Chapter 70: Jinjiang First Launch

Lame Brother was stunned for a moment, then he really laughed. He smiled and said, "Oh my God, your idea is too outrageous. Have you watched too many science fiction movies? That's a living person, how could she be replaced by someone? I just watched the interview video of He Xianxian, and the person in the camera is obviously her. Where can you find someone who looks exactly like her? Is it a robot replacing a human?"

Hu Leying was so angry that she stepped forward and punched the lame brother: "Asshole, you said you wouldn't make fun of me!"

Lame Brother smiled and apologized: "I'm sorry, but I really couldn't help it. Your idea is too funny. I have liked He Xianxian for a long time. I can be absolutely sure that the person in the camera is He Xianxian herself. There is no replacement."

Wu Leying said angrily: "No matter how long you have been following her, you have only watched her TV series. You have not retouched every photo of her. I have done so, and I have a say in this matter. Because of work, I always need to go to the scene to take raw photos and then help her retouch them, so I am very familiar with He Xianxian's appearance."

"Just a week ago, when the pictures of He Xianxian wearing a mask entering and leaving a plastic surgery hospital were exposed, I recognized it at first sight - the person in the picture was not He Xianxian at all!"

"Why do you think so?" Lame brother unconvincedly took out the two photos from his phone, pointed at them and said, "Look at her eyes, eyebrows, and ears. How are they different from her before? Even her hairline is exactly the same!"

Wu Lok Ying emphasized: "I'm talking about the demeanor. Although this person looks similar to Ho Sin Sin, his demeanor is wrong. Ho Sin Sin has had smooth sailing all the way. She is always very confident when attending public events, but the person in the picture is timid and afraid of everything, like a thief. There must be something wrong with her!"

"This..." Lame Brother fell into thought, "You have been a professional fan for such a long time, you must know more than me. Even if what you said is true, where did this fake He Xianxian come from? How can there be people in the world who look so alike? Could they be twins?"

"Impossible!" Hu Leying said decisively, "I know He Xianxian's family. She is the only daughter of her parents, and she has long cut off contact with her relatives. It is impossible for her to be a cousin!"

"Hiss," Lame Brother was stumped, "I just can't figure this out."

"Let her agent explain it!"

Hu Leying said this, moved her fingers, and sent a WeChat message.

Cripple Brother curiously came over to take a look, and saw that Hu Leying’s WeChat was sent to an account called “Emily”, and the WeChat message read:

I know she is fake.

"That's it?" Lame Brother said nonchalantly, "Can such a simple sentence really attract an agent?"

Hu Leying was also nervous: "I'm not sure, but this is the only way. Let's take a gamble. I hope my guess is wrong."

Two minutes later, Hu Leying received a reply:

[Emily: Don't talk nonsense. If you want salary, I will ask the finance department to pay you salary now.]

Seeing this message, Hu Leying knew that her guess was probably right. Lame Brother was also very excited. He waved his fist and said:

"Yeah, we successfully tricked her out. You kept asking the studio before, but they didn't respond. Now this agent responded right away and even promised to pay you. That means she was panicking. You guessed it right!"

Hu Leying hesitated for a moment and sent another message:

I can help you.

Lame Brother came up to watch again, and Hu Leying explained: "If the He Xianxian who appeared on the screen now is a fake, then it means that the real He Xianxian must have had an accident. No matter what happened, my reply like this should arouse their interest."

Sure enough, Hu Leying received another reply.

Emily: Come to the studio.

As a professional fan, Hu Leying knew the address of the studio. Seeing this message, she hesitated. Lame Brother advised her, "You can't go. You know their secrets. Who knows if the agent wants to silence you by asking you to go there? Think about it. Once you get there, everyone is their people. What if they lock you up in a small dark room? You will be helpless. How miserable it would be!"

Hu Leying was frightened by Cripple Brother's description. She looked at Bai Mian, who also agreed with Cripple Brother's idea. She suggested, "Don't go over there. Let them come here."

Hu Leying thought for a moment and said, "But He Xianxian's studio is in Beijing. It's a bit far from Beijing to Qingshui Town. Will they be willing to come?"

Lame Brother reminded him, "Have you forgotten? He Xianxian is holding a press conference for her new drama today in this city. It only takes 40 minutes to drive here from the city. It will definitely be no problem!"

