Since the Faceless Ghost was recruited by Group B and might engage in work beneficial to the country and the people in the future, Zhong Jiudao exempted the Faceless Ghost from punishment this time, which made the ghosts envious.
After all the commotion, it was already past 8 a.m., and everyone was exhausted.
Zhuang Xinbo brought Chu Weiran here to recuperate, and the group also went to the room to rest.
Seeing Luo Huai nodding his head sleepily, Zhong Jiudao couldn't help but say, "You should sleep in my room. You are too easy to be targeted by ghosts. If you stayed in my room tonight, so many things wouldn't have happened."
Luo Huai was worried that he had no excuse to move to Zhong Jiudao's room, so when Zhong Jiudao invited him, he naturally agreed happily. He happily moved his luggage and moved in that night, building his happiness on the pain of the ghosts.
Considering that Chu Weiran was the most suitable person to partner with the Faceless Ghost, and that he was gifted and could prolong the time of possession with a little practice, Zhuang Xinbo quickly sent Chu Weiran, with a bandage on his arm, to Zhong Jiudao, and asked Chu Weiran to assist Director Zhong in his work and to ask Director Zhong to teach him some more magic.
After Chu Weiran was taught a lesson by the evil spirit, he no longer doubted the strength of Zhong Jiudao and others. He finally realized that the things he learned abroad were simply not enough to deal with the evil spirits in China. He wasted so much money in vain, and it was not as useful as Luo Huai's pajamas.
This incident finally convinced Chu Weiran, but he always felt that Zhong Jiudao had ill intentions in keeping so many evil spirits around him. He would rather go undercover beside Zhong Jiudao and monitor his every move at all times.
Zhuang Xinbo tried to persuade Chu Weiran several times, but seeing that he refused to repent, he stopped trying. As long as Chu Weiran was willing to assist Zhong Jiudao, that would be enough.
Zhong Jiudao believed that the ghost Gu that escaped from the Cave of Ten Thousand Ghosts must regard him as a strong enemy, and would not hesitate to take action against him, whether it was to destroy him or to get the pen in his hand.
Zhong Jiudao's film is about to be released. The film has a large investment and many companies are involved in the production, so it is impossible to stop. Once the film is released, Zhong Jiudao will be in the spotlight of various media and it will be difficult to escape.
With Chu Weiran by his side, if any emergency occurs, Zhong Jiudao can let Chu Weiran pretend to be his wife temporarily so that he can escape and exorcise the ghost.
For this reason, Zhong Jiudao must have taught Chu Weiran the magic carefully to prolong the time he was possessed, so as to prevent him from dying while being possessed.
After the plan was finalized, the Faceless Ghost was basically locked in with Chu Weiran. Chu Weiran had to carry the Faceless Ghost with him so that he could change his appearance anytime and anywhere.
Chu Weiran was quite fashionable, loved dressing up, and had his ears pierced. Zhong Jiudao chose a pair of poor quality plastic red agate earrings, transferred the ghost pattern of the faceless ghost onto the earrings, and asked Chu Weiran to wear the earrings all the time.
"Isn't the quality too bad? I have never worn such cheap things." Chu Weiran looked at the earrings with disdain.
Zhong Jiu said: "I don't have that much money. After all, I still need to buy a villa. Every dollar saved is a dollar saved."
Chu Weiran: “…”
Chu Weiran originally felt guilty about sneaking into the house without permission, and did not want Zhong Jiudao to pursue the matter, so he originally planned to give him 10 or 20 million yuan. But he initiated the price reduction, and Zhong Jiudao tried to bargain. Zhong Jiudao only asked once if it could be a little cheaper, and Chu Weiran directly raised the price by 10 million yuan.
After that, Zhong Jiudao was not in a hurry to buy a house. Anyway, the house belonged to Chu Weiran. He knew there were so many ghosts in the house and it was impossible for him to sell it to others. There were still two months left on the lease, so he simply lived in the house and even collected rent from Chu Weiran.
"This thing costs at most 20 yuan. I'll charge you a higher price and give you 100 yuan off the rent. Just save it!" Chu Weiran said angrily.
Luo Huai: “…”
It’s actually quite a lot, as you can buy more than ten earrings for 9.9 yuan each.
Amidst all the noise, the film named "The Truth in Books" was finally released. The day before the release, Luo Huai went to take the final photos and saw the costume teacher brought more than 30 sets of clothes.
"Do we have to shoot so many sets?" Luo Huai was also dumbfounded when he saw the clothes.
