For the next period of time, there was a constant stream of news about Qin Jiangshan and Qin Xiao on the Internet. The Zhang and Zhu families, who were related to the Qin family, were also forced to step down. The Zhang family decisively cut ties with the Qin family, and the Zhu family also stated that the previous engagement with Qin Xiao was actually a fabrication.
Jiang Dao, who was in the crew, was not affected too much.
Everyone in the crew had been surprised a month ago. Seeing that Director Mu was still calm and composed, they didn't want to openly ask Jiang Dao about him, so they tacitly pretended not to know anything about the outside world and just wanted to make a good movie.
For the rest of May, the filming schedule is still very tight. Fortunately, the drama and martial arts scenes are interspersed with each other, which can give everyone time to rest and adjust.
The rebels were surrounded and blocked by the city lord's guards. The battle was extremely difficult, so they had to decide to hide in the dangerous mountains and forests and engage in a protracted guerrilla war with the city lord's guards.
But the strange thing is, no matter how they ran, the city guards always blocked their way, as if they could see all their movements clearly.
"It's weird." Xia Feng, the leader of the rebels, said solemnly, "We secretly diverted information before, and no one leaked the false news. Even if I randomly ordered a change in the direction of action, the city guards were able to make adjustments in time... and those key suspects have not made any suspicious moves recently."
"The locators have also been screened?" the staff officer said, turning to Xia Tian, "Little Gray Wolf, are you sure there's no problem?"
"He's fine." Xia Tian emphasized, "He doesn't have any positioning devices on him. I know everything about him. The instruments we brought in didn't find anything. We also used the strategy of splitting troops to test him before, but the city guards didn't take the bait! Is it fun to keep an eye on him?"
"I have a feeling there is something wrong with him." The staff officer looked serious.
"Can intuition be used as evidence?" Xia Tian snorted and laughed. "I respect you as the think tank of the army. What did you ask me to say to him that I didn't do as you said? I have been keeping an eye on him recently as you asked, but he is fine!"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then the leader Xia Feng said, "Xia Tian, take out the pendant he gave you."
Xia Tian looked unhappy: "It's just a piece of stone, and the instruments didn't detect it before..."
Xia Feng stared at him, not allowing him to refuse: "Safety is the top priority."
After a long time, Xia Tian gritted his teeth, took out the pendant carved into the shape of a little wolf, and placed it next to Xia Feng.
As the stone pendant was cut into pieces, no trace of any positioning device was found among them, and everyone fell silent.
"Xia..." The staff officer tried to comfort.
Xia Tian suddenly stood up, swept the crumbs on the table to the ground, threw open the curtain of the tent and strode away, his back quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.
After watching Xia Tian leave for a while, Xia Feng knocked on the table and said, "Little Gray Wolf is promoted to squadron leader. Give him a team and let him lead them to the east... Let's split the troops and test them again."
"Yes." The staff officer agreed immediately.
After coming out of the conference tent, Xia Tian went straight to the wounded camp where Little Gray Wolf was. Without saying a word, he dragged the boy who was helping to take care of the wounded into a lush bush nearby.
Then he hugged the boy tightly and spoke with a guilty look on his face: "I'm sorry, the things you gave me were opened by them..."
The little gray wolf's originally clear eyes suddenly dimmed a little.
After a moment, he raised his hand and patted Xia Tian's back, then put on his smile again: "It's okay, it's just a piece of stone, I'll make it for you later."
Xia Tian held Little Gray Wolf's face and confirmed with him again: "You didn't betray us, right?"
The little gray wolf lowered his eyelashes and was silent for a long time. Then he looked at Xia Tian and stared into his eyes: "Why do you keep asking me? How many times do you want me to answer this question? Since you don't believe me and you must get what you want to hear, then well, I admit that I am -"
The rest of the words were blocked by an eager kiss, and Xia Tian hugged the little gray wolf in his arms: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have asked so many times, and I shouldn't have doubted you."
The little gray wolf looked over Xia Tian's shoulder, with bitterness in his eyes.
