Chapter 48 Answer: There are traitors among the masses
When Xu Man received the news, he rushed over immediately.
He walked around the fire pit room, and when he saw Gao Luo, he quickly ran over, put his hands on her shoulders and looked her up and down. Finally, he asked nervously, "Are you okay?"
Gao Luo shook her head: "It's okay, I didn't fall into the water, Xia Shi caught me."
The moment she finished speaking, she felt Xu Man's tense body relax. She heard him sigh and say, "That's good, that's good..."
"Assistant Xu, don't be nervous. The boat has already docked. The water isn't deep. It'll be okay even if I fall in." Gao Luo comforted him.
Xu Man sighed and said, "Whether you are okay or not is up to you to decide? It depends on your parents. If anything happens to you again, you have to go home."
Gao Luo was stunned after hearing this: "How did you know?"
Didn’t Xie Yanzhi say this to her at home?
"Your father has called the station, so you are now our key protected person."
Xu Man was halfway through his words when Gao Luo understood his hidden meaning. Gao Chengsheng must have called and said that if anything happened to her again, she would have to quit the filming. In that case, even if Gao Luo wanted to stay, she wouldn't be able to.
"Oh...luckily we have Xia Shi." Gao Luo realized belatedly that if Xia Shi was not here today, she would probably have to pack her bags and leave immediately.
"Yeah, now you understand why I'm so nervous?" Xu Man said.
"I understand, I understand." Gao Luo nodded.
Only then did the two of them finally get on the same page.
Xu Man stayed here for a while and then left with other guests.
Shen Siyan lived in Hedong, so she had to leave by boat. Xu Man told the boatman to row steadily, and then told Chen Siyan and the staff to pay attention to safety.
Watching her boat gradually sailing to the other side of the river, Xia Shi came over and said, "Assistant Xu."
Xu Man turned around and saw that it was Xia Shi. He was curious why he didn't go back - Xia Shi's house was right next to Gao Shule's, just a few steps away, so there was no need to go to the river.
"I'm here to see you off." As Xia Shi spoke, his eyes seemed to casually sweep over the few cameramen who were taking pictures.
Xu Man keenly caught this information and immediately said to the staff: "There was a small incident today. The guests should probably rest early. You are also very tired. Rest early."
After the live camera was turned off, Xu Man looked at Xia Shi with an expression that said, "Okay, go ahead."
Xia Shi stopped beating around the bush and said, "I want to ask, how many people knew about A'Luo's father calling you?"
"I know everything." Xu Man blurted out.
"You know everything?"
"Because that's what happened at the time." Xu Man knew that Xia Shi was Gao Luo's cousin, and guessed that he knew Gao Luo's background long ago, so he didn't hide it from him: "Her father didn't call me or our director, but directly called the senior leaders of the station. Then, the leaders called all the production team of our program over and held a collective meeting."
"Don't anybody find it strange that such a large force has been mobilized?" Xia Shi asked.
"Well, if a guest gets into trouble on the show, the consequences are already serious. It's understandable that the leaders pay attention to safety issues. And not only did they mention A-Luo at the meeting, they asked everyone to pay attention to the safety of all the guests. They just emphasized that if A-Luo gets into trouble again, she will have to go home."
"We all know how important Luo is. If she leaves, our data may deteriorate, and our year-end bonus may even go to waste. If the leader says so, everyone will definitely pay attention to it."
After Xu Man finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out from behind him: "Teacher Xia saved a huge fortune today."
Xu Man was startled and turned around to see that it was Chen Cong.
"You didn't leave?" Xu Man was surprised.
"Why should I go? Isn't this the way I go home?"
They all live in Hedong, the same direction. Xu Man reacted and laughed dryly: "Oh, yes, I forgot."
"Assistant Xu, I have to praise you and your leader. Xi Que TV is the most responsible TV station I have ever seen."
It was getting dark, and there were no street lights. The only light from the houses along the river bank illuminated the path, so Shen Cong did not see the strange expressions on Xu Man and Xia Shi's faces.
