Chapter 43 Chapter 43
In City A's film and television city, in early February, many crews had just started work. Since the weather forecast the day before said that the weather would be very good today, many crews had arranged a lot of scenes.
But who knew that just at noon, the weather would change. First it was cloudy, and then there was a strong wind.
Not only that, there were sounds of fighting coming from the film and television city, and people were shouting things like "there is a monster".
The extras were holding small stools and eating outside the red walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasty palaces. They shook their heads when they heard this: "What kind of crew is this? It's too rip-off, isn't it?"
Why are you still working here during meal time?
"For working so hard, I wonder how much money you can get per day and how many boxed lunches you can get," another person asked curiously.
Complaints are fine, but if they are paid a lot, they can give it a try.
After a while, the fight ended, but a sad female voice was heard again: "Husband, why are you hiding from me?"
"I'm pregnant with your child!"
The extras looked at each other and shuddered: "Forget it, forget it."
Ancient idol dramas have long been out of fashion, and the plots still sound so bloody. Even if it is launched, it will be a flop.
These extras who come to the film and television city don’t seek to become famous, but if the movies they film become somewhat famous, it will be easier to find jobs in the future.
They should stay away from projects like this that don't seem to work the moment they hear about them.
After the extras finished their meal, they shook their heads and were about to pack up their chopsticks and lunch boxes and find a place to rest when suddenly, the sky darkened and a flash of lightning flashed across the sky.
Then, it started to rain heavily.
The extras quickly put their stools on their heads and ran a few steps to a sheltered place. When they looked up again, they were stunned.
The downpour of rain only covered a small area of sky over the film and television city. Looking further away, you could see the clear blue sky in the distance.
"What's going on? Is he possessed?" someone muttered.
Another extra came from the countryside, having grown up listening to mythological stories from their elders. Upon hearing this, he clasped his hands together devoutly and murmured a prayer: "Goddess of Heaven, please calm down."
At this moment, Zhang Ronghe was unaware of the scene outside, he just felt a terrible headache.
The peach wood sword was taken away by the big demon. The demon's snake tail wrapped around his legs, holding him firmly in place. The rain from the sky poured down, hitting his body, feeling cold, just like his heart.
And his two friends actually still had the mind to chat with this big monster.
"Well, you said you were pregnant with his child. When did that happen?" Director Gu was on the phone, and the producer asked tentatively, trying to divert the snake demon's attention.
"She's been pregnant for several years." The snake demon patted Zhang Yonghe with its tail and said softly.
"Are you his friends?" The snake demon was not unaware of the purpose of the person in front of him, but he still chatted with him.
She also wanted to learn more from Zhang Rong and her friends about the human she liked.
"Yes, yes." The producer met the snake demon's emerald green pupils, his scalp tingled, and he subconsciously wanted to escape.
"Does he have anyone else besides me?"
At first, the producer just wanted to attract the snake demon's attention and cover for Director Gu, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative and try to get information from him.
"No, no." The producer selectively ignored the beautiful girls who came close to Zhang Ronghe and said.
"That's right." After hearing this, the snake demon was in a good mood. He lowered his head and smiled, "My husband still has me in his heart."
Zhang Ronghe just wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this.
He is single not because of this snake demon, but because it is too tiring to be in a relationship. Since he entered this industry, he has no time to rest all day, so he has no time to talk about love.
But having said that, the snake demon's mood improved, and the black rain around it also became less severe.
The producer quickly pushed Director Gu, "Why are you dawdling? Hurry up."
Call the police!
Director Gu has not stopped dialing 110 since he took out his cell phone, but no matter how he pressed, the phone was always busy.
"I can't fight back!" It's not that he doesn't want to fight.
Director Gu and the producer were whispering to each other, making quite a bit of noise, but the snake demon remained very calm from beginning to end, as if he didn't notice that the two were discussing how to break out.
Zhang Ronghe not only felt pain in his eyes, but also in his head. He asked, "Did you do this?"
To outsiders, it seemed like there was black rain all around, but to Zhang Ronghe who knew these great monsters well, they were all in each other's barrier at the moment.
"What do you think?"
The snake demon seemed to be in a good mood; "My husband, you finally took the initiative to talk to me."
Zhang Ronghe was convinced and sighed, "I'm really not your husband."
The snake demon didn't care: "It doesn't matter, if I say yes, it's yes."