He did not raise his hand to hug Xia Tian. The fingertips hanging by his side trembled slightly, and finally slowly clenched into a fist.
"Stop." Director Mu clapped his hands. "Start over. In Little Gray Wolf's line, in addition to his struggle, there should be a bit more of a sense of seeking self-destruction. He thinks he is being wronged now, but he did betray the resistance in the past, so he has to continue lying to Xia Tian. With so many emotions weighing on his heart, he is already on the verge of collapse."
Jiang Dao nodded, closed his eyes, calmed down his emotions, and started shooting again.
Compared with scenes with a single emotion, this kind of shot with complex emotions is more difficult to grasp. There are some subtle feelings, and it is difficult for the actors and directors to have a consistent understanding. Even though Jiang Dao is getting better and better at acting now, this shot still took three takes to pass.
Until Director Mu nodded with satisfaction, the day's scenes were finally filmed and finished.
After returning to the hotel and washing up, Jiang Dao lay on the bed like a boneless person, muttering to Chu Yinlong: "I really admire those actors in art films. I would rather shoot action scenes for a month than shoot literary scenes for a week... I am almost going crazy from crying and laughing over and over again."
Chu Yinlong was helpless: "You, if I really let you shoot fighting scenes for a month, you will start to cry out that your whole body hurts. Hey, you haven't been so delicate before, have you?"
Jiang Dao said with a playful smile: "I am just looking for an excuse to act like a spoiled child with you. When have you ever seen me act like a spoiled child on the set?"
Chu Yinlong reached out and rubbed Jiang Dao's head: "I think you have become more skilled in getting in and out of roles recently. Unlike before, it took you a long time to get into the mood. This is a good improvement, keep it up."
Jiang Dao grabbed his hand, interlocked his fingers, and held them to his chest, saying half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Maybe it's because I had an epiphany recently, and it's normal to ascend."
Ever since he had that strange dream last time, he suddenly felt relieved.
If you think positively, the inner demons will naturally disappear, and when you recall the things you have experienced before, you will not be stuck in your emotions and unable to extricate yourself.
…
After the literary drama in the rebel base ended, the battlefield plot followed.
Jiang Dao, who had just been promoted to squadron leader, received a task from the captain. He led his team of 100 people to explore the east in the direction of retreat, trying to find a route that was more conducive to the covert evacuation of the large force.
At the same time, the rebels divided another decoy force and marched along the original route, while the main force shifted westward and hid in a dense forest, waiting for news from the decoy force.
Three days after the troops were divided, Xia Tian's face turned pale when he saw the news reported by the scouts.
After a long silence, he calmed himself down and handed the message to the leader as required by his job.
"The city guards went east?" Xia Feng looked at Xia Tian.
"...Yes." Xia Tian seemed to have lost his soul.
"But you know that the bait we put out was from Uncle Jiu's side," Xia Feng continued.
"...Yes." Xia Tian lowered his eyelashes, the corners of his lips trembling, "But he, but he himself may not know, he was just..."
"He was used by someone?" Xia Feng raised his eyebrows. "Then why do you think the city guards didn't chase him when they split up their forces to test him last time? That time, he was a bait. Who leaked this news?"
"Then why did the city guards fall for it this time?" Xia Tian asked anxiously, "Doesn't this just prove that Little Gray Wolf didn't betray us this time!"
Xia Feng looked at Xia Tian and repeated two words: "This time."
Xia Tian suddenly lost his voice.
Xia Feng said, "The man we have been looking for is Little Gray Wolf. It was his betrayal that led to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Vice Slope, the deaths of Old Wu and Little Xie, and the deaths of so many soldiers! Xia Tian! I can't protect him as the culprit just because you like him, because I am not only your father, I am also the leader of the entire army! Do you understand?"
Xia Tian gritted his teeth for a long time. He raised his head, his eyes red, and a sob in his throat: "Let me go to the Eastern Front. I want to ask him in person."
"Xia Tian, you——" Xia Feng shouted angrily.
"Dad! Not as a scout captain, but as a son, please!" Xia Tian finally couldn't hold back, tears rolling down his cheeks, "Let me go find him. I have a way to make him tell the truth... If he really is, I will... execute him personally, I promise!"