Shen Cong was immersed in his own emotions. He continued, "I was lucky this time. I got a chance to participate in the filming of this variety show. I hope I can work with you again in the future."
"Well, there must be a chance."
Xu Man's words were just polite talk, but Shen Cong didn't seem to notice and was very happy.
Xia Shi thought of something and asked him, "Teacher Shen, what are your plans after this variety show? Are you going to join the crew to film?"
"Yeah." Chen Cong said self-deprecatingly: "I've been picking my feet at home for almost a year and a half. It's time to join the group."
Xia Shi: "Is it a movie? Then we will book the theater to show our support!"
"It must be a movie. Teacher Shen has only shot movies. He hasn't acted in a TV series yet. When the time comes, I'll ask the director and the entire production team of "Wonderful Holiday" to support you!"
Xu Man took advantage of Ning Heng's absence and unscrupulously wrote blank checks in his name.
Men tend to lose their minds when they brag, and Chen Cong lost his mind after being praised by Xia Shi and Xu Man.
"Although the movie has not been filmed yet, I would like to thank you in advance for your support. I hope to see you in the theater then."
"Of course, of course." Xu Man patted Chen Cong's shoulder and put his arm around his shoulders.
Xia Shi suddenly said: "I'll take you here."
"Oh! Then be careful on your way back." Xu Man reminded him.
"rest assured."
Judging from Chen Cong's words, Xia Shi probably thought that the movie had potential.
*
After Xu Man returned, he first reported the situation at the scene to Ning Heng: "Fortunately, Xia Shi reacted quickly and not a drop of water got on Ah Luo. The ones who fell into the river were Shen Siyan and Gao Shule. They were fished out in time and are both fine."
Ning Heng didn't say anything. He was replaying the live recording of the time when he fell into the water.
He asked Xu Man to come and see as well.
Xu Man took a look and said, "I've seen it. It was an accident and could not be avoided, so there is no need to review it."
The reason they fell into the water today was entirely because Shen Siyan did not stand firmly when she stood up. This is a personal factor, how can the production team avoid it?
Ning Heng groaned: "Falling into the water by accident?"
"Yes, these female stars, who eat less, will have some symptoms of anemia and hypoglycemia. When they stand up, their vision becomes dark, so they fall easily. When Shen Siyan saw this, it was obvious that she was suffering from hypoglycemia." Xu Man made a thorough analysis.
Ning Heng snorted: "You are her fan, why are you trying to make it up to her like this?"
"I...! Who is her fan? I'm just explaining it to you. I'm not saying why you like to label people so much."
Ning Heng uttered "hmm, hmm" twice and said, "I'm anxious."
"Why am I so anxious! Why am I so anxious! Director, why are you so inexplicably irritating when you speak tonight?" Xu Man was really anxious now.
Ning Heng didn't respond. He switched to another topic directly. "What did Xia Shi say to you after closing the live broadcast just now?"
Xu Man was still angry. He turned his back and pretended to be deaf. He ignored him for ten seconds and said in a muffled voice, "He just asked me about Gao Luo's father's phone call. How could he be so curious to ask even this?"
Ning Heng concentrated on thinking for a moment, put down his phone, leaned back on the chair, and said leisurely: "I think I should change my assistant."
When Xu Man heard this, he was more puzzled than panicked: "Why? Didn't I react quickly enough today? With my execution ability, who can beat me?"
Xu Man felt that Ning Heng was too idle these past two days, so he made fun of him late at night. If we fire him, where can we find such a diligent and smart assistant?
"I'm only reminding you of one detail. Gao Luo was among the people who got into trouble in the last two times. You can figure out the rest yourself. If you can't think of anything, you can go back to being an intern director."
Ning Heng looked serious, and he didn't mean to be joking.
People in Xi Que Tai have always said that Xu Man is lucky because he was discovered by Ning Heng just one year after he joined Xi Que Tai and was promoted out of turn. In addition to being Ning Heng's assistant, he also has a serious job as a site director, responsible for on-site scheduling and emergency response.
As long as he works with Ning Heng for another two or three years, he will be able to take on projects independently and his career plan will be smooth sailing.
