Chapter 33
Li Jingwei first called the police to deal with the crew member who went out to talk nonsense, and asked Liang Lu to also deal with the staff member in their studio who leaked the news.
Liang Lu still cooperated on the surface, apologized to Li Jingwei for not managing the staff member well, and fired him. Finally, she and Li Jingwei made a unified statement that it was because of Yu Miao's schedule conflict, and in order not to delay the progress of the crew, they agreed to terminate the contract and withdraw from the group.
Liang Lu knew that the studio had gotten a bargain. She had been worried that the eldest daughter would go crazy after being scolded by netizens and resort to low-level methods like leaking chat records and scripts. She had prepared countermeasures. After all, she did not control the crew members. Now that there was a joint statement, she was relieved. It seemed that the eldest daughter was still a decent person.
Who would have thought that after the crew issued a statement, Li Jingwei also posted a personal Weibo post that said she was "friendly and harmonious" and "sincere in her attitude." On the surface, this Weibo post did seem to indicate that she was indeed a decent person:
[Teacher Yu was unable to star in this movie due to schedule conflicts. This is a pity for our entire crew. We had been coordinating with Teacher Yu's screenwriter team about the script. Now the hard work of several screenwriters has gone to waste. I am also deeply sorry that such a good plot cannot be released.
In fact, it is very difficult to find an actor who fits the role better than Mr. Yu. Just like Mr. Yu’s fans said, there will be no other male actor in the circle who can compare to Mr. Yu, so I have always been under a lot of pressure, afraid of disappointing the expectations of my fans.
Finally, due to the limitation of my personal ability and connections, I had to invite a teacher who practices in the mountains to appear in a few scenes. This teacher is just an amateur, and there is still a big gap compared to professional actors like Mr. Yu. Please bear with the shortcomings. "Baoquan.jpg." 】
As soon as the statement came out, Yu Miao's fans were the first to arrive at the battlefield: [Wow? The young lady finally fell to her knees? Wouldn't it be better if she apologized earlier? ]
[Emm... From Mr. Yu to an amateur, the difference is too big. I am really disappointed. ]
[Is Shufen also disappointed? Don't worry, Teacher Yu will never act in your crappy online novel again in this life, hehe. ]
But the fans of the original novel who arrived at the battlefield in the second step felt something was wrong: [Wait a minute, isn’t the screenwriter of this drama the author of the original novel? What do you mean by the hard work of Mr. Yu’s screenwriter team wasted? ]
[That's not right. The Immortal Venerable has so few scenes? What kind of screenwriter is he? Is Teacher Yu planning to add more scenes? ]
[Don't you understand this? In all of Yu Miao's previous movies, which one didn't have his own screenwriter to add to the drama? It's just that he was the male lead before and no one said anything. ]
Liang Lu was so shocked after reading the statement. The eldest lady had said it, but she didn't say it explicitly. If she released the chat records, she could say that they were discussing the plot. After all, only a draft script was sent, and the rest were said on the phone, which was not the final draft. Now that it was said like this, she couldn't take the initiative to jump out and respond.
But these are all small matters. It is not convincing after all that Li Jingwei did not find a more suitable actor.
[Well, just add more scenes, the difference between amateurs is too big after all, I would rather Teacher Yu play the role.]
But the crew immediately released a set of behind-the-scenes footage, and the tone was still as modest as Li Jingwei: [New behind-the-scenes footage of Your Excellency, please bear with me. [Video]]
Taking advantage of the attention of this public opinion storm, the number of video views soared, but after two minutes, the number of comments increased as if awakening from a dream:
【Amateur? ? ? 】
【people? ? ? 】
[Special effects? PS? Fake video???]
The crew editor still responded to this comment, saying: [It is our amateur teacher, a true one-shot, not photoshopped, no special effects, and no editing. Feel free to judge. ]
This long-range video looks truly shocking, with verdant mountains as the background and steep cliffs as the fulcrum. The man in white clothes holding the sword has a graceful posture. Even when he is "flying", he still carries great power with him as he flicks his sleeves and swings his sword. His leisurely demeanor in the air is not disturbed at all, as if he is the powerful immortal who is respected by all the immortals and is cold and extraordinary. What's more terrifying is that he flew for two full minutes.