Wu Leying plucked up the courage to send the address of Tzu Xin Tang to the agent, but this time the agent did not reply to her.

Everyone's heart followed Hu Leying's and they were all worried that the agent would not come to Ci Xin Tang, so their exploration of the matter would come to an end, and He Xianxian's fate would not be changed and she would still die.

Bai Mian glanced at the time and said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon now. Let's wait for an hour. If the agent still hasn't come by four o'clock in the afternoon, then this divination will end, and I will start to tell the fortune for the next person."

Lame Brother and Hu Leying screamed at the same time. Lame Brother begged, "Auntie, you must not give up like this. My goddess is still hanging by a thread, waiting for you to save her!"

Bai Mian sighed lightly: "We have done everything we can, the rest depends on luck."

Although Bai Mian seemed a bit cruel, most of the onlookers understood. After all, there was a third master waiting for Bai Mian, and Bai Mian couldn't keep wasting time on one thing.

After a long wait, Hu Leying almost fell asleep on the table. When there were only a few minutes left, she heard the sound of a car approaching outside the door. She was immediately excited and looked up at the door. She saw a stretched car parked steadily at the entrance of Ci Xin Hall.

"Here she comes!" Lame Brother's eyes lit up and he was happy for his goddess in his heart.

A van followed behind the sedan. Hu Leying ran to the door happily, ready to greet the agent. However, the sedan stopped and there was no movement. Instead, the van opened its door first, and a group of tall and strong bodyguards came out of the car and rushed into the Tzu Xin Hall.

No one had ever seen such a fight and they were all scared. After the bodyguards came in, they shouted and cursed at all the onlookers in the store and drove them away. Only Bai Mian and a few others were left in the store. Hu Leying stood cautiously at the door and was also scared.

After the bodyguards cleared the area, the door of the stretched sedan slowly opened, and a big man wearing sunglasses got out of the driver's seat. The man in sunglasses helped the co-driver open the door, and a slightly plump middle-aged woman walked out.

Hu Leying recognized that this was He Xianxian's agent. She calmed herself down and greeted her sweetly, "Hello, sister. I am Feitian Jeans. This is the first time we meet!"

Perhaps because she was used to seeing flattering faces, the agent ignored Wu Leying. She walked into the Tzu Hsin Hall indifferently, found a seat and sat down. She said arrogantly: "You said you could help me, and you better be telling the truth. You should know that I am very busy. Wasting my time is no joke."

Lame Brother whispered in Bai Mian's ear: "What's the attitude of this woman? We are helping her out of kindness, but she still dares to be arrogant to us. If it weren't for my goddess, I really want to kick her out!"

The murmuring attracted the attention of the man in sunglasses. He immediately saw the mobile phone that was broadcasting live. Without saying a word, he rushed forward and smashed the phone.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Lame Brother became anxious and stood up to argue with him.

The man in sunglasses said sarcastically, "It's just a cell phone. If it breaks, it breaks. At worst, I'll compensate you. The celebrity team has enough money to buy your life. What's a broken cell phone to you?"

Lame Brother got angry and raised his arms to fight with the man in sunglasses. Bai Mian pulled at the corner of Lame Brother's clothes, signaling him to calm down. Lame Brother thought of his goddess, so he had to suppress his anger and squatted on the ground to pick up his phone.

This is an old mobile phone. The screen went black when it fell to the ground and was smashed into pieces. Lame Brother thought it was scrapped, but unexpectedly, the moment he picked it up, the screen lit up and resumed live broadcast.

Lame Brother didn't say anything. He silently put his phone in his pocket and sat back next to Bai Mian.

Due to the long wait, most of the audience in the live broadcast room had left. However, after the bodyguard team broke in, the number of people in the live broadcast room began to surge again. In just two minutes, it rose to 50,000 people, and barrages were flying everywhere.

[So rude, do they think they are a member of the X society? ]

[Celebrities are so great, but just because they have money they can smash other people’s phones at will? What kind of character is that!]

[The quality of the staff is just like this, and I guess He Xianxian himself is not much better]

[Don’t talk nonsense in the previous part. Our He Xianxian is a gentle little angel! ]

[…Big sister, stop arguing. It’s already this time and you’re still controlling the comments. Is He Xianxian in trouble?]