Now Ning Heng asked him to go back and be an intern director. Although Xu Man didn't understand the reason, every cell in his body had already entered the "big test" state before him, and he was so nervous that his whole body was numb.
"I'll give you a time limit. I want to hear the answer by ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest."
Ning Heng's voice was calm, but Xu Man's mind was already filled with storms because of the countdown to death.
After Xu Man returned, he could be said to have not slept a wink the whole night.
The information Ning Heng gave was very important. He said that Gao Luo was among the people who got into trouble both times, but it was clear that she was fine this time. Does that mean that according to the plan, something bad is going to happen to her? So he was wrong. It was not an accident that Shen Siyan and Gao Shule fell into the water. It was an accident that Xia Shi appeared and saved A Luo.
If falling into the water was not an accident, if it was a planned act, then there must be a planner.
Gao Shule fell into the water passively, and considering her relationship with A'Luo, it couldn't have been her. Then only Shen Siyan is left. Of course, she may not be the only one, there may be others.
But Xu Man couldn't figure out why she did this. He thought about it for half the night but couldn't figure it out.
Of course he couldn't figure it out. Even Ning Heng, who was so meticulous, couldn't figure it out, so it was a miracle that he could figure it out.
When it was getting light, Xu Man realized that he was getting stuck in a dead end and had to break out of his current way of thinking.
At 9:30 in the morning, Ning Heng looked at Xu Man who appeared in front of him ahead of time.
There was a dark aura on his face, and dark circles, eye bags, tear troughs, and nasolabial folds all appeared overnight. He looked like all the energy had been sucked out of him, but his eyes were shining brightly, as if a last ray of light had returned.
Ning Heng thought he was scary and wanted to ask him if he wanted to see a doctor first, but Xu Man came in and held on to him and wouldn't let go.
Xu Man said excitedly and nervously: "I know!"
Ning Heng quietly hid to the side: "What do you know?"
Xu Man looked at him straight in the eyes and spoke each word with emphasis: "There are traitors among the masses!"
Hearing this, Ning Heng finally felt relieved.
Seeing as it took him a whole night to come up with the answer, it’s not bad, not so stupid that it cannot be saved.
Seeing that he already knew the situation in the team, Ning Heng wanted him to go and have a rest first, but Xu Man would never miss the opportunity to show off his observation and reasoning abilities.
"Do you know how I know that?"
Ning Heng said speechlessly, as if he was saying a jingle: "I don't care how you know! If you have nothing else to do, go find the traitor in the team for me! Don't say this nonsense in front of me."
Xu Man ignored him and continued, "Two important pieces of information. One is what you told me, that Luo was involved in both incidents. The other is about Xia Shi's problem."
When Xia Shi chats with them, he might talk about some irrelevant gossip, but Ning Heng would not. Ning Heng only thought of firing Xia Shi after hearing that question, so Xia Shi’s question was also very crucial.
This was the first time that Luo broke her ankle. According to the normal shooting process of the program, she should go home and rest. If she fell into the water the second time, she would be taken home by her parents. The final consequence of these two "accidents" was that Gao Luo could not participate in the filming.
So the person who planned this had a clear goal, which was to make A-Luo leave. However, these two plans have a prerequisite: one is to know that the shooting location has to go into the mountains, and the other is to know the content of their meeting.
The guests will not know this unless someone tells them in advance, and that person can only be someone from the team.
When a person does not sleep for a long time, the body's hormones will be disordered, and the body will release stress hormones and adrenaline, which will cause the heart rate to speed up and the brain to be in an abnormally excited state.
Xu Man is in this state now. His mind is active and he has become very talkative, talking non-stop.
These were things he already knew, and Ning Heng was annoyed listening to them.
"I know you're smart. I won't fire you for now. You can go back."
"Wait!" Xu Man didn't listen to Ning Heng at all. He slammed the table and said, "I thought of another thing! Brother, do you remember that before our show officially started, someone suddenly broke the news on Weibo, saying that Gao Shule was a relative and got in through the back door. I suspect that the news was also leaked by the 'traitor' in the team."
