Zhu Yu looked at the big courtyard and asked:
"Let's rent some camera equipment and let's do the same trick again."
Hearing this, Ran Jie and others all laughed.
They once rented each other's factory building in a car repair shop in the name of filming a movie, and then took out a sum of gold bars in the factory without the other party noticing at all.
I wonder if it will work this time?
"Boss, is there something wrong with just the few of us?" Cao Dalong was also thinking about something, "We are all men, so others won't believe it, right?"
"That's easy. I'll give you a task to recruit a graphic model." Zhu Yu said with a smile:
"It should be enough to spend a few hundred dollars. Let's go in and investigate first. If there is something inside, then we can continue to do things inside under the guise of filming.
If not, then we can just leave as soon as possible after finishing the lake. "
This matter is basically settled.
At this time, the people sent by Carpio also came to Manila.
It would be more convenient for them to search for Zhu Yu's whereabouts.
After all, he is a local snake, so it is easy to find out the whereabouts of some outsiders.
Although Zhu Yu and the others were a little cautious, the appearance characteristics of the Chinese and the locals were quite different, so within a day, a local snake reported the suspected whereabouts of Zhu Yu and the others to the people sent by Carpio.
Zhu Yu and the others didn't know that they were being targeted. At this moment, Cao Dalong went to talk to the graphic model about the shooting, while Zhu Yu and Ran Jie knocked on the door of the compound.
Qin Fei was on guard in the car, making preparations for emergencies.
It was afternoon, and people at work had already started to get off work. However, because it was located in the tropics, the air outside was still very hot and humid. Zhu Yu and Ran Jie were waiting in front of the door wearing the floral shirts and sunglasses that the locals are accustomed to. .
The door opened, and a short middle-aged woman looked at Zhu Yu and the others in surprise.
"Hello, we are from a film company." Ran Jie greeted the other party in English and handed over a business card. "We are going to shoot a movie. Your big yard is more suitable for our shooting requirements, so we want to rent it." Your yard."
The woman shook her head after hearing this and said a bunch of dialect in her mouth. Zhu Yu could probably tell what she meant from her expression: she didn't understand what Zhu Yu and the others were saying.
Fortunately, after a while, a girl who looked like a student came over and asked:
"What are you going to do?"
Ran Jie handed her the business card and said:
"We are from a film company and want to rent your yard as a filming location. We will pay the rent."
The girl was quite beautiful, about sixteen or seventeen years old. When she heard that Zhu Yu and the others were from the film company, her eyes lit up and she asked:
"Are you really making a movie? What kind of movie? Have you chosen the role? What type..."
This series of topics almost made Ran Jie get stuck asking questions!
Fortunately, Zhu Yu responded quickly and immediately took over the conversation and said:
"The movie we are going to shoot is called "A Beauty in Troubled Times," and it tells the love story of a girl during the war. We plan to use your yard as the heroine's pre-war residence, so we have to..."
Zhu Yu didn't finish speaking, but the girl felt that she understood. For a movie that has not yet been completed, some things naturally need to be kept secret.
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"My mother has already agreed, but she still needs to ask my father what he wants. The rent for our yard may be relatively high..."
"How high?" Ran Jie asked, "Our budget is quite sufficient."
"It might take 10,000 pesos a day..."
Ten thousand pesos is almost less than two hundred dollars a day.
"I will give you 20,000 pesos a day. Of course, the prerequisite is that we have seen this yard and it is worth renting." Zhu Yu interrupted her, "You can use this price to talk to your parents."
"Okay." This time, even the girl was a little surprised. With such a high rent, she could actually rent a newer yard.
The girl grew up in this big yard, and he felt that besides being big, there was no other benefit to the big yard.
The house is too old, there are no play facilities, no swimming pool, you can't go out at will... it's simply too bad!
But she didn’t expect that anyone would be willing to rent their yard for 20,000 pesos a day!
Almost as soon as she said it, the girl's mother agreed.
Then it was time for the girl to persuade her father.