[Everyone just watch it here, don’t post it on Weibo, lest the live broadcast room be discovered by the celebrity team! ]

[Fuck, this is my first time watching a live show in this way, so exciting! I like it! ]

"What do you mean when you say you can help me?" the agent questioned Hu Leying like a creditor.

Hu Leying introduced her, "This is Master Bai Mian Bai. She can tell people's fortunes by taking their pulses. If you let her take your pulse, you will know how to solve your current predicament."

"Fortune-telling?" The agent laughed disdainfully. "Haha, that's ridiculous. You asked me to come all the way here just to tell my fortune? I really believed your lies!"

The agent said this and stood up to leave. Hu Leying wanted to chase him to explain, but the man in sunglasses stood in front of her.

Seeing that things were about to get worse, Bai Mian said, "What a pity, He Xianxian is beyond help."

The agent immediately turned around and asked angrily, "What did you say?"

"I said, He Xianxian died because of you."

Bai Mian raised her beautiful eyes and looked into the eyes of the agent.

The agent suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure. She thought about what Bai Mian had just said. Before she could say anything, the man in sunglasses rushed up and shouted at Bai Mian: "You are the ones who kidnapped me, right? Are you planning to kill me?"

"Kidnapped?" Cripple Brother repeated, "So He Xianxian was kidnapped?"

The agent turned around and scolded the man in sunglasses: "I haven't even said anything yet, what are you talking about? Now you've leaked everything!"

The man in sunglasses also knew that he had messed up. He remained silent. The agent stood at the door, in a dilemma. Bai Mian calmly advised:

"We are not kidnappers and we have no ill intentions. Now that we know about the matter, why don't you tell us? Maybe we can help you."

Hu Leying also hurried to help: "Believe me, Master Bai is not a charlatan, she has real skills, she has helped many people, you should give it a try, just for He Xianxian, I beg you!"

The agent looked at Bai Mian suspiciously. She saw a kind of gentle and calm strength in Bai Mian's eyes. The agent had been in the entertainment industry for so many years and knew countless people. She felt that Bai Mian was a trustworthy person, so she returned to the store and sat down in front of the pulse case.

The man in sunglasses winked, and the bodyguards standing in a row retreated voluntarily. There were only a few people left in the store, and the sense of oppression instantly eased a lot.

"My name is Ning Yu, but the name is not important, everyone calls me the agent anyway," the agent briefly introduced himself, then pointed to the man in sunglasses standing behind him, "His name is Guo Yonghan, he is the head of the bodyguards. For safety reasons, I need to keep him by my side, please forgive me."

The agent didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "He Xianxian disappeared a week ago. She was filming a martial arts film called "A Little Red in the Rivers and Lakes" at the time. The crew needed to go out to a remote mountain to shoot. I had a bad cold at the time, so I didn't go with her. Only a few staff members went into the mountain with her."

"She went to the restroom during filming. The nearest public restroom was in the town. A bodyguard accompanied her down the mountain. But after entering the public restroom, she suddenly said she needed sanitary napkins and asked the bodyguard to go to a nearby store to buy a bag of sanitary napkins. The bodyguard went to buy one. When the bodyguard returned, there was no one in the restroom."

"A female star is missing in a remote town?" Many terrible associations suddenly appeared in Lame Brother's mind. He was so anxious that he slammed the table and asked, "She has been missing for so many days, why didn't you call the police?"

The agent shook his head helplessly: "The kidnappers didn't let us call the police. On the day He Xianxian disappeared, the crew organized all the staff to search for her in the town, but found nothing. That night, I received a call. The person on the other end of the phone told me that He Xianxian was in their hands. They wanted 5 million yuan, otherwise they would kill her. They didn't allow us to call the police, but they would kill her even if we did."

"If I had called the police, He Xianxian would have died for sure. If I hadn't called the police, maybe she would have had a chance of survival."

"If you don't want to call the police, then give me the money!" Cripple Brother asked doubtfully, "Your celebrity team should be very rich, right? It shouldn't be easy for you to come up with 5 million?"

"We paid the money," the agent said with a headache on his face. "After the kidnapper made the request, I withdrew 5 million yuan in cash the next day, put it in a snakeskin bag, and put it at the place designated by the kidnapper. I thought he would release me after taking the money, but who knew that I waited there for a long time and no one came to withdraw the money. Later, the kidnapper sent me another text message like this."

