Chapter 62: The Seventh Day

Boss Lu spat out a puff of smoke in pain.

"It's Zhang Tianshuo."

Gu Ming wondered: "Does it have anything to do with him?"

"Some time ago, I had a conflict with a friend at a bar, and he came to take revenge."

He suddenly remembered the other identity of this young director: a rock singer with only one representative work.

"Then these three Hong Kong people..."

Lu Kuan was puzzled: "I really don't know about this. It's not a day or two that these Hong Kong entertainment circles look down on mainland crews, actors, and directors. Maybe there is some agreement with Zhang Tianshuo in private."

He opened the contract text: "The acting contracts they signed stipulated that they would pay triple the salary as liquidated damages for breach of contract. They shouldn't be stupid enough to directly play rogue and strike."

"Zhang Tianshuo is their thug, specifically playing the role of a stirrer. As long as they can delay the crew's normal start, they can propose unilateral termination of the contract."

Gu Ming nodded silently. This was an all-round hunt for Lu Kuan.

Nicholas Tse had been popular in Hong Kong and the mainland since he appeared on the Spring Festival Gala in 2000, especially the romance with Faye Wong in the past two years, which was very eye-catching.

Coupled with Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, and other new generation young actors, just from the number of fans and public opinion, Lu Kuan was not an opponent.

There was also the Emperor Entertainment force represented by Zhang Jianting, Zhang Tianshuo's influence and connections in the mainland rock circle.

No matter how you look at it, Lu Kuan didn't have a chance of winning. It seemed that this crew really couldn't be kept.

The two chatted for a while. Seeing that Lu Kuan was so depressed that he was in no mood to speak, Gu Ming left.

He returned to the room and lit a cigarette, suddenly seeing a newspaper on the coffee table.

"Fighting at Langfang Railway Station, well-known domestic rock singer pointed to as the mastermind behind the scenes!"

Gu Ming suddenly felt vigilant, and went through the whole process of meeting Lu Kuan and the background experience of Lu Kuan he had investigated from beginning to end.

He walked to the landline and dialed the number.

"Hello, this is the front desk, how can I help you?"

"Hello, I'd like to ask, were the newspapers in 402 delivered by you to the room?"

The front desk lady's voice was clear and gentle: "Yes, sir, it started a few days ago. It's a routine service of this store."

"Oh, thank you."

Gu Ming got up and flipped through a few *Beijing Traffic News*. The date was indeed from three days ago, and then he thought that this was a reception hotel under the Ministry of Communications.

It is a convention for subordinate hotels to subscribe to official newspapers according to organizational requirements in this era. Many newspapers and magazines that eat public meals rely on these policies to survive.

And the Langfang fighting incident happened in front of the train station, everything was very reasonable.

Only then did he pick up the newspaper and read it carefully.

Langfang, fighting, disco, Zhang Tianshuo...

In Beijing, even if you are not in the entertainment industry, you have heard of the notoriety of Zhang Tianshuo, and he is no exception.

Gu Ming didn't care why he could be so arrogant, why he could always be at large, and why he did such evil things.

He was strictly educated at home and just wanted to act well, but now that this happened, it would be unreasonable not to help.

Lu Kuan was also very cautious. This Senior Brother Gu was a strong and sensitive person. He only wanted to rely on his own strength to interpret the roles he liked.

If he asked for help directly, and the gauze between the two was pierced, and he was misunderstood as being intentionally used to succeed in the audition, this matter would not be done.

May 19, 2002, this was already the seventh day.

A bald old man held the crew's mineral water in his left hand and fanned himself with a broken bamboo fan in his right hand.

"Little guy, it's not that the old man is talking, but sometimes you have to bow your head when you should. You're making us feel quite embarrassed."

The old woman on the side also helped: "That is, what's wrong with coming in to see? Isn't this under the feet of the imperial city? Why can't the common people come in?"

"Call security!"

Liu Yifei was angry on the side: "You know it's wrong, why do you still help the evildoer?"

"This little girl, she looks pretty, why can't she speak!"

A sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked old woman fanned and bypassed: "Do you think we want to come in such hot weather? Don't we need to eat? Do you give money?"

Liu Yifei put her hands on her hips and was about to spray, but was blocked by Lu Kuan.

"Go out for morning practice."

"Humph!"

The little girl was about to explode with anger, and couldn't help but complain to Liu Xiaoli.

"Mom, Lu Kuan is too cowardly. He's still a big man, and he has no courage at all."

"If it were me, I would have driven these old men and women away long ago!"

Liu Xiaoli looked at the young director in the distance worriedly and didn't speak. She was also retreating in her heart.

The agreement reached at the beginning was to send her daughter to the Venice red carpet through this movie, plus Anita Mui's help to her daughter in music and Hong Kong resources.

Only then did they agree to Lu Kuan's investment in Red Star Dock, but now...

"Xixi, why don't we not come for the time being tomorrow? Why don't you let your godfather find another crew to see if there is any chance."

Liu Yifei looked at her in disbelief.

"What are you talking about? Mom? Isn't Lu Kuan from Red Star Dock? Aren't we our own people?"

In the little girl's simple view of good and evil and camp division, Liu Xiaoli's approach was no different from defecting before the battle and stabbing her own people.

Liu Xiaoli shook her head silently. The equity change procedures hadn't been completed, and everything still had room for operation.

Even if it was completed, with Cheng Jingfei's means...

"You go if you want, I'm staying here, staying until he disbands the crew!"

Liu Yifei straightened her little face, shook off her mother's arm, and walked away angrily, practicing morning exercises silently in a corner of the studio.

Lu Kuan, Ning Hao, and Gu Ming, the three from the Beijing Film Academy, were smoking outside the studio, speechless.

The atmosphere was so dull that it was about to kill someone. Gu Ming glanced at Lu Kuan in the smoke, unable to see the expression on his face, but thought it wouldn't be very pleasant.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

No one responded to him, Gu Ming took out his phone and walked to a place where no one was.

Liu Yifei was concentrating on physical training. After initial joint breathing and line training, her physical training progressed very quickly.

This might also be due to her dance training since childhood, which allowed her to integrate various difficult movements well, such as the dolphin walk now.

This is the first style of format physical training in *Simple Drama*, which requires the performer to extend both arms to the sides, rotate both shoulders and arms while walking, and then push the elbows back as much as possible.

Then there are various variant trainings. While the whole body is active, both shoulders bulge toward the neck, imagining that you are a dolphin, and then increase the difficulty, matching the toes to walk.

"Ah!"

Liu Yifei, who was full of thoughts, didn't pay attention to the person coming from behind, and bumped into it while swinging her arms, just stepping on Edison Chen's foot who had just arrived at the set.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 63 =====