Chapter 110 Bai Qi
Just when everyone was taking a break, a black van pulled up to the crew and parked. The director and three assistant directors immediately came forward to greet them. The visitor was the original author of the play, one of the four screenwriters, and also one of the investors of the play.
The visitor was a young woman who got out of the car wearing a modified Hanfu. Hanfu is similar to Hanfu, but the Hanfu we see every day is more like the costumes in fairy tales. South Korea and Japan have been deeply influenced by Han culture, but the styles are very different. Japan was most influenced by the Sui and Tang dynasties, while South Korea was most influenced by the Ming dynasty.
The woman was only in her twenties, with long straight hair and princess-like bangs, a face as clear as pearls and jade, a three-point kind smile and a seven-point coldness, a straight back, and a taste of a classic strong woman. The driver who opened the car door for her was a handsome man wearing sunglasses and with a tuft of white hair, who was over 30 years old.
Seeing Cui Jian staring at her in amazement, a minor supporting actor whispered, "Her name is Bingbing. She is a playwright living in the United States and is said to be a second-generation rich. She became a famous screenwriter and writer in the Korean entertainment industry because of the hit online drama she invested in two years ago. She is also the original author and screenwriter of the drama "The Great River" that we are currently filming, and she is also our financial sponsor."
Another minor supporting actor added: "Bingbing attended the opening party, and the crazy director actually asked her on the spot if she planned to play the leading role."
Supporting actress: "I have to say she is really beautiful. She is not inferior to the first-line female stars when standing together."
Bingbing is her pen name. Cui Jian knows that her real name is Xue Bing, the boss of the Xue Group in Seoul. Eight years ago, the Xue family was a new upstart in the Seoul Group. One day, they received a threatening letter. The head of the family was too low-class and had never heard of the so-called Seven Killings. He threw the Seven Killings notice aside as an ordinary threatening letter.
Three days later, late at night, two assassins broke into Xue's home and killed the whole family. The only survivor was Xue Bing. Xue Bing was an illegitimate daughter who was found by her father after her mother died. She had been home for less than two months when this happened.
Xue Bing inherited all the estates, hired professional managers to manage the company she inherited, and also set up a financial branch to manage its huge assets. She herself gave up everything and traveled across the ocean to study drama in the United States.
Xue Bing was Cui Jian's first target: No. 7. Cui Jian did not take action, and the housekeeper accepted Cui Jian's words and eliminated her target.
When Cui Jian saw Xue Bing for the first time, the scene of a flash of lightning illuminating the piano room appeared in his mind.
The lonely girl sat quietly beside the piano, begging for a chance to see the world. Her back was straight, and it was more of a wish than a plea, a wish she had waited for 18 years. She had been living in darkness for those 18 years, and her only wish was to see the world.
She originally thought that she would live in darkness forever, but God showed mercy and made her the illegitimate daughter of a rich man. Just when hope was just around the corner, something unexpected happened before her surgery, and the killer pulled the bolt behind her.
Looking at Xue Bing's face, everything seemed like a dream. There was no mistake, she was Xue Bing. Over the past eight years, the image of the moment when lightning pierced the darkness had appeared in Cui Jian's mind countless times.
Cui Jian stared at Xue Bing, feeling suffocated and uncomfortable, and didn't hear the comments of the people around him at all. It was not until Xue Bing turned her head and looked at him at the reminder of the man next to her.
This glance made Cui Jian clear his mind and he subconsciously smiled foolishly, as if he had been bewitched by a fairy. Xue Bing was used to this and avoided Cui Jian's gaze and continued to talk to the director. The two walked and talked and soon left Cui Jian's sight.
After eight years of not seeing each other again, my mentality was still shocked. The ancients were not deceiving me. The first sword I struck when I got ashore was to kill the person I loved. I should have killed her eight years ago.
After a while, a small truck drove up to the crew. Several employees got out of the car and opened the container, which was full of fried chicken and milk tea.
The director was very cooperative and announced on a loudspeaker: "Miss Bingbing's treat, this morning's filming is over."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the staff and actors of Fried Chicken and Milk Tea clapping and cheering. Because they were shooting a battle scene between soldiers and bandits today, there were a lot of people on location. Apparently Xue Bing knew about this and prepared a lot of food, even 1.5 cups of milk tea per person.
When everyone lined up to receive food, the white-haired bodyguard beside Xue Bing took the megaphone from the director and thanked everyone for their efforts on behalf of Xue Bing. To express his gratitude, a buffet dinner will be arranged at Wanxia Hotel after the filming of Moon Bay, and there will be a lucky draw at the dinner. All staff members who participated in the filming of Moon Bay, including agents, can get an admission ticket from the assistant director.
