was not afraid at all: "Then don't hide it."
Chu Yinlong also chimed in: "We will find a good time to make it public slowly."
Mu Zhixing: …
At the end of the previous compact battlefield scenes, there is a very concentrated emotional outburst with many twists and turns.
The battle was lost, the rebels retreated, and the city lord's army pursued them closely.
Little Gray Wolf's identity as a spy was a secret, and the city lord's army fighting on the front line did not know him. Therefore, in order to survive, he had to fight with the city lord's army and then retreat with the rebels.
However, his team was dispersed by the city lord's army during the retreat and was forced onto a steep hillside.
Soon, Xia Tian led his troops to support, and the two of them worked together to wipe out the city lord's army that had chased up the hillside. The little gray wolf was injured and was cornered by the last enemy soldier, falling down the steep slope.
Xia Tian turned over and chased after the little gray wolf without hesitation. He held the little gray wolf's wrist tightly, but because of the unfavorable angle, a sharp branch pierced his side of the chest while sliding down the hillside. Both of them were hung on the cliff by only their ribs and shoulder blades.
Blood flowed down Xia Tian's arm, over his clenched fingers, wet the little gray wolf's wrist, and dripped onto the little gray wolf's face.
Seeing that Xia Tian’s injuries were getting worse, the little gray wolf’s face turned pale.
He looked down at the deep cliff hanging below his feet, then looked up at Xia Tian, who was covered in blood, and his eyes fell on the stone sculpture of a wolf head that slipped out of Xia Tian's collar.
He couldn't control the trembling of his voice: "Let go... Xia Tian, let go..."
Xia Tian gritted his teeth, his voice hoarse and his tone firm: "I won't let you die!"
The little gray wolf looked up at Xia Tian, his voice choked with sobs: "But I... I'm not worthy..."
Xia Tian clenched his fingers even tighter, but only gasped in pain a few times and didn't answer.
The blood was still flowing and dripping, carrying the fiery vitality of summer, soaking the wolf's arms and splashing his face...
"I...you've lost a lot of blood, you'll die like this..." The little gray wolf choked, unable to control the trembling all over his body.
Xia Tian pulled the corners of his mouth and gave him a silent smile.
The tears could no longer be held back and burst out in an instant.
"Let go... let go!" The little gray wolf begged and cried, "Let me go, please... otherwise you will die, you will be dragged to death by me... let go..."
His other arm was badly injured and he couldn't lift it, so he could only twist the wrist that was held by Xia Tian, trying to break free.
"Ugh..." Xia Tian groaned in pain and said hoarsely, "It hurts... Don't move, or I won't be able to hold on... Cough, cough cough..."
The amount of blood flowing suddenly increased, winding down the two people's holding hands, and some of it slid down Xia Tian's neck and face, dripping down and splashing on the little gray wolf's face as he looked up.
"I won't... let go." Xia□□ Little Gray Wolf smiled, "Even if you struggle again, I... won't... let you die..."
The little gray wolf finally couldn't control himself and burst into tears: "Xia Tian, let go! I don't need you to save me! I don't need you to risk your life to save me! Actually, I - I don't - I'm not worthy of your saving! Let me die - let me die! You... didn't you say that nothing is more important than your own life? You will really die if you keep doing this, you've lost too much blood... Xia Tian, wu... please let go, wuwu..."
Xia Tian's face was pale, his eyes were dim, and his voice was weak and almost exhausted: "I also... feel very strange... why I... can't bear to see you die... isn't it, very... strange?"
The little wolf cried inconsolably and could only repeat "let go" and "let me die" over and over again.
Half of his cheek was stained red with summer blood, and he looked like a demon crawling out of hell.
Xia Tian grabbed Little Gray Wolf's wrist tightly, his eyes slowly closed, but the corners of his lips were still curled with a smile...
It was shot in one take until the end, and Mu Zhixing didn't call for a stop.
Jiang Dao was hanging on the cliff, looking at the "dying" Chu Yinlong above him. He felt a sharp pain in his heart and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
He knew that he was not just acting in this crying scene.
Looking at Chu Yinlong, who was covered in blood and almost dying, his eyes gradually recalled the despair and helplessness he had experienced, the irreversibility, and the powerlessness he suddenly discovered when facing a cruel fate...
