Chapter 1 Chapter 1 You are such a grown-up, how come you still don’t know how to…
Buzz buzz buzz—the phone on the bedside table vibrated frantically.
Chen Zhuo, who had slept for less than four hours, was woken by the noise. He reached for his phone and looked closely. It was Xiaoyun, Guan Siyu's artist assistant. She always asked people to call directly for emergencies, and seeing the incoming call, she suddenly felt a pang of anxiety.
After swiping the answer button, Xiaoyun's crying and anxious voice came from the phone: "Sister Chen Zhuo, Brother Si Yu is injured!"
Chen Zhuo instantly woke up, quickly got up, and asked three questions in a row: "Where is the injury? Is it serious? Have you been to the hospital?"
"Brother Si Yu was unconscious for a few minutes, but he's awake now. His arm is quite red and swollen, and there are some scrapes on his arm and forehead, but nothing else is noticeable. We've called an ambulance, and they're waiting."
Chen Zhuo thought for a moment, then responded, saying, "Xiao Yun, tell the crew to keep it a secret and not to leak the news of Si Yu's injury. I'll be there right away."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Zhuo immediately called his assistant Lin Yi and booked her a ticket to H City as soon as possible. After a while, she received the ticket information, and there was a flight in two hours.
Chen Zhuo is Guan Siyu's top manager and the star agent at Jingxi Entertainment. The manager who brought her into the industry said Chen Zhuo had a fire element in his destiny, capable of developing a pair of "fiery eyes."
Facts have proven that Chen Zhuo is indeed a discerning agent, with a keen eye for talent and a keen eye for talent. Every artist he has managed has become a star. After nearly a decade of hard work, Chen Zhuo has produced one Best Actress, one Best Actress, and two Best Actor awards, one of whom was nominated for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival twice in a row.
Guan Siyu, a newcomer signed by Chen Zhuo two years ago, has amassed countless fans thanks to his striking looks. After starring in just one film, his big-screen debut, he was nominated for Best Actor at both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards, and won Best Newcomer. He's currently filming in H City.
Chen Zhuo rolled out of bed, retrieved her suitcase from the closet, and began packing. The combination lock beeped twice, then clicked again. She assumed it was Aunt Li, the housekeeper, who had arrived.
"Aunt Li, could you please help me buy some things at Yuexiang today? I've left my membership card and shopping list on the coffee table."
"Auntie, what auntie?" shouted a middle-aged woman in her fifties.
Hearing this loud and powerful voice, Shen Zhuo knew it was Ms. Chi, Shen Zhuo's mother.
"Mom, why are you here?" Shen Zhuo packed his luggage like lightning and pushed the suitcase out. He saw Ms. Chi standing at the door with two bags in her hands.
"Why didn't you meet the guy Aunt Sun introduced to you last week?" Ms. Chi scolded her while changing her shoes.
"I've already told you I don't have time, but you insist on introducing me to someone. Besides, you don't know what kind of man you've found, so why do you always want to push me into this fire pit?" Chen Zhuo took out a pair of flat shoes from the shoe cabinet next to him.
"How can you say that, kid?" Ms. Chi sighed. "The fortune teller said you'd get married this year, but now there's not even a man in sight. I don't think that's accurate at all. Don't use that as an excuse anymore."
Shen Zhuo was impatient. She became irritated when Ms. Chi mentioned marriage and blind dates to her. "Mom, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm in a hurry to go out now."
"Where are you going?"
"H City, I'm going to visit the set."
"How many days will you be gone?"
"Not yet." Time was tight, so Chen Zhuo immediately called a car on the taxi app. It wasn't rush hour, so the car arrived quickly, indicating it would arrive at the community entrance in two minutes.
"I'm too late. I'm leaving first, Mom. Bye!" Shen Zhuo rushed out of the house. Before Ms. Chi could respond, the door slammed shut.
She sighed at the door, turned, walked into the kitchen, and opened the refrigerator. The glass shelves were bare, while the shelf above the door held a few bottles of wine and soda, along with a tray of eggs. She opened the fruit and vegetable box, and two oranges rolled around inside, making a gurgling sound, thanks to the shaking of the drawer.
Ms. Chi frowned, feeling a little angry but more distressed.
You are so old, how come you still can't take good care of yourself?
*
Knowing Guan Siyu's agent was coming, the crew had already arranged for a business car to be waiting at the airport. After boarding the car, Chen Zhuo's fingers flew, replying to various messages from his boss, the crew's producer, the actor's assistant director, and so on.
Xiaoyun then sent her a detailed message explaining the morning's accident. Looking at the message, Shen Zhuo's eyebrows were knitted tighter and tighter.
It drizzled all night last night, and the mountains and forests were covered in mist in the morning. When the director woke up in the morning and saw the scenery, he slapped his thigh and thought it was perfect for reshooting a scene of police and gangster chase in the mountains. After all, the effect of sprinkler trucks and smoke bombs is not as good as the natural atmosphere.
Normally, a body double would rehearse several times before each scene, especially the action scenes. Knowing that time was tight, Guan Siyu skipped the rehearsals and went straight to filming. The forest soil was loose, and the rocks were scattered and shifting. During the actual filming, he missed his step and rolled down the hillside.
A fire suddenly shot up in Chen Zhuo's heart, and then he felt scared.