Zhang Ronghe knew that he might not be able to rely on his two friends this time and could only rely on his own strength to get out of trouble. So, while secretly accumulating strength, he took the initiative to find topics to divert the attention of others.
"Aren't you afraid that making such a big commotion might attract people from the Monster Bureau?"
Openly releasing the barrier among humans, even if this snake demon is a big demon, he will be held accountable when he is brought to the demon bureau.
Unexpectedly, the snake demon was not afraid at all: "Just relying on those trash? What if they come?"
Zhang Ronghe's clenched hands slowly loosened. When he was still a Taoist priest, he had dealt with people from the Monster Bureau. The fact was just as the snake demon said, the most capable fighter in the recent Monster Bureau of City A was no more than this.
God is going to kill him!
Zhang Ronghe simply gave up struggling and tried to negotiate with the snake demon: "What do I need to do for you to let me go?"
Seeing that he was quite sensible, the snake demon nodded with satisfaction; "I'm pregnant, so my husband will naturally leave with me."
"If the child is born and the father is not around, how sad it will be."
Zhang Ronghe felt a headache after hearing this, but he was still unwilling to give up his last hope and began to negotiate with the snake demon.
"I need to film and don't have time to accompany my baby."
The snake demon got angry, and the black rain around him got heavier. The snake demon asked angrily, "Which is more important, the child or your job?"
Zhang Ronghe argued quibblingly while calling the demon bureau a waste.
It’s such a big commotion, why don’t you come over!
In fact, Zhang Ronghe did blame the Demon Bureau a little wrongly. As early as when the snake demon opened the barrier, a huge amount of demonic energy dissipated and the Demon Bureau received the news.
However, both the director and deputy director went to the General Administration of the Monster Bureau to report on their work, and the remaining monsters in the business departments also went out for other tasks.
Other than that, only human employees remain.
We can’t let human employees make dumplings, right?
"Where is Ning Su?" someone asked.
As the strongest combat force of the A City Monster Bureau, Ning Su's existence is of course the first thing that comes to mind.
"He said he had something to do not long ago, and he went out with a few monsters from the business department."
"Call up!"
After a moment, someone said, "The call is not connected."
At this time, Ning Su didn't know that someone from the bureau was contacting him. He was chasing after a few demons that had caused trouble, and in order not to alert the enemy, he turned off the silent mode on his phone.
"Making trouble? Huh?"
The army sent by the weasel to cause trouble was caught, and he felt something was wrong.
How come this demon knew their plan in so much detail? In addition to sending demons to the film and television city to cause trouble, they also sent two gangs to the big shopping mall to cause trouble.
But unexpectedly, before they could make any move, they were killed by the organized monsters led by Ning Su.
The timing and location were so accurate, it was as if Ning Su had opened his eyes to see through things.
Ning Su certainly didn't have this ability, but the little demons who were making trouble were not stupid. After a while, they thought of a possibility.
There's a traitor among them!
"Take them away." Ning Su didn't care what these troublesome monsters thought. He waved his hand and took them to the Monster Bureau first.
In fact, if the troublemaker thought otherwise, there was not just one traitor among them, but several traitors—
Just when they were about to cause trouble, a monster sent a message to Ning Su.
After dealing with this group of little demons that were more likely to cause trouble than help, Ning Su only then discovered the message on his mobile phone. At the same time, the barrier located in the film and television city was also propped up.
Ning Su didn't bother looking for his cell phone and rode his electric scooter directly towards the film and television city.
After hurrying for a few steps, he found that the electric scooter was indeed a bit slow, so he parked the bike on the side of the road and ran over.
"Parking fee here——"
Before the old man who was collecting the fees could finish his words, a gust of wind blew past.
uncle:"?"
When Ning Su arrived, the police had already blocked off the film and television city and were evacuating the crowd under the pretext of a security check.
"This is force majeure, but we will still get paid, right?" The extras took the opportunity to ask for their salaries.
"You said it was force majeure, and you still want money. Do you still want to work tomorrow? Bah!"
The casting director of the crew was splashed with water by a passerby.
"Who are you, little bastard? Don't let me catch you!"
Ning Su passed by and arrived at the cordon in just three or two steps.
"Stop, this place is closed." The police officer was about to stop Ning Su, but was stopped by his colleague, "Don't you know him? He is an employee over there."
there.
The police stood in awe.
The cordon did not stop Ning Su, and he soon reached the barrier. Xiao Du came to synchronize information with him: "It is said that a crew is casting."