About ten minutes later, the girl came out and said with a smile on her face:
"My father agreed. But you must prepare a standard contract..."
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie looked at each other, and then Zhu Yu said to the girl:
"We also need to take a look at the situation in the yard. In this way, I will pay you 20,000 pesos first, which is today's rent. We will go in and inspect it, and if it is suitable, then we will continue to rent it for at least a week.
If it's not suitable, how about the cooperation ends after we take some photos today? "
As the plenipotentiary representative of the family, the girl certainly agreed.
Of course, she hoped that Zhu Yu and the others could rent it for as long as possible.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie entered the courtyard and found that it was really big, covering nearly a thousand square meters.
If it were not located in the suburbs of Manila, such a large yard would have been expropriated or bought by wealthy people.
The interior of the large courtyard has been renovated, and there are not many traces of the original.
According to the notebook in Zhu Yu's hand, this place was once a Japanese military camp - or in other words, the residence of a military police unit that protected Yamashita Fengfumi.
Originally there were not only dormitories, stables, weapons depots, training grounds, but also some military facilities.
However, after Japan surrendered, the place was handed over, and then some of the facilities inside were dismantled and finally auctioned.
Because the yard was relatively large, the sale of the yard had not gone smoothly until it was finally bought by a wealthy man and transformed into his own home.
But later on, the rich man's family fell into decline and he wanted to sell the yard. In the end, no one bought it, and in the end, only the yard was left in the family.
The girl's name is Amo. She is about to graduate from middle school and may not have enough marks to take the college entrance examination, but she wants to be a movie star.
When he said this, Amo stared at Zhu Yu, hoping to get some response from him.
Zhu Yu naturally understood what A Mo meant, but he did not respond.
Just kidding, they weren't really making a movie, how could they possibly respond to this girl's suggestive request?
If it was really shot, it would be just a passerby role. But it’s not a real shot!
So Zhu Yu pretended not to hear, and after entering the courtyard, he started observing around.
At this time, the man of the yard came out and came to Zhu Yu and the others.
"It's you, you want to rent my yard for 20,000 pesos a day?" The man looked a little gloomy and discussed the money directly with Zhu Yu.
"Yes." Zhu Yu took out four hundred dollars from his pocket and handed it over: "This is today's rent. We need to take a look today. If it is suitable, then we will renew the lease as a filming location."
After taking the U.S. dollar bill, the man looked at it carefully and recognized that the money was fine. A smile appeared on his face:
"Okay, let's take a look."
After saying that, in order to show more enthusiasm, he stood aside and led Zhu Yu and the others to introduce the facilities in the yard. He also did not forget to tell Amo:
"Go and pour water for the two guests!"
Zhu Yu's eyes opened and he scanned across the lawn. His eyes condensed and then he looked at the main building in the yard, a row of old-fashioned bungalows.
The bungalow has actually been changed. It has been painted and decorated. The originally dull and square dormitory has been transformed into rooms with different functions.
Some were opened and some were dismantled, so the original row of dormitories became three relatively independent buildings.
The main house in the middle was added with some auxiliary buildings and became a living place for the owner's family. The entrance was paved with bricks, small flower fields were dug on both sides, the windows were renovated, etc.
This kind of renovation makes the place more livable and looks like a living place.
There are also several pots of unknown green plants placed on the windowsill, which look full of life.
"This is where we live." The man led Zhu Yu and the others to the house. Zhu Yu just glanced at it, then pointed to the other two rooms and asked:
"What about these two sides?"
"The warehouse is where Amo and I study." The man said, "I originally planned to train my daughter to become a college student, but she is not very talented in learning, alas..."
Zhu Yu walked towards the warehouse and opened his eyes. He found that there was indeed something down there, but it was not what he imagined.
"Can I go to the back?" Zhu Yu pointed to the back of these rooms. It has been transformed into a small garden. There are paved roads and small pools dug out. It looks quite nice. mood.
"Of course." The man naturally did not refuse, "The scenery there is pretty good. When I have nothing to do, I also like to take a walk in the garden."