Guan Siyu had a rare RH-negative blood type. Worse still, he also had a mild coagulation disorder, though medication usually kept his daily life from being affected. But if an accident happened in this small town and he didn't receive prompt assistance, the consequences would be disastrous...
The filming location was on the edge of a small town in H City, about an hour and a half's drive from the airport. Halfway through the drive, the car had already entered the mountains. There was a loud rumble of thunder, followed by a crackling raindrop, and the in-car radio began to intermittently play.
The driver turned off the radio, turned on the windshield wipers, and sighed, "This rain is going to never stop."
The message on the page kept spinning in circles and finally turned into a red exclamation mark.
Shen Zhuo asked, "Master, is there no signal here?"
The driver replied: "We are close to the mountains here, the signal is already bad, and now it is raining, it is even worse."
Chen Zhuo was a little anxious: "How long will it take to get to the hospital in town?"
The driver glanced at the navigation: "About 20 minutes."
Shen Zhuo felt anxious as he watched his cell phone signal intermittently appear and disappear.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it seemed like a curtain of water was spreading outside the car window, with a momentum of rushing down. Shen Zhuo's heart had already collapsed into this deep mountain valley with the rain.
*
Guan Siyu sat on a bed in the emergency room, his left wrist bandaged and his right hand hooked to an IV drip. Xiaoyun and producer He Zhiping stood nearby, watching over him.
"Sister Chen Zhuo." Guan Siyu looked over Xiaoyun's shoulder and saw Chen Zhuo stopping a medical staff member to ask for directions. "Here!"
Chen Zhuo looked up at the sound and saw from afar that Guan Siyu was anxious and angry. He strode towards the emergency room. Before he even got close, he couldn't help but sullenly said, "Do you know that you..."
Guan Siyu interrupted her, looked into Chen Zhuo's eyes and comforted her, "I'm sorry, it was my own carelessness. It's just a minor injury. Don't worry or be angry." After saying that, he winked at her, indicating that she should not worry.
Every time he annoyed Chen Zhuo and saw that she was about to lose her temper, Guan Siyu would always be the first to admit his mistake, leaving her with no choice.
Because the producer was still there, Shen Zhuo glared at him.
The drip was just finished, and the nurse was called over to remove the needle. The nurse gave a few more instructions on precautions and dietary restrictions before leaving. When she left, she looked back frequently and stole a few glances at Guan Siyu.
"Chen Zhuo, what happened today really shouldn't have happened. I'm really sorry for causing Si Yu to get hurt. We will definitely do a good job of protecting him in the future." He Zhiping looked embarrassed and kept apologizing while glancing at Chen Zhuo's face.
Today's notices are all about interior scenes, but the director suddenly added an exterior scene, which was not on the notice list at all. This is definitely the crew's problem.
After hearing this, Shen Zhuo couldn't say anything else. He could only suppress his anger and said, "After all, it's an action movie. Injuries are inevitable. The director is also doing it for the effect of the movie."
He Zhiping nodded, "Yes, yes, thank you for your understanding! Don't worry, the director told Si Yu to rest well in the next few days and there will be no scenes for him."
Shen Zhuo exhaled, trying to calm down. She saw Xiaoyun holding the test report and a bag of medicine. She pointed to see the test results.
Guan Siyu had an X-ray and brain CT scan in the hospital. The doctor diagnosed him with a mild concussion, which he would recover after a few days of rest. His wrist was a little sprained and swollen, but fortunately there was no fracture or dislocation, so it was not serious. The doctor prescribed some medicine for the injury.
Guan Siyu joked to ease the atmosphere: "Alas, none of the doctors and nurses here know me. Sister Chen Zhuo, you have to help me get more roles."
Shen Zhuo glared at him and followed his words, "Okay, then I'll fill up your schedule for this year. There will be no vacation time."
Guan Siyu put on a smile and nodded, "Okay."
Chen Zhuo pretended to hit him, and Guan Siyu immediately put on an aggrieved look: "It hurts, it hurts!"
"You are so dishonest!" Shen Zhuo said angrily.
The atmosphere relaxed, and Guan Siyu was fine. Ho Chi Ping finally felt a little relieved and suggested returning to the hotel to rest. The group returned to the hotel from the hospital.
Only after entering the room did Shen Zhuo feel relieved.
The hotel in town wasn't very good, not even as good as the three-star chain hotels in the city. There was a disposable four-piece suitcase in her suitcase, but she didn't care about that. She took off her shoes and windbreaker and collapsed onto the bed, her limbs stretched out casually as if they had lost all support and sensation.
Now that her nerves were relaxed, she realized she was a little hungry. She hadn't eaten since morning, and it had been almost a day. Shen Zhuo wanted to drink some sweet wine to numb her nerves. She checked the time and saw that Aunt Li should be shopping at Yuexiang. She picked up her phone and sent a voice message, asking her to buy a few more bottles of Gewürztraminer.
I immediately received a reply from Aunt Li: "Chen Zhuo, I'm not at Yuexiang. I'll leave after I finish cleaning today."
Chen Zhuo: "The purchase order I wrote is on the coffee table."
Aunt Li: "I didn't see it when I was cleaning. Your mother came today and I saw her. Did she take it?"
She paused with her fingers, she had completely forgotten about this!
If Ms. Chi helps her buy it...
Shen Zhuo thought of the things written on the purchase order and couldn't help but gasp. She bet that as soon as Ms. Chi finished shopping, she would call her immediately.
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