"Before the barrier was deployed, there were sounds of fighting. There should still be people inside now."
During this period of time, Xiao Du has figured out the situation.
“The director of the crew trapped inside is named Gu, and he’s quite famous outside.” After discovering that there was a problem with the cinema and Director Gu’s team was trapped inside, the person in charge of the cinema also called the police and asked them to rescue them.
"Nothing can happen to the movie studio."
Billions of dollars were invested in the initial stage to build this cinema. If something happens to a famous director here, there will be no hope for this year's performance.
"Can you handle this barrier?"
Ning Su sensed it and said, "Let me try."
Outside the barrier, Ning Su, who had arrived, was trying to open the barrier and rescue the people inside. Inside the barrier, Zhang Ronghe and the snake demon had fought back and forth for two rounds.
"I told you I don't like monsters, and nothing has happened between you and me, so don't make trouble for me."
Zhang Ronghe was impatient: "If you can't do it, just eat me."
The snake demon was furious: "I got pregnant with your child out of good intentions, and even my cultivation was affected, but you don't know how to take it."
"Do you think I dare not eat you?" As the snake demon said this, its pair of vertical pupils turned into lines.
Director Gu and the producer were worried that something might happen to Zhang Ronghe, so they quickly urged him loudly, "Sister-in-law, don't be like this. He just didn't think straight for a moment. He didn't mean it."
"Yes, yes, he likes you. His favorite animal is usually snakes."
"He also wore a snake necklace."
The snake demon's anger suddenly subsided a lot, and he asked in disbelief, "Really?"
The producer used his ability to fool investors and said seriously: "Of course, you see he is still a virgin, just to wait for you."
That's true.
The snake demon turned and looked at Zhang Ronghe.
"What nonsense are you talking about! I just don't like this kind of thing." Angry that his friend exposed his privacy, Zhang Ronghe said to the snake demon in anger, "Please, eat me."
He can no longer survive in such a world.
The snake demon was doubtful, but he was not as angry as he was at the beginning.
However, just as she was about to take Zhang Ronghe and the two nice-speaking humans away, she found that her barrier had been disturbed from the outside.
The monster in the monster bureau?
When did the demon bureau have this ability?
However, when the snake demon looked again, he found that the demon that had moved his barrier was actually devouring his demonic power bit by bit.
To the snake demon, this behavior was like a robber breaking into her home, tearing things down everywhere, and taking all the good things in her house for himself.
If this isn’t hooliganism, what is?
Outside the barrier.
"How is it?" Xiao Du asked curiously.
This was the first time he watched the barrier struggle between big demons at such a close distance.
"It's OK." Ning Su tasted it and said, "It tastes pretty good."
However, for some reason, this big demon seemed to be in a special state. Although its overall strength was very strong, there was also a hint of weakness in the barrier.
This is also the reason why Ning Su was able to quickly dismantle the opponent's barrier.
Coincidentally, the snake demon also heard this, and seeing that Ning Su was a male, he became bolder and slapped Zhang Ronghe in the face.
"None of you men are good!" After saying that, he shook his tail, put away the barrier and ran away.
The snake demon retreated, and the black rain around it stopped suddenly. The sun shone down, giving all the scenery and objects a layer of gold.
The three people inside the barrier didn't have time to wonder why the snake demon left. When they looked up, they saw a young man not far away.
The man's hair was slightly wet (from the mud and water he splashed when he ran too fast), his expression was a little confused (he didn't understand why the snake demon ran away), and he was surrounded by mist (the demonic power had not yet dissipated), like the Son of God who had descended from the sky.
At this moment, not only Director Gu, but also the producer's hearts were beating violently.
That's right! Everything is right!
That’s the feeling they want!
They found their leading man!
At the same time, Zhang Ronghe's heart was also beating violently. In order to get rid of the monster, he had not used his clairvoyance.
Therefore, what he saw at this moment was Ning Su's prototype—an absurdly powerful monster.
Zhang Ronghe was confused about the situation. He grabbed the peach wood sword and was about to be on guard when he saw his two friends approaching the big monster.
"Handsome guy, are you an actor? Where do you work?"
"Would you consider auditioning with our crew?"
Zhang Ronghe: “?”
Aren't you a little too courageous?
With the snake demon escaping, the mission was successfully completed. After a while, the police received the news, withdrew the cordon and retreated.
Since the delay from beginning to end was not long, many actors have not left and many crews can still continue to work.