He remembered something that happened so long ago. Ning Heng really felt that Xu Man had problems from staying up late.
"Today is the last day of filming. We will return to the ancient city early and set off at 2 pm." Ning Heng wanted to remind Xu Man that he didn't have much time left to rest.
"Two o'clock in the afternoon? So soon, leaving early? Wasn't the original plan to leave tomorrow morning?"
The original plan was to set off tomorrow morning, but too many "accidents" happened during this shoot. Shen Siyan failed twice, and Ning Heng was really worried that she would suddenly come up with another "plan".
This place is too far from the city. Although there are medical staff in the team, there are no professional instruments and equipment. If a major accident really occurs, it would be very likely that something bad would happen if medical treatment cannot be received in time.
Leave early to avoid any more trouble.
"You don't have much time left to rest now. I remind you..."
Before Ning Heng finished speaking, Xu Man was nagging at the side: "Brother, why did Shen Siyan do this? Why did she have to let A'Luo leave? If A'Luo leaves, the traffic of our show may plummet, and she won't get any benefits. And when Xia Shi asked that question yesterday, did he also find out that there was a traitor in our team? He didn't continue to ask such a serious topic, but turned around and talked to Shen Cong. It's so weird."
"Chen Cong said that he was going to join a movie crew after the variety show, and Xia Shi said that he wanted to book a theater to support him. Since he said something nice, I must say something nice too. I said, I will ask the director to bring the entire production team to support him. These were all polite words, but Chen Cong seemed to take them seriously. Brother, do you think we can apply for the theater booking funds from the station when the time comes?"
Xu Man's speech was incoherent and incoherent at this moment. Ning Heng almost thought he was talking nonsense, but after listening to the latter part, he began to make some sense of it.
"Why didn't you tell me about this yesterday?" he asked Xu Man.
Xu Man said: "Do we have to report this kind of bragging and gossip between men? Although you are the director, you are too nosy."
If he didn't look like he was going insane from staying up late, Ning Heng would really want to slap him.
"If you don't want to sleep, then go get some work done and notify the guests to leave at 2pm. Also..." Ning Heng reminded him, "Don't say anything. Don't say a word about what you just said."
"Who am I looking down on? Am I the kind of person who doesn't know what to do? I will keep my mouth shut until the traitor is found."
After Xu Man finished speaking, he walked out with a swagger.
He continued in this state until one o'clock in the afternoon. Just before departure, his battery finally ran out and he fell asleep as soon as he got in the car.
After arriving at the ancient city, the guests stayed in the same inn as before and rested here for one night before leaving.
In the evening, Xia Shi heard someone knocking on the door. When he opened the door, he saw that the person was Ning Heng.
"Are you free? Would you like to chat for a minute?" Ning Heng didn't beat around the bush.
"Go ahead." Xia Shi said.
"Right here? Even though it's hard to explain, I think we should find a place to sit down and talk." Ning Heng suggested: "Let's go to the lounge or my room, or find a place outside to have tea or wine, what do you think?"
Xia Shi asked back: "Don't you want to chat for a few words?"
"...Okay, let's talk while standing." Ning Heng felt powerless when communicating with Xia Shi, who was a pedantic person, so he had to compromise first.
"Let's make it short. Two questions. First, what is that movie? Just give me one key piece of information."
"I can give you two key pieces of information." Xia Shi said: "The producer is Shunwen Media, and they have only contacted Wencheng."
Quite generous, Ning Heng had a better impression of this man. "Second question, who is that photo on your phone screensaver?"
After he asked this question, he saw that Xia Shi indeed frowned. I thought he would immediately close the door and kick me out. After all, this question involved privacy and was a bit offensive.
To his surprise, Xia Shi still answered.
"Thank you."
After answering this question, Xia Shi decisively closed the door.
Xie Ran is A'luo's sister. When Ning Heng thought of this relationship, he understood everything.