After a long while, Xia Feng whispered, "Write a written report. If the facts are proven and you let him go, I will punish you according to military law."
After watching Xia Tian leave, Xia Feng passed on the order: "Prepare to encircle the enemy. This time, we must completely eliminate the pursuers."
…
After completing the day's shooting task and just returning to the hotel, Chu Yinlong received a call from Xiang Yunru.
"Tianqin Capital seems to have made some moves recently. I found someone secretly investigating me. You and Xiaodao should also pay attention." Xiang Yunru said bluntly, "My father has betrayed Qin Jiangshan twice. I think there may be some problems inside Tianqin Capital. In short, if Qin Jiangshan contacts Xiaodao again, don't let him go."
"Okay, I understand." Chu Yinlong agreed.
"Last time, Xiaodao said that Chen Si might be the traitor. Dad tried to find out, but couldn't find out anything." Xiang Yunru continued, "So it's best not to count him in now. It may take some time to make Tianqin Capital unable to take care of itself."
Chu Yinlong took a deep breath and expressed his understanding: "A centipede is still alive even after death. Tianqin Capital has such a large network of relationships that they will definitely not be able to kill him in a short period of time."
Who would have thought that less than ten hours after the two had finished their conversation, the next morning, the hot search headlines on Weibo dealt a heavy blow to Tianqin Capital - Chen Si, Qin Jiangshan's most trusted secretary, suddenly defected and revealed many illegal activities within Tianqin Capital, such as tax issues, gray industries, money laundering on behalf of others, etc. ...
The rhythm of public opinion, which had been almost ignored and suppressed by Qin Jiangshan's money, got out of control again. This time, the interests involved were much more complicated than before, and it really crossed the bottom line, so the higher-ups handled it swiftly and decisively.
In addition, the two huge investments that Qin Jiangshan had made under the dupe of Xiang Yuancheng all ended in failure, and the cash on the books almost evaporated. Faced with such accusations, Tianqin Capital did not even have room to save itself... Such a magnificent building in the capital market collapsed completely almost overnight.
This incident has been brewing for a long time. Tianqin Capital, Qin Jiangshan and Qin Xiao have been in the news from time to time, and almost completely destroyed everyone's good impression of them. So, as soon as the news of Tianqin Capital’s overnight collapse came out, almost the entire Internet was cheering “it’s a relief”.
However, in order to attract attention, some unscrupulous media took advantage of the frequent publicity of "Operation Red Owl" to deliberately link the Qin family's affairs to Jiang Dao, trying to take advantage of the popularity of both parties at the same time.
However, they had just started to take action when an entertainment magazine under Longqi Entertainment published an exclusive interview with Jiang Dao.
In this interview, Jiang Dao mentioned his original family for the first time. He and his mother lived together in a secluded mountain village since he was a child. His mother was a teacher in the only primary school in the area. She raised him with a meager income and later died in an accident. He has never received any financial support from his father since he was a child.
The above information is naturally the information that Jiang Dao obtained when he went to the place of residence for investigation just after finishing filming "Operation Red Owl".
Until his mother died, he came to Yan City to try to find a way out, but in the end he only got an opportunity to join Xinghe Media from his half-brother, and did not get a penny from his father and brother.
Jiang Dao got all of the above from the historical transaction information of the original owner's bank account - the 500,000 or so yuan he had with him when he first came to Yan City were all inherited from his mother's estate. As for whether this part of the money included the part that Qin Jiangshan gave to Jiang Ruo back then, he had no idea.
Later, because he was dissatisfied with Galaxy Media's attitude towards artists and happened to be noticed by Chu Yinlong, he finally seized the opportunity and switched to Chu Yinlong's studio, and also took on the debt of paying the penalty for breach of contract.
The above are stories adapted from some facts after Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong discussed them.
In short, it can be seen from this interview that Jiang Dao has never received any funding from Qin Jiangshan since he was a child, and he has nothing to do with Tianqin Capital. The only favor he received from the Qin family was due to the personal relationship between Qin Xiao and Mr. Liu of Xinghe Media - and it was precisely because of this personal relationship that Jiang Dao was almost pimped and left Xinghe Media in a fit of anger.