The agent showed it to everyone, and the message read:

[The plan has changed. We will trade on another day. Wait for me to notify you of the specific time. Don't act rashly, otherwise she will die! ]

Lame Brother wondered, "This is really strange. He has money but he doesn't take it. What was the kidnapper thinking? Did he find out that there was fraud?"

The agent immediately denied it: "No, I didn't call the police at the time, nor did I ambush anyone nearby. I just wanted to give him the money and rescue He Xianxian as soon as possible. Who knew he would change his mind at the last minute? I had no choice but to listen to the kidnapper's arrangement, take the money back, and wait for his call, but the kidnapper has not contacted me until now."

Lame Brother was extremely anxious: "You, you, you...you should have called the police long ago. How could you wait for a week? Let me tell you something unpleasant. If you wait for the kidnappers to contact you, maybe even He Xianxian will be stabbed!"

The agent retorted: "Who are you to her? What qualifications do you have to blame me? If I call the police and the kidnappers really kill me, how will I explain to the public? Her fans will definitely tear me apart!"

During the days when He Xianxian disappeared, the agent was under tremendous pressure. Her anger was already on the verge of exploding, and now it was ignited by Lame Brother. She stood up and prepared to have a big fight with Lame Brother.

"No, no, no, everyone calm down, let's get down to business!" Hu Leying hurriedly inserted herself between the two and acted as a peacemaker. She tried to change the subject and asked the agent, "Sister, is He Xianxian really missing? Then what's the matter with the one on camera now?"

The agent said unhappily, "That person is not important. She is just a stand-in. She usually helps He Xianxian to act in the dramas that she doesn't want to act in. After He Xianxian disappeared, there were still many activities waiting for her to appear. After all, her new drama has just been aired. These activities cannot be postponed. If she doesn't go, she will be charged a penalty. So I had to let the stand-in take her place."

Lame Brother was surprised: "A body double? There are actually people in the world who look so much alike. I thought they were twins!"

The agent waved his hands and said, "Actually, they don't look alike. Her eyebrows and eyes look like He Xianxian, but her nose and mouth are not. I asked her to wear a mask and cover her face wherever she goes so that no one can see any flaws. Also, her voice is not similar, so I don't allow her to speak."

Hu Leying nodded: "So it's a body double, no wonder I always think she's not right, my intuition is really accurate! So this week, you asked the studio to stop all the activities of professional fans, because you were afraid that we would go to the scene to take pictures and then find out that she is a body double!"

The agent nodded helplessly. Hu Leying complained, "Your studio should have said something. You didn't explain anything. I thought you were going to run away!"

The agent said: "I have no choice. This matter is too difficult. I have to deal with He Xianxian's business activities and wait for news of the kidnappers. I am really exhausted and can't care about you professional fans at all."

"I tell you, why are you meddling in business activities? You should have called the police immediately, right now! There's been no news of the kidnappers for a long time, maybe something has happened to He Xianxian!" Lame Brother said, slamming the table.

The agent held up his hand to stop her: "Absolutely not. Once you call the police, the matter will be exposed, which will affect He Xianxian's business image. She was detained by a stranger for a week. What do you think others will think? Her business image will be greatly reduced, and she will never get any endorsements again!"

"Endorsement, endorsement, you're almost dead and still insist on endorsing, I think you're just a bag of salt!" Lame Brother shouted angrily.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Hu Leying tried to change the topic again: "I have been watching Master Bai's live broadcast. I remember a boy was kidnapped before, and later found out that he kidnapped himself. Do you think today's incident will be the same?"

Lame Brother immediately retorted: "How is that possible? He Xianxian is a big star and has her own studio. She can just take whatever money she wants. Why would she resort to this trick?"

"But don't you think it's strange that He Xianxian is missing?" Hu Leying expressed her opinion. "When a star goes to film, she should have prepared daily necessities such as sanitary napkins. Why did she ask someone to buy them on the spot? Could it be that she deliberately sent her bodyguards away to do something?"

Hu Leying's conjecture triggered a new round of discussion. Just when everyone was discussing heatedly, Bai Mian spoke lightly and made everyone quiet down.

"Let's think about this: if He Xianxian really passed away, who would be the biggest beneficiary?"