Ning Heng knew that Xia Shi had other purposes for being on the show. Before this, Xu Man had been gossiping and confusing him, making him think that Xia Shi was giving Gao Shule preferential treatment in every way. It was only after he finished filming that he realized he had made a mistake. Xia Shi's focus had never been Gao Shule, but Gao Luo. It’s just that because Gao Shule and Gao Luo are in the same group, it’s easy to be misunderstood.
The public is keen on gossiping about celebrities’ love lives, and they can gossip about couples on any entertainment show. Gao Shule and Xia Shi looked like a good match in appearance, and because of Xia Shi's special care, everyone thought he was going for Gao Shule.
Xia Shi started his own company. He was doing well as a boss behind the scenes, but suddenly he was moved to the front and was forced to be involved in public opinion. He made this trip not for his debut, nor for the announcement fee, but purely to stay with A-Luo.
Although she knew that they were cousins, the relationship was fake, and judging from what Luo said before, she should not be familiar with this fake cousin. Then Xia Shi would not have gone to such lengths for a fake cousin he was not familiar with - revealing his identity, suing his own artist, and wasting so much money-making time filming a show that was of no use to him.
But if he likes Xie Ran and wants to pursue her, then it is understandable. Xie Ran must care about this younger sister very much, so she should try to please her and take better care of her younger sister.
As a result, Ning Heng began to feel a little curious about Xie Ran. I don't understand why she would leave such a good suitor and choose to lick a scumbag. And judging from the information released to the public, she is also quite outstanding.
But there is no reason to love and be loved.
Ning Heng took two steps, and Xu Man followed him.
Before Ning Heng came to find Xia Shi, he called Xu Man. He originally planned to find a place to sit down and chat with him, and let Xu Man stay to take care of Xiaonian. But they finished talking about the matter while standing at the door, so Xu Man was of no use.
Xia Shi's room was at the corner of the stairs. Xu Man happened to be standing on the stairs below the corner, but Xia Shi didn't see him. Xu Man listened to their conversation silently.
When he heard the first question, he was still wondering what kind of movie it was and what it had to do with finding the mole in the team. After hearing the second question, all the traitors, movies, Shunwen Media, and Wencheng were thrown out of my mind.
He was so shocked that their workaholic director was actually eating watermelon in front of the person involved and dancing on his face! He was afraid that Ning Heng would be beaten out by Xia Shi.
Then another explosive piece of information occupied my brain.
The person in the photo turned out not to be Gao Shule! The lower half of the face is exactly the same! Are there actually two people in the world who are so similar?
He didn't believe it and thought Xia Shi was lying.
Xu Man wanted to discuss the photos with Ning Heng, but Ning Heng had already come to the next floor and knocked on another guest's door.
The person living in this room is Shen Cong.
When Shen Cong opened the door and saw that it was the director, he was surprised and thought that there was another special task in this shoot. But Ning Heng just asked him: "Do you want to go out for a drink?"
This was an invitation from the top director of Xi Que Tai, so of course Chen Cong agreed immediately.
Then I thought of Paipai. "Paipai has fallen asleep and there is no one to take care of him. I am afraid..."
"It's okay, let Xu Man stay and take care of him." Ning Heng dragged Xu Man out.
This time it finally came in handy.
Not long after, Ning Heng and Chen Cong sat in a private room of a tavern in the ancient city.
Ning Heng asked him how he felt during this period.
Chen Cong was a guest who joined in the middle. Chen Cong deeply believed that Ning Heng was concerned about his adaptation status.
"The last shoot was my first time meeting everyone, and I was a little nervous, and my performance wasn't very good. But this time I feel much more relaxed." Chen Cong did not forget to praise the director: "Director, you are very good at choosing places. Both places have their own beauty, just like a tourist resort."
"What about the other guests?" Ning Heng asked, "Are you getting along well with them?"
"Okay! That's great! Everyone is so friendly. I don't understand why Wen Cheng would clash with A'Luo and the others. A'Luo is so sensible and Teacher Gao is so easy to talk to."
After Chen Cong drank a few glasses of wine, he started to speak with a lisp, and when he praised other guests, he did not forget to touch upon his former rivals.
"What about Teacher Shen?"
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