Chapter 231 Infiltration

After hearing what Su Yun said and analyzing the chances and risks of the revised plot, Du Lifeng thought for a long time before gritting his teeth and answering, "Okay, I'll give it a try!"

"There's no need to be so anxious. We still have to report this movie to the higher-ups." Su Yun stopped him from getting up to take the new script outline home to start writing. "We need to discuss further about entering the Walled City for filming, casting, and crew safety."

Upon hearing this, Du Lifeng patted his chest and assured, "You don't have to worry too much. Commercial Radio went into the Walled City to film two years ago, and our film company went in to film some time ago... Although there are indeed chaotic places in the Walled City, there are gangs and bad people, but I can assure you that the vast majority of residents there are just ordinary people."

"People outside are too prejudiced. In 1987, uniformed police went into the Walled City to patrol and maintain law and order. Before that, it was said that plainclothes officers also infiltrated. It is not a lawless area as rumored."

"Because everyone knows each other, it's easy to tell who has done something wrong. When there are people who are flirting, it's usually more people who are from outside."

Su Yun frowned: "If that's the case, wouldn't it be even more difficult for outsiders to get in?"

"The neighborhood welfare association often recruits volunteers, and with me as an old neighbor, I can sneak in as a volunteer to ensure that everything goes well." Du Lifeng had already thought of a way to sneak in, "But not too many people can go in at once, and those who go in may need to have multiple roles."

“That’s not a problem.” All of them came from Zhao’s company, whether they were employees of the film company or TBB, they were accustomed to high-intensity work and multi-tasking job requirements; and Su Yun was personally enlightened by Kubrick, who was known to be able to handle all the work on a movie by himself, so it is absolutely true that she is not wrong in facing this problem.

Now that the mission content was determined, Su Yun and Du Lifeng began to work in two groups: Su Yun took the project plan to obtain filming permission from senior management, while Du Lifeng revised the script and searched his own network to find suitable staff.

When Zhao Rifu received the topic from Su Yun, he did not look very good - until he read the whole book carefully and saw that the final estimated investment amount was a very tempting small number, his expression finally improved a lot.

After Su Yun made it clear that this film was intended to compete for awards in Europe, Zhao Rifu, who was sure that this sensitive subject would not only be difficult to lose money but might also make a small profit, picked up the pen and signed his name.

Although Zhao Rifu loves big commercial films and will never invest in films that look like they will lose money, considering that Zhao was delayed for too long by "Blade Runner", and taking into account the fact that science fiction films have always been able to make money at the box office but not win awards, Zhao Rifu finally generously allowed Su Yun to invest in this new movie to make a name for herself.

"Please be careful when you get there. I will try my best to handle the rest of the issues." Zhao Rifu said with concern before leaving.

"I understand. Thank you, Uncle Six." Su Yun nodded: unlike the other two science fiction films that were able to be invested and filmed even after being rejected by Zhao Rifu, the theme of "The Walled City" cannot be touched even if it is a huge profit without the patronage of a big shot of sufficient status.

After all, you need life to spend your money...

They quickly completed some of the preliminary matters, and one morning in late spring or early summer, Su Yun and a few other people came to the outskirts of the walled city.

The outermost area looks like modern high-rise buildings: because the airport next to it limits the maximum height to no more than 80 meters, most of these new commercial buildings are 14 or 15 stories high, and every household is fully occupied. Even if the lights are not flickering at night, the clothes hanging on the balcony and fluttering in the wind during the day are enough to become a bright and colorful landscape.

Chen Boyang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced at the tightly wrapped people and fixed his eyes on Su Yun, who was dressed as an electrician: "Be careful."

"I understand. You don't have to worry too much. When you come back, we'll watch the premiere together." In a few days, Chen Boyang will have to go abroad on behalf of Hong Kong's younger generation for music exchange and further studies. Su Yun pulled down her mask and gave him a reassuring smile, then quickly pulled the mask up to cover her face.

Volunteers from the welfare association occasionally have to help clean up all kinds of messy garbage, and the wiring inside the walled city is notoriously messy and can drive electricians crazy. It is rare for volunteers not to wear masks.

Once you pass the new buildings on the outskirts and enter the narrow dark alleys formed by the old shanties inside, the truth of the dirty and messy slums slowly unfolds before everyone's eyes.

Fortunately, everyone here can accept this kind of environment - Du Lifeng, who is a director and many other people in one, is from the Walled City. Chen Changcun, an engineer and handyman who came in to draw the map of the Walled City, often came in from outside the city to play with his friends when he was a child. Su Yun, the director and supporting actress, and Zhang Querong, the second male lead, can bear it with gritted teeth. Liang Jiawei, the leading actor, is determined to "dedicate" himself to art...

When Du Lifeng first brought Liang Jiawei, whom he had snatched from his friend, the great director Li Xuexiang, Su Yun was of course very surprised: although Liang Jiawei, who would later be known as the actor with a thousand faces, was also a graduate of TBB's art training class in his early years and had excellent grades, he felt that TBB's contract was too long so he dropped out of school and started a girls' fashion magazine, and for this he was even considered to have won over his girlfriend who was the cover girl.

