Chapter 024 Shadow of the Movie King (24)
When Jiang Lin received the news, he was shocked: "Why did you call him here?"
Although the matter of keeping a mistress was a fact and he was not afraid of it, he naturally did not want people to know that he was the one who spread it. He has been in the industry for many years and has always maintained his reputation. This is the first time he has spread rumors behind people's backs.
Why did Tao Xing agree to come? Did he find out that he was the one who did it?
Also, what he was most worried about was that he had confessed his feelings to Tao Xing before, so might Tao Xing be here to talk about this?
Although there is nothing immoral about this matter, it is really contrary to his usual aloof image. There have always been people pursuing him. If people knew that he has been pursuing people but has not caught up with them, where would he put his face?
The studio replied helplessly: "It wasn't us who shouted, it was the netizens who shouted, we can't do anything about it. Don't worry, he is the one being kept, CP fans are all on our side, he will only bring shame upon himself if he comes."
Except for Xiao Wang, no one knew that Jiang Lin really liked Tao Xing. Jiang Lin didn't dare to explain too much because he had already reached his destination.
He put down his phone and stepped onto the steps deep in the mountains.
There are masters hidden in the mountains. This is also a Taoist temple. For example, the one with a long door is more luxurious and noble. The words on the door plaque are: Chengshuang Taoist Temple
Jiang Lin came to the Taoist Chengshuang's hall, frowned, and asked the white-haired Taoist: "Tell me, what should I do now?"
On the way here today, he had already spoken to Chengshuang Dao Ren on the phone.
He said that his good luck had run out, and Chengshuang Daoren asked if there had been any abnormalities in his crew.
Before joining the crew, Taoist Cheng Shuang had said that the evil magic of borrowing luck had a time limit, and that they had to find a less popular crew for a transition before continuing to use it. He was also told that he must be more careful in this crew than before and must not make any mistakes. Then, no matter what he saw, even if someone in the crew got into trouble or died, he should not care.
Jiang Lin recalled on the phone: "Nothing unusual happened. No one was in trouble. It's just that you said this drama wouldn't be popular, but it became popular, and everyone became popular."
Except me.
Naturally, Cheng Shuang Taoist had also heard about the popularity of this drama, but he lived in the mountains after all, and didn't know much. He just thought, maybe Shadow's ability to withstand the pressure is very good, and the evil energy released is not much, so it doesn't have much impact on the crew?
In short, this disaster has passed. If there are no accidents in the future, Jiang Lin will be lucky enough to live for another seven years.
However, Jiang Lin called him and said that his good luck had disappeared.
Taoist Cheng Shuang realized something was wrong: "Something has happened."
Jiang Lin said: "There is really nothing unusual in the crew."
"What about you? Have you ever made any mistakes?"
Jiang Lin was startled, cold sweat oozing from his forehead: "No, no."
"When I first used this technique on you, I warned you to build up a good reputation and avoid scandals, otherwise it would bring bad luck. Especially love affairs, you must not get involved. If you want to become famous, you have to pay a price. Have you done it?"
"But..." Jiang Lin said, "You also said that once my position is stable, my luck will improve with my popularity, and I can have a normal relationship. I...I have had some scandals recently, and I hyped up a couple. That was a last resort to stabilize my reputation. And that was after the show was finished and released. You only said that this show was particularly important and that nothing could go wrong during the filming. But now that it's finished, I can relax. I have also decided to completely distance myself from it. Tomorrow I will..."
Cheng Shuang Dao Ren interrupted him: "No, something went wrong during the filming."
Jiang Lin froze and almost fell.
Yes, he was warned that he had to be extra careful during the filming of this drama, especially when it came to love. He thought Tao Xing liked him, and he was afraid of making mistakes at first, so he refused. But...
But later, he felt that he was very famous, and nothing unexpected happened, so he thought it was okay, and he finally met someone he liked...
"How can we remedy this?" he asked quickly.
Since Shuang Dao Ren couldn't think of a solution at the moment, he had to see what Shadow was like before making a conclusion: "Come over here."
So Jiang Lin set off early in the morning.