The entire video is a long shot, and his face is almost invisible. Only when it flies a little closer to the camera position, after the floating white clothes pass by, can we see a cold profile that makes people feel unsatisfied and full of imagination.
[woc? Contemporary Wudang Cloud Ladder? ]
[I checked it out. The whole video really has no traces of editing or photoshop. In other words, this teacher really flew in the sky for so long...]
[Wow, how did he manage to be so strong and beautiful, and still be so calm while flying in the sky? I declare that this is Xie Jingyuan Benyuan! Crew, you found such a Xie Jingyuan, and he is still so humble? It's me, I want to let the whole world know, okay! ]
Even the original author reposted this video, saying: [Hello everyone, I took Xie Jingyuan out of the book. ]
Whether an actor fits the character in the original novel is a matter of opinion. Even if an actor with a bigger name than Yu Miao is chosen, there will still be controversy, and fans of both sides may even quarrel over it. However, the fighting scenes and the "light Kung Fu" in the video are something that no male star in the circle can do. In other words, book fans are all doubting whether there is any human being who can do it. This kind of shock is the most direct.
[Let me think, is there any stuntman in the industry who can fly like this and still maintain such perfect posture and aura? ]
[Within one minute, I want to get all the information about this divine teacher! ]
[Wait a minute, didn’t Director Li say that she invited a cultivator from the mountains? Could this person actually be able to fly?]
[Fuck! I felt the same way! I really felt like he could fly away right away once the wire was released!]
[I suspect... the wire is just a prop to conceal his ability to fly. It doesn't mean that there are indeed some hidden sects in the dragon veins...]
Seeing that netizens were getting more and more outrageous, Li Jingwei was afraid that the video would be reported, so she quickly added: [Everyone should believe in science, and please do not imitate dangerous actions. ]
But netizens don't believe it: [The Taoist priest said, we should believe in science, there is no such thing as Qinggong in the world? Then, he just waved his sleeves and flew away, right? ]
[Director, you open your eyes wide and watch this video. Can you still say that you believe in science? ]
[Is he really a practitioner in a certain mountain? 】
Li Jingwei replied: [Yes, but I really don’t know Qinggong.] My sister-in-law cultivates herself in the mountains every day, a true practitioner. In this case, grandpa won’t think of my sister-in-law, right?
The netizen then asked: [Which mountain? Which sect? Can I go and visit? Is it too late for me to become an outer sect disciple now? ]
Li Jingwei didn't answer directly, so they asked the crew's official Weibo account, and the crew's official Weibo account replied: [Sorry, it's inconvenient to disclose. ]
【Can you tell me the name of this teacher? 】
The official blog continued: [Sorry, it is inconvenient to disclose. ]
If he is really an actor, wouldn't the normal operation be to reveal his identity and Weibo account immediately and wait for it to go viral? Even if they want to keep it a secret to attract attention and build momentum, they shouldn't do it this way. If they don't reveal any personal information, who cares who you are after the Yu Miao incident has passed? The less the crew says, the weirder it gets.
[Oh my god, the crew won't get real practitioners, will they? ]
[I was still wondering what kind of actor the eldest lady would hire to avoid controversy, but I didn't expect that the eldest lady would open up a new path? Would she hire a god to come down to earth?]
[Miss: "The Limits of Connections" - a god descended directly from heaven. ]
[I have a question, how old is this teacher? His face looks like he is 20 years old, but with such a calm and arrogant look in his eyes, could he be 500 years old?]
Crew: [Sorry, we can’t reveal it.]
Fans: […I didn’t ask you, crew! Who told you to reply to me! That’s all you can say, right? Can you say something else?]
Crew: [Thank you for your concern, we will reply here once again. The crew will not release the teacher's name, identity, age and other personal information. Please believe in science and reply rationally! ]
[You really said something else? But that's not what I want to hear! Can't you just tell me who it is! ]
[Unknown name, unknown age, unknown identity? So mysterious...]