Not long after the interview was released, Liu, who had been taken away for investigation, confessed that Jiang Dao was sent to Li Cheng's crew at the beginning because he was instructed by Qin Xiao to deliberately set a trap for Jiang Dao.
Almost at the same time, the director of "Love", who had been criticized for asking Jiang Dao for money, also stood up and said that the reason he asked Jiang Dao for money was also because of Qin Xiao's instructions. But at that time, the Qin family was powerful, and he did not dare to refuse or confess. Only now that Qin Capital has fallen, he finally dared to tell the truth.
Naturally, the two people's remarks were severely criticized by netizens.
Jiang Dao instantly became the most pitiful and pitiful artist on the entire Internet, and the Weibo super topic was flooded with maternal love.
However, seeing the netizens' increasingly blind comments of sympathy, Jiang Dao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
"It doesn't seem right. Why did they arbitrarily conclude that I'm the typical 'beautiful, strong and miserable' type?" Jiang Dao pointed at the trending topic and complained to Chu Yinlong, "I don't want any personality setting, and I don't like this kind of unrealistic personality setting. Otherwise, if I get mad at someone in the future and I fight back, won't I be scolded for my personality collapse again?"
Chu Yinlong laughed and said, "You have seen through the fan circle. They are so far away from the truth that they are inevitably blind."
Jiang Dao raised his eyebrows: "What? Is it really possible that someone would create a character for me without authorization, and then say that I ruined the character?"
Chu Yinlong nodded: "I've experienced it myself. I was young at the time and didn't know anything when I first entered the industry, so I spoke less, listened more, and did more, which made me seem very well behaved. At that time, my mommy fans arbitrarily created a good boy persona for me, saying that although I was good at fighting in the movies, I was gentle and elegant in real life, and had excellent character and academic performance."
Jiang Dao asked: "What happened next?"
Chu Yinlong shrugged. "Later, I often failed math exams, so they removed the term 'excellent in both character and learning'. Then one time, a female artist unilaterally hyped me up as a couple, and that person went too far. I couldn't help it, so I directly responded to her on Weibo and scolded her. Some fans were upset and said that my image had collapsed, and finally they stopped being fans and turned against me..."
Although it sounded miserable, Jiang Dao still laughed unkindly: "So you have had this kind of experience?"
Chu Yinlong spread his hands: "But you know, I am just like this. Sometimes I get angry and curse without thinking... It has been much better in recent years. When I was young, my temper was even worse. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to control it even after so many years of studying sutras."
Jiang Dao smiled and flipped through the hot search terms again, but he had no idea: "What should I do now? How can I break this 'beautiful, strong and miserable' character image?"
There are too many people in this world who think in black and white. At first, I believed the rumors and thought that Jiang Ruo was a bad guy, so he must not be a good guy either. Now that I find Qin Jiangshan unworthy, I think Jiang Ruo is a good guy, so he must be an innocent victim.
But Jiang Dao knew that judging from the actions of the original owner Jiang Dao in the book, he could not be called a "good person" at all. Including what he did to Qin Xiao before and what they did to Tianqin Capital, it was not fair at all. But if we have to say that he is a "bad guy", he is really wronged.
"Don't worry, the PR will realize this before you do." Chu Yinlong said with a smile, "Artists under Longqi rarely have perfect personalities, because they are afraid that the setting will collapse one day. It is better to let fans accept the shortcomings of the artists from the beginning. Some minor shortcomings will make them more approachable."
As expected, not long after the discussion about Jiang Dao's "beautiful, strong and miserable" became heated on the Internet, a group of people of unknown origin began to bring up old matters, saying that he had been stubborn and relentless in a talent show, and that he had tried to bribe the director to snatch the role... They kept stirring up Jiang Dao's negative material over and over again.
Just by looking at what came out of those accounts, no one could guess that these people were actually created by Longqi Entertainment, the "backer" behind Jiang Dao.