He knelt in front of Taoist Chengshuang and asked what to do. The Taoist on the mat stroked his beard and slowly opened his eyes.
Suddenly, the slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened wide, the white-bearded Taoist rubbed his eyes in disbelief, jumped off the mat, circled around Jiang Lin, and then circled a few more times with a lantern.
After a while, the lantern fell to the ground with a "pop" sound, and he stumbled back: "Shadow, where's the shadow, where's your shadow?"
Jiang Lin looked down, puzzled: "Why are you looking for my shadow now? It's dark in this hall, isn't it normal to have no shadow? Please think of a solution for me quickly."
"No." The Taoist was horrified, "Your shadow is very important."
Jiang Lin stared at his expression, slowly stood up, and said word by word: "Master, what do you mean?"
"This...ah." Taoist Cheng Shuang sighed, "I'm sorry, there is one thing I didn't do as you asked."
In order to gain good fortune, others need to bear the evil spirits. When Jiang Lin came to seek fortune, Taoist Chengshuang told him this method. He said that bringing bad luck to so many people around him would be too much of a sin, so he didn't dare to do it.
At that time, Jiang Lin was only interested in becoming famous, so he didn't care about that. He said, "We are filming, and each crew is a new group of people. There are so many people coming and going. If one person is contaminated by a little evil spirit, it won't kill him. It's okay. Hurry up and get it done for me. I will give you any amount of money. When I become famous and make more money, I will give you more."
It's not like what he said that it's okay for one person to have a little bit of luck. If Jiang Lin wants to remain popular, he has to absorb a lot of luck. The entire entertainment industry is not that big. It's impossible for him to keep meeting different people, and it's impossible for him to meet anyone only once.
Over time, something bad will happen to those who cooperate.
He explained these consequences clearly to Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin had finally found such a way to become famous and was unwilling to give up easily. He repeatedly promised to give him a lot of money.
Taoist Chengshuang finally couldn't resist the temptation of money and agreed to perform the magic.
However, he was still afraid that if too many people got into trouble, he would definitely be punished by God.
Next, just as Taoist Ruyi had guessed, taking advantage of the fact that Taoist Shuang did not dare to bring the evil spirit to so many people, he took the risk without telling Jiang Lin and let his shadow bear the evil spirit. After all, the shadow was not a human.
This method has disadvantages. One is that the shadow bears too much evil energy and needs to be released regularly. Another is that the shadow may undergo mutations due to the influence of evil magic. Therefore, Jiang Lin needs to use "positive energy" to suppress it.
This "righteousness" in the star's career means reputation. Jiang Lin needs to accumulate good reputation and cannot have any scandals, especially romantic scandals.
He lied to Jiang Lin and told him that this technique had to follow these rules. In the past few years, Jiang Lin was very obedient, had zero scandals, and became famous as he wished.
Nothing ever happened to the people who worked with him.
"You see, I told you that if a person is contaminated by a little bit of evil spirit, it won't have any effect at all. Why make it sound so scary?" Jiang Lin thought.
However, it was not until today that Jiang Lin realized that these evil spirits had never descended upon other people, but had always been on his shadow.
And now, his shadow is gone!
He didn't know what was special about his shadow. Who would pay attention to their own shadow on a normal day? He didn't know when the shadow disappeared.
Taoist Chengshuang murmured, "It's gone. It can no longer help you absorb evil spirits. Your good luck on this road of stardom has come to an end. You were never destined to have such good fortune."
Jiang Lin's face turned pale, he couldn't believe it, he grabbed him and said: "Then please perform it for me again, according to the original process, send the evil spirit to other people, isn't it supposed to be done this way? I want to continue to be famous, I want to continue to be famous!"
"You only have one chance, it can't be used, and this is not the point." Cheng Shuang said, "The shadow is an evil creature, it ran away, aren't you afraid? It will eat people outside!"
"Yes." Jiang Lin's eyes were red, and an idea flashed in his mind, "I can find it back, and then I can use it to absorb evil energy for me, right?"