"Every set of clothes was designed by Director Zhong. We didn't know which one was more suitable for the final makeup photo, so we tried them all." said the costume teacher.
"Was all this designed by Director Zhong?" Luo Huai asked.
Costume teacher: "We also make some appropriate changes. Look at this painting. How can you put a v-neck vest under such a sexy shirt? This aesthetic is terrible. We replace the v-neck vest with a pendant."
The costume teacher scanned all the drawings sent by Zhong Jiudao and saved them on his mobile phone so that he could check and adjust them at any time.
Luo Huai hadn't seen these paintings yet. He had always hoped that Director Zhong would draw some paintings for him, like other employees in the company. But Director Zhong never drew any. Although Luo Huai was very frustrated, he didn't ask again. After all, Director Zhong was very busy every day, so it was normal that he didn't have time to draw.
Later, he found out that those paintings that Director Zhong drew were for painting skins for the company's employees, and he felt relieved. He also understood why Director Zhong didn't want to draw him, as not drawing him meant that he was special.
Until today, he saw the character drawings that Zhong Jiudao drew for him at the costume teacher's place. Each one was handsome and cool, and a smart detective came to life on the paper.
"The paintings are so beautiful, much prettier than me." Luo Huai flipped through the pictures.
"You think the pictures look good because you haven't done the styling yet. I think if you do the styling according to these pictures, you will look better than in the pictures." The costume teacher said, "Director Zhong has a really good aesthetic sense, except that he is too conservative. In these pictures, all the clothes that are more covered are very handsome and fashionable, but when it comes to showing some skin, it's not okay. It's covered as much as possible. Maybe because Director Zhong was born in the 1970s or 1980s, older people probably can't accept too much exposure."
Luo Huai smiled secretly, thinking that Director Zhong’s age misunderstanding was probably difficult to understand.
Seeing that Director Zhong attached so much importance to the role of detective, Luo Huai made up his mind to show the detective in Director Zhong's mind no matter what.
Zhong Jiudao said that the role of detective was tailor-made for Luo Huai, and it was actually a perfect filtered Luo Huai. Luo Huai knew that there was still a gap between himself and this role, which required the actor's own shaping and the beauty of the mirror language.
In order to play this role well, Luo Huai worked very hard. He actively consulted the acting teacher to make his acting look more crisp, neat and agile. He went to the acting training some time in advance, and his explosive power quickly increased. When he acted, he looked like a little leopard, neat and good-looking, with smooth and beautiful muscle lines.
Taking advantage of the fact that the lead actor is in very good physical condition and it is the transition period between spring and summer, which is very suitable for shooting outdoor scenes, Zhong Jiudao discussed with several assistant directors to shoot the outdoor fighting scenes first.
The first part of the movie is about the detective helping the client find his priceless jade jewelry. This part of the plot has a very fast pace and only takes up 5-10 minutes in the whole movie. It seems that it is mainly to show the detective and criminal police's ability to handle cases.
The jewelry was lost after an exhibition, and the two looked for clues in different ways. The detective started with the clues given by the client, and in an unconventional gossip investigation, he determined that it was the client's special assistant who embezzled the jewelry.
The criminal police started from the existing evidence, reviewed the surveillance video of the day step by step, questioned witnesses, and after a thorough investigation, they came up with the same answer as the detective.
The two found the real thief almost at the same time. The detective followed the clues provided by the informant in the bar, found the whereabouts of the special assistant, and chased after him on a motorcycle.
The criminal police locked the special assistant's whereabouts by investigating the suspect's license plate number and asking the community guard about the suspect's visit records, and led the team to find the special assistant in a police car.
At this time, the detective's motorcycle and the criminal police's police car were chasing the suspect's car at the same time. The detective did not play by the rules and rode his motorcycle on a small road to catch up with the suspect.
Police cars are not as flexible as motorcycles, but the criminal police called in their brothers from the traffic police to set up roadblocks at different locations, trying to lead the suspect into the dead end they had designed in advance, ensuring that the man would not be able to escape.
Just when the police were about to corner the suspect, a motorcycle came speeding over and flew over the police car, blocking the suspect in advance.
The suspect abandoned the car in panic and ran away, and the group chased after him.
The suspect was running in front, the detective was chasing him in the middle, and a group of police officers were following behind.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, the suspect simply destroyed the evidence and threw the expensive jade jewelry into the river.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the detective rushed forward and flew up like a little leopard, grabbing the jewelry box before it fell into the river. At the same time, he hooked his feet on the guardrail by the river and hung on it.