…
Because the incident caused by the Qin family involved Jiang Dao, Mu Zhixing asked the coordinator to give Jiang Dao a few days of vacation and let him go back to cooperate with the investigation.
Fortunately, Jiang Dao’s involvement with the Qin family was not deep, and he had never touched Tianqin Capital. The investigation was quickly completed and he was sent back to the crew.
On the day Jiang Dao returned to the crew and resumed work, Chu Yinlong once again received a piece of news related to the Qin family -
Qin Xiao is crazy.
"He had some mental problems before, but he always refused to take medicine. Later, after Liu Yueran reported him and he was arrested for illegal possession of drugs, his condition has been not quite right." Officer Xing revealed to Chu Yinlong as a senior and friend, "A few days ago, Chen exposed that Tianqin Capital was suspected of multiple illegal activities. After Qin Xiao saw it in the news, he went crazy."
"How crazy is he?" Chu Yinlong asked.
"He couldn't recognize anyone anymore. He called everyone he saw 'Chen Si'. He thought they were going to kill him, so he had to strike first." Officer Xing's voice was a little deep. "Because he showed strong aggressiveness, the police have transferred him to a mental hospital. According to the hospital's feedback, he has been refusing to eat for the past few days. He thought the food was sent by Chen Si and must be poisonous."
Chu Yinlong was silent for a long time, then asked, "What happened to that Chen Si?"
Officer Xing smiled bitterly: "It was only after our investigation that we discovered that he was the younger brother of the woman surnamed Chen who committed suicide for Qin Jiangshan. He worked hard to get out of his hometown, changed his name, and joined Tianqin Capital just to avenge his sister."
There was actually such an inside story. Chu Yinlong sneered from his nose: "Qin Jiangshan did many unjust things, and it is not unfair for the Qin family to fall."
Officer Xing was silent for a moment, then said, "Unfortunately, in order to gain Qin Jiangshan's trust, Chief Chen also helped him do a lot of dirty things. Moreover, from the information we have obtained, the reason why Qin Xiao acted recklessly was that Chief Chen had been tolerating and nurturing the evil behind the scenes."
First, he spoiled the heir Qin Xiao, then instigated two senior executives to rebel, and finally, he took the illegal evidence collected over the past decade and took advantage of Qin Jiangshan's two investment failures and financial problems to add insult to injury - Chen Si dealt Qin Jiangshan a fatal blow, leaving him with no hope of making a comeback.
"He's a ruthless man."
That night, Jiang Dao was deeply moved after listening to Chu Yinlong's retelling.
"It's a good thing he's not an enemy."
He uses himself as bait, and if he doesn't take action, then he won't take action. But if he does take action, he will never give the enemy any chance. Such people are not uncommon in the doomsday, but he didn't expect that there would be such determined people in the world of the book.
"The Qin family has finally been dealt with," Chu Yinlong held Jiang Dao's hand, "it's faster than expected."
"Yes." Jiang Dao laughed, "We originally thought that we were going to tear down a building, but who knew that this building was actually a shoddy construction, and it had long been rotten from the inside..."
Chu Yinlong smiled and interlocked his fingers with Jiang Dao.
After dealing with the Qin family who were targeting Jiang Dao, they will have nothing to fear in the entertainment industry from now on.
In addition, Jiang Dao's efforts and strength have been recognized by many older generations in the industry. As long as he does not make any big mistakes in the future and wants to continue in the film and television industry, his career path will be very smooth.
"Have you thought it through? Are you really not pursuing the countryside and freedom anymore?" Chu Yinlong asked with a smile.
"I still have to pursue my dreams," Jiang Dao lazily leaned in Chu Yinlong's arms, "But I'm still young, and it's far from the time for me to retire... and it's quite interesting to make a movie with you. It's exciting and profitable. I quite like it. When I don't want to make movies anymore, we can talk about mountains, rivers and countryside."
As he spoke, he looked at Chu Yinlong, with a smile in his eyes, but his tone was very serious: "I want to leave some traces of our lives in this world with you, to prove that we once walked together shoulder to shoulder."
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