Chapter 796: Gone is the glory, now the dog’s life is in danger!
Xiao He now had every reason to suspect that when Zhuang Hongyi created the character Zhou Zhiyi, he had a prototype in mind.
And the object of that reference was...
"Daoist Hu!"
The man's excited words interrupted Xiao He's further inquiry.
Xiao He and Daoist Hu turned to look together.
Walking straight toward them was that President Bao whom they had met last time, Bao Xingsheng.
However, this time they met, Bao Xingsheng's condition was clearly not as good as before. The once high-spirited middle-aged man now had dark circles under his eyes, looking as if he hadn't rested well for a long time.
Xiao He took a look and sighed inwardly.
Perhaps people like President Bao were just as Daoist Hu had said: the more one believed in something, the more easily the final outcome would drift in a bad direction.
"Daoist Hu."
Bao Xingsheng stood still in front of Daoist Hu, while not forgetting to nod toward Xiao He: "Mr. Xiao, hello."
"Hello, President Bao."
Xiao He glanced at the two people present and stood up on his own initiative: "Sorry, I need to prepare for the next scene, so I'll excuse myself first."
"Alright, go ahead!"
Bao Xingsheng nodded with a smile, showing no intention of keeping him, and Daoist Hu didn't speak either, only nodding slightly toward Xiao He.
After Xiao He walked far away, he vaguely heard the conversation between the two behind him: "Daoist Hu, I have understood the situation you told me last time. All in all, it is still a family misfortune. I will absolutely not be the same as before regarding this matter..."
Xiao He could no longer hear the rest.
Because as soon as he walked out of the room, the bodyguard guarding the side immediately closed the door, cutting off all sound.
However, this bit of information was still quite significant...
Xiao He was thoughtful.
"Why did you come out?" At the other end of the corridor, Liu Rulan walked over. Seeing the contemplative expression on Xiao He's face, she asked with concern, "It will be a while before filming starts. Did you meet someone over there?"
Xiao He came back to his senses: "It's President Bao who came again. I suppose he came to have Daoist Hu calculate something again."
"Is that so—" Liu Rulan was not too surprised, "It seems that what the Hong Kong media said before was not groundless."
"Hm?"
"The Hong Kong media had reported before that the current generations of the Bao family are exceptionally superstitious about Feng Shui and metaphysics. Even President Bao's current name was chosen according to a Feng Shui master."
Liu Rulan paused and continued: "They can be called big clients of Feng Shui and metaphysics. They used to be quite reckless, and the scale was huge. But now that the country is rectifying things and the Celestial Master Association has gradually become stricter, those strange and supernatural actions of theirs have slowly stopped."
Basically, as long as one has been in the Hong Kong circle in the early years, who hasn't heard some "eerie legends"?
It's just that many things later became urban legends and could not be verified. As for whether they are true or false, who knows?
Xiao He twitched the corner of his mouth and shook his head slightly: "The affairs of rich people are really boring."
The two simply walked to the window at the end of the corridor and stood still, breathing the hot but fresh air outside.
At this moment, Liu Rulan's mobile phone suddenly vibrated.
She opened it, took a look, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said to Xiao He: "I'll go downstairs first. You continue to wait here. Try not to get involved in the affairs of those big shots."
Xiao He raised his eyebrows: "That goes without saying."
However, today, the Film Crew was destined not to be peaceful.
"Teacher Xiao, have you seen Weifeng?"
The temporary animal keeper, who usually had a very good relationship with Xiao He, didn't know where he ran over from.
"Hm? We haven't seen it."
"Then that's bad!"
The keeper slapped his thigh, a little panicked, "I thought it came to look for you!"
Xiao He and Liu Rulan looked at each other, both looking at the keeper with some confusion, and following him out were other Film Crew staff members.
"Weifeng!"
"Weifeng, where are you?!"
"Who saw where Weifeng went?"
The shouting of several people made the originally orderly corridor become noisy and chaotic, which also led to more and more people coming out of their respective rooms, and other staff members who were busy at different positions in the corridor also raised their heads to look.
"What's going on?"
"Is Weifeng missing?"
Xiao He was naturally a bit surprised to see this situation, but he still walked over relatively calmly to ask: "What exactly is going on?"
This keeper was about fifty years old. Because Weifeng and Xiao He had many scenes together recently, and their daily interactions were quite frequent, their relationship was quite good. After Xiao He asked, the keeper barely suppressed his anxiety and explained to Xiao He: "It's like this. Today, just like usual, after we took Weifeng to the makeup room to finish its makeup, we returned to the set to wait for filming..."
"As a result, in the gap while I went to get water for it to drink, it suddenly disappeared!"
The keeper clenched his hands with worry, "It has always been very obedient, so I usually didn't tie a leash on it. In the past, it would always lie on the ground and wait for me obediently!"
Weifeng was a police dog and was usually very obedient. In addition, it had a lot of complex makeup on its body, so the Film Crew didn't usually say that it must be leashed or put in a cage. Naturally, the keeper didn't pay so much attention to these things and was very relaxed in raising it, basically letting it move in a small area, but he usually wouldn't let it leave his sight for too long.
But this time, he really didn't expect that in the time it took for him to turn around, Weifeng had swished away! It was nowhere to be seen!
The keeper had originally thought that Weifeng had gone to find Xiao He, but now that he saw it, things were really serious.
"Wait, wait, you mean, Weifeng disappeared after finishing its makeup?"
Xiao He ignored the keeper's attempts to make excuses for himself and noticed another very crucial point—after makeup!
You have to know, Weifeng was dressed as a monster in the Film Crew! That blood-stained outfit, and the bloody mouth on the dog's head... who wouldn't be scared upon seeing it?!
When it first appeared, it really gave many people on the scene who didn't know the truth a big scare. If it weren't for Xiao He still having his reason, given that thrilling and terrifying scene at the time, he would have really counterattacked directly!
This shows the power of the makeup artists like Feng Songyue!
But now, you are saying that Weifeng disappeared while wearing that terrifying outfit?!
Liu Rulan also reacted quickly, her expression becoming exceptionally grave: "How long has it been missing? Have you checked the surveillance? Have the front and back doors been notified? Don't let it run out!"
After this period of filming, everyone in the Film Crew had become accustomed to Weifeng's outfit. Moreover, what was being filmed this time was a supernatural film, so those who weren't brave enough didn't come. Therefore, if Weifeng was still within the Film Crew, it should still be very conspicuous, and people wouldn't be really scared after finding it.
But if Weifeng ran out of the set here and encountered people outside who didn't know the truth... then things would be quite terrible!
In Liu Rulan's mind, the news events of mad dogs biting people in recent years appeared first. Although Weifeng was very obedient and was a police dog, if it ran outside in that appearance, it would definitely be beaten to death as a mad dog or a monster! Not to mention being scary, it would also endanger its dog life!