However, all this trouble did affect the filming process of the crew, and many tasks needed to be rearranged, which also attracted complaints from the workers.
Among them, one statement has gained a lot of recognition and popularity.
"It was because a certain crew filmed a stupid drama that angered the goddess of heaven, so thunder struck and sent down punishment."
This statement itself does not make sense, but after hearing this, the workers silently chanted "Goddess, please send a thunderbolt to strike the stupid director down" which is widely circulated.
As the parties involved in this incident, Director Gu and his two companions have been asked by Xiao Du to treat them to a ride.
The car had five seats. Director Gu and the producer took the lead and sat in the back seat with Ning Su, pushing Zhang Ronghe to the front passenger seat.
Seeing his two good friends about to get close to the big monster, Zhang Ronghe's heart almost jumped out.
You two really don't want your life to be long.
Ning Su was a little surprised at first about the enthusiasm of Director Gu and the producer, but after figuring out their intentions, he felt a little amused.
"I have a job. I'm not an actor. I've never filmed a movie, and I don't have any acting skills."
Reject N Company.
Although he knew that Director Gu was a famous director and the script in his hand was a well-polished work, he was not a professional actor and had no plans to film.
"Don't be like that. I see that you did a great job in 'Sword Dance Under the Moon' and your fans all call you a hero." During this period of time, the producer had already searched for Ning Su's information.
When they combined Ning Su with the "hero" who became an internet sensation last year, their expectations for Ning Su became even higher.
The dark history was repeatedly brought up. Ning Su was silent for a few seconds before he suppressed his embarrassment: "Sorry, I'm really not interested."
The producer and director looked at each other and sighed.
What did you say? Those who are drought-stricken will die of drought, and those who are flood-stricken will die of flood.
There are too many actors who are not wanted to be filmed to count, and as for the ones who are wanted, they are unwilling to act in the film.
How can this not be considered a mispayment?
Feeling Ning Su's firm refusal, Director Gu and the producer stopped talking. Zhang Ronghe also breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that they would anger the big demon and get into trouble.
The car drove all the way to the entrance of the Monster Bureau. After getting off the car, Zhang Ronghe saw the "Vegetable Monster Station" in front of the Monster Bureau. Inside and outside the station, little monsters were coming and going, just like a market.
"What is this?" Zhang Ronghe asked curiously.
Xiao Du glanced at Zhang Ronghe's peach wood sword and was not curious about how the other party could see the little demon.
"That's where the little demon buys things."
Zhang Ronghe was a little surprised.
Although I haven't been a Taoist priest for several years, my understanding of the Monster Bureau has always remained at the same as my initial impression - there are not many capable monsters, and on weekdays, apart from enforcing the law, they don't do much.
How come the style has changed so much in just a few years?
What's more, he didn't know before that there was a big monster like Ning Su in the Monster Bureau of City A.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ronghe rarely felt a sense of loss, as if some changes had left him behind during the days he was away.
Once you enter the Yao Bureau, the registration and filing matters will no longer be the responsibility of Ningsu.
He said hello to Director Gu and the others, then went to deal with the small gang sent by the weasel demon - for Ning Su, catching these troublemakers was actually a good thing.
In the meantime, the Demon Bureau was unable to deal with the weasel demon because the other party was slippery and had never done anything bad in the open.
But now they are in a hurry and sending monsters to cause trouble, which has caused a loophole.
Thinking of this, Ning Su felt much better.
However, before he could reach the interrogation room, he was called away.
"Brother Ning, the director is calling you."
"The director is back?" If I remember correctly, the director and two deputy directors went to the general bureau to report on their work and just left this morning.
"Yes." The demon who informed Ning Su had a good relationship with him and reminded him in a low voice, "I saw that the leaders looked unhappy when they came back."
This means that Ning Su should pay attention to his words and actions.
"I understand." Ning Su gave his colleague a grateful smile, and the latter's heart skipped a few beats.
Of course, it would be more grateful if Brother Ning could hold back when asking for advice from them next time.
Thinking about the colleague's reminder, Ning Su entered the director's office, still wondering what had happened.
Logically speaking, the director should be happy recently.
The Caiyao Station received praise from the General Administration. According to the schedule, it will go to other monster bureaus to share its experience, which is a good thing for the Monster Bureau in City A.
"Hey, Xiao Ning."
In the director's office, three leaders sat opposite each other. There were no windows in the room, and the tea on the table had grown cold. They all felt inexplicably gloomy and depressed.