This place used to be a training ground. With a glance from the sky, Zhu Yu could even see bullet casings deep in the soil under the gravel path in the garden.
Then, Zhu Yu saw what he wanted to see.
In order to avoid making people suspicious, Zhu Xin just finished scanning and then followed the man to the living room. Amo brought water and fruits, while Zhu Yu chatted with the man about home affairs.
In the end, Zhu Yu finalized the matter of renting for a week. He paid a thousand dollars in advance and a deposit of one thousand dollars. He and the man agreed that they would move out the next day.
Two thousand dollars is five days' rent, so the man is naturally happy.
His family was in dire straits, and he was unwilling to go out to work. The two thousand dollars came as a timely help, and he was naturally happy.
Zhu Yu and the others left, and the man happily took the money and went out. Amo bit his lip and stayed here, looking outside, not knowing what he was thinking.
When we met at the hotel in the evening, Cao Dalong said excitedly:
"The graphic model has been found and the machine has been rented. I heard that I will shoot some short videos. The other party is very happy and the asking price is not high, one thousand US dollars."
"You mean they went into a courtyard and talked for half an hour before coming out?" When Carpio heard the report from the person he was looking for, he was already planning to return to Manila.
I spent nearly a week locating and excavating, expecting a huge harvest, but in the end I just unearthed a box of old Japanese weapons that had become rusty.
Carpio felt like he couldn't swallow this breath.
If in the past, this kind of thing was actually normal, eight out of ten treasure hunts would yield no results. As long as there was a gain once, it would be enough to make up for all the losses.
But one harvest from Zhu Yu and the others was worth several times, which made Carpio always feel that there was no need to take advantage of Zhu Yu and the others.
There is a vague meaning of comparison in it.
Therefore, he was particularly interested in Zhu Yu's information.
After Du Peng heard the news, he analyzed:
"Boss, do you think that yard might be a treasure trove?"
Dupont has been following Carpio for so long, and he is also more concerned about treasure hunting.
Some time ago, I followed Zhu Yu and stayed in various environments, but this was the first time I heard about this kind of courtyard in the city.
So he had this kind of thing right away
guess.
"It's possible!" Carpio immediately told Dupont:
"You go back to Manila now and tell the owner of the yard tomorrow that we rent his yard... no, buy his yard! If they have already rented it to Zhu Yu and the others and ask him to return the money, I will pay double of!"
Du Peng had always followed Carpio's lead, but after hearing what the boss said, he immediately followed it.
Carpio plans to return to Manila immediately after finishing the finishing work.
Although he doesn't want to see Zhu Yu, when he is hunting for treasure, as long as there is a chance, he is not afraid even if he meets him head-on!
The next day, Zhu Yu and others brought a graphic model, a beautiful girl named Aya, to the courtyard early.
Aya has a natural face, no plastic surgery, and is quite attractive. Cao Dalong is quite proud of his vision.
But when he knocked on the courtyard door, Amo saw Zhu Yu, then glanced at Aya, and finally looked at Cao Dalong who was carrying a camera.
After reading it all, he said to Zhu Yu:
"Mr. Zhu, I...someone came over yesterday and wanted to buy our yard. The price offered was relatively high. My father had already thought of agreeing..."
Zhu Yu knew it was bad as soon as he heard it!
As soon as the thought came to his mind, he immediately guessed that several of his people must have been exposed!
The only one who could buy the yard before me was Carpio!
"Then has your father signed a contract with the other party?" Zhu Yu asked.
"No, my father still wants to raise the price. The other party can't make the decision, so they are still negotiating. But what the other party means is that the money is nothing. As long as his master nods, he can give more. ..."
Zhu Yu felt slightly relieved and said:
"Then can you tell your father that we only need one day. The two thousand dollars is just one day's rent today! As long as he can hold that man back, we will give him another thousand dollars after the filming is over!"
Amo was a little strange, why did his yard become so important?
Is there something going on that my family doesn't know about?