[But doesn’t our sect’s co-venerated master have to be so mysterious and so powerful to have that flavor? Really, this teacher is Xie Jingyuan Benyuan! ]
[From movie star to amateur x From mortal to immortal√, the eldest lady’s connections go straight to the world of cultivation, eldest lady, I love you. ]
When the staff member who was called to the police arrived at the police station, he saw that the crew was serious and that he was being accused of violating the crew's confidentiality agreement and spreading rumors and slander, so he immediately knelt down to explain the facts and publicly apologized.
Did Yu Miao get repeatedly called "Cut" by the director on the set? Yes, but it was not Li Jingwei's intentional targeting. It was because he really did not achieve the performance effect, which slowed down the progress of the set. Several assistant directors were also dissatisfied. Li Jingwei was not the only one who called "Cut".
The facts are very pertinent, but Yu Miao's fans are still unwilling to believe it: [Teacher Yu's acting skills are not a big deal. I really don't believe it will be to the extent of dragging down the progress of the crew. ]
Now the silent majority of book fans finally don’t have to endure their anger: [I wanted to say this a long time ago, but I didn’t dare to say it because of the rhythm yesterday. The martial arts and fairy characters you mixed up before were all played by Teacher Yu when he was a teenager. He was really fairy. But Teacher Yu has become more and more "confident" in the past few years, and it seems that his cheeks are a little greasy... I really don’t know who voted for this. ]
[Indeed... Yu Miao's acting is getting more and more greasy, as if once a man thinks he is handsome, he will...]
[The awards were won several years ago. In the past few years, he has not worked hard to hone his acting skills, but has been marketing himself as handsome every day. Are you planning to go the traffic route? It's easier to make money in the fan circle, right? ]
The crew also didn't need to release the video of Yu Miao's NG on the set. When Yu Miao first performed in the role, the crew and Yu Miao Studio also released the behind-the-scenes footage of him hanging on wires for audition in order to build momentum. At the time, it didn't seem like a big deal and everyone cooperated by saying he was so handsome and so cool.
But now someone has made a video of the two to compare...
[Ah…if you only watch the video of that mysterious teacher, you would think he is a god. But after comparing him like this, he is a peerless god! And what kind of clumsy ugly duckling is Teacher Yu?]
[It's horrible... I can't bear to watch it. Yu Miao looks really stupid and dumb, and this fight scene was cut into multiple shots.]
[You guys are going too far. Why are you comparing mortals to gods? Any male star's fighting scenes will be outshone... "Cover your face.jpg"]
[I watched Yu Miao's videos together with other male stars, and I felt that Yu Miao was OK. This shows how low our expectations are for these male stars. Don't say that this will bring bad things to the mysterious teacher. We still don't know the name of the mysterious teacher. I cried.]
Now everyone came to their senses and looked at Li Jingwei's Weibo again, and found that this was not an apology at all, it was simply the worst of the worst.
Why can't such a good plot be released? Why can't there be another actor in the industry who can compare to Mr. Yu...
[Hahaha, Miss, you are hermaphrodite.]
[Really, compared with the mysterious teacher, who else should Yu Miao be compared to? ]
[If the purpose of adding more scenes is to make me watch Yu Miao perform a bunch of these things, then you'd better get lost.]
[Ms. Wuwuwu, you are right not to let Yu Miao have more scenes, but what I am saying is, can’t we give the mysterious teacher more scenes? ]
Liang Lu originally just wanted to take advantage of public opinion and turn Yu Miao into the "white moonlight" in the hearts of fans. She didn't really want to offend this young lady. After all, she didn't actively manipulate the stupid netizens and the crew members who leaked the news. But she didn't expect Li Jingwei to find such a person to make Yu Miao lose so thoroughly in all aspects.
Just as she was gritting her teeth, Yu Miao called and said, "Sister Lu, please ask the studio to issue a statement, saying that it was the agent who acted on his own initiative and there were some miscommunications with Director Li..."