The funny thing is, after he kidnapped his girlfriend, his father-in-law Li Xuexiang, who was planning to shoot a movie about the Qing Dynasty, was attracted by his appearance that resembled Emperor Xianfeng. He was tricked into moving him to the capital to shoot the movie, and he was supposed to play a supporting role, but as the filming progressed, he was given more roles and became the male lead...

However, because these two movies were shot in mainland China, he won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards and also received praise from Taiwan.

This is not the first time that Su Yun has come into direct conflict with Taiwan. Moreover, this movie aims to win awards and make money from foreigners. Therefore, even if the movie may be banned in Taiwan after it is broadcast because of Liang Jiawei, Su Yun is not afraid.

Unfortunately, although Liang Jiawei's talent has been revealed, he has not been in this industry for a long time, so his performance feels a bit awkward and artificial. It doesn't matter. The first month is the exploration period of Kowloon Walled City. The filming tasks are not heavy, which allows everyone to adjust to each other.

Moreover, although it can be seen that he is trying to adjust himself, Su Yun wants him to try his best to maintain this artificial feeling that is slightly inconsistent with the environment: when the male protagonist first returned to the Walled City to take over his grandfather's job as "rooftop postman", he needed to express this feeling of being forced - because he could not bear the company's exploitation and anger, he resigned, and finally found that his life was restricted and had to bite the bullet and enter the Walled City to take care of his grandfather who broke his leg and make a living temporarily. Of course, the male protagonist would not be willing to do so.

Life in the Walled City was naturally not very good. Even though they rented a new flat on the 11th floor from a relative through the relationship of Lei Bo, an old volunteer in the welfare association who was responsible for collecting garbage, so they didn’t have to rent a shack all over. However, this “new building” built by such unscrupulous real estate developers without even laying a foundation and relying purely on the surrounding buildings to support each other like building blocks still had no water pipes or sewers…

To use water, one had to line up at one of the eight faucets shared by the entire city; to go to the toilet, one had to go to the two public toilets shared by the entire city, which were open channels - for this reason, except for Du Lifeng and Chen Changcun, who had experienced the harsh environment, the other three took two or three days to barely adapt to this problem.

The problem of electricity is more convenient: water pipes are difficult to add or modify, but you can also carry water in buckets home for storage and use; but electricity is something that modern people cannot live without.

So, after experiencing the Walled City residents finding ways to connect to the wires of street lights, businesses, and residents' homes to steal electricity, which led to many large and small electricity accidents, the government finally connected electricity to the Walled City. It was during these years that new buildings and new people appeared one after another, and the once tidy lines were turned into a mess by those who made private connections.

Even Su Yun, the former junky guy on Tuba who had sorted out a lot of messy lines in the past, felt dizzy when he saw that wall of messy lines.

There was no other way. He came in as an electrician, and if he didn't fix the buses, it would be difficult to charge the machines in the rental house in the future. So Su Yun squatted at the bus wall for three full days, and only then did he sort out and repair the complicated old lines into simple and clear new lines.

For example, before the tidying up, it was "燚龘", and after the tidying up, it was "火龍"...

Although she was a little tired, looking at the neat and tidy wall, Su Yun, who was dizzy from squatting, did feel a sense of accomplishment.

After the main line was sorted out, the branch line at the rental house was much easier to deal with. Because the lines were too messy, the power supply was sometimes available and sometimes not, so the people here were very careless about electricity use. On the first day I came, the neighbor next door came to the window with a plug and said that he had no electricity and wanted to borrow some to iron his clothes.

The landlady, Mrs. Lei, demonstrated the magical way of borrowing electricity: she reached out from the window that could not be opened more than 45 degrees, took the electric wire plug from the neighbor's house, pulled it over and plugged it into the socket on the wall next to her window...

This made Zhang Querong, who was seeing this wild and primitive way of borrowing electricity for the first time, exclaim three times that it was eye-opening.

It was a new day again. While Su Yun was still sorting out the wires, Zhang Querong, who had gone out to fetch water, opened the door and came in carrying a full bucket of water.

He used the big red plastic bucket that was standard in the Walled City, which matched his old man's vest on top and big pants on the bottom. The rising youth idol evolved into an old man in the slums in an instant...

Before Su Yun could hold back her laughter, the neighbor whose power cord was always out of order started shouting again early in the morning: "Hey! Help me plug it in!"

Zhang Querong responded promptly, put down the bucket in his hand, wiped his hands on his vest twice, then took the neighbor's power cord with his half-dry hands and plugged it forcefully into the socket on the wall.

Not only did he use force, but because the socket hole of this socket was relatively small, the remaining small part after the plug was inserted more than halfway was very difficult to insert - in order to avoid the situation where the electricity was not properly conducted due to incomplete insertion, Zhang Querong still slapped the back of the plug twice with great force, and the small part was finally pushed in miraculously with great force...

Su Yun stared in amazement at his attitude and actions, which were completely opposite to those of the previous few days: This was truly a true portrayal of "it takes years to learn well, but only one day to learn badly."