At this time, the criminal police rushed over and said to the detective in anger: "This is too ridiculous!"
Even though he was angry, he held out his hand to the detective, trying to pull him up.
The detective, however, did not accept the criminal police's kindness at all. He hung upside down, spit out his tongue at him, loosened his feet, jumped into the river, and ran away with the jewelry box on his head.
When the criminal police caught up with him, the detective had already landed as close to the motorcycle as possible. He quickly found the client and returned the jewelry box to the client.
The criminal police also caught the suspect at this time and sent someone to meet the owner of the jewelry. They saw the detective standing in the owner's office with wet hair, smiling at him happily.
This is their first confrontation in the entire film.
When asking the owner to come to the police station, the criminal police asked the detective: "We have the same goal, why do you always rush ahead of us?"
The detective said: "You have too many procedures to handle the case. By the time you finish the procedures, the criminal will have escaped. And the jewelry must be handed over to the client by me personally, so that I can get the reward."
He was about to leave, the criminal police sighed helplessly, grabbed the detective and said, "You are driving a motorcycle illegally and disrupting traffic order. Come with me to the traffic police team."
After that, he took the man out and handed him over to the traffic police.
The scene they were filming today was the one about jumping into the river to grab the jewelry box. After discussing with the director, Zhong Jiudao said to Luo Huai, "We plan to shoot this scene in several parts. Some of the actions may be difficult for you to do, so we'll arrange a double for you."
"No need for a double!" Luo Huai said immediately, "We've practiced this scene many times at home, and I'm sure the scene of jumping into the river and hooking the feet on the guardrail can be shot in one take."
Zhong Jiu said: "... When did you practice?"
"When you're not at home during the day, I don't have any scenes to act." Luo Huai said.
Zhong Jiu said: "It is very dangerous for you to practice this level of acting by yourself without any protection."
"Who said there's no protection? Sister Fu said that if I fall, she can catch me. She is very strong and can even fly. Lian Ziyu helped me correct my movements. He has practiced acting and has a foundation in martial arts, and his figure is particularly beautiful. Sister Qi also helped me adjust my expression. She said that even if I fly, I must try hard to act, and my expression cannot be ferocious. It must be calm and elegant. I have practiced it many times and succeeded. Please let me try." Luo Huai begged.
Zhong Jiudao and his instructor discussed it again and decided to take precautions and let Luo Huai try it once.
"We only have one chance. If we fail once, we will replace him." Zhong Jiudao said seriously, "You must put your own safety first."
"I guarantee to complete the task!" Luo Huai said, raising his hand.
The director instructed Luo Huai: "When a jewelry box flies out, you don't have to catch it. Just do a catching action. We can reshoot the catching action in the later stage. You just need to fly out and grab it in the air. Then make sure to hook your feet on the guardrail, otherwise you will fall into the water."
"I know!" Luo Huai said.
"Are you sure you want to shoot it yourself?" the director asked. "This move is very dangerous. With such a long distance, you may not be able to jump hard enough and hit the guardrail. Even if you jump over the guardrail, falling into the water is actually the best option. Because if you try to hook the guardrail with your feet and fail, you are likely to get sprained or bruised."
"It's okay, please trust me."
The production director said to Zhong Jiudao: "Why don't we try shooting once first? Don't use so many camera positions."
Zhong Jiudao saw Luo Huai doing warm-up exercises, and seeing his determined expression, he shook his head and said, "Shoot as planned. If he can complete this long shot, this scene will be very beautiful."
Cameras from several angles were pointed at Luo Huai again, and the props teacher threw out a jewelry box.
When the box was thrown, Luo Huai took two running steps and jumped. His explosive power was amazing. He jumped far away in one go and caught the jewelry box in the air over the guardrail. At the same time, he hooked his feet around the guardrail deftly to bear the weight of his entire body.
While completing these tasks, he even did not forget to make facial expressions, first the panic when he saw the jewelry box being thrown out, followed by the determination in making the decision, and finally the expression when he grabbed the box.
This scene, which was supposed to take a whole day to shoot, was completed in one go and perfectly in just a moment.
The director of the operation was surprised and asked, "Is he a cat? How can he be so agile?"
"Who knows, maybe there is a 'good friend' guiding him." Zhong Jiudao looked at the scene that kept unfolding and raised his hand to rub his forehead.
When did Luo Huai's relationship with the villa ghost become so good