The first snow in Shanghai this year fell on the night of Little New Year’s Eve.
However, this snow did not fall for long. It only fell for a few hours. After some fine snowflakes fell, it was over. There was no snow left on the ground or on the roof, so many people got up the next day. Finally, I had no idea it snowed last night.
When Shu Guan left the horse racing hall the next morning, there was no trace of snow on the steps outside the door, but the sky had not cleared up. It was still overcast and the wind was strong, mixed with the moisture in the air. It hurts like a knife on a person's face.
Pedestrians walking on the road wore scarves around their heads and faces, or put their collars up and walked in a hurry with their necks curled up.
When Shu Guan walked out of the gate of the Zouma Pavilion, he saw Mr. Qian Jing'an, who lived opposite, coming out of his home with a briefcase under his arm and running towards Duolun Lane.
This made Shu Guan very confused. Wasn't the school already on winter vacation?
And with Mr. Qian's temperament, even if there is no holiday in this kind of weather, he has to find excuses to stay lazy at home, so how can he go out.
So Shuguan was very surprised and shouted:
"Mr. Qian, what are you doing here?"
"Mayor Wu said today that he would come to the school to wish us New Year's greetings, and even asked me in my name that he must go."
Qian Jing'an turned around and said angrily and helplessly, and then hurried out of the alley.
Shu Guan then sighed sympathetically.
Some things can only be sighed.
Then Shu Guan also walked out of Duolun Lane. He was not going to the Rong family to see Rong Miao, but to find someone.
Finding that person is still related to killing Tantai Yu.
Although he now has ten dzi beads, he only has the opportunity to fight Tantaiyu alone, but killing a person like Tantaiyu is not enough.
First of all, you need to have a chance to get close to him, and you can kill him without anyone discovering your identity.
In addition, Shu Guan also hopes to do more, that is, let others know why he wants to kill him.
This requires a lot of planning.
Shu Guan knew that he was not good at planning. In the past, if Ouyang Hai was here, he could ask him for advice, but now Ouyang Hai is hiding in that corner of the city, but fortunately, he now knows a very good planner. A capable person, Shu Guan is looking for that person now.
That person was naturally Deng Zongnan, the general of Qianmen Eight Generals.
…
A man wearing a ronin uniform from the Kingdom of the Rising Sun with a beard under his lips kicked Luan Lingzhu to the ground, then pulled out the katana stuck in his waist and put it on Luan Lingzhu's neck. He yelled something like a curse in Xuri Chinese.
Luan Lingzhu's body was on top of the thick snow, with a look of horror and fear on her face, and she closed her eyes in despair.
"Card!"
A man's voice full of dissatisfaction sounded from the side, and then a handsome and artistic man in his mid-thirties, wearing a brown corduroy suit and a red scarf, rushed in front of her.
"Luan Lingzhu, do you know how to act?"
The man waved his hands and roared at Luan Lingzhu:
"You are now playing a female student leader who leads her classmates to demonstrate in order to fight against the rising sun and save the nation. You are not the girl you played in the past who were in love with each other, the beautiful little family Biyu, and the fireworks woman."
"In this case, you can't just show the emotion of fear, but also show her bravery and anger towards the people of the Rising Sun Country. This is the layering of the performance, you know, the layering."
When the man got angry, all the staff on the set stood there silently, not daring to say a word.
Luan Lingzhu stood up from the ground, with snow flakes still on her clothes. She and the man looked at each other for a while, with a look of dissatisfaction in their eyes, but in the end she whispered.
"I understand, Director Deng."
"do it again."
The man waved his hand and said to everyone around him.
Then Luan Lingzhu was kicked on the snow again by the actor who played the Ronin of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Normally on other sets, scenes like this would not actually kick someone. The actor who kicked someone would just pretend to be kicked, and the actor who was kicked would fall down in response.
But on the set of director Deng Zongnan, he actually asked for a real kick. Although it was not very hard, it still hurt a bit when a man kicked him, especially since this scene had been filmed five or six times. Luan Lingzhu was kicked down to the snow again and again, and there were already bruises and swelling under her clothes. She had never experienced such hardship in filming before, and all the previous directors did not support her like an aunt.
Only this Deng Zongnan dared to yell at her so loudly.
Luan Lingzhu felt very aggrieved.
However, this Deng Zongnan is now the most popular director in the Shanghai film circle. The two movies he shot this year actually took the top two at the box office of the year. Nowadays, major film companies are vying to invite him to film. , give him money when he wants, and find him whatever actors he wants. It can be said that he has an unparalleled reputation and is the most powerful person in the Shanghai film circle.