"Director, what's wrong?" General Ning turned his gaze to his direct superior, Director Lu, hoping to get an answer from him.
"I'm so worried!" Unexpectedly, Director Lu also said discouraging words.
Seeing this, Ning Su was shocked and asked what happened.
"It's all my fault," said the chief.
It turned out that during a meeting at the headquarters, the director was very complacent, and the directors of other branches disliked him and deliberately tried to make things difficult for him.
He was so excited that he made a bet with the other party in front of the leaders of the General Administration that within this year, their A City Monster Bureau would open 100 Vegetable Monster Stations throughout the province.
As soon as these words were spoken, the leaders of the General Administration cheered, and colleagues from other branches were also shocked by the director's courage and applauded.
No matter how Director Lu tried to signal him, he couldn't be stopped.
After the meeting, when he went outside and felt the wind blowing, the director calmed down and realized the problem - opening a hundred vegetable monster stations was a good task, but the problem was that the Monster Bureau had no money.
Not to mention that the finance department has been overdue for project funds for a long time, even if the Yao Bureau still has some money in its account, it is kept for paying salaries.
Not to mention a hundred vegetable monster stations, even ten would be enough to deal with the monster bureau.
What’s even more outrageous is that after the director realized that he had been cheated, he went to the General Administration to apply for funding, but the General Administration made all kinds of excuses.
If you say you are in a hurry, the other party will still refuse: "This is obviously your task, how can you ask the General Administration for funds?"
Finally, the director managed to get part of the money by throwing tantrums and playing dirty, but it was still a long way from his ambition to open one hundred Vegetable Demon Inns.
"Xiao Ning, what should we do? How about we go and move bricks together?" The director did not want to give up after making such a boast in front of other branch leaders as it concerned his own and the Monster Bureau's reputation.
What's more, opening a Vegetable Demon Station is a good deed, and one Vegetable Demon Station really cannot meet the needs of the little demons.
Ning Su glanced at the director silently.
The other party is just like the kind of scumbag leader who, when trouble comes, calls his subordinates and asks them what to do.
But Ning Su couldn't give up on this matter.
After all, it was he who proposed the idea of Caiyao Station, and opening one hundred Caiyao Stations across the province was also his goal.
The problem now is finding the money.
"I'll think of a way." There is always a way out for humans, and there is always a way out for monsters.
"Great!" After Ning Su left the office, the director's office changed from a dull atmosphere to a relaxed one in an instant.
"It's not good to trick Xiao Ning like this, right?" Director Lu said unhappily.
"What do you mean by trap? It's just that the Monster Bureau is not convenient to come forward directly."
"Xiao Ning has a good relationship with that fox from the Tang family. Let Xiao Ning build some relationships with the Tang family first, and then we can discuss the details later."
"If that doesn't work, then we can give the Tang family company the naming rights for the Caiyao Inn."
The Monster Bureau is an official agency after all. To a certain extent, it is because the Tang family has a big monster and has a good relationship with their own monsters that they are thinking of cooperating with the Tang family.
Ning Su did not hear the clanking sound of the leaders' abacus in their hearts. In fact, he did not connect the two words "the Demon Bureau is short of money" and "Tang family" together at all.
On the contrary, he was thinking about how to solve Xiao Yao's employment problem while raising money.
Here, Director Gu and two other people had just come out of the interrogation room of the Demon Bureau.
Without Ning Su, they had no interest at all. Zhang Ronghe was also unwilling to discuss his personal affairs with a strange demon, so he ended the process with a few perfunctory words.
When it was time to leave, Director Gu and the producer were still reluctant to leave and kept looking back.
The male protagonist, their destined male protagonist!
However, fate seemed to be kind to them. As they walked out, Ning Su also came down from the office building.
The two sides looked at each other, and Ning Su seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Please wait a moment." After saying this, Ning Su ran towards them.
At this moment, the producer and Director Gu's hearts melted and an intoxicated smile appeared on their faces.
The male lead, they must get the male lead!
However, when Ning Su came forward, he did not talk about filming, but politely asked: "I heard that your crew is casting?"
The producer and director Gu were very nervous.
What, did he regret it?
However, the next second, Ning Su skillfully took out a flyer -
"If you are short of animal actors, you can take a look at our little demons. They are cheap and fair to everyone."
Producer and Director Gu: “?”
Are they lacking animal actors? They are lacking male protagonists!
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