"As expected of a star and movie queen, she is really full of pomp and show!" Looking at Xu Lai who was surrounded by people like stars holding the moon, Gu Xiaomeng couldn't help but said, and must have guessed the person's name.
Identity.
However, before he finished speaking, Li Qiang said half-jokingly: "Do you think this was intentionally arranged by Commander Tang?"
Wu Shibao on the side immediately said: "You mean..."
But at this moment, Li Qiang suddenly changed the subject, "I didn't say anything!"
After saying that, Li Qiang stood up and walked quickly toward the elevator. After a while, he changed his outfit and plunged into the crowd holding a camera he got from nowhere.
Although the distance from the hotel entrance to the elevator was less than a hundred meters, it took Xu Lai half an hour to slowly walk into the elevator with graceful steps under the gaze of countless excited and envious eyes.
It was only then that the commotion caused by her finally subsided.
While Li Qiang was still fiddling with the camera in his hand, the elevator dinged, and Panasonic representatives Ishikawa and Miku Ye walked out of the elevator one after another.
"You see what I said is right, right? Mr. Ishikawa, how could a professional reporter like Brother Du miss such an important moment?" As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, Lu Ye saw Li Qiang at a glance, so he smiled.
He said to Ishikawa, and then turned to Li Qiang and said, "Brother Du, I must have taken a lot of photos just now, right? Then we have to choose the best one and publish it in the newspaper!"
"sure!"
"Mr. Lu, the sponsorship is settled. I will send someone to bring you a radio later."
"Okay, Ishikawa-kun, don't worry, Lu will definitely make arrangements here. Choosing to sponsor my crew is definitely the wisest choice for your company!"
"I hope so, then I'll take my leave now!"
"I won't send you far."
"Stay!"
It wasn't until he watched Ishikawa leave that Lu Ye breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Li Qiang in a good mood: "Huh! Brother Du, to tell you the truth, you have done me a big favor this time. With this sponsorship,
, I can focus all my energy on the filming of the movie. I really don’t know how to thank you!"
"Director Lu, you are so polite. The reason why this cooperation went so smoothly is mainly because of your fame and reputation, Director Lu. I am just doing a favor. I wish I could help you. I would like to express my gratitude."
It’s not necessary.”
"Hey! I have a problem, that is, I like to get into trouble. As long as it is a certain thing, even eight cows can't get it back. You have done me a big favor. This is a fact. Even if it is just a favor, I must thank you.
Okay, from now on, you will be our reporter, and all the news about this drama will be published exclusively by you, how about it?"
"Isn't this... inappropriate?"
"Why isn't it appropriate? It's appropriate if I say it's appropriate. I, the director, still have the final say in the crew!"
Speaking of this, Lu Ye lowered his head and glanced at his watch, and then greeted enthusiastically: "It's almost time, I just have a preparatory meeting before shooting, and it's just time to introduce the core members of my Lu family class to you.
Walk!"
Although Li Qiang wanted to refuse, he had no choice but to agree in order to make the next plan smoother.
Soon, the two arrived at VIP Room No. 1 where they had met before.
However, as soon as he entered the door, before Lu Ye could introduce him, someone immediately gave Li Qiang a slap in the face and said angrily: "Director Lu, it's not like you don't know the rules of the group. How can you pay for such an important preparation?"
Did you bring an outsider here?"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Ye straightened his face and said solemnly: "Rules? I also set the rules. Why, do you have any objections?"
The man smiled and said, "How dare I have any objections! But Director Lu, I'm not overly concerned. It's not good for you to bring anyone here, but you brought a reporter here. In case the filming is not finished, someone will
If the plot inside is exposed, then all the hard work of everyone will be wasted!"
These words undoubtedly made Lu Ye, who had just boasted in front of Li Qiang, feel very embarrassed, and his face suddenly darkened.
At this moment, Li Qiang took the initiative and said before Lu Ye got angry, "Who is this?"
"Li Ronghuan, the screenwriter in our team."
