Chapter 202 The crew finds the thief
Two hours ago, Mother Lu brought Lu Yunshu directly to the crew.
As soon as they left, Shen Yucheng went to Mr. Yu's office and called Director Ling Hao.
When Ling Hao heard that the Shen family was going to withdraw their investment, he immediately panicked. You know, it is really difficult to make a movie in China now.
First of all, who will pay for this? It is true that the film was planned to be produced by the Shanghai Film Studio, but the overall environment has been bad in recent years.
Making a movie is a money-burning thing that doesn't make any money. If it weren't for completing the above tasks, who would be willing to spend money on this?
Not only will you get no credit if you don't take a good photo, but you may also end up bringing trouble to three generations of your family because of an unfounded problem.
When director Ling Hao received this task, he took great pains to select "The Young Generation" from a variety of themes.
This script was adapted into a film as early as 1965 and received unanimous praise.
This time they are just remaking the movie based on the original one.
Finally the actors were assembled and the funding problem was solved.
Half of the funds were funded by the Shanghai Film Studio, and the other half was funded by the red capitalist Shen family.
It has been more than half a month since the project started, and everything is progressing in an orderly manner. However, the Shen family suddenly wants to withdraw their investment.
Immediately, Ling Hao asked the reason on the phone.
"Brother Shen, what happened? Even if you die, you have to let me know clearly, right?"
Shen Yucheng did not hide anything and said everything he needed to say. He also said that this matter would be handled by his fiancée, the heroine of the movie, Lu Yunshu.
Let them discuss the specific situation themselves.
It was not until he hung up the phone that Ling Hao realized that he had this feeling as early as the beginning of the film casting.
The Shen family paid special attention to this girl named Lu Yunshu.
So the last time Shen Yucheng called to ask for leave for her, Ling Hao thought for a moment and then agreed.
First of all, as an investor, the Shen family has to give them some face.
Secondly, this movie is originally an ensemble drama, with most of the roles concentrated on the male lead and the female lead not having many roles, so it is not difficult to coordinate.
Considering the impact of this incident, Ling Hao only told the group's executive director and the director of the logistics department.
Who would have thought that the Shen family would call today and say this.
Someone pretended to be someone from the crew and called Shanghai to maliciously slander his fiancée, and almost caused trouble for his mother-in-law.
How could Ling Hao not be shocked after hearing this? He immediately stopped all the shooting plans for today.
The executive director and production director who received the news looked at each other, also confused.
No, who on earth is that idiot who dares to cause trouble in their name?
The three of them sat in the office staring at each other, waiting. But just waiting was not a good idea, so Ling Hao directly asked the staff to bring out the travel registration.
For the convenience of management, everyone in the crew, regardless of their position, must register their entry and exit. This is a rule that was set early on.
Ling Hao started to check the information Shen Yucheng provided one by one. According to him, the call was made three days ago.
Ling Hao remembered that the filming went very smoothly that day, and all the actors had finished their scenes before two o'clock in the afternoon.
Out of consideration for everyone's hard work over half a month, Ling Hao gave all staff members half a day off.
At least half of the crew went out that day.
Fortunately, Shen Yucheng found out, and he told the director on the phone with certainty.
The person who called was a female comrade, not very old.
With these two conditions, the scope is obviously narrowed.
After listening to this, the director of the logistics department directly handed over the files of all the actors and employees.
"Director, there are currently 22 lesbians in our entire crew."
“Eight of them are actresses, and the rest are civil servants sent by the Shanghai Film Studio.
"These civil servants all have official jobs and are veterans of the factory."
"I think they can't and dare not do such a thing."
The executive director listened and nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, there's absolutely no need for them to do that."
After listening to what the two said, Ling Hao thought about it and directly turned his attention to the eight actresses.
According to the records in the travel registration book, a total of five lesbians went to the city three days ago.
Two of them are older and basically play the roles of mother or grandmother in the drama.
If these people are ruled out, then the person who made the call must be one of the remaining three.
Ling Hao tapped the table a few times and pushed the list to the executive director.
"Go and call these people over to me."
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On the other hand, when the other actors in the crew heard that they would have a day off, they were all filled with joy.
Anyway, you can get an extra day's salary by shooting one more day, and the crew also provides food and accommodation.
What a great thing!
What’s more, Beijing is different from Shanghai, there is heating here in winter!
With this in the winter, my hands and feet won’t feel cold at all, I won’t be afraid of shivering in bed at night, and I don’t need to rely on a strong body to get up in the morning.
That’s great!
A group of people happily returned to the dormitory and packed up. Zhu Manhua, who played the supporting actress in the play, looked out the window and suggested.
"The weather is really nice today. How about we go for a walk in the city after lunch?"
"Okay, okay, I have some tickets that are about to expire, so I have to use them quickly."
The other girl who had already climbed onto the upper bunk lay directly on the edge of the bed, looking down with a smile.
"Why don't we go to the department store downtown? I heard they have everything."
“It’s no worse than the department stores in Shanghai!”
"Okay, let's go to Tiananmen Square and take some color photos."
"Okay, okay."
Several girls talked at once and decided the matter, but Bai Xiaoxiao just sat there in a daze.
"Xiaoxiao?"
"Xiaoxiao, are you listening?"
Zhu Manhua glanced at Bai Xiaoxiao, and seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, he called her several times.
"ah?"
Bai Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and asked hurriedly, "Where were you talking about just now?"
"We said we were going to go walk around the city later, do you want to come with us?"
Zhu Manhua looked at her thoughtfully.
"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you? I noticed that you've been distracted several times recently. Is there something wrong?"
"How could I lose consciousness so many times..."
Bai Xiaoxiao denied this statement and hesitated for a while before speaking.
"I was just wondering why the director had to take a holiday when he was fine."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked over in surprise.
"Isn't it good to have a holiday? I wish I could have a holiday every day."
"That's right, that's right"
A few people were laughing and joking, when suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the girl closest to the room went to open it.
When they saw that it was the executive director, everyone instantly fell silent.
The executive director glanced at Bai Xiaoxiao and then at Zhu Manhua.
"You—and you—"
"The director wants to talk to you two about something. Please come with me."
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