After plugging in the power, Zhang Querong turned around and saw Su Yun's slightly open-mouthed look of surprise. Feeling playful, he walked over and patted Su Yun's face: "Hey, wake up! Although we can't see the sun here, it's already daylight outside..."

"How can this be? You know it's broad daylight now, and you're still teasing me like this?!" Su Yun realized something was wrong. He picked up a tool and glanced at the reflection. He immediately discovered that the half of his face that he had photographed was so beautiful that even the distorted reflection could not hide it.

In the proverb, "日光日白" means not only broad daylight, but also "how dare you do this in broad daylight". Therefore, when Su Yun looked at the mixed mass of red, gray, white and black colors on his face, his face immediately fell.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Carrying water is a long way, so sometimes I put my hands on the wall for support..." Zhang Querong spread his hands out, making the dirty marks on his hands, which were a mixture of red paint, black carbon powder, and gray wall scraps, more clear. "I explained it so honestly, you won't blame me, right?"

Su Yun sneered: "You remind me of the story of Washington. He accidentally chopped down his father's beloved cherry tree with a new axe. Because he admitted his mistake honestly on the spot, his father did not blame him."

"Oh, do you mean to say that you forgive me for my honesty?" Zhang Querong's face lit up.

"No, I just think that the reason why father Washington didn't blame him was because Washington was still holding the axe." Su Yunyue said, his tone becoming softer, "But if the person holding the 'axe' was not Washington..."

That look conveys the horrifying feeling of "You should know what will happen to him" without any words.

Zhang Querong was slightly startled, and then he subconsciously glanced at the toolbox at Su Yun's feet, and then moved his eyes to the pliers, pliers, scissors, and screwdrivers scattered on the ground...

Swallowing hard, Zhang Querong instantly became like Li Lianying. He quickly took a small new towel and dipped it into the bucket of water he had just brought back for washing. He then picked it up and squeezed it half dry, saying in an extremely respectful tone, "Please forgive my faults, and allow me to wash and groom you--"

Su Yun groaned deeply, put down the screwdriver in her hand, leaned sideways, raised her head slightly, and prepared to accept this service filled with apology and fear.

But unexpectedly, when I turned my head and looked up, I met a pair of peach blossom eyes that looked even more hazy and affectionate in the morning light.

Those peach blossom eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of tear film, and they always looked watery and sparkling. But because they were slightly narrowed with a smile at this moment, and because the corners of the eyes seemed to be slightly raised when she smiled, a bit of the cold charm of the phoenix eyes was mixed in, like a star in a cold winter night, overlooking everything in the world so close and yet so far away.

It was not until this moment that I realized that all the actions taken at this moment, no matter which party was involved, were a little too intimate.

But now - it's too late to dismount.

The cool wet towel, which was intended to drive away the heat of the early summer morning, was already covering my face.

There was only a thin towel between the fleshy slender fingers and the pink and creamy face.

The door lock made a clear sound, and Liang Jiawei, who was also carrying a bucket of water, walked in sideways. He put the water on the ground and complained: "There were so many people waiting for water where I went today. I waited for a long time before it was my turn..."

As he spoke, he slowly raised his head.

"I'm sorry! I didn't see anything! You guys go on, go on!" Liang Jiawei suddenly looked up and saw the second male lead of the movie wiping the director's face. The two were so close that either of them could kiss by just lowering their heads or raising their heads. He realized that he had accidentally discovered an "affair" and immediately panicked.

As luck would have it, he was so flustered that he couldn't move forward or backward and he accidentally kicked over the bucket in front of him.

Liang Jiawei hurriedly picked up the half-empty bucket and lowered his head to turn around and go out: "It's hot today, so we must need more water. I'll go get two more buckets of water. It may take an hour or two before I can come back..."

"What are you talking about?" Su Yun frowned.

Liang Jiawei looked like he was about to cry. He hurriedly picked up the basin and water bottle in the living room, as well as the hollow bamboo basket for fruits on the coffee table. He then said incoherently, "I have to queue up again and there is so much water to get. I won't be able to come back until lunch time..."

The back figure who couldn't wait to flee was vaguely afraid of being silenced. He looked like a poor decent man and woman who was afraid of being targeted after seeing the unspoken rules...

Su Yun was startled by the heavy slam of the door, and vaguely understood what he had misunderstood.

"You won't be back before lunch?" Su Yun glanced at the wall clock, which was only 7:30, and then looked at Zhang Querong, who took the small towel and continued to wipe his hands after wiping her face. There was a hint of teasing in her expression and tone, "He really thinks highly of you."

If it were an innocent boy like Danny, he would probably be embarrassed by Su Yun's words.

Unfortunately, Su Yun was now facing an old driver who had been through a lot in both the love and career fields, so he was stunned for a moment, then he wiped his hands very calmly and slowly, and then poked Su Yun's forehead with his clean fingers: "Underage sister, don't think about these things for the time being."

"Tsk." Su Yun, the younger sister who still has more than half a year to go before she officially turns 18, didn't bother with any more questions and turned around to continue her work of organizing the cables.

As the other person in the room went out again carrying a bucket of water, the unexpected confusion and throbbing in the early morning seemed to be just a short dream that accidentally startled the wind.