"Where can I find it?" Taoist Cheng Shuang was anxious. It was all over. If the shadow ate many people and created this evil creature, he would also be punished by God.
Jiang Lin was about to say something when his cell phone rang. In fact, it had already rang several times, but he didn't have the heart to answer it. However, the person on the phone kept pestering him, as if he had something very important to tell him.
He answered the phone anyway. It was Xiao Wang who called. Xiao Wang's tone was horrified: "Teacher Jiang, I made a mistake. I just found out that Tao Xing is the biological son of the chairman of the Chen Group. The person in charge of Chen Group is not named Chen, but Tao. His name is Tao Sen. He and Tao Xing are biological father and son."
"What!" Jiang Linsa was shocked.
"I originally wanted to notify the marketing accounts to delete the messages, but I just found out that those accounts have been bombed. Maybe Chen's group has taken action. Will they soon find out that it was us who did it? What should I do now?"
Jiang Lin stood still, with raging waves rolling through his heart. The sound of waves rose and fell and then slowly turned into layers of ripples. Putting the complicated situation behind him for the time being, he had only one thought that kept surging in his mind.
Tao Xing was not kept by someone.
Then...it doesn't mean that I am unworthy of my love for him.
The emotions that had been suppressed by the feeling of humiliation slowly rose again, and like a rebound, they became even more intense.
"Teacher Jiang, are you listening? What should I do?" Xiao Wang asked anxiously.
Jiang Lin couldn't come up with an idea: "Let me think about it first."
After hanging up the phone, he turned to Chengshuang Taoist again. Because the phone call had disrupted his thoughts, he suddenly didn't know what he wanted.
Taoist Cheng Shuang heard the content of the phone call and looked at his expression, he guessed: "What is this Tao, could it be the incident?" When he heard Jiang Lin talking about this person, he had a strange feeling. This feeling was not groundless, but the sensitivity of people in the Xuanmen to accidents.
He said, "Is there a photo of this person? I want to see it."
Jiang Lin found that he didn't have any photos of Tao Xing saved, but since he was so famous, what else could he find photos of him on the Internet? He could just search his name.
The search showed that the first few pages were not photos. The platform arranged them according to popularity, and the video that appeared was the video of Tao Xing winning the award online the day before yesterday.
Video is fine too. Cheng Shuangdao enlarged the video and watched it carefully, turning it over and over again, but couldn't see anything.
He was just an ordinary person, and he didn't know where his strange feeling came from. He was worried, so he enlarged the video and watched it bit by bit.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of something and was startled: "Shadow!"
Jiang Lin hurried over, and under his guidance, it took a long time before he finally saw that there was a black spot on Tao Xing's cuff. Even after staring at it carefully, it just looked like an ink spot.
"This is your shadow. Others may not recognize it, but I do." Cheng Shuang said, "How did it get to this person?"
He brought many instruments, and in a moment the room was ringing with bells and the candle smoke was curling. After Cheng Shuang Taoist finished the detection, he was surprised and happy: "The evil spirit of the shadow has disappeared, it will not eat people anymore."
That would be great, he shouldn't be punished by heaven, the Taoist heaved a sigh of relief: "It's really strange, how did it disappear, was it this Tao who purified it, but I don't see anything special about this person, could it be that, like in the novel, he was influenced by love?"
The latter sentence was just a joke. He really couldn't figure out how the evil spirit of the shadow disappeared, but it disappeared after all.
The speaker was unintentional but the listener was intentional. Jiang Lin repeated: "Use love to influence?"
"It's possible." Taoist Cheng Shuang was no longer so scared, his brows relaxed, "It even got into that person's sleeve, which shows that they have a very close relationship. Oh, I understand now. The special thing about this person must be that he is not afraid of evil things. He can treat evil things as close partners, which is rare. No wonder he can be influenced. Anyway, this matter is over."
Jiang Lin slowly clenched his hands, and when he heard these words, he suddenly raised his eyes: "What do you mean by passed? What should I do next?"
"You must have made enough money. I think... don't force it. This is all your own fault. You took the initiative to get involved with that Tao guy, which gave him the opportunity to lure Shadow away."