Although Luan Lingzhu is also the most popular actress in Shanghai, her fame is basically in front of the audience. Within their own film circles, no matter how famous an actor is, their position in the power pyramid is always that of the film company bosses. Or under a famous director.
It's just that this time Luan Lingzhu's performance was still criticized by director Deng Zongnan.
"As I said just now, the performance must have a sense of hierarchy!"
Deng Zongnan rushed to Luan Lingzhu again.
"There is anger this time, but what about strength? Where is the original fear? Do you know just one expression?"
Deng Zongnan pointed at the less and less snow on the ground and shouted to Luan Lingzhu:
"Do you know how many staff members searched for snow on the street last night to create this snow scene? If you keep acting like this, all the snow will melt and you won't be able to film it!"
There were tears in Luan Lingzhu's eyes. Since she became famous, she has never been scolded in public by any director. However, she still controlled her tears tightly and did not let them flow out.
Luan Lingzhu didn't want to show her weak side in front of others.
But her expression of being on the verge of tears did not attract any pity or soft-heartedness from Deng Zongnan. He sneered and said another sentence.
"I told those people a long time ago, don't hire a vase actor like you, who has nothing but a pretty face. The movies I make don't need this kind of actor!"
Deng Zongnan's last words finally made Luan Lingzhu unable to restrain her anger any longer.
Although she has been very popular in the past few years, and she usually hears all kinds of praises, but occasionally some entertainment news in newspapers and periodicals point out that her acting skills are not good enough. This has always been a knot in Luan Lingzhu's heart. Now being singled out by Deng Zongnan in public, coupled with today's fatigue and grievance, her emotions finally burst out.
"Then please invite an actor you are satisfied with. I won't act!"
Of course, Luan Lingzhu didn't yell like a shrew, she just said something coldly to Deng Zongnan.
Then Luan Lingzhu held her head high and left the set directly. It was not until she passed in front of everyone and no one else could see her face anymore that the tears that had been swirling in her eyes for a long time finally flowed out.
The reason she accepted this movie this time was because she listened to the advice of the fortune teller Shu Xingyun. Originally, she wanted to film a film by the director who introduced her to the film industry, but the fortune teller suggested She came to make this film out of her trust in Shu Xingyun, who is now regarded as a "living god" by many people in Shanghai. She followed his advice and took the film.
But ever since she joined the crew and worked with the famous director Deng Zongnan in Shanghai, it turned out that Deng Zongnan was picky and picky, as if he was against her at every turn. At this moment, Luan Lingzhu no longer wanted to endure it.
"Luan Lingzhu, if you dare to leave like this, don't ever think of coming back again! And if any film company wants to cooperate with me in the future, I will tell them that no one can ask you to make a movie."
Deng Zongnan's cold voice came from behind.
Luan Lingzhu paused for a moment, then walked straight out of the studio door without looking back, without even changing her costume.
Love it, even if she has to pay breach of contract fees, even if the other party wants to ban her, she doesn't want to cooperate with this Deng Zongnan anymore.
When she walked out of the studio, Luan Lingzhu remembered what a fortune teller had said to her, saying that taking this role would help her career to the next level. Now that she thought about it, it really seemed like a joke.
At this moment, Luan Lingzhu also had some doubts about whether Shu Xingyun's fortune telling was really as good as other people said.
With these things in her mind, Luan Lingzhu walked out of the set quickly and almost bumped into a figure who just walked in from outside.
If that person hadn't escaped quickly, Luan Lingzhu would have crashed directly into the other person's arms.
The man reacted very quickly and took a step aside. At the same time, he reached out to help Luan Lingzhu, who was almost unsteady.
Luan Lingzhu raised her head and was about to say thank you to the other party, but the next moment she suddenly froze.
Because standing in front of her was Shu Xingyun, whom she had felt a little resentful about just now.
"Miss Luan, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing the tears still remaining on Luan Lingzhu's face, Shu Guan asked curiously.
He came here to find Deng Zongnan, the general among the eight generals of the Thousand Men, because Deng Zongnan told him last time that he would make a movie at this studio during this period.
I didn't expect to meet Luan Lingzhu here.
When Luan Lingzhu saw Shu Guan, her emotions were extremely complicated.
How to put it, if every injustice has its own owner, then the source of today's incident is the young fortune teller in front of me. If it weren't for the other party's suggestion, I would never have accepted this drama, nor would I have been with him. That Deng Zongnan cooperates.
But the moment she saw this young man, the original resentment in her heart immediately disappeared. After all, deep down in her heart, she had a deep affection for Shu Xingyun.
At this moment, after seeing Shu Guan, Luan Lingzhu once again found it difficult to control her emotions, and her tears flowed out unsatisfactorily.