He had experienced too much loss, and his heart had gradually become colder and harder than stone. However, when he saw Chu Yinlong was about to die in front of him, his tears flowed naturally with fear and heartache in his heart, and he couldn't control it.
Seeing Jiang Dao crying and feeling the trembling from Jiang Dao's wrist, Chu Yinlong felt distressed.
The two finished their lines for a long time, but they didn't hear Mu Zhixing call for a stop. He couldn't wait any longer and shouted, "Director Mu, is that enough?"
Director Mu finally came back to his senses: "Oh, almost done, first..."
Without waiting for him to finish his words, Chu Yinlong directly carried Wei Ya down the built hillside and hugged Jiang Dao tightly in his arms. Jiang Dao hugged Chu Yinlong tightly, leaned on his shoulder, and with one hand he held the tree branch prop that seemed to be piercing his body, crying even more sadly.
The stage manager silently controlled the wire and lowered the two people hugging each other back to the ground.
Director Mu tried to cover up for the two of them, "Hey, are you so into the role? It's a good thing, yes, a good thing...Xiao Chu, comfort him, don't keep crying, it's bad for your health."
Even after his feet landed on the ground, Jiang Dao still couldn't stop sobbing.
Chu Yinlong gently rubbed Jiang Dao's head: "Okay, okay, we're done filming, everything is fine, huh? Want to think of something happy? What delicious food do you want to eat tonight?"
Jiang Dao choked up and glared at him: "In your eyes, do I like to eat?"
Chu Yinlong laughed and leaned close to Jiang Dao's ear: "Then...I'll give you food tonight?"
Then he was punched in the stomach by Jiangdao.
As the director, Mu Zhixing looked at the shooting effects of all the cameras and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad..."
However, seeing his expression, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong both had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Director Mu continued, "But it's not good enough. Xiao Chu is not weak enough, and he is too sure of his feelings for Little Gray Wolf. He has to try to act out the contradictory feeling of feeling absurd but still insisting... Xiao Dao, you should also pay attention. At this time, Little Gray Wolf feels more remorse and guilt towards Xia Tian than heartache. He asked Xia Tian to let go, which is more of a self-destructive tendency to atone for his sins."
Jiang Dao took a slow breath and nodded.
Mu Zhixing: "Then adjust your mood quickly and try again later."
An emotional crying scene was shot four times before the perfectionist director Mu was finally satisfied with all the close-up shots.
Jiangdao's eyes were swollen from crying again, so the assistant quickly got an ice eye mask and put it on him.
Seeing Jiang Dao repeating this crying scene over and over again, becoming more silent each time, Mu Zhixing felt a little distressed: "Let's stop here today. Too much emotional ups and downs are not good for your health. Go back and rest first, and we'll talk about the next scene tomorrow."
Jiang Dao didn't say anything, just nodded silently, pulled off the blindfold, stood up and left.
Accompanied by his assistant, Jiang Dao returned to the hotel room, turned on the shower, sat in the bathtub with his clothes on, and let the cold water pour over his body.
After a moment, Chu Yinlong swiped his card to open the door and asked the assistant who was guarding here to leave.
He took off his coat and knocked on the bathroom door. "Kojima?"
After not getting a response for a long while, Chu Yinlong began to panic and pushed the door open without caring about anything.
What hit me in the face was not warm steam, but the coldness of the room.
Then he saw—
The young man half leaning in the bathtub suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes looked like the struggle of a trapped animal, so lonely, as if no soul in this world could get close to him.
Jiang Dao closed his eyes, his voice hoarse, and his tone cold: "Get out."
Chu Yinlong's fingertips fell on the door, but he pushed the door behind him and closed it gently.
He walked to the bathtub, ignoring the cold water splashing on his head, leaned over to hug Jiang Dao and kissed the boy's cold lips.
Jiang Dao kept his eyelashes drooped and did not respond at all.
Chu Yinlong raised his hand to adjust the water to the appropriate temperature, then helped Jiang Dao take off his clothes, gently washed his hair and face, and finally held him in his arms, just sitting with him quietly without saying a word.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Dao finally spoke: "I remembered too many bad things today, and I didn't want you to see me like this... I asked you to leave just now, why didn't you listen?"
Chu Yinlong placed a light kiss on Jiang Dao's lips: "I said, remember, I'm here."
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