Agents and stars share a common destiny. It is common practice to put the blame on the team and for the artists to hide themselves. However, when something goes wrong, Yu Miao calls her like this, which makes her feel disappointed. It was because of Yu Miao's request that she communicated with Li Jingwei repeatedly and offended the eldest lady.
But she gritted her teeth and said, "I understand."
Li Jingwei naturally didn't want Liang Lu to take the blame while Yu Miao went into hiding, but she wasn't interested in continuing to fight with them. Although the Li family had no industry in the entertainment industry, they were familiar with taxation. She said, "See which group in the firm has more free time, and ask them to help me check the tax issues of Yu Miao Studio." Then she asked her assistant to follow up.
Now a few days have passed, the scenes of Songhe Mountain have been filmed, and it is time to return to the D City Film Studio to continue filming the interior scenes. In fact, there are still some exterior scenes, but the scenes of Songhe Mountain were filmed earlier because Yu Miao kept delaying the progress. Now that the normal process has returned, it is necessary to invite Gu Chen to the D City Film Studio to finish filming the remaining two scenes.
Li Jingwei had finally invited her sister-in-law, and now all she wanted to do was arrange her itinerary.
The crew's hotel in City D was booked in advance based on the schedule. With such a large crew, they booked a hotel with a slightly above average environment. Li Jingwei also stayed there, but she felt that it would not be a good idea to let her sister-in-law stay here. This is a hotel that many crews like to book. On the one hand, it is almost full, and on the other hand, there are too many people here, which is not convenient for her sister-in-law.
She was the one who brought her sister-in-law out, so she had to ensure comfort in every aspect, so she chose a hotel with the best environment in the film and television city in City D. Many big-name stars stayed in this hotel when filming.
The owner of this high-end hotel is surnamed Mu. Previously, the Mu family had a big disturbance because their illegitimate child was older than their legitimate child. Fortunately, the son born to the original wife is quite capable, so the hotel is now handed over to him to manage.
Li Jingwei asked a friend and got the phone number and WeChat of Mr. Mu Yunting, and personally called him to confirm Gu Chen's check-in.
Mu Yunting received the identity information of the mysterious Mr. Gu and was slightly surprised. Gu Chen? Isn't this Mr. Gu's name? He has been busy taking over the family business recently and has not paid attention to the entertainment industry. Moreover, Gu Chen's guest appearance in the segment has not yet released his identity information. He is just a mysterious teacher, so he doesn't know about Gu Chen's guest appearance.
He was puzzled. Mr. Gu's partner's surname was Li. Could it be that this was Miss Li's Li family? That seemed to be a good match, but he always felt that it lacked some mystery.
He asked tentatively: "Miss Li, is this Mr. Gu your guest?"
Li Jingwei said solemnly: "Yes, Mr. Mu, this Mr. Gu is my top guest."
Mu Yunting thought for a moment, a top-level guest, doesn’t it sound like a relative?
Li Jingwei thought about it, but felt uneasy again, so she repeatedly reminded him, "Well, forget about the room you've already booked. I don't want you to offend anyone, but please be sure to protect Mr. Gu's privacy and provide attentive service. The cost is not a problem, I'll have my assistant come and settle the bill when the time comes."
I heard that my sister-in-law was on some show last time, and it was grandpa who asked someone to invite her back to attend Jiashu’s homecoming dinner. She can’t be found and kidnapped by grandpa again this time.
Mu Yunting said: "Okay, then I will let my secretary handle the check-in procedures and use the most private service." Mu Yunting's eyes deepened slightly. It seems that Mr. Gu's status in the business world is really extraordinary. Even someone of the level of the eldest daughter of the Li family calls Mr. Gu a "top guest" and calls her personally to confirm repeatedly. Is Mr. Gu a level higher than the Li family?
Mr. Gu is indeed as powerful and mysterious as he imagined...