It is common for a sponsor to treat someone to milk tea. Some big-name stars will also treat their staff to milk tea and food, but it is rare for a seven-star hotel to arrange a buffet for everyone. Therefore, everyone was in high spirits. When they saw Xue Bing, they all greeted her with a smile. Xue Bing smiled and nodded in response. She was aloof but not offensive.
The most painful one was Zhang Ya, who had to do more than a dozen NGs. While everyone was eating and resting, she was still practicing running on the ridge. She was focused on running and lacked expression. She was focused on acting and had no speed. She increased the speed and fell off the ridge again. Some stars would discuss with the director at this time to see if they could make adjustments. But Zhang Ya did not. She was still working hard for that ten-second shot.
Perhaps this was the reason why Liu Sheng liked her and wanted to help her. This is what Cui Jian thought.
Xue Bing noticed Zhang Ya, and walked over to Zhang Ya with the white-haired bodyguard and the director, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Ya up, and the two talked in a low voice. Zhang Ya had a happy smile on her face, while Xue Bing maintained a calm demeanor and communicated with the director, who nodded repeatedly.
The director stayed to communicate with Zhang Ya, while the white-haired bodyguard and Xue Bing came back. Xue Bing talked to the male lead, while the white-haired bodyguard walked towards Cui Jian. Cui Jian looked around in confusion, and saw that everyone was squatting on the ground eating fried chicken, so why was he looking for him?
Bai Mao looked down at Cui Jian who was looking up, with a half-smile on his face, and said in Korean: "As far as basic courtesy is concerned, you should also restrain your gaze."
Cui Jian slowly flicked the fried chicken crumbs off his hand, stood up to be level with Baimao, glanced at Baimao, then blushed and lowered his head: "If you don't like it, I won't watch it."
Baimao's expression froze as if he had swallowed a green-headed fly. The minor characters around him all raised their heads to look at Cui Jian: I didn't expect you to be this kind of Cui Jian.
Cui Jian lowered his head and shook his body like a shy little girl. He secretly took out his cell phone, bit his lower lip, and whispered in a delicate voice: "Brother, can you add me as a friend?" and shook the phone screen.
Baimao immediately took a step back, took two deep breaths, turned around and walked away quickly as if he was escaping.
Tsk! Fight me.
Cui Jian put away his phone, squatted down and continued to eat fried chicken, looking around: "What are you doing? I don't like you guys."
"That's good, that's good." Everyone laughed and breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Mao's face turned purple when he fled back to Xue Bing. Xue Bing looked at him, frowned and asked, "Bai Qi, what's wrong?" She had never seen Bai Qi look panicked before. Bai Qi shook his head, "Nothing." Thinking of the way Cui Jian, such a big guy, acted like a spoiled child to her, Bai Qi suddenly felt nauseous.
Half an hour later, Xue Bing got in the car and left the filming location. Cui Jian watched the car disappear, feeling somewhat empty inside, not knowing when he would see Xue Bing again.
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The ten-day outdoor shooting at Moon Bay was successfully completed. On the same day, Cui Jian received the news that Zhang Ya had unilaterally stopped Cui Jian's work. There was only one reason: Cui Jian had nothing to do during these ten days. Zhang Ya's employees, including her agent, were all female. The only male, the agent's assistant, Cui Jian had no intention of helping them at all. He would just wander around after eating every day, go fishing, take a walk, or go to the Moon Bay area for fun.
Since Cui Jian lived with the male protagonist's staff, the male protagonist was the first to discover that Cui Jian was a master of slacking off and kindly reminded Zhang Ya.
In the end, Cui Jian was fired for lack of responsibility, but Li Ran thought that Zhang Ya could not judge whether Cui Jian was unqualified as an assistant or as a secret protector. From Zhang Ya's explanation, Zhang Ya was more angry because Cui Jian did not assist her in her work and even refused to buy her milk tea. In the end, they negotiated to terminate the contract and paid Cui Jian part of the project fee based on the number of working days.
Cui Jian contacted Liu Sheng and told him about this. He specifically said, "Don't persuade Zhang Ya to continue using me. I don't want to appear in your life."
Liu Sheng agreed and asked, "Have you made any progress in the past ten days of investigation?"
Cui Jian: "Yes, there was an actress who played poker with Assistant Director Zheng, and the assistant director persuaded the director to give the actress the second female lead role. The director was not very satisfied with the actress, but still agreed. However, because Ning Ning brought Zhang Ya to a second audition and took the female lead position, the original female lead was relegated to the second female lead position and squeezed out the actress."
