Chapter 900: A Series of Unexpected Events
After Xiao He finished filming again, two senior actors who were watching from the sidelines took the initiative to come over and talk to him.
This did indeed surprise Xiao He.
Although he had greeted the senior members of the crew when he first arrived, their attitudes were rather indifferent. They were more observing him and subtly showing a sense of exclusion, so Xiao He didn't take the initiative to say much to these two senior members.
Xiao He was somewhat flattered by being approached like this.
Zhang Zhelin's attitude was better than ever before. He chatted casually with Xiao He with a smile, looking very interested in Xiao He. He even took the initiative to invite Xiao He to go sea fishing with them in a few days.
"Sea fishing?"
Xiao He recalled the schedule he knew and then nodded: "Of course! Brother Zhelin is talking about the beach scene we'll be filming together in a few days, right?"
"Yes!" Zhang Zhelin said approvingly. "It seems you're also following our filming schedule."
The storyline involving Zhang Zhelin and others is already in its late stages, while Xiao He's reshoots and replacement scenes are all in the early stages, and he basically doesn't need to appear in the same frame as them. Therefore, the production team mainly split into two large groups to film simultaneously.
On one side, Director Gao Zhongbo continued filming the normal storyline scenes despite his illness, while on the other side, Junior Director Gao Yuan recalled the actors who had already completed filming and reshot Wei Dong's part of the storyline.
Zhang Zhelin and his team have been on set these past few days mainly to reshoot some scenes that might involve the two actors on the police station set, and also to observe the acting skills of this new actor and see if he can handle the role of Wei Dong.
"Yes, my agent mentioned it to me."
Xiao He explained.
The main reason is that when Sister Liu saw that this scene happened to be on a ship, she immediately thought of the video of Xiao He being filmed on the Xiang Sheng ship some time ago.
Although a clarification was later issued and many people shifted their attention to the video, assuming it was fake or AI-generated, Linghui Entertainment has never actually issued a public clarification regarding the rumored video.
Later, some people questioned this, but because Liu Rulan and her legal team were sending out lawyer's letters online every day during that period, these voices were silenced.
But isn't this just a perfect coincidence?
The final part of the film "The Blackbird" is precisely the scene where the mole tries to escape by boat, but is caught by the protagonist on the boat, leading to a standoff between the two.
Both are battles fought on ships, both involve perilous situations at sea—
These plot points happen to slightly overlap with the secretly filmed video of Xiao He being pointed at and shot on the cargo ship!
How can this not be considered a different kind of clarification video?!
If it weren't for the fact that the script for "The Blackbird" had already been finalized, Liu Rulan would have almost suspected that this part of the story was specially created by Gao Yuan after he learned about Xiao He's actions that night.
That's perfect, because once the plot of "The Blackbird" is released, the last point of doubt about Xiao He will be subtly transformed into behind-the-scenes footage of the film's production.
Anyway, quite a long time has passed by then. Who would remember whether the Xiang Sheng Hao video came first or the filming of the "Blackbird" storyline came first?
It's not that important anymore.
Therefore, Liu Rulan specifically instructed Xiao He to find more angles when filming on the ship, so that they could be kept as evidence.
Although Liu Rulan's handling of the matter has rendered it no longer a threat to Xiao He's reputation, it might still be used as a selling point for a movie later on.
Thus, Xiao He had been paying close attention to the final scene for a long time.
He was still a little surprised when the topic came up: "If the film crew is shooting, can we borrow their boat to go sea fishing?"
"Oh, as long as it can be completed ahead of schedule, there won't be any problem."
Zhang Zhelin pointed to Du Yuebin beside him: "Besides, the boat belongs to Teacher Du himself. We can fish at sea for a while while it's still early."
Xiao He looked at Teacher Du Yuebin and suddenly remembered that when the other party was interviewed in mainland China, he did say that he really liked fishing.
Well, as expected of a fishing expert, his equipment goes beyond just tools and props; he even has a vehicle.
"But to be honest, we originally thought it was Xiao Shu who came to the rescue this time." Du Yuebin spoke much more directly, but without any malicious intent; he was simply expressing his opinion. "Did he recommend you?"
"Well, Brother Shu injured his hand a while ago, so it was inconvenient for him to film the later action scenes. He mentioned me to Director Gao." Xiao He smiled. "I just finished filming on this set and had some free time, so I came straight over."
As for the fact that Director Gao didn't initially intend to hire him, there's no need to discuss that now.
"I see." Zhang Zhelin nodded, then asked with concern, "How serious is his hand? We'll ask him about it later."
"fine."
Xiao He avoided mentioning the reason for his injury and briefly explained Shu Han's situation. Unexpectedly, Shu Han came to visit the set that afternoon to check on Xiao He's condition.
This time he even brought another group of people with him.
Xiao He was somewhat surprised to see that Hu Pei, the director of "Wandering Through Mountains and Rivers," was still in Hong Kong.
"Director Hu? You're still in Hong Kong?"
Xiao He glanced at Director Hu, a rare look of surprise on his face.
There was nothing he could do. The night on the Xiang Sheng ship was already in mid-September, and now it was mid-October. More than a month had passed in the blink of an eye, and Xiao He had no idea that the crew of "Wandering Through Mountains and Rivers" was still in Hong Kong.
"Haha, Teacher Xiao, you misunderstand. Actually, we just came from Shanghai. We came here specifically to retrieve the equipment and props we left at the police station."
Hu Pei explained with a hint of helplessness.
After Xiang Sheng Hao, they did temporarily gather the remaining guests to film some additional scenes, but Xiao He and Shu Han were both being investigated by the police and couldn't be seen for a while, so they had to temporarily abandon the two on this side and film the people they could first.
After finishing here, Hu Pei rushed back to discuss the situation with the producer and investors, and considered how to handle this side story.
In particular, there were some important and essential clips from the Xiang Sheng Hao. Should they be cut or kept? Where could they find the censors to find out? A whole host of things were waiting for Hu Pei to handle.
It wasn't until a few days ago that they received news that they could finally come back to retrieve the props and equipment that had been detained here.
Hu Pei heard that Xiao He and Shu Han had been staying in Hong Kong recently. For some reason, he had an idea and decided to bring a small team to Hong Kong to pick up equipment and visit Xiao He and the others.
—Ahem, of course, it would be even better if we could get some extra footage from Xiao He and the others.