Some people on the Internet are discussing who this mysterious teacher is, so there is a need for news, and Yu Miao is having tax issues, and netizens have been eating melons for a few days, and the popularity of Xie Jingyuan's role has increased. So entertainment reporters from all sides have been keeping an eye on the crew, waiting for the crew to return to the filming city to see if they can take pictures of this mysterious teacher and explore his identity.
As soon as the crew returned to the film and television city, the area around the hotel where the crew stayed was surrounded by entertainment reporters with cameras.
However, they came up empty-handed. They scanned all the crew members, but found that no one looked even a little bit similar.
They were puzzled and asked, "Is it because she didn't put on makeup at this time? So she doesn't look like him?"
"That's not right. This person is very elegant. It's impossible for her to look so different without makeup."
"But according to the plot, doesn't this character have a role in the film studio? You won't not come to film, right?"
They squatted for a while and found that Li Jingwei drove away from the hotel where the crew was staying, so they hurried to follow.
Then we followed him to one of the top hotels in the film and television city.
"Could it be that the eldest daughter is too delicate and can't get used to living over there, so she came here to live alone?"
"No, she stopped in the parking lot. She seemed to be waiting for someone."
"Isn't she the most senior one in the crew now? Who else can ask her to wait? Something is wrong."
But they didn't watch for long before the hotel staff came over to clear the area. Since Li Jingwei had mentioned it and this was Mr. Gu who had done him a favor, even though Mu Yunting was not here at the moment, he directly raised the security level to the highest level.
The entertainment reporters who followed were quickly cleared away to a safe distance by the security personnel, and then the security personnel were also on high alert, and it seemed that they were indeed waiting for some big shot with Miss Li.
From a distance, they relied on the hidden camera to see clearly that a low-key luxury car drove into the open-air parking lot of the hotel garden, and then Miss Li opened the car door and invited a young man in casual clothes out. But it was too far away and he was standing from behind, so they couldn't take any pictures.
The reporter was shocked and whispered, "Could this be the mysterious teacher? She looks very similar in temperament. Her manner is hard to imitate."
"What is the origin of this grand ceremony..."
After people went in and the surrounding security personnel withdrew, they began to think that this was definitely big news and they must find a way to go in and shoot it. It was worth spending a large sum of money to get a room.
So they waited for a while, then hid the equipment in the suitcase, pretended to be ordinary guests, entered the hotel lobby, and naturally took out their bank cards and ID cards and said, "Miss, let's get a room."
The hotel receptionist had worked in City D for a long time and was already familiar with some of the entertainment reporters. Since the boss's distinguished guest was here today, she naturally had to be cautious and said, "Sir, wait a moment. We need to call to confirm the room situation."
Upon seeing this, the lobby manager went to the back workshop and reported the situation to Mu Yunting.
Mu Yunting returned home to inherit the family fortune. Thanks to Ji Zhixi's support and Gu Chen's "help", he already had some control over some of the family's businesses. He simply said, "Just tell the public that the hotel has been booked today and no new guests will be received. Don't let any strangers in."
Their hotel is high-end and spring is the off-season. As of tonight, no big stars have booked rooms and all the rooms are empty. They might as well just announce that the whole place is reserved to avoid letting these entertainment reporters in and causing trouble.
"Okay, Mr. Mu."
The lobby manager returned outside and said, "Excuse me, gentlemen, the hotel has been reserved by a client today."
The reporter concealed the shock in his eyes and quickly asked, "Can I ask which boss booked the place?"
The receptionist also smiled politely and said, "It's inconvenient to disclose."
The lobby manager said, "And I'm sorry, gentlemen, in order to facilitate the activities of the guests who have booked the hotel, the hotel is temporarily closed to the public today. Please choose another hotel."
Then, the two entertainment reporters were politely asked to leave.
After they came out, they were extremely shocked and immediately reported the news with trembling hands:
[Today, the mysterious teacher who guest-starred as Xie Jingyuan appeared in the D City Film and Television City. The security immediately cleared the area. Miss Li went to meet him in person with a respectful attitude. A top hotel in D City directly booked the entire hotel and sealed off the building, prohibiting entry and exit. Who exactly is this mysterious teacher? ]
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