Jiang Lin staggered a step and clenched his hands even tighter, his nails almost digging into his flesh.
The ripples that had just appeared and the emotions that had surged up suddenly turned into huge waves, and the feeling of humiliation once again filled my mind.
Tao Xing rejected me again and again. It turned out that it was because he was with a shadow.
That was still his shadow.
He is not even as good as his own shadow!
This feeling of humiliation is even greater than mistakenly believing that Tao Xing is being kept by someone.
His eyes were red, he grabbed Taoist Cheng Shuang and said through gritted teeth: "That is my shadow, call it back to me!"
I am clearly a shadow under his feet and his vassal. Why should I be able to stand next to the person he likes!
Cheng Shuang Dao Ren was embarrassed: "It has left you and cannot be called back. It is no longer your shadow and has nothing to do with you anymore."
Jiang Lin's expression changed, and he thought for a moment: "But it is an evil creature, are you going to let it wander in the human world?"
"Well...it doesn't eat people anymore, it's okay."
"Something's wrong!" Jiang Lin yelled, "It was born from evil spirits. Even if it doesn't eat people, it's still an evil creature. You're not the only one in Xuanmen. If it's discovered, you can't be blamed for creating the evil creature." He grabbed the Taoist's clothes and said, "Take it. I'll give you any price you want."
Taoist Cheng Shuang was thinking about what he said. It was indeed not a good idea to leave such an inhuman thing outside. It would be discovered sooner or later. What's more... he could make a lot of money.
"Okay, I'll subdue it. If I can kill it, I'll kill it. If not, I'll trap it so it can't escape. But I need it to be by my side."
Jiang Lin narrowed her eyes slightly: "I will cooperate with you."
The cell phone rang several times again. At this time, Jiang Lin and Cheng Shuangdao were already on the return bus.
He answered the phone impatiently. As soon as the call was connected, Xiao Wang's voice was about to cry: "Teacher Jiang, have you come up with an idea? Should we clarify the matter of the sponsorship? Since you are not the one being supported, will you still promote your CP? Will the fan meeting be held tomorrow?"
Jiang Lin didn't think about these things at all. His mind was full of Yingzi and Tao Xing being together, and he couldn't care about these situations. He just said, "I'll get back to you later."
The studio was extremely anxious, but they could only wait and see.
Taoist Cheng Shuang asked, "How are you going to get it here? It's not appropriate to ask for it directly at the door. We can't alert the enemy."
Jiang Lin pondered for a long time and replied to Xiao Wang: "Please contact Tao Xing for me. I want to arrange a meeting with him tonight. Just tell him that... since he will be attending the meeting tomorrow, let's discuss the relevant matters in advance."
"Okay." He finally made up his mind, and Xiao Wang responded quickly. If the outside world couldn't contact Tao Xing, he could naturally contact her.
"Want to meet tonight?" Tao Xing answered the phone.
"Yes, I'll send you the address later." After Xiao Wang knew his identity, he spoke very politely, "It's a private meeting alone, there will be no media, don't worry."
After hanging up the phone, Tao Xing stroked his chin and thought for a moment.
Tao's father said, "Why did he ask you to do that? He's afraid that we'll have a falling out tomorrow, so he wants to make peace today. Are you going?"
Tao Xing paused for a moment and said, "I heard a bell sound around him, which was very similar to the bells used by Taoists. Do they all use bells in the Xuan Sect?"
"What's the meaning?"
Tao Xing smiled: "He found out that Ah Ying was missing. This is a 'Hongmen Banquet'."
"Ah, are you still going?" Tao's father was shocked.
"Go ahead. I've never been afraid of anything. If I don't go this time, they will come looking for me again in the future. It's better to solve it all at once." Tao Xing raised his eyebrows. "I'll call Taoist Master Ruyi first to find out the situation."
After hearing this, 080 jumped out: "Host, are you sure you have never been afraid of anything?"
Tao Xing: “…”
He coughed lightly, changed the subject, and patted the black ball beside him on the shoulder: "But, Aying, you can't go."
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