"Screenwriter Li, although I, Du Fei, am just a little-known figure and not well-known in the industry, I still have the most basic professional ethics as a reporter. The reason why I am here is entirely because of Director Lu's face.
Go ahead, if you still don't want to believe me, then I can leave now."
However, before Li Qiang could turn around, he was stopped by Lu Ye, "Don't be so impulsive! Brother Du, what screenwriter Li just said was for the sake of the show and was not aimed at you."
After saying that, he turned to screenwriter Li and said: "I'm not telling you, when will you change your bad temper? You open your mouth and keep talking about outsiders, outsiders. Since I brought him here, I didn't treat him as an outsider at all. That's right.
Everyone is here, so let me just announce that from today on, he will be the reporter of our drama. Screenwriter Li, is he still an outsider now?"
But the man put on an air of being indifferent and said to himself: "Director Lu, don't blame me for speaking harshly. After all, you also know that until now, the largest sponsorship has not been received. In the early stage,
We all advanced the money out of our own pockets, and if something were to be disclosed, wouldn’t everyone’s money be wasted?”
After hearing what he said, Lu Ye finally found an excuse to refute, snorted and said angrily: "Speaking of sponsorship, I just have good news to tell you, the sponsorship problem has been solved!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present, including screenwriter Li, was shocked.
Lu Ye seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's reaction, so after whetting everyone's appetite, he slowly said: "How is it? You didn't expect it, did you? Don't say it was you, even I didn't expect it.
, and all of this is thanks to Brother Du..."
After listening to Lu Ye narrating the whole incident, everyone nodded in conviction. Even screenwriter Li obediently kept his mouth shut and did not raise any objections.
Lu Ye's face looked better now, and he introduced the other people in the room to Li Qiang one by one, "This is Assistant Director Liu in our group, cameraman Lao Zhao, set manager Ajie, and set recorder Xiao Zhang
…”
After the introduction, the shooting preparation meeting started directly. Everyone immediately got into the mood and started discussing intensely.
I finally made it to the end of the meeting, and the sun had begun to set.
"Brother Ming, where have you been? You haven't been seen all afternoon. I thought something had happened to you, but Sister Haitang was so anxious." As soon as he returned to the room, Gu Xiaomeng turned to Li Qiang with a slight complaint.
said.
Before he finished speaking, Haitang on the side couldn't help but said with a blushing face: "How can there be?"
"Still saying no? Didn't you just go down and look around again?"
"I……"
"Okay, okay, I've been having a meeting with the crew all afternoon and my head is about to explode. You two, please stop bickering and just be quiet for a while, okay?"
"Aren't you pretending to be a reporter? Why did you go to the crew for a meeting?" Haitang asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Forget it, Director Lu insists on me being a reporter for their drama, and I can't help it!" After saying that, he took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it to Haitang's hand, "Here.
, this is their shooting plan for the next few days, and the rest is up to you."
After saying that, Li Qiang simply fell down on the sofa, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
But not long after, there was a knock on the door, and then Wu Shibao walked in in a hurry.
"Mr. Ming, I heard about it. Don't tell me, that little secretary really didn't lie. Mr. Mitsui Zhengyan is indeed not in Fengtian."
"Then where are they now?"
"I heard that I went to Xinjing to attend an emergency meeting, but I don't know what the specific meeting was."
"This is difficult to handle. According to past practice, the duration of an emergency meeting like this can be as long or as short as a few days, as long as half a month, or even a few months. Otherwise, we should give it to Shanghai first.
Can you make a phone call and explain the situation here to Director Li?"
"Well, that's fine, then I'll go fight now!"
"Wait a minute, please keep it confidential. Don't use the phone at the front desk. Go to the phone booth outside."
"knew."
After saying that, Wu Shibao immediately turned around and left without looking back.
"Team leader, tell me... could this emergency meeting be..." Haitang couldn't help but say as soon as Wu Shibao left.