Shu Guan didn't know what happened to this big star in Shanghai that made her so sad.
"Miss Luan, if you have anything to say slowly, maybe I can help you."
While speaking softly, he took out a handkerchief and handed it over.
And his gentle words made Luan Lingzhu suddenly have the desire to talk. She took the handkerchief that still had her body temperature on it, and while wiping her tears, she began to talk about the dispute that had just happened between her and Deng Zongnan.
A few minutes later, after listening to Luan Lingzhu's story, Shu Guan laughed.
"You said the director who bullied you was named Deng Zongnan?"
"good!"
Luan Lingzhu pinched Shu Guan's handkerchief and nodded with a blushing face.
There was a blush on her cheeks, and she didn't know whether it was because she had cried just now, or because the strong masculine scent on the handkerchief from the young man opposite made her feel a little distracted.
"follow me!"
Then Mr. Shu Xingyun said this and walked towards the studio with his hands behind his back.
Luan Lingzhu was slightly startled, then hesitated, and finally followed Shu Guan back to the set.
On the set, several workers were busy cleaning the snow on the ground, seemingly preparing to shoot another scene.
Deng Zongnan sat in front of a camera, discussing something with several assistants around him.
Everything was in order, and today's filming progress was not halted or caused any chaos because of the female lead Luan Lingzhu's strikeout.
Looking at all this, Luan Lingzhu felt a little disappointed in her heart.
Shu Guan walked directly behind Deng Zongnan and coughed lightly.
Deng Zongnan turned his head. The first moment he saw the person standing behind him, he was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on his face. He stood up from the chair in a hurry and faced Shu Guan nodded and bowed and said:
"Mr. Shu, why are you here?"
Luan Lingzhu, who was standing aside, opened her mouth in disbelief when she saw this scene.
Is this person really Deng Zongnan?
She was in a daze for a moment.
Because everyone knows that Deng Zongnan is a very proud person. Of course, he also has the right to be proud. He is a recognized genius director in the Shanghai film industry. Every film he makes is both well-received and a hit. I don’t know how many film companies have arranged it. The team asked him to make a movie.
Talented people are naturally arrogant and difficult to talk to. When on the set, Deng Zongnan has always been more serious. Even if the boss of the film company sometimes comes to visit the studio, he is too lazy to greet him.
But now in front of Shu Xingyun, he was so enthusiastic, even to the point of being groveling. Is this the same Director Deng Zongnan who scolded him just now?
Luan Lingzhu was stunned by the change in Deng Zongnan's expression after seeing Shu Guan.
At this time, Shu Guan pointed at her, smiled at Deng Zongnan and said:
"Miss Luan is my friend. I hope Director Deng can take good care of her in the future."
Deng Zongnan looked at Shu Guan, and then at Luan Lingzhu who had returned. A hint of understanding seemed to flash in his eyes. He showed an ambiguous smile like "I understand" to Shu Guan, and then immediately walked to Luan Lingzhu. With Zhu's expression, she actually bowed slightly and nodded to Luan Lingzhu, and said sincerely:
"Miss Luan, I apologize to you for what I just said. I hope you won't be offended. I will never be disrespectful to you again, Miss Luan."
Luan Lingzhu still stayed there, and the confusion in her heart became deeper.
what happened?
With just such a simple sentence, Mr. Shu could change the attitude of the famously difficult-to-negotiate director Deng into a 180-degree change?
Does Mr. Shu even have such dignity in the film industry? Why didn’t you know this before?
Shu Guan also turned around and smiled at Luan Lingzhu:
"Miss Luan, please believe me. As long as you can work well with Director Deng this time and improve your acting skills under his guidance, this movie will definitely make you shine."
Luan Lingzhu nodded dully.
Deng Zongnan saw this and said quickly:
"Miss Luan, why don't you go and touch up your makeup first, and we can shoot that scene again later? Miss Luan is still very clever in her acting, she just needs to make some slight adjustments in some places."
After Luan Lingzhu left in a daze, the smile on Deng Zongnan's face became more respectful, and he asked Shu Guan softly:
"Mr. Shu, you came to me this time, isn't it just about Miss Luan?"
"Of course not, I want you to help me make a movie."
"filming?"
Deng Zongnan's expression also became a little dull.
Are you thinking that this person will also enter the film industry?
Yes, it seems like he likes to make friends with female movie stars! There are naturally a lot of beautiful women in the film industry. It seems that this one is a drunkard who is not interested in drinking.
But then Deng Zongnan heard Shu Guan say something else.
"I'm going to kill someone."
"You help me film the murder process and make it into a movie."
(End of chapter)