Cui Jian: "The assistant director had worked with Zhang Ya before and knew that she was allergic to nuts, so he tried to tamper with the foundation. One purpose was revenge, and the other was to squeeze Zhang Ya out, but he had no intention of killing her. Perhaps it was the first time he did this, the dosage was not accurate, and it was not taken orally, so Zhang Ya had a serious allergic reaction. Zhang Ya knew someone was trying to harm her, so Ning Ning assigned her a bodyguard, and the assistant director temporarily gave up the idea of revenge."
Liu Sheng asked, "Aren't you just slacking off?"
Cui Jian: "I have my own way." Cui Jian's way was to outsource and commission Yu Ming. After all, the opponents were two ordinary people with no experience in counter-detection. As a private detective, Yu Ming quickly understood the situation and took screenshots of the chat records between the actress and the assistant director.
But the damn Yu Ming showed the payment code without hesitation and asked for 30 million. Yu Ming also explained the reason. If it was Cui Jian's girlfriend, it would be natural for Yu Ming to help a friend, and he would charge a symbolic amount at most. But this person was the ex-girlfriend of someone Cui Jian didn't know very well, so he had to charge the standard fee.
Why did hacker Liu Sheng fail to find out, but private investigator Yu Ming did? Liu Sheng's investigation targets were limited to the people in the open. The assistant director deleted all his chat records, but the actress kept the chat records.
Zhang Ya's project was 60 million in 10 days, and Cui Jian worked for 700 days, so he only received about 10 million in compensation, and a tax was deducted. Calculated, working for 2500 days, he lost million. Cui Jian was forced to sell the watch Ye Lan gave him. Fortunately, Yu Ming also had a luxury goods recycling business, so the process was not too troublesome.
The watch was sold for 1.8 million (single conversion is not as good as multi-conversion), and Cui Jian's current account balance is as high as 1.6 million. As a billionaire, Cui Jian no longer has the interest and motivation to work. But he still has to go to the buffet party, after all, he can eat and drink for free and also participate in the lottery. Cui Jian did not deny that he wanted to see Xue Bing again, and he expected Xue Bing to appear at the buffet party.
This is the first girl that made Cui Jian's heart beat. Apart from the amnesia, this is also the only girl that Cui Jian's heart beat. Cui Jian also understands that as a killer, he should not have love, but he can have a secret crush. Secret crush is also love, it does not mean you have to kiss or even have sex with the other person. I have a secret crush, I am happy, I am satisfied, and that is enough.
However, if Xue Bing becomes the target again, Cui Jian will not hesitate to break her neck. Maybe the love is still the love eight years ago, but Cui Jian is no longer the Cui Jian eight years ago.
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For Cui Jian, Xue Bing was his first love, a combination of secret love and love at first sight. So even though their working relationship had ended and he didn't like social occasions, he still spent 10 million yuan on a suit to attend the buffet party at Wanxia Hotel.
After 10 days of getting to know each other, Cui Jian and the supporting actors became very familiar with each other. These supporting actors were almost minor characters, with few roles in daily scenes, and they were happy to brag and play with Cui Jian. As soon as he entered the party, someone immediately greeted him: "Brother Cui."
Cui Jian responded by blending into the party, chatting with people he was close to, and asking questions. When he learned that Xue Bing might not attend the party today, Cui Jian immediately lost interest. However, there was only garbage time left today, so he could go anywhere and just hang out at the party.
In the midst of all the boredom, Cui Jian received a call from Li Ran: "Cui Jian, there is a two-day project worth 10 million yuan. The employer has appointed you as the project manager, personal tour guide and bodyguard."
In other words, the daily salary is 500 million, which is higher than the salary of Ye Zheng and Ye Liang. Of course, this is a short-term employment, so the fee is naturally higher. In addition, the employer does not pay 55 million. The security company has to take a commission. The licensed bodyguard and the company share the spoils 1-64, and the -star bodyguard is -.
Cui Jian: “Is it this high?”
Li Ran: "I got some information, it should be a security project."
Cui Jian said: "Sorry, Manager Li, I have an exam scheduled, so I won't take the call."
Li Ran: "Okay. Ms. Ye told me to contact her secretary if you are free and arrange a time for dinner."
Cui Jian: "Okay, Manager Li, how is Ye Zheng?" He asked politely. There was no need to eat, after all, he was a billionaire now, and for the time being, he could not look down on the little money Ye Lan had.
Li Ran: "The bodyguards of the Ye family have returned to work. Many of them have obtained bodyguard qualifications and are registered with Dayin Security Company, which allows them to bear arms. They are called bodyguards, but they are more like private soldiers. The services they can provide are not comparable to ours. I think Mr. Ye invited you to dinner to formally thank you."
Cui Jian: "Okay, thank you Manager Li."
"You're welcome." Li Ran hung up the phone and looked at Bai Qi sitting opposite him: "They won't answer. Tell me, what do you want to talk to Cui Jian about?"
(End of this chapter)