"I have been thinking about this issue. If I am so anxious to call the person in charge of the arsenal for a meeting, it is likely that something big is about to happen. And the big thing that is about to happen recently, think about it, is the only thing that can cause Japan to
Such a huge shock!”
This time, Gu Xiaomeng on the side was confused, "Wait a minute, Sister Haitang, Brother Ming, what kind of riddle are you two doing? What is that thing about?"
"Of course it's the thing about the code ship that was deciphered by you!" The two said almost in unison.
"Germany attacks the Soviet Union?"
"Besides this matter, is there anything else that would make Japan so nervous?"
"This...if that's really the case, wouldn't it be that our trip was in vain?"
"No!" Li Qiang slowly shook his finger, "On the contrary, the more this happens, the greater our success rate will be."
"Why?"
"It's very simple. First, although the nominal major shareholder of Fengtian Arsenal is the puppet Manchukuo government, in fact the Mitsui family is the mastermind behind everything. Second, although it is an arsenal, it should be accurately called a military industrial enterprise. As long as
Enterprises must pursue interests, and conflicts are businesses. As long as there are conflicts, military industrial enterprises can rely on the growth of defense budgets to make huge "war profits." Third, Marx once said in "Das Kapital" that capital comes
In the world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and dirty things. Capital is afraid of no profit or too little profit, just like nature is afraid of a vacuum. Once there is an appropriate profit, capital will become bold.
If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it will become active; if there is 50% profit, it will take desperate risks; for 100% profit, it will not hesitate to trample all human laws; there are 300
% of profits, it dares to commit any crime and even risk being hanged."
"That's true, but Li Shiqun may not be able to think of this." Gu Xiaomeng said still worriedly.
"It doesn't matter whether he wants it or not. What matters is whether he has the ambition to bring the tax police group under his command. If he does, then the remaining problems will no longer be a problem."
Hearing this, Gu Xiaomeng suddenly nodded, and when he looked at Li Qiang again, his eyes already showed a bit more admiration.
Sure enough, about twenty minutes later, Wu Shibao came back and brought Li Shiqun's latest instructions. The result was exactly as Li Qiang expected.
"My eldest brother...er, it's Director Li. The director said that he only cares about the results and not the process. He wants you to just go ahead and do it without worrying about money."
After hearing this, Li Qiang hurriedly pretended to be pleased and said: "With Director Li's words, I feel relieved."
However, before he finished speaking, Wu Shibao changed the subject and continued: "But the director also said that he can wait for another week at most. If there is no progress on our side after a week, we will have to find another way.
Already."
Although he had expected it, after Li Shiqun made his attitude clear, Li Qiang unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
As night fell, Lu Ye's Lu family team also made all preliminary preparations for filming in the Western restaurant of the Peace Hotel step by step.
Li Qiang, who had just become a team reporter, naturally also helped a lot.
Soon, the extras who had already been gearing up and wanted to enjoy their tricks came in one after another, which instantly added to the atmosphere of the banquet.
However, just when Lu Ye was about to give the order to start filming, Assistant Director Liu ran over in a panic.
"Lu...Director Lu, no...no, it's not good, something happened!"
Seeing him like that, Lu Ye's heart suddenly "thumped" and he asked quickly: "Speak slowly, what happened?"
"Radio, the radio the Japanese sent in the afternoon is broken!"
"What did you say?" Lu Ye didn't listen. It was okay. When he heard that the radio was broken, he immediately jumped up from his chair.
In fact, it's not surprising that he had such an exaggerated reaction. After all, it was a product that the investors planned to promote in their videos. Wouldn't it be a slap in their face if it broke at this time? What's more, the other party is Japanese, it's him
I can't afford to offend you no matter what.
When he thought of this, Lu Ye became so angry that he scolded Assistant Director Liu on the spot, but just scolding him couldn't solve the problem, right?
Just when he was at a loss what to do, a voice like the sound of nature rang out in time, "What's wrong, director? It sounds to me like one of your machines is broken? How about...let me take a look?"